Chapter 116 - The Guardian’s True Form

 After that, Septekifa and I had sex repeatedly. Deep within the Great Mine, far from any lingering miners, we took advantage of the absolute solitude to entwine our bodies again and again.

The sound of my hips hitting the dwarf girl’s firm yet supple rear echoed through the narrow tunnels. The sound traveled so far I wouldn't be surprised if the miners near the surface could hear the rhythm of our coupling.

Eventually, I couldn't be bothered to dress myself after each round. We continued deeper into the mine, both of us completely naked.

"This is officially the first time I’ve ever wandered through a tunnel with my pussy hanging out...!" 

"And your back door, too." 

"Don't point it out! You're making it even more embarrassing...!"

As the dwarf girl tried to hide her crotch in shame, a massive amount of my semen spilled from her entrance, drenching her inner thighs. I wondered if the "Guardian" would be offended by us showing up in such a state.

"..." Septekifa went silent.

In the absolute darkness of the deep shaft, a silence so heavy it made my ears ache descended whenever we stopped talking. The only thing I could hear was my own footsteps. Without that, the silence was enough to drive a man insane.

"How much further until we reach this 'Guardian'?" I finally asked, unable to bear the suffocating quiet. I needed small talk to fill the void. Sex had ended too recently to start again just yet.

"..." Septekifa didn't answer for a long time. Then, she spoke in a low, hollow voice.

"Do you really think something like that exists?" 

"Eh?" 

"The 'Guardian' of the mine is just a ghost story made up by terrified miners... it's a convenient lie to explain away mysterious noises or hallucinations in the dark. How could something like that actually be real...?"

The Guardian isn't real? Then why make it a trial?

"Because it’s a trap to lure you out here, obviously. An isolated place where no one comes... the perfect spot to get rid of a nuisance."

Whoa. Things just got violent.

"The Old Man and the others decided it. Anyone sniffing around our relationship with Niosebuk is a threat. If we don't crush them, we’ll be the ones under suspicion. But you're an envoy from the Merchant Coalition. If we just kill you carelessly, it’ll cause an uproar."

So they came up with the "trial" as an excuse to bring me here—to finish me off where no one would ever find the body. If the Coalition or Reniosegra came looking, the dwarves would just play dumb.

"Why go that far for Niosebuk? Why such loyalty?" 

"Loyalty? To those beasts? Don't be stupid. ...We just can't defy them. We simply... can't!"

This was the first time I’d really dug into the dwarven-Niosebuk relationship, and the bitterness was palpable. They weren't siding with them by choice. No one in their right mind would want to be close to that beast-nation.

"But we have to serve them. And anyone who tries to tear us away from them... my job is to kill that person."

Before I knew it, a blunt weapon appeared in Septekifa’s hand. A solid steel hammer. A quintessentially dwarven weapon. One hit from that would cave in a skull instantly.

On the other hand, I was stark naked and unarmed, having been too focused on sex. This is actually bad. Normally, I’d counter with my [Pole Arts (SS)] skill, but that requires having a pole in my hand.

As a naked man, I didn't even have a pocket to hide a self-defense tool! If she had lured me into sex specifically to make me defenseless, Septekifa was a genius strategist. A regular honey-trap spy!

"No, you were the one who started the sex, so don't blame me... though it did make it easier to catch you unarmed..." she muttered.

Right. I was just being stupid. But hey, if I'm gonna die, dying during sex is the way to go!!

"Weapon or no weapon, it doesn't matter. I'm killing you here. It hurts my heart to betray the man who made me a woman... but once you're in hell, you can violate me as much as you want. Go on ahead and wait for me...!"

Septekifa swung the hammer. But I was the one who leaped first.

"What?!"

As I jumped, I put all the power of my hardened core into my hips! My main combat skill [Pole Arts (SS)] only activates when holding a weapon. It's useless when unarmed.

But wait. I always have a 'pole' with me—right between my legs!!

My erect penis struck the steel hammer with perfect precision, sending the weapon flying out of Septekifa’s hands!

The ultimate "Weaponless Style" of my skill... I had finally reached enlightenment!!

"Gwaaaaah?!" Septekifa crouched down, clutching her hand from the impact. I felt a little bad about hurting her.

"Ngh...! How... how could I lose to an unarmed man...?" 

"It's because you didn't really want to kill me, Septekifa."

I can tell when there’s real bloodlust and when there isn't. Septekifa isn't the type of woman who can coldly murder a man she’s bonded with. She must have been conflicted. The pressure from Niosebuk must be immense to force her into this.

"Now that it's come to this, I won't struggle. Just kill me. But before you do... do you want to violate me one more time? I don't care either way..." 

"I’m not killing you. I’m not killing anyone."

I don't like doing terrible things to women I've slept with.

"More importantly, I want to hear the real reason why you were forced to do this."

"I would like to hear that as well." 

"Who's there?!" 

"Why have you caused such a petty ruckus in the sanctuary where I reside?"

I turned toward the voice, but all I saw was the rock wall of the tunnel. Then I realized: a massive something that I had mistaken for the wall was looming right over us.

A colossal mass of rock... moving like a living thing?! It had eyes, a nose, and a mouth carved into the stone... a giant, shifting face!

"What is this?! A monster?!" 

"How rude. Do you mistake Blast-Hole, the Great Earth Spirit, for a mere low-class monster? Such ignorance is unbecoming of one recognized by the Flame."

Wait, a Spirit?! Now that he mentioned it, I recognized the divine aura radiating from this massive form. I’d felt it before with Napalm, the Flame Spirit I met in the volcano. So this giant rock was... of the same kind?!

"A Spirit... deep underground? Ah! Wait, then...!" The "Guardian" of the Great Mine... was the Earth Spirit himself?!

"I know not what you tiny humans call me. In the first place, it was your kind who settled here recently and began digging holes in the earth where I prefer to live. I have no obligation to care for intruders."

The dwarves had mined this place for centuries without the veins drying up. Was that also the work of the Earth Spirit’s power?

"Whoa... ah...!" Septekifa, seeing a Spirit for the first time in her life, was so shocked her legs gave out, and she slumped onto the ground. I guess anyone would be terrified by a giant supernatural being appearing out of nowhere.

"Septekifa, if we get this guy to recognize us, we clear the trial, right?" 

"Eh?! But I told you, that was just a lie to lure you—!"

If the trial target showed up on his own, that’s even better. I’ll get a passing grade and waltz back to the old King with my head held high.

"In that case, Earth Spirit. For various reasons, I need you to recognize me. So... go ahead and do that." 

"Talk about blunt."

Yeah, even I thought that was a bit of a reach.

"Recognize you? You have already been recognized by one of my friends. And yet you seek more? Humans are such greedy creatures..." 

"Bottomless greed is a human's greatest power," I countered. No matter how many women I violate, I always want more. And I want to make every woman I’ve taken happy forever. My desires really are endless.

"Very well. Then I shall judge your worth based on that greed." Meaning what?

"You two have been quite 'intimate' on your way here, have you not? It is a first for me to have a human appear before me stark naked."

That's embarrassing. He was right. Standing before a transcendent Spirit with my junk hanging out was the definition of disrespect. But maybe showing my "true self" without pretense was okay?

"Since you are already exposed, show me that wretched greed without reservation. Perform your 'intimacy' once more before me. Based on your abandon, I shall decide whether to recognize you or not."

"Alright, understood!!" Instant response.

"Septekifa, let's have sex!!" 

"WHAAAAT?! Why did it come to that?!"

Septekifa screamed in confusion. But the Spirit had requested it, so we had to put on a show. And since I'm the only man here and she's the only woman, we have to do it together!

"It's a sacred duty! Like a priestess dancing for the gods! Septekifa, you’ll be the priestess representing the dwarves, and the Guardian of the Mine will be our audience!!" 

"I have no idea what you're talking about!!"

I didn't either, really. But right now, sex was more important than fighting or fleeing!

"F-Fine! ...We just have to have sex, right?! I'm a dwarf woman! I've got the guts for this!!" 

"Good. Now, before we start, give your greetings to the Spirit." 

"Wait, what?!"

I whispered in her ear, and Septekifa turned as red as a tomato.

"Dammit, do I really have to say this...? Spirit... Great Earth Spirit who provides us with infinite blessings...!" Septekifa bowed to the Spirit, still stark naked. A proper priestess of the earth. (Or so I told myself.)

"Before your Greatness, we shall demonstrate the act of human love. A ritual where man and woman... male and female love each other, mixing their desires to forge a future. Please... watch us. Um...!"

Septekifa! This is the important part!! Don't be shy, speak up!!

"Watch as my lover Sao’s cock slides deep into my pussy! ❤️❤️ Watch as I moan and gasp from the pleasure of being pounded!! ❤️❤️ Watch as I’m shamelessly forced to admit I’m a woman and lose myself in the madness!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️"

"Guffuffu... so, provoking your partner's shame and shredding their pride is part of the act? The 'play' has already begun, has it not?"

A crude, lecherous grin appeared on the rocky face of the Earth Spirit.

"I heard from the Flame that human coupling was interesting, and it seems he was right. It is an act based on instinct, yet through countless generations, it has become entwined with your culture. It is a spectacle worthy of a Spirit's amusement."

"Then, let us begin the demonstration...!"

I took aim at Septekifa's crotch and thrust forward. The familiar sensation of her pussy wrapping around my penis. Absolute bliss.

"Nghhh!! ❤️❤️ Your cock! Your cock is inside me!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️"

Now, Spirit, watch closely! Behold the climax of the human life-cycle, repeated for thousands of years!!

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