Chapter 6 Emergence Of The Docile Scorpion

Day 3 continues…

[Gallop! Gallop!] The further I rode my steed into the depths of the Snakemen territory, a sly night silently snuck up onto me. Moreover, Nocturnal creatures began their surreptitious exposer. Among them were noisy crickets, I even spotted a moist toad hopping by on the terrain below me. The most beautiful sight of nature that I witnessed on my journey thus far was the array of glowing night bugs which illuminated the flourishing flora along my path. Seeing this, brought back fond memories of my Aigoo tribe.

As I relaxed on my steed and enjoyed the picturesque scenery, I was almost lost in thought. To appreciate such wide expanse of beauty required the observation of a turtle coupled with the mobility of a butterfly. I was drawn so deeply within the mesmerizing ambience, I almost forgot that a snow-white beauty dressed in provocative crimson apparel was accompanying me on my journey. She was the sole reason why I was making this urgent trip to the village of the Snakemen instead of my home. Due to the urgency, I sped up my steed again. [Gallop! Gallop!]

“Are we almost there yet, brave warrior?” The pale woman pressed her soft bosom against my broad back, moreover, she took the liberty of resting her left arm onto my left thigh while whispering closely in my ear. This was blatant sexual harassment, I should have filed a lawsuit against her had it been invented in my time.

“Don’t worry, we’re almost at the village of the Snakemen.” I responded to the lascivious woman’s enquiry very coldly while removing her lewd hand that was slowly creeping to my loins. My unpredictable actions seemed to have generated some irate tendencies within this pale woman. Because as soon as I stopped her hand from fondling my warrior’s loins, I heard her clicked her tongue in annoyance.

“What’s wrong with you, woman? Has the venom already contuse the other areas of your leg? Let me take a look.” I slowed down my steed. When I bent my neck to check on the woman’s injured leg, she hurriedly covered it up with the tail of her dress. This was unexpected, I thought to myself. For a lascivious woman who was trying so many advances to rouse my lust, she sure did cover up her leg very quickly.

Did she not want me to see how badly her leg had bruised? The moment this thought crossed my mind, flashes of memories flowed in.

“Just now when I took a cursory glance at the woman’s thigh, at the very spot where I had sucked her earlier, I did not recall seeing the serpent’ bite mark.” Not only was this suspicious, but her leg also showed no signs of ever being affected by the venom. There was no bruise, no bite mark, no swelling, nothing.

Come to think of it, this woman’s breathing was quite steady for a person infected with serpent’s venom. Shouldn’t her breathing be hampered even by a little bit? All these suspicious factors kept creeping into my mind which compelled me to finally validate my doubts.

“Halt, Tagon!” [Neigh! Neigh!] I slowed my steed intending to confirm whether or not I was being affected by this snow-white woman’s Lure of Deception. At that time, I recalled the tale spoken by my elders. “This woman has a scorpion amulet dangling from her neck. Could she be a descendant from that cursed tribe of sorcerers? If so, what if I have unknowingly fell prey to her pale magic? Was that vile serpent that crawled out of the carriage even real?”

As I continued asking myself these questions, I realized that many things were amiss. It wasn’t the first time I’ve ingested serpent’s venom. Usually, my mouth would go numb for a time after sucking out the venom. After I did the same procedure with this woman’s leg, no numbness I felt in my mouth whatsoever. Did this mean that I was really being affected by the pale woman’s Lure of Deception?

“What happened, brave warrior? Why did we stop so suddenly? I thought you said we have ways to go before reaching the village of the Snakemen?”

“There is something that I need to confirm before I continue to the village of the Snakemen. Your left leg, I insist that you show it to m…”

[Boom!] Before my enquiry could be completed, I felt a sudden sharpness pricked my right flank and shattered a cage of my rib. “AHHH!” I hollered in response which startled the nocturnal creatures of the night. My outburst didn’t last long either due to the truculent arm that covered my mouth abruptly. While restricting my mouth, the duplicitous woman forced her shiv deeper into my flesh then plucked out a part of my rib.

The pain I endured was excruciating, not so much the physical pain but the emotional one as a badass warrior. I was entrapped in a series of bewilderment. It turned out this damn woman had subjugated me with her Lure of Deception. My warrior’s pride was crippled. How could a tiny pale woman possess such unyielding strength? She defied the muscle laws of egalitarianism amongst women. What a snow-white beast!

While I was struggling to break free from this woman’s entrapment, I felt her moist tongue perused my face, moreover, she spoke into my ear using lewd tone. “You forced me to resort to this barbaric method my, brave warrior. If you had succumbed to my Lure of Deception without much resistance then I would have allowed you to experience the seismic pleasures of my flesh before I take your heroic life.”

[Whoosh!] Finish pouring her treacherous words into my ear, the duplicitous woman stabbed me in the neck with my own damn rib which she had ripped out of my side earlier. Furthermore, she grabbed my locks and tossed me off my steed. The strength it took to accomplish this exploit was of 3-men!

What pale sorcery had this woman dabbled into to gain such might? She was by far the bulkiest woman I’ve ever encountered in terms of strength. [Neighs! Neighs!] Tagon tried shaken off the duplicitous woman from his posterior as soon as he witnessed how badly she was treating me.

“Even this horse lacks discipline? Watch how I make you submit to me.” I heard the woman whispered a few incomprehensible words. Right after she issued a peculiar chant, my steed grew steady and faint. No longer was Tagon trying to force the woman from his back, instead, he was still like a butterfly when in morphing. Seeing this prompted an outburst from my chapped lips. I ignored the blazing pain in my neck and hollered:

“You wicked woman! What have you done to my steed?”

“Oh, relax, brave warrior.” The pale woman waved my worries away like a fart in the wind. “Your horse is fine or should I say my horse, since it is now under my dominion. Good horsey, good horsey.” [Tap! Tap!]

I perceived the cruel woman patting the side of my steed as she dismounted him. I became furious knowing how she had transformed my unrestrained Tagon into her indentured mount. [Thud! Thud!] I started struggling to my feet, preparing myself to wreak vengeance upon this pale lady. Unexpectedly, I found myself being restricted. “Was this another Lure of Intimidation?” No, it was not possible. No Lure of Intimidation was more powerful than the hide donned on my back.

What restricted me from rising to my feet was surprisingly a swarm of virulent serpents! They crept out of thin space I tell you and began slithering their twisting bodies around my bulky arms and around my juiced-up legs. The pale lady seemed to be manipulating them somehow because when I glared at her duplicitous countenance, I identified a flourishing smirk which boasted medieval arrogance.

“You witch! I take it that serpent who crept out of the carriage’s underbelly earlier was also your doing?” The pale lady spared me her glance of disdain then chortled.

“Fu-hu-hu. I understand your bewilderment, brave warrior. Men of your calibre can only be brought to their knees by a deceptive woman of my class. Had I approached you head-on, your warrior’s instincts would have no doubt detected my hostility. I thought that you would have eventually given into your lust which would have allowed me to reap your nectar a lot easier. That was the singular reason why I followed you all the way out here into this dump while trying to get you to ravish me. Who would have thought that I’d encounter a man who stayed his sexual urges while in contact with my irresistible presence? You’re a man of great calibre, I’ll acknowledge that. However, tonight marks the end of your legend, brave warrior. Fu-hu-hu-hu.”