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Warning this story contains adult content so if you’re a minor don’t read it or if adult content involving sex, violence or super powerful women offends you don’t read it either. This story was written with input from Supernaught whose real name I haven’t inquired about.

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“When did you come up with this idea?” Annette currently found herself walking around what one might have mistaken for a ship in the midst of construction from afar. The vessel would probably float but unlike most ships it was not built anywhere near water and was never meant to be moved by the wind.

“Oh I’ve been considering it for a while. I remember you once mentioned you would like to be able to bring more things with you on a journey.”

Annette gave a nod and bent down to get a closer look at the object. “That is true.”

“So you don’t mind making a few deliveries for me?”

“Not as long as you come with me.”

Maxwell gave a nod. “Thanks I really didn’t want to have to thin out any of the units more then what I’ve had to so they could deliver supplies. Plus this will give me a chance to expect the fortifications.”

The container Annette had been examining would have amounted to a backpack to the massive giantess. Currently it was being loaded down with various salted meats and preserved fruits which Annette and Maxwell would be taking to several fortifications. “So how badly are the supplies needed?”

“They aren’t actually needed at the moment. That is why I want to deliver them now.”

Annette gave a nod as she finished sizing up the container. She hadn’t actually lifted it with a full load yet so she wasn’t certain where the weak points would be. After holding it for a while when it was empty and now taking her time to examine it she believed she knew the best way to carry it around. “I take it you don’t plan on restocking every fortification.”

“No. Those supplies are just meant for the ones that have the most difficulty restocking from their surroundings.”

Annette gave a nod and watched as the last worked exited the carrying case. Up until that point it had been being loaded by various soldiers now a group of them began the task of closing it up. They were saved the difficult task whenever Annette reached out and took hold of the door. “Is everyone out?”

It took a moment but at last the soldier in charge of the supplies spoke up. “Yes, they are Madam.”

Annette gave a nod and closed the door making use of one of her fingers. Reaching around the container she gently pressed on her hand holds to make sure they would hold before lifting it from the ground. She then extended a hand for Maxwell to climb onto. “Well then shall we get going?”

Maxwell gave a nod and climbed onto Annette’s hand. A moment later he was lifted over to her shoulder where he stepped onto the shoulder pad of her armor and took hold of the grips. “I am ready when you are.”

Turning around Annette started to step over the wall but she stopped before finishing. A wide grin formed on her face and she took some time to swing her leg back and forth to demonstrate how much taller she was then the structure. “I know you don’t care for what has been going on but I have to say. I rather like having my growth speed up. It would have been a few more years before I could do this other wise.”

Scooting over to the side of the armor Maxwell looked down at Annette’s leg. “It’s alright. There is nothing wrong with enjoying one of the few good things that is coming from all of this.”

Annette gave a nod and finally finished stepping over the wall. An amused giggle escaped her. “I hope I can do that to a few of the fortifications when we get to them.”

After Annette had taken a few steps Maxwell turned to look at her neck. A moment later he released his grip on her shoulder pad and quickly took hold of a few strands of her hair. He then scooted over so that he was closer to her lovely neck.

A shiver ran through Annette’s body whenever she felt Maxwell press up against her neck. Using her free hand she reached up and pressed him more firmly against the side of her neck for a moment. She felt him place a kiss on her neck a moment later. “What was that for?”

“Nothing in particular, I just wanted to feel your skin instead of that metal.”

“Oh really?”

Maxwell closed his eyes as he leaned against Annette’s neck and begin to lightly guide his fingers over her skin. “Yeah”

“You know they are better ways to feel my skin.”

It took a moment but Maxwell straitened up rather quickly suddenly realizing he might have made a slight mistake. “No I will be fine right here.” A grin formed on Maxwell’s face as he felt himself blushing when he heard a few clicks. He didn’t bother looking to see what Annette was doing and covered his face with his free hand. He didn’t need to see what Annette was doing to know what was happening.

Annette had removed her hand from Maxwell and was now using it to remove the bit of armor that covered her cleavage. She was grateful that it had been designed with her in mind so that she could easily remove it whenever she wanted to. Plus with the strength of the armor’s current link with her she didn’t have to actually wear it to have it grow with her.

Annette didn’t bother detaching every link that held the armor in place but stopped when she had just enough to scoot the material to the side while still keeping it attached. Reaching up she didn’t even hesitate to lift Maxwell from her shoulder. A delighted giggle escaped her when she saw the expression on his face. “Now what is that look for?”

“Oh nothing, I suppose you don’t feel that this may not be the appropriate time for such behavior.”

“No. I can’t say that I do.” Grinning from ear to ear Annette slipped the end of the fingers that held Maxwell between her breasts. She then proceeded to slip him down into the opening and finally remove her fingers allowing the flesh to incase him on each side. “What could be wrong with that?”

Maxwell couldn’t help but chuckle as he shook his head. Leaning to the side a bit he gave Rachael’s massive right breast a kiss. “Nothing that I believe you would care about. Would you be so kind as to free my arms?”

“Sure.” Reaching down Annette parted her breasts just long enough for Maxwell to free his arms. The moment his upper body was above her cleavage line she released so that he was once again held in place. “It’s a good thing I’ve been to each fortification before other wise I wouldn’t be able to keep you there.”

“Now Annette I want to have those supplies delivered before the day is up.”

“Mm well then I would suggest you don’t move around too much while you are down there. Otherwise I might be tempted to stop for a little while.”

“Oh so would you like me to remain perfectly still?”

Reaching into her cleavage Annette pressed a finger to the side of Maxwell’s head and pressed on it lightly slowly forcing him to lean forward and to the side so that his face was brushing against the side of her breast. “Well that just wouldn’t be any fun.”

“Very well, Annette since I can’t look around would you mind looking for any signs of raiders. Since we are out here we might as well do a search for any enemy soldiers that might be trying to interfere with supply lines.”

“Sure, maybe I’ll come across a snack while running this little errand.”

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Maxwell moved his hands over what little bit of Rachael’s breasts he could actually reach. Slowly he began to move his hand over her flesh lightly moving his fingers as he did so. Only a few moments after he began he heard a sigh from Annette. “Do you like that?”

“It feels nice. I just wish you didn’t have to stop.”

“Is it too distracting?”

“No but we are nearing a fortification.”

A chuckle escaped Maxwell. “What does that have to do with anything? You didn’t let me out during the first three drop offs. I had to take your word that the structures were sound.”

“You’ll see.” With that Annette reached into her cleavage so that a finger was on either side of Maxwell. She then proceeded to lift him free of her breasts’ grasp.

At first Maxwell couldn’t see what Annette was talking about. As they neared the fortification things began to become clear. “Well that is decidedly disappointing.”

Adolamen hadn’t been surprised when one of the watchmen came to get him. He was surprised though when he learned the reason that the watchman had seen fit to get him. Now he found himself waiting on the wall that faced Annette and Maxwell as they approached.

Annette noted the figure that seemed to be waiting for them on the wall before Maxwell did. “Maxwell is that the forts commander?”

“I believe that it is.”

“Welcome” Adolamen called out as Annette drew closer to the wall he was currently waiting on. He was quite surprised when she didn’t seem to notice him as she drew near.

The ground seemed to shake as Annette drew closer despite the fact that she was walking at what to her was a slow pace. As the giantess drew within a single stride of the fortress everyone stationed there expected her to come to a stop so it was a shocking moment for all when she proceeded to swing one of her legs over the fortress’s wall.

Adolamen couldn’t help the slight yelp that escaped him as Annette’s massive leg swung over him and the wall. He didn’t think to look up and enjoy the view even after he heard her foot come down on the other side for fear of his head being taken off by the leg that would follow. Had he looked up he would have realized this wasn’t even close to happening.

Annette couldn’t help but giggle as she looked back over her shoulder. The fear on Adolamen’s face was immensely amusing. “Hello Captain.” Turning around Annette lowered her hand so that Maxwell could climb onto the wall with him.

Maxwell didn’t bother saying anything at first but made his way over to the side of the wall and looked down at the golems that waited beneath. “Annette would you please set down the supplies so they can begin unloading them?”

“Sure.” As Annette set the supplies down she kept an eye on Maxwell. She doubted that he would let her eat one of his captains but there was some hope.

After composing himself Adolamen moved to speak with Maxwell. “It is good to see you here my lord.”

“Those golems down there are impressive weapons aren’t they?”

“Yes they are. They’ve made defending this position a breeze.”

“Yes, they greatly reduced the need for human soldiers. I see that they made you feel confident enough that you even reduced the number of sentries. Where would they happen to be?”

Adolamen had taken a while to catch on but by now he realized Maxwell was quite upset. “They’re wresting at the moment sir.”

“Where are they resting at?”

“They are resting in the barracks.”

“Annette is that true?”

An amused giggle escaped Annette. She knew that she shouldn’t find the situation to be funny but she did. Turning towards the fortification she took her time scanning every inch of it for life energy. “They aren’t nearly as many life forces in here as at the previous fortifications.”

Maxwell didn’t bother looking at Adolamen as he spoke. “Why are so many of your men missing?”

“Come now my lord. With the golems it isn’t like they are actually needed.”

“When Annette brought me here the first thing I noticed was how few soldiers you had keeping watch I had hoped that at the very least the majority of them would be in the fortification but now I know other wise. Plus you lied to me.”

As Maxwell spoke Annette began to move closer to the wall. Her hope that she would get a quick snack was growing at the moment. This had an effect on nearly everyone around her. Even though the giantess hadn’t said or truly done anything her body language told them they should be scared. Especially when some realized her tongue had just made its way across her lips for the fourth time.

Maxwell had feared this happening shortly after seeing how effective the golems were. Given their capabilities it didn’t take much for someone to decide that the human soldiers were no longer needed.

“My Lord, I don’t see what the problem is. The golems more then make up for the men that are lacking.”

“You are to have all the men brought back from whatever taverns or brothels they decided to go off to. I don’t care if you understand why. Bring them back here. We may have to make use of those things but I don’t intend on becoming anymore dependant then necessary.”

“Ah you’re not going to let me eat him are you?”

Adolamen’s was nearly floored by Annette’s sudden outburst as was everyone in the fortification. This of course only served to amuse the giantess who glanced around to see the various stunned expressions.

While stunned Maxwell couldn’t help but laugh. “I am sorry Annette but no. I won’t let you eat someone over such a mistake.”

“But he lied to you. You clearly can’t trust him. Come on I want to eat him.”

“While I am not happy about being lied to, what he did doesn’t deserve such a harsh punishment as death.”

“Sure it does and he’ll still serve you. His life force will make me even larger plus it’ll serve as a warning to anyone else who doesn’t listen.”

Despite the situation Maxwell couldn’t help but chuckle as he listened to Annette. He was very surprised though when he heard Adolamen call out and quickly spun around to see what was happening. “ANNETTE!”

When Maxwell had turned his back on the both of them Annette had quickly snatched up Adolamen. She had meant to pop him into her mouth before he had a chance to scream but she hadn’t squeeze on his stomach hard enough to force all the air out. She didn’t place Adolamen down right away and continued to hold him above her mouth. “Um yes.”

“Did I say you could eat him?”

“You didn’t say that I couldn’t.”

Maxwell shook his head and considered telling Annette to put Adolamen down. Fortunately for Adolamen he realized how big of a mistake that would be before a word had even left his mouth. Annette would put him down alright. Right down into her stomach. “Annette do you really believe telling such a lye is an offence worth dying over.”

“Well yeah. He not only refused to give you the information but he gave you miss leading information as well.”

While Annette and Maxwell had been talking Adolamen had been trying to regain his breath. Once that was done he couldn’t help but put his opinion on the situation. “I am sorry. I am sorry. I didn’t mean to miss lead.”

At the moment Maxwell couldn’t risk turning his attention to Adolamen. He needed to try and convince Annette that eating Adolamen wasn’t a good idea. Despite the fact that he could have pulled rank and simply told Annette that she wasn’t to eat him he couldn’t bring himself to pull rank on her. “Annette, the actions he has taken in defense of this land out ways his brief lack of good judgment.”

“Really what has he done? From what I have heard and seen so far he has hid behind the golems. I bet he would have betrayed you if it wasn’t for them and me helping to boost the military’s power.”

“I wouldn’t have. Please just put me down…” Adolamen continued to cry for release. The fact that neither parties involved in the conversation seemed to be paying attention to him wasn’t helping his nerves.

This debate with Annette wasn’t happening the way Maxwell had hoped. Either it was going no where or he was actually losing ground to her. Before Maxwell could speak Annette resumed her side of the debate.

“Plus, how do you know his actions haven’t cost lives? Part of the sentries’ job is to watch the surrounding landscape with so few humans watching people might have been able to sneak by. I bet he didn’t even think to command the golems to remember anyone passing by and even if they did they are hardly capable of telling if someone looks suspicious.”

Maxwell felt as if he had just received a rather heavy blow to the head. During the debate he hadn’t actually considered that and most assuredly wasn’t expecting Annette to bring it up. He was tempted to point out that they didn’t know if that had happened but he knew Annette would just retort with the fact that they were at war and such risk can’t be taken. Now there was no way that he could pull rank on her if she was going to actually use a rational argument and not just eat him because she was hungry.

“Annette if I let you eat him it will hurt the moral of the troops.”

“No letting the troops leave and think the golems can replace them will hurt the moral of the troops. What he has done isn’t just a little mistake it is a major one.”

As Maxwell listened to Annette he found himself in a difficult position. It was rare that he had to debate a point with Annette as more often then not she would simply do what he suggested. He was certain that if Annette had simply wanted to feed her belly she wouldn’t have put up such an argument. “I suppose you have a defense against the argument that it would hurt the troops if they had to worry about you eating them.”

“Yes I do. If you simply let him get away with disobeying you and in so doing so compromising security then it will only encourage such behavior from others. It’s just another form of execution for an act that deserves it and it will make it very clear to all that hear of it that they shouldn’t depend on the golems.”

A sigh escaped Maxwell. He could draw the argument out longer but he could tell he wasn’t going to convince Annette that eating Adolamen would be a mistake. She had actually given quite a few points to show why it was beneficial and appropriate for the situation. “You win Annette.”

Annette gave an amused giggle and turned her head upright and opened her massive mouth allowing Adolamen to look down into her throat. His screaming and pleading was so great that it seemed as if it could be heard throughout the whole of the fortification. Oddly despite all his efforts to convince Annette not to eat him Maxwell couldn’t turn away from the sight as he watched Annette dangle the figure above her mouth.

Instead of simply dropping Adolamen into her mouth Annette waited. She waited to hear his screams and his pleading as if his fear served to heighten the flavor. She took her time to let her tongue play along her lips twice before finally releasing the tiny figure.

Due to his position on the wall Maxwell couldn’t see what happened once Annette released Adolamen however he was able to see her throat muscles working whenever she swallowed. She had held him above her mouth even longer then she had held him inside of it leading Maxwell to the conclusion that she had simply swallowed him and not even bothered to chew.

“Don’t worry he didn’t feel anything after he got past my throat. Due to his armor and my current size I haven’t been able to get anyone down without killing them.”

Maxwell gave a nod. “Well then I’ll need to choose a new commanding officer for this location.” Glancing down into the court yard at the stunned troops Maxwell called down to the highest ranking officer her saw. “Go and tell the men to return. Don’t tell them anything about what happened here until they returned so that I can explain the situation.” After just witnessing what Annette had done to Adolamen the soldier didn’t waste anytime.

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“So are you mad at me?”

Maxwell glanced up at Annette as he lay within her cleavage. At the moment she didn’t have any portion of his body trapped between her breasts so he had his full range of movement. “Why would I be mad at you?”

“I thought you may be a little upset that I ate one of your commanding officers.”

Closing his eyes Maxwell leaned to the side and pressed his ears to Annette’s breast listening to the sound of her heart beat as best he could through so much flesh. “I am not mad at you.”

Annette grinned as she glanced down at Maxwell and noted how comfortable he seemed. “That is good to know. How do you feel about it though?”

“You made some very good points Annette. I admit the punishment still feels rather harsh to me but I couldn’t just dismiss what you had said. I don’t know why it seems harsh to me as I can see your points.”

Reaching into her top Annette gently ran one of her fingers along Maxwell’s back as he leaned against her breasts. “I noticed you watching me whenever I swallowed him.”

As he opened his eyes once again Maxwell rolled back onto his back so that he was looking up at Annette’s face. “I don’t know what it was by I couldn’t take my eyes off of you.”

“Even if you believe the punishment was harsh.” Annette stopped whenever Maxwell held up a hand.

“I feel that the punishment was harsh I don’t believe that it was.”

After a moment a giggle escaped Annette. “Well even if you feel that the punishment was harsh I believe you liked watching me eat him.”

Instead of trying to argue Maxwell gave each of Rachael’s massive breasts a pat. “I suppose that I did.”

“Why do you believe that is?”

“You wanted to for one thing. It’s hard for me to say no to you no matter what the case is. Another is that I suppose on some level I felt like I was helping you.”

“You like the idea that you’re helping me grow larger don’t you?”

“Yeah, I do. Often it seems like the best way I can be of help to you.”

“I am going to be kind of sad whenever this is all over and my diet is diminished.”

“Well they’ll always be prisoners and outlaws. Considering the reputation that this is going to leave me with I doubt it’ll hurt me. I’ve used golems in large numbers as weapons in war. I may as well give up the idea of being remembered as anything but a tyrant.”

“You don’t sound as if it bothers you all that much.”

“I gave up on worrying about it a while ago.”

“So once this is all over you’ll start feeding me prisoners and bandits?”

“Sure, if they are going to hurt my lands they might as well be made to benefit it by making you even more powerful.”

Annette flicked out her tongue and proceeded to run it along her lips. “Oh I hope there are a lot of trouble makers.”

“I’ll tell you what. When we get back I’ll begin drawing up papers to make consumption by you the official means of execution throughout all the land that is under my control. Their deaths might as well serve a greater purposes them to just remove a criminal from the population.”

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“Cheater”

Annette glanced over at Jahnah who was currently in her giantess form setting across from her. “What do you mean?”

“You’re getting help from Maxwell to speed up your growth.”

“How is that cheating? Dehvess is constantly helping you. Without him you wouldn’t be able to even grow to that size safely.”

“You knew Dehvess and I were working together right from the start. You didn’t have Maxwell helping you out until recently.”

“Oh please I am hardly cheating. I bet if Dehvess figured out a way to help you grow larger more quickly you wouldn’t hesitate.”

“Well I can’t argue with you there.”

“You have someone helping you and I have someone helping me thus I am not cheating.”

Jahnah could only stick her tongue out at Annette in retaliation. “Come to think of it didn’t Maxwell plan on letting you eat any prisoners of war?”

“Yes he did.”

“Have you gotten to yet?”

“No, several have been captured but I haven’t gotten around to eating any of them yet.”

“Why are you waiting?”

Annette couldn’t help but giggle. “To be honest I am waiting until I have enough to make a big meal out of it.”

“Ah I see.”

“You didn’t tell me that the bond between you, Dehvess and the tiara would strengthen over time. Are you glad that he doesn’t actually have to be on you for the energies to be controlled properly?”

“Yes and no. I am glad that I can walk around as a giantess so long as I don’t go too far.”

“However, you liked having him ride around on you. Is that right?”

“Yeah, that is it.”

“Well has this development really changed the amount of time he spends with you?”

“Not really. The only time that I let him get away from me is when he is working on something. The problem is that I have become so use to him being with me when I am in a giantess state that I still expect to feel him pressed against me when I am in it even if he no longer has to be.”

“I bet that something he is working on also has to be something he couldn’t do as well while on you. Such as planning the new troop placement with Maxwell, if he was reading a book you’d probably have him tucked inside your bra.”

“Yeah, I doubt they would appreciate our moving around while they tried to make plans.”

“We could do without tall the talking as well.”

Annette and Jahnah’s attention were drawn to the little window were Dehvess currently leaned out. Reaching out Jahnah gave Dehvess a quick tap on the head with her index finger. “Well you’re just going to have to deal with it. If you want more privacy I recommend strengthening the bond so that I can go further away while I chat with Annette.”

Dehvess would have suggested that Jahnah could simply shrink down but he knew that wasn’t going to happen. The time she spent as a giantess had been regularly increasing ever since she had first put on the tiara and he doubted that it would stop increasing.

As Jahnah spoke to Dehvess she turned so that Annette could see the side of her head. What Annette didn’t see surprised her. “Jahnah where are the ends of the tiara?”

A rather pleased grin formed on Jahnah’s face as she turned to Annette. “They are further in.”

“What do you mean?”

“Much as your armor forms a bond with you the tiara forms a bond with me. That is one of the interesting things about arcanon we have discovered. However, unlike your armor my tiara is actually becoming a part of me.”

“So the tiara is actually imbedding itself in your skull?”

“No, that isn’t accurate. The tiara isn’t becoming a bit of metal in my skull it is actually becoming a part of me and Dehvess. Now the relationship between Dehvess and the tiara is much the same as the relationship between you and your armor.”

“Um isn’t that kind of dangerous for you?”

“It isn’t anymore dangerous then when I first put the tiara on in fact it is less dangerous as at that time Dehvess had to actually be touching me to regulate the energies. I don’t have to draw on the power of the tiara just because it and the shards have become part of me.”

“Can you still add extra shards into it?”

“Yes, but it is an absorption process now while before hand it was just a matter of removing one of the previous shards. This is actually a good thing though as before hand I had to remove an old shard to add a new one. Now I have to absorb the power which isn’t as quick as simply removing an old one and adding a new one in but, it does let me add an infinite number of shards.”

“So how long is the entire process going to take?”

“It still has quite some time to go. As you said only the ends of the tiara have actually vanished within my skin. At the moment if someone where to remove it by force it wouldn’t reform.”

“You mean once it is finished if someone removed the shards they would grow back?”

“It depends on what you mean by remove. Once the tiara is fully fused with me the energy from the shards will be part of my own so unless they are going to take a hunk out of my soul that isn’t going to happen. As for if the physical bodies that once held the energy were removed. If I wanted to reform them I could.”

“Huh, does that mean you’re going to gain the ability to feed on mystic and life energy the same way I do?”

“That is hard to say. At the moment it is believed that it would have to still be turned into a shard and then I would have to absorb it.”

Annette couldn’t help but giggle. “Good I was worried that you would start competing with me for food.”

“Of course I don’t know what I could do with my studies in necromancy and the additional abilities the tiara grant me. Perhaps I should begin experimenting.”

“The prisoners of war are mine to eat.”

Jahnah gave an amused giggle. “Okay I won’t touch them. However, there are those the guild receives.”

“What is wrong?” Maxwell was a bit surprised when he noticed Dehvess suddenly cringe a bit.”

“We are supposed to deliver the human resources to the guild. However, from what it sounds like Jahnah may be getting other ideas for what purpose they should serve.”

“She wouldn’t just start eating them would she?”

“It depends on her mood. It isn’t like experimenting with them would constitute a major violation even if they were meant for another research team.”

Annette couldn’t help but grin. “Well you still have to experiment to even find out if you could even gain the same benefits that I do. Then you’d have to develop the ability to actually do it.”

“Oh it sounds like someone is worried. Maybe I should begin my studies as soon as Dehvess is free to help me out.” Jahnah couldn’t help but giggle when she noticed the expression on Annette’s face. “I believe someone is used to being the big girl around town and doesn’t like the competition.”

At first Annette wore a scowl but at last a giggle escaped her and she couldn’t help but grin. “Well you get used to being the biggest girl around and competition becomes somewhat hard to deal with.”

“Well you had better get used to it.”

“We haven’t compared heights in a while. I know that you were taller then me when you first arrived but how about now?”

“Maybe we can compare later.”

“Why wait until later? Are you worried that I might have not only caught up but might have outgrown you?”

“Oh fine then you’re on.” Standing up Jahnah stood perfectly strait and turned her back to Annette. A moment later she felt Annette’s back pressing against hers. “Hey men get out here and tell us which one is the tallest.”

Maxwell and Dehvess were both surprised but not by Jahnah’s sudden declaration. Instead the look they gave one another surprised them. It was as if they both knew that was a question they did not want to answer. Maxwell was the one that went over to the window to respond. “Sorry ladies, from down here it is difficult to tell. You’ll have to figure it out for yourself.”

Both women glanced over at the window and were surprised by how quickly Maxwell retreated back into the room and the shutters were closed. Reaching up Annette placed her hand flat against the top of their heads. “Well since they don’t seem interested in giving a verdict.”

Jahnah gave a sigh and straitened up a bit. “You know we could set you atop our heads.”

Annette gave a giggle. “Don’t bother I can tell that I am the taller.”

“Huh? Let me see.” Reaching up Jahnah batted away Annette’s hand and placed her hand atop their heads. A moment later she gave her verdict. “No you are not. I am still slightly taller then you are.”

“You wish.”

“You’re just going by the fact that your hair is slightly fluffier then mine.”

“I am not.”

Maxwell couldn’t help but shake his head. “I knew it would be a bad idea to get involved in that. They’ll probably be going at it for a while.”

Dehvess shook his head. “I don’t know how long we’ll be able to stay out of it. Even if we keep the shutters closed they’ll eventually tear down the wall if we don’t start responding.”

“I wish I could say Annette knows better then to do that whenever we are actually working. However, considering their combined power I doubt they’ll view this as urgent enough to leave us alone once the debate gets heated.”

“Well then let’s get back to work. We can finish as much as possible before they involve us.”

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Jahnah ran her fingers along the side of her head. She could feel a slight raise in her skin where the tiara had just begun to fuse with her. “This is taking longer then I expected it to.”

Dehvess gave a nod. “Your experience with chaos magic normally allows you to adapt to new situations quite quickly. Still, don’t try to rush it.”

“I know. So how are things going?”

“The guild is happy with the first shipment of human resource they received.” Dehvess was stopped when Jahnah giggled. “What is it?”

“Why don’t you just call them people?”

Dehvess gave a slight shrug. “It would save time. The guild is happy with the first shipment of people that we sent. Though they still hinted at it not being enough, I swear though it never seems like they have enough people to experiment with.”

“Did they say they already went through the first ones we sent?”

“No, they still have plenty left. I believe their eagerness to receive more is a side effect of all too often having to compete with one another for sentient life forms to work on.”

“Did they complain about the time it took to get the people to them?”

“Actually no, they were quite interested in how you are doing.”

Jahnah couldn’t help but giggle. “I bet they were. So how many were hopeful interested and how many were interested because of fear?”

“I didn’t stop to count.”

Before Jahnah could comment her attention was redirected as Annette quickly made her way into the room. “Why are you in such a hurry?”

“You two need to hurry and get ready then meet me outside. Maxwell is getting clothed at the moment. I’ll explain what is going on once we are underway there is a problem.”

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“So what is the matter?” As Jahnah ran alongside of Annette both giantesses were careful to keep beside the road but avoided actually running on it. If they had their foot prints would have left it so badly damaged that it would require major repairs to be an effective path to travel on again.

“The port town that we shipped the Luvarians’ test subjects from. We lost control of it and several other towns in the region.”

Dehvess and Maxwell weren’t actually capable of speaking to one another due to the giantesses’ running and because each one of them was nestled into the cleavage of a separate lady. However, Dehvess could hear what Annette had said and he was more then a little curious. “How did that happen?”

“The messenger says that a small military unit caught them off guard.”

“What about the golems?”

“They were already destroyed.” Annette was a bit perplexed when she heard Jahnah giggle. “What is so funny?”

“Dehvess turned pale for a second.”

Dehvess took a moment to regain his composure. “How many of the golems were destroyed?”

“All six of them according to the messenger were destroyed.”

“Was it a special forces unit?”

“No. From what we gathered the only reason they were even able to drive them out even with the golem’s destruction is they were caught off guard.”

Maxwell had been quiet up until that point. He had been with Annette when the messenger arrived so he knew the story. Despite this he couldn’t help but give his opinion on the soldiers being forced to retreat. “Even after Adolamen’s execution those idiots still relied on the golems too much.”

Annette couldn’t help but giggle as she glanced down at Maxwell. She knew that he was upset and that she shouldn’t be laughing at him. However, he simply looked too cute for her not to between his anger and the fact that he was trapped in her cleavage at the moment. “Maxwell seems quite upset about all of this.”

Dehvess shook his head. “If they weren’t Special Forces how did they destroy the golems? Were they any with enchanted weapons?”

Annette knew Dehvess couldn’t see it considering where he was but she shook her head as a force of habit. “No. The messenger didn’t mention any of them using enchanted weapons. They were just attacked by a small group of soldiers between being caught off guard and because the town joined in they were driven out.”

A wide grin formed on Jahnah’s face. “So the entire town joined in?”

“I can’t be certain. The messenger said towns people joined in but we will have to find out for sure when we get there.”

Dehvess couldn’t help but sigh it didn’t seem anyone was catching onto what his primary concern was. “How were the golems destroyed?”

“The messenger didn’t say how they were destroyed.”

Maxwell couldn’t help but flinch. “The idiots weren’t even paying enough attention to see their primary weapons being taken apart. Now we don’t even know what was used against them.”

Annette turned her attention away from Jahnah and Dehvess to the sulking figure in her cleavage. “It is alright. We’ll be there in just a few hours and we’ll find out what happened.”

Jahnah fell back a bit so she could look down into Annette’s top. “Since the soldiers messed up so badly can Annette and I deal with them?”

Maxwell wouldn’t have normally given a strait answer to such a question. However, between the incident with Adolamen and now this he wasn’t thinking clearly so he answered strait away. “Yes.”

Dehvess glanced up at Jahnah. “What did he say in regards to his soldiers?”

“That Annette and I could deal with them.”

After having his questions answered Dehvess had formed an opinion on the subject as to what should be gone with those left to guard the town. “Kill them.”

Jahnah gave an amused giggle. “I know. They made a rather extreme mistake didn’t they?”

“I have no idea how they could have been so neglectful of their task that they didn’t even see what destroyed the golems. There probably wasn’t even a human soldier supervising any of the golems.”

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As Annette neared the fortification she slowed to a trot and reached into her cleavage to retrieved Maxwell. She could feel his relief when he saw the fortification. A few golems patrolled the exterior there were also several archers watching the walls.

When the giantesses came into sight the entire structure seemed to come alive in preparation for their arrival. Those soldiers that had been left to secure the town were quickly roused from their quarters and rushed into the court yard. Each one of them knew they were in serious trouble. They had all heard about Adolamen by now and his fate and now in making the same mistake he had they had cost the army considerably.

Both Annette and Jahnah stepped over the wall in unison as their feet came down at the same moment the impact was even more powerful. Once over the wall Annette moved forward a bit and then set down so that her back was against it. She then set Maxwell down. Jahnah followed suit and placed Dehvess down next to Maxwell. Due to the golem losses the guild would have a say in this.

Ravastina waited until both giantesses were seated before she approached the two of them. “Welcome Lord Maxwell and Lord Dehvess. I wish that this meeting was under better circumstance.”

The moment the woman drew near Dehvess felt a slight shift in the energy around them. After looking at her for a moment he was somewhat surprised. “Are you an arcane archer?”

Ravastina gave a quick nod. “Yes sir I am one.”

Maxwell couldn’t help but grin. Ravastina was one of his more unique soldiers. At times he wondered why she even decided to stay though he knew the reason she had initially joined. “Could you give us some more details on the situation?”

“Certainly, would you prefer if we went inside first?”

“Out here is fine.”

“Very well, early in the morning two days ago I was woken up by one of my subordinates. Several soldiers from occupied towns had arrived and were seeking shelter inside. I wasn’t truly certain what was going on so I went out and checked. It took me a while to even decide to let them in and I took their weapons away. There was just so many that I couldn’t be certain if they were yours or not.

Once I felt certain that they were allies I allowed them inside and resolved to find out what had happened. Apparently during the night they had been attacked by a small group of soldiers. It took me a while to get it out of them but they also confirmed that they had been spread out around the city. Several men were occupied with things other then their duties.

They felt confident that the golems would be enough to suppress any civil discord. Despite their fractured state they tried to regroup around the golems however when they called them or found them they had already been destroyed. None of them saw by what so I assume that it happened some time during the night while they were occupied else where.

After the towns people saw that the golems had been destroyed they joined up with the soldiers. I can’t give the exact number of soldiers that they actually had to deal with as it keeps changing when I ask. However, I don’t believe it was very many most likely a small unit.”

Dehvess couldn’t help but ask. “Why do you believe it was a small unit?”

A wide grin appeared on Ravastina’s face. “Because they would have to get past here to move any substantial number of men and I didn’t notice anything.”

Maxwell couldn’t help but chuckle despite the situation. At times Ravastina could be truly arrogant in her speech. “Do they have control of the town?”

“Not at this moment. I sent a few people out to gather information. What they found is that shortly after destroying the golems and driving out our soldiers the attacking party left. At least they left after setting fire to most buildings that could be used as a stronghold and the ships.”

It was impossible for Maxwell to conceal his disappointment. “We really could have used those ships. I should have made better use of them while the town was still under our control. Do you have enough people with you to subdue the populace if we retake the towns?”

“Is that including or not including those soldiers that were driven out?”

“Not including.”

“Then I don’t have the people that I would need to insure the populace would be kept under control. Of course since I don’t have those that left their post I assume you have something else in store for them.”

“Yes, the two ladies behind me are going to be deciding their fates.”

“Ah I see. Well if you want to insure that the populace is kept under control then you’re going to have to provide me with more people or come up with another means.”

After waiting a moment to confirm that Maxwell and Ravastina had finished speaking Dehvess spoke up. “We are going to need to find out what happened to the golems. I won’t have any more golems brought in to replace those that were destroyed until we know what happened to them.”

Maxwell gave a nod. “I understand. Would actually examining the remains be of any help?”

“Yes that would be helpful.”

“I don’t like the idea of staying here for too long. Given that they didn’t actually try to hold the towns even after destroying the golems and driving out the troops leads me to believe that this may be a distraction. Of course we can’t just leave without finding out what happened to the golems either.”

Annette could sense that things weren’t going her way. Jahnah needed Dehvess to remain in her giantess state which left her as the only giantess that could travel to other locations to check on their status. That of course meant that Jahnah would get to be the ones to deal with those that had failed in their tasks and probably get to retake the town. “I don’t believe you have much to worry about Maxwell. Even if it was a decoy it isn’t like any of the fortifications could be over run in just a few days. That would give a message plenty of time to reach us.”

Jahnah couldn’t help but grin as she listened to Annette. “Well it is better to be safe then sorry. Why don’t you go and check it out? Dehvess and I are needed to examine the golem fragments.”

As she spoke Annette tried to keep the irritation out of her voice. “I can gather up the pieces for you and you’ll want to check on the other golems at other locations anyway.”

Maxwell couldn’t help but chuckle as he realized what was happening. As he looked over at the soldiers a sigh escaped him. “Annette, Jahnah I need to speak with the two of you.”

Annette turned away from the soldiers and glanced down at Maxwell. “What is it?”

“Jahnah would you mind letting Annette deal with the soldiers?”

The expression on Jahnah’s face told Maxwell that she cared a great deal. “Why would I want to do that?” Even though Annette liked the idea she couldn’t hide the perplexed expression on her face.

“Annette Jahnah made some good points about someone needing to go and look around for any additional threats. You’re the most qualified. Plus I don’t want you helping to retake the town given what is most likely going to happen.”

Annette couldn’t help but look disappointed as she realized she was the one getting the short end of the stick. “But why? Why does she get to help with the town?”

“Annette, even if Jahnah remains here which I doubt is likely she is less well known and part of the Luvarians forces not my own. You actually live here and it would help if you weren’t involved in the initial slaughter.”

Jahnah’s previous expression of concern quickly faded and a grin returned. “So she gets the soldiers and I get to deal with the town? I like that plan.”

“Do you really believe that if I got involved with the town it would make matters worse then they already are?”

“I believe there is a very good chance that if you were involved with the retaking of the town it would cause trouble later.”

A pout appeared on Annette’s face as she gave a sigh. “Fine, she can be the one to retake this town. Though I don’t see how dealing with the town’s folk would be any different from me dealing with the soldiers that deserted.”

“There is a chance that it wouldn’t be. Especially considering what may have to happen but there is a chance that it would be.”

Leaning over Jahnah placed an arm around Annette. “There, there it will be okay.”

Annette grumbled a bit as she looked over at Jahnah. “Don’t think this is over with. I am not going to let one little set back cause me to lose.”

Maxwell gave a sigh and walked back over to Annette. Placing a hand on her thigh he gave it a few gentle pats. “Dehvess I assume that you’re capable of finding out what happened to the golems without my help.”

Dehvess gave a nod. “I take it you would rather not be involved in our initial investigation either.”

“I’d rather not.”

“Very well, you may consider Jahnah’s and my actions in regards to this business as an entirely separate action of the Luvarians. Of course during our investigation of the town I won’t be seeking your approval in any actions Jahnah or I deem necessary. It will be entirely guild business.”

Maxwell gave a sigh and nodded his head. “I understand. Since all of my units have been driven out of the town it is essentially enemy territory until it is once again properly garrisoned. However, once you’ve found out what was responsible for the destruction of the golems I will consider the guild’s solo investigation over with and once again it will become a joint effort.”

“That is acceptable. I have a feeling that this would be difficult to resolve other wise.”

Jahnah couldn’t help but giggle. “So we get to play the roll of monsters but when it is over we are the ones that take all the blame. Maxwell I thought you were different from our previous clients.”

Annette gave Jahnah a slight nudge. “Oh shush. You said yourself that you like the arrangement. You’re getting the better end of the deal regardless.”

“Ravastina, I want you to stay out of this. All of our people are to be kept back from the town until Dehvess and Jahnah report that they have discovered the cause of the golems’ destruction.”

Nearly everyone was surprised when Ravastina giggled a bit. Of course she noticed the expression on everyone’s faces. “What? This is all because they drove out the soldiers that would have protected them from it. Maybe after this they’ll be more appreciative of our protection or scared to death of losing it again.”

Reaching down Annette gave Maxwell a slight nudge with her finger. “Do I have some time to take care of a few things?”

“Sure, I imagine it will take Dehvess and Jahnah some time to finish with their investigation. If you notice anything happening else where I leave it up to you to decide what should be done about it.”

Lowering her hand Jahnah held it out flat so that Dehvess could climb onto it. “Well then should we get to work?”

Dehvess gave a nod and climb onto Jahnah’s hand. “We will need to stop and pick up a few bodies if we can. If not we’ll just have to make them once we get there.”

Jahnah gave a nod. “Looking for some readily made disposable soldiers?”

“Yeah, so you’re going to have to shrink down a bit so that I can redirect energy and focus.”

Jahnah couldn’t help but sigh. “Drat it.”

“Hold on a minute. Does that mean Jahnah is going to be smaller then she is now?”

Dehvess gave a nod. “I’ll have to use some of the energy to help with the investigation. She won’t be able to just level the town as we need to actually find out what happened.”

Jahnah gave a slight chuckle when she noticed Annette breath a sigh of relief. “You just remember that I’ll only have my size somewhat reduced for a little while. After we’re done with the investigation things will be back to normal.”

“That may be true, but you won’t be winning our bet today.”

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“Don’t worry Annette I’ll see what I can do to help you out later. I didn’t realize the competition between you and Jahnah was so intense.” Maxwell currently set atop Annette’s breasts as she made her way back to her home.

“Thanks. I tried not to make a big deal of it but losing that town could be a bigger set back then I let on or would like to think about.”

“So what is that personnel business you want to attend to? It must be urgent considering how quickly you went through those soldiers. I guess that is how much you want to win.”

“You know those prisoners that I haven’t gotten around to dealing with? Well its time they made their way into my tummy. I’ll check for any as I make my way around to each fortification. Soon you won’t have to worry about them anymore.”

“Ah, I am sorry about that.”

“Why?”

“For you to wait so long to enjoy a meal, you must have had a reason.”

Annette couldn’t help but give a disappointed sigh. “Yeah I did actually.”

“Would you mind telling me what it was?”

“Mm actually yes I would. It won’t be as dramatic as I had planned but I believe it’ll still be effective. What do you want to do? You could come with me.”

“I am going to have to take some time and plan where the additional soldiers Ravastina is going to need will come from. I am sorry.”

Annette gave an amused giggle. “Oh that is fine. So I’ll be leaving you at our home.”

“Well someone seems to have pepped up.”

“Of course I can’t stay on a downer the whole day and you did say you would try to help me.”

“I am glad that you are feeling better. Still, what is the bet you and Jahnah were speaking off?”

“OH we put a little wager on which one of us would be able to swallow a person alive first. Up until this point they always end up being crushed in our throats.”

“I should have known. So what did you bet?”

“If I win Jahnah has to find an arch-mage for me to eat. If she wins then I have to find a rather powerful shard for her to absorb.”

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“Now Jahnah I don’t want you to start killing right away. We are going to find out what happened to the golems and we can’t do that if you eat everyone in sight.”

“I know, but to make sure we don’t speak to the same person twice can I eat everyone that doesn’t know anything?”

“Yes. As I recall one of the fortresses you and Annette leveled during the initial stages of the war is along this path. Am I right?”

“I believe so.”

“Good we can get our soldiers there.” Dehvess was moderately surprised when he felt himself lift higher into the air and then lower as Jahnah side. “Is something wrong?”

“I really don’t like the idea of shrinking down any.”

“Would you like to try to keep an eye on the town without the additional help?”

“No. We need the extra eyes and hands to get the job done.”

“I am sorry that it is taking me so long to learn to regulate the tiara’s energies properly. There is just a great deal there.”

“I know and you don’t need to apologize.”

“Well you are keeping up your end of the deal wonderfully.” Dehvess was bounced lightly into the air when Jahnah gave a slight giggle.

“Yes but letting a river flow is much easier then trying to control its movement.”

“Hold on a moment. Did you and Annette eat everyone at the fortification?”

Jahnah slowed her pace for a second. “Whoops, we didn’t eat all of them but I don’t believe any of them would be suited to rise.”

“Very well, we’ll just have to continue onto the town.”

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Chris couldn’t help his pacing as he looked towards the road. When the golems had been destroyed and the soldiers had come they had thought they were there to stay. The towns’ folk had been so grateful to be rid of the blasted golems that they had actually joined with the soldiers to drive out the invaders.

However, things had begun to go badly whenever the soldiers began setting fire to the buildings the invaders previously occupied. No one knew exactly what was going on and they were even more surprised when the ships were set ablaze. Then after that those that they thought had come to take back the town took all of their equipment and left. Now everyone was uncertain what was going to happen.

Many hoped that they had gone to join up with a large unit in attacking the fortifications the enemy still held. Indeed when they had spoken to some people from near by towns it seemed like the units were doing just that. Despite the good news he couldn’t help but be worried about what was going on. He remembered the day the invaders had arrived with the golems.

“Well this is strange.” As Jahnah had neared the down she had began feeling for life energy. What she found surprised her.

“What is it?”

“The number of lives within the city is far greater then I would have expected.”

“How much greater are you talking about?”

“It’s as if no one has left. It has only been two days but I believed that at least some people would leave.”

Dehvess gave a shrug. “Perhaps they were lead to believe that the town wouldn’t be retaken. Of course this only supports the suspicion that this is all some kind of decoy. Now what is that look for?”

Jahnah couldn’t help but frown as she walked towards the town and considered what a decoy could mean. “Well if you’re right then Annette may happen upon the true threat before we even hear of it. I know that she’ll engage them the moment she seems them as well.”

“Are you worried about her safety? You know she is capable of handling a very significant threat. Even if they were able to over power her it would be nearly impossible to block her retreat as well.”

“I know that is why I am not worried about her safety. I am worried that she might get a bigger meal then me.”

As he shook his head Dehvess couldn’t help but grin. “Now why does that bother you?”

“She may outgrow me.”

“You really like being taller then her don’t you?”

A delighted giggle escaped Jahnah. “We are sort of playing a game I suppose. Of course unlike most games neither of us knows when it is going to end but we are both making our way down the same path seeing who can get to the end first.”

“I see nothing wrong with a little competition. Sense neither of you know the end do you have prizes planned along the way to help encourage each other?”

“Yes we do. Right now we have a bet on who will be able to swallow an entire person first.”

“Ah what are the rules on this little bet of yours?”

“Just whoever is able to swallow an entire person first wins. If I win Annette has to get me a rather powerful shard while if she wins I have to find her an arch-mage to eat.”

“If that is the only rules why don’t you simply alter your throat structure a little?”

“Don’t you believe that would be unfair?”

“It is perfectly within the confines of the rules you two specified. I see nothing wrong with it.”

An amused giggle escaped Jahnah as she reached into her top and gave Dehvess a quick tap on the head. “The swallowing is only the gage. The real test is to see which of us can become bigger faster.”

“If that is how you want to play it the decision is up to you.”

A rather impish grin formed on Jahnah’s face as she neared the village and she intentionally raised her voice. “Well I don’t want to lose. Maybe I’ll eat the entire town.”

Chris and everyone in the entire port town seemed to freeze as a very powerful yet feminine voice reached them. They had been far enough away from the fortifications and battles to not actually see the two giantesses. However, they had heard stories of them and to hear Jahnah’s threat ringing out so playfully caused nearly everyone’s blood to run cold.

For a moment Chris started to run back towards his home in order to gather up his positions. He had only taken a few steps before he changed his mind. He was grateful that he had chose the day to wait near the gate as he quickly dashed out of it and began to take the shortest path he knew of out of the city.

Dehvess gave Jahnah’s breast a quick smack. “Jahnah that was entirely uncalled for. You know how many are going to run now.”

A delighted giggle escaped Jahnah. “I know which means I get to hunt them down.”

Chris had for just a moment hoped he would get away from the town. However, he had only been running for two minutes whenever the giantess came into view. When he saw those towering legs carrying her he knew that it would only be another minute at best before she was actually inside the town itself. He could already hear the chaos inside the city.

Dehvess was a bit surprised when he felt himself lifted slightly higher. At first he thought it was the affects of Jahnah taking a deep breath but he soon realized that he didn’t go back down again. “How did you do that? I didn’t channel any additional energy.”

An amused giggle escaped Jahnah. “Why do you think I caused so much chaos?”

A slight chuckle escaped Dehvess. “That is rather clever. You’re using their panic against them.”

“Yes now if you would help me with a little order. I am going to increase their fear a bit so that they are nearly blinded by it. You’ll need to deter them away from the gate with some order magic.”

“You know you’ll shrink back down if I do that.”

“Yes, but it insures few if any will escape. They’d have to bee able to see through my spell’s effects. We can raise those that are trampled to death in the panic after words.”

“When did you come up with that little idea?”

“Three minutes ago.”

Dehvess shook his head though he continued to grin. “Well if you don’t mind. Please hold me up so that I can better see what I am doing.”

Chris felt a slight pull upon himself though he didn’t know what it was. However, he could tell the giantess was up to something. He could see that she held something or someone up and her other hand was oriented towards the city. Her lips were moving though despite her great scale he couldn’t hear the words. She was apparently speaking very softly at the moment. The spells Jahnah and Dehvess cast were directed within the city confines leaving him outside of their affects.

Realizing that if he continued to move he would most likely be spotted Chris threw himself into the first ditch he saw that was large enough for him to hide in. It was the first time in his life that he regretted living close to the ocean so very much.

Jahnah gave a giggle as she felt the chaos feeding on itself. She also felt a slight rush from the life energy that was suddenly being lost. The lives of those that found themselves trapped under the mass of people now blinded by their own panic trying to find a way out of the city yet guided away from the exits by Dehvess’s magic. “OH this feels good.”

“Well I was wrong. Their panic is feeding on itself enough to make up for the energy I had to take away. At least I don’t believe you have shrunk at all.”

“I haven’t. Now let’s see what happens whenever I step into the town itself.” Jahnah’s tongue flicked out and glided slowly over her lips. It was true that at the moment she hadn’t learned to absorb the energies of sentient life forms to give her a permanent boost. However, with so many people to experiment on, her training in necromancy and the tiara she felt she could find a way.

The time Jahnah had spent as a giantess had been quite interesting to her. She naturally loved the change in perspective and as she was still growing the perspective seemed to constantly change though just slightly. As she neared the gate she looked down at the people running around. Some of them past near the gate but none of them seemed to be able to realize that it was there.

Before Jahnah could step into the town Dehvess got her attention. “Remember we need to find out what happened to the golems. If you kill too many people we may not be able to find the ones with the information we need.”

Jahnah couldn’t help but sigh. “I know. Well then I suppose I’ll just gather up the bodies for now.”

It had been Jahnah’s intention to simply step into the town and not worry about those running about. Now that Dehvess reminded her of her first task she resolved to be more careful though that didn’t mean she couldn’t have some fun. Looking at the various buildings she felt out the life energies and located those with the fewest in them.

The first step into the town forced Jahnah to stretch her leg a bit as she wrested her foot on one of the homes. She took her time increasing the pressure on the house. In part to allow those inside time to flee if they realized what they needed to do in time and in part to enjoy the feeling of the tiny building giving way. Her time with Annette had been fun and she had experience a great deal of things but this was her first time entering a town at such a scale.

Those inside the building at first heard a loud impact on the roof and some would have sworn it was pushed down slightly. As the pressure began to increase the creaking of boards became very clear. When chunks of wood began to splinter from the beams they finally realized what was happening and made a dash for the door.

A sharp gasp escaped Jahnah as she felt the utter panic issuing forth from the home. While they were no more then three people within the building their panic was so great that it felt as if it was many more to the chaos mage. Reaching down Jahnah placed her hand on her massive thigh and gently rubbed the muscle as she continued to increase the pressure on the building.

Dehvess couldn’t see Jahnah’s entire arm but he heard the gasp and giving the limbs motions he had an idea of what she was doing. He found himself growing very concerned that she might forget herself and may very well end up killing everyone in the town. As he looked up at her massive face he wasn’t sure if trying to speak to her would do any good.

One of the occupants of the house had actually made it to the door after the first splinters had broken loose. However, in his panicked state he didn’t think to turn the doorknob until three seconds had passed. The shock of realizing what he had been forgetting to do was so great that he stood stunned for a moment wasting even more precious time. When he finally pushed the door open and began to rush through Jahnah’s foot burst through the roof.

An amused giggle escaped Jahnah whenever she saw the tiny figure scurry out of the building. Despite the sound of the structure collapsing in on itself she heard screams coming from inside.

Looking back the man was horrified to see that due to his delay he had been the only one to make it out. When he looked through the door all he saw was bits of debris and the giantess’s massive foot.

Jahnah’s stance was more then a little awkward so that she didn’t waste any time finding a location for her second foot. As she was somewhat off balance at the time she wasn’t able to take her time as she had done previously.

Looking down into the first building Jahnah bent slightly and began to clear away the rubble. She soon found what she was searching for. The corpse of a young man and a woman lay on the floor. To her surprise the woman was actually still alive apparently the falling debris had only bruised her some and knocked the wind out of her. It was fortunate that her foot hadn’t come down on top of either of them.

Despite his fear the man had been too overwhelmed by the shock of what had happened to look away. He was only relieved for a second when he saw his wife and heard her give a low moan of pain. This only lasted until the giantess lifted her into the air and took a moment to look her over.

If one could have seen Jahnah’s fingers they would have noticed a crimson energy flow from them and into the corpse. The bit of energy flickered in the body and seemed to glow brighter. A moment later it returned to Jahnah. The woman took one sharp gasp and the body became limp. The life force Jahnah drained from the woman wasn’t anything spectacular but it was extra energy.

Holding both the corpses in her hand Jahnah glanced down at Dehvess. “What type should I make?”

“Go ahead and make them augmented undead. We don’t need them to last more then a few days.”

Jahnah gave a nod. Looking down at the corpses she began to channel the necromantic energies into them. As she did so she took a tiny fragment of the life force which she had absorbed from the woman. As she did so she altered the energy and tore a tiny fragment of it away which she slipped back into the corpse.

“Awaken.” The two corpses were made to jerk upward at the sound of their mistress’s voice. As they set up the difference between an augmented and a pure zombie became somewhat clearer. The wounds on the corpses began to close up, however unlike the male the woman’s corpse seemed to almost take breath. As the woman looked around crimson light seemed to radiate from her eyes.

A delighted giggle escaped Jahnah as she looked back at herself. It was the first time that she had a good look at herself from such a vantage point as she saw through the woman’s eyes. As she looked over the woman’s reanimated body she couldn’t help but be impressed that she had survived the amount of debris that had landed on her in such good condition.

As Jahnah look at the body though she noticed something that surprised her. The woman’s build had been quite exceptional. It was far stronger and sturdier then what Jahnah had expected. After a moment she glanced down at the building to see just what she had stepped on. What she found surprised her.

The building she had crushed had actually been a smith’s home and work shop. As she looked over the tiny woman she was quite certain she’d either done some metal working or had at the very least helped. Jahnah’s remembered the tiny figure that had escaped the building and for the first time turned to have a good look at him.

The smith couldn’t see what had happened to his wife but he knew he wouldn’t like it. He had heard the giantess speak and could only guess at what she had done to her. When the giantess’s gaze fell upon him he brought his gaze up to meet hers. As his eyes found hers he felt as if a massive weight had suddenly come to wrest upon his chest. The shock was gone now but the fear was so great that it was not only blinding but it seemed to be crippling.

Jahnah took a moment to appraise the man and felt certain he was indeed a smith. The other male that had been left in the building had a good build himself but less developed. Turning back to her hand she addressed the woman. “What was the young man in the smith’s home?”

The clarity with which the undead woman spoke was astounding as she addressed her mistress. “He was an apprentice, mistress.”

The life force which Jahnah had altered and returned to the woman had not only enhanced the undead’s abilities but it had also served to create a connection between it and Jahnah. This allowed Jahnah to see through the undead’s eyes and actually left the woman with something of her previous intelligence with all of her knowledge as the woman had not received any major damage before Jahnah drained the life from her.

Jahnah’s tongue flicked out and lightly glided over her lips as she continued looking the woman over. As she did so the woman turned allowing Jahnah to better see her body as if able to sense her mistress’s desires.

Dehvess could see the animated bodies in Jahnah’s hand though he wasn’t certain what was going on. After staying quiet for thirty seconds he had to ask. “Jahnah what are you doing?”

“At this moment I am saving up some energy.”

“I mean why are you just looking at those undead?”

“I haven’t saved up enough energy to finish my idea just yet. Don’t worry I just need a few more moments to feed on the chaos and I’ll have all the energy I need to complete the spell.”

It was common for Jahnah to come up with a plan at the spur of a moment many of these ideas proved to be quite useful. However, as Dehvess set within the confines of Jahnah’s top he couldn’t help but wonder what she was planning. “Would you mind giving me some more detail?”

“You’re looking at my avatar.”

“Huh?”

“I am going to strengthen the bond between me and mm I am going to have to come up with a name. Anyway, I am going to bind her to me and my power. I can use the temporary bond that formed whenever I returned the altered life force to the corpse to make it permanent. Well unless I sever it. That way she’ll continue to function until I break the bond. I’ll need to make some alterations to the body of course.”

Dehvess couldn’t help the shocked expression on his face. He knew the benefits that such a process would give the undead and how useful of a tool such beings could be. However, he had never actually seen it done for a few reasons and one major one. Sustaining such an undead required a tremendous amount of energy. Energy greater then what was required to sustain several types of golems. “Jahnah what are you trying to do?”

“Oh I am just trying my hand at making and avatar. I am going to have to make some modifications to Xyra’s body before she is ready.” Picking up the male undead from her hand Jahnah leaned over and set it down as close to the gate as she could. “Go to the gate and don’t let anyone exit.”

While Dehvess didn’t have to regulate it he could tell that Jahnah had built up a tremendous amount of energy by feeding on the chaos around her. He had no doubt that she intended on using some extremely powerful spells.

“Lay down.” Jahnah placed her hand over the corpse so that it was completely enclosed in her hands. “Dehvess would you help me focus, I don’t want any of the energy escaping.”

“Sure, I am interested to see just what you’ll come up with.” Turning his gaze towards Jahnah’s hands Dehvess was grateful that she was soaking up all the chaos in their environment. Had it been able to affect him he would have found it far more difficult to help Jahnah concentrate her energy.

It was rare that Jahnah had to speak in order to cast a spell that involved either death or chaos magic. This was one of those rare instances were she not only needed to speak to help guide the energy but she had to speak the entire spell. As she began to chant the mystic energies could be seen flowing throughout her body and focusing in her hands.

The moment the energy was guided into the body it convulsed violently and would have set up had Jahnah’s hands not kept it held flat. The force with which it struck Jahnah’s hands was great and would have normally required the body to be bound down to cast the spell. As the energy continued to flow the body began to change. What had once been tone muscle fluctuated and seemed to both flow and expand.

Xyra’s body was made to move out in all directions as her body began to both lengthen and expand. Dull cracking could be heard within the confines of Jahnah’s hands as the body’s bones were repeatedly broken then healed back together. While the initial transformation made new wounds shut the current one reached to those that had long since healed. Scars melted and smoothed into perfect flesh once again.

As the muscles melted and reformed their very structure was changed. The tendons grew stronger but the body no longer convulsed. The skin darkened and became stronger as blemishes and flaws melted away. What had once been a dull crimson light in Xyra’s eyes became an absolutely radiant glow as the energy continued to flow into it and alter it.

What had once been a well defined healthy bone changed to that of a Valkyrie. As the body was altered physically so was the bond that connected Xyra to her mistress. Jahnah felt a great pull on herself as while the energy that altered the body and helped her strengthen the bond came from her surroundings. The energy that fueled the body and animated it came directly from her.

A sharp gasp escaped Jahnah as she felt the bond between herself and Xyra form. If she hadn’t altered the body before forming the current bond she would have been forced to quickly reduce in size or risk pulling too much energy through Dehvess. Even with that Dehvess felt a quick jolt run through his being though nothing strong enough to cause him to believe the spell should be disrupted.

A low chuckle escaped Jahnah as the bond was finished and she heard the first thoughts of her creation. Even an augmented undead had no true thoughts of its own and it had grave difficulty applying new information that wasn’t exceptionally basic as did most golems. Xyra was quite a different creature.

Dehvess couldn’t help but sigh when he felt the energy relax. While he had been correct about how much energy Jahnah would use it was still taxing on him. “It is hard to appreciate how difficult it is to establish such a link until you have to do it.”

An amused giggle escaped Jahnah and she parted her hands. “It’s no wonder I’ve never heard of someone having more then one such servant.”

As the energy weakened the crimson glow in Xyra’s eyes faded until it only shown faintly at the very back of her eyes. Once her mistress’s hands had parted enough she stood to her full two and a half meter height. Only a few moments after raising to her full height she once again lowed herself down to Jahnah’s palm though this time she didn’t lie down but bowed. “How may I serve you masters?”

Jahnah was immensely pleased with her handiwork despite the fact that it put a slight drain upon her power. She was already very confident that Xyra would be worth the drain. Bending down she deposited her creation within the confines of the building. “Search through the rubble. I want you to find anything suitable for weapons and then head towards the main gate. You are to insure that no one leaves.”

The smith had seen Jahnah set down his wife. As he watched the giantess leave he had to go and see what had happened. Quickly he moved to see what the giantess had done to her. What he saw astounded him. The Valkyrie that currently sifted through the remains of his home was a far cry from the wife he had once known. While many of the core features remained they were so refined and enhanced he wouldn’t have believed it was her had he not seen the giantess set her down.

As Xyra moved to carry out her mistress’s wishes she noticed the man the previous owner of the body she now inhabited had called husband. An absolutely wicked grin formed on her face as he began to stumble into the building.

“Is that you dear?” The smith slowly approached the figure until he noticed the smile upon her face. Upon seeing that grin a grin he had never seen upon his wife’s face he came to a stop.

A cold laugh issued forth from Xyra. Her mistress had told her to guard the gate but she hadn’t told her that she couldn’t have some fun. “Do you mean the woman that you left in the building while you hurried out through the door?”

“I am sorry I didn’t mean to leave.” The blacksmith was silenced when Xyra took a step towards him.

“You didn’t leave me. You left her.” Xyra was actually surprised; the man’s grief seemed great enough to cancel out the effects of Jahnah’s previous spells for the time at least.

Despite his fear and that he had quit coming towards Xyra. The smith was unable to back away from her. He felt his mouth going dry and the color seemed to drain from his face. He gave a slight jump whenever Xyra stepped down on some of the debris that had once been his home and workshop but that was all.

When Xyra finally came within arm’s length of the black smith a slight chuckle escaped her and she quickly took hold of the smith’s throat. A sharp gasp was his only response and she noted a few tears forming in his eyes. This only brought a giggle from her as crimson energy danced on her finger tips and went into the man.

The smith saw some of the energy. Energy that seemed to be the same type that went into his wife. He felt it flow into it him and clench at his heart however he didn’t have the will to resist at the moment.

Jahnah gave a slight gasp as she felt the strain of maintaining Xyra weaken. The life energy her avatar pulled from the black smith would be enough to fuel the body for a few hours. Jahnah could have taken the energy and used it herself but she decided to let Xyra keep it to make maintaining her less strenuous and allow her to do some work.

A slight chuckle escaped Xyra as she held the corpse aloft. Using some of the energy she had just siphoned from the body she began a slight chant. While the avatar did have some of the abilities of her mistress they weren’t as refined and she could not perform them anywhere near as often. However, with the power the life energy gave her and knowledge from her mistress she turned the corpse into an augmented undead.

“You’re to go to the main gate and wait for me there. Do not let anyone leave.” As Xyra spoke she set the undead down and resumed her search of the remains.

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“How many are at each gate now?”

Jahnah glanced around the town for a moment before responding. “Each gate has two dozen except the main one. It only has a dozen but Xyra is there.”

“Would you mind relaxing your influence then? I believe that is enough guards for each gate. They would only need to keep the populace in check for a moment.”

Nodding her head Jahnah ceased to encourage the chaos that drove the crowds about. Even though Jahnah retracted the energy this did not stop the panic in the streets. It would be a while yet before the effect of the spells and the people own panic declined enough for them to regain their composure. “Well what should we do now?”

“There should be some places for you to set down since several of the buildings were burned even before we arrived. Why don’t you set down and wait for things to calm down?”

“I thought you’d just calm the crowds panic.”

“Why would I do that? The more they exhaust themselves the better.”

Jahnah gave a slight pout before she responded. “Well to be honest having them run around in a blind panic isn’t any fun. Not while I have to watch my step.”

“So you want to get down to the questioning?”

A giggle escaped Jahnah as she shook her head. “No. I don’t really want to begin with the questions. I want to get to what comes after the questions.”

Dehvess couldn’t help but grin. “Okay but I am going to need your help. You’ll need to draw in as much of the chaos as you can why I try to instill order in them. After they’ve been calmed enough you’ll need to address everyone.”

A delighted giggle escaped Jahnah and she quickly clapped her hands together. “Then I can get to the fun stuff. Okay I’ll start drawing the chaos in.”

It would have been impossible for Dehvess not to smile. She simply looked to adorable in that moment for him not to. As he felt the chaos moving in on Jahnah he began calm the masses. Had he been alone the task of calming so many people would have taking a tremendous amount of energy however with Jahnah taking in the chaos it would only take a few minutes to bring things to a more ordered state.

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A low chuckle escaped Maxwell as he reviewed the current troop placements. He didn’t know why he found the situation so amusing but he couldn’t help but laugh. Annette and Jahnah were both exceptionally powerful even at the start of the conflict. Now that they had time to gorge themselves they had became even more powerful. In truth even with the loss of the golems and soldiers throughout the course of things his forces had become stronger simply because of the two of them.

At the beginning of the conflict he wouldn’t have thought Jahnah or Annette was powerful enough to take on an army by themselves. That was no longer the case. They had easily over come numerous fortifications and while he hadn’t been there to witness the occurrences he knew that the fortifications often had numerous mages. So why didn’t he simply let them decimate the surrounding lands as quickly as possible?

Why was it so difficult to win when he had two nearly unstoppable juggernauts aiding him? The port town and those surrounding it seemed to supply the answer. Annette and Jahnah could destroy very large forces and break through fortifications with great ease. However there was only two of them and they couldn’t hold the ground they had taken on their own.

Of course he could have Annette and Jahnah attempt to locate and consume the leadership. The difficulty with that idea was locating them. If he had thought Annette and Jahnah could destroy truly well prepared fortifications at the start of the conflict he could have had them go for the throat and destroy the leadership. That was no longer an option. By now they had learned of what happened to the first fortifications they had attacked and moved to other better hidden locations.

What was the point of expending the energy to take a position if you couldn’t hold it? A chill ran up Maxwell’s spine as he considered one option. It wouldn’t be necessary to hold any position if Jahnah and Annette were to simply kill everyone that resisted in the least.

“Maxwell, are you still busy?”

Maxwell jumped slightly when he heard Annette’s voice. “No, I was just thinking on a few things.”

“Like what?” Annette stood just outside the door of her room. She and Maxwell had been sharing her room for some time now and his office actually set atop her dresser.

“I was just wondering how this is going to end.” Standing up Maxwell walked over to the edge of the table. Moving in with Annette had been surprisingly easy due in large part to a good deal of her furniture being designed with regular sized people in mind.

“What have you come up with?”

“I haven’t come up with anything that I feel comfortable trying to implement. Why are you waiting outside?”

Annette gave an amused giggle. “Well they only have so many people they can throw at us even if they resort to mercenaries. And I’ll gladly fill my belly as many times as it takes to get them to quit sending them.”

“I am sure you would. Though, this latest event with the golems has me worried. If we lose too many golems then there will be no way to provide adequate protection. Even you and Jahnah can’t be everywhere.”

“Well since you aren’t busy at the moment I am going to head onto the baths. I want you to come and join me in a little while. I’ll send someone for you when I am ready.”

“Huh, does this have something to do with why you aren’t coming in?”

“Yes it does. Now don’t look at the door.” At one time Annette could have made her way to the baths without having to cross her room. However, with her size increasing so quickly she had outgrown several sections of her home and only been able to expand some to keep up with her size. Now she either had to walk past her room to get too the baths or circle around outside.

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Annette sighed as she set the massive carrying case down next to the bath. It was the same case that she had used to deliver supplies earlier though now it had a treat for her. Releasing the latch she glanced in at the various prisoners that were pact neat and tight within its confines.

Those within the case ranged from those that had been taking prisoner after battles to criminals. “Hello dinner.” An amused giggle escaped Annette when several of the figures began to shift about clearly trying to free themselves. If they had been given enough time they would have been able to. The bonds that held them were inexpensive rope.

Reaching into the confines she picked up one of the pudgier prisoners. He had been a leader of some type though she couldn’t be sure what. Beside the bath set several containers of flavoring for Annette. After a moment she lowered the figure into the bit of apple jelly she had brought to the baths. She moved the tiny figure about within the jelly until a thick layer covered his entire body.

As Annette lowered the tiny figure into her mouth she leaned over the container so that some of those inside could see the fate that awaited them. She lay the tiny figure flat against her tongue and then released. The slippery substance that covered his body allowed him to slide into her mouth with exceptional ease and within a moment she swallowed.

None of the people had their mouths gagged at the moment but she paid their screams no attention. Once she felt the tiny figure slide into her throat and her muscles began working him down she knew that she wouldn’t be able to swallow them alive. Her throat was still too narrow for that task.

Once the first one was down her throat Annette began to go through the people far more quickly. She wanted to force as many of them down as quickly as she could. The fact that this meant they would get a quick death was lost on those in the container as the ravenous pace with which she consumed them only seemed to frighten them even more.

Annette wasn’t certain if she would be able to force the entire contents of the container down but she was most assuredly going to give it her best. Normally she would have liked to take her time and savor her meal but she had other plans at the moment and she needed to finish them as quickly as she could.

“Yes what is it?” Maxwell glanced down from the table at one of Annette’s servants as she entered the room.

“Lady Annette wants you to come and meet her. She says she wants you to hurry.”

Maxwell gave a quick nod and hopped off the side of the table. As he fell he drew his wind blade and used it to cast a quick spell to slow his fall so that he landed softly. “Did she say what it was?”

“No, only that she wants you to come quickly as possible.”

Annette pushed the emptied container to the side and gave a slight sigh followed by a groan. There had been far more people inside of the container then she realized and now she felt stuffed or more along the lines of over stuffed. Upon running her hands over her stomach she could have sworn she felt it bulging somewhat.

As Maxwell entered the baths he didn’t think to look away. He had been in the baths with Annette before and new that she enjoyed his attention. Of course even if he hadn’t been he doubted that he would have torn his eyes away her lovely form. “What did you have on your mind Annette?”

Turning towards Maxwell Annette stood and moved slowly in his direction. She kept her strides slow so as to avoid upsetting her stomach until she leaned against the edge of the bath. She then extended her arm and moved her fingers as a bit a signal for Maxwell to come closer. “Don’t do that.”

Upon moving towards Annette Maxwell had began removing his jacket. He ceased when she told him to and continued forward until he was within her grasp. At the moment he had no concern for his clothes.

Annette carefully wrapped her fingers around Maxwell so that only the tiniest portion of his body could be seen above her hands. Standing up she moved to one of the more shallow sections of the bath and set with her back against the wall. “I know you’re worried about how things are going but you don’t need to be. Jahnah and I are getting stronger and there are still plenty of golems.”

“I know but..” Maxwell was silenced when Annette placed one of her fingers over his mouth and most of his face.

“This is the first time that we have really been alone in a while and I wanted to show you something.” After removing her finger from Maxwell’s mouth Annette moved the hand under him and set him down in her palm. She then took hold of the side of his coat and began to remove it.

Maxwell extended his arm allowing Annette to remove his coat. Once she had one sleeve off the second one came far more easily. He wasn’t sure how much of his clothing she intended on removing herself but at the moment he was resolved to let her try as much as she wanted. He would get over a few torn bits of clothing if his lady wanted to try to undress him.

After removing Maxwell’s coat and his weapons with it Annette set it down nearly as far as she could reach. Taking her fingernail she moved as if she was going to press it to the bottom of Maxwell’s chest but aimed a little low and pressed it against his waste and crotch instead. When she felt his body shake a little an impish smile appeared on her face as she brought her fingernail up slowly so that it hooked the underside of his shirt.

It was hard for Maxwell to resist helping Annette in removing his clothing whenever his view of her smiling face was blocked. It was fortunate that she worked quickly to remove his shirt and set it to the side. As her fingers returned he couldn’t help but wonder how she was going to try and work his belt off. It was true that Annette was quite dexterous but he doubted she could work with the clasp.

There was no attempt on Annette’s part to remove Maxwell’s belt without damaging it. Instead she took the bit of material between her fingers and squeezed down on it. While the edges of her fingernails were far from sharp due to her scale the pressure was so great that it easily crushed the tough leather. A delighted giggle escaped her when she noted the surprised look on Maxwell’s face.

“Here I thought you were trying to avoid tearing my clothing.”

“Oh I am. I just don’t feel like trying to work your belt off is all.” As Annette finished sliding the belt off a grin formed on her face. Taking the sliver of hide she didn’t place it with the wrest of Maxwell’s clothing but tossed it into her mouth and quickly swallowed. “There now you don’t have to worry about fixing it.”

Maxwell chuckled and went to unbutton his pants when Annette stopped him. He expected her to pinch through the material like she had done his belt but was surprised when she slipped a fingernail partly into his waste band and used another to work the buttons. Much to his surprise a moment later all the buttons were undone and she had pushed him onto his back and removed his pants.

“See I can handle delicate work. Your belt buckle was just a bit more then I felt like spending my time with. Hopefully from now on you’ll use simpler buckle designs.”

“I’ll keep that in mind.”

Instead of trying to remove Maxwell’s underwear with her fingers Annette lifted him to her mouth. As she opened her mouth she extended her tongue and pressed it to the bottom of his legs. Slowly as she slid her tongue up his body she let him slip off of her fingers and onto the slippery crimson surface.

Maxwell gave a sharp gasp when he felt Annette’s warm tongue sliding under him. By extending his arms he was able to reach the edges of Annette’s tongue but he didn’t try to grasp the sides. Instead he teasingly ran his fingers over the surface. He didn’t even struggle as Annette drew him in.

The heat within Annette’s mouth was astounding. Maxwell could feel it reaching up to his feet before they even entered. As his legs slid past her lips he set up slightly. Extending his hands he placed them against her upper lip but was surprised when she closed her mouth on him. From slightly above his waste down he was entirely within Annette’s mouth.

Using her lips to secure him Annette began to lightly suck on Maxwell’s lower body. Running her tongue along his legs and over his waste she began to rub the muscle against his underwear in order to help drag them off of him. It wasn’t long before she felt the garment beginning to slide down his legs.

With so much of his body clamped between Annette’s lips and inside her mouth it was difficult for Maxwell to set up. Still he was able to raise himself up enough to run his hands along Annette’s upper lip. He heard a slight gasp and the suction of her mouth suddenly increased whenever his hands moved to the center of her lips and began to caress the bit of flesh.

As Annette used her mouth and tongue to work Maxwell’s underwear off her hands were left free to roam over her own body. Pushing up on the underside of her massive breast she gently squeezed the flesh.

A grin formed on Maxwell’s face as he struggled to focus so that he could cast a spell. It was the first time in several years that he had to speak in order to use a basic water spell but within a few moments he had pulled enough moisture from the air and cooled it to form a small sphere of ice which he pressed against Annette’s lips.

By now Annette had worked Maxwell’s underwear down to his ankles. Removing her tongue from under him she turned it to the side slightly and slipped the very end between his legs which she used to work his underwear the rest of the way off.

Annette’s hand finally left the underside of her breast and once again took hold of Maxwell. As she parted her lips her tongue pressed against his back once again so that he slid against its surface as she drew him out. “Mm you’re a tasty little treat. I had best be careful or I’ll use you up too quickly.” Reaching into her mouth with her free hand Annette took out Maxwell’s underwear which she set with the wrest of his clothing.

Maxwell let the bit of ice that remained fall from his hand and into the water below. He wasn’t certain exactly what Annette was doing but he was more then willing to find out. The concerns that had been plaguing his mind only a few minutes before had been pushed far to the back. A slight chuckle escaped him when he felt his feet meet the warm water.

“What is so funny?”

“I swear this water is cooler then the inside of your mouth.”

“I have no doubt about that.” Annette continued to lower Maxwell until he rested atop her stomach. In her current position the water didn’t quite reach a meter over her stomach. “Go ahead and take a seat.”

As he settled down atop Annette’s stomach Maxwell began to lightly trace the outline of her abdominal muscles. He was actually grateful for the decreased activity as it gave him time to recover. The time in Annette’s mouth had been quite stimulating for the both of them.

Annette giggled a bit causing Maxwell to bounce in the water. His little hands tickled her but she enjoyed the light tingle. Slowly she let herself slip further into the water so that more of her was submerged until the water was up to Maxwell’s neck. “It is nice to relax once in a while.”

“Yes it is.”

Reaching behind Maxwell Annette began to gently rub his back with her index finger. She didn’t want to continue any further then what they had until she could feel her body expanding and she truly hoped that he would notice. Her digestive system wasn’t that of a humans and she knew that it wouldn’t be long before the mystic energy within the flesh of the people she consumed would begin to affect her. She hoped that it would be enough for Maxwell to notice.

Reaching behind himself, Maxwell wrapped his arm around Annette’s finger and pulled. As he did Annette allowed him to pull her finger around so that it was beside him. Turning slightly he gave the massive digit a kiss before leaning against it. He was content to just relax with Annette if that is what she wanted.

Annette flicked out her tongue and drew it along her lips as she felt her body beginning to adapt to the energies flowing through it. It was such a drastic contrast compared to how she normally felt. While she had always been growing the process had been slow and the effects would only become apparent after several weeks. This all changed whenever she took in the energies of the sentient life she consumed.

Maxwell didn’t notice anything at first. He had no reason to be expecting something to happen and the warm water served to relax him. However, as time passed he was surprised when he felt a chill on his upper shoulders. At first he thought that Annette might have shifted in the water but quickly realized that couldn’t be the case. Given Annette’s size he would have noticed if she drew back even in the least.

Annette felt Maxwell’s hand come to a stop at the center of one of her abdominal muscles. She felt his fingers tense as they pressed into her skin as if feeling for something that he wasn’t certain of. It was hard for her to keep from giggling but she chose to keep quiet.

The slight chill Maxwell had felt had been enough to make him wonder exactly what was going on. As he paid more attention he noticed that the skin his fingers were pressed against so firmly seemed to be moving. As the skin seemed to shift he felt the chill on his shoulders growing more and more noticeable. At last he was very certain of what was going on. “Annette, I can feel you growing larger.”

It would have been impossible for Annette not to flash her teeth as she smiled. Once again she moved her hand behind Maxwell’s back. Using her hand to steady him Annette pulled herself further up in the bath until she was setting on the dry concrete surrounding it. “Maxwell, do you want to be with me?”

At first Annette’s question caught Maxwell off guard. However, with her fingers gently squeezing him he knew what she meant. “Yes.”

“I would like you to explore me. I want you to truly get to know my body.”

As Annette spoke her fingers left Maxwell setting atop her stomach. He couldn’t think of the right words to respond to Annette’s request so he resolved to reply with action. Drawing his legs out from under him and getting on his knees he bent down and gave Annette’s stomach a kiss.

Upon setting back up Maxwell looked around at the vast expanse of Annette’s body. He wasn’t certain of where he should begin exploring such a vast form. A moment of looking upon his surroundings was all that was required for him to realize that she had chosen to set him on her stomach for a reason so he resolved to start there.

Annette gave a sigh when she felt Maxwell place a hand on the cut between her abdominal muscles. While impressive in its own right due to her muscular build at her scale the slight channel between the muscles was quite deep. The defined muscles actually had a tiny stream of water running between them from when Annette’s stomach had been submerged under the water.

So deep was the channel that Maxwell was able to insert a good portion of his hand within it. As he did so he couldn’t help but think that Annette was growing larger still and eventually he would be able to easily fit his entire hand between those muscles. He just hoped she remembered never to flex when he did this. Slowly he began to run his fingers along the edge of those wonderfully defined muscles.

Tiny bits of water were splashed up and onto Annette’s abdominal muscles as Maxwell moved his hand through the channel between them. At every hand length he would stop and give the edge a squeeze as if testing for any weakness within Annette’s armor. With every squeeze he would stop and give the closest muscle a gentle kiss.

As sigh escaped Annette as Maxwell made his way about her abdominal muscles. Using her right hand she began to lightly run her index finger against his back though not with enough force to effect his direction. She had no desire to guide Maxwell’s progress over her body but resolved to let him explore at his own pace.

Maxwell stopped just long enough to turn and give Annette’s finger a kiss. The moment he did he was bounced lightly whenever Annette’s giggled. At first he wasn’t sure what caused Annette to giggle but upon looking back down at her stomach he realized that he was nearing her belly button.

While Maxwell massaged her stomach Annette used her left hand to stimulate other parts of her body. Reaching down she placed her hand on her outer thigh and gave the massive muscle a slight squeeze. As she relaxed her grip she drew her fingers up until only two touched the muscles. These two she began to move in unison while applying nearly the same force the weight of a human body would.

Drawing closer to Annette’s belly button Maxwell noted that it too was filled with water. Reaching into the opening he ran his fingers along the edges. He wasn’t surprised when Annette’s entire body seemed to tense up and he felt her stomach quake slightly as she suppressed a giggle.

“Oh no” Annette giggled when Maxwell looked up at her face. A moment later a delighted squeal escaped her and she arched her back. Maxwell began to rapidly move his fingers along the rim of her belly button tickling her to no end. The warm water that currently filled her belly button actually seemed to help him in his efforts.

It only took a few moments for Maxwell to realize how ticklish Annette’s belly button actually was. In only a few moments her entire body had tensed up and she was struggling to keep from thrashing about as he continued to tickle her. He saw one of her hands start to move in his direction but knew she wouldn’t risk bringing it too close to him.

At first Annette had considered lifting Maxwell off her stomach but given the state of her body she knew that if she grabbed him she might accidentally crush him. Instead she began to flex her abdominal muscles while raising and lowering herself slightly in an attempt to destabilize him and get him away from her belly button.

The cuts in Annette’s abdominal muscles now served Maxwell as hand holds as he struggled to keep his current position. Though even with the hand holds he didn’t know how long he could keep this up. Annette’s thrashing about was growing increasingly powerful and he didn’t know how long he could keep his grip.

A slight shout escaped Maxwell when his grip on her finally released. The force of her bucking was only enough to send him a meter. This left him well within the confines of her stomach. Quickly he scrambled to his feet however he didn’t get to regain his hand holds as before he could reach Annette’s belly button he received a quick poke to his back.

“Oh so you thought it would be funny to tickle me.” A wide grin formed on Annette’s face as she gave Maxwell another poke the moment he tried to raise himself up.

Maxwell couldn’t help but laugh as Annette shoved him back down on her stomach. “Well you did tell me to learn about your body.”

Playfully Annette continued to shove Maxwell about with her finger though she kept him on top of her abdominal muscles. The channels that had once served as hand holds now proved to be his bane as the water he had splashed about previously insured the surface was quite slippery and they repeatedly caught his foot. Still as Annette poked and prodded him about he couldn’t help but laugh.

Annette continued to poke Maxwell about even past the point where she had regained her breath. As he continued laughing it became more and more difficult for him to regain his footing and breathe so at last he was forced to simply lie on her stomach until he regained his breath.

It took a few minutes for Maxwell to regain his footing after Annette’s finger had ceased molesting him. Grinning from ear to ear he once again lowered himself to her stomach and placed a gentle kiss on it. Slowly he stepped off of her stomach and began to make his way up to her massive breasts. As he neared the massive globes he moved to go between them only to have Annette flex her chest muscles and cause her breasts to come together.

A sigh escaped Maxwell as he leaned against Annette’s massive warm breast. The soft flesh was in great contrast to her stomach but despite her busts mass she needed no support for her breast to stand proud. Moving to the side he went to slip an arm between her breasts only to have it trapped whenever Annette flexed her chest muscles. Suddenly Maxwell found his arm caught within a soft but incredibly effective and warm trap.

Leaning forward Maxwell placed his cheek against Annette’s breast and gently rubbed his face against it. Every time his lips would meet her flesh he would place a gentle kiss on the warm fragrant surface. Slowly he began to try and remove his arm only to find Rachael hadn’t relaxed her grip on it in the least. Instead of asking her to release his arm he resolved to try and get her to free it through other means.

Annette’s tongue flicked out and ran over her lips as she felt Maxwell’s fingers press into the flesh of her breasts just where the to massive globes met to form the seal that held his arm. As his fingers began to work the sensitive flesh she closed her eyes and tried to keep focused on keeping the seal on his hand nice and firm.

Maxwell couldn’t see Annette’s face due to the massive peaks that currently held his hand. However, he could tell that his touch was having an effect on her. As his fingers ran along her cleavage he leaned forward and gave her left breast a gentle kiss. On a bit of a whim he gave her a breast gentle bite moments later. A sharp gasp issued forth from Annette. Upon hearing this Maxwell slowly began to increase the pressure.

As he worked on freeing his hands Maxwell’s actions slowly became more forceful. He would alternate between kissing and biting Annette’s flesh. In truth he was quite surprised that there appeared to be a difference in the stimulation level Annette received for each action.

It was becoming increasingly difficult for Annette to keep her focus as she felt Maxwell’s fingers traveling lower along her breast line. Soon he began to touch the flesh just at the base of her breast. Upon once again biting her flesh a low moan escaped her and she felt Maxwell begin to pull his arm free.

Even as Maxwell withdrew his arm he continued to caress the flesh of Annette’s breasts’ in an attempt to keep her from focusing. Even bringing his once trapped hand into play as he withdrew it, however even with these steps he was only able to pull his arm out slightly past his elbow before Annette managed to regain her composure and once again secured her grip on his arm.

A slight chuckle escaped Maxwell. “I am almost free.”

“Mm, not yet you aren’t.”

Leaning forward this time Maxwell pressed as much of his body as he could against Annette’s breasts. The only part of his body he didn’t try to press against her peeks fully was his legs which he extended slightly to allow him to push himself more firmly against her chest. With some of his arm now free he was able to work himself into something of a hugging position.

While pressing his upper body against Annette’s breast with as much force as he could Maxwell extended his arm. There was no way his arms could hope to encircle those massive hills however he was able to get enough of a grip to give her breast something of a hug. With his freedom so limited Maxwell had little choice in the ways that he could move so as he hugged Annette’s breast he began to bend at the knees and stand back up rubbing his body against her breast.

It would have been impossible for Maxwell to free his arm relying upon strength alone. However, by attempting to stimulate Annette so that she was forced to relax her muscles he could slowly work his arm free. As he considered the situation he ceased to push himself as firmly against Annette’s breast as he had been.

Relaxing his grip on Annette’s breast Maxwell still continued to hug the mass of flesh but now he used a relaxed hold. As he no longer had to use his full strength he could relax then tighten his grip. Leaning against her chest he soon found his squeezes following the rhythm of Annette’s heart beats. As his arms found the rhythm he brought his legs closer and pressed his crotch against the soft flesh.

Annette bit down on her lower lip to help herself keep control. However, as Maxwell began to rely less on strength and his motions became more fluid she found this harder and harder to do so. Slowly her body began to relax and her grip on his arm began to loosen. A slight giggle escaped her and for a moment she relaxed her grip on Maxwell’s arm entirely when she felt the bottom of her breast being tickled.

Using one leg for balance Maxwell began to use his toes to tease the very bottom of Annette’s breast. As he worked he was able to slide more and more of his arm out as her grip on his hand loosened between each of her breaths. At last he was able to work his arm entirely free. “Wow, it was warm in-between there.”

A slight giggle was all that Annette could manage. The little game had actually served to work her up more then she realized. Of course there was still a ways to go.

Maxwell took a moment to step back and admire Annette’s breasts. Since he doubted that he would be getting between those massive globes he could only see one option. Walking back to the firmer skin of Annette’s abdominal muscles Maxwell took on a sprinting stance and began to gather energy for a wind spell. He then pressed off Annette’s abdomen with as much force as he could knowing that he would lose energy as he began to cross the softer flesh closer to her breasts.

The ground quaked beneath Maxwell after he had only taken a few steps. Annette had realized what he was trying to do and hadn’t been able to repress a giggle despite this he was able to keep his footing until he drew closer to Annette’s breasts and leaped into the air. Instantly he released the energy for the spell and gave himself an added push.

A delighted squeal escaped Annette when she felt the sudden burst of cold air against her flesh. She hadn’t been looking for a spell so that it caught her entirely off guard.

It would have been easy for Maxwell to gather up enough energy for him to leap clear over Annette’s breast however he had been aiming for the edge. He hadn’t anticipated Annette’s reaction to the burst of wind though so that when she squealed and thrust her chest up slightly his landing was a bit off. Maxwell wasn’t able to get any footing as his foot came down upon more curve then he had expected. Instantly he began to fall backwards.

Upon feeling Maxwell’s foot touch her breasts for only a second Annette moved more reflexively then anything else. As he fell backwards she brought her hand up and caught him in her palm. Lifting Maxwell back to her breast she didn’t stop until he was firmly pressed into the soft curse of her breast.

Maxwell had readied himself whenever he felt himself falling. He didn’t have time to cast a wind spell without his weapons but the fall wouldn’t have harmed him. What he wasn’t expecting was to have Annette catch him and press him against the top of her breast in one sudden motion. The rate at which her hand had moved had been so swift that it left him somewhat stunned.

A sigh escaped Annette as she arched her back slightly. It took her a moment to even realize what had happened and only because she felt Maxwell shifting about under her hand. An amused giggle escaped her as she lifted her hand from him. “You should be more careful not to fall. You’re lucky I am so small or that could have been quite the landing.”

“Yes, you are a little on the small size. I swear your breasts couldn’t be big enough for more then two of me to lie on top if it with my arms fully extended.” Maxwell was bounced lightly as Annette giggled. Rising up on his hands and knees he crawled his way further up her breast to avoid being bounced off by her gentle laughter.

As he came to Annette’s areola he noted the bumps on the surface. A moment later he leaned forward and placed a gentle kiss on one of the bumps and took another between his fingers. Slowly he began to rub the surface of the gentle rise in Annette’s skin. “I swear Annette I’ve seen women with smaller nipples then your dimples.”

“And breasts many times smaller then my nipples?”

“Yes.” Turning to the side Maxwell placed one leg on the interior of Annette’s areola. He then began to move about the surface using his arms and one free leg. Every time he came to a dimple that seemed to be as large as a regular woman’s nipple he would give the bit of flesh a kiss. If it was particularly noticeable he actually would stop to suckle on the bit of flesh for a few moments.

While Maxwell circled her nipple Annette began to run her fingers along her stomach. As she did she slipped one of her fingernails within the cuts between the muscles that had been like small water channels to Maxwell. Slowly she drew her finger along tracing the outline of each one of the muscles.

Upon finishing one revolution around Annette’s areola Maxwell moved further onto the flesh so that the leg that had been previously off the areola was now at the position the previous one hand been. This meant his other leg actually road up on the slant created by Annette’s excited nipple. “I swear Annette I can’t tell if you are still getting larger or if it was just your nipple responding. I think I’ll believe that you are still getting larger.”

Once again Maxwell began the process of scooting along Annette’s areola giving each noticeable dimple along the way a few moments of attention. As he came to a particularly large dimple he felt Annette’s finger push down on his back. For a moment she pinned him against her flesh. He was very pleased with himself when he noticed Annette’s breathing slowing while he was held still. Apparently she was taking a moment to recover.

When Annette’s finger lifted from him Maxwell was at last allowed to make it to her nipple. Looking at the massive bit of flesh he wrapped his arms around the very tip while circling the base of her nipple with his legs. Instead of using all his strength to squeeze though he remembered the lesson from hugging her breast.

At first Maxwell only tightened his arms on the tip of Annette’s nipple however as he relaxed his arms he began to squeeze her nipple more with his legs. It only took a moment for him to realize his efforts were working as he heard a sigh escape Annette. Leaning forward he placed a kiss on the very top of her nipple before starting to lick the bit of flesh.

The alternating pressures were wonderfully effective. As Maxwell worked with one nipple Annette began to tease the other with her free hand. Slowly the hand that had been exploring her stomach began to slide further down and trace the interior of her thighs.

Maxwell had to be careful while working Annette’s nipple. She wasn’t the only one that had been excited and he had to be careful not to release too soon. As time went on he found himself relying more on his arms and less on his legs to work Annette’s nipple until at last he was forced to move on. Had he remained on her nipple any longer he would have released.

Annette gave a slight moan when she felt Maxwell leaving her nipple. For a moment he was frozen when her eyes fell on him. As their eyes met he could sense that she wanted him to return to her nipple but he couldn’t relent on this subject. After holding each other’s gaze for a few moments Annette’s finally relented.

Walking to the edge of Annette’s breast Maxwell slid off the side of the gentle slope until it became too steep and he allowed himself to fall. Now on Annette’s upper chest he made his way over to her throat were he once again got on his hands and knees. Extending his arms he did his best to hug Annette’s neck and placed a kiss over her jugular.

Rising up Maxwell pressed his palms into her throat and slowly began to move them about. The action was fairly ticklish to Annette and she bit down on her lower lip to avoid laughing and shaking Maxwell off.

The tickle torture only came to an end when Maxwell finally made it to Annette’s chin and pulled himself up onto her face. Maxwell wrapped his legs around Annette’s chin to help balance himself as he leaned forward so that his face was level with her upper lip. At last he gave her a kiss upon her lips.

Annette parted her mouth a third of a meter and let out a gust of the air. The force of her breath was so great that it actually lifted Maxwell up slightly. When she ceased breathing he fell back down upon her lips and she gave him a kiss that covered a good deal of his chest. Maxwell then extended his arm and placed it on the furthest part of Annette’s nose.

As he lay across Annette’s lips Maxwell began to kiss her upper lip in the center recalling that was the spot that he had got the most noticeable reaction. At the same time he used his extended hand to rub her nose and his other arm ran along some of her lower lip. Annette responded by kissing his chest. The suction of Annette’s kisses was so great that Maxwell imagined he would have had to use his arms to pull himself up.

While kissing Annette brought her right hand up and gently pressed down on Maxwell’s back forcing him more firmly into her lips. She only relented when she heard a slight gasp of pain from Maxwell but she kept him firmly trapped against her lips.

It surprised Annette when she felt something brush against the very tip of her tongue. For a moment she wasn’t certain what had happened but soon realized that Maxwell’s hand was no longer petting her lower lip. He had actually reached inside of her parted mouth and gave the tip of her tongue a gentle flip.

Maxwell knew something was coming whenever Annette’s hand left him. He felt her face shift slightly. A moment later he felt something very wet and slippery start to wrap around his arm. Quickly he yanked his hand free of the muscles grasp. Glancing down towards Annette’s mouth he pushed up on her lips with all his strength. Even using all his strength he was barely able to avoid the muscle that surged forth.

A delighted giggle escaped Annette causing Maxwell to bounce about. Extending her tongue she attempted to wrap the warm wet muscles around him in an attempt to draw him within her mouth.

Annette had caught him off guard but it only lasted a moment. By the time the tongue had reached for him Maxwell realized what Annette was attempting to do. The dexterity with which Annette could manipulate her tongue was truly astounding and had it not been for the slick muscle having so little friction he wouldn’t have been able to struggle free of its grasp.

In an attempt to get away Maxwell started to rise to his feet only to have the muscle quickly sweep his feet out from under him. As he was sent falling forward Annette parted her mouth even more and her tongue attempted to wrap around him. Instead of trying to jerk away Maxwell actually leaned into the muscle for a moment and used his arms to push off of it to stop his fall.

The force with which Maxwell pushed off Annette’s tongue and his own reaction time was enough to allow him to avoid falling into her mouth. However, he had been too focused on escaping her tongue and had forgotten how limited the room he had to maneuver in was. When he landed his foot caught the edge of Annette’s jaw and he fell backwards onto her throat.

Realizing that Maxwell was down Annette moved quickly to try and pick him up with her tongue. She ran into a problem though as once her tongue was fully extended she found it was just too short.

When he had fell and saw the muscle coming for him Maxwell had thought he was done for. However, when Annette failed to grasp his leg he couldn’t help but laugh. Slowly he stood back up and faced the muscle that still reached for him. “Hah well then, I guess I showed you. Ah what is the matter? Can’t get me? No you can’t get me.” As Maxwell spoke he started to smack the very tip of Annette’s tongue.

Annette continued to reach for Maxwell with her tongue even as he smacked it. If he had seen the grin on her face he would have realized he should get off her throat. After the fifth or sixth smack Annette gave her head a slight jerk which caused Maxwell to stumble towards her tongue.

The action caught Maxwell off guard and he screamed slightly when he felt Annette’s tongue take hold of him. He was still able to move but unlike him Annette didn’t bother teasing. Instead she didn’t give him the time to free himself and quickly whisked her tongue and Maxwell into her mouth.

The difference between the temperature outside of her body and inside of Annette’s mouth was quite astounding. “Well darn it.”

“That is what you get for gloating.”

Annette’s words were slurred due to his presence in her mouth but Maxwell could still make them out. A sigh escaped him as she drew him further into her mouth until he rested at the very back of it. By spreading his legs he was able to stay just above her throat and with her mouth open he could actually look down into the void.

He took a moment to look around his surroundings. Annette’s tongue had released him but she made no move to act further. Apparently whatever he was going to do next was up to him. Looking up towards her mouth he could have used a spell to get out but resolved to try something else. Her tongue was far too slippery for him to climb out but with her jaw parted he could use her teeth.

The feeling of Maxwell’s hands and then foot wresting on her teeth was quite odd to Annette though far from unpleasant. She considered impeding his progress with her tongue but found the feeling of Maxwell climb out of her mouth to be far to amusing to do that.

Annette’s teeth were far from the best climbing stones Maxwell had encountered. Their smooth surface made them hard to hold onto to begin with. Factor in her saliva and it was exceptionally difficult. Still, her mouth was still small enough for him to make progress.

As Maxwell climbed out of Annette’s mouth he actually found himself taking in the view. Her teeth were pearly white and exceptionally smooth and he was grateful that her design had been so human so that the teeth closer to the back of her mouth were flat. Each one of her teeth was far larger then a human fist and felt as solid as any metal that he had ever encountered.

Upon nearing the top of her mouth he began to use her tongue and teeth to climb out. Placing his hand the tip of Annette’s tongue instead of her teeth he hoisted himself up until he could put an arm over on her lip. A few moments later he drew himself out entirely. “Well I believe I need to get washed off.”

Reaching up Annette lifted Maxwell from her jaw and set him down in the water between her thighs. A wide grin graced her face as she watched him take a moment to clean her saliva off. “See what letting your ego take over gets you?”

“Now don’t get over confident. I made one mistake and you caught me off guard. Next time I won’t be so easy to catch. Still, I should show my gratitude for the quick release.”

“Yes you should.”

Maxwell took his time swimming over to the bit of Annette’s thigh that was still in the water. Placing his hands on the massive muscle he gave it a gentle kiss. When he looked up and saw that Annette was still smiling at him he leaned more into it and began to rub his hands along her thigh.

A sigh escaped Annette as Maxwell began to caress her thigh. Reaching up she began to gently massage her breasts and let her eyes drift shut. Drawing her legs together she formed a corral so that he couldn’t swim out.

The rush of water from Annette’s closing legs proved to be quite substantial. Upon seeing her legs closing and the wave coming Maxwell reached up and took hold of one of the cuts created by Annette’s muscles. This allowed him to keep himself stationary while the wave passed. Once the water had settled down he resumed his massaging of her thighs and began to slowly work his way closer towards her crotch.

While having her thighs teased initially was less stimulating then their kissing or having her breast massaged it did keep Annette from cooling down. As Maxwell made more progress though it ceased to simply keep her from cooling down and began to heat her up. The closer he came to her crotch the more sensitive her skin seemed to become.

Annette’s eyes opened just enough to look down at her little lover. Maxwell had finally come to the end of her leg and was not making his way over to her lips. Several times she had been tempted to simply pick him up and shove him between her legs and now that he was actually there she found the desire to have him inside of her was no less intense.

It would have been apparent that Annette was quite excited even if she had been no more then two meters tall. Given how many times larger she was then that it was exceptionally apparent as Maxwell came to her lips. Reaching out he placed a hand on the very edge of Annette’s lips. He heard a sharp gasp above him and felt some movement to his side. When he looked over he noticed that her hand had come down and grabbed hold of her thigh.

Something told Maxwell that her thigh hadn’t been Annette’s hand original destination. Instead of taking this as a sign that he should hurry he continued to tease Annette’s lips by running his hand around their edges. Every few moments he would look over to see if Annette’s hand had moved.

After several trips around Annette’s lips Maxwell finally began to run his hands along the lips themselves. He then took his free hand and gently pressed it against Annette’s slit. Instead of keeping his entire hand pressed against the opening he soon switched to using only three fingers which he moved about in a tickling motion.

By now Annette had ceased to massage her breast and her hand was gripping her thigh so firmly it caused her a small bit of pain. The pain was actually a necessary distraction she felt as had it not been for it she would have simply took hold of Maxwell and forced him inside of her vagina already.

Bending down Maxwell leaned forward and gave Annette’s lips a gentle kiss. He was surprised when he heard Annette gasp. Carefully he pressed his shoulder against Annette’s lips and began to move himself, coating himself in her nectar. As he worked himself against Annette’s lips Maxwell hadn’t been paying attention to his surroundings so he didn’t notice the small pool of fluids forming around him.

Upon one of his stroke’s Maxwell lost his footing do the substance that had pooled around his feet. As he lost his balance he leaned forward more firmly against Annette’s lips and accidentally slipped his entire arm inside of her. A sharp gasp issued forth from Annette and a moment later he felt something close on his legs.

“Get in me.” At first Annette had resolved to allow Maxwell to explore as he saw fit. However, this resolve had begun to melt away as they kissed and had resulted in her placing him between her thighs. Now after having her lips teased it had evaporated entirely.

Maxwell didn’t have a chance to respond as Annette pressed him into her lips. This act would have crushed him in most situations however given her excited state her lips were quite yielding and even eager. There was hardly any resistance as Annette slipped him into herself head first.

The feeling of Maxwell’s body slipping inside of her sent a shiver up Annette’s spine and she couldn’t help but cry out. If Maxwell had been outside of her body her moan would have been deafening. Still she continued to push him into herself until her hand touched her crotch. She then released Maxwell’s legs and pressed her finger to his feet shoving him the wrest of the way in.

Even being so near Annette’s crotch before hand hadn’t prepared Maxwell for the temperature change within her body. As he was forced within her for a moment he thought she had relented until he felt her fingers press against his feet and he was shoved the wrest of the way in. The walls of her vagina were slick with her moisture and he glided inside of her with exceptional ease.

While Maxwell had realized what was going to happen once he was placed between Annette’s legs. He wasn’t prepared for his environment to change so quickly and it took him a moment to respond. As he adapted to the heat and risked taking a breath he was surprised he could still breathe. The air was thick and laced with Annette’s sent but some how there was enough to it for him to draw breath easily.

At first there was nothing after the initial feeling of shoving Maxwell into herself. For a moment she considered withdrawing him as concern that she might have injured Maxwell began to mount. However, when Annette felt him begin to slowly shift about her concern began to fade and then she felt his hands press into her walls more firmly.

Given that Annette had left him inside of her vagina Maxwell wasn’t sure what to do initially. After a few moments he had realized that Annette would be getting concerned. It took a moment but he was able to work his arms up from his sides and press them into the vaginal wall that pressed into the front of his body. When his entire environment was made to shudder he grew bolder and began to shift about.

He didn’t know if Annette could tell what each little action he took was but he was sure she could feel him. Maxwell didn’t even have to learn forward to give the slick surface a quick kiss. After a moment his tongue followed and he tasted Annette. Given how restricted his environment was he had no idea how he was still breathing and not suffocating but resolved to worry about that later.

It took a few minutes but at last Maxwell began to shift about and move more actively within her. As his actions became quicker Annette began to take in shallower and shallower breaths. Using her right hand she began to gently pet her lips while her left hand was used to massage her breasts and tease her nipples.

As Maxwell grew accustom to his new environment he began to bring more of his body into play. Not just using his hands and kisses to stimulate her but his legs as well. Once the initial shock of being thrust into Annette had fully warn away he found his arousal growing as he felt her squeezing not just a tiny portion of his body but the entire thing.

Annette could easily tell that Maxwell was growing more enthusiastic about his new environment. The slow testing pace that he had started with was replaced by a far more enthusiastic one as he moved within her.

Soon Maxwell found himself truly drenched in Annette’s nectar as he moved within her. As she grew more excited he found the walls surrounding him squeezing on his body more firmly and far more quickly. The heat within her seemed to increase as did his own passion as he thrust against Annette’s vagina walls.

Maxwell’s and Annette’s arousal seemed to feed the others. As Maxwell grew more excited he would move more quickly increasing Annette’s excitement. The feeling of Annette’s vagina squeezing on him more and more firmly, at times even preventing his movement, served to bring Maxwell to higher highs. As the heat and passion continued to build within the two of them at last they released.

When Annette finally came her vagina squeezed down on Maxwell while a rush of fluid drenched him. The rush of heat and movement was all that was required to push Maxwell over the edge and at last he released within her.

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It would have been impossible for Annette not to giggle as she remembered Maxwell’s face when she had left him. While their love making had been quite the activity for both of them it had taken a lot more out of him then her. Even after a full nights wrest she could tell that Maxwell was fairly tired when she left him back on her bed.

Due to Maxwell’s exhausted condition after their love making she had told him that she would make the rounds today and check on some news of enemy troop build up. She hoped that he would take the day to rest up and spend as much time in bed as he could. That way perhaps he would be ready to spend a little time inside of her whenever night came. Jahnah and Dehvess weren’t finished yet and she wanted to take advantage of the time she and Maxwell had to themselves.

Her mind was taken from such pleasant thoughts as she neared one of the fortifications. She started to put on a more serious face but resolved that wouldn’t be needed. Apparently news of what had happened to those that had slacked of previously had worked its way around and while Annette couldn’t tell for certain at such a distance. The fortification seemed to be at the ready.

As Annette neared the soldiers within the fortification quickly busied themselves. They had been performing their duties well before hand now they tried even harder to appear to be working. The commanding officer who was waiting on top of the main tower even seemed to be nervous due to not having something to do immediately.

“Hi, where you the ones that sent the message about enemy troop build up?”

The officer gave a slight hop when Annette addressed him but moved quickly to respond. “Yes Sir. We were.”

Nodding her head Annette turned to her side and looked at a rather small encampment a few miles away from the fortification. She was certain no human eye could see it for what it was. “It isn’t a particularly large force is it? Did they move before I go there?”

“No Sir. They haven’t moved at all as far as we can tell.”

“I am surprised you even reported such a small force. They can’t be more then a few hundred of them.”

“I am sorry sir. I just thought I should give any information I found.”

“It is fine. You did your job.” Annette gave a sigh as she looked at the small encampment. Normally she would have laughed upon seeing such a small force. She had taken out larger numbers of people at smaller sizes. “I suppose they may be there for observation. Then again they may have something to do with those golems that were destroyed. When did you become aware of their presence?”

“Only yesterday though our scouts believe they have been there for two or three days. The only reason we even noticed them at first was a few scouts didn’t return.”

Annette gave a nod. Most likely the fortifications occupants couldn’t even see the small force given their numbers and the distance. “They probably thought both Jahnah and I would put all of our energy into chasing down whatever destroyed the golems.” A slight chuckle escaped Annette as she considered this.

“What do you want us to do?”

“Stay put. I’ll just go ahead and kill them. If they are the first to arrive of a larger force there is no reason to wait until the others arrive so they can become a threat.”

“Yes Sir. What if you should need help?”

An amused giggle escaped Annette as she glanced down at the tiny officer. “If I need help I recommend sending a message back to Maxwell to get Jahnah and Dehvess. Then either abandoning the fort all together or baring the gate.”

The officer gave a quick nod and wasted no time scurrying back inside once Annette began to walk away. She hoped that her advice wouldn’t be entirely lost on the people inside of the fortification. If she did get in trouble the odds of them being able to help her were fairly none existent. Of course she didn’t plan on getting in trouble.

Annette took her time walking towards the encampment being sure to keep her speed just over two times a horse at full gallop. She wanted to give her snack time to ponder their fates. As she progressed towards them though she couldn’t help but wonder what had been going on.

“Were they planning a sneak attack? Use the destruction of the golems to lure Jahnah and me away from the main lines. How could they though? They don’t have nearly enough troops to over whelm a fully armed fortification and especially not quickly enough to prevent either Jahnah or me from returning in time to help out.”

After a few moments Annette came to a stop and glanced over her shoulder. “Then again they aren’t exactly fully manned. If the enemy had a way to quickly destroy the golems they could have taken the fort with relative ease. Well more like destroyed it then retreated back to their lines.” A wide grinned formed on Annette’s face as she wondered if such camps were actually setting up around several fortifications and they simply hadn’t been noticed yet due to their small size.

Once again Annette resumed her walk towards the encampment. As she made more progress towards the camp she continued to theorize about what had been going on. The enemy had meant to draw her and Jahnah away from the main lines then they would use whoever or whatever had destroyed the golems to destroy several of them and probably over run several fortifications. With so many strong holds torn apart at once the defensive line would be severally reduced and force Maxwell to give up the defense of a great deal of land.

Of course there was the chance that a large force was on its way to join up with the initial force. While they were a few miles away from the fortification it wasn’t so great of a distance that it couldn’t be traversed within a few hours especially riding on horse back.

With every few steps and moments of thought Annette became more certain of herself. What had once been a slow walk was slowly growing into a trot until she was jogging towards the enemy encampment.

Annette had seen the soldiers forming up the moment she had arrived at the fortification. As she drew closer she grinned as they finished their battle lines and the archers readied themselves. A few mages stood at the very back and began casting. She was a bit surprised when she felt a growl in her stomach and noticed that she had began to salivate. Her body was looking forward to being feed it seemed.

As Annette came within roughly a mile and a half of the camp Davlamin turned to his men. Waving his hand several of the soldiers drew their weapons and quickly cut away the ropes that held several of the tents in place. As the protective covering fell away a great wash of mystic energy seemed to erupt within their confines. Several sealing glyphs suddenly became very visible on the tops of the tent.

As Jahnah reached for her next victim her tongue could be seen running along her lips. There had been several attempts to escape but the undead had kept the populace in the town long enough for Jahnah to capture them. Now they had been going through the questioning for a day now and anyone that didn’t hold some valuable information she did indeed get to eat.

Before Jahnah could pick the woman up though she was distracted when she heard Dehvess suddenly scream out. A moment later she felt the sudden wash of energy.

Dehvess wasn’t certain of what had happened. He had suddenly felt a great surge in the regions elemental energies and then it being drawn to the same spot. The rapid fluctuation in energy had been anything but orderly and the chaos it caused was enough to cause him significant amounts of pain. The pain was so great that it actually caused his knees to buckle and he had to catch himself on the table he had been standing next to.

When Dehvess had first screamed out Jahnah had moved to pick him up. However, she was made to jerk her hands back whenever she looked into his eyes. Dehvess slowly forced himself to stand up as he did utter rage boiled inside of him. It wasn’t the pain that was causing him to feel such anger but rather such a sudden disruption of order. He calmed down considerably though when he felt Jahnah’s fingers wrap around him and she began to soak the chaos before it reached out.

There was no fear of Dehvess in Jahnah no matter what mood he was in nor did he ever fear her. Jahnah had only jerked back as she hadn’t seen such a look of hatred in Dehvess in a long time. “Are you okay?”

Dehvess groaned a bit as he set up. “Tell Xyra to handle the interrogation from here on out. We have to go and find out what just happened. That energy was massive. We need to move quickly.”

Jahnah gave a nod and much to the surprise of those that watched began to diminish in size. For a moment the crowd seemed to feel some relief when they noticed something. Two odd bulges began to form in Jahnah’s back as she shrank in size. Slowly to massive skeletal structures sprung forth from her back, several thinner bones flowed down from these and flesh began to form along them.

As the chaos mage shrank her features seemed to either become more draconic or demonic. When her hands were no longer large enough to hold Dehvess she cradled him in her arm.

Xyra pushed her way past the few augmented undead that had been helping guard the main gate. She then turned to the one that had once been the apprentice and husband of the body she now owned. “You two come with me.” There was no need for Jahnah to verbally speak her desires to Xyra. The undead felt them in her mind as surely if they were her own objectives.

Maxwell tried to steady himself as he quickly dressed and readied his weapons. While physically he was fine he couldn’t help but feel drained. When the energies had first been released he had felt a tremendous boost in his elemental magic but it was ripped away as quickly. The entire process didn’t cause him any pain but it left him feeling very tired.

There was no need for Maxwell, Jahnah or Dehvess to cast a locater spell to find the source of the disturbance it had been so profound they knew the right direction.

While Maxwell, Jahnah and Dehvess had been feeling the effects of the energy Annette had been not only feeling but seeing them. As the sudden burst of energy erupted through the land she felt a sudden heat on her face as if someone had just stepped out from a cooled home into a blistering hot day. She had closed her eyes for only a second and what she saw when she opened them was far from comforting.

The tents had each had a group of several dozen mages within them. Each group of mages had been working on a different component of a spell for how long she did not know. They had used the heavily protected tents to conceal the spell until she was very close in comparison. She would have moved to try and stop the casting but it was clear that the casting had been finished before she had arrived. What she saw now was the energies mixing.

Each group had been working on a different aspect of the four elements. Now that the energies had been released they took on the form of the elemental in its most visible form. Massive tendrils of lightning, water, gravel and flame extended forth from each group and clashed together a mile away. The ground was made to shudder, freeze, burn, and disperse in various sections.

Instead of water negating the fire or the wind dispersing the ground energies they seemed to fuse. A single radiant body could be seen forming where the energy met a radiance that was quickly taking on a humanoid shape.

Annette had seen a summoning ritual for elementals before and while the currently spell bore several resemblances. It was clear she wasn’t going to be fighting something as simple as a fire elemental. As she looked at the energy form she broke into a full sprint. While she hadn’t arrived in time to stop the spell from being cast she hoped to attack whatever was being called on before it was fully formed.

It only took Annette a few moments to cross the terrain and she used the time to build up speed. As she neared she locked her fingers together forming her hands into one mallet and slammed it into the forming body as hard as she could. The force of Annette’s hands striking the radiant form was considerable. As the mass of her hands impacted the object the sound was likened onto a mine collapsing.

Annette was horrified by how solid the body felt. As her hands slammed against it she was sent stumbling backwards. However, as she looked at the body she was relieved to see a considerable dent in the forming mass. At least she was until the mass reformed. Once again she lunged for the body and began to drive her fist into its forming mass.

Davlamin grinned as he glanced over his shoulder. The mages had gotten the spell off with relatively little causality though all of them were exhausted. The drain of releasing the energy had left all of them exhausted but they had successfully cast the spell. Now they only had to wait for the monolith to do its job. As the monolith formed he began to cast a spell of his own.

Annette drove her fist into the monolith’s forming body several times. As she did it seemed as if her actions were slowing down the creature’s formation and she hoped preventing it. She was however horrified when the monolith’s head rose up from the body and looked at her. Quickly she wrapped her fingers around one another and moved to bring them down upon the creature’s freshly formed head in an attempt to crush it.

The moment Annette began to bring her hands down the monolith opened its mouth. White hot flames and lighting seemed to blend together and rush out towards her. The force of the energy was so great that it served to lift the giantess from the ground and sent her flying through the air.

For the first time in a very long time Annette screamed in pain. Not since the dragon in the dwarf mine had she felt electrical energy so intense and she could not remember ever encountering such hot flames. At least the monolith had to exert a fair amount of energy to release such power or she hoped it had. As she looked up at the creature and saw its arms and legs forming she knew things were getting bad.

There was only enough time for Annette to rise to her feet before the monolith lunged for her as the last of the tendrils of elemental energy vanished within its body. The creatures fist connected solidly with her stomach though her arcanon armor served to take a good deal of the edge off the attack.

While Annette hadn’t felt such pain in a long time she had dealt with it before and she was capable of moving through it. As the monolith moved to strike her once again she was able to weave to the side and deliver a blow to the creature’s head.

There was a crackle of thunder when Annette’s struck the monolith and she felt a slight surge of energy and heat. Whenever she had struck the creature this time she had actually had been hit by what was effectively a fire and lightning spell. Annette had never had to deal with the effects of elementals such as when striking a fire elemental one was often burned. Their magic just hadn’t been enough to affect her. The monolith seemed to be different.

The slight tingle Annette felt in her hand distracted her long enough for the monolith to respond. The radiance that engulfed its entire body seemed to fade as its arm was made to glow crimson then brown. What formed was an exceptionally solid stone which it moved to strike Annette with.

Annette saw and moved to avoid the attack. However as she stepped backwards to her horror the monolith’s arm was made to lengthen. The sound of the solid stone slamming into her chest was louder then many explosive spells she had heard. An audible gasp issued forth from Annette as she was sent stumbling backwards. When she looked up for a moment she was surprised to see the impact that actually shattered some of the stone.

There was no relief though when Annette saw the stone shattered. As only a moment later the monolith’s arm was made to mend.

“Damn you.” Once again Annette moved to attack the monolith. As she sprinted as quickly as she could the force of her feet pushing off the ground was enough to send up several boulder sized chunks of earth. As she neared the monolith drew back to strike her however her attack struck it first.

Annette drove her leg into the abdomen of the monolith. The force of the impact not only had her strength and mass behind it but the energy she had built up while running. Much as the monolith had sent Annette flying backwards the force of her kick send it back though at a cost to Annette.

A shard surge of pain ran through Annette’s leg as not only heat energy but electrical was sent through the limb. While the monolith had been forming it must have not had the energy to exact such a nasty toll on her for every time she struck it. Now that its body was whole things were different. Things only became worse when looked at the monolith and saw where her foot had struck heal.

While the monolith had healed from the wound with great ease this seemed to take even more of its focus and Annette felt certain that dodging and hoping it would run out of energy wasn’t an option. Moving to take advantage of the monolith while it was downed she drove her still tingling leg into the creature’s side with enough force to cause it to jerk upward.

The counter shock from hitting the monolith made Annette stumble backwards but it wasn’t enough to stop her. Lifting her foot up in order to make use of one of the thickest regions of her arcanon armor and her full weight she drove the heel of her foot into the creature.

With the armor around Annette’s lower legs was one of the thickest of her armor as unlike most people this would be the easiest part of her body to attack. It was fortunate that the Luvarians anticipated this as the thicker arcanon did manage to absorb some of the sting from each time she struck the monolith though not all.

Each strike Annette rained down on the monolith sent another shockwave of pain through her leg. However, as she repeatedly struck the monolith the injury she inflicted grew steadily worse and the pain seemed to lesson. Unfortunately she couldn’t be sure if this was a result of the monolith weakening or if her leg was going numb.

At first the monolith seemed entirely focused on restoring its body however after the thirteenth strike the creature shows a glimmer of intelligence. Once again it slung its arm towards Annette’s head. This would have been ineffectual however as before the creature’s arm was made to stretch.

The blow caught Annette off guard between the pain in her leg and the fact that most opponents she had a chance to step on didn’t raise again she hadn’t been prepared. The force of the impact sounded as thunder as it sent Annette stumbling backwards.

Davlamin chuckled as he watched the monolith and Annette fighting. The mage was the only one that hadn’t helped with the casting of the spell. This was due in large part to his rank and the fact that someone had to maintain a conceal spell. The monolith was far from under the control of the mages so that they had to remain hidden from it. Though they also had been forced to wait for Annette to arrive, if the monolith didn’t have someone distracting it then it would have easily seen them despite the spell.

The effects of Annette striking the monolith and the arcanon magic disrupting properties had affected the creature. Had it not been for this she would have been in considerably worse shape as she rose again. Still, even with the damage she felt her situation growing very grave. No matter how much damage she tried to inflict on the summoning the creature seemed to recover from it. She didn’t feel the monolith was stronger then her. However, she didn’t seem to be able to truly harm it.

Annette could feel the effects of the few strikes the monolith had landed upon her and the repeated effects of striking it. Her leg was still fairly numb from stomping on the monolith and she was having trouble seeing out of one eye. It was perhaps the first time since she had become sentient that she actually had a notable bruise on her face if not the first time her face had ever been bruised.

Gritting her teeth Annette once again moved to attack the monolith. It hadn’t recovered from her stomping on it yet and she wasn’t about to simply stand there and allow it to. Even if the creature could recover from her attacks it could only recover so quickly and she was determined to rip it from this existence.

Maxwell wasn’t certain what was going on but he felt he needed to hurry. He was grateful for the energy his two enchanted blades offered as it allowed him to take a rout by air instead of having to depend on horse back. As Maxwell moved in the direction of the battle he could have sworn he heard a scream.

Annette positively shrieked in pain as she was once again engulfed by the monolith’s flames. She had believed what the creature hit her with at the beginning of the fight was its best but now knew other wise. As she used her hands to shield her face she felt two solid blows in her abdomen which slammed her to the ground.

There wasn’t even enough time for Annette to rise again as the creature loomed over her. Using her arms she shielded her face from the blast of heat and electricity that descended upon her downed form. A roar could be heard throughout the area as the lightning tore through the ground and the fire made it to melt. As the creature beat down on Annette’s downed form she could feel herself sinking into the ground both from the force pushing down on her and from the earth melting around her.

Even as Annette held back with the flames her arms, she felt several powerful strikes on her abdomen. With each blow she had to resist screaming out in pain and trying to block them with her arms. If she did the flames would be able to get to the one part of her body that wasn’t covered in arcanon armor.

It wasn’t clear how much time had passed but upon one strike Annette was finally jarred back to reality. Annette’s, eyes widened in fear as she realized that for a moment she had actually blacked out despite the creatures attacks. Even now the only thing that had brought her back into the world had been the additional pain. As she tried to resist blacking out she could have sworn she heard a signal to charge.

The roar of the flames was blocked out for a moment. As Annette let out a scream, pushing off the ground the monolith’s fist slammed solidly into her stomach but still she rose. If she continued to allow herself to be pounded on she was going to black out again and she knew that this time she wouldn’t wake up.

Annette felt her fingers made to blister and her arm grew numb. The flames burned at the side of her face and her eye was shut as she reached through the flames. With the monolith momentarily distracted by the call to charge and her life on the line Annette was able to move too quickly for it to avoid her.

For the first time since the start of the fight the monolith seemed to scream. Annette made no move to strike the monolith but went for the one part of it she hadn’t been able to strike. It’s head. She dug her fingers into the creature’s eye socket and grasped the two orbs that she found there. Screaming out she tore the pure white orbs from the monolith’s head.

Annette was thrown back to the ground only seconds later as the energy erupted. Groaning in effort she rolled to her side and pushed herself up. She didn’t have the strength to get up without the aid of her arms anymore. The world was blurry when she looked over at the monolith it eyes still clutched in her hand.

Her lip was made to quiver as she saw the energy pouring from the creature’s eye sockets. The monolith’s eyes were reforming. Pressing off the ground the ground Annette stumbled during her first few steps however after a few strides she was running.

Davlamin felt his mouth go dry as he saw Annette running. Not because she was running towards them indeed she was going in the opposite direction. What made his mouth go dry and his blood run cold was the monolith standing again. The creature’s eyes had yet to reform but he could tell that it was now looking at them.

As he looked around he was surprised to see that the troops had already formed a defensive line. It couldn’t have been due to the monolith then he remembered the signal to charge he had heard coming from the enemy.

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Maxwell let out a slight grunt as he felt himself suddenly begin to lose altitude. Another ripple of elemental energy shook the region with enough effect to disrupt even his weapons. He had prepared for this though and kept himself high enough that unless the disruption lasted for a significant time he could compensate. He had only fallen around one hundred meters before he was able to once again begin flying.

He no longer felt the great energy that he had been following before but something told him where to go.

“You call that flying?”

It was impossible for Maxwell not to be surprised when he suddenly heard a feminine voice. A moment later he felt a powerful gust of wind as something massive swooped down and began to fly along side of him. He would have moved to distance himself from the new arrival if he hadn’t first noticed Dehvess being carried. “Dehvess is that Jahnah?”

“Yes it is me. I take it you felt the same thing we did.”

“If you felt a massive shift in the regions elemental energies then yes, I felt the same thing you two did.”

“Then you must be headed that way.” Jahnah gave a quick roll and brought herself up under Maxwell.” Set down and grab hold of some of my hair. We need to move.”

Maxwell gave a nod and settled down atop the ten meter long form. Only moments after taking hold of a few strands of her hair he felt a powerful jerk as Jahnah quickly moved to regain lost speed.

Annette took a moment to slow and try to catch her breath. She could barely see her surroundings out of the one eye she could still see out of. The other had been damaged when the monolith had scored a hit on the side of her face with its flames. At the moment her flesh was seared shut and she didn’t even know if she could see out of that eye had she been able to open it.

It only took her a few moments to realize that she wasn’t catching her breath even as she stood still. As this realization set in she took in a swallow of air and once again began to walk. Upon the first step she felt her leg shake and the darkness seemed to creep in. Looking over her shoulder she didn’t see anything following her.

Despite her need to keep moving Annette halted after a few moments. She had placed her hand on her lower stomach. When she looked down she was horrified to see her own blood flowing out from under her armor and covering her hand. After a few moments longer she was made to collapse.

“What are they doing?”

“Huh?” Maxwell glanced over the side of Jahnah’s shoulder and was surprised to see a group of men traveling up the road. “I don’t know. I can’t see very well from up here.”

“Don’t worry they are yours. At least they seem to be.”

“It’ll have to wait let’s hurry up and find Annette.”

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“No wait. Crap.”

Maxwell didn’t bother listening to Jahnah as he slipped off of her back. As he fell he prepared his wind sword and a spell but waited until the last second to actually cast the spell to avoid breaking his legs. The sliver of pain that he felt shoot through his legs as he landed didn’t even slow him down as he ran over to Annette. “Annette!”

Not once had Maxwell seen Annette seriously injured though she had told him about some events from her past. Still, even the stories suggested she had never been injured as severally as she now was. He felt a great wave of relief when he pressed his hand to Annette’s neck and felt her breathing.

Jahnah only landed half a second after Maxwell had made it over to Annette’s neck. She didn’t waste any time setting Dehvess down and beginning to adjust her size to a greater scale. As she adjusted her size Jahnah didn’t even attempt to set Dehvess down but lifted him to her shoulder. “Is she alive?”

Maxwell gave a nod. “Yes she is alive but I can’t tell how bad it is.”

“I suggest you get on her. I’ll have to carry her.”

Instead of attempting to climb onto Annette or getting a running start Maxwell quickly released a booster spell which allowed him to leap onto Annette. “Can she still feel the affects of healing spells?”

“Yes though you would be wise to save your energy.”

“I won’t use my own. I’ll just convert something.” Drawing both his blades Maxwell situated himself just over Annette’s neck. He then began a low chant and started siphoning energy from the weapons. While the two blades offered only wind and fire magic he could convert them to earth and water though the conversation would cause a net energy loss.

“Okay. Are you ready I am going to pick her up?”

“Yes, do you believe you’ll be able to help her?”

Dehvess leapt from Jahnah’s shoulder down onto Annette. Walking over to Maxwell he patted him on the shoulder. “We can help her body heal but Annette is a very complex creation. She’ll benefit from being simply taken into a cleaner environment and we need to bandage those wounds.” As Dehvess spoke he took hold of a bit of Annette’s armor and Maxwell’s shoulder.

Once Jahnah reached the appropriate size she wasted no time slipping her arms under Annette and picking her up. Despite the two giantesses having scales that were fairly on par with one another they both also held strength that their sizes only hinted at. Though not so great that Jahnah could have flown while carrying Annette.

Maxwell was grateful for Dehvess’s hand helping to steady him as Jahnah lifted Annette though he wasn’t of the mind set to say it at the moment. “What do you believe happened?”

“I believe your guess is as good as mine in this situation. Though I believe those soldiers we saw heading towards Annette and your estate may have some useful information.”

“Her face is burned.” Maxwell had to choke back a few tears as he looked up at Annette’s face.

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It was difficult for Maxwell but he couldn’t bring himself to look at Annette. He knew that if he did he would lose control of himself. Currently he heard Jahnah stripping Annette of her armor while they worked on bandaging her and assessing the damage. Currently he and the officer from the fortification were setting in one of the rooms meant for Annette’s servants but converted to an office. “So tell me what happened from the beginning.”

The officer took in a deep breath as he glanced past Maxwell towards Annette. He hoped this would go well. “Just a bit over a day ago we sent out a few scouts and they didn’t return. When they didn’t come back a larger force was sent out with a golem to help escort them upon their return we found out there was an enemy encampment a few miles away. A message was sent which sense lady Annette arrived I assume you received.

Upon Lady Annette’s arrival we explained about the scouts and asked what we should do. She told us that we should just stay back and let her handle the situation. Then if something should happen we should either abandon the fort or seal the gates in preparation for an attack. .

At first nothing happens and then there was a massive. I don’t know what to call it Sir but they looked like tendrils of.”

Maxwell held up a hand “Earth, lightning, water and fire?”

“Yes Sir. They merged together close to Lady Annette and this thing appeared.”

“It was a monolith.”

“At first we stayed in the fort but then the fight started. At first it looked like Lady Annette would win as she kept striking it but well it didn’t seem to hurt it.”

“No matter what she did, the monolith kept recovering I imagine.”

“Yes Sir. When it looked like Lady Annette would lose. We abandoned the fortification. We wouldn’t have stood a chance against that..”

Once again Maxwell silenced the officer. “You did the smart thing and got out. Had that monster turned on the fort you would have all been killed. Did you see what happened after that?”

“Yes Sir. When we moved to retreat we sounded a charge signal hoping to throw off the enemy. It seemed to work as Lady Annette looked as if she took hold of something. I believe she tore out the eyes of the monolith. I think that is what you called it. We thought she might still try to fight but then we saw her running so we ran to.

We didn’t see much else but I glanced over my shoulder while we were running away. It looked as if it turned on the mages that summoned it. I don’t know why it didn’t chase after us.”

Maxwell gave a nod. “Thank you. That’ll be all. I have to go and make some preparations.”

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“Dehvess, while we were traveling back you mentioned that consumption of life force would help Annette recover. How much would it speed the process up?”

“It would help insure she survived however it wouldn’t speed it up a great deal though the benefits in the long run would be great. They are certain aspects of Annette’s healing that can’t be rushed.”

Maxwell glanced up at Jahnah who was currently holding a healing spell over Annette. “That spell is just holding her together isn’t it?”

Dehvess gave a sigh and nodded. “Yes, in her current condition Annette can’t survive for very long on her own.”

“I am going after the bastards that are responsible for this. I was hoping you two could join me but since you have to stay with Annette I’ll have to put together a special unit.”

Jahnah gave a slight giggle. “Dehvess said you might try as much.”

A hint of a grin was noted on Maxwell face as he looked at the order mage. “I thought you didn’t like taking guesses.”

A low chuckle escaped Dehvess. “It wasn’t a guess. Jahnah, where is Xyra at the moment?”

“She’s on her way to pick up Ravastina but she’ll be there soon.”

“Thanks, if it wasn’t for the two of you being here Annette would be dead and..”

“And the Luvarians would have lost a very valuable member. Don’t forget Annette is one of us to.”

“Who is Xyra though?”

“Xyra is some of Jahnah’s handiwork. While Jahnah can’t physically be there with you she can accompany in some small way through Xyra. However, Xyra won’t be enough by herself.”

“So you sent her to pick up Ravastina, she must have made quite an impression on you. Jahnah, can you speak with Xyra?”

“In a sense yes, she is always connected to me.”

“Please tell her to have Ravastina pick out twelve of her most stealthy soldiers. I want them here within the day.”

Jahnah couldn’t help but giggle. “Oh don’t worry about that. I’ll have them here within the hour. The only real time delay will be having Xyra convincing Ravastina of what is going on.”

“How is that possible? You and Annette took several hours just to walk there.”

“Oh just trust me on this one.”

Maxwell gave a nod. “Okay. We do need to hurry. In order to catch up we’ll have to travel through Annette’s and the monolith’s battle field. The area will be tainted and the longer we wait the more expressive it will become.”

Dehvess nodded his agreement. “You do realize that this decision of yours is quite dangerous and some might even say foolish. With Jahnah having to stay here with Annette you’ll be quite vulnerable.”

“I can’t let them get away with what they did to Annette. Summoning one of those things is beyond reason.”

“I take it you have other preparations to make as well.”

“Yes, please watch over Annette I need to go and gather some more people together.”

“Where are you going? It won’t take Xyra long to get here as Jahnah mentioned.”

“Annette actually had some very capable guards at her home. I need to go and make some selections for this task. We need to move as quickly as possible.”

Ravastina wasn’t certain of what was going on as she looked down at the valkyrie waiting below. “You want me to do what?”

“You are to select a dozen of your stealthiest soldiers then come with me.”

“And by whose order am I being told to do this?”

“Lord Maxwell’s, we are to come as quickly as possible so you will need to let me inside as well.”

Ravastina hadn’t had any of guards or golems attack the figure as she had been alone and stayed away from the golems. As she looked over the gate at Xyra’s massive build though she couldn’t help but wonder if this was the golem breaker. The only thing that made her doubt that was the make shift armor Xyra was currently wearing. “You’re going to have to do something or show me something before I am going to believe you were sent by Maxwell.”

Xyra gave a nod and looked at the few golems outside of the fortification. “Golem units come to my position now.”

A slight chuckle escaped Ravastina at first however, when the golems began to walk toward Xyra that quickly stopped. It was only when she noticed the golems inside of the fortification heading towards the main gate that she spoke again. “Golems stop.” Instead of listening to her the golems continued towards the gate.

“Would you like me to order them to stop?”

“Yes, before they tear down the main gate!”

“All golems cease convergence and return to your previous positions.”

A sigh escaped Ravastina. “I expect to head strait to Maxwell and speak with him about you.”

Xyra gave a low giggle and a smug grin appeared on her face. “That is fine.” As the golems were on loan Jahnah and Dehvess both had more authority over them then Maxwell. With Xyra having a connection to Jahnah’s soul the golems also were compelled to obey her.

Maxwell was quite surprised how many of Annette’s guards had volunteered to join him in the mission to avenge her against those that had injured her so badly. He had said he only needed a dozen men that were well versed in stealth combat. It seemed that every guard in the manner had volunteered for this task. Still, he had to cut their number down. “I realize that some of you may wish to help avenge Annette as well. However, I need stealth fighters.”

One of the guards came forward as if to leave but instead he spoke up. “We have all had training in stealth combat. Annette sort of forced such training on all of us.”

A slight chuckle escaped Maxwell. “I remember now. Her training games, very well then. What twelve among you have the highest scores?”

It took a few minutes as the various guards turned to one another. It was surprising how well each one of them remembered their rankings. A few left rather quickly but some it took quite a while to find others with a higher ranking.

As the twelve were finally weeded out Maxwell took the time to look them over. He knew of the games Annette liked to play and how many of them were combat related. In truth he would have liked to use his own soldiers rather then Annette’s guards but time was pressing. Still, he had to ask. “Why did you volunteer?”

The guards didn’t seem to need to consider the question. “It is our task to protect our lady. Annette has been a very good employer after all. Plus we don’t often get a chance to serve her.”

“At times I worried that Annette had chosen people that couldn’t handle true combat.”

A ripple of chuckles moved throughout the men. “We’ll have to proven you wrong then.”

“So are these the best men you have?”

Ravastina gave a nod. “Yes they are. I already gave orders as to what is to be done while I am away. Shall we get moving?”

“Yes, please gather around me.”

“Huh? What are you doing to do?”

“Mistress Jahnah can teleport me to Annette’s estate where she is currently located. There we will join up with Maxwell.”

Ravastina didn’t respond right away but took a moment to look into Xyra’s eyes. After a moment she finally recognized what was going on. Teleportation spells tended to be quite dangerous as there was always a risk one would end up teleporting them inside a rock or some other object and at times even a living being. This required one to either know their destination very well or to be teleporting to a chamber specially made for such things.

Xyra provided Jahnah a method to bypass this problem. As she saw through the undead’s eyes she could teleport anywhere Xyra was safely, as well as teleport Xyra to herself at any given time. While this required one of them to already be at the destination but it still served to greatly improved mobility.

As Ravastina gathered around Xyra she began to glow. The light flowed from her eyes and moved out to engulf the entire group. Jahnah felt a slight pull as she first pulled those around Xyra through the portal and then Xyra herself came. With Xyra as the conduit and the energy from the tiara it was easy to teleport the entire group.

End chapter 5
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