1. Twelve Warriors 

“Don’t come any closer!”

Riena’s squeezed-out voice was sharp and high-pitched.

She let out a shrill scream on the verge of panic. Overwhelmed by extreme fear, her throat tightened up. Even though she wanted to cry out desperately, her voice wouldn’t burst out loudly. The moan that came out riding on her short, panting breath was similar to the weak chirping of a bird.

Her urgently rising and falling breathing was buried in her desperate cry. Her terror-stricken tone echoed around the surroundings.

“We won’t harm you. The rocks are slippery, so come down here.”

A strange man worried about her with a rough way of speaking, but his outstretched hand didn’t look friendly at all. His palm, as large as a museum shield, seemed ready to snatch up Riena who was cornered at any moment.

Another man beside him made a strange smile. A person she was seeing for the first time looked at Riena lecherously while raising the corners of his mouth, and no matter how you looked at it, he was full of lewd energy. His gaze that swept up and down her n*ked female body was clearly filled with lust.

That man stared intently at the space between Riena’s legs where her pubic hair was completely exposed and tilted his head sideways. His expression that couldn’t hide his true intentions contrasted with his earnest words.

“Gift from the gods, please take care of your body. We fear you might get hurt.”

All the men surrounding Riena were n*ked. Between their dark groins, large penises were in an er*ect state. Every single one of them without exception.

“A grown woman with skin that looks more tender than a newborn baby…… How can her color be so white?”

The man who made the last exclamation looked young. He seemed to have just become an adult, with a thin jawline and clear eyes. While everyone was reaching out their hands trying to pull Riena down from the rocks, that man showed a cautious attitude about touching her.

Then, a giant man who had been standing one step back suddenly rushed forward. Riena couldn’t even properly see him moving. Like a bat in a dark cave, a pitch-black shadow flashed by, and then rough sensations wrapped around her entire body.

She was suddenly attacked. The man easily lifted Riena as if handling a toy.

“Kyaa!”

Letting out a piercing scream, she flailed her arms and legs. Instinctively swinging both hands while desperately trying to twist her ankles.

Her small fists cut through the air and struck down on his bear-like shoulders. She punched indiscriminately at the man’s ashen hair, broad shoulders, and nape of his neck. Riena hit him wildly with the strongest force she could muster.

But he didn’t budge at all. Not only did he show no sign of being shocked, but her actions had no effect whatsoever on his firm embrace of her. It was as if he found it bothersome that flying insects were buzzing around him.

“Let me go. I said put me down.”

He raised his calm gaze and glanced at her.

“Stay still. I won’t eat you.”

That man, who seemed to be the leader judging by his build and atmosphere, held Riena for a moment while leaning against a rock in the corner of the hot spring.

Her tightly clenched fists were numb and her wrists ached. It felt like striking hard rock. Dozens of punches clearly had no effect on his beast-like body. Her legs caught between his thick forearms and torso couldn’t move an inch.

Meanwhile, the men around them offered words trying to calm her down. They didn’t spare their praise while admiring her n*ked female body.

The strength gradually drained from Riena’s hands and feet as she had exerted herself making a fuss and breathing heavily. Her resistance to escape was only powerless.

Her weak fists that had been tapping the man’s nape finally became still.

“You thought well. Follow me like this.”

Just then, someone raised their voice to respond.

“That’s right. The ritual isn’t over yet. We must hurry with the rest of the ritual so the gift from the gods doesn’t run away.”

The leader holding Riena left the steep and rough rock edges.

More than ten men followed behind her, who wasn’t wearing a single thread. All of them were n*ked and had their lower parts erected like animals in heat. The flesh pillars that rose up to their navels glistened with water or some other liquid. Some men couldn’t contain their excitement and rubbed their things with their hands.

The lewd atmosphere and excessive language of praise were strangely intertwined.

As if conducting some heretical religious event, dreamy howling echoed throughout the cave. The gazes watching her all seemed to have gone mad too.

Riena was in a state of extreme confusion.

Just ten minutes ago, she had been slowly walking through the ancient artifact room of the museum. She was looking at various stone sculptures and strangely shaped weapons, carefully reading the explanations attached below them.

Then, without any sign, she was suddenly moved to this place. As if chunks of time and space had been torn away, her surroundings suddenly changed without any subtle signs or context.

Looking back, she seemed to have felt dizzy for a moment. She might have fainted. But in the current situation where she was dangling like a large sack for holding grain in the giant man’s arms and being moved, it was difficult to carefully examine what happened then. Rather than how and why she came here, the immediate crisis was the problem.

A cave hot spring she had never seen before in her life.

More than ten young men are trying to do something to her.

Moreover, the dress she had been wearing, along with her hat and shoes, had all disappeared. It seemed as if only her body had been moved to this place.

The cave, which was several times the height of a person, was truly magnificent. Even though she didn’t know how far it was from the exit, the surroundings were warm due to the influence of the hot spring. The humid air felt like it was clinging to her n*ked b*ttocks.

A bonfire was lit near the pond where the hot spring water had pooled, so even in the dim light she could quickly observe the surroundings and the men. The er*ect penises of those crowding around Riena caught her attention, and their muscular bodies, bumpy like beasts, also felt intimidating. All of them had similar builds too.

Ten, eleven, twelve.

Riena barely managed to count the number of men surrounding her. A total of twelve n*ked men flapped their c*cks like fish circling around bait and shone their dreamy eyes. That was all the situation she could grasp while being carried in the leader’s arms.

The man holding her stopped walking when they reached a spot where fallen leaves and grass had been gathered beside the bonfire.

The large hand supporting Riena’s thigh was extremely rough. It felt exactly like an animal’s paw.

The strangely scratchy-feeling hand fondled her.

At first she felt lewd, but then she realized the animalistic touch was gradually moving carefully. It wasn’t an attitude of groping simply to molest her. Was he trying to confirm the texture? He seemed to be concentrating on the condition of her skin.

The leader man frowned his sharp, curved forehead under his disheveled hair.

“Bring something soft. The prepared spot alone won’t do.”

The men who had been greedily scanning Riena’s pale skin with their eyes quickly followed his words. They gathered the scattered pieces of clothing and placed them on top of the pile of grass. When leather, fur, and clumps of hair were placed on top, the leader finally nodded and knelt down to put her down.

She sank deeply into a place as soft as a bed. Animal-smelling fur wrapped around her n*ked body.

The situation surrounded by the dim cave, rough men, and instinctive impulses they couldn’t hide was bizarre. Goosebumps rose on the white n*ked body laid on the fur.

“What…… what are you trying to do.”

She came face to face with the man who had carried her for the first time.

Even in the midst of confusion, her eyes widened greatly. The gaunt outline with almost no flesh had clear curves. His sharply edged nose bridge was his most distinctive feature, and his protruding eye sockets, cheekbones, and jaw were perfect like a sculpture. His eyes under his eyebrows were fierce, and his pupils were a vivid golden color like lighting turned on in dark shadows. The gleam flashing in the darkness was chillingly sharp.

With lips that looked unbelievably soft for being part of such a rough male body, he spat out a thick and fierce voice.

“We’re simply escorting you. You are a gift from the gods.”