Rise of the Eromancer

346  Chapter 346: Clio's... training montage?

"I… I think I can do it! I can lift it! You did it, Rhys! You granted me powers!"

"...No, the ground's just getting soft."

"Oh."

Clio had been currently trying to lift a boulder the size of an entire carriage for about 3 hours now. But alas, the most she had done was dig through the dirt since she had been standing on it and shaving it little by little—her strength, still as feeble as before.

"Maybe… maybe we should try another power?" Clio stammered as she moved away from the builder; wiping the sweat under her chin as she approached Rhys—her breasts, jiggling and slightly exposed due to how thin her gown was, no. They were not just mildly exposed, they truly were.

Due to her sweat, her pink teats were already showing themselves through. And of course, she noticed this too—but it was not the time for any of that. And since Rhys was also not mentioning it and was completely focused on trying to grant her powers, she too, was not mentioning anything at all.

"What… other powers do you have?"

"This."

"W—!!!" Clio could not help but close her eyes as a blast of water splashed toward her—it was cool, and it somewhat smelled sweet but not sticky at all. In fact, it was cool and made her extremely fresh… it reminded her of the small lake where… where she and Rhys first did the deed.

"Wait…" Clio wiped her sweat off with the water, "...Could it be you created that lake?"

"I did," Rhys nodded as he raised his arm, causing a sphere of water to materialize from his hand. He then pointed his finger toward the boulder that Clio was trying to lift—only for the sphere of water to compress and then shoot out of the boulder… completely piercing a hole through it.

"W… It's stronger than an arrow!?" Clio rushed back toward the boulder, moving to the other side only to see the hole completely go through, "You… are you the son of Poseidon!?"

"...No," Rhys sighed while shaking his head, "But we should focus on trying to grant you an ability."

"Maybe… we should just go, Rhys," Clio also sighed, "I do not care if I have abilities—I will not stand on the sidelines while my people fight!"

"You will die in less than an hour," Rhys shook his head, "And it's also obvious from the soldiers of Thebes before that they're targeting you—as soon as they see you, you're dead."

"That…" Clio could really only lower her head as she heard that. She looked at the equipment that Pythia gave her—and she knew that even if they were actually enchanted, it wouldn't change if she didn't actually have the strength to wield them, "...Okay, let's go again."

"No…" Rhys shook his head, "...I think we're going about this the wrong way."

"Hm…?"

Rhys remembered when he learned how to teleport Arachnea and the others next to him—Arachnea didn't really teach him how, she just told him that he should know how to use it instinctively. And he did.

And he also knows that if he wanted to summon any of them now… he actually could, even if they were all the way back in the real world, his world. But of course, he wouldn't do that—the very reason he was here was to get away from them in order to keep them safe.

And so, he needed to approach this sharing ability the same way he did with the… Harem Summon. By instinct.

"Maybe…"

"Hm? What are you—!?" Clio's wet body suddenly froze—but not from the cold, but the sudden warmth that enveloped her body as Rhys suddenly wrapped his arms around her, "What—we…we don't have time for this! I know… I know you want to… and I want to do it too… but…"

"I'm… not doing that," Rhys sighed, "I'm trying to figure out if maybe being this close could help."

"Oh… t… then, please…" Clio took in a small gulp as she rested her head on Rhys's cheek; listening to his heartbeat that seemed so calm, completely different from hers that seemed to want to jump out of her chest and just hug Rhys back. But of course, before that could happen, Clio opted to hug Rhys back instead, "You… really smell nice, Rhys."

"Hm…" Rhys just let out a small breath, causing a warm touch to brush on top of Clio's head, causing her to slightly tuck her head down like a turtle and shiver.

"So… anything yet?" Clio softly whispered as a certain… weight was starting to veil over her; her fingers now gripping between the folds of Rhys's shirt, very slowly caressing his back without knowing it.

"I'll tell you when I feel something happen," Rhys also started moving his hand to adjust them since Clio moved even closer to him; her breasts practically sandwiched between them. And very soon, her feet started moving on their own as they brushed against his leg.

"Rhys…" Clio then slightly leaned away as she felt the warmth reaching through her deepest parts. She then looked Rhys in the eyes, and then toward his lip—and with that as her only warning, she placed her lips upon his. No, not just her lips, but her tongue started moving on their own, twirling around as they seemingly also called for Rhys's tongue to move.

As for Rhys—he finally felt something. This was it—this was how he could share his abilities with the people he loved—through a kiss.

And so, with that information flooding his mind, he just pulled Clio closer to him, causing her to very slightly moan. She raised her leg; her hips, moving on their own as she started rubbing herself on Rhys's thigh.

"!!!" And all of a sudden, and she truly didn't mean to—she came within seconds.

"Hn…!" Clio's entire body trembled as she lost all control. If it wasn't for Rhys holding him close, she would have probably fallen down. The only problem was… Rhys's touch seemed to be making her climax again and again—just what sort of creature was Rhys for him to be capable of doing something like this?

"Stop…" Clio's entire body has become sensitive just from Rhys's breaths alone, "Stop!"

And when the pleasure became too unbearable for her, she pushed Rhys away… hard.

Really hard to the point that Rhys found himself unexpectedly taking several steps back.

"We…" Clio quickly realized this, of course, as she quickly looked Rhys in the eyes. And before even waiting for him to say anything, she quickly looked at the boulder and walked toward it again… and this time, she carefully wrapped her arms around it. And she just knew just from that alone, from the way her fingers latched onto the boulder…

…that she could lift it.

"We… we did it!" Clio then waved the large boulder around, "We—"

Unfortunately for Clio, she was not used to this kind of strength as she accidentally let go of the boulder—which flew toward Rhys.

"Ah, Rhys!"

"It's fine," Rhys, however, was able to catch the boulder in one hand with ease. The truth was, he was slightly nervous at first because he thought that they would actually get a portion of his own power—but it would seem that wasn't the case at all.

Didn't this mean that… this could potentially be his most powerful ability? n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"We should run some tests first with how much you've actually gotten stronger," Rhys then carefully placed the boulder on the ground before gesturing to Clio to come close to him, "Come then…

…show me how strong you've gotten."

***

"They… they are breaching the castle!"

Calydon had no walls—and the closest thing they had to it was the barricades that they quickly set up when they heard that the Thebes actually had no plan in marrying their princess, and was instead just doing it as a guise to get something from them.

Calydon was still somewhat fortunate. After all, one of their servants, the very same one who brought Clio her horse, discovered the army that was lying in wait while on her way back to the city—she quickly reported this to the queen herself, who reported it to the King.

The King quickly ordered his soldiers to kill all the soldiers from Thebes—unfortunately for them, that meant that they did not have that much time to set up their perimeter barricade at all.

And right now, with their citizens hiding behind their homes… the soldiers of Thebes were actually already inside their city. After all, Thebes was a large polis—completely different from Calydon.

It wasn't a war from the beginning, not at all—it was a massacre–and so, right now, some of the soldiers were already in front of the castle gates, breaking it down.

"Barricade it! Cover it with—!!!"

And before the soldiers could even do anything, the doors were forced open—completely removed from its hinges and thrown away.

"C…For Glory!" The soldiers of Calydon rushed forward…

…only to stop because it was Clio who emerged from the other side of the door.