vs. Hebi-san

I was about to step onto the teleporter but hesitated.

“If I am about to lose...”

“Not a chance”, Fisti interrupted me. “We come this far, if ya think we abandon yer now yer off yer rocker.”

“I lost one Lord already. I will not lose a second one!”, Sanakia boldly proclaimed.

“Mari not gonna lose”, Aiju clenched her fist in support.

“Meh.”

Everyone was very adamant to remain at my side, come what may. Well, except Cassandra, but Cassandra doesn't count.

And Beatrice, I suppose.

The ex-witch seemed hellbent on spending all of her time brooding in her room.

“Bea still angry”, Aiju commented. “Gonna cuddle with her.”

But just as Aiju was about to do that, the door opened and Beatrice wordlessly walked in my direction.

Then she tossed something at my face.

“Guah!”

It wasn’t coffee this time. What I had in my hand was a talisman, a rather ugly looking Talisman.

I looked the...thing over. “This is…?”

The ex witch sighed. “A ward made out of goblin skin. It has some very minor magic resist properties. Utterly useless against someone like me but it should reduce the snake girls magic damage output by about 10 percent.”

O-Oh.

“Thank you.” I smiled and put it on.

“You better not lose, Mari”, Beatrice warned me. “If you lose after ruining one brilliant plan and dismissing another, I will punish you. Brutally.”

Given the look in Bea's eyes she was definitely serious.

Aiju nodded eagerly. “Losing not allowed. Will crush balls, if Mari loses.”

“A most splendid idea! Then my Lord! Allow me to embiggen your spirit as well! I shall proudly geld you in case of a loss!”

What is it with Sanakia and castration?

“Her snake”, Cassandra pointed out. “It hisses. Pay attention to it. It should give her position away.”

“Master Beta”, Maria politely bowed. “It is time.”

Right. I gave the girls a determined look. “I will not let you down.”

I entered the arena with my eyes already closed. While attacks before the start of the match where forbidden, I rather not take any chances.

While I stood here plenty of times before. This certainly made for a new experience. With my eyes closed the sound all around me was amplified.

But even so, her voice rang loud and clear. “Shielding your eyes, hm? We will be most intrigued to find out how much this will benefit you, fufufu.”

“Ladies and Gentlemen”, Ben spoke with a loud voice. “Our heroic contestant Mari is attempting to fight blindly! Please do him the courtesy and honor his bravery by keeping your cheers to a minimum!”

That was surprisingly considerate from Ben. The cheers did subside a bit, but it would be foolish to expect total silence. Some spectators no doubt wanted my Queen to win and will now shout extra loud.

THE QUARTERFINALS

FIGHT THREE

AMBER ASSASSIN MARI VS SNAKE CHARMER HEBI-SAN

“BEGIN”

I immediately rushed towards where my Queen was supposed to be standing. This very beginning of the fight was the only time I could be absolutely certain of her position and I planned to capitalize fully on it.

I heard a small gasp, coming from her lips and immediately knew she withdrew to the left. Naturally, I followed suit, slashing with both of my dirks. My Queen tried to not make a sound, but that was more difficult then she probably expected. Her snake was the key As she was **** to flee it made enough noise that I could pinpoint her position relatively accurately.

Emphasis on relatively.

It should go without saying but it was impossible to attack with any form of precision. I learned as much while training and tried to compensate for it with wide swings. Unfortunately my dirk failed to make any purchase.

The arena was getting louder as well, as the initial goodwill evaporated. It made it harder and harder to notice the hissing.

And finally, I lost her.

I panicked, should I open my eyes for a bit? No, that was too risky! I strained my ears to their absolute limit hoping to get any kind of information.

But my thought process was interrupted as a bolt of electricity surged through my body. I was hit by a lightning arrow. It was only a low level magic spell but even so I felt the tingling sensation as my body ever so slightly became numb. I quickly started to move around to shake it off.

Lightning arrows where the weakest form of magic offensive spells. But they where also the fastest. Avoiding them was pretty much impossible, so the common strategy was to simply tank them while dispatching the caster as quickly as possible.

Of course, in my situation, that was not viable. I desperately tried to locate my Queen again, as she repeatedly hit me with lightning arrows, but the attacks came so fast and engulfed my entire body that it was tremendously difficult to even deduce from where they were fired.

This was bad. Beatrice’s amulet no doubt helped a bit but even so the damage was slowly but surely starting to accumulate. If this continues all that awaits me is a slow but steady march to defeat. I need to open my eyes. I need to...

“Fufufu, why aren't you a good boy and give in?”

“There!” Without thinking, I flung a dirk in the direction of the voice.

A shriek was heard and with it confirmation that I hit my target. Roaring, I rushed towards the noise.

And suddenly my entire body was engulfed in pain. I dropped to my knees.

Thunderstrike

Slower then a Lightning Arrow but considerably more powerful. And with me rushing towards my opponent head on I made a ridiculously easy target.

I heard a couple of short breaths. “You….you surpassed our expectations, my pet.”

The surprised, but nonetheless still haughty voice came closer. My body was completely numb. I desperately tried to move it, but it felt hopeless. While I did hit her, the damage must have been negligible. On the other hand I took a considerable amount of damage. If my Queen would now hit me with another Thunderstrike, this would no doubt be the end.

But she didn’t.

“Attacking your Queen? How disobedient. We will have to punish you severely for that.”

That’s right. She does not want to kill me, my Queen wants to make me her ****.

“Y-you are not my master!”, I spat defiant. “I will not lose to you!”

“Your Queen.” My Queen corrected. “You are in dire need of reeducation. We suppose it is only natural. After all, we barely had any time last we met. But this time, this time we intend to thoroughly tame you.”

As expected. Her arrogance is her weakness. My Queen will no doubt attempt to hypnotize my again. That means she will need to pry my eyes open. And once that happens I will use all my remaining strength to perform a lethal strike with my dirk!

I subtly put strength into my right arm. Yes, it was difficult and clumsy, but slowly my muscles started to work again. All I needed to do was remain calm and wait.

…!

A sharp pain assaulted me. Something just bit my arm!

“Do not worry”, My Queen spoke in a mockingly soothing voice. “Gilbert isn't venomous. His fangs do however contain a certain secret. Do you remember? You were aware of this, once. But we decided it would be more amusing to erase that memory. Your body, however, should remember.”

N-No! This...this can’t be!

Despite the numbness, I felt my body heating up. I noticed how my Queen took my remaining weapon out of my grip. I tried to resist but with her snake biting my arm it was impossible to move.

“We won't hypnotize you just yet. We won't need to. You will climax for us out of your own free will. As you always have.”

I couldn't allow that to happen, but my Queen was already nestling with my trousers and soon enough my very erect dick sprang out.

“Fufu, that looks painful...such a shameful sight in front of your Queen. You should feel ashamed, pet.”

I winced As if her words where a powerful spell, the humiliation of this situation seeped into every pore. N-No...this is not real. She is already trying to...I have to resist.

But my breathing was already ragged and my body shuddered with excitement. No way. This can't be how it ends! I have to do something!