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The Archaic Ring Series
Chapter Three Hundred and Sixty-five: Emergence of a Foreign Faction (Part Eighteen)

Chapter Three Hundred and Sixty-five: Emergence of a Foreign Faction (Part Eighteen)

Unlike with his previous cultivation session, Jason made sure to periodically consume the particular medicinal pellet that prevented him from losing himself to the side effects of the Blood Burning Heart Technique. Even with these, however, he still wound up blacking out towards the end of the session, coming to his senses a few moments later with many questions rising up within his mind.

The first thing that he saw once his vision came into focus was the quietly observing expression of the red-eyed elder, who was grasping his right hand with her left just a few centimetres above her exposed chest. Standing in the centre of a small crater that now made up about a third of the clearing, Jason glanced at the emaciated bodies that had been blown off into the distance, as well as the dozens of trees that had been ripped from their roots and toppled at different places in the vicinity.

Both he and the woman were naked, their clothes having been shredded in the evident exchange of brute force that had caused so much damage to the clearing.

I must’ve tried to refine her…

Even with his special medicine, the enticing sensations brought on by the true version of the Blood Burning Heart Technique were so perversely satisfying that they literally blinded the judgment of those who used it. The woman didn’t seem angry in the least—rather, she was considering him with a curious gaze that made him slightly uneasy. Her ruby gaze drifted downward, making him aware of his erection but not embarrassed by it. Ever since he’d escaped from the independent space and the monstrous woman that was trapped within it, he had developed extremely thick skin and thus was very difficult to embarrass or fluster.

“I lost control,” was all he said, attempting to pull his arm back to make it known that he’d come back to his senses. When the woman didn’t let go of his hand, a strange chill ran down his back as he read the wile in her expression. “What are you doing?”

The woman adopted a confident stance, puffing out her chest as she stepped in close with a slow, seductive movement. Once closer, she brushed her long, chestnut strands aside so that her breasts were on full display, along with the rest of her picture-perfect physique. Was she really trying to manipulate him like this? Why she thought that such an approach would work, he was unsure, but an odd impulse left him holding his ground as he met her gaze with a wary one of his own.

In what world is this what I’m waking up to?

Silence reigned within the isolated woodland, not even the insects daring to make a peep in the presence of such powerful people. Staring at one another without speaking, it dawned on Jason that the woman in front of him—who looked to be in her late twenties or early thirties—was the only woman that he’d ever seen undressed. Thinking back to the soft sensation of Angelica’s breasts against his chest, he was tempted by a sudden thought.

No, he told himself. She’s not a good person. I can’t do something like that with someone like her. She was clearly up to something, for in what world did it make sense for her to be attracted to someone half her age, let alone someone who had recently defeated her in battle and enslaved her?

Maintaining eye contact, the woman reached down and grabbed hold of his genitals, giving them a tight squeeze before allowing her fingers to trail up from the base of his penis to its tip.

I should draw a line right about now…

Despite his empty reluctance, deep down in his heart of hearts he didn’t want the moment to end. On Venara, the average person was in pretty good shape, to the point where it was more common for a young adult to have a six-pack than to not have one. People were healthier here, their bodies more robust and their lifespans significantly longer than those of the people from Earth. Even for Venara’s standards, however, this woman was incredibly attractive, to the point where she was likely the prettiest person that he’d seen since his arrival in this world, perhaps even prettier than Nyla had been. And now, a woman like this was taking the initiative to seduce him.

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The more he stared, the more subtle satisfaction he could sense from the elder, a thought which annoyed him for some strange reason. It was as if she wasn’t satisfied with the act, but the result. Still, he continued to stand in place as her hand went on with its touching, prodding and stroking, his mind a mess of irrationality as he ignored the morbid nature of the backdrop.

This is…better than it should be. Unaccustomed to the sensation that currently dominated most of his focus, he climaxed just a couple of minutes after the woman had made the unexpected advance. She didn’t stop, but rather doubled down on her movements while ignoring the mess that covered her forearm.

This is too much…

Urged on by a strange rush, he stepped forward so that their fronts pressed up against one another in a pleasant way, his mind already made up in regards to what he wanted to do next.

“Don’t think this will change anything,” he said quietly, more nervous than he thought himself capable of at this point in his life. “I’m not so easily taken advantage of.”

Without breaking eye contact, she responded by slowly lowering herself downward and then broadening his horizons further, her expression suggesting that she begged to differ. As someone that had long since given up on romance and the thought of a peaceful, happy life with a figurative woman that he loved, Jason wasn’t too hung up on the moral aspect of hooking up with a girl that he was unfamiliar with, not when he’d already killed hundreds of people just halfway into the day. It was the person that made him self-conscious, though evidently not enough to stop any further developments.

Stop thinking about it, he told himself.

Jason already knew that he didn’t deserve the sort of ideal life where he’d settle down with a nice girl, have some children and stick it out until old age as a family man. No, Jason’s path was destined to be dark and dangerous, so why should he be uneasy in a situation like this?

Staring into one another’s eyes as things continued to progress, Jason felt a strange mixture of excitement and shame. Not only did he not know the woman’s name, but it was no exaggeration to say that she was, at least to an extent, an evil person. And yet here he was, standing at the epicentre of a sizeable crater within the heart of an obscure woodland that was dotted with the corpses of people that he’d just killed, staring down into her striking, unblinking eyes as she enthusiastically engaged in an incredibly lewd act.

A short while later after he’d climaxed for a second time, the red-eyed woman stood up and flung a long stretch of her moderately brown strands over a slender shoulder with a light shake of her head. Wiping at her bottom lip with a thumb in a slow, sensual motion, she gave him a deep look as if she were staring through a window at an interesting sight.

“It’s Elisa,” she said, her words casual and her voice cool. “And so long as I have enough resources at my disposal, it doesn’t matter whether it’s the sect that’s providing them for me, or you.” She turned around and balanced her weight on her right leg, accenting the curves of her well-rounded backside as she glanced over her shoulder through the shimmering veil of her long hair, her look enticing and suggestive. “So long as you allocate me a fair share of the disciples we capture, I’ll serve you wholeheartedly and with the utmost sincerity. Won’t that make things easier for you?”

As she backed into him and began to grind against him in an alluring manner, he abruptly recalled Sersa’s words from back when he had first taken the red-eyed woman captive. My master had one of the largest stockpiles of resources within the sect, and she stopped by quite often to manipulate some gifts from him. He straightened up as he ran the words through his mind again. To manipulate some gifts from him…

Snickering, Jason grabbed the woman’s shoulders from behind and shoved her away from him. She stumbled for a few steps, caught off guard by his adverse reaction.

Despite his claiming that her actions would change nothing, hadn’t they already shifted the dynamic between the two of them? Letting out a mirthful laugh, he summoned a set of Bloodhand Sect uniforms and tossed one of them at her feet. “You just taught me a valuable lesson.” Dressing himself in the robes of a core disciple, he infused power into his voice and snapped at the woman without turning to face her. “Until I tell you otherwise, don’t speak unless I tell you to.”