...Even the Best Things...

Anxiety kept Ahsch from doing any more practice, studying, or work in general. Instead, he ruminated. He thought about his previous test against Phashim. He thought about the progress he'd made - and how little he expected it to matter in the end. A little bit more power - less than 5% he knew, since he hadn't gained his 20th Thrall 'slot' yet - some worshipers, a few domains that had nothing to do with fighting... Maybe a few useful insights about his capabilities.

Well, and the support of a few more people, he admitted to himself. After all, Avery had been practically livid, and almost made the trip out to the Temple to confront Phashim herself. It was only after Ahsch had pointed out that the Mystical Calamity seemed to have no ill will towards him, and hadn't harmed him at all on the three occasions they had interacted - and that the test was for him, not his wife - that she finally backed down.

Not for the first - nor last - time, the hrafthi ran through his tools. In terms of raw power, he wasn't appreciably stronger - his Magnitude was still just short of 20, worshipers or no. A few realizations about his Boons and the Innate Magics he'd picked up from Mahat and Ariin might help a little in that regard - making us of Pierce and taking an overall more aggressive approach might help, not to mention powering up with Sexual Amplification beforehand. But even with that, he was certain he'd lack the firepower to really do anything against Phashim, who outclassed him to an insane degree - she was, after all, beyond Tier Four. Ascendant in her own right, if not more, given she was the daughter of Phashak.

That didn't stop him from running the numbers on his bonuses. If he involved Ariin, Mahat, and the three angels, Sexual amplification should provide him at least... His brain shorted after a moment. The total came out to at least a 350% increase... and could potentially be higher if he had made use of his angels' Sexual Learning Boon on Ariin and gotten them Sexual Amplification, which would get him an additional 50% boost from the three of them for having the same Boon - once again, his own hangups when it came to his 'weird' sexual Innate Magic had screwed him over. He could also push it higher by 'satisfying' more of his fetishes, though that prompted the question of what counted as a fetish - **** girls was one, or at the very least a D/s dynamic; **** was there, no denying that; did 'fox girl' or 'petite build' or even 'rough sex' count?

With some rough guessing, he figured if he had a six-some for an hour and a half just prior, that would be enough to last until the test was over, travel included. A glance at the timepiece made him call out to the five girls in question...

We're already on our way, Master, his sister informed him, causing him to laugh. No doubt, Mahat had kept track of his thoughts. It further occurred to him that Ariin would share the power increase, and likely to a similar degree, since she shared a lot of fetishes with her brother. It would just be wasted though, since she wouldn't...

Ahsch paused, thinking. Ariin couldn't join him... but Mahat could, as his familiar. A familiar that also, technically, counted as his Thrall... which Ariin was. And his angels were literal embodiments of his Mana and will, and while they didn't count as Thralls, they were indisputably even more 'his' than his Thralls were, right?

Maybe there's hope yet, he thought as the bedroom door opened and admitted five gorgeous girls, each in various states of undress. And for the next hour and a half, Ahsch made sure to try and hit every fetish, each kink or even simple sexual 'interest' he could.

He had the angels lie on their backs, heads hanging over the edge of the bed, and alternated stuffing his cock down their throats while his sister and familiar caressed and fawned against his sides.

He held Ariin down, **** around his dick, until she passed out, then slapped her awake only to shove her, face-first, against Mahat's cunt as he shifted to fuck his twin's tight pussy.

They somehow manged to get the angels properly synced up for a triple-blowjob, while Ariin knelt between her Master's legs and gently suckled his balls, and Mahat buried her tongue in his ass... and then swapped enough times that the two non-angels had experienced each position at least once.

He railed Mahat while his familiar desperately tried to cum in Ariin's cunt, the fox-girl's knot making wet, lewd popping sounds as her hips blurred between the hrafthi twins,' and all the while, the angels kissed and licked and sucked wherever the trio wanted.

They made an absurd daisy-chain, of sorts, with each of the six burying their faces between the thighs of another member, and five pussies and two dicks were soaked in spit.

Ahsch had the angels lie one atop the other and took turns fucking three pairs of holes while Ariin and Mahat put on a show for him.

He finally allowed Mahat to cum, and the familiar's knot swelled inside Ariin's pussy, trapping the two together for a half-hour as Ahsch pounded and filled the fox-girl's own dripping cunt.

Dozens of positions were explored, enjoyed, and some were repeated - and a few repeated multiple times - before the time had come. From it, Aena had learned Spine Growth from Mahat, Edge of Glory from Ariin, and Mystic Fluids from Ahsch; Nyrin got Shapeshifting, Sexual Amplification, and Pierce; and Sifthi gained Enhanced Senses, Protected Power, Mystic Fluids. Curious, Ahsch asked Nyrin if she could use Shapeshifting, since his familiar's ability still eluded him. A moment later, the angel was a greater spined fox, before she shifted back into her usual form.

Ahsch insisted to himself that he wasn't jealous.