Corruption of Souls

Ch.27

Twilight had transfigured the central pool into a padded moist nest while Cadence and Shining had moved Daring over it so the eggs would land in it. It was a fairly quick affair but dealing with the ‘overcharged’ mute was harder. She was so ‘Love Drunk’ that she couldn’t stop lavishing Cocoa in attention and it was incredibly hard to convince her to stay still over the other two pools and milk the love nectar from her through her breasts which would also go to feeding the eggs as they finished gestating.

“Whoa~! I like this!” Daring gushed as she looked at herself in a mirror off near the beds She gave herself a twirl as she displayed her new body. Her coat, once a sandy tan, had become a shiny golden tone but not reflective. Her mane and tail were silvery gossamer and her eyes were a solid green like Mesosoma’s solid purple ones. Also, she had a smooth sharp spike of a horn. Then there was the seemingly requisite wider hips, bigger butt, and boosted boobs, but not by much.

“I won’t lie; I like it too.” I hugged her from behind as Shining, Cadence, and Twilight talked to Meso and the others. Something about arranging a breeding program with my new mate; the mute. She finally notified us that her name was Honey, who was the reason Meso came to see us anyway but figured she could get some of my magic baby-making powers on the side. “Although, this doesn’t change who you are.” I nuzzled her cheek and rubbed her still slightly rounded tummy which made her coo and lean into me.

“Nope. I was a cum-thirsty hyper-dick-and-balls inflation fetishist from the start.” Daring chuckled and then put her hand over mine on her small belly as she bit her lip. “Maybe a pregnancy fetishist too. With tail-hands along for the ride that is my long list of fetishes.”

“Maybe. I know the alicorns have a-Breeding Fetish!” I called out with a turn of my head towards the others, causing the two princesses here to flinch. “But I would love to have a normal pregnancy so I can do belly bumps with you and Cocoa.” I purred to her. “By the looks, Shining is giving me, once Cadence has his second foal I may or may not have to wait eleven months for another female breeding. It’s in negotiation right now.”

“You’ve really got to draw a line at how many lovers you have Willow. You’ve already got at least 6 besides Cocoa and I that you’ve gotten really close to.” Daring’s ears wilted and her wings shimmied. “Call me selfish, but I don’t want to have to keep sharing you with everyone all the time. I want you to spend more time with me.” She rubbed her belly. “These guys won’t be out for another 10 months if you don’t speed them up and I’m afraid if you leave me here that whole time you’ll move on. Maybe even move in with Princess Cadence and forget little old Daring.”

“I would never do that. You mean more than life to me.” I hugged her tightly and Daring’s eyes widened and her face paled as I trembled. “You and Cocoa are important to me. The bed I will always go back to is yours, even if I have to fight others off.”

“Y-you remember?” Daring meekly asked as she clutched my arms tightly.

“I-I don’t want to. It hurts, remembering your crying face, your anguished scream-.” WILLOW~! “-B-but that’s all I can remember about whatever happened. I’m repressing it hard right now Daring. Maybe someday in the future, we can talk about it.” Daring gulped and took a few cleansing breaths.

“O-oh. That’s fine. So long as you know I do love you and you love me back.” Daring leaned into me and sighed. “Now I know you say you’ll always come back, but it’s a little hard to believe that when you slept with those Displaced today instead of coming straight home,” Daring grumbled and I wilted at the shame of the accuracy of that statement. “I get you love everyone Willow, but please try to save most of it for me?” Daring pleaded as she turned around and pressed against me to gaze into my eyes with her new shiny green orbs.

“I will. I’m sorry.” I whined and hugged her to me, though an errant thought hit me about her being the most beautiful non-dragon I’ve ever seen. Huh...why did I think that?

“I forgive you and-urp-oh! Excuse me!” Daring blushed and covered her mouth in embarrassment at burping of all things! So cute!

“Wow, I guess all that cum finally caused some indigestion!” I joked, then considered something. “Wait, you’re an honorary changeling now! Are you being a glutton with my Love?”

“...Oh, right. You’re food now too! I actually forgot for a moment these changes aren’t fully cosmetic.” Daring cooed as her belly and breasts swelled slightly and shimmered pink with my Love. “Mm, that is tasty. It’s...hard to describe.”

“If you ever think I don’t love you, just think of how full you are~.” I purred loudly into her ear and nibbled on it. In response she cooed as her body filled with more liquid love, emphasizing her belly, boobs, and booty. “I love you~. Feel how much I do~.” Oh Goddess she’s so hawt~!

“Careful now~. I can get drunk off of this stuff.” Daring giggled before she spun me around and slapped my ass as I made to leave. “You go figure things out, babe. I’m going to hit the hay.”

With Daring squared away, for now, I returned to the others. Honey was now about Mesosoma’s size without all the love overflowing her and seemed to be a twin sister save differently colored and with smaller more deer-like pincers. Oh, and everyone was clothed in the standard red pajamas that were all over the place here thanks to Twilight turning all the drapes and other unimportant fabrics from the former castle into them. “...So it would be best if I build Honey her own proper hive outside of this canyon.” Twilight seemed to finish, getting nods from the rest.

“Figure something out?” I questioned as I moved in to squeeze Cadence from the side, causing her to perk up and hum as she side-hugged me back which pressed the sides of our chests together.

“Just about. My eggs will have to remain here in that nest until they hatch, whenever that will be. Honey has agreed to wait until her new hive is constructed to start breeding with you. Cocoa has asked for maids to help her watch your cubs once Honey has to turn into an egg factory. Cadence has requested she be allowed to donate her cum like earlier. Shining Armor has to speak to you though.” Mesosoma oh-so-helpfully summarized and I turned to Shining.

“Look. I’m willing to make this work. I understand that you’ve already got a herd with three main members, but with magic, a long-distance relationship is easy to maintain when you can just pop on over when you’re lonely. I’ll keep in touch, but I’m not going to have tons of foals with you until you have one with me without cheating at it. I want you to prove that you can love the children you make beyond the moment and then handing them off.” Shining declared and I felt afraid at his words.

I haven’t really bonded to any of my cubs have I? Sure I snuggle my kids and play with them, but after that, I just hand them back to Cocoa and haven’t been part of their lives beyond those visits to play and snuggle. Berserker and Hunter are much the same, but they didn’t want to keep this sort of situation, stating that it was our responsibility to care for and raise them. The idea suddenly terrified me. What if I mess up? What if I raise them wrong and they turn into more demons?! W-what if I give them a bad example and they all grow up to be wanton sluts and man-whores instead of following their dreams?!

“Calm. Calm.” Cadence soothed into my ear. Was I hyperventilating? “Wow, that is a delayed reaction. The realizations and horrors of parenthood.” This is that?! Oh, Goddess help me!

“Now I know you’re not ready yet. At least you have time.” Shining approached and rubbed Cadence’s flat stomach while he smiled warmly at me. “Thank you. It was such a struggle to get Flurry Heart. We used all sorts of medicines and magic to boost our conception chances and it took months to make her possible. Cady eats a piece of your goo body before sex, boom, twins.” Shining nuzzled his wife who sighed happily. Then he surprised me when he nuzzled me and kissed my brow. “Thank you.”

“Thank you,” I whispered back and rubbed my nose against his throat before backing away with a sigh. “Well it’s night now, but I can’t sleep after all this. I’m going to go get Svartr, find Sabrina, then talk shop.” I nodded to Twilight who was clearly tired before I left my home as they kept talking. Once out the door, I sighed at how much happened so quickly.

“Agh! Fuck!” I heard Berserker roar in pain.

“Berserker~ Are you okay?!” I called out before I rushed to where he, Hunter, and Visi were gathered around the coffin which hadn’t been moved.

Once I arrived, I saw Berserker holding his right hand while Hunter and Visilia were ready to help. He removed the chain that was around his hand along with the burnt glove so that Hunter had easy access. Hunter didn’t have his armor on, rather he was wearing plain robes with only one sword. As for the sarcophagus, it now had a red barrier around it. “We can’t get it open. Damned Demons are extra paranoid with this one.” Berserker grumbled to me in frustration.

“Why do they have it locked up so well?” I asked as a beaten and battered pump-action shotgun slipped off the top of the sarcophagus and onto the ground. It looked like it’d been through literal Hell and back with how battered and rough it looked, yet I could feel it would work better than any freshly made gun for the purpose of brutally butchering bastards.

“Because he’s fucked Hell over more times than we’ve ever done if they’ve locked him away, how strong has Hell gotten now?” Berserker questioned himself worriedly as he clutched his right hand a few times after Hunter was finished dressing it in ointment and bandages.

“They have troops coming here trying to get things like massive stores of metal and weapons from places like the Iron Keep in the far north, which is heavily defended so that isn’t a good sign either way,” I informed the trio who sneered at the new info. “So who is this guy?”

“No clue, but he must be a bonafide badass to get sealed away and not killed if they considered this the easier route,” Visilia informed me before I reached for the gun. “You probably don’t-.”

Before Visi could stop me I picked up the full-metal shotgun and discovered it had a hair-trigger when just a feather-light touch fired a deafeningly loud spread of flechette up towards the ceiling. Thankfully I’d been facing away from the wall lined with doors, because that shot of blades somehow caused a cave-in across the canyon as the thin layer of stone held up by Harmonia’s branches shattered and tumbled to the ground.

“Holy Shit!” I yelped seconds before the DOOM theme raged in my head and I fumbled with the gun but somehow turned it into a parade twirl. Go Dexterity!

“What the hell Willow?! Be careful with-what’s wrong?” Berserker suddenly changed tone and approached me with concern as I was feeling way too much energy coursing through me. I began to hyperventilate as I grit my teeth and fought back the unadulterated pure Wrath trying to-!

I handed him the gun when the images of shoving the business end of the murder machine against his ribcage and going to town started.

“...Fuck...” Berserker hissed and passed it to Hunter. “Yeah, he’s a lot more powerful than us and a lot angrier than even me. That’s saying something.”

“How did he end up here? What is the black stuff on the sarcophagus?” I sighed at the number of questions I had before Hunter gave the gun to Visilia.

“Symbiote?” Berserker suggested and I smacked him upside the head for that. “Sorry. I’m not good at making jokes.” Yeah, the last thing we need is an infestation of Klyntar that isn’t Svartr. I’ve read the comics of doomed worlds where symbiote invasion went uncontested.

“Well until we open it we can’t get answers. It might be for the best. If he hates demons that much then those we could cure wouldn’t be saved.” I sighed in concern. I want to save as many as I can and it’s been hard enough with Berserker constantly saying he won’t bother to try. The only upside to it was that he won’t kill them, I just wished he at least helped them out!

“Hey, I have a question.” Berserker queried, rubbing his chin.

“Fire away.” I huffed and sat down on my tails as they effortlessly held me up like a fancy fluffy chair. Ee~! I keep forgetting how awesome my tails are! I have a fucking chair at will! Wait, I’m like Hsien-Ko but with tails instead of magic sleeve-claws!

“Since CoC is mixed within this world, along with Dark Souls and that, does that mean all of the creatures from the games exist too?” He asked me and I had to hum in consideration.

“Yes. We mostly encountered Corrupted versions of them. Cocoa mentioned Hellhounds and how they were made from Diamond Dogs. There’s also wolf-like tree spirits and things though, so this world also has its own creatures.” I wonder why Berserker is asking about this though.

“I don’t suppose you have information about these creatures? I’m curious if goblins exist as well.” Berserker’s question had me a bit suspicious. Does he have a fetish for shortstacks?

“Yes. I’ve read up on them if only a little. They’re a class of Lust Demon known as a Corrupted Civilization. They’re all female, they are not part of the Lust Demon Faction despite being Lust Demons, they’re amazing Chemists and seek males to keep their daughters coming. There are no male goblins.” I answered to the best of my knowledge.

“Do they kidnap men, or seduce them?” Berserker asked as he picked up his chain and charred glove. “I’m surprised the chain survived, but now I need to find a replacement for my glove.” He sighed at the loss of his glove. “I’m also asking so that we can avoid them as much as possible. Or any other race that follow along those same lines as the goblins.” Oh, I see now. He doesn’t want his brothers or himself ending up as their playthings or otherwise.

“Well...um. That’s a big list. There’s Jungle Sirens, who entice victims in the southern jungles. That’s where my tails come from as well as my expanding breasts and balls. I introduced Slimes to the Everfree but they’re a new mystery. There’s Hippocampi, or ‘Sea Pony’ Sirens who are known to brainwash potential mates. Uh...look, just go ask Twilight later. She’s the egghead.” Maybe I should invest in some more stats in Intelligence? I mean, I have a Magic Soul, but I don’t even use magic!

“You’ve already told me about some threats I didn’t know about. I’ll ask Twilight later.” Berserker resolved. “So. Are you here to visit the pups before you go?” I panicked a moment. I forgot they were sleeping in the guestroom that Svartr was sleeping in. I haven’t yet been able to arrange for their care with Visilia or Cocoa yet because Visi wanted to vet Cocoa first.

“Y-yep! I’m gonna give them a quick nuzzle and kiss before taking Svartr and finding Sabrina.” I patted Berserker on the arm, gave Hunter a passing kiss and slapped Visi’s ass with a tail-hand on the way there, the woman blinking in surprise. “You guys get some more rest while I work.”

“You’re afraid.” I stopped in my tracks at Berserker’s accusation..

“Yes. I’m afraid I’ll hurt them. Raise them wrong. Ruin them.” I admitted, not looking back as I hugged myself. “It was all good fun, creating new life, but I forgot that being a parent isn’t all fun and games. I can’t just go running off all the time, having adventures while my mates raise my children. I need to be there for them, but how can I do that when I’m so busy?”

“Make time.” Berserker simply and confidently replied before I felt his hand on my shoulder. “Do what you have to do and then come back home to the family at the end of the day. It may not be the easiest thing, but it’s worth it.” How can he say that without a shred of fear? Is he not afraid of being a parent? “However, there will be times when you won’t be able to make it. It may drag on, but you’ll get back eventually.” I hugged him with my tails as I leaned back into his strong arms. Goddess this man is infuriating, but I think I may truly come to love him for it.

“Thank you.” I kissed his hand and went into the room alone. I looked at the 12 sleeping pups on the bed. 6 Hunter’s, 6 Berserker’s. Three boys and three girls from each of them, somehow no herms. They also had the Slayer’s mark on their left cheeks, the same colours as their father’s. Red for Berserker and grey for Hunter.

I slowly approached and looked down at the beautiful things I helped create. I got on my knees and nosed one of the sleeping girls, deeply breathing in her scent. I lost track of time there, just scooting around as I sniffed and nuzzled each one. I felt so content. By the time I finally pulled myself away I wanted nothing more than to lay down and snuggle them. Forget everything. I couldn’t though, I had things to do. “Svartr, you awake?” I whispered to my sleeping lover. Her answer was to animate her head, turn to goo in the shape of her true face, and kiss me quietly.

“Yes.” She looked over at the whole pack’s worth of cubs and snorted. “I see you had fun.” Svartr pouted and even raised one of her eyebrows. “Left me out to dry on this armor rack.”

“You can complain later. Get on me.” At my hushed order, she quickly and silently morphed onto me, staying her skintight symbiote form as I snuck back out. The Marines were still examining the sarcophagus instead of getting rest and I rolled my eyes, using my tails to slap their butts on the way towards Harmonia. “Get to sleep!”

“Yes ma’am.” Both Berserker and Visilia replied with amusement in their voices as they left the sarcophagus and went to the guest room where our pups still slept.

I smiled at their antics before I approached Harmonia’s trunk to see Sabrina there sleeping next to the Portal. Her belly was bloated and the white nectar of Harmonia’s breast bulb next to her head dribbled on her now that the milker wasn’t pumping her for a massive dimensionally expanded tank. Wow, she really drank way too much of that milky nectar. “Hey, kitty cat. Sorry for the late-night call.” I gently shook her shoulder.

“Huh?” Sabrina jolted before she belched loudly. “Sorry.” She groaned as she sat up while she rubbed her sloshing belly. “It is unheard of for such a bounty of milk to be offered so freely. I guess I couldn’t help myself.” Sabrina rubbed the drying cream off of her lips and burped more quietly. “Urp. I think if we could get this tree, this Goddess Harmonia, to donate her milk, then our plans for the desert could advance by several years.”

“Not until I’m *yawn* done filling this impossibly huge tank. Those demons had a genius way with fluids. Now then, I’m going to sleep and you two should head inside. It gets cold here at night.” Harmonia’s voice gently echoed before her light dimmed and the holes in the ceiling showed us the stars. Soon enough Harmonia would finally be able to see the sky directly.

“Let’s talk at my place. Once we’re done with the last fort what then?” I asked as I helped the overfilled cat to her paws and let her lean on me as I led her towards my home.

“Didn’t you just say to talk-urp-when we’re at your ‘place’?” Sabrina chuckled and managed to control the next loud belch into a very long and drawn out blast. “Ugh...I am regretting this.” I rubbed her belly as we walked and she sighed in relief when we entered my home. I escorted her towards my bed where Daring was already snoring like a foghorn. “W-what are you doing?” Sabrina whispered with her cheeks flushing as I sat her down on the massive poster bed.

“There’s only two beds right now. Even with Spike and his mates having gone off to the Dragonlands we didn’t expect to need more than two beds yet. Cocoa is so big she needs the other bed now with Honey snuggling her.” I whispered back and rubbed her belly to help her burp quietly. “I also don’t have spare blankets. Pajamas yes. Blankets no.” I shrugged since it was an easy oversight for someone even like Twilight to make. “So I’m not going to force you to sleep on the couch.”

“B-but this is your bed. With your mate in it.” Her ears flicked, her tail twitched, her cheeks flushed as her chest purred. “D-do you not understand what you’re telling me?” I just smiled in response. “A-are you truly so bold?”

“I promised to help your race repopulate. I might as well start with you if you’re willing.” I winked and her fur fluffed up, making her look extra sawft. “Not tonight though obviously. You’re already about to burst with the milk you gorged on.” I giggled and poked her sloshy belly, making her groan and her fur went back down with an embarrassed leer. “Now shut up, c’mere and snuggle me and my First Mate.” I pulled her close and her purring cranked up as I sandwiched the sand witch between Daring and me, my lover snuggling closer in her sleep.

“This...this can’t be real.” Sabrina quietly whispered as she closed her eyes and hugged me to her.

“Trust me. It is. Let’s talk in the morning instead.” I nuzzled her as I snuggled and used a tail-hand to pull the poster bed curtains shut for our warmth and privacy.