FALSE GODS

03 Coitus Interruptus

Niobe and Felix were locked in an amorous embrace, unclothed, female over male, goddess over god. Their lips overlapped, their tongues jousted.

Niobe's pelvis grinding over Felix rubbed against his erection, making him moan. It happened without warning. Only a few minutes had passed, and she was dripping wet. Felix's erection slipped, found the mark, and the penetration occurred abruptly.

Both gasped in unison into the darkness. Niobe was louder, unwinding years of chastity, bellowing into the wilderness. Then she bounced up and down on him. She was haphazard at first, but then slowed herself to a pleasurable tempo.

The forest had come alive around them—insects chittering, sleeping birds awakening, and animals responding to their rhythm.

Niobe tilted her head back and rode Felix faster, who found a deeper inroad into her. He went deeper and harder. In response, her pupils set aflame, and her skin gleamed like gold. The goddess's moans echoed sonorously in the clearing and beyond.

The fruits born from the body are heightened for divine beings. Therefore, be it delicacies, beauty, music, or sex, they experienced those senses at a much higher level than human beings.

The couple climbed together towards orgasm every second, but never really reached it. It was an extended journey of pleasure that felt more enduring than their immortal lives. 

Crunch! Snap!

Somewhere nearby, outside the clearing, there was a rustle of leaves, followed by the breaking of twigs. Then they heard heavy footsteps, and a figure appeared. Someone or something had breached the periphery of the clearing.

"What is that?" Felix asked as Niobe jumped off him.

The forest sounds died all of a sudden. The two love-makers, sensing danger, put on their clothes and rushed to their feet. Felix's manhood tented shamefully from under his tunic. Whatever beast had rudely interrupted his sexual congress will have to pay.

"Lucerna!" Niobe uttered, stepping forward with her warrior stance. She had called forth light.

An orb of white appeared overhead, mildly lighting up the clearing. They saw an enormous, deformed figure emerging from the woods. It had eyes as large as saucers, glowing a crimson red in the dark.

As immortal, indestructible gods, they had nothing to fear from a forest creature. Still, Felix reclaimed a familiar sentiment that he used to have as a mortal. During his year at the Citadel, living luxuries with Niobe, he had forgotten what it felt like.

FEAR. He was suddenly afraid.

"Gladio," he announced. A gladius sword appeared in his grip out of thin air. It had a blue hilt with lapis lazuli studded in the pommel, the mark of one belonging to House Anaximander.

Only recently was Felix taught how to use the pocket dimension, where they could store weapons, objects, and other essentials. Gods could summon the object needed with the simple utterance of a spell.

"You are in the presence of gods from the Ascendancy," Felix warned the intruder. "Reveal your identity and pay your respects, or be smitten!"

The specter walked into the light. Over seven feet tall, it had a hulking, grotesque body that wasn't even human. It was made of a pile of rocks and boulders. From the crevices, a red haze emanated as if fiery magma within.

"Fal-se go-ds mu-st die!" the monster announced in a mealy-mouthed voice. It started walking towards them at an increased pace.

"What creature is it? A golem?" Felix inquired.

"It seems like it," Niobe said, "Perhaps one of the rogue magicians in the plebe cities spelled one into life and left it in the outlands when it got troublesome."

"Arcum!" she uttered the spell, and a recurve bow appeared in her grasp. "Let's kill it before our sex drive dies."

Her lover chuckled, but his expression was still fearful. Something was wrong.

As Niobe pulled the bow's string, a flaming arrow materialized at the nocking point. She pulled a bit more until it was taut and then released her pinch.

Zip! The arrow hissed across the clearing towards its target. Twang! Shockingly, it hit the rocky monster square in the chest, but had no effect, instead shattering into pieces.

"Fal-se go-ds MU-ST die!" the fiend repeated, bridging the gap between them faster. It had almost broken into a run.

"Your attack did not work?" Felix exclaimed. "How is that possible?"

"It is immune to the fire element," said Niobe, who had half a century of battle experience. "That is not uncommon for a golem made from the earth element."

She eyed her anxious lover with concern and attempted to calm him. "Trust me, we'll dispose of the creature easily. Right now, let's play with it. Perhaps it is a lava golem. Try one of your icicle attacks."

Felix nodded and raised his hand like a claw. "Nero Impexis!"

An array of sharp icicles appeared before him in a circular pattern. They hovered, waiting for his command. With a twitch of fingers, he shot them ahead to meet their racing adversary.

The icicles, capable of riddling a tree trunk easily never missed and always brought destruction. Splash! As soon as they entered the monster's proximity, they melted abruptly and collapsed into oodles of water. It failed!

The heat emanating from the inferno within the lava golem was so intense that it could melt divine ice in an instant.

"FAL-SE GO-DS MU-ST DIE!" it barfed, now breaking into a run. The earth shook with every step the monster took. A collision with the gods was imminent.