[Loyalty: 100%]
[Affection: 100%]
[Darcy Leto has been added to the Harem List]
Kain zipped up his pants with a lazy smirk, stretching his arms.
"Well," he muttered, glancing at her.
"Now there's no room for doubt"
Ruby tilted her head as she wiped her face with a rag Kain offered her.
"You look happy," she said as she pulled him into a kiss, warm, deep, the kind that said mine without words.
When she pulled away, her eyes drifted to Darcy, still catching her breath.
"So... she's one of us now?"
Kain nodded.
"Officially"
Ruby grinned and leaned closer, voice low.
"Good. I was getting tired of her acting like she didn't want to climb on top of you every time your back was turned"
Kain chuckled and gave her a playful swat on the rear.
"You're just jealous I gave her the spotlight for once"
"Maybe," she said coyly, stealing another kiss.
"But you'll make it up to me tonight, and this time I want you to use more than just my tongue"
Darcy let out a faint, satisfied groan.
Ruby knelt beside her and smoothed her hair back gently, teasing.
"Welcome to the pack!"
Kain turned his eyes toward the deeper halls of the Rift, his smile gone now.
There were more enemies ahead.
More trials.
"Let's keep going!"
The deeper they ventured into the Rift, the more twisted the terrain became, stone walls bleeding shadow, roots that pulsed like veins, and the air thick with corrupted magic.
But none of it slowed Kain.
His stride was casual, confident, almost bored.
A monstrous creature lunged from the darkness, a six-limbed brute with a skull face and blades for fingers.
Its roar echoed down the corridor.
Kain didn't even flinch.
"Too slow"
With a single movement, he raised his right arm.
His Gauntlet shimmered, a sickening red glow surging through the veins of the metal.
One punch, just one, cracked its skull like glass, reducing the towering creature to a heap of gore.
"Disappointing"
He sighed, stepping over the twitching corpse like it was trash on the road.
Behind him, Ruby wrapped her arms around his waist, nuzzling his back.
"You didn't even let me warm up…"
"Next one's yours," Kain replied without looking, brushing her hand with his thumb.
Darcy caught up beside him, stretching with a sly grin.
"Not if I take its head first"
"Then you'll be competing with me!"
"So be it," she said, stepping closer and slipping her hand into his.
"We'll see who he praises"
Kain just chuckled.
"Why not both?"
The girls exchanged glances, then laughed softly.
Another pack of monsters appeared ahead. Kain didn't even slow down.
His voice was low, laced with amusement.
"Ladies. Show them what you're capable of"
Daggers gleamed.
A saber flashed.
The monsters fell, limbs scattered, torsos sliced, heads rolling in the dust.
Kain barely needed to lift a hand, not with Ruby and Darcy dancing around him like blades in a storm.
Ruby spun, her saber gleaming as it cut through a serpent-like beast's neck, spraying black blood across the stone.
She landed in a crouch, grinning as she flicked her hair back and glanced at Darcy.
"Lucky I didn't set up camp," she teased, wiping her blade.
"After what we did for our Master, I thought he'd give us a break"
"He didn't even pause," Darcy muttered, slicing a hound-beast's throat.
"Didn't even give me time to catch my breath"
"He's just that motivated"
Kain chuckled behind them, still strolling through the battlefield like he was out on a lazy evening walk.
His gauntlets dripped with monster blood.
"You two act like I forced you"
"You didn't," Ruby replied quickly, a hint of pride in her voice.
"Just didn't expect you to recover that fast"
"Perks of being me," Kain shrugged.
"Now keep up. If this is the warm-up, I want to see what the boss looks like"
The girls exchanged a grin, his words were an order, a promise, and a challenge all wrapped in one.
And they lived for it.
4 Hours Later
Carcasses of fallen beasts stretched for miles in every direction, torn apart by fury, steel, and magic.
The ground was littered with claws, bones, and tattered wings, the stench of blood thick in the air.
Kain stood atop a pile of bodies, his cape fluttering with each breath of wind, gauntlets still humming with residual energy.
Ruby leaned against a boulder, cleaning her saber with a torn bit of monster hide, while Darcy crouched by a small fire, her daggers stabbed into the ground.
They had earned their rest.
The Rift's interior grew darker.
The fire crackled, and the girls began to set out their bedrolls, close to Kain's.
Too close for innocence.
Ruby glanced over at him, a playful glint in her eyes.
"That was one hell of a warm-up"
Darcy smirked, a rare softness in her expression as she pulled her cloak tighter.
"We're getting used to your pace... mostly"
Kain chuckled low in his throat, crouching near the fire and resting one arm over his knee.
Ruby stretched, arms rising above her head as she arched her back with a sigh.
"I swear, you're worse than the monsters. At least they die quickly… You just keep going"
Darcy let out a quiet laugh, flicking a knife between her fingers.
"You say that like you don't enjoy every second"
Kain smirked, reclining slightly against a chunk of broken stone.
"You're both still standing. That means I'm going easy"
Ruby shot him a look, lips curled in a grin.
"Liar. You just want us begging"
Darcy added with a sly tone, "He likes seeing us earn our place at his side"
Kain gave her a glance, eyes narrowing just slightly, not out of annoyance, but amusement.
"Earn it? You've barely started"
A brief silence passed between them, thick with tension.
The firelight flickered in their eyes, painting shadows on their skin.
Ruby stepped closer, brushing her fingers along Kain's jaw.
"We'll go as far as you let us"
Darcy moved beside him as well.
"And maybe… even further"
Kain didn't speak right away, he didn't need to.
The look in his eyes said everything.
A low hum of anticipation built in his chest as Ruby's hand trailed along his jawline, her touch sending a shiver down his spine.
With a slow, deliberate movement, Darcy moved to stand beside him, her fingers brushing against Kain's arm.
Breaking the silence, Kain's voice was a low, gravelly murmur, "You think you can handle what I have in mind?"
His words hung in the air, an unspoken challenge that dared them to proceed down this dangerous, exhilarating path.
Ruby's grin widened, her eyes glinting with mischief as she replied, "We wouldn't have it any other way"
Darcy nodded in silent accord, her breasts straining against the confines of her leather tunic as she leaned in, her breath warm against Kain's ear.
His response was a low, husky growl, "Then don't make me wait"
His hand shot out, grasping Ruby's wrist and pulling her flush against his chest.
His other arm snaked around Darcy's waist, roughly yanking her in to press against his body.
The heat emanating from his body seeped into their clothes, igniting a fever pitch of desire that left them breathless.
With a low growl, Kain captured Ruby's lips in a brutal kiss, his tongue forcing its way past her parted lips to plunder the depths of her mouth.
She moaned into the kiss, her own tongue meeting his in a sensual battle for dominance.
Darcy watched the display with hungry eyes, her core clenching at the sight of her friend so thoroughly taken.
As Kain broke the kiss, he turned his gaze to Darcy.
Without a word, he dropped to his knees before her, hands already working to divest her of her pants.
Darcy's hands instinctively rose to grasp his head, getting her fingers to hold tightly on his hair.
As Kain's fingers expertly tore away the last of Darcy's garments, his lips trailed lower, brushing over the sensitive skin of her inner thighs in a tantalizing caress that sent shivers racing up her spine.
Her breath hitched, a soft gasp escaping her lips as his hot breath ghosted over her aching, throbbing pussy.
Kain parted her slick folds with his thumbs.
Ruby watched from her position beside Kain, her desire reaching a fever pitch as she beheld the erotic scene unfolding before her.
The air was heavy with the musky scent of arousal, the thick tension crackling like electricity in the stillness.
Kain's tongue darted out, swirling around Darcy's engorged clit before delving into her dripping pussy.
She cried out, her hands fists in his hair, guiding him deeper as he lapped at her flesh with a voracious appetite.
"I want that," Ruby whispered, reaching down to grip Kain's rigid cock through his pants.
He paused, looking up at her with a hungry gleam in his eyes.
"You want me to eat your pussy too, Ruby?" he growled, releasing Darcy's thighs to stand before her.
Her eyes widening, she nodded eagerly, reaching for the fastenings of her own pants.
Kain stripped her bare in a flurry of aggressive movements, his gaze never leaving hers as he did so.
Ruby's breasts bounced free, pert and perfect, her nipples already hard and straining towards him.
Without another word, he dropped to his knees before her, burying his face between her thighs.
Ruby's back arched, a wanton moan spilling from her lips as Kain's tongue found her clit once more, his fingers plunging into her sopping pussy.
Darcy's eyes rolled back to normal, focusing her gaze back at Kain.
Her own pulsing need intensified with each moan and gasp that filled the air.
She couldn't tear her gaze away from Ruby's reaction.
The supple curves of her body, the flush of arousal painting her porcelain skin, and the desperate writhing of her hips as Kain devoured her.
Desire surged through Darcy's veins, her clit throbbing in time with Ruby's escalating pleasure.
With a low growl, she began to strip, tossing the last shred of clothes aside until she stood before Kain and Ruby in all her naked glory.
Kain paused in his conquest, his gaze raking over Darcy's toned form with a hunger that made her shiver.
Ruby, sensing the shift in attention, lifted her hips to deepen Kain's penetration, her pussy clenching rhythmically around his thrusting fingers.
"Your turn again," Kain rumbled, rising to his feet and backing Darcy against a nearby boulder.
He gripped her hips, lifting her as his thick cock nudged at her dripping entrance.
Darcy gasped, her legs wrapping around his waist as she eagerly welcomed him inside, her inner walls clamping down on his throbbing cock.
Kain groaned as Darcy's tight, slick walls enveloped his aching cock, her inner muscles rippling around him like a velvet vice.
He couldn't tear his gaze from her mesmerizing stomach, the defined abs flexing with each thrust.
"Fucking beautiful," he grunted, his hips pumping harder as he reveled in the sight.
"I can't get enough of seeing this sexy body of yours take my cock"
Darcy's head fell back, her eyes rolling in bliss as she rode him with increasing desperation.
"Yes, fuck, that's it... Take all of me, Kain," she panted, her hands trailing down to cup and squeeze her swinging breasts.
"Your cock feels so good inside me... Stretching me wide open!"
From her position, now on her knees with Kain's cock buried to the hilt in her wet folds, Ruby added her own lewd commentary.
"God, Darcy, you look incredible..."
Darcy's breath caught at Ruby's words, her inner walls spasming around Kain's throbbing cock.
"You're one to talk!"
Darcy managed to gasp out between moans, "Seeing you enjoy the sight of me is giving me weird feelings"
Ruby shot back with a smirk, "You get used to it!"
Kain's deep grunt filled the air as he felt Darcy's pussy clench tighter, her inner muscles rippling along his pulsing length.
"Shit… Darcy, I'm gonna fill you up completely"
Darcy's back arched, a low keening cry escaping her lips as her orgasm built to a crescendo.
"Oh fuck, I'm cumming... Kain, yes, fill me up!"
She wrapped her legs tighter around him, her hips bucking wildly to meet his relentless pace.
With a final, brutal thrust, Kain buried himself to the hilt, his cock pulsing as he unleashed a torrent of hot, thick seed deep inside Darcy's spasming pussy.
She screamed, her climax cresting as Ruby's own orgasm hit, their bodies shaking in tandem as they rode out the waves of intense pleasure.
As the last of his orgasm faded, Kain carefully pulled out of Darcy.
She let out a soft whimper at the sudden emptiness, her body shuddering with lingering aftershocks.
Grinning wickedly, Kain strode over to Ruby, who sat on her knees with her hands still busy pleasuring herself.
"Well, well, well... Look who's eager for more," he chuckled, his eyes roaming over Ruby's flushed features and glistening arousal.
"As much as I want to continue, I'm afraid that's it for tonight"
Ruby's cheeks reddened, but she didn't stop her movements, fingers flying over her clit with increasing urgency.
Kain chuckled as he sat down by the fire, watching the scene unfold before him.
Darcy was satisfied and full.
And Ruby pleasuring herself, asking for more with slight moans.
It was truly a beautiful sight to see.
15 Minutes Later
The fire crackled gently.
Kain sat with his back against a smooth stone, the thick blanket draped loosely around him and the two girls nestled at his sides.
Ruby curled to his left, her head resting against his shoulder, and Darcy on his right, legs lazily tangled with his.
A peaceful silence lingered until Ruby suddenly snorted.
"I still can't believe it," she said, muffling a laugh.
"Finn got flustered the one time I brushed his hand. His hand, Kain!"
Darcy groaned.
"He nearly fell over apologizing like he committed some grave sin"
Kain chuckled low in his throat.
"You're not missing much. The man acts like physical contact will summon the wrath of the heavens"
Ruby smirked, trailing a finger along Kain's bare chest.
"If only he knew what real sin feels like"
Darcy let out a breathy laugh.
"He still thinks kissing is some sacred act that should only happen after marriage. Meanwhile…"
She nudged Kain's side playfully.
Ruby joined in, voice softer now, but with a proud edge.
"Doesn't matter. I'm glad you were our first. And only"
Darcy nodded.
"Same here. No regrets. Not even a little"
Kain pulled them closer, blanket shifting slightly as his voice dropped to a satisfied murmur.
"I'm honored, now get some rest, we need to continue after we wake up"
They didn't argue.
There was no need.
The fire popped once more, soft, distant.
And the Rift waited as they got their rest.
An Hour Later
Ruby walked a few paces ahead, hips swaying with purpose, her saber drawn and gleaming under the eerie Rift light.
"Let's wrap this up," she called over her shoulder.
"I need a real shower. Not the blood of monsters kind"
Kain smirked, watching her lead the way through the war-torn stone path.
Around them, the silence had grown thick, no more wandering beasts, just a creeping stillness that hinted the Rift Boss wasn't far.
He slowed his pace, eyes flicking to Darcy at his side.
"So," he said casually, "how long were you running the assassin gig before this?"
Darcy froze mid-step.
"...What?"
Kain didn't look at her.
He kept walking, voice smooth.
"Don't play dumb. Your movements, the way you check your surroundings, even your choice of daggers"
"It's not something an ordinary academy student picks up in a few weeks"
She clenched her fists, her breath shaky.
"...How long have you known?"
"Since you tried killing me that night," Kain replied, finally glancing her way with a smirk.
"Didn't exactly scream civilian"
His tone shifted, lower, serious.
"Were you hired to watch me? Or one of the others?"
Darcy's lips trembled, but her Loyalty meter to Kain already read 100%.
She couldn't lie.
"No," she said quietly.
"No one hired me. Not directly. I... I joined the academy late because Finn found me living in an alley"
"He helped me, pulled some strings to get me in"
Her voice was tight, like it hurt to speak.
"At the time, I thought I loved him. I just wanted to be near him. That's why I worked hard to get into his class"
Kain gave a slow nod, watching her expression carefully.
"So everything before me was for Finn"
Darcy met his eyes, guilt flickering in her gaze.
"Yes... But not anymore."
Kain didn't speak.
He just reached out, brushing a lock of hair from her cheek.
Up ahead, Ruby stopped.
Her blade dropped slightly as the Rift trembled, and a massive, obsidian gate appeared in the distance, leaking smoke and warped magical energy.
"Found it," she said, gripping her saber tighter.
"The Rift Boss"
Kain cracked his neck.
"Stay close. This one won't be a joke"
The moment they stepped into the gate, the oppressive weight of divine hatred slammed into them.
A ruined cathedral stretched upward, broken stained glass windows cast warped colors on a shattered altar.
At its center, wings outstretched and eyes glowing with ancient scorn, stood the Rift Boss.
A Fallen Angel.
Twisted, dark-feathered wings cracked with red lightning.
Its armor, blackened silver, bore the sigil of a forgotten god.
A crown of thorns hovered above its head.
Its name etched itself into the system's UI in molten letters:
[SERAPHIM EXECUTOR: VRAEL]
[ Class: SSS-Rank / Judicator of Fallen Light ]
Vrael's voice echoed in every direction, cold and yet warm at the same time.
"You bear the scent of sin, mortal. Lay down your arms. I shall cleanse you"
Kain snorted.
"Nah. I'll pass on the exorcism"
Behind him, Ruby tensed, and Darcy gripped her daggers.
Kain raised a hand.
"Stay back"
A black sigil pulsed beneath their feet, forming a barrier that locked them in a shield of dark flame and shimmering shadowlight.
Ruby blinked.
"Wait—what are you—?!"
Kain turned his back to them, facing the approaching godspawn.
"Darcy," he said smoothly, "watch closely"
His gauntlets materialized, gleaming with cracks of crimson energy pulsing like veins.
His cape billowed, laced with bloodmist.
He rolled his shoulders.
"I'm about to show you what Finn could never do"
Vrael spread his wings and raised a blade formed from fallen starlight.
"Then perish"
They clashed.
The ground shattered beneath Kain's first punch, launching a shockwave that cracked the cathedral walls.
Vrael met him mid-air, wings slicing down like blades.
Kain caught one and twisted, flipping the angel through a stone pillar.
He hit the ground running, bloodlust rising.
Each blow from his Eclipse Gauntlets bent reality, and each movement of his cape stitched space around him to shield him from divine magic.
Vrael's voice was thunder.
"You wield cursed relics of the End-Bearer"
Kain grinned, eyes glowing red.
"I have no idea what the fuck that is"
The fight lit the sky inside the Rift, and the girls could only watch as Kain battled like a devil against a fallen angel.
Vrael's wings tore through the air, throwing divine spears in a wide arc, each one carrying enough force to level a mountain.
Kain sidestepped casually, his cape reacting on instinct, wrapping around his arm and absorbing the first barrage like mist parting for a blade.
"Hmph," he muttered, cracking his neck as one divine spear disintegrated on his shoulder.
"That supposed to scare me?"
Vrael's face twisted in divine wrath.
"You are not meant to exist, heretic. Your blood echoes of damnation, your soul… stained"
"I get that a lot," Kain smirked, then dashed forward, the ground cratering beneath his feet.
His first punch connected with Vrael's plated chest, and the resulting shockwave shattered every stained-glass window in the cathedral.
Vrael was launched across the sky, wings flailing, crashing into the far wall with a divine screech.
Darcy gasped inside the barrier.
"He… hit an SSS-rank like that?"
Ruby just grinned.
"Mmm… I love when he gets like this"
Vrael emerged from the rubble, bleeding golden ichor.
His sword lit up again, three halos spun behind him like judgment wheels.
"DEUS: FINAL PRONOUNCEMENT!"
Thousands of holy runes exploded into the air, forming a rain of divine law, each word a curse meant to erase sinners from existence.
Kain sighed.
"You talk too much"
He vanished.
The next moment, he was in the air behind Vrael, fist drawn back, his cape wrapping around his body like a dark star collapsing.
"GET ERASED, YOU BACKWARDS CHOIR BOY!"
His gauntlet struck with a sonic boom that bent the cathedral's ceiling, Vrael's halos shattered instantly, and the angel was driven face-first into the marble below, forming a crater that swallowed the altar.
Divine light sparked and died.
Vrael tried to rise, wings twitching.
Kain landed slowly, dust rising around his feet.
"You good?" he asked, rolling his wrist.
"Need a break?"
Vrael coughed gold blood.
"You… are not… mortal"
"I guess not," Kain said with a smile.
"But you're not the first thing that's tried to lecture me mid-fight"
He stomped once.
The crater glowed red.
[ECLIPSE MODE: BLOOD OVERDRIVE ACTIVATED]
Kain's gauntlets howled as they siphoned raw energy from the angel's broken form.
His aura flared, red lightning cracking in the air.
Ruby's eyes shimmered.
"He's eating divine essence…?"
Darcy whispered, "He's not even serious yet…"
Vrael rose one final time, body broken, wings trembling.
He raised his blade—
Kain was already behind him.
"Time's up"
THOOM!
One swing.
One clean, brutal punch across the side of the angel's head.
Vrael's body twisted midair, wings severed from his back in a shockwave that blew out the cathedral's final walls.
His crown cracked, and the angel slammed into the far end of the Rift chamber, embedding into the stone like a doll.
Kain exhaled.
The system pinged.
[SSS-RANK BOSS DEFEATED: SERAPHIM VRAEL / LOOT AVAILABLE]
Kain dusted off his cape.
"That was fun," he muttered, walking toward the loot drop.
"Hope the next one's not as dramatic"
From the barrier, Ruby clapped slowly.
"Now that was hot"
Darcy nodded, flushed.
The barrier shimmered once, then vanished in threads of dark red light.
Darcy and Ruby were already sprinting toward him.
"Kain!"
Ruby leapt into his arms, wrapping around him like a vine.
She kissed him deeply, eyes still shining with awe.
"You were so cool!"
Darcy was only a step behind, throwing her arms around his waist before planting a kiss on his neck.
"I didn't know you could hit someone that hard"
Kain chuckled as Ruby clung to him and Darcy nuzzled his side, her breath still shaky from the rush of battle.
"You two are easy to impress," he muttered, smirking.
"No," Darcy said, a little too quickly, eyes wide.
"That wasn't normal. That was... I mean, you just mocked the gods when you broke his wings"
Ruby tugged on his collar playfully.
"I nearly fell for you again just watching"
Kain laughed, deep and full, and it echoed through the ruined Rift chamber like a victory bell.
"You two are gonna make me blush"
DING!
The system flared to life beside them, a glowing chest rising from the ground in a slow, humming pulse of red and gold light.
[REWARD CHEST: S-RANK + SSS-RANK DROP CONFIRMED]
The chest cracked open.
Darcy stepped forward first.
From within, a set of wicked twin daggers floated into her hands, obsidian edges laced with violet veins of cursed mana.
[NEW ACQUISITION: "Velvet Fang" – Twin S-Rank Daggers]
"Whoa…" she whispered.
"They're light, but I can feel... something alive in them"
Ruby followed next, reaching in and drawing out a saber with a crimson gemstone embedded in the hilt.
Its blade shimmered with ethereal heat.
[NEW ACQUISITION: "Blazing Thorn" – S-Rank Saber]
"Oh yeah," she said with a grin.
"This feels right"
And then the final glow surged, darker, heavier.
A jet-black chest plate hovered out, swirling with faint red runes.
As it locked into place across Kain's chest, it connected instantly with his Blood Demon Cape, fusing with seamless power.
[NEW ACQUISITION: "Heart of the Abyss" – SSS-Rank Chest Plate]
Kain flexed his shoulders.
"Not bad"
Ruby looked him up and down, practically drooling.
"You're starting to look like a final boss, you know that?"
Darcy stepped closer, eyes wide.
"Is that demonic armor? It's... beautiful"
Kain grinned.
"It's me-proof," he said simply.
The air around him crackled, the cape flaring behind as if responding to their admiration.
"Well," Kain stretched his arms lazily, looking at the ruined cathedral.
"That wraps it up. Are you girls ready to head out?"
Ruby twirled her saber.
"Yeah. But I still want that shower when we get back to the academy"
Darcy nodded, brushing her new daggers together.
"And maybe something else…"
Kain smirked.
"We'll see who's still standing after that"
And with that, the trio walked through the exit portal.