My SSS-Rank Grim Reaper System-Chapter 104: VELTHARR (2) +18

Raven stopped short in the narrow hallway of the inn, turning to Alex with that dangerous, seductive smile that always managed to disarm him. The dim light from the oil lamps made the red strands in her jet-black hair shine. Her green eyes, intense and bright because of Fragment 3, looked at him with a hunger she didn’t bother to hide.

Without another word, she pushed him gently against the wooden wall. She was taller than him, and her presence was imposing. With a fluid motion, she took Alex’s hand and guided it directly to one of her heavy, E-cup breasts, which felt soft and firm under the thin fabric of her blouse. Her skin was white as porcelain, contrasting with his darker, more calloused hand.

"Raven..." Alex murmured, but his voice already sounded hoarse.

"Shh," she whispered against his lips. "The girls will still be a while. And I’ve been thinking about this since we left the Ishi hot springs."

She kissed him hard, thrusting her tongue in without asking permission. Alex responded instantly, his hands gripping Raven’s narrow waist as she pressed her body completely against his. He felt his erection grow quickly against her stomach.

Raven lowered her hand and expertly stroked the bulge beneath Alex’s pants.

"Mmm... you’re already hard for me," she purred against his mouth.

She knelt with feline grace, quickly unbuckling Alex’s pants. She freed his erect member, thick and throbbing, the tip already glistening with anticipation. Her green eyes looked up at him from below as she wrapped one pale hand around the base.

"So young and so eager..." she whispered before slowly licking from the base to the tip, tracing the veins with her tongue.

Alex let out a low moan as Raven took him into her hot, wet mouth. She began to suck with deep, rhythmic movements, her head moving back and forth while her tongue swirled around the head. One of her hands gently massaged his balls, the other gripping Alex’s hip to control him.

"Fuck... Raven," he growled, tangling his fingers in her black hair with red streaks.

She pulled him out of her mouth with a wet sound and smiled.

"I want you to return the favor."

She stood up, quickly pulled off her pants and underwear, revealing her hairless, already moist sex. She pushed Alex toward the nearby bed and climbed on top of him in a 69 position. Her wet pussy was right over Alex’s mouth, while she took his cock back between her lips.

Alex needed no further invitation. He grabbed Raven’s firm, pale ass cheeks with both hands and buried his tongue in her, licking her outer lips and sucking her swollen clit. Raven moaned around his member, vibrating against him as she sucked him more intensely. Her hips moved slightly, rubbing against Alex’s face.

Suddenly, Raven sat up, panting.

"I want you to fuck me now."

She got on all fours on the bed, arching her back and offering him her perfect ass. Alex positioned himself behind her and delivered a hard spank that echoed in the room and left a pink mark on her porcelain-white skin.

"Ah... yes," she moaned, pushing back.

Alex penetrated her with one deep thrust in doggy style. Raven let out a long, guttural moan as she felt him fill her completely. He began to thrust hard, gripping her hips, the sound of skin slapping against skin filling the space. He spanked her again, then again, alternating between her cheeks as he fucked her faster.

"Harder..." Raven demanded, her voice rough with pleasure.

Alex suddenly turned her over, putting her on her back in the missionary position. He lifted her legs onto his shoulders and penetrated her again, this time looking directly into her green eyes. Her large breasts bounced with each deep thrust. Raven dug her nails into Alex’s back, leaving red marks.

Then Raven took control. She pushed him to sit on the edge of the bed and climbed on top of him, facing him. She began to bounce on his cock with expert movements, her heavy breasts rising and falling hypnotically in front of Alex’s face. He grabbed them, sucking one pink nipple while she moaned and rode him faster.

"God... Raven..." Alex panted.

She grinned mischievously and got off him.

"Now on our sides."

Raven lay on her side. Alex positioned himself behind her, lifted one of her long legs and held it in the air while he penetrated her again. The position allowed for deep, precise thrusts. Raven moaned with each stroke, her free hand rubbing her clit.

Finally, they stood up. Alex carried her in his arms; Raven wrapped her legs around his waist. Leaning against the wall, he fucked her standing up, holding her tightly as he thrust in and out with powerful strokes. Raven kissed him desperately, biting his lower lip while her breasts pressed against Alex’s torso.

"I’m close..." she moaned.

Alex thrust into her faster, feeling his own orgasm approaching. With one last deep push, they both climaxed almost simultaneously. Raven clenched around him, screaming his name against his neck as waves of pleasure coursed through her. Alex came hard inside her, filling her with hot spurts.

They stayed like that for a few seconds, breathing heavily, sweaty bodies stuck together.

Raven kissed his neck softly and whispered against his skin: "Don’t thank me yet. I still don’t know if the technique works in a real field environment."

A brief pause.

"But if it works, I’ll let you know."

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[Eastern District — Same Afternoon]

The herbalist of Veltharr was seventy years old and had the kind of precision in her movements that comes from doing the same job for decades.

Emily had found her by following the smell of specific plants she recognized from the sessions with Ishi... the same botanical family but high-mountain varieties Emily had never seen before.

They had been there for two hours.

Luna had appeared from the spiritual plane as soon as Emily entered the workshop. The herbalist saw her and made no comment, which Emily took as a sign that she had seen stranger things.

The herbalist was showing her things.

Emily took notes and asked questions.

About the plants. About specific properties of the high-mountain varieties. About the uses that Guild texts didn’t cover.

The herbalist answered everything.

Luna had found a corner with a group of blue-stemmed plants and was sniffing them with complete concentration.

"The unicorn has good taste," said the herbalist without looking. "Those are the hardest to cultivate."

"Forgive Luna," said Emily. "She won’t damage them."

"I don’t care if she damages them. I plant them because I like them, not to guard them." The herbalist kept working. "Why do you need to know about tissue regeneration in extreme cold conditions?"

Emily hesitated.

"I’m going into a place where the environment might affect standard healing magic."

"The Catacombs?"

Emily looked at her.

The herbalist didn’t look up from what she was preparing.

"Three groups in the last six months. They all bought the same things before going in." A pause. "One came back. The other two didn’t."

"The one who came back... did he talk about what he found inside?"

"He talked." The herbalist put something into a jar. "Not coherently. But he talked." She closed the jar. "What he said was that light healing magic worked normally down to the third level. From the fourth level onward, the environmental interference weakened it."

She looked directly at Emily for the first time.

"The plants from this region have properties that complement magical healing when magic alone isn’t enough. They don’t replace it. They support it."

Emily looked at her notebook.

"Can you show me which ones?"

The herbalist pulled up another chair.

"That’s why you’ve been here for two hours."

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[Inn — The Split Rock — 6:00 PM]

The team gathered for dinner.

Long table, hot food from the inn’s kitchen, the first in eighteen days that nobody had prepared themselves.

The owner put out seven plates without anyone telling her the group’s number.

The seventh was for Grim.

Grim looked at the plate.

He had it in front of him.

"Protocol correct."

The owner nodded and left.

Emily put on the table the jar the herbalist had given her — an extract of three mountain plants with written instructions on a separate piece of paper.

Maya put out four improved crystal lanterns and the enchanted grip ropes.

Raven put out nothing but had the expression of someone who knows something useful and is waiting for the right moment to mention it.

Kira had her notebook open.

"Tomorrow morning I have confirmation for a contact with information on the fifth level," she said. "The name I was given... Heren... lives in the southern district. According to my sources, he entered the fifth level eight years ago and came out. He’s the only record I found."

"Current condition?" asked Maya.

"Alive. Mostly functional." Kira closed her notebook. "The qualifier is what’s concerning."

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[After dinner — Outside the inn]

The night in Veltharr was noisier than the camp.

Market still active, taverns open, the sound of a city that the team hadn’t heard in three weeks.

Alex had gone for a walk with no specific destination.

Grim on his shoulder.

Raven caught up with him halfway down the block.

She didn’t say anything. Just walked beside him.

Two blocks in silence.

"What are you thinking about?" Raven asked.

"A lot of things."

"Which one first?"

Alex looked at the night market. The stalls with crystal light. People buying, haggling, moving around.

"That tomorrow I’m meeting someone who went into the fifth level and came out. And that Kira’s qualifier worries me more than I want to admit."

"And the second thing?"

Alex looked at her.

Raven looked back at him with that expression she had of knowing exactly where a conversation was going before it got there.

"That I’m okay," Alex said. "In a way I didn’t expect to be two days away from the Catacombs."

"Okay how?"

"Okay like... not calculating every step. Not alone." A pause. "A year ago I wouldn’t have believed this was possible."

Raven didn’t answer immediately.

They kept walking.

"Do you remember what I told you at the hot springs?" Raven said.

"A lot of things."

"The specific thing."

Alex thought.

"That you ask me for honesty."

"Yeah." Raven put her hands in her pockets. "Are you being honest with me right now?" 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

"Yes."

"Good." A pause. "So am I."

They turned the next corner.

Grim from the shoulder, in a low voice: "Pretty city."

Raven looked at him.

"You compliment cities now?"

"I’m practicing."

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