The room was quiet, not a single noise or sound, only a few hisses and the sounds of the little nagas breathing. My little girls were still asleep, their eyes were closed, and their tiny lips were curled up. They were sleeping and snuggling with each other, their little hands were wrapped around their sisters, and their tails were touching, feeling each other's warmth.
I, on the other hand, didn't taste sleep for two or three days. The reason was, of course, the bloody blue bitch. The giant naga woman didn't let her eyes off my white little daughters, attacking at the first sign of me showing a weak moment. Luckily, the snake wasn't too fast, and her movements were very predictable, only targeting my daughters, giving me enough time to stop her.
'This bitch,' I cursed, glaring at the giant naga. She was sleeping peacefully on the floor near the bed like nothing ever happened.
I tried to slay her during her sleep, but the bitch had an extraordinary sense, waking up the moment I made a move. Only during her meals and sleep time did the giant naga cease her attack. But now, after many failed attempts and some wounds caused by my wolf claws, the blue-scaled naga was growing restless, and the hisses and the glare became more intense.
'Damn... I can't keep up like this,' I cursed, gulping down another healing potion, healing my wounds. 'If not for the potions, I'd be long dead.'
It was tiring. I couldn't sleep for more than an hour or two, and even if I managed to win a few hours for rest, I had to use that valuable time to nurse my daughters. They were growing faster than normal, and their hunger was insatiable. I had to produce more breast milk, and with my current body, it was too much for me to handle.
'Damn, I'm literally falling apart.'
My body was exhausted, and the mana inside my body was at its limit. The healing potions and the mana potions were the only things that kept me alive and well enough to keep fighting. However, after using too many potions, I began to experience diminishing returns. Previously, one mana potion was enough to replenish my mana. But now the effects of the potions were decreasing, and with that, my chances of survival were lowering.
'This is going to be a problem since I have a limited stock of potions.'
I didn't want to lose, but the blue-scaled bitch was persistent. I'm sure that if I die, she'll eat her own daughter. No, the moment she tried to eat the white one, she lost the right to be their mother.
"Hiss"
"Shit!... Here we go again."
Snapping and getting back into a defensive stance, I stared at the bitch who just woke up. She was glaring, her eyes were sharper than they were, and her tail was pointing up, dancing in the air.
Clatter!
Before the blue naga could make a move, a low thud echoed from the other side of the wall, followed by a bunch of low noises. I had no idea what was happening outside the dark room, or maybe it was a mind game from the trial again.
HISSS!
"What the..." I was surprised. The sudden change was very odd. For some reason, the blue naga began to act weird. She dashed to the other corner of the room and stayed there, hissing and snapping her jaw. Her tail was flaring up like a cobra.
'Why?' The sudden change in her attitude puzzled me, but what took me by surprise was the fact that the giant naga woman was looking at the wall like she was waiting for something.
'What the hell is happening?' I was confused, wondering why the giant snake was acting strange and weird. But at the same time, a little relieved that she didn't attack me, giving me a chance to rest a little and recover.
CLANG! CLINK!
"Hmm..." Hearing the sounds, I turned to the wall. The sound was coming from the other side. I didn't have to wait long. Soon, a light appeared from an opening in the wall. Then a figure emerged.
HISSS!!!
"You?" I narrowed my eyes, staring at the woman who entered the dark room. She was the same one that brought me here in the first place, the one that inspected me, the blue snake demon.
"Hiss... What's happening here?" she asked, noticing the terrible condition of the room. Then her eyes landed on me and the little ones behind me.
"Hiss!... You gave birth?!!" the snake woman said, looking at the small group of baby nagas hiding behind me. Her eyes were wide, and the tone of her voice was surprised and angry at the same time.
"No shit, Sherlock," I commented, glaring at her, having no fucking idea who the hell Sherlock is. But surprisingly, the demon woman didn't reply to my comment. Instead, she glanced at the giant naga for a moment and then pulled from her pocket two small metal poles. One was red, and the other was black.
CLANG!
"HISSSS!!" The moment she clanged the two metals together, the blue-scaled giant naga hissed loudly as if she was in pain or something. Then that winged metal plate began to glow red, and the bitch was pushed to the ground as if a heavy pressure was on her shoulders.
"HISS!" The giant naga hissed again, yet her voice was lower, and her tone was different, like an obedient dog being punished by its master.
The blue demon didn't say anything. She simply turned to the entrance and began to hiss loudly. A few seconds later, more of her kind came through the entrance. They were all females, and all of them had the same look—blue scales and human bodies.
'So the giant naga is a slave too. A breeding slave, I think. But why?' I thought, watching the blue-skinned demons.
"Hiss!" The leader pointed at the giant naga, and three women grabbed the snake and pulled her away from the room. The rest turned and approached me.
'Shit,' I cursed, keeping my defensive stance. If these demon women have the same reaction to my white daughters as the big one, then I'm in trouble.
'Should I fight?' The thought crossed my mind. Should I fight them, even with the odds stacked against me? The question was—could I fight them?
'Maybe I could distract them so the little ones could escape through that door.' The plan wasn't bad, but the danger would still remain even if my daughters managed to escape.
"Hisss" the leader blue demon let out a low hiss as she stood before me, her eyes scanning me for a moment from head to toe before shifting her focus to my daughters.
'Shit'
I cursed, feeling my heart racing. The situation was tense, and the leader naga looked hostile.
'Shit...shit...SHIT'
I was nervous, scared, and angry. The feeling was mixed and was driving me crazy. I couldn't think, and the only thing that crossed my mind was to kill them all.
Kill them...slaughter them...end their pathetic existence... leave none alive!
'Yes, I must kill them so my daughters may live'
That's right... my daughters will not be safe as long as they are in this world... I shall bring peace and happiness to my children, no war, no hunger, and no pain.
'Yes!'
'YES!!'
"Hiss!" the loud hiss of the blue woman in front of me snapped me out of my trance. It was just a mere second, yet I felt like hours had passed. Looking around, I could see that the naga had spread all over the room, their eyes locked on the little ones.
"Get away from my babies," I said in a calm and cold voice, not raising my voice or yelling. The last thing I wanted was to scare the little ones and cause them pain.
"Hiss," the leader replied, not backing down nor moving. She didn't even bother to look at me; her gaze was locked on the little white-scaled babies.
"I'm not gonna repeat myself... leave."
"You gave birth to something rare... female," the snake woman said, speaking to me for the first time. Her voice was hoarse, and the tone was cold.
"Huh?" The word caught me off guard.
"That female," she pointed at my white daughter. "Is rare. You should be proud."
"I'm proud. She's my daughter... all of them," I declared, not knowing where this was going, but I didn't want her or any other demons to talk shit about my daughters.
"Hiss... interesting," the snake woman hissed, her eyes scanning my belly and then the rest of my body. "This is the first time I see someone loving their children."
"Huh?" The words shook me a little. "Of course, I love my daughters... who doesn't?"
"We don't. Demons do not care for their young," the snake woman said, and the three others behind her nodded. "And all slaves hate their children."
'Of course, they would... you forced them to get fucked by demons,' I exclaimed inwardly, thinking about the lives of the poor slaves, forced to be breeding bitches to the demons and monsters.
"Take them," the blue snake said, turning to her friends. "And don't hurt the mother."
"WHAT!!" The words sent a shiver down my spine, and before the snakes could move, I lunged at the snake woman and grabbed her by the neck.
"Get away from them, or you're dead."
"..." The blue-skinned woman didn't react to me at all; she only kept staring at me blankly, and that made me furious. She didn't take me seriously, so I decided to just snap her neck. However, before I could do anything—
BOOF!
Someone hit me hard on the back of my neck, making me fall on the ground, holding the back of my head, and trying to get up. Yet the dizziness was strong, and my vision was blurry. I couldn't see who attacked me, and I was losing consciousness by the second.
'No... I can't.... my daughters.'
Watching the demons taking away my daughters was the most painful thing in my life. I wanted to scream and shout, rise and save them, but my body was not responding, and my vision was fading.
"Hiss, we'll take care of them."
These were the last words of the blue snake demon before she kicked me right in the face.