Raven looked at the strange faces of the women around him; the only one who didn't make a weird noise was Emily, who was still wrapped around his arm and just looked at him with her green eyes fluttering with a gentle smile.
"You killed the guardian?" Zestria asked, then followed up her question, "What is your level... This guardian was at least level 14... how can a new adventurer defeat it alone!?"
He shrugged, unsure how to respond to their grand reactions; he just fought, fought then fought harder until it was done.
"Ah, I'm level 10 now after killing it. Is there something wrong?" Raven replied politely, feeling the slight tickle of the vines stroking and poking at his cheek, like a shy child who is too embarrassed to get the attention of the girl they like, so they poke them or do stupid things for attention.
"What? How... You were only lev... Mnnnnph!?" Raven's finger silenced Emily's voice as he pressed it against her soft lips, stopping her from spilling his secrets; his eyes looked at her with an aggressive and threatening gaze.
Emily's eyes widened before she seemed to realise what he meant, her sap increasing from his fierce look, causing him to only sigh at this perverted flower attached to him.
'Let's give up; this girl is like Philis, runs on her thought circuit, and won't stop being perverted if I tell her. If anything, she became moister after I threatened her... damn masochistic women.' Raven grumbled in his mind as a warm, hot sensation wrapped around his finger on her lips, now coiling around him as the dryad was sucking on his finger.
'God, please, why do you send these lovely and perverted women to my doorstep?'
A voyeur who masturbates over his face as he sleeps or sits on the couch using the videos of him and Philis. Now a dryad that is using his arm as a toy for pleasure.
"Ahem..." Zestria finally recovered slightly from her shock, seeing the sincerity in his voice and face and the nod from her subordinate, which could detect lesser lies.
"Since you managed to kill a guardian, I will change your grade in the system. It might take up to 24 hours to fully display."
"But you are free to refer one person and take them to the dungeon with you."
"Please avoid choosing a criminal or monster with a high danger rating, as you would likely suffer." Zestria thought for a moment, then added.
"Or maybe you wouldn't.... with that thick essence."
Raven nodded; he was surprised that the [Enforcers] would be so easy to speak with, not aware that his purple mist also increased their affinity with him; it would never make them love him or anything that drastic, but instead allowed races like succubi and dryads to have a favourable impression of him.
Lust and Love were different, after all.
Zestria gave him a rare smile; even Emily stopped sucking on his finger, her eyes dilated like a cat watching the sun. She was known as the stone faces princess by her co-workers and the rule breakers she usually dealt with, from executing enraged monster girls to arresting those who mistreat them; she never usually showed more than a faint smile.
Thus this full smile showing her soft white teeth shocked everyone in the room but Raven.
He thought she was gorgeous and obeyed his mother's teachings, "You have a beautiful smile, Miss Zestria."
Raven's words almost caused the entire flaming dungeon to freeze as all the women and fairies looked at him in shock. It was a known fact that Zestria disliked males, not because of anything wrong or some beliefs, but rather her own body that caused it.
She felt afraid they would suddenly die, angry that they were too fragile, her mother was lucky to meet a man with a unique talent which gave him high vitality, but it took days to recover.
Zestria couldn't hope for that luck until she met Raven; instead of acting like Emily and the others thought she would, her smile beamed more, her golden eyes flashing as she let out a soft chuckle, a light blush on her cheeks.
Raven thought it might be expected for her to receive such compliments as she was the most glamorous woman he'd ever seen, beyond Philis in her makeup, and Emily was more of a cute and pretty type of woman.
"Ahem... Thank you... Raven... I hope you can spend some time consolidating your strength; maybe you could visit my family's training centre, a glorified gym that may be a little pricey."
"However, I could even offer personal training to help you release the pent-up anger and fury inside your thic... body."
Emily's vines tightened around his body, blooming with flowers that would typically send danger signals to predators.
Yet Zestria ignored them, her eyes focused on Raven as he nodded, not seeing the hidden reason for her offer. He would still use his small gym, but with his newly found strength, he worried that the steel pillar that held the entire apartment up might eventually collapse.
'She has a point; if it's expensive, I can just work harder with Lilith; I have many shortcomings due to my lack of training...'
He wasn't arrogant with his newly found power, instead becoming more critical of himself, wanting to avoid becoming some brute force idiot. His mother always told him to use his head.
Resilience isn't recklessness! Only use brute force when all else fails, or you have no choice. Her key saying was something like...
'Mother's saying was hard to understand back then, but my interpretation is that I should use my tough body properly, not fight blow-for-blow for the sake of it... Even if it feels damn good to fight toe-to-toe with powerful monsters...'
Raven remembered his body's excitement when fighting Ragovad, ashamed that he was also feeling a sense of sexual arousal during the fight, something his mother always laughed about.
This was a new experience for him and wasn't something he could easily laugh about yet, and he considered it seriously. Training with the highly seductive succubus might help him control his lust and reason during combat.
'Let's take up her offer.'
"I want to start going to your gym; what days are you not working? I'll book that day for the next month; let me know the price."
"Wow!?" Zestria was shocked.
Her mother's gym was well known for being a brutal and dangerous place, filled with lust demons who could drain men to death in moments; they attended the training to control their urges, so they could drain a man's stamina slower, hoping to live happier lives with their beloved men.
Like Raven's issue, his excess anger, ferocity, and sex drive never stopped growing due to his [Manticore Heart]... Emily's current actions were slowly diffusing the excess lust in his body as she rapidly absorbed his purple essence.
'At this rate, I'll open the second gate within a month...' He thought, feeling the second notch of the gate was now 3/4 complete with 8 to go afterwards.
Emily was the most shocked, worried that Claudina's daughter would steal her hunky orc, but then realised she couldn't be greedy; Raven's body was too unique for her to hog to herself. She looked at the happy face of Zestria, seeing that it wasn't the look of lust but rather a look as if she had found salvation, a chance at happiness.
"Ahem! Okay, I will make the arrangements when we are finished here... First, could you add my communication number? For both the gym and if you are ever in a sticky situation, we are here to enforce the rules and help those who might be in danger, whether dungeon or Arcadia city related... don't hesitate to call!"
Raven could feel this succubi's slightly nervous voice; the tough exterior seemed to be a sort of protective persona as she pushed out her left arm, showing her contact details ready to be exchanged; thankfully, his didn't break when his arm was severed, as the pair exchanged details, her nickname set to Zesti with a heart where the dot of the I would be.
He looked towards Emily, expecting her to pout, but her face was relatively calm, still refusing to release his finger from her lips, her little teeth nibbling on it, as her green eyes peeked at him cheekily.
"I will try to give you a reasonable price.... now then... Could you please allow the medical fairies to look at your body to ensure you have no wounds remaining from the battle? Hidden problems and internal wounds are dangerous, even for a big, powerful orc like you, right?"
"No problem, thanks for the upgrade." He said with a smile, sending her a different message on the comm-link
- I am looking forward to some fierce one-on-one training together, Raven. [To Zesti]
-Ah~ I hope you enjoy my skilled movements and tight body! [To Raven]
Raven's message wasn't obscene; he was just a natural at teasing this succubus as she tried to hide the flush on her cheeks, taking his words to be literal and a sort of offer rather than him being into the training.
Suddenly, a cute sound began to sound in the area. The fairies began to sing and hum as they fluttered around his body, a sparking green mist slipping around it like a velvet sheet in the wind, a cooling sensation filling his body as they made cute sounds.
"A monstah?"
"Half-orc?"
"Monstah!"
"Half-orc?"
"Tasty!"
The tiny little women with soft bodies and colourful hair all clung to his body, each with a different tone.
Still, their words were adorable and soothing to hear while each sniffed, licked and poked his body, arms and chest, climbed onto his shoulders and arms, sitting down and kicking their legs with blissful faces, seemingly unwilling to leave.
Zestria watched as the ordinarily professional fairies began to molest and cling to Raven.
"Syca, come. We have to go check for other possible casualties," Zestria said, her eyes slightly jealous, relaxing when she looked at the second message from Raven, no longer jealous.
- I cannot wait to meet you on Sunday!! Raven [To Zesti]
"Comfy orc, tasty essence.... no leave!" A pink fairy chirped, who seemed to be Syca.
"Kind monstah taste good!"
"taste good"
"Kind and good!"
"Good!"
Raven looked at the cute little fairies, Syca sitting on his neck, her face kissing his cheek, with a bright smile as she hugged his face.
He could feel her soft tongue licking his cheek because it was harmless compared to the Dyrad rubbing her now naked crotch against his arm; this was cute and harmless.
"Don't make me feed you to some goblins!" Zestria snarled with a dark voice before grabbing Syca's soft golden wings and dragging them away.
Before leaving with her unpleased succubi companions, she looked back at Raven to see the dryad that was still molesting his arm, pretty much masturbating as the pink flowers were fluttering like a small forest.
"Be careful; these fairies and forest spirits are tricky and very obscene, and their proper form is taller and more lustful than the plant masturbating on your forearm..."