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 Chapter 9: Wild at Heart, part III



   After being thrown out of Liry's mansion, Fel was tired and grumpy.  She
walked around aimlessly for a little while, then she just lay down on the
side of the street.  Within a second, she fell asleep and snored loudly. 
Her two companions had no other choice than to follow her example.  Niu
found it embarrassing to sleep on the street like a beggar, but her
overwhelming tiredness finally made her forget about it and fall asleep.

   As it was to be expected, there were people around them when they woke
up.  But it wasn't just a crowd of passing townsfolk.  They were actually
being surrounded by armed warriors.  Niu's first guess would have been that
they were guards, but their inconsistent clothing and their shabby look
certainly didn't corroborate that thought.  Fel immediately knew who they
were.  She had once been one of them herself.  "Bounty hunters." she hissed
with gnashed teeth.

   It were fifteen bounty hunters in total and it was clear that their
target was Fel, who was still lying on the ground.  Their weaponry was as
heterogeneous as their clothing.  Among swords, sabers and axes, there were
also war hammers, spiked maces and even a trident.  The looks on their
faces ranged from grimly determined to highly excited and boastful.  They
clearly had more than one advantage on their side.

   Niu's heart was beating quickly.  She was already used to being in
deadly peril, but this was a whole new situation.  Although she had seen
Fel killing many people, she had doubts that Fel could fight against such
superior numbers.  And not only were this women ruthless killers, the many
scars on their bodies also gave away that they had a lot of combat
experience.  From what she knew about bounty hunters, Niu had a feeling
that they might just kill her as well if they managed to defeat Fel.  Chii
tightly clung to Niu.  It seemed outright ridiculous since there was
absolutely nothing that Niu could do in this situation.  All of this came
down to the actions of one person.

   Fel spat on the ground.  Her head hurt from all the drinking yesterday.
Sleeping on the street had made all her limbs feel quite stiff.  "What a
fucking nice welcoming committee.  I'm not in the mood for genocide this
morning, so you people might kindly leave now." Some of the bounty hunters
snickered, others just tightened the grip on their weapon.  One of them
spoke: "There's no way out of this for you, Fel.  Once you were the
greatest bounty hunter in this land, but nowadays there's quite the bounty
on your own head.  Even after dividing it by fifteen, each one of us will
end up being filthy rich after this."
Fel looked at her with one eye open.  She still felt quite sleepy and
the morning sun hurt her eyes.  Fel sighed.  "Like I said, I'm not in the
mood for fighting right now...  But I guess I have to kill you guys in some
way, huh?" With these words, she grabbed the blue bottle from her belt and
opened it.  A gush of blurry azure liquid shot out.  Within a heartbeat, it
took the form of the Azure Spirit.  The bounty hunters were visibly
surprised by this sudden appearance, but they didn't back off.  Fel

grinned. It would've been too late anyway.

   "Alright, Azu.  Knock them off their feet for me.  Ice storm, go!" Niu
held her breath.  She had seen the Azure Spirit do the most ridiculous
things with her magic.  Would this threat disappear as quickly as it had
arrived?  But instead of casting any spell, the Azure Spirit just turned
around to Fel with folded arms and an evil grin on her face.  "Actually...
I don't think so.  No 'go'.  I've had it with you, lowly mortal.  You've
relied on my powers one too many times." Some of the bounty hunters started
laughing when they realized that Fel's secret weapon had just refused to
fight for her.  Azu stepped aside so that no one stood inbetween Fel and
her enemies.  "I think this is your end, conceited human." Niu felt death's
cold grasp on her heart.  Never had she been so afraid in her whole life.
With the Azure Spirit against them, it was all over.  She wanted to run
away, she wanted to cry for help.  But there was no such thing.  Instead,
she hugged Chii and pressed the girl's head against her own small chest.

   What Niu didn't see was that the expression on Fel's face had changed.
It showed neither her usual arrogant attitude nor the blind rage she fell
into when something angered her.  If Niu would've looked up and taken a
glance at Fel, she would've seen her for the first time with a serious
expression.  Fel got up in a flash.  None of the bounty hunters had ever
seen such swift movement.  It looked like magic.  In one moment she lay on
the ground and in the next, she stood upright and had her hand of the hilt
of her sword.  A murmur went through the gang.  They knew that Fel would be
getting serious now.  If they weren't careful, some of them would follow
her to the grave.

   Fel's first move came out awkward.  She hadn't used this fighting
technique in such a long time.  Neither had she ever trained properly.  And
she also wondered if this lousy sword would be even good enough to pull it
off.  It had a strange nostalgic feeling and made Fel's mind go numb with
contrasting feelings of joy and sadness to give her body to the movements
of this otherworldly sword style...

   Since neither Niu nor Chii had any hope left, Azu was the only one
watching Fel getting serious.  What she witnessed wasn't a fight.  It was a
martial demoness pouncing on a bunch of armed fools who were under the
false impression that they knew how to fight.  With every heartbeat they
lost.  They lost an arm, they lost a leg, an unlucky one lost her head. 
Others lost more delicate parts.  Fel's blade didn't distinguish, it took
from her enemies whatever it could.  The sword cut off a woman's tits and
castrated the next one.  Another one had a whole ass cheek sliced off by
Fel's sword.  The blade made huge cuts into their bellies and let their
guts spill out.  It penetrated their chests and swiftly cut their hearts
and lungs.  The women died so quickly that they didn't even have the time
to scream.  Most of them would never realize what happened.  Some of them
were hit by so many blows that their bodies literally fell to pieces. 
Limbs and intestines were scattered all over the street as well as minced
torsos.  Chopped-off breasts were lying around and it wasn't even clear to
which mangled body they belonged.  Same with stray hands, heads, butts and
penises.  The wall against which Fel had slept was completely smeared with
blood as if it was the inside of a slaughterhouse.  On the street there was
so much blood that it was completely covered in red.  Fel was literally
standing in a sea of blood and flesh.

   Of the fifteen attackers, only one was alive when Fel stopped her blade.
The survivor was missing most of her left ear and one of her eyes.  Her
right arm was crudely cut off right above the elbow.  The remaining left
hand tightly clung to her cut stomach to keep her innards from spilling
out. She slowly crawled through the remains of her comrades, trying to get
away from Fel.  But the girl with the red ponytail didn't even look after
her.  After staring into space for a while, Fel wiped some blood off her
face.  Then she took a look at her sword.  The steel was visibly bent on
several spots.  It was covered with notches.  What a piece of trash.  Fel
dropped her sword.  It landed on the blood-covered street inbetween the
weapons of all the killed bounty hunters.  None of them had even scratched
Fel.

   When Fel turned around, Azu was gone.  The little blue spirit probably
had some idea of what would happen to her after betraying Fel.  Fel
clenched her fist.  She knew that Azu couldn't have gone far.  After
submitting to Fel, the spirit could only use her magic when her master
commanded her to do so.  This pact could only be canceled by Fel releasing
Azu or Fel dying.  Azu had tried to accomplish the latter and failed.  But
this meant that right now, she wasn't more than a powerless little girl. 
Moreover, one with blue skin.  She probably wouldn't be able to leave
Nargath without getting into trouble.  Fel addressed Niu and Chii without
looking at them.  "Get up, girls.  We won't leave this town until we have
hunted down a certain blue spirit."

   Since all three of them looked like they just had come out of a
butchery, Fel decided to go to a bathhouse.  It was a classier place than
the establishments Fel usually frequented.  Since the attendants saw that
Fel was someone they wouldn't want their other customers to get in contact
with, they gave her party the most exclusive bath- a secluded room with a
big pool of steaming hot water.  While they bathed, their blood-drenched
clothes were being washed.

   Niu and Chii were still in a state of shock after seeing the effect of
Fel's true powers, but Fel was already contemplating on how to catch Azu.
"I guess a water spirit like her dislikes fire, huh?  What if we just set
the whole city on fire?  She would have to get out then!" Niu stared at her
in disbelief.  But after seeing what Fel had done to these bounty hunters,
she knew that this woman was capable of doing anything.  With a mixture of
fascination and disgust, she watched the dried blood on Fel's huge breasts.
With every breath, her boobs submerged in the hot bath water and a little
more of the blood was washed off.  Other than Niu and Chii, Fel hadn't
cleaned her body at all before entering the bath.  She never did.

   Fel's eyes fell on Chii.  "Hey you, little shit!" Chii knew that
something bad was going to happen to her, but she had no chance to get
away. Within a second, Fel seized her and pulled her up by the neck. 
"You're from this town, so you probably have some idea where Azu could be
hiding!" Chii fiercely shook her head which made her whole body wobble. 
"No?  That's not what I like to hear.  I guess I'll have to use some other
methods to get an answer out of you..." Niu cried out.  "No!  Please don't
hurt her!" Fel turned her head around and looked at Niu in surprise.  Niu
felt her knees trembling with fear.  Without looking at her, Fel dropped
Chii.  The little girl landed in the hot water with a splash.

   With a big grin on her face, Fel waded through the water towards Niu. 
"Ooh?  So that's how it is?  You're in love with that kid, huh?" Niu had no
idea what to respond or whether she really was in love with Chii.  The
little blue-haired girl stared at them with frightened eyes.  Fel seized
Niu and tightly squeezed the girl's naked body.  "Aw, you're so adorable,
Niu!" Niu suddenly felt Fel's hand on her penis.  It immediately got
rock-hard.  "Hehe.  Seems like you're all ready to stick it into your
little lover's asshole...  Don't let me hold you back on your innocent
lovemaking!" Actually, Fel held her back though.  Niu was unable to move
even an inch since Fel was holding her so tightly.

   Fel seemed to really enjoy herself.  Although it was incredibly
embarrassing for Niu, she actually preferred her being in this playful mood
over her going on a rampage.  Fel gave Niu's balls a loving squeeze.  It
almost made the girl faint.  She couldn't help letting out a loud moan. 
Fel looked at Chii, who was now watching them curiously.  "How about you
show Niu some of that ass she adores so much?" Chii didn't need to be told
twice.  Willingly, she turned around and bent over, showing off her round,
soft butt.  Niu was breathing heavily.  It was as if Chii was just inviting
her to stick it in there.  She probably would've done it if Fel wasn't
holding her.

   Fel chuckled.  "What a cute little ass!  And look at how eager she is to
stick it out for you.  She's going to make you feel really good with her
tiny asshole..." Fel playfully stroked Niu's erect cock.  It was too much
for the thirteen-year-old virgin.  Letting out a hoarse groan, Niu fiercely
ejaculated.  Most of her hot semen splashed in the bath water, but some of
it actually splattered over Chii's butt cheeks.  Fel finally let Niu go. 
Niu was so confused and ashamed that she dove under the water to hide her
flushed face.  Fel laughed.  "Aw, what a shame!  I really wouldn't have
minded watching you kids fuck.  I guess that'll have to wait for now."

   Chii wiped some of Niu's semen off her butt.  She curiously looked at
the sticky liquid on her fingers.  Fel interrupted her romantic feelings by
declaring: "Alright girls, let's get going!  I'm in the mood for
spirit-hunting!"