Chapter 487: Strengthened For A Price
Everything in the room was connected to Maia, including the pool. Her roots naturally covered a magma vent and depending on how thin she made it, she could increase or decrease the temperature of the pool.
So in the event that she wanted to increase the temperature, it was as simple as a thought to her.
The water was boiling as the natural energy and heat from the magma surged in, causing the water to bubble even harder.
Laz’s body, which had been tempered before, now experienced a pain on a scale he never felt before. While his body was racked with the feeling of being boiled alive, he held on and held it in, never once making a sound. Instead, he let the burning energy circulate through the channels of his body, more than just a little grateful that he had taken the time in the past to strengthen and fix those channels with the help of his black flame.
Because of that the strong, thin pathways actually expanded when the magma energy was added into them, causing their overall size to expand out, bit by bit until they were almost five times as large as before. While this might sound like a huge amount, imagine how small a capillary is. It’s basically so small that it will only allow one blood cell to pass at a time. Now imagine if it was expanded out five times? The amount of energy Laz could utilize at one time or even circulate would increase by that same amount.
No matter how hard you suck, a straw will only allow so much fluid through it at one time. Therefore if you want to drink more at one time, you would need a bigger straw to do it. And now that his vessels had expanded five time what they were before while still being as strong as they were before, Laz couldn’t even imagine how much energy he could release now.
’Wouldn’t this make my attacks five times stronger than before without even needing to get stronger first?’ Laz thought about this and couldn’t help being excited.
Of course, he sobered up soon enough as he felt the magma energy getting stronger with every breath he took.
But he didn’t let this stop him. Instead, he used the energy to temper the rest of his body from top to bottom, focusing on his bones and muscles and tendons before going after his skin. At one point he wanted to strengthen his eyes, but a quick voice in his head warned him not to.
Laz had no idea how much time had passed as he stood there, frozen in the boiling water and drawing the energy into himself.
At first, he could hear the muffled screams and grunts of pain from Sylvia and Ivana who were obviously experiencing this pain for themselves. But after a while, even their voices went silent as the only thing Laz focused on was controlling the energy assaulting his body.
It was only once his mind started fading as darkness closed in that Laz felt the energy of the water seem to fizzle out. But even then, Laz didn’t move. Instead, he was focused on the immense pain he was feeling along with the benefits it had brought him.
Laz’s muscles felt like iron, his bones like lead. Even then the ligaments and tendons joining them together were like steel wire. As for his skin... Laz wasn’t sure how much he even had left when he felt a cool hand on his chest.
Then he felt another.
Those two hands alone felt like the best medicine in the world as they traced their way over his body, inch by inch.
What’s more, Laz felt a gentle influx of soothing energy from those hands, coating his skin and bringing him relief.
When the hands finally stopped moving on his back, Laz opened his eyes, only to find a pile of bright red bodies, breathing hard and not doing much else.
Laz turned to see Maia was behind him, having not been bothered at all by the magma filled water.
In contrast to that, Sylvia and Ivana looked like bright red tomatoes as they laid in a head on the side of the pool.
"Uh.. I think they need healing more than I do," Laz said, seeing as how Maia still had her hands on him while ignoring the other two.
"They will be fine on their own. They’ve been through this before and will have to do it again at least once more to complete their tempering. For your information, this is already the fifth time for them to do this," Maia said, before floating around until she was standing in front of Laz.
"Then there is you. Your first time in here and your body has already undergone a complete change. What’s more, you even used the magma to feed your energy channels. Amazing, truely amazing," Maia said with honest surprise.
Laz only now figured out that besides healing him, Maia was also seeing what changes happened in his body.
"I don’t think it’s something that astounding," Laz said, surprised by her being surprised.
"No. It really is. However you did it with your channels before allowed you to naturally feed them now. If I didn’t know better, I would have thought you planned for this to have happened."
"Well, I didn’t. In fact, thanks to my black flame, it’s possible for me to fix and strengthen the energy channels and blood vessels on anyone. I just happened to be my own first test subject," Laz replied, trying to explain himself.
"I see. Perhaps it would be beneficial for them. Of course, they would have to do this another time them to strengthen them to your extent.. if they even could," Maia said after thinking about it. "After all, doing such a thing when a person was still young and growing was one thing. After entering into the void palace stage though, the strength and thickness of the energy channels becomes interwoven within the palace itself so the effect of such a thing wouldn’t be nearly as pronounced." Maia went on to explain to Laz after he asked her why.
’Good point. I need to do this to Jill before she gets stronger then,’ Laz thought to himself and made a mental note.
"Anyway. I must thank you for this gift... Although it was a little painful, I doubt I would ever find a chance on my world to bath in such rich magma energy," Laz said, thanking Maia. While it was true that Earth had volcanos, they didn’t exactly have such rich energy within the magma. Or, at least, not yet. Maybe one day they would, but that would probably no longer appeal to Laz when it happened.
Maia turned around and backed her ass into Laz’s crotch, causing his member to be pressed between her thin yet powerful thighs.
"It’s the least I could do. After all, I almost died due to my own neglect. And yet you so selflessly saved me. All by feeding me five shots of of your man juice," Maia giggled, shaking her ass in what Laz could only describe as an intentional way.
’I know she knows that my little guy between her legs. And yet she’s no backing down in the slightest. Wooohhhh....’
Maia was now rocking her hips back and forth, sliding her sensitive folds against Laz’s rising weapon.
"I uh... you know... I can’t be blamed since you started this..." Laz finally said while trying to back away from Maia.
Unfortunately for him, Maia had no desire to back off and kept his shaft between her legs, moving with him while still rocking.
"What’s the matter?" Maia asked, turning around in place to face Laz as a noticeably warmer spot was now rubbing right at the base of his girth.
"Your just a bit too close right now and not wearing clothing. Any guy would react in the same way," Laz said, not even able to fight her off.
"I was born to be and do one thing, be the guide for my people. From the time I was born until the time I eventually die, they will be under my care and guidance. I was born a mother and will die one. Such is the nature of our people. But still, I am still me. I having feelings and emotions, desires and a will. I do my job happily as any mother would, but I also feel trapped by it... Which is also something mother’s feel," Maia explained, resting her hands on Laz’s shoulders as the swaying of her hips increased in speed.
"But the real problem I feel is loneliness. Perhaps, in the outside world, there are other’s like me. Maybe when I get out there, I will no longer feel so alone. But even if there are others, how do i know I will be accepted? And if I am, how will I find my place among them? There are just so many things on my mind that it’s hard to have even the slightest moment to relax. And as for you... to me... you are just like a passing breeze. You’re here now... but soon you will be gone again. Off doing whatever it is your people do. After all, you are free in the end. Maybe it’s because of that... that I feel like this? Like I want to grab on to something so free and just see what it feels like. Even if it’s only for one night," Maia said, now a bit more serious that before.
Maia’s hand reached under her and lifted Laz’s sword straight up into the air while she planted her feet on Laz’s thighs and raised herself into the air as well.
If one were looking at this from a ways away, it might of appeared as though this young lady was preparing to impale herself with a spear.
To be honest, that wasn’t far from the truth.
"Come then boy. For this is the night you will lie with a goddess for what I’m sure is only the first time. And in return, I will have the pleasure of not waking up alone," Maia said in a soft, yet strong voice before bringing little Laz to the entrance of her womanhood.
Slow and gripping Laz tightly, Maia bent her knees and lowered herself on to the beast waiting just below her.
"Finally," Maia called out, her voice a mixture of pleasure and immense pain as her hips never stopped rocking.
