How Does Kiara react?

I don’t know what came over me, but when I saw that harpy grab Darx, a rush of fear suddenly washed over me. How dare she try and kidnap him! I aim my arm towards that ugly tart of a woman and shoot out a shadowy spike. All I have to do it get her in the wing, and she can no longer escape with Darx. But I miss.

I retract the spike and use my shadow manipulation to shoot another spike, but that one gets blocked by a harpy warrior. Damn it, it this keeps up they are going to succeed in **** him!

I run in Darx’s direction and keep trying to use my shadow manipulation. I can see Darx is trying to struggle out of that harpy’s grip. Maybe he can escape. But then a third harpy flies in front of him. She places one of her feet on Darx’s forehead and casts a sleep spell on him. I see Darx’s body going limp and he drops his sword. Then the harpies fly off with him. Apparently, Darx is the only thing they wanted from us. But I can’t let them escape. Not with him. I need to take him back!

I start by using another skill of mine, glamer. It is a powerful skill which can create illusions that feel real. It must be cast on people though. I can’t create big rocks to fall out of the sky. So, I cast glamer on myself, causing 2 black wings to appear on my back. I then use these wings to fly and chase after the harpies.

While I am chasing after them, one of the harpies sees me and screams, “Ah, they fly now!”

A second harpy looks over to see me chasing them, then turns to her leader and says, “They fly now?”

The leader of their flock nods and repeats, “They fly now.”

Six of the harpies break formation and charge at me, including the leader. Since my wings are created by my glamer skill, I can still make use of my shadow manipulation. I focus on the shadows under my clothes and use them to create another spike to shoot at them, but they evade. Their mage shoots fireballs at me and I retract the shadow spike to create a shadow shield. I reshape the shadowy shield into a shadowy sword and attack the one that’s wielding a sword and shield with her legs. Suddenly, I feel my entire body go stiff. It’s the one with the paralysis spell. I am unable to move and I start falling to the ground. Shit, if this paralysis spell lasts too long, I’m going to fall to my ****! Fortunately, it passes quickly. I can then use my wings and prevent myself form falling with some distance to spare. But when I look up at the harpies, I see they are already too far away for me to catch up. Even if I did, they would just use that paralysis again. They have proven I cannot defeat them on my own.

Sophie and Ari were quick to get to me, including the leader of the merchant caravan. I tell my guild members to get ready. We’re going to rescue Darx.

“Now, hold on there, missy.” The merchant leader says. “I hired you to protect me goods while I travel. You can’t just walk up and leave now, can ye?”

“My friend has just been kidnapped!” I tell him with frustration.

“Sorry, Kiara, but he’s right.” Ari says. “He made a deal with us. If we break that deal, it will be bad for the Dark Dragon’s reputation.”

I hate to admit it but she is right. Leaving the caravan undefended would be wrong. Though I do sigh in frustration.

“Then we need to get a rescue party as quickly as possible.” Sophie says.

“Sophie, we’re still over 1.5 weeks away from Riledo.” I sigh. “By the time we’re back here with the rescue party, at least 3 weeks will have passed.”

“Oy, then ye can forget about getting your friend back.” The dwarf merchant replies.

I glare at the dwarf and demand, “What is that supposed to mean?”

The merchant, unable to see my eyes, calmly explains, “Them harpies can’t breed their own males. That’s why they need to steal em from the other races, ye see. By the time ye get back with a large enough party, he’ll have had so many harpy pussies **** on him that he will no longer want to leave.”

With thanks to my hood, nobody can see how my eyes grow wide with fear. Those harpies are going to **** Darx until he becomes addicted to them? I can’t let that happen. I have to save him and I have to do it now!

I turn to my guildmates and say, “You two stay with the caravan. When you get back home, organize a party to come and find us.”

“Us?” Sophie asks when she realizes what I’m saying. “You don’t mean …”

“The only other option is we lose our guild member forever.” I say sternly. “Someone has to go save him and I feel I have the greatest chance to accomplish that.”

Ari takes Sophie aside and tells her it is for the best. The two of them then join the merchant back to his caravan. I don’t like it either, but at least if we split up, the merchant can keep his protection while I can go save Darx. I will have to be careful, though. I’m taking on a whole settlement of harpies.

I take a look in my pouch. In it I see I still have my lipstick, lipstick remover, a small pouch with some silver coins and a mana potion. It’s not much, but at least the potion is useful.

I collect Darx’s sword. I could make use of it in case of an emergency. I fasten his sword to my belt and I use my glamer skill to make myself look like a harpy. I even hide my hood by glamering someone else’s face over it. Then I start flying in the direction the harpies took my guild member.