The boys.

The four men followed the glowing stream into the dark forest. The stream soon widened, and they found themselves looking upon a wide, shallow pool.

Brudd removed his clothes without a second thought and stepped into the water. "It's warm!" he said, surprised.

"It's magic," Josk muttered. "I don't trust it..."

"I'm magic," Karn said. "Don't you trust me?"

"No," Josk said simply. But the dark-haired warrior still unhooked his belt and set it, and his axes, aside. Denni put his bow and quiver bundle down and began to strip his leather armor off. Karn rolled his eyes and begrudgingly joined them, throwing his dark mage robes to the ground.

The four of them waded out into the pool, finding it deeper on the far shore. At the deepest point, it reached Josk's elbows and Denni's shoulders.

"Now what?" Denni asked, as they sat on the far side of the pool, where a rock ledge provided a natural bench under the water. "Is there a bathing ritual of some kind?"

"Clearly, to respect this magical place we must suck each other off!" Brudd said. Then he laughed at their incredulous expressions. "I am kidding," he continued.

"Denni would need to ask Yolna for some pointers if he was to suck your cock, Brudd," Karn said.

Brudd laughed again. "It's true, she is very skilled!" he said. "But Denni knows this now, too!"

"And Karn never will," Denni said. Karn scowled.

"How about you, Josk?" Brudd asked. "You took Ria's maidenhood, did you not? How was it?"

Josk sat quietly for a moment in the water. "It was good," he said at last.

"Do you think she is interested in trying other men?" Brudd said. "We are all members of Odin's Spear. We can all share each other, no?"

"What about Hanna?" Denni said. "I bet she's wild once she lets go a bit."

"Still a virgin," said Karn.

"Spoken like a man who tried to change that, and failed," Brudd said.

"All this talk of sex," came a soft, feminine voice from the woods. A figure emerged, a slender, black-haired woman. She was fully nude and her skin was pale, with a light green tint. Her firm breasts were topped with pert nipples that were a darker shade of green. Her eyes seemed to reflect the glow of the water. The four male champions were instantly rapt, mouths agape at the sight of her.

She walked toward the pool with deer-like grace. "Do you mortals know what you speak of?" she asked. She stepped into the pool with barely a ripple. "Or do you still have much to learn?"