<> Hjalmar fought every harpy nearby to help the fleeing villagers. He fought the muscular harpy for the second time, in the final match.
A massive shadow suddenly swept down from the smoke-choked skies above. Aden obliviously focused on warding the fleeing civilians with jabs of his spear and had no inkling of the threat until it was nearly upon him.
"Guahh!" The scream tore from his throat as a massive, taloned limb sideswiped him with brutal force. He felt his body lift from the ground, tumbling head-over-heels through the air before smashing into the unforgiving stone of a nearby structure.
Dazed but thankfully not grievously injured, Aden dragged himself back to his feet, spear still gripped white-knuckle tight in his hands. His gaze followed the path of that immense winged shape as it banked around for another pass, and his eyes blew wide.
"Shit..." he cursed under his breath, recognizing the distinctive muscular form and sheer, staggering size. This was no common harpy.
Aden sprinted back towards the evacuation, shouting urgent warnings to the others. Sure enough, the monstrous alpha harpy had zeroed in on the vulnerable Phil, still disoriented from their earlier clash. With a shrill screech of malice, she went into a screaming dive, wicked talons outstretched to eviscerate the young pyromancer.
"Phil! On your left!" Aden's voice carried over the din of battle.
Thankfully, Phil's instincts kicked in and he flung himself sideways, narrowly avoiding being torn apart. Unfortunately, the harpy's raking claws found purchase on his torch, snatching it away and extinguishing their only remaining source of flame to use against the winged scourge.
A thunderous crash drew their attention as Hjalmar exploded forth from the rubble of the demolished courthouse. However, battered and bleeding from multiple lacerations, the towering Fjordian was undaunted, his piercing eyes instantly locking onto the threat.
Hjalmar fought with the ferocity of a wild animal, tearing through any harpy that dared impede the desperate evacuation of the villagers. His fists were a blur of savage motion, pulverizing flesh and shattering bone with every thunderous impact. A grisly trail of broken harpy bodies marked his wake as he carved a path through the chaos.
"What was that?" he bellowed over the screams and shrieks, flexing his hands into white-knuckled fists.
"It's the muscular harpy from the Wailing Widow Pass!" Aden shouted back, bracing himself as the immense creature banked around for another strafing run.
There could be no retreat, no quarter asked or given. They would need to stand united and face this fearsome new foe head-on. The very survival of the fleeing villagers depended upon their ability to bring down this alpha predator, once and for all.
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<>"Silent Forest! Everyone to the Silent Forest! head for Silent Forest!" Ser Gareth bravely stood in the middle of the chaos, yelling over and over, telling people to take refuge in the Silent Forest.
"Move! Move! Move!"
<> Aden went back to the destroyed courthouse after the roof collapsed, He felt relieved as he found Indry, Agnes, and little Jasmine in the cellar. He escorted them to the Silent Forest. and resumed going to the Riverway neighborhood to seek Laura and Eugene. Aden found Laura but not Eugene.
"Wait, Where is Laura?"
"I don't see her," Indry replied
"Me neither," Agnes replied
"I saw Aunty with Eugene's head to the Riverway." said little Jasmine.
"Okay, follow me, and don't leave my side in any circumstances. We'll head to the Silent Forest. if anything, go straight to the Silent Forest. We regroup there with the knights and the others."
<> Only a little more than half of the villagers and refugees regrouped in the Silent Forest.
<> Somehow Ralph survives and is present in the Silent Forest.
<> After dropping off Indry, Agnes, and Little Jasmine in the Silent Forest regroup spot Aden went back to the village. helping anyone while looking for Laura and Eugene in the Riverway neighborhood.
Riverway was a high-class neighborhood in Serendale Village. It has a number of stone-built mansions.
"Psst, Aden, in here." a hushed voice from a smaller mansion. a familiar face peeked behind the little bit opened up door.
"Eugene," Aden rushed to the mansion and walked past the front yard. It was not just Eugene, Laura was also inside the little mansion.
Aden released a relieved sigh.
"Thank God both of you are safe."
Eugene looked happy but not Laura. She was sulking.
He found them in the mansion three places away from Indry's mansion.
Laura hugged and kissed Aden passionately as they met. Eugene watched awkwardly.
it was the only mansion that didn't get ransacked because it was only a bit bigger than a house. They lay low.
Aden plowed Laura as Eugene watched. She blames Eugene for leaving her by herself. it was a punishment for her husband.
"We should lay low for a while. wait for sunset. and we set off to the Silent Forest. this place will be crawled by harpies tomorrow morning, they are here to stay. by the time we are already too late to reach for the forest."
"I think I know what we should do while waiting." Laura bites her lip. She got closer to Aden and grabbed his crotch.
"Laura, I don't think this is the time for that." Aden was awkward, he would love to cross her legs but not in front of her own husband nor in a time like this.
"It is the time for that, or would you want to do it in the forest? with everyone watching? I don't mind tho." Laura teased
"We still have time until sunset."
They kissed passionately. Laura took out her tits and pulled her skirt up to her waist. She untied her string panties. showing her roseate pussy.
Aden grabbed and squeezed her tits. he swept his tongue from her neck down to her tits. licking her tits and sucking her nipples with his tongue.
Aden glanced once at Eugene before he pushed his hip, sliding his cock deep inside her.
"uhh," Laura moaned
This is why Aden loves being an ox, This feeling of control not just over the wife but over the husband also, made Aden feel powerful.
Aden accelerated his pace.
"Oh, fuck me!..fuck me like those riffraffs in the Havenmoor shabby shack," Laura blabbered about her vultured experience. She meant to humiliate her husband.
Laura moaned loudly. Aden believe someone could hear them having sex.
suddenly Laura pushed Aden to his back, lying on the ground. She got the woman in the top position. She kissed Aden before starting to move her hips.
it's happening, Aden thought.
"The twister."
Laura looked at Eugene, "you like it, meek?"
They were all drenched with sweat. the mansion was damp and humid. it was getting hot and made the two sweat a lot. the sweat glistening on both of their bodies. made the scene more erotic and aestethic.
"shh.." Aden told her to suppress her moaning by kissing her lips.
"Mmh" she moaned in a suppressed mouth as Aden used his tongue. their tongue danced inside their mouths entwining like a mating snake. Her saliva was refreshing.
He was too preoccupied with silencing Laura he didn't notice the harpy scout was near he could hear their wings beating the air on the mansion two houses to them.
bad timing, the harpy scouts coming to this place. Aden thought they already lost them in the alleyways.
"Shh, someone's coming." Aden hushed Laura once more, he suddenly shifted his pace to the slowest and eventually stopped.
that made Laura go crazy her legs stiffened and pressed Aden
Aden closed her mouth with his hand as her body quivered uncontrollably.
"Nnnhh!" Her eyes went white. she was having her orgasm.
Aden looked at Eugene and touched his free hand index finger on his lips, telling Eugene to not make any sound. Eugene nodded. it looks like the meek husband also heard the harpies nearby.
Laura's inside clenched Aden's dick, Aden hold the seer torrential pleasure with all of his might. he let out a suppressed grunt.
when Aden plowed Laura, he managed to peek into a hole in the wall. There was a harpy on the outside. Aden peeked out, it was golden winged harpy that he released at the seaport. She flew back to her sisters and they went in another direction.
The golden-winged harpy saved him and the couple.
"We couldn't stay here, the harpies took over the village. They are here to stay. Let's go."
"Looks like they want us to freeze to death in this forest."
"We should get out of this forest, there is a farm village at the bottom of the mountain"
"That's a bad idea."
"How, bout the seaport?"
"..."
"Percy, tell me the sit rep and the terrain of the seaport."
"Sir," Percy came. "The road down the mountain is covered by the trees canopies which grow on the side of the road and the cliff wall."
"Can it give protection for the marching villagers from the harpies?"
"Yes, harpies wouldn't dare to dive into the tree canopies and the foliage."
"What's the matter?"
"The tree line ended before the road reached the seaport. There is an open field between the seaport and the tree line. The villagers would be too exposed there. we will be sitting duck for the harpies."
"How wide is this open field?"
"from this tree line to that street." Percy pointed out a distance about ten stone's throw away. "But, as long as they can reach the wall of wooden stacks near of the seaport they would be out of harm's way."
"Hmm," Captain Willem thought. He took a good look at the defenders.
"It's doable. we stretch the defenders and make a double spear wall on each of the villager's paths, protecting the train of the villagers until they reach the seaport."
<>The knights and the volunteers discuss plan
<>Aden went back with Laura and Eugene.
just when he was about to enter the tree line he looked behind and saw a huge silhouette of a harpy from a distance descended from the sky, glinted by golden light and imbued in an ember gradient of the sunset. from the scale, this one particular harpy was bigger and taller than any other harpy or the muscular harpy they fought in the wailing widow's creek.