Combining Skills 4/4

Night was falling upon us so we made camp off to the side of the road. Dorrak was still paralysed, not that I cared. Jack and Aaron went out to hunt some small fry again for dinner. It had been a few hours since I started testing the combination of my [Bloodline Aura] with my [Racial] Skills in the [Succubus] tree, and found that most of them aren't really all that useful. At least not for battle or anything.

Most of them are just skills used for sex, like {Dual Cultivation], [Potent Seed] and [Stimulating Touch] along with everything else. I might try out some combinations later such as [Bloodline Aura] and [Aphrodisiac Pheromones] or even just imbuing the element of [Lust] into my Aura.

I might use this later in bed. I licked my lips at the prospect of a new sexual experience.

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An hour later Jack and Aaron came back with several Rabbit-kin, two of which were given to me. And they were alive at that. I think I'll save them for later. I asked someone if they could tie them up for me and they agreed. They asked why but I just said that I wanted to savour them later. They shrugged and tied them up with some rope.

After that I went over to a spot that nobody was using and sat down, I brought out my [Bloodline Aura] to test out if having a higher affinity with an element would make it easier to fuse it with my Aura. I began with [Fire], and imbued my Aura with the power of flames.

My Aura became hotter and hotter, more erratic as it blazed on. My body heated up and I began sweating from every pore in my body, something I'd never really done before. My skin began drying up as the intense heat slowly burned my flesh and turning my sweat into smoke. My breathing became hot and laboured as I tried to control the raging inferno that threatened to incinerate me.

My breathing became heavier the more I tried to control it, as if it was resisting my will. I didn't stop though, and stopped supplying [Fire] while I tried fighting the flames with my Aura, and forcing the flames to bend to my will.

They fought back, as if they had a will of their own, and they slowly took the shape of a demon of some kind. I think it was an Oni of some kind, not sure why though. Either way I kept on using my aura to fight it and its flames.

It fought back in a very primal way, using fists and claws, and I was doing the same, using my new [Aura Slash] to chip away at it slowly. I thought about using [Bloodline Suppression] but decided against it, wanting to achieve this through my own strength.

As I chipped away at it, I noticed that the flames were slowly infusing themselves with my Aura, but also getting more powerful, meaning the Oni was getting more powerful as well. I kept on sending claws at it as it tried to dodge them but failed the longer this went on.

The Oni tried to take a more violent approach and gave up defending itself and just trying to kill me in a blaze of glory type of way, both figuratively and literally. I jumped back as its claws reached me, cutting off a few strands of my hair.

I threw my fist at it, covering it with my now partially flaming Aura and hit him square in the chest, and bursting through the other side.

I felt the flames calm down and slowly fuse with my Aura properly. The form of the Oni disappeared and the raging inferno became as calm as the fire that was being used to cook the stew.

I took a few moments to collect myself and my breathing, before looking around and seeing everything around me burnt to a crisp. I'm glad I decided to do this now instead of earlier.

I steadied my breathing and observed my new flaming Aura. It surrounded me like a pyre. I waved my left hand out and a small portion of the flames whipped out like a flickering flame. I felt my control of fire had improved while in this state.

I called my aura back and the flames died along with them. I was satisfied with how this experience went. And as the fire dissipated completely, I was surprised with a message.

[Ding!]

[You have learned the [Elemental Aura] Skill,]

I made a beaming smile at the sight of this skill as it meant I would be able to control my Elementally infused Aura better. It also meant that I would be able to use the rest of my Elemental affinities with ease in future, just like I could with my fire.

Then I heard my stomach rumbling. Clearly this took more out of me than I had though, so I made my way back to camp and saw that the stew had been started. I made my way over to Cythistia and sat beside her, humming while waiting for the delicious meal.

"You seem very happy, what happened?" I heard her ask.

I explained to her that I had managed to infuse my Elemental affinities into my Aura and gained a skill for it.

"Oh! How wonderful!" She exclaimed. We chatted a bit more until her brother came over and the two started chatting, I didn't mind as I wasn't in a proper stage to keep up with their conversation, so I just sat there and waited for the food to be ready.

A little while later the chefs made us another bear stew which I gulped down once again, draining the pot again. Everyone had a good time and chatted and laughed, while I just sat beside Cythistia while her brother sat on the opposite side, making small talk.

Once everything was done, I went off to go get those two rabbits and bring them into the tent that me and Cythistia had been sharing. I wanted to see what she thought about what I do, what I am.

Night falls and I'm sat in a tent that's larger than most of the rest in the camp, probably due to Cythistia's status as a noble woman, or futa, and also because of her affinity with [Nature] magic. I await her arrival, watching the rabbit-kin look at me with despair on their faces as they know what's going to happen to them.

Eventually she comes in the tent and is surprised by the fact that I haven't eaten the two rabbits yet.

"Oh! I thought you'd've eaten those two by now?" She questioned.

I shook my head and then released my [Bloodline Aura].

"W-What are you doing?" She asked worriedly.

I explained nothing and imbued my [Lust] into my Aura and used it to envelop the tent, inducing a somewhat feral heat into the two rabbit-kin, Cythistia and myself.