In response to the demonic plant monster, Zeran and Ru brought out their signature weapons. He had summoned and gripped his golden claw. Ru revealed her enchanted gun loaded with magical bullets. She tried to aim with perfect precision and trigger an accurate shot at the monster. Though, she was suddenly ambushed by one of it's tendrils that was somewhat similar to a wriggling tentacle. Those tendrils caught and wreathed Ru in a tight squeeze. Zeran was utterly surprised when he saw that she was easily caught. The monster tried to struck Zeran with its tendrils but, he evaded its attempt by his smooth and stylish movements. As it noticed, that Zeran was a hard one one to catch, it had stopped lashing its putrid tentacle-like tendrils. Instead, it focussed on its caught prey, Ru, that turned Zeran to pause for a second with a dumbstrucked expression. The monster's vacant tendrils tried to crawl upon Ru's steaming body and gave her a passionate whirl of tentacle play, making Ru to feel a deep sensation that ridden her face in a steaming expression in heat. Soon enough, strange sexy noises can be overheard from the entangled Ru,
"Haaahhhn...aaahhhn...Zera♪".
While Zeran was witnessing her treated like some kind of passionate toy by those tendrils, he was pent up with a sudden urge of arousal. His face was blushing red like a tomato yet, he tried to compose himself and blurts out at the unsightly Ru, contradicting his own set of emotions,
"Stop with those sounds Ru!".
Though, Ru's only response was a very passionate voice, that would please any man's inner desire for lust and affection,
"Aaaaahhhhnnn♥ I can't...".
Ru's foxy ears were twitching in the very forbidden excitement. The monster was engaged on toying with the Ru in the heat of the amazing tentacle sensation, so it didn't mind Zeran. Another tendril emerged and this time it removed out Ru's cloak with powerful force, revealing her voluptuous and lustful body, that would make any man's libido surge. The monster groaned as if it was more interested for her exposed beautiful form. There were more slimy tendrils that emerged from it and fondled her cataloupe breasts like there's no tomorrow, slathering her great bouncy marshmallows in a green mucous. Thereon, it tuned her body in yearning for more carnal pleasure, spilling her face in hot red cheeks and sensational moans were leaking out from her mouth,
"Haaahn...Aaahn...aaahnnghhh♪".
Although in Zeran's situation, he was more and more turned on to the extreme entertainment he was experiencing in his very sight. Though, he was also disturbed in his very thoughts at the naked vision he was seeing,
("Da*nit! How can you defeat a monster when you're being distracted by a sexy woman...")
("Wearing that skimpy outfit...")
("Embarassed and steaming face...")
("Tail and ears of extreme fetish—")
("OI! STOP IT ME! DON'T GET DISTRACTED BY A WOMAN!").
He was utterly distracted and annoyed in his own thoughts. The monster found an opportunity and it caught Zeran in its tendrils, although he wasn't treated like Ru. Rather, he was just hanging in the air by one of its tendrils. Zeran's face had a disturbed expression as he was treated like that. Though, he was hearing the arousing voice of the daring Ru in the heat of carnal pleasure,
"Haaahn...Zera...aahhhn♪".
The two of them were now immobilized by the tangled tendrils. There was no longer any opportunity for them but to drive-in to the sensation, especially for Ru. While there were no more nuisances for the monster, it tried to toy with the diva Ru again, as it drove its tendrils to play with her firm and soft breasts with more tendrils that was wreathing her in amazing arousal. Ru was feeling the utter sensation of reaching the heavens above. The monster continued to toy with her whole body in such a desperate man's carress, driving Ru almost in the peak of arousal yet again. She was becoming more and more exhausted as her body was being played alot by those slimy tendrils, that slathered her whole body in salivating mucous. She was somehow feeling the mix of pink and red butterflies flutterring in a heartbeat. Her very flower hidden within was becoming more and more moist over the carnal sensation. Her pleasured moans were letting out deep breaths as she was feeling kinda tired,
"Aaaahn...aaahhn...aahhhn♪".
Later, it gripped her legs and squeezed it tight, while it was twisting around her slim and long legs such as a sneaky serpent would do. Thereupon, Ru's face was expressing the divine feeling. Her voice was more and more lustful and lewd to hear, as she was in licorice driven feeling, bursting out her pent-up heavenly pleasure,
"Haaahn...haaaahn...haaahnnngh...HHAAAHNGGHH♪!".
Soon, it made her to faint with her eyes rolled up with a silly ecstatic face, while she was dried out and fainted from the amazing experience she had. The monster tried to take one step further, as it brought out a larger and thicker tendril slimed in green substance, depicting a bigger tentacle than ever before. Its huge thing tried to touch Ru in-between her legs, to take-in the opportunity of the heavens sacred entry. Though, her consciousness had suddenly come back in a snap. Her eyes seemed to have the eyes of the sheer cold death staring into the abyss. Somehow, she was able to twist her whole body with great force and let out powerful shots at the monster directly. As the bullets penetrated the plant monster, the monster was engulfed in the burning hells of fire. Thereupon, she speaks in a terrifying manner directly, denying its entry to her sacred sanctuary,
"I won't let a creep like you...TAKE IT...".
Its suffering self turned to release its grip on Zeran too. As Zeran found an opportunity he had lashed lots of slashes and scrapes at the monster in grievious frenzy by his claw gleaming in great brilliance. The monster wasn't able to fight back since it was feeling the burning flames from its whole body. Soon, it released its hold on Ru .Zeran was able to catch the falling princess Ru in his arms and her face wasn't cold for him. As the monster vanished into thin air, it left the two safe and sound from the impending crisis and the air of the ominous death was no longer at their footsteps. She looked at her savior Zeran again. She left out a grateful smile to him. Not only that, she kissed Zeran in his left cheek in a quite sneaky manner, that turned Zeran's face to look bright red. Though, Zeran just turned his face away from her thankful smile, since he doesn't want to show his embarassing face although, his heart skipped a beat and it was wreathed into a burning sensation for a few moments. It seemed, he had sensed a whiff in the air that wasn't the putrid stench of the monster but, Ru's sweet and aromatic scent that'd soothe anyone's senses, turning Zeran to look very shock deep in his thoughts,
("How come she still smells nice...Even if that monster slimed her OUTER body?").
A little while later, he let her stand on her two feet again. Her eyes noticed that her whole body was slathered in a slimy substance. She exhaled and casted out a kinda strong spell that removed the awful smell and slime all over her voluptuous body. More than that, Zeran's putrid slime and acheing stench was gone too. Soon, she left out a pleasing look to Zeran and she said,
"Now the slime's gone...let us continue Zera".
In turn, they took the golden bud named shimmerblight and handled it with care. Although, Ru also told him in a trivial way that'd twist anyone's logic beyond the fabric of time and space,
"Zera...that is a shimmerblight yet...it is not...".
He was filled with utter dissonance and confusion. Though, he was still persistent and took another step of asking her,
"Wait...what do you mean?"
"That doesn't make any sense...".
Ru sighed. Her charming and daring look was masked in a deep serious expression, that depicted a horrifying face seeped into the cold void. The air around them became quite subtle, as she replies to him straight,
"I'll show you..."
"But first...I must tell you...that you are about to see will shock you...and even scar your whole being...".
While, she took her full-body cloak from the ground and dressed herself in it, protecting her from the seedy unwanted attention. They went inside the unseemingly-pleasant house. There, they had noticed a poor-looking interior of an old house, that doesn't have any other doors or rooms or any other decorations. The place was just a simple living space with a small and low table at the center. Moreover, their eyes saw the old woman lying down on a futon looking very sick and weak at the right-side of the area. The old woman noticed the two of them and said with her weakened voice,
"Oh...travellers...I'm so sorry but this old hag can't make you any tea anymore".
The woman coughed lots later on. Ru and Zeran went and knelt down near the old woman. Ru shifted her face to a very relaxed one but, her sorrowful look was leaking in her voice,
"Don't mind it that much..."
"We're here to make you feel better...".
The weak old hag's only reply was,
"I see...".
While he had witnessed the dark Goddess was expressing a great amount of concern to the old hag, his face was kinda wishful and he had some hopeful thoughts that'd even defile the light Goddess's name,
("So this time Ru's gonna cure the sickness of this old woman?")
("Honestly, Ange is gonna be shocked if she knew about this...").
Although, Ru suggested to Zeran that she'll leave him with the old hag for now. Zeran was dumbfounded as he had heard that yet, Ru had already left in a snap. Though, in her stead it was also to let the old woman have some nice company with Zeran for the time being. Thereon, she was outside holding the shimmerblight in a pot, waiting for the perfect moment. Her face wasn't reflecting any sinistry rather, it was dyed in grave sorrowness that had a deep meaning behind. While Zeran was with the old woman, they had a small conversation. The woman said that he almost looked-like her grandson, especially his radiant blonde hair. She told him that if it weren't for her healer grandson, she wouldn't be even alive for a long time. Sadly, as times go by, her pain and sickness were growing more and more severe. Even if her grandson comes by from time to time to heal her, she noticed that he was also suffering in his eyes. As Zeran had heard that glimpse of her life, he felt quite pitiful for the old hag. Sometime soon, the old hag felt the excruciating pain that coursed throughout her body. The thorns that was impaling her chest. The numbing coldness were at her feet that made her feel near death's door. Her eyes were swelling in the deep arid dryness of the unknown desert. Her veins and arteries were protruding in and out like it would emerge any second. As soon as, he had witnessed that scarring experience for the old hag, he called unto Ru. Ru came back as fast as she could with a concerned look. Zeran explained to Ru what was happening to the old woman. Ru nodded. She placed the potted shimmerblight near the old woman. The shimmerblight radiated a strong divine light that almost blinded Zeran. Later, the woman's panting and the intense pain she was feeling was suddenly gone. The emerging roots of hers had relaxed, that seemed as if the woman was cured of her severe sickness. The shimmerblight's radiating aura calmed down but, it had the appearance of a golden luminiscent flower now. As soon as, Zeran saw that, he exclaims in a gleeful manner to the dark Goddess Ruhime,
"You did it Ru!".
Though, he also noticed that the woman wasn't breathing, making him to look very dumbstruck, while he uttered to Ru in a very worried way,
"Ru? She's not breath—".
She interrupts him,
"She's dead...".
While he had heard her cold words, he was utterly shocked and his face was scarred in grave terror, turning him to fall on his knees, as he was feeling a sudden urge of hopelessness that coursed throughout his whole body. As for Ru, her face didn't show any sign of sadness nor any kind of happiness. Rather, it was filled with a serious and complacent look, that you'd expect from a higher being from the darkness. Soon enough, she pointed out at Zeran in a very cold way,
"It didn't heal her...rather it gave her a peaceful death..."
"And also...if you've been analyzing her story...you'll understand why she wanted it..."
"And here's the thing Zera..."
"Would you let someone live a life full of pain and torture or let him/her die peacefully?".
Afterwards, she left the old house with the luminiscent shimmerblight flower in a hurry. Though, her left eye dropped a sudden crystal tear along the floor. A deep emotional tear that opposed from what she had said earlier. More than that, her face had shown a glimpse of sorrowness, that was quite unnoticeable. Though, Zeran noticed that Ru was acting strange and not of her usual self. He also saw the old hag's face that was smiling filled with happiness, that left him stranged on what he had witnessed. His face smeared a problematic expression and his thoughts was now filled with immense confusion,
("She died but...she was smiling?")
("No...that can't be...she wanted to die?")
("Ru...what are you even trying to tell me...").