Rise of the Eromancer

Chapter 296 Hello

"I… think we're fucked. Forgive me for my language."

Rhys could not really care less for Olga's language. His eyes were completely focused on Eurydice as she flew and made her way to Orpheus, and Orpheus welcomed her with a hand to stand on right in front of him.

And without even any care for anyone else, Eurydice wrapped her arms around Orpheus's cheek and placed her lips upon his.

He truly was not expecting this at all. Aengela had already told him that nymphs were not capable of love at all, or at least the romantic love that one creature would have for another — they were not capable of it, as they were made that way to not procreate. They did not have the necessary organs at all.

And so, Rhys thought that Orpheus was just delusional.

But to think that Eurydice actually truly reciprocated his feelings — and not only that, she seemed even more in love than him with the way she was holding him and not letting him go at all.

"No…" Rhys's thoughts were cut short as he remembered the other nymph. He quickly turned to look at Aengela, only to see her trembling and crawling on the floor; trying to fly but did not have the energy or the tolerance for the pain to do so.

"Aengela…" Rhys then carefully approached Aengela while his eyes were focused on the two star-crossed lovers. Fortunately for him, the two were busy with themselves and he was able to move to her side with no trouble at all.

"Hero…" Aengela let out a very short but deep breath as Rhys very gently turned her around and rested her on his palm, "...Use it."

"Use—" Rhys squinted as Aengela pointed her finger at his eyes. But before he could ask what she meant, he realized what Aengela wanted her to do, "Okay."

Rhys's eyes started to glow, and as soon as it did so, Aengela quickly lowered her hand and relaxed her posture while her entire body soon turned into stone — completely freezing her… and effectively stopping her from bleeding to death.

"Olga…" Rhys then once again focused on Orpheus and Eurydice, and the two were still making out, allowing Rhys to just go back to Olga's side like nothing happened and handed her the petrified Aengela,

"...Please, keep her safe."

"...Do we have any other plans?" Olga squinted her eyes as Rhys started breaking and scraping the ground that was locking Olga's feet in.

"Only one," Rhys closed his eyes and sighed.

"My Eurydice, please — go back to your dreams." And finally, after what seemed like an entire minute, the two stopped eating each other's faces, with Euridyce's entire head filled with Orpheus's saliva.

"I care only for my dreams when they have you in it, my love…" Eurydice shook her head as she grabbed Orpheus's finger and rested her face there, "...but even though I wish it were not so, even dreams of you are not enough — I wish for your presence with me."

"But your life withers away as we sing of our love," Orpheus stretched his arm to get away from Eurydice as he covered his face; Eurydice, however, shook her head again and just started walking across his arm to get closer to him.

"I do not care for my own for my life is you, Orpheus," Eurydice stood on Orpheus's shoulder and bumped her forehead with his, "If my own must wither to be with you, then let my ashes rest with you."

"No, my love… no!" Orpheus raised his voice, "Just a few more, and we will be together. Technology is advancing as we speak, we need only a hundred more years."

"...Then what about them?" Eurydice then finally turned to look at Rhys and Olga.

"Hindrances," Orpheus closed his eyes, "This is not the first time our love has been questioned — even the gods have tried to separate us, but failed. Please, just go back to sleep — and once you wake up, all of this will be gone and we will be together again."

"No…" Eurydice shook her head, "...I can feel something from the tall gent — although you may seem to be stronger now, if in any case you are not successful in eradicating him, he will be a problem for us in the future."

"Him?" Orpheus looked Rhys in the eyes.

"Yes," Eurydice nodded, "And therefore before I slumber and dream of you…

…I will help you get rid of them, my love."

"What… what are they saying?" Olga looked at Rhys as they were both looking at him, "Why is the nymph pointing at you, Commander?"

"...We should have tried to interrupt them, Commander," Rhys let out a small but very deep sigh while shaking his head, "The nymph is joining the fight."

"Then we are dead," Olga closed her eyes as she stood closer to Rhys, "Orpheus, before you kill us — I wish to confess something to the man beside me!"

"..." Orpheus squinted as he looked back and forth between Rhys and Olga. And after a few seconds, a small smile crawled on his face, "Who am I to interrupt love's wish? Please."

"Commander?"

"Rhys…" Olga took in a small gulp as she stood in front of Rhys and looked him in the eyes, "...I have been watching you ever since you first appeared on TV. And… and—"

"Arachnea!"

"...Arachnea?" Olga could really only blink a couple of times as Rhys just suddenly screamed. She then turned to look at Orpheus and Eurydice, who seemed just as confused as her, "Why did you—"

And before Olga could finish her words, she felt hair on the back of her neck just dance; her pores, opening up as she noticed a dark shadow suddenly towering over her. She then very slowly looked up, only for a trickle of blood to drop on her cheek.

And instinctively, she quickly ran behind Rhys, getting a better view of the sudden entity that found itself in the hall.

"That's…" Olga's eyes turned wide as she saw Arachnea; her mouth still fresh from having eaten something as blood continued to drip from her lips. Judging from her wide eyes, however, she seemed to be as surprised and shocked as her.

"Oh…?" And finally, Arachnea blinked and noticed Rhys, "You summon me, Descendant of Eros?"

"Arachnea," Rhys raised his hand, "Hello."

"My, my, my…" Arachnea then wiped the blood from her chin as she leaned down closer to Rhys, "...You remember the last time we met? What I told you if we see each other again?"

"...You told me you would eat me," Rhys nodded.

"And yet you summon me, hmn?" Arachnea let out a sultry hum as she wiped the blood on her hand on her breasts, twirling her fingers around her teats, "You must truly either wish for death, or just desperate."

Arachnea then turned to look at Olga, causing her to just quickly put up her guard.

"A new one — I like her," Arachnea let out a small giggle as she leaned away, "W—"

Before she could finish her words, however, she suddenly swung her arm; causing a loud bang to just thunder through the air as she deflected Orpheus's sharp blast of wind. A sharp blast of wind strong enough to just completely cleave through a metal wall.

"Hn?" Arachnea then finally acknowledged the existence of Orpheus and Eurydice, "A nymph and a human…? Ha… could it be?"

A wide smile started to crawl on Arachnea's face as she gasped and covered her mouth, "Orpheus and Eurydice."

"...Arachnea," Orpheus gripped his guitar tight.

"The man gifted with the power of nymphs," Arachnea chuckled as she looked Orpheus in the eyes, "The last time I saw you was when you went through the depths of Tartarus to rescue the lovely nymph — what a tale. What a tale."

"And you hindered me then — are you hindering me now as well?"

"Ah, I am offended by that," Arachnea let out a long and deep sigh, "I only wanted to eat you, little bard — and it would seem that I would once again get the chance to do so…

…with a little snack on the side too."

"You dare lay your eyes upon her, monster!?" Orpheus quickly turned to the side to hide Eurydice from Arachnea's sight.

"Hm…" Arachnea raised an eyebrow before glancing back at Rhys, "...But sadly, I am currently full right now. Such a shame — I would have liked to have devoured all of you here. And Descendant of Eros, it is rude to just summon me without notice."

"...How can I even do that?" Rhys was still careful; his eyes looking back and forth between Arachnea and Orpheus.

"Oh my, have I not given you my socials yet, Child of Eros?"

"...Socials?"

"Yes," Arachnea then started patting her waist several times before just letting out a sigh, "Sadly, you could not summon my phone with me, still have a lot to learn, hmn?"

"...You have a phone?"

"Oh my… you think me Ancient? Of course, I do."

"What…" Olga blinked a couple of times as she just instinctively held onto Rhys,

"...What is happening right now?"