(Edited and Major additions, including leading hobu-Mi.)
It didn't take long for Mi to become a precision magic archer and to progress towards using homing magic with her arrows. Of course, that all came with many more head pats and experimenting, much to hobu-Mi's discontent.
Since [God Hand] was not an exclusive head pat skill, I asked Mi to help me test some of its other uses. Considering our current relationship, a massage was the only other viable option at the moment.
I laid out my haori on the ground since it came with an auto-clean function, and Mi cautiously laid on top of it, lying face down.
I won't say that I had zero ulterior motives, but considering that this was a special massage meant to expand her magical pathways and purify her mana reserves, enjoying the process shouldn't be too much to ask for.
With hobu-Mi lying still clothed on the ground, I straddled her thighs, startling the inexperienced hobgoblin. She started. Turn back to question me, but I leaned down and blew in her ear. "Close your eyes, and relax. Feel my energy as it flows through your body..."
I started massaging her, slowly starting with her neck, then down to the muscles just below above her slightly curvy ass that was being pressed against me.
Under the guidance of the [God Hands] technique, I repeatedly pleasured and relaxed hobu-Mi's body, leaving her without complaint or at least without the ability to complain.
My hands were covered in a slick coating of my pure mana as described in the technique, and they cleared any dead cells and scar tissue from her body along with purifying any contaminants and toxins from her body.
Unlike wuxia novels where they are squeezed out of one's body, leaving black filth behind, [God Hands] directly eliminates them, leaving no dirt or stenches behind.
As I slowly worked my way back up her body, I enjoyed the her docile mewling as I targeted the weak spots I had found. More than once, I had felt hobu-Mi quiver beneath me as the potent smell of her pheromones raised a stirring beneath my clothes. With how thin my robes were, I could distinctly feel hobu-Mi's well-toned ass cushioning my cock as it pressed its shape into her backside while I pushed into her shoulders.
As I reached the top and completed a single full circulation of my mana through her core, I whispered into her ear again. "You're the first person I've ever used this technique on, so why don't you tell me how it feels?"
"Mmh, it feels... sho goood. Keep... filling me up with your ma-Ahhh! I-is th-that part of the massa-Ahhn!" While she was talking, I started caressing her pointy ears that also contained some mana circuits.
Her ears, like they were for the elves I was familiar with in my world, were a major erogenous zone. The moment I fondled them and injected my mana, hobu-Mi's entire body shook, and she had trouble answering me. The grinding of my hips against her backside probably didn't make it any easier either.
Having finished her back, though, it was time to work on her front, and I think Mi was getting a bit too heated. Her breaths were slightly steamy, though after purifying her, all I could smell were the enticing pheromones her monster instincts released.
It was a monster instinct I had yet to experience before now, but regardless of our intentions, our scents had been thoroughly marked on one another. Despite the bad blood between us, we had formed a sort of bond or imprinting that linked us together.
The feeling she had toward me remained, but now they were complicated by her instinctual desires.
"Hah hah, n-no more, Orion. I'm... completely full... of your stuff. A-anymore... and I'll... explode!"
I reluctantly removed my self from her backside and helped hobu-Mi sit on her knees. I was kneeling behind her, and I wrapped my hands around her waist as she leaned back into my chest, still panting heavily.
I bit the lobe of her ear and whispered to her, "We're almost done. I just need to take your top off to make things a bit easier for the final part, alright?"
It wasn't a question since I was already removing her shirt made from the seven-colored bat and night vipers skins. Hobu-Mi didn't try to resist in the slightest and instead raised her arms to help me lift the shirt off her. Her eyes were half-lidded as I continued massaging her shoulders before making my way down and around her B-cup breasts that were still developing. I finished placing my hands over her abdomen as I pulled her closer to me.
"Are you ready? Here it comes!"
"W-Wait... M-me tooo!" hobu-Mi groaned as her body convulsed slightly, and she bit her lips. I picked up my haori and wrapped her in it for the time being. Putting her clothes back on was much more difficult, and required time we didn't have, according to Saul.
Enemies were coming closer, and Mi was momentarily out of commission. I used devour to absorb her top and the necklace she was fond of and waited for our new guests to arrive.
I'm really curious to see how hobu-Mi reacts when I tell her this was only the first session. Right now, I do not doubt she would gladly agree to it, but what about an hour from now when she's had time to reflect on her behavior and what we've done? Its anyone's guess.
The beautiful hobgoblin was all wrapped up and waiting for me having had all of her desires stirred up and sated for the moment. I was feeling slightly unfulfilled, but I can't deny that watching this hobgoblin squeal and squirm beneath me was quite satisfying. Did Veld awaken the closet sadist in me with his talks of human kinks?
It seems we are being targeted now, and a whole group of monsters were moving right in our direction, from about a half kilometer away.
Mi's blushing face was finally relaxing, and her breathing had steadied. I could feel one of her hands tightly clutching my haori shut while the other gripped my shihakusho.
Hobu-Mi squinted as she glared at my relaxed countenance. "What happened here was a mistake. Please promise you will never speak of this again."
I tilted my head askew slightly while looking at her. She was still sitting in my lap, wrapped in my clothes, and I'd be lying if I said the sight didn't arouse me.
I ruffled her hair slightly with a head pat that distracted her long enough for me to kiss her forehead. "It might've been a mistake, but it won't be the last. Try and use your powers," I summoned five arrows before controlling them and having them rotate smoothly around us.
Hobu-Mi quickly summoned five arrows, though, she could only make them fire in a straight line. Two were her max for bolts with the homing enchantment. Even then, she should be able to do so several times after the expansion of her mana circuits.
For my part, I had already become proficient in casting up to six arrows at once and having them all home-in on a target. Thanks to parallel processing, I could target either a single enemy or multiple ones. I also managed to fuse my water and fire techniques into [Sagitta Magica] with Series Ignis and Series Aqua.
Series Ignis turned the arrows into incendiary projectiles capable of burning and igniting their targets.
Series Aqua turned out to be much more different then I thought. The arrows formed from this alteration behaved like tentacles. A lot of fun can be had from this one.
Now wasn't the time for playing games, though. An organized shuffling could be heard through the trees as the monster group surrounded us. It seems they're part of the intelligent variety, demi-humans perhaps.
A glance at some of the visible ones using [Appraisal] revealed them to be a group of Orc soldiers.
I used [Sagitta Magica: Series Aqua] to gather up bits of the broken tree into a pile, and then launched a few Series Ignis magic arrows into the pit.
Mi was startled, "Hey, Orion, don't you know that burning wet wood creates a bunch of smoke? You'll attract monsters to us if you send up a single like this!" she was about to try and put the fire out, but I tightly pulled her into my embrace.
Despite her resistance, my EX-rank physical parameters weren't just for show. I tightly restrained her and whispered into her ear. "We're currently surrounded, the smoke and fire will be a diversion. Are you up for some roasted pigs for dinner?"
Mi suddenly stiffened in my embrace, "You let us get surrounded without saying anything?" she asked angrily.
I shrugged my shoulders. "I was distracted by how beautiful you were, besides they are mostly D-rank monsters. Are you telling me you can't take out a bunch of weak monsters with all the gifts I've given you?"
Hobu-Mi looked around, although a distance off, she could also see the thirty-or-so orcs. They were mostly in loincloths and leather armors, but a few were wearing rusty metal armors, while the largest and most imposing one was wearing shiny metal armor with a massive two-handed ax in his hand that seemed to emit fire from the edge of the blade.
She furrowed her brow as she turned back to look at me. "There shouldn't be an issue taking down most of them, even the metal armored ones should get taken out after a few blasts of my arrows, but I have a bad feeling about the big one..."
Hobu-Mi seemed to unconsciously grip my clothes tighter from her nervousness. I had let go of her to build a fire, but she hadn't moved. Perhaps the feeling around her legs made it difficult for her?
Either way, I once again tightly hugged hobu-Mi, while using [Appraisal] on the big pig and his armored cronies. He was apparently called an Orc General and was an A-Minus ranked monster. The other armored foes were Orc Knights, C-Plus ranked monsters.
Without my Soul Eater powers (a fusion of Quincy, Shinigami, and Hollow powers), I'd be in a bit of a pickle, but I could still devour hobu-Mi, and escape using [Flash Step]. If I wanted to be particularly wasteful, I could probably beat them in a battle of attrition by using both my high-speed regeneration and a bit of my healing tonics.
Not hearing a reply, hobu-Mi pinched my waist. "Umm, that doesn't hurt, but I apologize for ignoring you. When the fight starts, hold on tight, and focus on the unarmored and lightly armored foes first. I'll hold you and give you a recharge if you need it, though, your magic parameter has already almost reached A-rank."
"A-rank already? And what do you mean hold me, won't that just slow you down? Just leave me here and keep the big guys from getting towards me, and I'll be fine."
Hobu-Mi tried to get up and stand, but her wobbly legs sent her right back into my lap, just as I expected. I hugged her from behind and rested my head on top of her short spikey hair. "Nonsense, I love holding you. If anything, it will keep me even more motivated, feeling you there with me. Now turn around and face me. Your main first targets will be the pigs behind me, alright?"
I helped her to turn toward me and had her lock her legs behind my back while her arms wrapped around my neck. Naturally, I supported hobu-Mi by firmly gripping her ass, causing her to release a small groan. I guess she's still a bit sensitive. I could feel her small hardened nipples rub against me through my thin haori, and a hint of her pheromones leaked through reminding me that I still haven't got to release myself.
"Hey, Orion! You sure this isn't just an excuse so that you can grope me some more?" she complained with blue blush.
"Of course not!" I denied while squeezing her but and eliciting a throaty moan from my hobgoblin companion. She nuzzled into my neck with her head, and I could feel her heated breaths grazing my neck as she squirmed under my ministrations.
"H-hey, Orion, what did you mean w-when you said that it wouldn't be- Mmh!-the last time earlier?"
"Hmm? You should focus, you know, we're still surrounded by enemies." I teased her.
"Whose fault do you think that is, stupid head?"
"Alright, alright..." I removed my hand from her butt and started rubbing her back to help her relax a bit. "The massage can be done multiple times, and it works even after you evolve, I could theoretically keep doing it to you forever if my magical energy is a higher quality than yours. I think we should do it once a day, every day, to help you improve."
"Forever... Hmph, more like so you can enjoy playing with my body every day. Does it really excite you that much?" she asked, leaning backward slightly, enough for me to see inside the slightly parted haori. I guess after not only revealing almost everything, but having me handle her body so intimately, this was nothing to write home about, but I was still quite excited.
Still, now wasn't a good time for that, so I pulled hobu-Mi closer and kissed her cheek. "You are beautiful, hobu-Mi, and yes, it makes me very excited to see and feel you like this. But-" I wrapped both hands around her waist as I held her tightly. "I'm greedy, and I want you all to myself. I don't want anyone else to see how beautiful you are right now..."
Hobu-Mi had grown quiet, but I could still hear her mumbling curses at me. To be honest, I no longer entirely understood our relationship. I had, without a doubt, taken advantage of her desire to grow stronger, but despite her resentment of me killing hobu-Rou, she didn't seem to hate what we had done. Her body certainly enjoyed it, and that seemed to influence her mind, but I was still unsure how much...
As the orcs approached closer and closer, I stealthily cast [Sagitta Magica: Ignis Series] several times, spawning the flaming arrows within the flames of the burning tree limbs. I also felt Mi starting to charge up her magic as she continued to hug around my neck with one arm while chanting her spell and directing it with her other.
While she did that, Saul linked my sensory skills to my [Mental Map] skill. It allowed me to understand the enemies movements better. He was surprisingly quiet while hobu-Mi and I were fooling around.
I decided to use a skill I learned from Veldora for the first time [Telepathy]. I focused on the image of my [Mental Map] skill while maintaining my bond with hobu-Mi. She was initially startled, but after explaining to her through telepathy, she quickly began to understand it.
'The orc general is still about 20 meters behind the encirclement. While you take out your targets, I'll handle the other directions and keep an eye on the boss. Whatever you do, hold on tight and don't let go!'
Hobu-Mi nodded and continued focusing on her targets. As soon as I gave the word, she would start releasing hell on them.
Once the orcs were 10 meters away, the salivating orcs were making their way out of the cover of the trees. The orc general was standing right behind his men, and he had a condescending smirk on his face as he pushed through the encirclement.
"Haahahaha, look, boys! We got ourselves some dinner. A fugly monster lover and the pitiful little goblin he's assaulting!" the general barked.
"""Hahahahahaha!""" the pigs laughed.
"Hey, lover-boy, why don't you share that hobgoblin with us, and we'll let you go with your life, right boys?"
"Wooo!" "Fresh meat! Fresh meat!" "Get out of here!"
The frenzied shouts of the rabid swine caused a shiver to run down hobu-Mi's spine. I held hobu-Mi tighter and mentally started the countdown between us.
"Sorry scum, hobu-Mi is my woman, even if she doesn't know it yet. I won't let a bunch of stinky swine disgust her with your presence any longer." Not only did I smack them in the face with their offer, this was the start of our attack.
'Do it now, Mi!'
'Whose your woman!? You're only my masseuse, don't forget it!'
Despite her mental protests, I felt a short nod, and then both Mi's attack and my own released at the same time. My incendiary arrows launched into several different orcs, sending them into a panic as Mi's arrows started piercing the orcs through their beady little eyes.
Almost immediately, the orc encirclement collapsed. The orc general was only able to seize control of the members close by as the others fell prey to the fire and Mi's arrows.
The deadly situation quickly was devolving into an all you can eat feast as I broke through the enemy lines, devouring any and every prey that got in my way. I was having a late brunch, served medium-rare.