In the clearance, Derek dragged his limp left leg suffering intense pain as the Orc Leader's desperate blow left a huge chunk of his flesh missing.
"Is the princess safe?" He asked, moving slowly towards the damaged carriage.
The Knight Captain stood in silence, grasping his sword.
Seeing all the blood in the carriage, he swallowed and looked at the former prince.
Despite no longer being a prince, this man was someone the Knight Captain could not afford to upset.
"My lord... the princess... the princess is gone!" His voice filled with shock and terror as the limping prince dragged his heavy blade along the dirt with a deep indentation following his trail.
Derek rushed to the carriage window and looked through the window to find nothing but blood and broken furniture—not only that, but there were clothes discarded by Aruru, which he seemed to tremble upon seeing.
"That bastard... it's going to be him.... he took her during her estrus! FUCK!"
"Sir... Doesn't this mean feeding her that aphrodisiac backfired..."
"..."
***
Meanwhile, sitting above them on a tree with a smile, Grendel was playing with the Runic Board reading the dirty things that Derek had done...
'What a bad man, claimed to love her but has been having her meals drugged with a slow-building aphrodisiac for 6 months...'
He rubbed his chin with an amused grin, now realising why the greed and lust colours had been so thick in Derek since this morning.
Thanks to this, he also realised why she squirted without much effort on his part. 'No wonder the girl squirted her juices like a broken tap.'
"What to do..."
*Tap*
Grendel was watching the two men circling the area and searching for clues while he looked at this new form he had unlocked.
'Ra, why do I have this ability?'
[Because you are half-spirit]
[If you were a full spirit, you would have a natural form]
[However, because of your demon blood, you need to use other monsters and spirits as a medium to channel their bloodlines to enter spirit form.]
'Hmmm... does it mean I don't have my own?'
[No comment]
"Stingy... Whatever I will find out on my own... it seems they are trying to follow the trail of that cute little princess."
*Drop*
Grendel rolled off the branch, his eyes watching them walk away about 20 yards, not too far, as his right hand began to glow with a silvery blue light.
The next moment the blue light faded.
"No. Let's end them with her power." His eyes crossed the beautiful emerald eyes watching him from the forest.
Somehow, their soul allowed him to feel her presence, and she seemed to feel his."
*Tap**Tap*
Tapping his foot, he closed his eyes before following the strange feelings that guided him to activate this strange spirit form.
A beautiful green light began to swirl around his body, as it did Aruru, but her light was a shimmering blue like the ice magic Grendel was casting.
'Let's see what the fuss is about...'
[Derek's PoV]
"What's that!?" Derek yelled as a huge pressure suddenly weight down on his body—turning around, the stinging pain in his leg caused him to wince, furrowing his brow when he looked back.
Suddenly, a huge spiral of green Ether and wind formed a small storm where they just were.
"Peran, what is that?" Derek asked, his hand grasping his dull sword feeling a strange sense of fear in the back of his mind.
The green storm grew, seeming to suck in all the magic and Ether from the atmosphere as something grew inside the cyclone.
Huge black and green feathered wings, sharp talons on their tips, long green hair and a mane of feathers that looked like a lion.
"Peran..! It's a monster! Quick... protect me!"
They stood together as the creature's wings began to flap with great force, causing a huge windstorm as the green storm shattered, revealing its full figure.
He was an extremely charming and beautiful male, with tight muscles covering his body, yet feathers like harpies covering his arms and neck; he was completely naked with a weapon that caused Derek and Peran to feel shame.
'It's because he's a monster... you don't lose to other males... don't lose heart!'
Along his legs were black feather's like some bird, with huge black paws instead of feet.
"Graw!" A bird's call from his lips, with a sharp glint in his emerald eyes.
"Kraw!" Suddenly a more melodic sound answered before a goddess appeared.
Her body was wrapped in sapphire feathers, more petite than the male, with a long feathered cowl on her head.
Yet, her face was familiar, four blue wings fluttering behind her, two on her back, two attached to her arms as she flew through the air before circling the male for several moments.
"!!!" Derek looked at Peran, quietly tapping his shoulder before tilting his head towards the two monsters. "Maybe it's their mating season, too? Look at how the female is rubbing her body against that male... her crotch practically begging for its stupidly big monster cock!"
Peran turned to face the prince before a sudden echo sounded.... at least that's all he heard before his body slid apart.
"Hueh!?" Derek fell back, the huge gash in the floor and the tree's behind him destroyed, split in half by what seemed to be a huge wind blade.
Blood and guts sprayed over the ground and Derek's face as he looked at the male monster, some mutated harpy with his right-hand glowing green, pointing towards Peran's corpse.
"Graw!" He cried out, the voice so high-pitched it caused Derek to cover his ears as they began to bleed, the wind and grass exploding around him as he was left naked by the sharp winds slicing his flesh and body apart.
"Argh! W-wait... I'll do anything.... stop....!"
In the precipice of death and survival, he noticed that the blue harpy was wrapped entirely around the male, her breasts covered by feathers, seemingly pressing against his back before her eyes looked down.
'What's she looking at? Why does it feel like that strange smile is mocking me? Why look at me then, that monster's crotch!?'
Before he could get that answer, the male once again sounded his voice, followed by the female's gentle chirp, as her arms hanging over his neck began to glisten with a beautiful blue light, small crystals of ice shimmering before four ice lances were suddenly formed and circled their bodies.
"Graw!"
"Kraw~ Kraw~" The female flirted with the male, tilting her head, pecking at his neck and cheeks, their feathers completely entangled.
'I have to run....' Derek thought... his body rushing on hands and knees, crawling through blood, dirt and sticky mud, trying to escape.
"Kraaaw~~~~" The melodic voice of the female harpy was the last thing he heard, somehow reminding him of his beloved Aruru's singing voice during the spring when they first met.
*Da**Da**Da**Da*
All four ice lances were shot into the air before they flung down from the skies and impaled each of Derek's limbs, tearing off his legs and arms, blood oozing from the wounds as he convulsed, looking into the air as he tried to reach out and take the illusory Aruru that appeared in his bewildered state.
The next moment, he felt something claw at his crotch and heart... Like claws... crushing and slicing his flesh and bone, chopping his member into tiny bits...
Like the female harpy's talons...
Derek dyed in agony slowly as those strange claws began to shred him apart—the loud caws of the female harpy sounded excited, the melodic calls of pure bliss.
A shame Derek never knew he died on his beloved's own feet.