The boys gathered in one room, still clearly pondering what to do, while the girls occupied a nearby room, chatting and having fun in their cute pajamas, with some guards stationed a little farther away.
The girls were talking a lot.
"Shhhhhhhh, talk slowlyyyyy," the little princess said, pointing toward the sleeping Fia, who was very tired and couldn't keep up with the rest of them, now sleeping like a log.
"I guess she pushed herself a lot today," Sasha said while patting her head.
Seeing her, tiredness crept in for everyone as they drifted off one by one on the big bed, with Sio and the little princess in the middle, Sasha and Natalia beside them, and at last Fia and Maren. Tyra slept beside the princess's head, and Lurvi cuddled there too, sleeping soundly.
In the boys' room, they were feeling tired as well, but somehow everyone stayed awake for now, unable to calm down—except Gloomy, who was enjoying the huge bed all by himself.
Suddenly, he opened his eyes in shock, sat up, and shouted, "Everrryyy…"
He couldn't complete the sentence before falling asleep again.
Oliver, who had been staring blankly out the window, frowned in confusion, turned—and suddenly his legs gave out beneath him.
The big guy, who had been sitting cross-legged on the floor, tried to rise but collapsed face-first with a dull thud.
Alfie, still midway through his push-ups, lost balance and crumpled beside the bed.
Everyone reacted, about to do something, when their eyes grew heavy and started to close.
Only one thing crossed their minds: Shiitttt…
They all fell into their nightmare, while catching a slight view of purple gas slowly creeping in from beneath the door, filling the room as a dark foot passed by their room.
Only Zack, who had been looking at the ceiling while sitting on the sofa, felt that same dread as before.
He glanced toward the door, gulping his saliva, he panicked realizing where that man is going, trying to get up, but couldn't.
Move, move, moveeee!
His body felt stuck, like in a fearful dream where he couldn't do anything—
"Hmmm… mhhhh… mmmmm…"
A low, relaxed hum echoed through the passageway as a tall, menacing figure appeared—his presence alone heavy enough to choke the air.
He wore a tattered robe riddled with holes, beneath which a black, bandage-like cloth wrapped tightly around his torso.
His dark pants hung in shreds over tall, worn boots.
Purple gas slithered around his body like a living serpent, pulsing with every breath.
Cold blue light burned in his eyes, and veins of the same hue glowed faintly through his skin.
Jagged, antler-like horns crowned his head, while thick violet smoke drifted from his back and shoulders.
With each step, he exhaled waves of dense miasma that spread in all directions, bringing everything living to its knees—like a walking calamity born from poison and despair.
He stopped in front of a door and opened it with his black hand with blue veins running through it.
Shhhiiirrrccchhhhhhhh.
A dreadful sound came as he opened the door and saw the once colorful room now filled with purple, dead gas.
"Hmmmmmmmmmmm, where is the princess now?"
He came in front of the bed and saw several beautiful women sleeping soundly in their cute pajamas, some even giving glimpses of their panties from the slips of their short pants.
"Hmmmm."
He took out a sketch, looked at them, and matched it.
"There you are, my princess."
He stepped up and brought his black, burned-like face—with a blue mark on his forehead—closer to the little princess.
"You are the little one."
He brought his finger closer to her neck, then down to her shirt, gracing her small boobs with his fingers.
Hmmm, still developing body I see. Killing you now is a shame, but I have to do what I have to do. I was told to spare the queen, and kill everyone else, he thought as he moved to check Natalia.
"Hmm, this one is quite good."
He touched her hair and smelled it.
"Now, before killing them, should I enjoy some delicious meat?"
He stood up and came to Fia, who was wearing a long tracksuit tight with a sports bra.
"Hmm, too muscly—not my taste."
He moved to the two princesses.
Don't want to, since I am going to kill them soon, I am a gentleman of course hohoho—moved ahead while praising himself.
He saw Sio and just ignored her.
"Now, these two are quite nice."
He checked Sasha's and Maren's bodies—a juicy and thick woman or slim and curvaceous body.
Which one should I pickkkk, he thought while casually touching their thighs with his leg—I choose youuuu the slim and curvaceous one.
Sasha was wearing dolphin shorts with a small shirt whose buttons were open from below, showing her smooth belly, and shorts that tucked to her crotch.
The man brought his disgusting face to her crotch and smelled it.
"Hmmm, nice smell this woman has."
Then he went up and licked her belly.
Sasha subconsciously trembled, her face seemingly looking like she was seeing a dream of horror.
As he pulled her shorts down, seeing her crotch line, he heard:
"Shrrriiiikkkkkk! The door opened once more,,, Stopp, you bastarddd! Don't you darre touuchh my frriendss!"
Zack came sluggishly, trying hard to maintain his body balance.
"Oooooohhh."
The man's blue eyes grew wider and wider.
"Hahha, exciting"
By saying this, he stood up and sat on Sasha's belly with crazy laughter.
"Hahahahah, interestinggg—verrrryyy intressttinng!"
He slapped his thighs.
"You are the first normal person I met who could still stand despite inhaling my gas. Hahahha, great—it's fun! , It's good that I came early here, leaving those slow bastards behind. Hahah, fun, fun—truly funnnn! But what to doooooo? I came to kill thooosee two," he pointed towards princess sleeping peacefully. "Are those your so called friendsssss? Then I guess I can't really listen to you."
He tilted his head in amusement.
"What about her?"
He pointed at the woman he was sitting on.
Seeing this, Zack's eyes turned murderous; his breathing climbed in rage.
"Ooooo, that's a nice reaction you havvee. Looks like someone close to you."
He smiled.
Then he suddenly brought her dolphin pants down to her knees and made her legs split open.
Her panty was now her only saving grace, hanging on a thread.
Seeing this, Zack wanted to attack right away, but he heard:
"Uuh uh uh, no no no—don't be so dramaticccc. I could kill everyone here in just a few seconds before you can even come here, so don't even think about it."
As he said that smiling, he pulled down her panties to her shorts at knee.
Now her pink, juicy pussy was naked, fully defenseless.
Zack froze, his fists clenching in bloodlust, his lips bleeding from clenching, his eyes bloodshot.
"Heheheh, I like your reaction—must be someone close, have you seen her body like this beforeee," he said, as he spread her pussy with his fingers and trying to show Zack.
Seeing his angry reaction completely satisfied, he used his middle finger and slowly felt her top crotch, then brought it to the opening slowly then—SQUELCH! SQUELCH!—he inserted his finger deep into her pussy and started an in-and-out motion.
Squelch, squelch, squelch—wet sounds started coming.
"Ohhh ohhh thiiss iss the sounddd," as he continuously violated her pussy with his fingers.
"With this I can masturbate 100 times," as he started doing it faster and faster, squ-sque-sq-sque-sque-
"Aaah very nice body indeed," as he licked his lips and saw Zack's expression.
It was a sound that shredded his ears, a torment far beyond anything he had endured in his entire lifetime.
He brought his head down, unable to look at it.
"Hey, hey, see—don't turn away!"
He put another finger inside and increased the speed.
Sasha's body now trembled in fear and pain, as if she were stuck in hell; her face went pale.
He enjoyed every bit of her pussy as he brought it out after some time, full of wet juices.
"Ohh my, look at it—your loved one is quite delicious."
He put his two fingers in his mouth and enjoyed the taste.
"Mmmmmmmmmmmhhhh, tastyyy woman."
He licked his fingers crazily as he lifted his head up, making an expression as if he had already reached the finale.
Seeing this, Zack moved forward, his mind blank, his brain shorting.
"Hey, hey, calm down—let's play a game, alright?" the man said after seeing him move.
Listening to this, Zack stopped, clearly wanting to save everyone.
"You already know you can't beat me, sooooo I will give you a few days' time until my people come. I will stay out of your way and don't kill the princess, letting you prepare. How does that sound?? I know, I know—why, whyyyyyyy… why is this dreadful man giving me a chance? Well, you see, it's boring to kill them just here—it's easy, no fun, game over. You are the first person in a long time that I can play with. And when the time comes to eat this delicious-looking piece…"
He grazed her crotch, flicking her vagina.
"…I will taste her then, after killing those two little chicks."
He got up laughing.
"Hehehe, of course you can struggle all you want—that is the fun of the game for me, right?"
As he left the bed, he came walking toward him and got down, his blue abyss eyes staring at him.
"Give me the best starter meal you can, litttttllllleeeee boyyyyyy. I will wait until then. Goodbye."
Zack's mind was blank, completely fear-stricken.
He couldn't move, couldn't say anything—just see.
Just as the man took the first step out the door, something burst—boommmmm—a dust of white gas mixing with purple.
"Hmmm, what is this boy thinking with such low tactic?"
But just as the dust was about to completely cover his sight, he saw—he saw a big fist coming toward him, just a few lengths away.
"Ohh myyy, what a crafty little brat—giving a chance of one shottt for the first hit. Hehehehehe, interesting, interesting—very interestttiinngggg!"
He laughed in his mind.
"Hahahahah, commmeee at mmee yoouuuu bbasstaarrdd," he declared while laughing—"let's have a game of fucckiiinnggg luckkkkkkkk....."
Zack couldn't hear anything—just him standing in pain, sadness, disappointment.
He suddenly gained strength to walk, started walking, coming to his sister.
Seeing her face pale and her body trembling made him feel anger and sadness.
He got up, pulled her panties up.
He hesitantly touched her crotch, grazed her vagina line, and just kept the pressure on, hoping his hand's texture would make her calm down—which it did.
Sasha started breathing normally; her face calmed down, and she started sleeping soundly.
Zack, seeing this, covered her dress up nicely and came to her face.
He kissed her forehead, saying, "It's okay, it's okay—your brother is here. Everything will be alright. Sleep in peace, my big sister."
He touched her cheek as she, feeling his touch, smiled and coiled around like a baby and slept.
Then he moved toward Natalia and the little princess.
Seeing their troubled faces, he touched both of their foreheads and said, "I am sorry, princesses. I will protect you both—trust me."
He fixed the little princess's clothes and patted her on the head lovingly, then fixed Natalia's hair as he touched her cheeks like he did to his sister and made her calm down, letting her sleep in peace.
He got up from the bed, making sure everyone else was good, then sat on the ground.
Thumppp, thump, thummpppp.
He started hitting his hand on the ground.
"Fuck, fuckk, fuckkkkkkk—so weeakkk, soo weakkkkk—fucckk this shiiit."
He didn't shout, just kept hitting his hand on the ground, his mind roaring in anger.
"Fuuckkk, fuckkk—I will kill you. I will killlll youuuu, baaastttardddd."
He looked ahead with blood in his hand and anger in eyes—nothing, just a room filled with purple gas and white mixture upfront.
He didn't even blink once, kept looking ahead in the darkness, trying to find some light as he sat there, ready to protect his loved ones behind.
What he didn't realize was that, in the midst of all the gases, some were slipping inside of him unnaturally.
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At a certain place -- A millisecond flicker of white light in complete darkness.
Then, very slowly, two glowing eyes very slightly opened – hmmm, I thought I saw something, his little opened eyes glanced at a corner for a while then closed his eyes again.
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In the wild grandpa suddenly turned toward the city and said "I hope my little ones are okay" he thought while feeling something in his heart.
END OF CHAPTER
Hey, I'm planning to post character arts for each character—but it's more for clothing, not really faces, so it might be a tad confusing (AI-generated, remember—I WRITE novels, not draw 'em). Still, fun way to visualize outfits as the chaos unfolds! Can't post on novel sites, so I'll drop 'em THERE (you know, THERE) where we're ahead. The readers get future clothing glimpses + chapter teaser arts (nothing spoilery, just vibes). Pure fun, totally free—check it out if you want! I'll also share on my accounts on the two major social platforms, they are still new so not much to see. For now, enjoy the chapter!