So this chapter is short but i've been editing the previous chapters to try to make them more coherent and a little less jerky, i wont be posting the edits until they're all done but ill be posting in the meantime.
Next chapter will be larger and this chapter will go through editing it's still fairly rough and choppy like some of the earlier chapters, I hope it'll help with questions before making more but please voice them in the comments if i do.
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Staying up through the night I set up a larger campgrounds, having the two elven girls set up two more tents the human girl started roasting the rest of the boar Emily captured earlier.
Finishing their meal the girls head off to bed while I used magic to turn the hobgoblin's to ash and wind magic to scatter their remains far away from here.
By the time I finished it was nearly morning and Emily and Selena would soon wake up, returning to the camp site I found Emily in front of the fire cooking breakfast for six.
Holding out a share for me I gladly accepted and sat down next to her, Selena on the other hand woke up shortly after my return.
Exiting her tent with a surprised expression, locking her gaze on me and Emily she came to join us.
"What's with the extra tents?" Emily having yet to ask wasn’t surprised Selena beat her to it, in fact it seemed as though she'd waited for Selena herself to ask.
"They were goblin prisoners, and a baby." Looking at them they were both shocked, looking behind me they finally noticed the child sleeping in my tent.
Selena was the first to head over drawing her sword before she saw it up close, "It's a goblin king!"
Going into a longer explanation that I hardly heard Selena is an ogre king but regular ogres exist, once every hundred generations or so magical beasts are able to create "kings."
These kings have the appearance of a humanoid with far greater intelligence and power than a regular human, using their racial magic they're able to hid their horns or skin color and control their respective races.
Looking into my own race I'm a Incubus King and a fairy queen, all of the demonic races are the same Emily included otherwise we'd lack crystals inside our bodies.
Humans, Dwarves, and Elves naturally train their own power rather than passing it down genetically, over thousands of year many of the lesser species have died out you'd be hard pressed to find a wild Incubus.
During our conversation the elven sisters came to join us for breakfast only to be surprised by Selena's lesson on evolution, being a king of a non-extinct race she'd grown up knowing all of this from a young age.
Finally having calmed down the two of them were able to introduce themselves, the older girl Amber is sixteen whereas her sister Julia is only ten years old.
Traveling together with their father the hobgoblins attacked killed their horses and father while taking them back to be chained up in the cave, having seen the other girls I didn’t have the heart to tell them what they'd already suspected.
The twelve year old human girl Snow finally awoke after we'd all eaten our breakfast, while I was feeding the baby goblin king she quickly ate and we introduced ourselves.
After finally falling asleep the next month passed in a my rage filled stupor everyday I'd wake up with little energy but for the first week when any form of goblin approached I'd suddenly gain the energy to slaughter it, killing every goblin and hobgoblin within the range of my senses I'd finally encountered a goblin mage.
Goblins have green skin whereas hobgoblins have a sort of dark bluish green color mages are the only exception, encountering and killing a black goblin would result in death of anyone lower than a master.
While goblin mages are dangerous I'd only encountered a red goblin, with an explosion of fire magic with me at the epicenter burned the outside of my entire body.
Coated in burns Emily was barely able to heal me into a stable condition, afterwards no goblins seemed to appear nearby.
Throughout this time I'd been reliving Kyle's death, the goblins I'd killed, the women I'd killed, and my own near death experience.
My main companion was the goblin child Elyk named by Emily in honor of Kyle he seemed unwilling to leave my side, after spending a month together with me it'd already grown strong enough to walk.
The girls I'd saved were unwilling to head towards the nearby village by themselves while Selena and Emily refused to leave me in this state.
Either way the girls probably viewed it as safer to stay with the three of us anyways, Selena and Emily were basically unaffected so time slowly passed by as the six of us grew closer.
Although I was mostly shut off I could remember them coming to check on me and see how Elyk was doing their actions were memorable even if their words became blurred.
By the time I'd woke up from my 'trance' Amber and Snow were far more open than I'd remembered them, Amber was like a kind older sister role model; pretty, kind, and giving off a warm maternal feeling.
Snow'd bonded to Selena's hip as a younger sister while only Julia remained a little hesitant around the others, Amber having noticed my observation merely said she was a shy child to begin win.
Having been holed up in a tent for over a month the first thing Emily did was drag me off, heading to a nearby river she'd previously looked for it was a beautiful scene.
Using earth magic Emily was able to create a fairly large pool of water off to the side while warming it with her fire magic, by the looks of it she'd spent a considerable amount of time to make it look like a beautiful natural pond.
Surrounded by bushes and trees even if others were nearby it'd be incredibly hard to find, even the river wasn't visible even though it was only about ten meters away.
Jumping in with her clothes still on Julia was the first to enter our magical bath, soon followed by Snow having thrown hers off to the side.
Amber, Selena, Emily and I on the other hand chose to take off and wash our clothes of blood and grim in the river before we entered, with the water continuously flowing in and out it didn’t really matter but they'd dry faster without wearing them.
Looking more closely at the three girls Amber and Julia really were easily recognized as sisters, besides the facial similarities since their hair was cleaned of the original girt and grim it was a beautiful blonde.
Together with their pointed ears and mesmerizing silvery eyes Amber was a beauty and Julia would obviously grow up similarly, standing roughly five foot seven Amber was nearly a head taller than me.
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Snow on the other hand has beautiful blue eyes and pure white hair matching her name, her story was far worse than the other girls.
Having been captured within the human nation she'd been captured by the hobgoblins over a month ago and forced to travel almost constantly without rest, every time she heard a noise she'd always thought of someone coming and granting her freedom from the beasts.
Having been in the cave the goblins had left the alone for over a week before Selena was ambushed outside their lair, fighting defensively she'd been able to hold out for a much longer time that Emily and myself.
Having expended massive amounts of power we'd slaughtered them as quickly as possible, naturally we'd both run out of energy far faster than Selena who fought to preserve her own life.
Julia having decided her clothes were now in the way stripped throwing her robes over onto a rock to dry in the sunlight, having gotten more used to us she no longer stayed hugging her sisters hip.
Amber on the other hand still closely watched her sister, not that she seemed wary of us but rather just a deep love for her sister could be seen in her gaze.
Relaxing in the bath for a while longer the six of us enjoyed our bath, after learning about each other's lives and experienced we'd bonded simply by talking with one another.
Amber and Julia are high elves raised in a mountain village surrounded by beautiful nature on all sides, the elven culture was similar to that of traditional Japan making a public bath a common occurrence for them.
Snow on the other hand was raised directly in the human kingdom, the human culture of this world closely matches with that of my own world.
Having been wearing a knee length skirt this whole time that and her sleeveless blouse made her stand out, Amber and Julia on the other hand wore something similar to a kimono.
There were only two things all of us had in common each of us had learnt to wear high heels from the age of ten and none of us had ever actually worn pants, shorts, or tank tops, etc Women in this world truly did have a restricted dress code..
Leaving the bath my first task was to create clothing for the three additions to our group, spending another week in our mountain side camp Selena no longer hunted or chased away nearby goblins.
Relaxing after such a long time my two long time friends were finally able to sleep well for the first time since my near death experience, since Eric had no doubt long ago abandoned us we were in no hurry to return to the village and pay his overcharged travel fees.
Crafting our own wagon too up the majority of our time Selena, Emily, and I could run or fly anywhere but the other four would be hard pressed to follow.
Selena and Emily having fought off a large wolf from our campsite decided to search it out and tame it as a mount, ignoring the fact that we'd we traveling with a wolf the idea was better than pulling it ourselves.
Packing up our tent we once again traveled the roads although a little faster than before, other travelers seeing the wolf drawn wagon panicked until they'd noticed the cart or we'd already passed them.
Passing quickly by the country side we'd encounter a new town every day regardless of the time we'd stop to spend the night, having left the merchant caravan it became more and more clear just how much Eric had overcharged us.
Although I hadn't cared at the time he'd made me pay nearly a hundred times what another merchant would have asked, especially with us being adventurers we could even get rides for free depending on their situation.
After about the third town Julia had an episode that exposed her secret, the reason she'd been shy was due to having been bullied due to her lack of ability.. Of course that was a lack of chi and magic…
Unlike most people Julia had been born far more unique, she'd been granted a matter affinity.
To fully explain it she could mentally control matter with physic abilities, having been nearly trampled by a horse her powers came to light.
Throwing the horse and carriage nearly ten meters into the air Amber was barely able to calm her down enough to save the lives of those inside, afterwards we ended up staying inside the inn for another week until she was able to calm down.
Amber on the other hand ended up having her own natural abilities, although she was only average with magic she had a keen eye and purchased a few different unknown treasures for a very small amount.
Flooding them with mana or chi caused an exponential change showing the items true abilities, although useless for normal people any expert would want to get their hands on them.
One was a magical mirror allowing you to use clairvoyance to view a person or location, the other a hairclip that could summon a tamed djinn although only a low level imp.
Giving the imp to her sister she was actually able to absorb it into her soul world and increase her mana, chi, and physic energy.
Emily having explained the process was the most shocking out of the three of them, seeming like a limitless source of information all she knew was how to become stronger.
Traveling through the towns we eventually encountered a surprise Amber and Julia were incredibly happy to see, the inn we stayed at had an open air hot spring.
Leaving that village we spent another two weeks journey we'd arrived in the capital of the Loew Kingdom, over the journey I'd gotten far closer with the girls and Julia even came to talk and bond with Snow.
Amber and Selena usually left them alone sitting over with me behind Emily as she drove the wagon, with the wolf under her strict control and my repairs we'd managed to make it to the city in one piece.
Heading to an inn we rented the entire top floors four bedrooms, resting for the night Selena and I prepared to head to the castle in the morning.
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This chapter could use some major work but I still wanted to post something, the next chapter will be better, this one would have been better but felt like ending it where it was to postpone something...
Hotspring is probably over the top after already having a pond bath but I really wanted to emphasise the Elves are a Japanese culture, Demons are very very old fashion, Beasts will be amazon kind thing, and Human more modern.. Dwarves well im not looking forward to them but i like dwarves.