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Bunga pointed at a wide crack in the steep rock wall farther away. 'That's the entrance to the Avskun lair. I have no idea what's beyond that though.'

Ulric looked along the length of the rock face and how much of the forest grew near it, then at Conchim. 'It's too out in the open to risk you flying around. They can see you and I don't want them trying to shoot you down.'

She gave him a gentle smile. 'All right, my dear husband. I don't think I could learn much more than what Bunga already told us anyway in this case.'

He turned to Caylais. 'You're ready to take part in this?'

She clenched her fists and relaxed her hands again. 'I'd be ashamed if I didn't try to fight alongside all of you and earn my keep.' She blushed a little. 'Especially when my ability improves little by little from the large amount of mana you pour into me.'

Iphigenia giggled. 'Oh, you haven't yet experienced just how much he can pour into you.'

Ulric blushed and slapped her behind. 'Don't you start teasing her.' he said and stepped in front of Caylais. 'Ready?'

She nodded, turned around and leaned back against him while he placed his hands on her lower chest, and Bunga noticed the blush and slightly nervous look in Caylais's eyes. Ulric poured a little of his mana through his hands into the feline, and certain memories of accidentally witnessing nightly encounters of couples popped up in the ogre's mind at Caylais's soft moans. She looked away in embarrassment and leaned closer to Elzbieta. 'Is that what he does with all of you?'

Elzbieta looked up. 'Well, he does this only with Caylais like this. He uses a, different, method with the rest of us. The transfer of mana is rather intense.'

Bunga glanced at Caylais pressing herself against Ulric and her hands on his paws while panting. 'I see that now.' she muttered.

When Caylais was at her limit and caught her breath again and the others were ready for the fight, they sneaked towards the bandit's lair along the rock wall. Ulric tapped on Caylais's shoulder. 'I'd like you to stay back with Kaui at first. If the whole gang comes out as I hope, then I'd like you to zap them down all at once.'

She nodded. 'All right, stud.'

He raised an eyebrow at her as she cleared her throat. 'I meant, all right, sure thing.' She pointed at her muzzle. 'I'm still a little nervous and bit my tongue.'

'Ah. Be careful, and you'll be fine. I won't let anything happen to you.' said Ulric and moved forward to take the point position of the group.

Caylais tried to forget the look and silent giggle Iphigenia gave her and concentrate on the upcoming fight instead.

They observed the handful of bandits outside of the entrance collecting fire wood and game, and tossing what looked like kitchen garbage on a dirt pile. Ulric looked at each of the girls and they all gave a nod, and they followed while keeping low after him as he rushed along the rock wall towards the two men standing closest to the entrance, hoping he'd jump them before they noticed him.

It was one of the men gutting the animals who saw them coming. 'Attack!' he shouted as he reached fast for his bow and shot an arrow at Ulric.

Ulric headbutted the arrow with his armoured head, and lunged for the man pointing a sword at him. He deflected the blade and punched the bandit hard in his gut, then jumped towards the second.

Iphigenia, Elzbieta, Valdys, and Conchim engaged the other bandits, while Susi stuck to Kaui and Caylais for protection in case someone went for them. They were safe though as the fight ended quick enough and the few bandits ended up tied together to an old tree trunk.

Ulric looked at the entrance. 'I thought the rest would have come out by now.'

One of the two men who stood at the entrance laughed once. 'They don't need to come out. We have plenty of supplies and those of us who are captured are considered dead, so you can't use us as hostages.'

Ulric crackled his knuckles. 'Then we'll just go in, if that's what we need to do.'

The man grinned. 'Go ahead.'

Valdys put her hand on Ulric's arm. 'Wait. I don't trust this.' Trixy hopped out of her hood and onto her arm. 'She'll take a look for us.'

The ghost squirrel skipped quickly towards the dark entrance, sniffed the air, and slipped inside.

Some moments later, a loud roar rolled from the darkness, and Trixy returned as fast as her little bone legs could carry her. She jumped up into Ulric's arms and chittered frantically.

Ulric looked at the bandit. 'Where and how did you capture such a demon monster?'

The man laughed again while the others who were conscious sniggered. 'How about you go in there and ask the boss directly?'

Ulric looked at Valdys. 'We will.'

She looked back at Caylais. 'I'm going to need your help.'

The feline followed Valdys and Ulric to the entrance, and Valdys gestured inside where the monster rumbled. 'I looked up this thing from Trixy's description, and it's likely an undead durugin.'

'What's that?' asked Ulric.

'Something big and nasty. I can control it since it's undead, but it's resistant to mind control, so I need Caylais to shock it first so I can subdue it.'

She and Ulric looked at Caylais, who gave a determined nod. 'I will do it.'

The three sneaked inside, where torches and an occasional oil lantern lit a large passage leading them deeper inside the hill. The rumbling had ceased when they came upon a cave to the side with a raised gate at the entrance. Ulric sneaked closer and peeked at the tubby greenish-brown creature inside, several times larger than him, with a half scaled, half furred hide divided in random patches, and short, fat legs and arms. It missed parts of it's body tissue, and of the four eyes that sat at the front and sides of its head, one was missing. The creature was busy stuffing what was once an animal into its short muzzle, which made the heavy chain attached to its iron collar rattle. Ulric estimated it was long enough to allow the monster leave its lair and reach anyone close by, but not escape.

Ulric closed off his nose from its stench. 'That thing should have been buried a long time ago.'

He beckoned Caylais closer, and her hands sparkled with her lightning power as she prepared for her attack. She took a deep breath as far as the smell allowed to steady herself, and stepped into the entrance.

The monster growled with half a carcass in its mouth at the sight of the spotted feline. She unleashed shafts of lightning against it and it roared as if it was torn apart.

Caylais panted from the surge of mana through her while Valdys forced her will upon the dazed monster. 'It's not enough! You need to blast it again.'

The monster shook its head and reared itself up to full height.

'Shit!' growled Ulric while Caylais focussed the mana she had left in her, and he quickly embraced her from behind to channel more of his into her.

She moaned while her body heated up at the sudden flow, but kept her mind on her task.

The undead monster rushed towards its attackers with a roar and rattle of its chain.

'Now!' said Valdys, and Caylais unleashed another lightning strike at the charging thing.

It howled and roared as it trembled at the electric burst, and its mind went blank when Valdys pushed her will upon it.

She put her hand on Caylais's shoulder. 'You did it. I have it under my control now.'

Caylais slumped back into Ulric's secure embrace. 'But I'm afraid I can't do this again when they all attack now.'

Valdys smiled deviously as she looked at the tamed durugin. 'Don't worry. We have an alternative now.'

A group of the bandits approached the closed gate protecting them from the durugin, which they lowered when they let it loose to take care of any intruders. One of them stepped close to the gate and peeked inside the dim passage beyond. 'It's quiet now. Probably smashed and chewed up the poor bastards who tried to come in here.'

He cried out at the loud crash of the monster against the gate, and piss stained his trousers.

'Relax!' said one of the other men. 'It can't break through this gate.'

'Unless he has something to hammer it with.' said Valdys when Ulric rolled a thick length of tree trunk inside behind the monster. She gestured at it as she looked up at the monster. 'Go ahead, have some fun with it.'

The monster picked up the huge log, leaned back, and rammed it with all its might against the thick, iron gate with a deafening bang that echoed through the passage.

The men backed off but their leader appeared with the rest of the gang. He gestured at his archers. 'Shoot them! Don't let it break through!'

They shot all they have while the monster hammered against the gate, breaking parts of rock around it as it bent slowly, but Valdys's protective shields blocked every arrow.

The gate crashed down when the last blow against it crumbled the remaining rock around it, and the bandits yelled in fear and anger as they fled to the back of the lair. Valdys had the durugin drop the log and smiled. 'Time to round up some scum.'

Iphigenia, Elzbieta, and Conchim joined them in capturing the bandits who surrendered, or dealt with the ones who preferred to fight to their bitter end, while Bunga went in search of Taji with Ulric.

They found a short passage with cells carved out of the rock and one bandit who surrendered at once, and she rushed up to one when she saw Taji sit at the back. 'Taji!'

He looked up startled. 'Bunga? Is that you?' he said, and pushed himself with some effort from the floor, and shuffled to her. 'What are you doing here?'

'We're here to rescue you.' she said and looked around for any keys. Ulric pulled a ring with keys from a hook on the wall. 'Here.' he said, and tossed them towards her.

She unlocked the door, and he stumbled into her arms. 'I'm so glad to see you.'

The bandit, who was the vengeful type, reached behind a crate next to him and pulled out a loaded crossbow. 'You can say goodbye now..' he grunted, and shot a bolt at the pair.

Taji jerked back with a cry before Bunga could dash away with him or Ulric could jump in front. She laid him down on the floor with the bolt lodged in his chest, and roared as she stormed at the bandit.

He pulled out a dagger but she evaded his slash and broke his wrist as she hit the weapon from his hand, lifted him up overhead in her rage, and smashed him into crates and barrels into a corner. Ulric grabbed her wrist when she pulled him up again. 'He's dead.'

Her shoulders sagged as she let the corpse fall to the floor, and returned to Taji.

Valdys came running and knelt at his side. 'I came as soon as you called me, love.' she said and laid a hand on Taji's forehead and chest. 'I sense life still in him. We can save him.'

Bunga looked at her with hopeful eyes. 'You can? Please do!'

Ulric pulled the bolt out of Taji's chest while Valdys stemmed the bleeding with a healing spell. 'We need Kaui.' she said.

'I'm here.' she said as she arrived. 'Master already called for me.' She pulled various jars and potions from her satchel, and together with Valdys, applied salve and poured down her best healing potion down his throat.

He coughed and jerked while they bandaged his wound, and Bunga cried in happiness. 'Thank you! Thank you!'

Valdys looked up at her and Ulric. 'He'll be asleep for a couple of days until the wound has closed enough for him to move around, but he'll live.'

***

Iphigenia and Ulric walked up to Bunga inside her cave a day later after making the bandits dig a large grave for the durugin, and it looked up gratefully in it at Valdys when she released its spirit from its body to let it die in peace.

Bunga sorted out her belongings and packed them into a couple of bags. 'What're you doing?' asked Iphigenia.

The ogre sagged her shoulders and sighed sadly as she stared into the bag in front of her. 'I'm leaving.'

'Why that? Aren't thing back to normal now?'

She nodded listlessly. 'That is why.' She sat down. 'Nothing changed. I'm still the same useless ogre who can't do anything but watch the one she cares most about from a distance. It's better if I go and try to forget about him when he has no reason to feel the same about me.'

'You didn't tell him how you feel, then?'

She shook her head. 'I'm just an ugly coward in the end.'

'Well, I think you should, since he came here all the way to see you.'

Bunga gasped when Taji stepped into her cave.

Iphigenia gave her a warm smile. 'Have a little faith.' she said, slipped her arm around Ulric's, and left with him.

Bunga averted her eyes from the young human man as he glanced around. 'I didn't see you around the village.' he said.

She pulled at the edge of her loincloth. 'I thought I might as well stop playing thief. I was never one in the first place.'

He chuckled. 'Yes, you weren't.' he said, and sat down on a chest next to him. 'But I enjoyed seeing you sneak around. It was cute.'

Her cheeks turned red in embarrassment. 'It's stupid.'

He smiled. 'No. I always thought you were cute, especially after you recovered from the state you were in when you came to the village the first time.'

She glanced up at his lightly blushing face. 'Really?'

He nodded slightly. 'Maybe I have a thing for green skin, or am attracted to cute fangs, or the way you move around stealthily, or the way your eyes shine when you smile, or your honest nature when you pay back what you stole.'

She couldn't stop the corners of her mouth from moving up while her face heated up and her heart beat harder.

He leaned back a little on his hands. 'I have been thinking about a few things after this kidnapping. I want to hire a bodyguard.' She sighed at her feeling of uselessness. 'I was thinking it would be best to have someone who's close at my side. Preferably at all times, day and night, and thus everywhere I am.'

She nodded and looked at her bare feet. 'Yes.'

'So, I am thinking of asking the one I can't stop thinking about, the one person I think is the most beautiful one in the world, and who cares so much for me, she can throw any grown man around who shoots at me.'

She gazed up slowly at his gentle smile.

'The one I desire as my companion, my lover, my wife, if she doesn't mind standing at a weak human's side.'

She gazed at him with open mouth while he rose from the chest, moved up to her, lifted her head gently by her chin, and kissed her softly.

She remembered to breath after he pulled back. He cupped her cheek. 'What do you say?'

Bunga needed a moment to make sense of the world spinning around her. 'I, really? But me?'

He chuckled. 'I'm going to take that as a yes.' he said, pulled her into his embrace, and kissed her again.

This time she slowly gave in to him while her heart pounded, and he pulled her tighter against him, nearly crushing her ample bosom against his chest. He bit softly on her lower lip. 'There's no woman I desire more than you, my lovely Bunga.'

'I can feel that.' she said as she blushed and pressed her lower abdomen against the hard-on in his trousers.'

He chuckled and blushed, and lowered his hands to her tight behind. 'I want to make love to you for the rest of our lives.'

She bit her lip at the image she dreamt about herself. 'Want to begin now?'

He answered with another deep kiss, and while their tongues danced around each other's, they shuffled towards the pile of down and hides she used as a bed, and laughed as they tried to lay down without breaking their kiss.

Bunga pulled Taji's tunic over his head, then softly touched his skin around his closed and red wound. 'Is it okay to do this now?'

He cupped her cheek. 'It's still a little sore, but it's healing fast. I asked Kaui what was in the medication she used, but she said it's better that I don't know.' He pulled her closer and kissed her again. 'I'm not letting this stand in the way of seeing my loved one naked and loving her.'

She smiled and blushed as she pulled off her top and loincloth, revealing her large breasts with dark green nipples and her curly black pubic hair for the first time to a man. Taji traced her lines with his fingertips, and her nipples stiffened as he rounded her areolae. 'You truly are beautiful, my sweet ogre. I can't tell you just how much I hoped for this day to happen.'

She helped him pull down his trousers and giggled at his eager hard dick. 'I think I can see it.'

He chuckled and rolled her on her back, kissed her again, then moved his lips into her neck, down around her breasts, and she breathed harder when he gently licked and sucked on her big and hard nipples.

Her heart beat faster when he went down, kissing her firm abdomen, and moaned softly when his lips settled on her warm mound and the tip of his tongue slowly tasted her.

He went deeper inside her and explored her folds, and increased her moans with his attention to her hard clit. She ran her fingers through his hair and clenched her toes while the hot tension inside her grew, until she could bear it no longer. 'Take me, my love.' she moaned. 'I want you inside me.'

He kissed her front as he moved up, and she wrapped her legs around his hips as he pressed his slick tip against her folds. 'I'll love you until I can no longer move a muscle.' he said, and she moaned and bit her lip as he slid inside her hot depths.

Their moans and groans mixed as he pumped slowly and grinded against her as much as he could against the soreness in his chest, and she squeezed herself around him.

'I'm coming already.' he groaned. 'It feels so great to finally be inside you.'

She wrapped her legs tighter around him and moaned deeper. 'Yes, come in me.'

He groaned out loud as he filled her pussy and pressed his throbbing dick deep inside her, and she uttered a long moan at the heat spreading inside her and pushing her mind into a long wave of bliss.

They panted as they locked gazes and let their bodies meld into one. He lowered his head and kissed her until their arousal energised them enough again to continue. He ground his hilt against her mound. 'Don't ever leave my side, my love.' he whispered.

She ran her hands along his back. 'Not for as long as I breath, my sweet man.'