(Through the Looking Glass POV) Marco's 40th Quest

A shaman gifts you a monocle. And through it you gaze through the looking glass. And see through a different gaze (You can use the power 3 times to unravel a hidden perspective)

Somewhere along the edge of the world...

The atmosphere as well as the mood reeked with doom and gloom. To its native inhabitants this region forever only knew the callous looking dark grey skies dwelling above, painting across the heavens a sea of black fog which never went away, be it morning or night.

The scene was almost foretelling a disaster poised to one day sweep through these isles. Ironically they called these parts Fortuna.

Black mountains covered nearly the entire planes as far as the eyes could reach. Marco grimaced at the unsightly scenery before him, much preferring the warm he had visited during these last 8 or so months. Where the lands were filled with tall tropical trees, white sands and beautiful women dressed in skimpy clothing.

During the last 8 months he had crossed no less than 35 different small cities, rode passed many different seas whilst also bedding as many women as he could along the way. As of now he was assured he had fucked almost the same amount of human women as he had Elves. Much to his overall surprise of course.

Well not everyone he came across...Marcos gaze trailed towards his right-hand side. Standing not too far away but also noticeably away from him and the other member of his hired company was a beautiful Elf with curly brown hair, gold and silver amour with fitted braces meshed into solid metallic gloves. She was the only woman he was yet to have mounted on top of his large cock. And that was starting to make him want her even more. Threyja it was, the Elf from the azure mountain who he grew up with.

She wore tight fitted armor with skin tight leather underneath. Marco couldn’t help but lick his lips whilst he gazed at her perfectly ample breasts and firm back side. She had grown even more sexier than the days on the azure mountain. Her aura was more dense and those eyes of hers, Marco knew very well she had both tasted and seen **** enough times to understand what it meant to be a warrior now.

Threyja felt a gaze upon her and glanced towards him, Marco noticed a change in her demeanor, a mixture of slight irritation and a subtle look of confusion flashes across her eyes before she turned away.

A smile creased against his face, _‘She’s still trying so hard to fight the desires clawing at her insides. You even went as far as to wear gloves? Hoho you think that will stop the curse from swaying your urges.’ _Marco remembered that lovely day when he finally saw his chance to strike. A casual attack of bandits had caught Threyja and her company off guard, and an unexpected chieftain had appeared and became somewhat difficult to handle alone. On the orders of the Queen of Lucia, he and a few hand picked silver ranked knights were dispatched to help the esteemed white ape band headed by Threyja. Marco didn’t really give a fuck about saving her band, in fact he would've enjoyed letting them all die if he hadn't thought ahead of the possibilities to this quest.

During the mission he found a rare chance to touch Threyja's hand, and just like Winston had taught him he applied the first step of the cursed seal to her hands. All Threyja felt was the subtle prick against the back of her hand. Unbeknownst to the true disaster transferred into her body.

Marco almost noticed the changes instantly; she would become flustered quite easily whenever her hand was touched. And since that time, Threyja had closed herself off to nearly everyone but her master. The few times he saw her in public she was wearing gloves and couldnt stand beside him for too long. An obvious attempt to stop her lust from going crazy whenever someone touched her hand. Marco also discovered that Threyja wont be obedient to the caster of the curse until the curse mark was completed.

He had to give it to Winston, his methods were somewhat crass but the effectiveness was praiseworthy.

‘Fufufu how cute. What you don’t know yet my beautiful Threyja is that this mission will be the final-’

“Hey Marco! Helloooo - Marcooo!” He heard a pleasant voice singing his name which swiftly snapped him out of his day dream

Turning to the other side his gaze met the eyes of a dark-skinned beauty with dark braided hair and hazel eyes dressed in a revealing martial outfit with golden braces strapped against both of her wrists and her ankles.

She had tight muscles in the right places and an incredibly huge ass that almost stuck out from underneath her Martial gown. Marco had his eyes firmly locked onto her innocent gaze. She only started to feel a little shy once she noticed he refused to remove his glare away from her chest.

“w-why are you staring at me like that for?”

“Huh oh-no reason. I was just lost in those beautiful eyes of yours Melinda” His words sparked her brown cheeks to turn cherry red for a few moments. She shifted her gaze away, peering into the vast valley covered in dark stones before them. There was a sleeping volcano tucked behind the entrance of the cave they were set to explore.

“Bodo and Lacey haven't arrived back yet. Should we...should we go and look for them?” her concerned voice was cute. Marco enjoyed that about the girl who carried a childish demeanor but was built like an Amazonian warrior.

‘I’ve been focused solely on conquering Threya that I forgot just how sexy this naïve idiot was. Perhaps I’ll add her to the harem I plan on forming. After I succeed in burying my cock into Threyja of course. Oh come to think of it Dodo must be taking my advice then...Haha I wonder what that prude bitches face looks like when she's bent over.’

Despite only being a knight for around 8 months, Marco was the acting leader of this mission. Therefore it was his authority which mattered in delegating the roles for each of the people he hired for this quest. Dodo was actually the second human he had formed a kind of bond with. A bond based on the fact he also had quite the appetite for bedding the beauties around the kingdom. And as such he soon became someone rather reliable.

“No need to worry about them. Lacey’s tracking abilities are on par with a Golden knight so they’ll at least see any danger coming. But I do agree...time is of the essence. We’ll make our way to the cave’s entrance then.” He turned to the right-hand side, his mouth parting aside preparing to share his thoughts with Threyja.

*Whooosh*

A gust of wind blew past him and he merely saw an after image of her dazzling pink aura as she vanished from the spot and streaked towards the valley beneath them.

Marco watched her go with an indifferent look against his face.

“M-marco something the matter with Threyja? She hasn’t said much since we left Lucia?”

“Hahaha Threyja is fine, we’re having a sort of lover's quarrel if you would call it that. She just needs someone to tame her again. Don’t think too much on it my beautiful friend.” He looked into Melindas eyes, noticing her entire face blushing whilst her eyes were unsure of where to look.

“F-forgive me...I didn’t know you two had that sort of relationship.”

“Well...it’s complicated-but don’t worry after this mission ends you should see a bigger improvement with her.” He smiled broadly, just thinking about having Threyja submitting to him made his cock throb.

“Thats brilliant Marco! Oh-yes your 40th Silver ranked quest. You’ll not only be the youngest fellow to ever achieve a Gold Rank but also the fastest person to ever do it. You must be a once in a life time genius Marco- I am envious I have to admit.” Melinda said gushing with praises whilst she made little fists with her hands.

Marco observed her childish grin in silence for a few moments. ‘She seems genuinely happy for me...how strange, I guess I could try persuade her to become an active member in the band I plan on forming once I’ve earned my Gold Rank Knighthood. Ah- father was right to help earn me 20 or so silver ranked mission credits without me having to do any one of them, and with the deal Razziel secretly has with the Queen of Lucia, I shouldn’t have to fear anyone finding out I cheated those numbers.’ Marco had a lot to ponder considering he was about to make an important step closer towards his dreams.

Despite the added outside help from both his father and Winstons teacher. A man he only knew as Wizard Del. Only Marco truly understood how hard he worked during the past 7 months to make sure at least his strength looked the part on the outside.

Today would be the day he said to himself. ‘The end of their simple relationship’

Both he and Melinda arrived at the entrance of the cave's gaping mouth. Marco stood just by the caves entrance. The floor within looked to fall steeply into an unknown abyss. His tracking skills were nowhere near at the level formidable enough to scan a deep cave corridor like this one by himself.

‘Belle...do you sense anything.’

He alone heard a twinkle directly inside of his head

A delicate voice appeared, one that he had actually missed since last hearing her this morning.

‘Master-master Belle’s completed her ‘good sleep.' So Belle will be much stronger now.’

‘A good sleep? Tell me more about that- do it quickly I have a quest to fulfill.’

‘Yes master. Since Belle has had a lot of time fighting alongside master whilst master uses the abilities of Belle. Belle’s power has gotten stronger through a long sleep which helps Belle understand her powers better.’ Marco nodded without saying anything, he had gotten used to Belles presence within his mind. His gaze lazily trailed towards Threyja in the near distance, she was crouched down inspecting what looked like dried bones gathered into a pile.

Marco creased a charming smile as he walked towards her.

‘Say Belle tell me more about this power growth of yours.’

‘Yes master! Now that Belle has understood the powers of desire a little more, Master can now move his energy whenever he wants to have naughty time with one of those big breast misuses.’

Marco grimaced slightly once he heard how she described sex, ‘Don't call it that ever again Belle. But that sounds...intriguing.’ It reminded him of a lost art he was told once existed amongst Elven cultivators.

‘The art of dual cultivation. Hmmmm...’

Marco finally stood beside Threyja who tried her best to avoid eye contact. After a while she exhaled a deep breath before lifting her lowered gaze to meet him. Marco was slightly taken aback, reminded of just how beautiful she was compared to the human women he had been fucking tirelessly since they arrived at the mainland.

“What do you want...Marco?” her eyes didn’t match her tone. Marco understood she was trying to put on an act. Out of all the women he had met, Threyja was the one he observed the most. And luckily during these past 8 months, where they spent quite a lot of time in each other's company due to the quests they chose to undertake. He could say their relationship was a lot better than it had ever been.

‘Good thing that useless cripple got himself killed heh! I did always wonder who was the culprit behind that.’ The rumors had spread far and wide about who would’ve chosen to **** Lady Eleanors son. Lucky for him he was already within the mainland when it happened. And that was why Threyja never blamed him for the cripple's ****. In fact, he played the part of a concerned friend during her periods of mourning.

‘ A shame she’s too hell bent on honoring that cripples memory, else I would’ve already been fucking her ruthlessly by now. Tis a shame, now I'll have to do things my way.’

“Why such the stern gaze Frey-Frey? I only wanted to make sure you’re doing ok.” There was a slight twinge in her reaction, but it seemed she didn’t hold concern with Marco addressing her that way.

“It’s ok...hey Marco about what happened between us before I-”

“I totally understand! Spare of the moment sort of thing right? After all you were mourning and I shouldn’t have taken advantage of you like that. I hold the full blame and hope we can look passed it and still be comrades.”

Threyja’s gaze widened, a clear look of surprise evident within her gaze.

“Well...thats sigh...Good! I’m glad we can move past that then.”

‘Hmph I can see she’s a little disappointed? I know you wanted us to keep going as well that night. That kiss we had probably got you so wet because of the curse applied to your hand. Even without Belle’s abilities there’s no way I couldn’t tell.’

“I will admit I had my doubts about you. Zia still warns me to this day whenever I cross paths with her to avoid you like the plague. But you’ve truly changed Marco...Thorj...Thorjen would’ve been impressed.” Her voice trailed into a whisper as her eyes started to become wet.

Marco knelt down beside her and gently placed an arm over her shoulder.

“There-there Frey, im sure he’s looking up towards you feeling proud...”

“huh? up? Wha-what do you mean” she sniffled

“Oh forgive me I meant down-haha easy mistake. But look, you’ve grown so strong on your own. I just know he wouldn’t want you to remain sad like this, and instead live out your life to its fullest.”

Threyja gently nodded whilst still sniffling and trying to hide her tears.

“Y-yes *Sniff Sniff* You’re right...But I will never forget him and I can only try to honor his memory by staying true to the promises we made on the Azure mountain.”

“What kind of promises?” His eyes slightly narrowed

“Oh-ah...n-nothing to trouble yourself over Marco...But thank you for being understanding. My cultivation has struggled for a while now and it makes my heart gladder knowing you didn’t take what happen between us the wrong way. I cherish you as a friend. Truly I do”

Her sweet smile was warm enough to untangle the threads of the tightest knot. Marco currently felt one of those in his chest, but her sweet smile had only angered him more.

‘Ah so you refuse to let the cripple go from your heart? Fucking weakling couldn’t die in peace, he still fucks up my plans from beyond the grave. No matter- no matter Frey Frey. After this quest you’ll be begging for me to plug every single hole you got. And once I'm done, I'll begin my conquest of all the Elven beauties around. Hehehe I can't fucking wait. The world will fall to my feet.’

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The cave was narrow, forcing them to all enter in a single file. Threyja led the way with Melinda in the middle and Marco trailing behind. Since he was undoubtedly the strongest it was a no brainer that he would play the vanguard. He wasn't complaining since he also enjoyed the view from back here. Both of the women were dressed in skin hugging armor or leather. Threyja’s back profile was always a turn on, her ass jiggled with just the right motion. But there was someone else who eclipsed her in that department.

He was surprised at how large and round Melindas bronze ass was. He couldn’t help imaging what it would feel like to bury his entire face between those large mounds of jiggling flesh. ‘Fuck! I’m getting horny again.’ Marco would usually deal with his lust by bedding the nearest pretty woman he could sink his claws into, but even he understood the importance of this mission. Plus he had already gotten some potions from Winston to help the growing lust he had to endure due to the Elven blood running through him as a matter of him going through an Elven late bloom of puberty. Unlike humans who went through these changes relatively early. Elves had multiple hormonal spurts. The downside was always having a raging hard on, but he did notice some pleasing benefits, his cock size for example and the amount of times he could cum now.

There was no real source of light within here but the inner walls were covered in a very strange shimmering obsidian-like material. Marco observed the walls closer and saw his reflection against the caves walls. The ceiling was also covered in cyan crystals. Melinda stopped a few times along their way to admire some. They came across three conjoined crystals above and again Melinda stopped to marvel a them. Marco creased a snide grin as he hastened his feet and purposely bumped into her. He angled his hips and his legs so that his midriff knocked directly between Melindas ass.

“Ah!” she yelped before her cheeks turned red as she felt a thick rod between her ass cheeks.

“M-marco...s-sorry but you bumped into me.”

Marco grinned he already used Belle’s ability to discover her erogezones. As expected with someone with a huge ass like she had, she was very sensitive in that area.

Marco purposely didn’t move straight away. And gently thrusted his hips forwards a little. His cock was hard and throbbed wildly as it grinded between her large ass cheeks.

“Hya!” Melinda quickly covered her mouth.

“huh what's going on?” He heard Threyja say before she turned around

‘Shit’” Marco swiftly bounced back drawing a clear gap between he and Melinda

Melinda swiftly fixed her tight one-piece battle suit. Marco saw the bottom of her ass fighting to remain hidden.

“It’s nothing...ahem I accidentally bumped into something...hard” she replied trying to keep her head lowered.

“Oh...that makes sense try and stay alert then, there's no telling what may jump out at us if we’re not careful.”

“En y-yes" After Threyja turned away again, Melinda looked back at Marco with her cheeks puffed, her lips pouting and her eyes slightly wet as though she had been wronged.

The narrow corridor continued the same way for quite some time.

Along the way Marco couldn’t hold himself back and enjoyed sneakily caressing Melinda’s brown and soft ass. She responded how he expected her too at this point, with gentle moans whilst trying to pretend nothing was happening. Although when he did try and pry his fingers deeper into her creases, and a little lower towards her sweet place. He barely felt her wet black panties before she quickly swatted his hand away.

Other than occasionally playing with Melindas ass, they relatively moved through the corridor unchallenged, the odd two or so blue skinned horned golems appeared.

But Threyja delt with them easily. Giving Marco a chance to see how her combat had improved these days.

‘After all, if my plan goes horribly wrong-no doubt I'll probably have to kill her if she attacks me...sigh-this better work Winston. Or ill haunt you in my ****.’

“Hey look up ahead” Threyja’s sweet voice reached his ears. Marco moved his gaze ahead of the little group. They were approaching an opened space within the cave. The cavernous walls were rigid and blue. Compared to the narrow corridor this area was brighter with glowing petals illuminating within the darkness.

Marco was the last to enter and even he was captivated by the sheer beauty of the inner cave surrounding them all. Other than the corridor they exited out of, there were two other gaping tunnels on the adjacent wall before them.

“You took your time then” Another voice appeared startling the trio. Marco slightly moved his eyes towards the approaching figure, a slender young woman cladded in swamp green and golden armor, she had long dark hair, a pretty face and narrow cat like eyes with willow eye brows. Her frown deepened once her eyes fell upon Marco. He could only lightly chuckle.

‘I guess she still hasn’t gotten over what happened between us all those months ago.’

“Lacey you’re alive? Where is Bodo?” Threyja asked scanning the area.

“He is...hmph that idiot hasn’t been able to control his bowels since he ate mushrooms I told him not too. He’s down that way...also there’s nothing worth threatening us here but mid level goblins and a few old relics.”

'Ah she must've tired him out then. Her tight pussy was like a vice grip that time she fell for my tricks and allowed me to fuck her brains out.'

Marco felt her cold gaze focus against him, “So which begs me to wonder...why the fuck did you hire us all to deal with something so unnecessary.”

‘This bitch...’Marco narrowed his brows. Only both he and Winston understood the true meaning behind these caves. ‘I’ll be damned if I let her ruin things.’

Marco raised his arms in defeat. “You’ve got me! Ok-ok so what if I wanted the last Silver ranked mission to be an easy one. Doesn’t change the fact that you’ll all be rewarded generously once this quest is completed.”

“Fucking creep! You think some of us don’t have anything better to do than go on wild goose chases? What the hell are we even looking out for then?” Lacey continued to protest. Marco was getting a little bit annoyed by her attitude. If he had his way he might’ve taken her head once nobody was looking.

“The Crystalline Yellow rooted flower. It’s used in some potions for increasing the veins during cultivation. We could even sell them for a large sum of money too.” Threyja was the one who spoke this time. Bringing a gentle smile to appear against Marco’s face.

“Sigh of course you’d take his side…”

“What? what's that supposed to mean ?”

“Haha nothing-nothing at all princess Threyja. Fine lets find your flowers and get our of here. Marco! I want 20% of your share or ill tell the guild master you purposely wasted their resources to fund a lower ranked quest. Me, Mel and Bodo will take that route. You two can do whatever the fuck you want.”

“20% is a little steep. Not like I cant find knight’s across the kingdom with your status no?”

“Why you…grrr”

“L-lacey why-“ before Theyja had a chance to speak further Lacey had grabbed Melindas arm and dragged her towards the left side of the caves entrance. Leaving a bewildered Threyja alone with Marco.

“What a bitch. She’s never taken a liking to Elves ever since I met her.” Marco said

Theyeja stared with a mixed feelings as she watched them depart away. She could only exhale a sigh before walking towards the other gaping entrance.

“Hey frey wait up- have I done something wrong?”

“Marco…you need to be more understanding of others. Lacey has a point, why would you form such a strong team for a quest like this? Some of us have to train and also could’ve spent the time dealing with…other matters.”

‘She’s thinking about searching the gorge for the cripple again. What the fuck is wrong with her. All muscle and no brain.’

“I... I’m sorry, the last thing I wanted to do was hurt you. Forgive me.” His voice sounded earnest despite his innards twisting in disgust right now.

Threyja was about to say something but decided against it. She merely nodded her head and gestured towards them focusing on finding the crystalline flower.

‘Although that bitch Lacey was whining, she did do me a favor by dividing us into these groups. Now I can finally begin the final stages of my plan’

Marco took a glance towards Threyja’s gloved hand. He managed it by luck to land a covetous attack which planted the first stage of the curse. He needed to apply the curse against two more points against her body. And then she would finally submit to anything he desired. At first he couldn’t believe such a thing was possible, but during the last 4 months in particular both he and Winston had understood just how potent the curse actually was to Elves.

‘It’s no wonder my father and the chief have kept this a secret. I assume they plan on overthrowing the Elven queen at some point...sigh, I need to make sure I’m strong enough by then at least. ‘ He still had kept the fact he obtained a guardian a secret to everyone around him. If they discovered he had recently devoured a second one as well. He wondered just how much would be revered.

‘Knowing the cowardice of my father he would probably try to kill me out of fear. No matter if my plan goes as I plan for it. He and Razziel will have a new king to bow down to.”

“Hey Marco lets increase our speed a little.”

Her gentle and sweet voice quickly calmed the ire boiling in his heart. Marco had always found her alluring and brilliant. When they were young, she had always stood out to him amongst all the other Elven girls. And during the past 8 or so months that fascination had only grown.

They both sped through the narrow tunnels, Marco was feeling bored so he didn’t hold back and used his two guardians to eliminate any of the blue skinned goblins they met along the way. Marco had already done his research and concluded the strongest beast here was at the low silver grade standard. Something each one of his chosen people could deal with single handedly.

He left a trail of green light as he swiftly cut the heads off 10 blue skinned goblins. Eventually they found themselves deeper into the cave where they stumbled upon the Hobgoblin. Marco licked his lips with excitement. ‘Finally we’ve arrived.’ He caught a quick look at Threyja who looked a little surprised to see the blue hobgoblin casually seated on a large stone despite sensing their presence.

“Shall I?”

“No let me take care of it. Considering you massacred everything breathing along the way. The least I can do is take care of the boss hehe. Back me up alright” She smiled sweetly before a pink aura appeared across her body and covered her in a shimmering pink glow. Threyja made the slightest of movements and appeared right before the goblin,

She gave it no chance to even blink and tossed a devastating fist towards its head.

*BOOOOOOM*

Marco felt the entire cave shake. And a loud smog of clouded debris covered the cave in moments.

‘Ah it should be right about now then.’ Marco raised his gaze slightly and noticed the Hobgoblin had appeared in the air, it was floating with a pale and slightly bent staff in its hands. He looked down at Threyja who had just realized she had surprisingly missed. Winston was an odd fellow to put it mildly but Marco was rather surprised to learn the fellow had a keen interest on magical beasts around the kingdoms, their abilities and where to find them. That was the sole reason he had chosen to place for his 40th mission.

Marco could’ve warned her of the lurking creature but that would spoil his plans. He watched on with an amused expression as the Hobgoblin waved the cane in its hand a few times and released a shower of spores raining down towards Threyja.

Her instincts were of course on another scale and she swiftly tried to bounce away out of the dust clouds reach. Marco merely raised a single palm towards her. And an invisible **** of Ki ruthlessly slammed against her back

He swiftly moved and rolled his Qi through his body. The Hobgoblin looked confused as the girl was sent flying back into his attacks path.

Threyja could barely gather what had taken place before she inhaled the toxin, and started to wheeze and cough.

‘Hakumi...wake up- I need an arrow’

‘Shhhh so noisy. Here take it and go!" the newly devoured guardian yawned.

His second guardian was still bashful but Marco didn’t mind it one bit. He stretched out his hand and formed a dark blueish flame arrow with black embers dancing on the end of it. Marco swung his body around and like a javelin tossed the arrow directly towards the Hobgoblin.

“Screeeee!” the goblin voiced, preparing to vanish again.

A deviant smile appeared across Marco's lips as he saw his arrow vanish right before the Hobgoblin did.

With the deadly pressure seemingly gone the Hobgoblin remained floating in the air, completely baffled by the situation. But in a next instant it felt something sinister descending upon it.

The creature looked down and noticed half of its body had been blasted away. It’s rattling eyes almost gawked at Marco as if to ask him ‘How?’

It fell from the air and crashed into the ground. Swiftly evaporating into black ash. Marco walked causally towards the black crystal left behind in its wake. He was quite impressed with both the destructive powers and the spatial time buff of the arrow.

It suited him very well and would mean he could deal with complex creatures from afar. He picked up its beast core and stored it into his spatial ring. Then he looked towards Threyja who was currently in a state of sleep.

‘The hobgoblin who rules this place has been said to put adventurers to sleep before stealing all their possessions. Worst case scenario he takes the women hostage and has his fun with them. Well...I will at least carry out that tradition.’

Marco could barely contain himself knowing all those months of planning had finally led him here.

Threyja was sleeping on her back. Unresponsive but breathing. Marco knelt down beside her, he took a few moments to take in her incredible well-formed toned body. He placed a hand on her breast plate and pried her armour down.

Her full fair colored breasts flopped out. He couldn’t contain himself and instantly lowered his mouth against her pink nipples. He nibbled against them and could see Threya's body responding well to his touch. Feeling that he could get lost in this for hours he reminded himself of what needed to be done. He reluctantly removed his mouth away but not without pinching her hard nipples. Marco removed her armor delicately until her sexy black lace thong appeared. He moved it gently to one side and admired her pretty pink folds.

Marco wanted to do nothing more than whip out his cock and fuck her but he wouldn’t enjoy it. He liked his women awake and craving for more. So he summoned from his spatial ring a finger size golden pin. Inside of it was a bubbling violet liquid with tiny sparkling golden crystals inside.

He first drew two marks lightly against each one of her breasts. And then he drew a final mark against her womb. Just above her pussy. He hid the item away swiftly and waited.

Minutes passed and a set of pink runes appeared against Threyja’s two lovely shaped breasts and her womb. The runes seemed to come alive and writhed up her entire body before settling back against her two breasts and above her pussy again. It was done. The curse had been completed.

‘Yes! Fuck-yes, I’ve done it hahaha now you’re all mine!”