Journeys of Cyrus chapter 6
#6 of Journeys of Cyrus
The gang take a break at a tavern and take a well earned rest. Cyrus may rest a bit too much
"So, you have no money at all?" Nuri asked, raising a brow.
"Yeah" Bear said "I made a little money in the last town I was in doing some labor. But I did spend it all on various people and creatures of the night." He explained without a hint of shame. "Dude, there was this kobold trio that was just mind blowing."
Cyrus let out a hearty chuckle "My friend, we will get along great. But we are nearing the last town we will see for some time. The next leg of the journey will be us and the wilds. So we should unwind tonight and head out in the morning. Any ideas, my kobold-loving friend?"
Bear walked through the small village. This settlement was no stranger to traveling adventuring parties, but this group turned a few heads. Each member was already significantly taller than an average human. Bear was the tallest, his thick muscular body covered in brown fur. His eyes were almost completely blocked by overgrown head hair. He wore only a simple loincloth that only blocked his manhood from the front. The two dragons also stood out. Cyrus with his massive jeweled blade stopped to his back, shining gauntlets and greaves, and transparent loincloth almost commanded people to see him. Said loincloth did nothing to hide his dragonic dick and balls, both so massive they almost went to his knees. Nuri was even less modestly dressed, only having on a loincloth similar to her master, with a warhammer at her back. Yet still, the bouncing of her bare breasts and sizable ass drew many eyes.
The town itself served mostly as a rest station for traveling merchants, having a decent supply of entertainment and restocking options for those making their way through. Bear pointed a finger at a tavern. A sign hung in front of it reading "The adjective animal".
"What a generic name." Nuri said, not quite believing that's what they went with.
"Names aside, a bar is a good place for drink and lose people." The bugbear stated happily.
"I'll cover your bill tonight. Consider it a welcoming gift." The black dragon said, clapping his furry friend on the back.
"You could aim lower next time." Bear said with a smile.
The trio settled into the tavern. It was sizable and well occupied. Bear quickly found himself a cute human woman and tried to use all the charm he was blessed with. "Hey girl" He said, resting a massive arm on the table she was at "ever fuck a bugbear?" She leaned back in revulsion "I have a husband." Bear didn't miss a beat "Invite him too, the more the merrier!"
She picked up her glass and splashed the contents in the bugbears face before storming off. Bear licked his lips before turning to a tavern keeper "a glass of what she splashed me with." he asked happily, knowing there are plenty more fish in the sea.
The red dragon was about to dig into a squash she ordered when she felt someone grab hold of her breast. Before the mystery hand could dig their fingers into her she shot her hand behind her and grabbed at their crotch. She was able to determine the hand belonged to a man.
"I know drunks like you see me naked and think I am asking to get groped. So I'll make you an offer. You can grope me as long as i can grope you too." She said, clearly having done this before. she gave the mystery man a sharp squeeze, causing him to jerk his hand on her breast in shock. "You must really like me, you've held on longer than most." She said before giving him a sharp twist. This rewarded her with a yelp in her ear before she felt him let go. She heard him then fall on the ground as she let him go, returning her attention to the fruit she actually cared about.
Cyrus was sitting in front of a roaring chimney fire, surrounded by other travelers. Each was going round, trying to top the others stories of their adventures. Cyrus finished a story about the time he did battle against a murder of griffins. "So I had buried myself in the dirt as best I could to hide from the beasts. I didn't realize that my dick wasnt fully covered and I guess they thought it was a really huge worm. I knew I was in trouble when-"
"Bah!" a disgruntled female voice cried out. "You dragons are all talk. What's a wee lizard like you doing out here anyway?" Cyrus turned his head to see who had interrupted his tale. He couldn't see anyone who spoke out. He did, however, hear what sounded like gentle clapping. Looking towards that he found a female dwarf. She was totally nude, only adorned in elaborate blue body paint, with many complex symbols and patterns on her body. She stood only about four feet high, with bright ginger hair in a large braid hung over her shoulders. What really caught the dragon's attention was the size of her bust, each breast being larger than her head. When the woman briefly turned sideways to move past someone Cyrus felt a twitch in his loins when he saw that her fat round ass was twice the size of her bust. He realized that that was the source of the clapping he heard, her ass moving together with each step she took to the dragon.
Cyrus stumbled with his words at the sight of those beautiful fleshy mounds. He shook his head and tried to compose himself. "I seek to acquire the Thundersoul. My student and Bear the bugbear will also quest to find it."
The dwarf waved a hand dismissively "doomed quest, you'll never make it, cave of the Thundersoul is too dangerous."
Cyrus chuckled, "Are you trying to warn me or just talk down to me?"
Making her way to an empty table she sat down "a little of both I suppose. A behemoth like you would be cut to shreds by the first trap in the cavern."
"And I'm guessing you can help my party get through it?" Cyrus said with a sneer, getting tired of the smaller creature's attitude. He joined the dwarf at her table
"I, Gilmila, seek a glorious death, not playing nursemaid to a gecko. All dragons are clumsy oaths."
Cyrus let out a low growl.
A few people gathered to see the exchange, many hoping for a brawl to break out. Bear and Nuri joined in the gawking. Scratching his chin the bugbear asked. "I'm not complaining but why is the little babe painted up and naked?"
The red dragon thought for a moment. "I believe she is a Destroyer. A dwarf who has committed some great crime or shame and seeks redemption through death while fighting a great evil. They usually go bare chested and painted up. I'm guessing she took it a step further. Good bush on her."
The barbs sent between Cyrus and the dwarf grew more fierce, Nuri actually worrying things may come to blows if things are not calmed down. She approached the two of them. "Now now, this is a respectable establishment, why don't we settle things in a non-violent way?"
The stout female looked up "You've lost me, girly."
"What about a drinking contest to settle things?" The red dragon said.
"You've found me again, girly. Assuming the gecko here can hold his liquor." Gilmila said.
"Anything to shut up her big mouth." Cyrus said, sitting back into his chair.
Nuri waved over a bar maid and she brought over two large mugs of mead. The two quickly chugged them down. The dwarf complained they needed something stronger, to which the dragon nodded in agreement. The night went on, both gulping down stronger and stronger drinks. To Cyrus things become more blurred and dizzying. At many points he struggled to keep his balance sitting in his chair. But he refused to let the dwarf who had insulted dragons get away with what she said. Soon enough his head was spinning and his world went black.
Next thing he knew he was blinded by a shining light. He quickly covered his eyes with his hand, only to shoot his hand to his head when a throbbing pain hit his brain. He looked around, trying to make sense of his surroundings. He noted that a ray of sunlight was peeking through a small gap in the wooded wall of the building he was in. A foul smell assaulted his nose, as hushed sounds of movement near him were enough to make his ears ring. He looked around and found that he was laying down in a barn. Furthermore he looked at his body and found blue paint smudged on him. Lastly he did see that he was sporting morning wood, but this was a common occurrence. Looking around he did see Gilmila already standing and looking fresh. "You're going to sleep all day, gecko? We have to find Thundersoul."
Cyrus blinked, trying to take in what was said. "We?"
"Aye, remember? In the middle of the contest you said you wanted to make things more interesting. I offered to help you on your quest if you won."
"And if I lost?" The black dragon said, still in a stupor.
"You really don't remember anything, do ya? It doesn't matter much now, I passed out first and you won. Now I gotta follow your scaley butt to the hammer."
Rubbing his eye and looking at his erection as well as the smudged paint on his body Cyrus asked "Did we have sex?"
Gilmila looked at him very offended "How can you ask that?" she yelled before stomping a foot down on one of the dragon's testicles. She stormed off, gently clapping as she went.
Cyrus curled up, cradling his aching nut. He was confused. Was she mad that they had sex and he forgot it or that they didnt have sex and he was thinking they did.
The newly formed quartet hit the road. They now walked along the wilderness, the dwarf explaining that she should take the lead, as she could see traps from a mile away. Bear couldn't agree more, albeit for different reasons. For the black dragon every chirp of a bird felt like a nail being driven into his head. "By the gods what did I drink?"
Nuri looked at her master "What didn't you two drink? You kept asking for stronger stuff and eventually you guys were drinking paint stripper."
The short humanoid chuckled "good thing dwarves don't get hung over. The poor beastie looks like his head's about to pop."
A group of maksed humans jumped from behind cover, surrounding the group. There were five of them, each with simple makeshift weapons and very light armour. Each had a cloth covering most of their faces to hide their identities. "Looks like the source was right. We got two of them here." One of the masked men said.
"Oh, have mercy." Cyrus mumbled to himself. "Can you please handle this. I don't think..." He trailed off before leaning against a tree.
"We only want the reptiles" The same masked man continued. "The bugbear and the shorty can leave and you won't be-'' He gave a yelp of pain when a rock collided with his crotch.
Gilmila, having just thrown said rock, yelled "The hell did you just call me?"
Bear gave a smile "yeah we are having a brawl!" he said like an eager child. The bugbear ripped a sizable branch from a tree with ease before charging a human.
"I thought they were supposed to be too drunk to fight back!?" one complained, narrowly dodging a swing from Bear.
The redhead used the still curled up body of the man she threw the rock at as a springboard and leapt into the air, tackling a female bandit to the ground. The human felt all the wind forced from her lungs as all of the stout dwarves mass compressed her chest. With a powerful bare fist Gilmila drove down with all the force she could muster into the groin of the downed opponent. She continued her assault, hitting a couple more times for good measure. Each punch caused the humans' cry of pain to raise an octave. When she finally stopped and got up she knew her opponent would be out of the fight, as well as the gene pool.
Bear swung his branch at a male bandit, forcing him to keep moving back to stay just out of reach. After a missed swing the bandit swung back with a woodsman axe. Bear managed to move his branch in the way of the attack. This caused the axehead to be buried in the wood. The human desperately tried to wrench it free, only for Bear to toss both weapons away. With both combatants disarmed Bear wrapped his arms around the human, almost crushing him in his embrace. Effortlessly the bugbear lifted the human up and forced him back down onto Bear's outstretched knee.
The remaining human had made his way to Cyrus, who was still leaning heavily against a tree. The human approached as he raised a shortsword high above his head. All of a sudden a stone hurled through the air and smashed into the dragon's nut. Cyrus lurched forward and upchucked the contents of his stomach onto the ground, followed by the dwarf yelling "that was meant for the human, sorry!" This caused the human to stop in his tracks, mortified at the display. This gave Nuri an opening to punch him square in the jaw, knocking him out cold. She decided to be kind and push his body away from the pooling vomit. "Anyone left?" She yelled out.
"That looks like all of them. Sorry lot if you ask me." Gilmila responded as she grabbed the hair of the man she threw a rock at, forcing him to face her. "What did you want with my scaly friends?"
With tears still welling in his eyes the man wheezed out. "Some creepy guy in robes posted an open bounty for dragon heads. We didn't get a look at him or ask any questions cus it was big money. We heard two dragons were getting drunk in a tavern here and thought they would be easy marks. He said he was from something called the Omnifire. That's all I know, I swear."
"Damn" she said "I was hoping you'd try and act tough so I would have an excuse to re-introduce you to my rock friend again. Aw well." She said before knocking him out with her free hand. "Call me shorty..."
Nuri scratched her chin. "I don't like the sound of this, especially that name. I'll have to ask my master about it as it sounds familiar."
Cyrus dry heaved. Nuri chuckled "when he feels better that is."