It was about when Andrew was slamming his serrated blade against Thunth's shield.

A champion had used the moment to charge our flank, grab three Fifskae, and dash back away.

No name popped up, but it was definitely a champion, likely due to a concealment [Skill] of some kind.

It was likely going to try and use the villagers as a bargaining chip somehow... maybe for weapons, maybe for Andrew's head.

I gripped my atlatl and knife.

I would not let that happen!

I ran after it at full speed.

The Fifskae currently being held were doing their best to slow it down as much as possible, which was definitely helping, but I was still losing ground due to their better maneuverability.

I attempted tossing projectiles at it, but I couldn't figure out its shape while it was moving, it was as if it was moving specifically to make it hard to see.

Likely another effect of a concealment [Skill]... which was supremely frustrating.

I was running out of breath quickly, and not getting any closer to closing the distance.

So I thought about what Andrew would do in this situation.

I had an idea.

"You two! place your atlatls against the champion's body on opposite sides!"

The Fifskae got my message and attempted to do so.

The champion tried even harder to obfuscate themselves by moving even faster.

The two Fifskae were thrown about, but managed to do it, if just for a moment.

I took a deep breath in and threw my projectile.

The champion was forced to dodge, killing its momentum for a moment.

I sprinted as hard as I could to gain as much as possible while it recovered.

"Again!" I yelled.

The champion then dropped the Fifskae, but unfortunately for it, the Fifskae had grabbed onto it instead.

The champion attempted to buck them off as hard as it could manage, but they still managed to give me a target.

I took another deep breath and threw.

The champion dodged again, but this time one of Fifskae shifted their weight to throw off the champion's balance.

This caused the champion to be hit directly by my throw.

The champion screeched in pain, finally becoming properly visible.

[Derryt The Swift]

Danger Level: Certain Death

The champion spun around, giving me a good look at it.

It looked like a cross between some sort of ape with a many-legged insect, featuring hands on the ends of each "leg".

It suddenly jumped straight up in the air, throwing all of the Fifskae off of it at once, disappearing into the treetops.

I knew that I should've been relieved, but my hardened battle instincts told me that that wasn't the face of a creature who was retreating.

I unlocked my eyes from each other and scanned the forest ceiling with all four simultaneously.

Doing so for too long would give me a headache, but I would rather have a headache than to be missing a head.

Suddenly, a number of stones flew at me.

I dodged, but only just, barely being saved by having seen it coming a good amount in advance.

I was cornered, and the champion knew it, it was only a matter of time until I made a mistake and paid for it with my life.

I found myself asking once again... what would Andrew do?

That's when a winded Andrew finally caught up to me.

"Andrew! There's a champion in the treetops and it's extremely fast! How do we get a clear shot?!"

Andrew straightened up and threw a metal bolt to me. "Take this, I'll distract him, and you deal the final blow... sound good?"

I caught mere glimpses of Derryt as it passed between the trees.

"What if I miss?" I asked, attempting to keep it between the two of us.

"You won't Sydui, you're a pretty good shot." He said, also trying to track Derryt's movements now.

Suddenly, more stones were thrown at me.

I leapt away, but was still hit in the stomach with a stray stone, causing me to trip and fall on my landing, as well as causing a curseword to slip out of my lips.

I watched as Derryt attempted to surprise Andrew, and was shot at for its trouble.

Derryt looked at him with wide eyes.

"[Accelerate]!"

Suddenly, Derryt increased in speed by a massive amount, twisting its body midair to dodge the deadly projectile.

As soon as Derryt reached the ground, it became a blur of motion, trying to find or force an opening in Andrew as it circled him.

Andrew simply readied himself and... took out his serrated blade?

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The serrated blade turned into liquid and slashed on the ground.

The enemy champion ignored the strange display and charged straight through the liquid.

"You've activated my trap card! Behold Shreddy Mercury!"

Suddenly the liquid stuck to several of Derryt's legs and begun to spin.

In moments, Derryt's feet were cut off, and by the sound of the screeching that followed, it was immensely painful.

I aimed my shot and...

Before I could throw, Derryt recovered midair and gained distance.

Derryt was right between the two of us then.

"[Mach Charge]!"

I had moments before Derryt would make good on the threat of that [Skill].

I threw the metal projectile at Andrew.

The projectile soared through the air as Derryt accelerated faster and faster, building up speed with each step.

The projectile was a single second from hitting Andrew, before there was a sonic boom followed by a meaty thwack.

Once I regained my footing and ears stopped ringing, I saw Derryt with a projectile skewered through its head, and a very surprised Andrew looking down at it.

I collapsed as Derryt disintegrated, finding all of my strength gone.

Andrew walked over and sat next to me. "I told you you wouldn't miss."

I laughed as I came down off of the high of the stupidest plan I've ever had work. "You did say that."

Andrew held out a hand. "Well madame, would you like to have that date of ours?"

I placed my hand on his. "I think I'd like that."

After a long and grueling walk back to the village, all of the Fifskae who were taken, Andrew, and I returned safely, if a bit worse for wear.

We handed those who were taken off to Hund, and after a short checkup that concluded that my leg would be swollen for a while, Andrew and I went to the home which we had our first date in.

I sat down and waited for what would likely be a very nice meal.

Instead he came out with a set of strange breads topped with some sort of processed plant sap approximately the size of two of Andrews fingers held together.

"I'm sorry, they weren't exactly what I meant to make, but I hope you like them anyway."

I tentatively took a bread and looked up at him, his disclaimer not filling me with faith.

He watched me expectantly.

I put it in my mouth and took a bite.

Sweetness burst over my tastebuds, along with a crunchy texture.

I remembered the two or three times that my parents and I managed to get our hands on a pastry and share it.

My mind was then flooded with all of those little moments when everything was okay with my parents.

My eyes began to water and I cried than and there.

Andrew put down the rest of the breads and approached me, "Are you oka-"

I interrupted him with a kiss.

He was the first to pull away, and I was worried at first.

He looked at the barred door, the shut shutters, and then back to me. "Sorry, had to check we had privacy, shall we continue?"

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Andrew

Despite the short interruption I caused, Sydui seemed to still be perfectly fine with continuing, going straight back into the kiss.

Her kiss was deep too, her muzzle causing her tongue to make extra distance into my mouth.

She then took my hands and we interlocked both sets of fingers.

I loved the sensation of her hands, they were slightly smaller than mine, so I could wrap my palms around hers somewhat.

She pressed herself against me and I felt her breasts against my chest... the sensation was intoxicating.

I pulled my hands and mouth away for a moment, so that I could pull off my shirt.

I realized that she hadn't seen me shirtless before, or likely any human for that matter, so I was curious to see what she thought.

I wasn't exactly the most fit person in the world, but I definitely wasn't fat, honestly it seemed like no matter how badly I ate I would always have the figure of a stick.

Sydui definitely didn't seem to mind my lack of muscle, as I watched her eyes burn with hunger for more. As much as I wanted to see her naked, I felt almost obligated to show her first because of that look in her eyes.

I took off my pants and showed my average-sized penis.

She seemed surprised, and I was worried for a moment... the Fifskae didn't have huge dicks right?

"It's so big..."

Oh thank heavens.

"It gets even bigger when I'm completely aroused."

She looked up at my face in shock. "Really? How do I... we... get that to happen?"

I chuckled at her Freudian Slip. "Well, you could get naked so I can stop having to imagine it." I suggested.

She looked embarrassed. "My body has a bunch of scars, so you probably-"

"That sounds so badass!" I interrupted. "Damn, now I have to see it!"

She smiled sheepishly at me. "If you insist I suppose..."

She took off her shirt and I realized that her breasts were being pressed against her body by her bra, likely intentionally reducing her cross-section for better mobility.

Next my eyes wandered over her scars of various types, each telling a story in and of themselves.

I had to put effort into not letting my boner rise any more before she was done undressing for fear that she would stop.

She looked taken aback. "You were right, it did get bigger!"

"This is your first time right?" I asked with a chuckle.

She nodded. "Yeah..."

I smiled warmly. "Mine too."

After a moment, she remembered what she was doing and unlatched her bra, causing her breasts to spill out like a tree whose branch was finally released.

Her breasts themselves were also covered in fur, but all of the fur faced away from her nipples, kind of like a cowlick... it was probably so that she could breastfeed without the fur getting in the way.

However, for me it meant that I had a full view of her perfectly shaped tits in all of their gorgeous splendor.

I couldn't help it anymore, my erection was as complete as it was immediate.

She jumped back a little, causing her breasts to jiggle.

I tried very hard not to do anything else, even though I wanted very badly to start right then and there. "Sydui, I'm so horny that I feel like I could just tear off your pants at any second." I warned honestly.

All four of her eyes widened, and then went back to that burning hunger. "Then let's not take any more time then."

She carefully pulled down her pants and underwear over her goat-like double-jointed knees, picking the up and tossing them to the side afterward.

Now that I could see her body properly in its entirety, I saw how amazing her proportions were...

Her waist and thighs were thick and plump, but her stomach was muscular and toned.

Her vagina itself was adorable and already a little wet.

I walked up to her... perhaps a little too quickly to be honest... and grabbed her by the hips.

She made an adorable yelp as I put myself inside of her.

"If it starts to hurt, let me know, we can slow down then." I offered.

She clearly had no idea what I was talking about, so I just shrugged and sunk inside her slowly.

She gave another yelp, which increased in pitch and volume as I went deeper and deeper.

As I got about halfway down my shaft, she winced. "Ow! Ow! Ow! Hold on a second!"

Against the desire of my entire body, I stopped for a second so that she could catch her breath.

"Are you sure this is your first time?" She asked, breathing heavily.

"Yeah, but I've seen porn before."

"Porn?"

"Do you guys not show each other's naked bodies over the internet?" I asked, trying to hide my incredulity.

"I'm not the one to ask, I didn't have access to the internet for most of my life."

I nodded.

That would do it.

Her breathing became more even again, so I asked her: "Are you ready to continue?"

She nodded. "It wasn't so bad anyway."

I sunk my member into her as far as it would go.

It took a little effort to get the last inch or so to go in, but I managed it... and judging from Sydui's expression, it was a wonderful inch to have inside you too.

After a moment, I began a slow rhythm.

Sydui squeaked and moaned with each thrust, causing me to go faster and faster.

Suddenly Sydui started to feel warmer everywhere and to sweat a lot, so out of worry I slowed down.

Sydui looked at me in the face. "D-Don't... don't stop... please." She whispered, her mouth clearly dry.

I nodded and sped way up, trying to end this quickly so that I could help her with her probable dehydration.

Her eyes widened again as she clung onto me for dear life, screaming the whole time.

My penis twitched suddenly and I unloaded into her.

She stopped screaming after a moment longer and I separated the two of us, looking for what was wrong.

Apparently, she had being orgasming over and over this whole time and I didn't even notice... oops.

I had also raised her to a fever by overexerting her.

I apologized profusely as I helped her get her fluids back.

"Don't apologize, that felt amazing." She replied after a bit of water.

"I will still try to do better in the future."

She looked at me in surprise again. "You want to do that with me again?"

"Yeah, why wouldn't I?"

"I just figured you wouldn't want to is all..."

"Are you kidding? You're perfect in basically every way, as they say in hentai, 'our bodies were made for each other'."

"What's hentai?"

I considered the ramifications of explaining that to her. "Forget about that part, it's not important."

And so our conversation continued until we fell asleep.

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Yuluulth

Lviyr very suddenly changed posture for some reason, so I looked over and saw what he was looking at.

"I never expected that to happen in a Deathworld Game round..." I said.

That thought was suddenly interrupted by Threr, one of Jyn and Vindicost's viewer-neighbors yelling.

"Quizblech! My plan was perfect!"

Jyn turned to him and grinned with just a hint of frustration. "First time?"

"No you don't get it! I was waiting for so long for this chance to get that quizbleching meat-slaverer! I had him! I had him!"

"No, I had him, you were planning on stealing my glory, and you failed."

"Says the guy who lost his champion mid-bet." Vindicost countered.

"What?! No, the bet's obviously off!"

"The bet was ten days, not until one of our champions died."

"That was obviously implied!" Jyn yelled, crossing his arms in defiance.

"Says the guy who had more kills than me before overextending himself."

Jyn growled at Vindicost, but didn't have a counterargument.

Honestly, as annoying as it was it was nice to have some normalcy after... what I saw of Lviyr's viewer...