Combat training and rewards

Sonia tossed a book at John after saying her piece. “Try doing what you did earlier with this book.”

Not expecting her to just toss a book at him, the Gamer completely failed to catch it. He picked up the fallen book and opened it just like the one Jasmine had given him. Nothing happened, but the more confusing thing was that he couldn’t even read the title, it was in a language he didn’t know. That was not very shocking, given the fact that he only knew English and enough Spanish to get by in slower conversations. “I don’t know if it’s because I can’t read it or if I don’t meet the proper conditions, but nothing is happening.”

“Tch, I guess they were right. Here, try this one,” grumbled the twin-tailed redhead, while passing another book to John.

This time, when the Gamer opened the book, he received a new notification.

Requirements met. Would you like to absorb the knowledge of Snake Physique? Y/N

The Gamer didn’t know what the skill did, but decided to press Y anyway. It was pointless to waste time thinking after the trio picked out the book for him.

New Skill unlocked: Snake Physique Lvl1
This skill helps your body be more flexible.
A passive skill that helps you move your body more precisely.

“So, how are you going to train me?”

“Dodge!!” Screamed the redhead as she punched John, knocking him on his ass. “Don’t blame me for that one, Reimi said you’d get it and it would help you ease any tension with me.”

The Gamer was about to complain when it hit him. “Hahaha, I get it. So she’s that level of nerd. I can’t wait until Meadow meets her.”

“Here, use this, can’t have you using a crappy weapon like that dagger I broke earlier.” The weapon she passed him was a simple but sturdy-looking dagger. “For the next three hours, I’ll be teaching you the basics of fighting. We’ll focus on proper footwork, the proper way to hold your weapons, and I’ll also teach you some basic melee combat techniques.”

“Thanks.” John happily accepted the weapon and armed himself with it as well as the Wabbit Knife.

Training with the redheaded woman was shockingly productive. Given how the woman had been acting so far, John was expecting her to take every excuse to beat him. Instead, Sonia was a very diligent instructor.

Most of the time was spent sparring, but she matched her tempo to his. His body’s movement and flexibility did improve a lot thanks to the second skill book. While training with her he was barred from using any magic. With each blow, she would explain how he could further improve his skill and reactions. She spent her time drilling all the basics that she could into his head, focusing on teaching him posture, positioning, weapon handling, stamina management, feints, and melee combat. Repeatedly she emphasized to him the importance of having a flexible mindset when fighting.

With ten minutes left of her three-hour training window, she suggested what the Gamer expected from the beginning: a spar where she’d let loose a bit more. Which the Gamer happily agreed to, curious to see how much he had improved under the battle junkie’s tutelage.

“I’m going to come at you with only slightly superior skill and power. You’re allowed to use your magic skills as well. You win if you land a clean hit on me, you lose when it’s that slut’s turn.” Obviously, the slut in question was the reporter she pointed at. She and Reimi had come back only a few minutes ago. “To add a bit of spice to things, if I win, you’ll spar with me once a day. If I lose, whenever you agree to spar with me we’ll do a strip spar. I know it sounds like a win-win for me, but I’ll admit your chance of getting in my pants is way more likely to happen after a fight. Doubly so since I will be trying to match you as we spar.” Sonia had a toothy grin as she proposed her wager.

Jasmine was laughing to the side with the pink-haired technomancer fidgeting for some reason. Reimi was attached to the ebony beauty with how her body clutched her arm.

John was wide-eyed, caught off guard by her wager. The idea of strip spars sounded fun, but even with her going easy on him so far, landing a blow on her sounded a bit out of reach. He had a few ideas on how to launch a sneak attack on her, but his odds felt nonexistent still. So, he decided to be a bit greedy and ask for more, “You’re not going to let me win anyway, so how about if I win our sessions end with me using your body for pain relief?”

Sonia rolled her eyes at him. “I’m not gonna let you put your dick in me just because we had a spar, but I guess the odds are weighted more in my favor.” Pausing, she seemed to be thinking about a way to spice it up some more for him. “It’s not what you asked for, but if you win, whenever we have a strip spar, I’ll help you relieve the tension after. No guarantee your dick will go inside me, but at the very least I’ll be viewing material for your enjoyment. Anything more than that, you’ll need to find a way to make me interested in.”

The Gamer nodded in agreement to the amended wager from his interim combat instructor. There was not much time left, and if he wanted a shot at winning, he needed every second of it. Taking the initiative he dashed toward his opponent. He slashed at her with the dagger in his right hand. Sonia, for her part, dodged just enough to avoid the blade. Keeping his momentum the Gamer attempted to kick her with his right foot, pivoting into a spin on his left leg.

Sadly his attack didn’t connect; she evaded his attack and delivered a kick of her own into his back. John lost his balance, but he didn’t panic. He adjusted his center of gravity while falling, narrowly avoiding another kick from her and repositioning himself.

Five Mana bolts were sent toward Sonia, which she avoided with ease. However, a second volley of five was sent more spread out to where the Gamer accurately predicted her to dodge. For a millisecond it looked like he got her, but she showed off her experience by weaving through a second barrage of attacks unscathed. John wasn't expecting his surprise attack to hit her anyway, so he was prepared for her swift movements and was already pushing forward.

Slash after slash was sent at the woman, and she narrowly avoided every blow. After a few dodges on her part, she broke his flow with a punch to the gut. He was sent staggering back a step, and barely stabilized himself before she launched a flurry of blows his way. Unlike when he was on the offensive, all of her attacks landed. John did his best to block, but she would just alter her attack trajectory.

At the time he resembled a punching bag. The redheaded battle junkie took delight in pummeling him with light blows. The Gamer decided to take a hit head-on and push forward to slash at the woman. Sonia narrowly dodged it again, but this time the blade suddenly extended, cutting her shirt and causing a small wound to appear.

“You sneaky brat, very creative. I’m going to enjoy sparring with you every day.” Sonia laughed, punching him with a jovial grin. “Just remember, no matter how it feels to fight in a spar, things’ll be different in a real fight. Even when the fear of **** is there doing its best to numb your mind and body, find whatever you can to take another step forward. Sometimes, that one step is the difference between life and ****.”

At the thought of sparring with her every day, the Gamer visibly shuddered, but a part of him was also excited. It felt like he had grown some in their spar. “Thanks, I got the idea from how Jasmine taught me Arcane Strengthening, I just wrapped the blade with shadow magic. I’m truthfully as surprised as you are. I didn’t expect that to work.” His body relaxed and he let himself collapse on the floor. “That was draining. Thank you for teaching me, it was a lot of fun. I’m only used to getting beat up whenever I'm **** to fight.”

“Just you wait until we’re able to truly exchange blows. If you give me a good enough fight in the future, I’ll consider being your woman. Just expect to fight even more going forward.”

“Oh, I wasn’t expecting you to get this muscle head interested in you, especially before letting her taste your dick. First the wager, now her outright offering to be your woman in the future,” Jasmine joked, making her way over to the resting Gamer, with a mousy-looking Reimi following behind her almost like she was hiding. “Before we begin I want you to use Psychometry on this.” A pair of damp orange panties was handed to him by the grinning reporter.

The Gamer deduced they belonged to Reimi given how embarrassed she seemed, plus he had already seen Jasmine’s when she was giving him a blowjob. The ebony nympho was wearing a black thong that barely covered anything earlier. Curious about what he might see, John used his skill on the garment.

Very arousing images flooded his mind. The pink-haired woman was restrained by her sister’s shadows, to prevent her from self pleasuring. While the two were away, Jasmine had her fun with the virgin, teaching the technomancer the proper ways to pleasure a woman. There were many flashes of Reimi doing just that to her sister. The memory ended when panties were replaced with a metal pair of panties and a small key was placed in the small pocket of the orange underwear.

John was lightheaded as usual because of his Psychometry skill, but he was clearly horny. This arousal was further increased when he looked in the gusset of the garment and was delighted to see the same key from his vision present. The Gamer didn’t know what to say, so he pointed at the key then himself, in an attempt to ask what he was too embarrassed to say.

The pink-haired virgin only nodded, her face a deep crimson. Jasmine, however, decided to be more direct. “Yep, both the key and those panties are yours, maybe even Reimi if you play your cards right. Well, the key is up to you, but thanks to Gaia’s prank, she has a really bad case of oral fixation. It’d probably ease up in a day or two after her debuff ends, but where’s the fun in that? Especially when you have cum that can give her pleasure just from ingesting it.”

“Are- are you sure about this? I can give it back to you.” Nervously he reached out to the equally embarrassed technomancer with the key in hand.

“Well. Um, I did, read your stories, and well, this seemed to be something you were really curious about. And well…” She just kind of ended it with a pause, burying her face in her hands.

“Just accept it, John, can’t you see how nervous my poor virgin sister is? I never returned the favor either, which made seeing her squirm in pleasure so many times even more fun. Is virgin still a fitting term? She did get a first-hand lesson on female anatomy.” The reporter playfully teased Reimi. “Well, she’s still a virgin in that tight hole between her legs that’s now under lock and key. The great thing is now that she’s locked up you can help her out with her chronic masturbation. For a virgin, the smell of her workshop comes pretty close to my room after an orgy.”

“I thought I told you not to break Reimi. How does locking her in a chastity belt and giving the key to a boy she met hours ago count as normal?” grumbled the redhead with daggers in her eyes focused on Jasmine. “Knowing you, the belt locked on her is one she can’t escape from without the key. Which again I’ll point out you gave to a horny boy that we barely know, pretty much turning our sister into his plaything.”

To everyone’s surprise, the one to respond to the enforcer was the timid woman she was defending. “Sonia, I may be shy and nervous around people, but I’m not a child. I have a spare just in case,” she yelled showing a tiny metallic box to everyone present. “Sure, if I take it out of the lockbox, Jasmine will know about it and probably tease me endlessly. Also, get off your high horse, you just made a wager like that and I bet you lost on purpose, you’ve fought Jasmine enough to expect something like that.”

Sonia sighed looking at her annoyed sister. “Sorry, I just know how pushy Jasmine is, and yet I do know she is actually very respectful of boundaries. Which makes me more annoyed, since her not stopping her advances on me makes it obvious to the others that I’m enjoying the game between us.” A blush was creeping onto her cheeks. “And I didn’t lose on purpose. He barely had time to practice using the shadows, so I wasn’t expecting it. Though I will admit I did want him to win.” She turned away looking off into the distance.

“It’s water under the bridge, Sonia. Though you did ruin the immersion since I’m sure John thought he had the only key. Sheesh, before today, I was pretty sure I was straight. If you want to blame anyone, blame Gaia for this situation.” As quickly as the words came out, the technomancer had equally as fast covered her mouth clearly worried about the goddess' response.

The uncharacteristically silent reporter started laughing. John figured she was quiet because her sisters were having a somewhat serious conversation.

“Gaia, I’m sorry, please don’t do anything else to me.”

The Gamer was amused at Reimi’s pleading. He still couldn’t believe that any of this was real. Two days after his eighteenth birthday, he was in a new magical reality and had lost his virginity to a promiscuous bombshell. Said bombshell locked her adopted sister in a chastity belt and gave him the key. The cherry on top was that the women kept insinuating that they would also have a threesome, well, it was looking like a foursome now. ‘Gaia, as long as Meadow is ok, all I can say is thank you for all of this.’

“I’m sure your body is exhausted after your fight with Sonia, so I’ll help you with manipulating the shadow element efficiently. That is one of my specialties, after all.” Jasmine spent her time doing just that, teaching him efficient and clever ways to use shadows to his advantage. Reimi interrupted them a few times due to her affliction, which ended with her sucking the Gamer off to quell her arousal.

Like that, John finished his ten-hour training session. The Gamer collapsed backwards, feeling exhausted from working on the quest so diligently. The Barrier faded, sending them back to the courtyard they were in before he created it. At the same time, two notifications popped up.

Quest Complete: Hype Ebonics Rhyme Chamber
Grade A+, 5 achievements, 4 new skills, and 16 skill levels gained.
Reward: 3 Levels, $5,000, and a one-time use coupon to the baths of Aphrodite.

Sub Quest Complete: Hyper Ebola Mind Chamber
Sonia, 3rd place. Reward: a book of chakram techniques written by the demigod Xena
Jasmine, 2nd place. Reward: a book of secret seduction techniques written and signed by the goddess Nanaya
Reimi, 1st place. Reward: guest access to the exclusive deity Wi-Fi. And a bonus from me: increased sensitivity from your lips to your throat, while engaged in a sexual act.

“Sub quest! What sub quest?” the Gamer asked groggily, worn out from the ten-hour training session.

“Don’t fight the sleep, take a nap, and we’ll go over everything in a few hours. I’ll wake you when it’s time to go,” Jasmine said, easing John’s head into her lap.