There is curiosity and shock amongst the Succubi.

Despite feeding Blue, you are rather invigorated compared to when Janaeya was trying to fuck the life out of you. Keeping your distance as she leads the way, you stare warily at the warrior succubus who lights the way with a fire stick. As much as she apologized for her "misunderstanding", she scared the heck out you.

Meanwhile, Seriath, who is also to blame for your previous exhaustion, clings to your arm and rests her head against your shoulder, giggling. You hear Blue gag behind you as she watches the succubus cling to her adventurer but there is little she can do. Though she has to accept the succubus presence, it still irritates her that she cannot seem to prevent her holding of you any longer. For whatever reason, she seemed to have grown in strength ever since you sealed a contract with her. If that meant that you were stronger now, she wished you could be a little more resistant to her advances.

"We're going to arrive soon, please stay alert for my sisters," Janaeya announces.

You take a deep breath and gulp. Knowing how thirsty Seriath and Blue is, plus experiencing the ferocity behind Janaeya, a holding filled with succubi would only naturally cause you to sweat.

Seriath feels your anxiety and then caresses your arm, causing shivers to travel up your spine. "Do not fear, master. It is now my duty to protect you, so I'll make sure to make my sisters understand."

That still doesn't give you any sense of relief considering that she didn't shield you from Janaeya a short while ago. "I'm not sure if I can trust what you can say anymore, Seriath."

The succubus queen looks away and chuckles, knowing you are referring to her sister in front. "Ah, well you see...it's still important that you know how to handle my sisters. You have to train your body after all and I may not be the only one you contract with if there are more who-"

"Wait, stop there," you interrupt, your eyes widening, "...are you saying that I may have more succubi w-who'll be coming with us?!"

"I don't like the sound of that either!" Blue adds from behind.

Seriath laughs, waving your concerns. "It won't be bad, I promise. Ultimately, it is up to you but I promise you that I will prevent that if it ever comes to it. After all, it's in my best interest if I don't have to compete for you."

"This doesn't make me feel any better though," you frown, growing even more worried now.

"We're here...and it seems our clan has already caught a whiff of our incoming presence," Janaeya alerts, feeling on guard against her own sisters. Even she couldn't predict what would happen when the first human in ages reaches their territory.

You raise your head to see a light up ahead. It couldn't be the outside though but to reach something that is not simply a chamber or another narrow passageway gives you some hope...and fear.

Passing out, you have to blink as your surroundings widen significantly. Given you were passing through a man-made tunnel, the sounds of water dripping and eerie hums comes back to your ears as you enter an uncarved cavern. Yet, you are able to see as it is lit up with lanterns and assortment of fire-related magic, providing a view to the stalactites above and extruding from the walls.

That's where the differences end though compared to when you first entered this cavern system which was nothing but rough and unforgiving. The entire floor remains smoothed and a clearly carved by whoever lived here before, if not the local succubi. Pillars with hanging lights line your view providing an indication of a walkway. It leads up to a circular area with a dried fountain in the center. Within the center stood more than one hundred succubi of various forms, but all of them were beyond beautiful. It appeared they have long sensed you and their sisters coming back and it is enough to make them pull together in wonder and shock. Whispers traveled left and right between them that resounded in this cavernous system.

You take a deep breath, frozen by the number of succubus that have made their home here. If you looked far enough, you could see various forms of houses that were in poor shape but seemed too intricate to be created by the succubus. If you had to guess, this whole area probably used to be a city hundreds of thousand years ago before it was buried and then shrouded in darkness by the changing terrain. The cavern had to be quite big because you could only see open darkness beyond despite the number of flames that lined various stalactites and ruins.

After taking in this change in setting, Seriath lets go of hugging your arm but she holds your hand, not wishing to let go of her master. She provides a beautiful smile that gives you a far better sense of reassurance than her earlier words.

"My sisters are waiting, master. It's best to tell them properly why I have brought a human here alive and well," she urges.

There doesn't appear to be any choice in that regard given the succubi that has gathered and are blocking the way forward.