Chapter 15

Note: Thanks to Alex for beta reading this!

Maya hissed and forced up the chunks of ice in her body to where the sword slashed at her. The blade struck the largest of the frozen crystals. They shattered inside of her. Fresh pain rippled through her flesh as the cold spread.

But that also allowed her body’s heat to melt them faster. Spread out the surface area. She’d learned that in physics. She shuddered as the orc drew back her sword for her next attack. Small shards of ice became water. She grew more and more liquid by the second.

More and more dangerous.

Doodh headbutted the orc in the side. The orc grunted, her tits heaving, and staggered to the right. She tripped over her own feet and crashed to the ground. The satyr then drew up her foot and slammed it down on the orc’s leg, leaving a bruising impact.

“Good!” Maya shouted, more and more of her body liquid, the pain of the ice crystals fading.

She flung herself down on the orc struggling to stand. The undine’s mostly liquid flesh hugged the orc and then flowed around her.

She pressed her breasts into the orc’s head and her liquid flesh spilled around the orc. In moments, Maya had the orc utterly engulfed in her body. She grinned as she hugged the orc tight, drowning the monster girl.

The orc screamed in panic. Bubbles of her air rose through Maya’s body and burst out along her back. She wrapped her thighs around the orc’s chest, holding tight. The orc drew back her sword to stab Maya, but Doodh’s hoof lashed out.

Finger bones broke in the impact with a sickening snap. The sword flew from the screaming orc’s hand. Maya held on tight, drowning the orc to protect her new family. It was something she never thought herself capable of.

But she would do it. For Leo and Doodh and all the other members of his harem. Maya loved them all. She would fight to protect those she loved.

Doodh gasped and then charged off, leaving Maya to her gruesome task.

Garnet rose, shaking. The unicorn was dead. She wiped at her tears. The battle was still going on.

You got to help, she told herself, surveying the battle.

Cikhala the ooze had her unicorn wrapped up in her gelatinous body, suffocating her. The unicorn vanished in a mote of light. The ooze fell to the ground in a formless pile of pale blue. Then she reformed in a moment.

Nearby, Baaghi yowled. Frosty breath from a yuki-onna engulfed the rakshasa. She lunged at the frosty monster girl, but the ice coated her face. Her charge staggered. She fell to her knees, the ice spreading and spreading. Garnet’s heart clutched at the pain she witnessed.

Baaghi vanished. Slain.

Cikhala rushed in at the same yuki-onna from the right, ripples washing up her leg from the hard strikes of her feet on the flagstones. She threw herself at the yuki-onna. But the icy maiden whirled and her frosty breath slammed into the poor ooze.

“NOOOO!” Garnet shouted. Her dark-red wings flapped, launching her in the air. Her whip formed in her hand.

Cikhala hit the ground as a solid chunk. Her freezing body shattered. Bits of her tumbled in every direction before she melted away, dead. Fury beat in Garnet’s heart as she landed behind the yuki-onna and cracked her whip. The blow struck the yuki-onna in the back, cutting her open. Sluggish, blue blood poured out.

The monster girl whirled around and faced Garnet, inhaling to fire another frosty attack.

I gasped as the chill spread through my flesh. My entire body shook with violent shivers. My teeth chattered. My spear fell from my numbing fingers. I had to break free, cast a spell, but I had lost all control of my body.

Doodh slammed into the yuki-onna.

The monster girl flew ten feet and hit the ground. I staggered, her freezing grip releasing me. I nearly collapsed to my knees as the warmth flooded through me. The air around me was still so blessedly warm. I fought for control as Doodh charged after the fallen yuki-onna.

I needed to warm up my body.

“Life energizes and enervates, let the grace of Lady Ianna empower!” I chanted, casting Revitalize on myself.

A surge of even more energy shot through me from the Level 1 Life spell. I groaned as my flesh warmed. I gasped at the invigorating rush. My head threw back. I shot to my feet, my robes swaying, crusted in frost where she gripped me. It steamed.

Her frosty breath slammed into Doodh head on. The white engulfed my satyr. She screamed in pain and then she staggered out of it. Her body stiff. She stared at me, her eyes wide with pain. She reached for me and then...

Melted away.

Fury surged through me. I would kill this yuki-onna bitch. They were the worst.

Her breath surged in at me. I darted to the right, my body so invigorated by the spell. I had so much energy. She couldn’t swivel her head fast enough to track me. Not when she was lying on the ground. She pushed herself up, a large bruise on her side from where Doodh had struck her.

I reversed course, rushing for my lightning spear. Her breath chased me. I bent down and snagged up my spear. I whirled to face her and then cursed. Her breath rushed at me. I snarled and dove beneath it.

The arctic chill brushed me for a moment. I came up on the other side, spear held low. I would charged this bitch. She whipped her breath around and I growled, forced to run, my empowered legs carrying me faster than she could aim.

Frost spread over the ground as I dodged. She coated part of the map screen. Footing became treacherous. I gasped as I realized what she was doing. I went to dodge and my feet slipped out from beneath me.

“Fuck!” I snarled and hit the ground.

The orc vanished.

Maya stood up and looked around. Her body had fully melted. She was back to fighting.

Leo slipped on the ice. He hit the ground hard. The yuki-onna swiveled her head to track him. She drew in her breath. Fear shot through Maya. She sprang into a run, dating across the frozen ground. Her feet burned, ice crystals forming. Some of her body ripped from her, left behind.