With a grunt I managed to bash the spartoi back and free up some space for myself, allowing me to swing my hammer around and shatter that monster's skull into dozens of pieces as I ended yet another fight before it could really begin.
There were fewer monsters around now that I had gone through the trouble of clearing out the entire cavern, so after the spartoi fell I made my way back towards the group and joined up with them in their efforts to pick everything clean.
Swapping my hammer out for a pickaxe, I relished the burning in my muscles as I swung it repeatedly, relished the way my body hummed from this sort of strenuous activity, and it was slowly growing on me why people enjoyed the gym in my old life.
This rush of adrenaline and the way my muscles were used to their full potential was addicting, and sweating out all of my energy made me feel so good in ways that sex barely managed to reach.
They were very different kinds of enjoyments though, but even still the different highs they gave could still be compared and I had a feeling that I was going to chase this one a little more now that I had gotten a taste of it.
I could understand why people loved pumping iron just as much as they loved pumping their hips against my ass, and now it would seem I had found a few people who were similar enough to some of my previous favorite fuck buddies.
Specifically Heidi, who had no issue at all working beside me, showing off her impressive biceps and putting her strength on display as she casually tore a chunk of ore out of the rest of the rock it was resting in, all in a primitive way of courting me.
It was a mating ritual she was perform, and I was the one who she wanted to ravage badly over these rocks... now that all of the monsters were gone because of me, it was only natural that she pulled me close and started to bounce me on her cock as she continued to work out.
Then there was Hilda getting her ass rammed by Izzy while Aiko held the blonde's head in place so that she could bury her cock deep into her throat, all while Ulya was jerked off by Hilda as the four of them had their fun.
The swift shift from working to having sex was jarring, but I had little time to really care about it as Heidi grunted and came deep into my womb, taking advantage of the potions she had to cum in me dangerously.
Wrapping my arms and legs around her, I let the muscular blonde fuck me how she pleased, kissing her back and clinging to her as I took another three creampies in the middle of this cavern.
When she finished, she slid on out and got herself cleaned off so that she could return to mining, leaving me to watch as her sperm splashed against the rocks below, a reminder that there was a potential chance these sperms weren't going to remain as a tasty treat...
A lot of it was still swimming around inside of me, and Heidi was content to leave me with all of her cum, letting me decide if I needed more or not since the others were still going at it like animals.
Aiko now had Ulya pressed against one of the remaining boulders as she rammed her cock deep into the milf's ass, while Izzy had a little smirk as she and Hilda whispered to one another, the blonde standing in front of her taking her dick up into her pussy.
Seeing Ulya reminded me of the time we had yesterday, and after being filled up so good I wanted to cum a few times myself, so I sought out the milf and joined with Aiko as we teamed up on her, using her body for ourselves.
The relaxation went on for a little while longer, and eventually we had ourselves a rather nice haul of dozens of various chunks of ore, stone and even a handful of gemstones, making this quite the lucrative haul.
"Alright, this is enough for today. Everyone has their stuff? Nothing left behind, nobody has any injuries?"
Heidi seemed to be a rather natural leader as she looked around and got us all ready, and soon enough we were walking back through the long tunnels as we made our way towards the surface, going slow and steady as we made sure to not lose anything and not get surprised by anyone or anything.
The chances of some other adventuring party attacking us was low, but that wasn't zero, and then there were all the monsters that could decide that today was the day they wanted to be crafty and lay an ambush out... so we were careful.
Ironically enough it was this careful, cautious journey that we took that caused us to run into trouble, the reverberating echo of a very chilling roar filling the tunnel that we were in and causing us to promptly discard our haul as we grabbed at our weapons.
It was a deep, throaty roar that flooded our heads and rattled our brains around just a little, but that was enough disorientation to give this monster enough of a head start in the battle, appearing in front of Heidi and ripping her shield away from her.
A towering, scale clad monster stood nearly as tall as the tunnel would allow, its thick arms overflowing with power and riddled with spines that glistened in the dim light, while the reptilian head revealed sharpened fangs and long, curled horns that were ablaze with mana.
I wanted a challenge but not to this scale... but it didn't care about what I wanted, and it would seem that we had encountered another monster that simply did not belong on these floors, meaning this was also something that was out of my wheelhouse entirely...