This Ascent to Divinity is Lewder than Expected (A Futa LitRPG)

5.10 - Cultists

After a fruitful morning of alchemy lessons, interrupted briefly by Rosalie, Zoey set out to the training facility to see if she could track down Maddy. Cellphones were unfortunately not an invention in this world, so coordination could sometimes be tricky.

Before finding her mage tutor, though, Zoey was interrupted by someone else.

"There you are," Delta said, appearing to Zoey's side in a flash of orange hair, then looping an arm around hers and tugging. "Come on, we've gotta go."

Zoey stumbled a step as her trajectory was forcibly diverted, and soon, she was being dragged away at a brisk pace.

"Wait, what?" Zoey asked, orienting herself to her change in circumstances. "Delta? What's going on?"

"Found an in with the cultists. We're gonna go check it out."

"The cultists?"

"That was the plan, wasn't it?"

"I—I guess? But already?"

"Somebody's been productive with their morning, not laying pipe with five different girls." Delta leaned close to Zoey and sniffed. "You need a shower, by the way."

"Two girls," Zoey defended. "One of them with a portal, so it doesn't count."

"Portal?" Delta laughed. "Well, good for Blondie. But doesn't count? I don't know about that, Zoey."

"Well. Doesn't count for the smell comment. It's not that bad, is it? I cleaned up."

"You smell like sex."

"Really?"

"You always do. Maybe stop having so much of it?" Delta laughed. "But no, it's not that bad. I'm teasing. Mostly."

"Okay, back it up." The orange-haired foxgirl had already dragged Zoey out of the training facility and under the open sky; they were setting a quick pace, in a rush. "Where are you taking me? And what about the cultists?"

"I'd grab Blondie, too, but we don't have time. Couldn't find her. And I'm not so sure she's fit for this mission, anyway."

"Mission?"

"With luck, we're being inducted into the doomsday cult. I feel like that isn't a scene she'd handle well."

"What? Inducted? Be serious for a second."

"When am I not?"

Zoey gave her an exasperated look, and Delta only rolled her eyes in response.

"They have refreshments, stop whining. It'll be fun."

Zoey shook her head. She still wasn't sure what Delta was going on about—whether she could take her claims at face value. "I was planning on finding Maddy for more lessons. This is more important?"

"Uh, yeah. You can do that whenever. We need to figure out more about our cum vampire. And the world ending. Definitely seems higher on our priority list."

Zoey winced at the words 'the world ending', then looked around, but obviously no one was eavesdropping. "Maybe a little discretion would be smart?"

"Not my specialty."

"Yeah. I guess it isn't."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Real explanation, please?"

Delta groaned. "Okay, fine. I was out in town and saw one of those weirdos. Decided to check out what he was saying. After some chatting, he invited me to one of their events."