Chapter 326 - Hunting the Hunters (3/3)
*Huff* *Puff* *Huff*
While having difficulty breathing because they are using all their strength to run, Rein, Lanzo, and Niklaus continue to flee from Lucien"s group through the forest.
They have been running for five minutes and have already covered seven miles. They are strong demi-humans from the S and SS-rank, but with their current injuries, they can only run like that thanks to Lucien"s "super potions."
Drinking another man"s c.u.m left a bitter aftertaste in their minds, mainly because they can"t lie to themselves about that being bad. However, if that is giving them a chance to get away, it may have been worth it.
"We will make it to the coast! We can do it!!" Rein speaks as he continues to run as much as he can.
In front of the group, Lanzo has a mocking smile on his face. "I can"t believe that idiot really healed us and gave us a chance to get away. Why is power always given to idiots?"
Niklaus, behind Rein, shakes his head as he responds to Lanzo"s comment. "He made us drink his c.u.m, and you still think he"s an idiot? I still think we"ll die before we get to the beach and with the taste of his c.o.c.k in our mouths."
Rein spits on the ground. "Lanzo is right; even though he wants to play with us, he is still underestimating us, and that is our biggest chance to escape."
"Even if we reach the coast and take a boat, haven"t you seen those giant ice sh.i.p.s flying in the sky? d.a.m.n!! Who is that guy?!?" Niklaus has a mixture of envy and shock in his eyes.
Lanzo and Rein also understand that the chances of them maintaining their lives are minimal, given that Lucien doesn"t really need to keep his word. But how can they don"t hold on to the last hope of living?
"What was it?" Rein stops running and stares at the bushes. A deja vu?
Lanzo and Niklaus stop running too and look at the bushes. Everyone gets very tense, not sure if they should keep running or investigate the bush.
"It"s him?" Niklaus asks aloud, intending to do something behind the bush to hear him.
"He said he wouldn"t attack us in a while." Rein comments, also in a loud tone.
Lanzo gets scared and feels his legs start to shake, but not knowing what is happening makes him even more uncomfortable, so he starts walking towards the bush.
Time seems to slow down for the group, while their fear makes them apprehensive. There are many people who say that our greatest enemy is ourselves.
Each step of Lanzo towards the bush seems like an eternity, but he finally reaches a meter from it and begins to extend his arm towards the leaves.
"UH?!?" Lanzo and the others get startled when the bush suddenly shakes and when they prepare to hear the loud roar of Lucien or Oya; in fact, a fluffy rabbit runs out of that in the direction of another bush.
"F.U.C.K!!" Lanzo exclaims while his legs are still shaking.
"I think he will keep his word. We have to move on!" Rein speaks and quickly runs again.
Lanzo takes a deep breath and runs again as Niklaus looks at the rabbit. For a moment, he thinks about kicking the rabbit for the fear he just felt, but then he remembers how he is even more helpless than that rabbit compared to Lucien and starts to run again.
A few seconds after Rein"s group leaves that area, Lucien and Amelia appears mounted on Oya. The rabbit jumps on Lucien"s l.a.p and has her cute ears c.a.r.e.s.sed by him while making a satisfied expression.
"Good girl." Lucien smiles as he rubs his nose on the cute little rabbit"s fur while Amelia rolls her eyes.
Then a gray light s.h.i.+nes around the rabbit, which becomes Envy. She quickly wrappers her lags around Lucien"s waist and moves her mouth toward his lips.
"Reward!" Envy asks in a cute and seductive tone.
Lucien smiles and kisses her sweet lips, making L.u.s.t and Amelia jealous. They don"t even realize how they are sharing their "sinful characteristics" around him.
"More, please." Although very pleasant, the kiss is quick, and Envy begs for more.
L.u.s.t materializes her body beside Amelia and hugs Lucien"s back while looking at Envy over his shoulder with an annoyed expression. "Isn"t it too greed?"
"Don"t compare me to her!!" Envy makes an upset expression.
"Don"t fight, my dears," Lucien speaks lovingly but also with a firm tone while c.a.r.e.s.sing L.u.s.t"s face.
L.u.s.t just smiles and nods at him, but Envy is upset as L.u.s.t always teases whoever she wants, and Lucien just seems to be stern with the other and not her. Well, that just makes Envy want his love more and more.
Then Astrid, Scarlett, Olivia, Anne, and Elsie arrive at Lucien"s side while the other girls are on Rose"s floating platform above that area.
Lucien starts to speak. "There are still about twelve minutes to go. Oya and I are going to separate them, and then you can do it as you please."
"Yes, hubby." The girls agree while responding in sync.
"..." Lucien gets strangely silent as he smiles provocatively at them.
The girls are confused for a second without understanding if something strange has happened until they notice Elsie blus.h.i.+ng.
She smiles sheepishly, which Lucien finds extremely cute. "Sorry... I meant my King."
"Just Lucien, please, you are part of the family." Lucien smiles at Elsie before Oya runs towards Rein"s group.
As soon as Lucien leaves that area, the girls look at Elsie with amusing expressions, leaving her even more embarra.s.sed.
Anne takes Elsie"s hand and looks her in the eye. "If you"re not sure about it, you should be careful with your next actions. With Lucien, it"s all or nothing. If you want to have his love, you have to belong entirely to him."
"And then at that moment, you won"t want to walk away from him for even a second, and neither will he allow that," Scarlett explains.
"The world will appear to get gray and lifeless, while next to him, everything will look more than perfect." Olivia completes.
Astrid nods before following Lucien, followed by the other girls, including Elsie, who has a hopeful smile on her face.
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"Huh??!?!" Lanzo stops running again when he hears some bushes shaking near him.
"Another d.a.m.n rabbit?" Niklaus asks as Rein makes a thoughtful expression.
Lanzo picks up a piece of wood from the ground to throw in the bush. But before he does that, the bush starts to shake again, followed by other bushes and trees around them.
The group starts to get scared again as they look around, trying to find any indication of wind or animals.
And then they start to hear a low growl, which makes their legs tremble and souls freeze.
"RUN! RUN!!" Lanzo shouts as he starts running again.
"GO! GO!!!" Rein speaks to Niklaus as he runs, too.
But Niklaus can"t run. He has paralyzed with fear again. He can"t deal with all that tension.
The bushes and trees around him continue to shake as if there are strong waves of wind or animals moving between them, leaving him more and more terrified.
"No, no, no..." Niklaus kneels on the ground and puts both hands on his head as his regret begins to corrode his soul.
He looks everywhere, yet can"t see anything but leaves. His vision starts to blur because of his tears, so he looks at the ground.
"... no, no, please... ah?" Niklaus is confused when he sees two fluffy white paws like those of the rabbit he saw a minute ago on the ground in front of him.
Niklaus"s almost completely broken mind doesn"t know whether he has hope or not. He starts to look up slowly, but then the rabbit"s paws start to turn gray and bigger.
"What?" Niklaus is confused and afraid, but he still looks up, just to have a terrible shock.
In front of him, there is not a small, fluffy white rabbit but a big one, a meter tall, with dark gray fur, frightening red eyes, and sharp fangs.
"s.h.i.+T!!" Niklaus begins to crawl backward while his fear reaches a new peak.
*ROOOOAR*
"AAAAAAAAA!!!" Niklaus screams when Lucien roar right next to his ear again. Then the fright forces him to quickly get up and start running in any direction away from there.
Lucien starts to laugh, and Envy changes her form to a cute rabbit before jumping on his arms while the girls arrive there.
The girls also start to laugh, especially Anne and Elsie.
"Hahahaha... I could watch that the whole day." Elsie comments.
Anne is also finding Niklaus" suffering very pleasurable, but she can"t resist teasing Elsie while looking at Lucien. "Then you would be missing out on the chance to watch something much better."
Elsie pretends not to understand, but in her mind, she has different thoughts. [I already miss that...]
Lucien looks at Anne and Elsie. "Stay within a five-mile radius so I can help you quickly if there any problem."
"So overprotective." Anne giggles as she kisses Lucien.
Elsie cannot resist gazing at Lucien"s lips while speaking softly. "I like it..."
Then Anne takes Elsie"s hand and prepares to follow Niklaus, but Amelia quickly speaks. "Wait. I"m going with you."
"Mm." Anne and Elsie nods.
Amelia approaches Lucien and kisses his lips gently while talking to him mentally. "I will take care of them, so reward me a lot at night."
"Anything you want, darling." Lucien strokes Amelia"s long white hair the way she likes it most.
Then the girls follow Niklaus" tracks, while Envy remains in Lucien"s arms in rabbit form.
As Amelia moves away from her, Envy"s body begins to slowly dematerialize.
She takes her original form and kisses Lucien before her whole body turns to gray dust, returning to Amelia"s soul. Envy can stay inside Lucien"s soul, but she is still restricted to a certain distance from Amelia.
Lucien signals to the girls and starts following Lanzo and Rein again.
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Lanzo ran so fast that Rein can no longer see him. He looks back and doesn"t see his son either.
"Dammit!!" Rein curses while he doesn"t know if he tries to reach Lanzo or comes back to help Niklaus.
He stops and shouts back. "Niklaus?!?! Where are you?!?!"
*Growl*
The bushes start to shake again while Rein can hear the echo of a low growl that seems to come from all sides.
*Thump* *Thump* *Thump* *Thump*
Rein"s heart starts to beat faster and faster as he finds it increasingly difficult to breathe.
He loves his oldest son, but he has to escape that nightmare, so he starts running again without looking back.
Lucien finds Rein"s willpower incredible, but the fear is consuming every bit of his soul and mind, taking away any rationality from the middle-aged werewolf.
Rein is more and more terrified with every bush that shakes and growls that he hears. Although that is just Lucien and Oya playing with him, for Rein, it is like many monsters, many "Luciens," or rather, many devils trying to carry him to a h.e.l.l worse than the one he experienced with Eve and Pride.
"AH!!" Rein stumbles and falls as he runs looking around.
He rolls on the ground and tries to get up, but noises of movement and growls get more intense, coming from all sides and also making him freeze in fear.
"No, no, no, please..." Rein begins to beg as Niklaus did.
"..." Then everything is silent, a deadly silence that makes Rein feel more alone than ever.
"Time is running out. Do you really want to give up like this?" Lucien calmly speaks while lying on the branch of a tree above Rein.
"I-I-I..." Rein can"t even speak, while his fear also reaches a new peak.
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