Corruption of Souls

Ch.7

“Congratulations!” Starlight Glimmer gushed as she held Daring’s hands. My Daring, my official Lover, had immediately asked for a medical scan and was told she’s already conceived at least one child in that swollen full-term looking belly of hers. Daring had egged me on to a repeat performance two more times, each time swelling her up bigger as she milked my loins and my chest of their bounty.

As for me, once my tits were back to H-cup bowling balls, I used the Reducto cream I took from our prisoner/guest to shrink them back down to C-cups. Until I get Strong enough, I’ll have to live without huge tits as a regular thing. My armor was also clearly disappointed, refusing to shrink back down and holding their H-cup level of size until they eventually gave up and properly supported my chest again. I also lost the obnoxious codpiece for a more suitable jockstrap under my armor skirt now that I wasn’t sporting a nearly painful hard-on.

I wonder how long I have until the spirit of the armor shows up and decides to become BK-Chan or some other ridiculous hentai nonsense.

“Well, I guess I’m a father. At least it was born out of passion, at least some love, and trust.” I moved to give Daring a side-hug, she returned it with both her arm and her wing. At least her clothes still fit just fine even with the belly. “Still kinda surprised you decided to use a plug.” Why she carried one with her, or where she even got it, I can only imagine.

“I wanted it to take for sure. It also feels really damn good to have so much hot cum in me.” Daring cooed as she rubbed her firm sloshing belly. “Well, my adventuring days are done. I’m already rich, I have a hot lover, kids on the way. I guess I’d be better off writing books full-time now.”

“That said, go on into this house here Daring,” Twilight interjected, pointing over to the row of small houses she’d conjured from the stone of the cave. The one she gestured to had Daring’s compass cutie-mark on the door. “I’ll have to make some trips to the forest and bring back more lumber for warmer accommodations, but for now there’s at least a comfortable stone chair in there with a magically-charged crystal light.”

“Thank you Twilight, and be sure to plan for rapid expansion. I have an inkling we won’t have to wait long before we have to worry about our Corrupted Undead carrying pups!” Daring chuckled as she patted my armored abdomen before heading towards her new living quarters.

“Hopefully not for a while, but if it’s CoCs we’ll need a daycare.” I mused, rubbing my abdomen and humming with consideration. What would it be like? To swell with life? The thought sent a shock of pleasure, and want through my body, causing my boobs to swell slightly, and my tails to swish. I exhaled a steaming-hot breath that actually caused the air to distort as I began thinking unsexy thoughts immediately to fight off the odd tide of raw desire. “A well-maintained daycare with one hell of a babysitter.”

“Can I get in on all this hot action?” Harmonia’s voice practically pleaded from her tree body.

“Not until we figure out where the Corruption tainting you is coming from. I doubt Willow can get the souls needed to keep up a stockpile of Purging Stones.” Twilight chided, getting a pitiful whine from the Goddess of Harmony.

“Worry not milady. I’ve fashioned something to help satisfy you while you wait.” Andre casually declared, as if the massive metal horsecock dildo he just made wasn’t obscene. He then tossed it at her and her anthro form’s arm reached out to snatch it, pulling it into her actual body and she proceeded to grunt and groan with pleasure, which we all blushed about but dutifully set about ignoring.

“Well, I’m gonna go sit and rest since we broke that bed and you had to nearly carry me down here.” Daring stuck out her tongue at me as she winked, and entered her new home.

“Oh, yes, there’s furniture in the castle. That will be much easier to transmute into new furniture than raw materials. I might as well start moving the architecture down here as well...hm.” Twilight seemed to be entering a sort of inspired fugue as she flew up towards the stairwell Harmonia made into the castle, landing and walking up once there and sending Harmonia’s squeals of pleasure into high gear.

“As for our guest, she’s over here in this ‘jail’ house that Twilight felt was suitable.” Starlight called me over, and I walked down the short row of small houses to the one with a lock on the door, both the exterior bolt and the imprint of a padlock image.

“Hm, might be for the best until we know she won’t betray us,” I commented, undoing the stone bolt and entering to find the chocolate lab herm sitting forlornly in the lone stone armchair in the little building. The glowing emerald in the ceiling bathing everything in a soothing green light. “Okay then. Let’s start from the top. Why are the Caribou Corrupting Harmonia?”

“Corrupting her opens the gates to Equestria.” The former omnibus replied readily, getting me to blink in confusion at both her answer and that she was so willing to give it.

“What? But you’re already Corrupting the area around Neighappolous. That’s inside Equestria’s borders.” After all, I did experience some Corrupted accidental sodomy in the street.

“No, no. Little insurgences yes, little taint here and there yes. No full-scale invasions possible though with goddesses protecting the country and skilled chemists otherwise.” The labrador explained, and I had to nod in agreement. It took Biscuit less than a whole day to synthesize an antidote.

“But how does Harmonia factor into this?” I mean, she’s just sitting here in a cave in the middle of a dangerous forest filled with nasty beasts. It isn’t like she’s a political power.

“Harmonia is in the very heart of Equestria. She is also the source of Balance. If she falls to Corruption, the rest of Equestria, and the world will follow shortly.” Starlight pieced together, even snapping her fingers at the realization, to which our prisoner nodded.

“Is most likely answer. Strong demons that sent Cocoa on mission simply said to spread Corruption quickly and quietly to open gates.” Stated the now-named Cocoa, fitting since she’s a chocolate lab dog.

“I hope those gates are figurative…” Knowing my luck, the Lust Demons might be working with the DOOM Demons, who in turn might be working with Chaos Demons. “Damn this place is crawling with Demons. Next thing I know, I’ll be like ‘I must fight the Demons!’ but then a voice would say ‘No Willow. You ARE the Demons!’ and then I’d be a zombie.” I rambled off the final lines of the infamous badfic Repercussions of Evil, ignoring the bemused reactions of my audience.

“Um...maybe?” Cocoa scratched her head. Hm, those ragged strips of cloth she’s wearing aren’t very warm, and this cave is pretty cold, especially since it’s turned nighttime by now. I forget I’m Undead sometimes, and I don’t notice temperature like other actually alive people do.

“Well, that’s enough for now. If that’s all you have I’d say you’re free to go, but it’s dangerous out there and you’ve already been Corrupted once.” I stated, only for her to jump to my paws, grasping at my legs as she whined.

“P-please let Cocoa stay! Failure for Dogs is punished by fusing with another failed dog and turned into Hellhound.” Coco pleaded, and I cringed at understanding what she was saying.

“What? That’s how Hellhounds are made?!” Starlight yelped in shock and disgust.

“General Brutus takes any canine demons that fail, but mostly diamonds. He force us to fuck dog of opposite gender, and we fuse into a two-headed fire-breathing herm. Most dangerous are Cerberus made of two males and one female.” Cocoa explained as she shoved her muzzle into my crotch. “Please keep Cocoa! Will service Mistress for safety!”

“Eep!” I yelped as she did this. “Okay, okay, you can stay, but I’m not a mistress.” I squeaked in protest of the idea of being considered such.

“But you were such good mistress to Cocoa already.” Cocoa sniffled, and I had to sigh at seeing that, even with it purged, the Corruption still twisted her mind.

“Okay.” I groaned, feeling so weird. “But no sexual favors unless Daring is cool with it, and you have to serve her too.” If I’m getting a servant/slave out of this, then my partner should benefit too.

“Yes! Cocoa will please Mistress’ lady as well! Thank you!” Cocoa stood and hugged me, her bushy tail wagging a mile a minute. I bemusedly pet her head, and she cooed and hugged tighter. Wow, she’s pretty cute! I’m keeping her! Well...if Daring is okay with it.

“This is so...uncomfortable but not unheard of with purged demons.” Starlight sighed in resignation.

“Well, no point in keeping her in here now. Let’s get her introduced to Daring and hope Twilight thought to bring some warm clothes along with the furniture.” I then left the jailhouse with Cocoa practically attached to me with how huggy and affectionate she was. “Hey Daring. Um, got a bit of a situation here.”

“Hm?” Daring said as we walked into her studio. “What is it Willow? I was just dozing off in this weirdly comfy chair.” Daring rubbed her eyes from her place in the stone armchair that was smooth and contoured to her body as if she’d indented it.

“The prisoner told me what she knew, and she’s begging to be my...servant, to stay safe from her former allies.” I hope she won’t react too badly when she realizes Cocoa’s sexual intent.

“She’s your slave now you mean.” Daring shrugged, as if it was a casual everyday thing. “Former Lust Demons have it hard, trying to adjust to normal society, so society adjusts a bit for them. It isn’t uncommon for them to latch onto a person to depend on them for guidance and safety.”

“Ah. That sounds about right from Starlight’s comments.” I replied before Cocoa started rubbing against me. “What are you doing?” I asked the dog as I looked down to her.

“Sorry mistress, but you smell nice.” She huffed up to me. “Virile. Good mate.”

“Sorry girl, but she’s mine for now. C’mere.” Daring called Cocoa, who perked up and practically sprinted to Daring and got on her knees to enjoy her head petting. “Good girl.”

“Eh, no sharing?” I teased as I moved in, leaned down, and kissed her.

“Not yet. You’ve got foals on the way already.” She reminded as she patted her belly.

“I know, but I may find others to love if this world so much likes the game CoC, Truly. I may even let a ghost share my body if it benefits me in a fight.” Also the fact my armor already is technically haunted, and a pervert. Stop jiggling my tits! Good, now stop squeezing my ass.

“Even so, let’s not get overwhelmed. Now Cocoa, it’s been a tiring day. I just wanna snuggle and sleep, and Willow doesn’t need that like most people.” With that, Daring pulled Cocoa into her lap, and they snuggled into the stone chair.

“I’ll see you later lover,” I told Daring and kissed her before heading out. I should actually explore now, see if I could find the source of the tainted water. However, besides a pistol, I’m not exactly equipped for an adventure. Resolving to fix this, I approached Andre. “Do you have any weapons I could use out there?”

“I only have this arming sword I made upon awakening. It is a simple weapon, but it may serve you well, even as basic as it is right now.” Andre put aside his hammer for a moment and held up the simple yet sturdy short sword. “I’ll require souls for compensation however. I still need currency to barter with.”

“But Andre, this is such a peaceful era. Getting souls is hard enough when there isn’t a near-endless stream of Undead or other monsters to slay to get it.” I haven’t even leveled up yet! My souls just keep getting spent on other things~!

“I may be a master smith Milady, but I still require resources. I doubt even the Goddess of Magic aiding us can provide me things such as Titanite like the Handmaiden can provide given the souls to do so.” Curse you Andre! You have such sound logic!

“Ugh, fine.” I clasped his hand in a firm handshake, and I felt souls drain from me to him.

“Much obliged. You take care now. If you need smithing, I’ll be here.” Andre then returned to the last billet, hammering away with his magic hammer.

“So, arming sword as a secondary,” I muttered to myself as I left for the entrance of the cave. “Time to explore the forest and see what I can find.”

“Whoa, hey, you can’t just go out there!” Twilight yelped as she rushed to stop me from above, the disassembled remains of dozens of beds and other furniture in her wake.

“I won’t kill any animals unless I have to.” I told Twilight flatly. “I know how endangered a species can get if someone mindlessly kills them.”

“Oh, well, I meant you can’t really just go out on your own.” Twilight clarified, looking worried.

“Look, I can do this. I’m not just someone to sit on their ass and let souls come to me.” I told her with intense seriousness. “Well, unless there’s an easy cheese, then I’ll do that all day long.”

“Oh! Souls? You mean Soul Energy?” Twilight corrected, making me blink in confusion at her.

“Uh...I thought they were actual Souls?” I mean, that’s what they’re called in the game.

“Pfft, no. Real Souls are Powerful things. It's the Soul Energy you’re likely describing, but tied to an ego or personality. Or in the case of Great Souls-like Celestia’s and Luna’s, tied to a concept. As an Undead, you ambiently draw in Soul Energy, which is naturally released by a living thing when it dies. The stronger the entity, the more Soul Energy, naturally.” Twilight shrugged. “So, you don’t have to actually kill something. If you subjugate something, I can come up with a way for you to drain it’s Soul Energy without outright killing it.”

“Okay...that sounds like a lot more work than killing whatever it is that would be worth draining.” Unless I capture a whole hoard of rats somehow that someone is against me killing.

“Ugh, that’s not-okay. You’re not getting why I’m stopping you. It’s the EVERFREE! At NIGHT! I don’t care if you are Undead, you’ll die!” We both looked blankly at each other until we both facepalmed. “Yeah, that was just horrible. Sorry about that.”

“Okay, so no going out at night,” I said with a roll of my eyes before a white sigil sign appeared in Soapstone at the mouth of the cave. “Whoa, you can still summon here?!” I asked in excitement as I looked down at it.

“Please don’t summon strange spirits! It might be a Phantom using a ring to hide its true nature and we’ll all die!” Twilight fretted in a panic. “Nobody trusts White Phantoms anymore for a reason. You summon that thing, it might be a Darkwraith or a Mad Phantom.”

“Okay, okay, I won’t!” I acquiesced as I held up my hands. “But what am I going to do now?”

“Now? You are going to get in your house, with the comfy luxurious furniture I’m about to make for you all and go to sleep like a sane Undead.” Twilight fumed as she stormed over to mine and Daring’s house, opening the door and glaring at me intently.

“Okay.” I sighed in defeat as I approached my house and groaned internally about magical princesses. I mean, technically she does have all the authority to order me around, but still.

After we entered, Twilight levitated a bunch of materials into the studio. There was wood and old mattresses, moldy old pillows, tapestries, the works. Then she began transmuting like a madwoman. Soon a King-sized poster bed was in the far corner with plush pillows and rich red blankets and curtains. A couch was next, similarly red and plush. She gently floated Daring and Cocoa out of the stone chair, then replaced it with a plush red recliner as she moved the sleeping women to the new bed. Finally, rugs covered the majority of the middle of the floor.

“Thank you,” I said to the princess with a smile before I started stripping off my armor to go to bed like she asked, starting with my lower armor. I sighed as I freed my balls and sheath, and began getting my upper armor off.

“W-wait! I’m not done!” Twilight covered her eyes with a vibrant flush on her purple cheeks as her magic built an armor stand and a dresser as freshly transmuted plain red clothes began filling the drawers of said dresser.

“Thank you!” I gushed before I hugged, feeling genuinely happy at her thoughtfulness.

“Pajamas!” Twilight squeaked as she lifted me up and magically slipped red plush pajama pants on me.

“Aw, you don’t like me?” I teased as I nuzzled her cheek and rubbed her back before I turned around to face the new armor stand and quickly got my upper armor off with my tail hands and placed them on the rack, getting another squeak from the pretty purple princess before a matching red pajama shirt slammed down my torso, which I quickly wormed my arms into. I turned to her and pecked her cheek with a wink. “Aw, someone’s shy.”

“Pervert! Ugh, no wonder you’re the Corrupted Undead.” Twilight grumbled and stormed out of my new home. Even if it was just a single large studio, it was already nicer than most places.

“I wasn’t like this before corruption, but I don’t think I mind it.” I sighed in reference to my behavior not being nearly this pervy before. I didn’t let get to me as I perked up and looked around my new home. I ran for the door, poking my head out. “Twilight! I might not need to use the toilet, but I think everyone else would appreciate someplace to poop and pee!”

“Oh...good point. I was hoping to just furnish this place and be done. No way am I going to force anyone to use an outhouse, or a privy...ugh. I’ll have to bring out an actual architect and plumber for that.” Twilight bemoaned, making notes as she noticed that off to the side, Starlight had dozed off snuggling against the ragged-robed Handmaiden who was still of unknown species.

“Yeah, get your butt in here and make one as soon as you can,” I told her. “Oh! And a source of food and water would be nice.”

“Why did I think basing you away from town was a good idea?” Twilight grumbled. “I’ll take care of that tomorrow, just go to sleep.” Twilight urged as she gently picked up Starlight and hovered the robed mare to her.

“I don’t know, but see your sexy butt.” I chuckled at her as I watched her sputter before closing my oddly easy to move stone door, and moving to snuggle up with Daring and Cocoa. Undead don’t need sleep, but at least we can, and I’m happy for that.