World of Alvarra: Rise of the Vampire Lord

Chapter 103 Fort on Fire (nsfw)

The group ran through the narrow tunnel as fast as they could, sometimes forced to slow down in some places, causing near-misses with the stone-kin following close behind. But almost as if a second wind took them, they made their way out of the small opening and into the open air in record time. They did not stop to celebrate though, instead, they continued their mad dash towards the fort, leaving the yells and battle cries of their pursuers behind.

Oddly enough, the troglodytes and troll stopped at the entrance of the tunnel for a few minutes. It was hours before nightfall, and a stone-kin's eyes were sensitive to the light unless they got used to it first. Due to that fact, Kella and the group were able to safely build up the distance between them and their enemies as they ran towards the fort.

They safely made it through the front gates, warning everyone and yelling to get ready for war, putting the entire encampment on alert.

It took the goblins a while, but once they realized that this was the real deal, they started to rush about, getting supplies and weapons and manning the walls as the harpies, the few they had, took flight and started to scout around for danger.

Gwen and Isa rushed towards the group with fear in their eyes at how badly injured they were and how Van was being princess carried by Kella with half his clothes torn off.

"What happened!" Gwen yelled out in worry, rushing the group and trying to check up on Van.

"What's going on!?" Isa also yelled in a slight panic, rushing towards Kella and looking for guidance as to what to do next.

"Not now!" Kella snapped at the both of them as she moved past them towards Van's tent to put him down. She then turned to Isa and gave orders to find medicine then turned towards Gwen and asked if there was anything she could do.

"I don't know," Gwen said, panicking a little as she crouched down to take a better look at Van's condition, putting her hand on his forehead and paling at how hot it was. "I don't know a lot of healing spells. I never got around to properly learning them!"

Luna then went down on the other side of Van and also felt his forehead with worry, only to bring back in shock as something spoke into her mind for a split second. Nervous, she put her hand back as something felt familiar about the voice, though she couldn't put her finger on it. More importantly, she was willing to take any risk if it meant she could figure something out that could help her husband.

("don't pull away!") a voice shouted in her mind, making her flinch, but doing her best not to remove her hand.

During this time everyone was still panicking and rushing about, trying to figure out what to do. Medicine was gathered and administered but with no effects, nor was Gwen's minor healing of any effect.

("Listen, you can't reply so don't bother. Just nod your head yes or no if you understand. understand?") the voice said.

Hesitantly she looked around to see if anyone else was able to hear the voice or if she was just going crazy. With some trepidation, she nodded.

("Good! Listen, I have an idea of what we can do to help Van. he took a massive amount of undiluted Eros powder. Right now all his energy, aura, mana, life, just everything! Is being turned and converted into sperm and pure energy. There's no way we can stop it from sucking up his life and killing him until it's run its course. But there is a way to save him anyway, though it will be complicated, dangerous, and possibly kill both him and you. Because only you have the ability to save him. Are you listening? Only you! If you are ready for what's next, nod your head.") the voice said.

Luna paused, she wondered for a moment if she should trust the voice, but it was only for a moment. She would do anything if it meant saving Van, so she nodded resolutely.