Chapter 90 Paradise Lost



The first month of Erich's vacation to the Great Oni Empire was almost like he had stepped into heaven. He was being doted on by two beautiful Oni women, who were more than happy to take care of his every desire. With each passing day, he grew closer to Ayumi, who was much more innocent and naïve than her great aunt. 

In fact, it became abundantly clear that the young woman was forcing herself to do many of the things which she found embarrassing. Just so that she could compete with her aunt for the affections of the man she loved. Erich did not know what he had done to earn the love of such a kind and supportive girl. But for the first time since S'aleth died, he had begun to experience that emotion, which humans called love. 

And while Yumi did her best to win Erich's favor, it was abundantly clear to Erich that he was nothing more than a pretty face and a big dick for her to get off on. He never seemed to develop the same connection with her as he had with her niece. Maybe it was the difference in their ages, or the fact that Yumi had already had several partners before him, but there was a block between the two of them that did not exist with Ayumi. 

As the days passed, Erich became increasingly uneasy with his current environment. A feeling of distress had taken its place in his gut, and no matter how much Yumi and Ayumi tried to calm his nerves, it never seemed to fully disappear.

Though Erich had entered paradise, the looks which its inhabitants gave him were nothing more than frightening. In fact, with each passing day, he could sense the animosity which the rest of the Kondo Dynasty shared for him.

After all, Yumi had a constant desire to push the barrier with Erich in regards to what her family would accept. Her need to openly break taboos was ever evolving. What was worse was the fact that she had roped her young niece into her sinful behavior, and that did not sit well with the rest of her family members. 

But Yumi kept telling Erich to ignore the hateful stares which received around the palace. After all, she had ruled over this household for nearly a century, and clearly she knew what she was doing. Thus, he pushed those worries which sat deep within his gut, to the back of his mind, and did his best to ignore them as instructed.

After a month of being both physically and emotionally intimate with Yumi and Ayumi, certain things came naturally to him. Like sharing the bath with the two women. Currently, Erich sat in the personal hot spring which was sacred to the Kondo Dynasty. He could feel the stress, and worries seep away from his body, as Ayumi sat in his lap with a pretty smile on her face. 

Every day she dreaded the idea of Erich returning to the Empire, which seemed to be creeping up on her, and thus, she could not help but voice her thoughts aloud, albeit in a hushed and meek tone. 

"I don't want you to go...."

Erich had barely heard what the woman had said, and was quick to ask for clarification, while Yumi messaged his back from behind. 

"I'm sorry. What was that? I didn't quite hear you."

Ayumi buried her face in the water, too embarrassed to repeat what she had previously said. This only captivated Erich's heart even more, as he petted the girl's indigo hair, and in doing so, accidentally touched her horns. 

The moment he did so, Ayumi yelped in surprise. After all, the horns of an Oni were incredibly sensitive to physical stimulation and because of this, she immediately felt a tingle deep inside her simply from her lover's hands brushing past her horns. 

By now, Erich was naturally aware of this feature, and immediately apologized to the girl as he wrapped his arms around her in a wholesome embrace. 

"I'm sorry Ayumi, I didn't mean to surprise you like that. Please forgive me..." 

The young woman's face was flushed red in embarassment as she continued to hide her appearance from the man. That is until she finally came up with a way to force Erich to stay by her side, or at least she thought she had. After all, the past month had been the most enjoyable experience of her young life. 

The idea that she could fall in love with such a kind and handsome man, one who seemed to feel the same way as her, was like a dream come true. Her aunt was right. The Germanic men were different from those of her own species. Not that she really knew anything about that. As until recently, she was a kiss less virgin. And thus Ayumi was quick to voice her condition for her forgiveness. 

"I will forgive you... If you promise to stay by my side...."

Of course, Erich knew what the girl was talking about, but he could not easily make such a promise. Especially when Yumi was eying him with curiosity. Naturally, she wanted Erich to stay by her side as well and had likely arranged for his relationship with her niece to entice him to do so. 

Now that he really thought about it, what did he have back in the Empire to return to? A disapproving mother, and a "wife" who he could never forgive for her past transgressions. What was the point of fighting and dying for such a thing? 

Just when Erich was about to make a promise that would change his destiny, the door to the hot spring was suddenly kicked open, and a group of heavily armed Oni men surrounded Erich and his two lovers. 

A disapproving look appeared on Yumi's face, as she boldly stood out of the pool of water, and revealed her naked figure without the slightest bit of shame. She immediately began to curse the intruders with a particularly vindictive speech. 

"What the hell do you fucking grunts think you are doing? I order you to leave this instant, before I have you all executed!" 

Contrary to what Yumi was expecting, the men did not follow her orders, and instead switched off the safeties to their rifles. This was clearly a threat to silence Yumi, and to intimidate her guest. 

Erich had seen enough of the universe and all its evil to know exactly what was happening. Like he had suspected, the rest of the Kondo Dynasty was fed up with Yumi's actions. She had brazenly broken several taboos in front of her family and had even defiled an Imperial Princess by manipulating her to embrace said taboos.

Erich's suspicions had been proven to be true. Undoubtedly, this was a coup, one that would likely end in his death. Thus, there was only one thing he could do at this moment. Erich was just about to make a move to interfere and protect his girls when the Great Oni Emperor stepped out from behind the crowd of heavily armed men.

There was a furious look on the man's face, as he saw his own flesh and blood being so physically intimate with an alien. He could hardly believe his eyes. Though the Great Oni Emperor knew the Ayumi and Erich were likely having sex, to bear witness to such a thing himself was something else entirely. Because of this, he lost all sense or reason, and instead ordered his troops to do the unthinkable.

"Kill this bastard!" 

Erich's body moved before his mind could even register the situation, and pushed Ayumi out of the way of the gunfire. Embracing himself for the sweet release of death for the third time in his life. However, as the automatic gunfire resounded in the air, Erich did not feel the stinging pain of bullets in his body. Instead, he opened his eyes and saw that Yumi had jumped in front of the projectiles, and was now bleeding out in the pool of water. 

The beautiful Oni woman's dark eyes began to fade as she reached up and grabbed hold of her lover's chin. There was a bitter smile on her face as she spoke her final thoughts, mustering every ounce of her fleeting strength to do so. 

"Run... you idiot!"

Yumi's dainty hand then fell in the pool, as her corpse sank into the depths of the water. Her blood mixed with the hot spring, and tainted its crystal clear surface with its sanguine color. In that moment, all the pain and grief that Erich had been forced to endure in his life up until this moment overwhelmed him.

The wall he had built up in his heart, which was designed to contain his negative emotions, came crashing down, and everything bad that had ever happened to him up until this moment came flooding out. Overwhelming his sense of reason, as Erich charged towards the Oni guards with nothing but his bare hands. 

Standing at nearly two hundred centimeters tall and weighing roughly one hundred kilograms of pure muscle. Erich was a force to be reckoned with, even by the standards of a baseline human. But he was a Germanic male, which meant that he had been genetically enhanced to be damn near superhuman. The speed at which he sprinted was roughly fort-five kilometers per hour as he jumped out of the pool of water and slammed his fist directly into the skull of his first victim.

The soldier immediately went flying across the room, his helmet completely caved in, along with his skull beneath it. He was dead on the spot. Erich immediately turned to his next target and threw a roundhouse kick straight into the man's ribs, which shattered the bones and punctured his lungs. Leaving the royal guardsman to bleed out while choking on his own blood.

The Great Oni Emperor began to panic as Erich's hate filled gaze landed on him, and he immediately ordered the remainder of his men to open fire on the rampaging alien, who had already killed two of his men. 

"What are you waiting for? Kill him already!"

The Oni soldiers unleashed a spray of bullets towards Erich's naked body, most of which dug into his flesh and spilled his blood. But because of his genetic enhancements, Erich was more than capable of surviving such an attack, albeit not for long. As such, he moved forward through the gunfire, and grabbed hold of the Great Oni Emperor's neck before lifting the man into the air. 

However, before Erich could end the bastard's miserable life, he was shot in the head by a 20mm slug, which was fired from a semi-automatic shotgun. The slug tore through his skull and ended his rampage. It had not managed to completely blast his head apart like it would most living beings.

In fact, there still seemed to be some form of struggle to come from the man who should already be dead, as his half destroyed brain attempted to repair itself. Something which shocked the soldiers of the Oni Royal Guard so much so that they immediately ventilated Erich's dying body with the remainder of their ammunition. It was only after Erich's corpse stopped twitching did the Royal Guardsmen feel safe enough to speak their thoughts aloud.

"My gods, what kind of monster is he?" 

The Great Oni Emperor was terrified beyond all measure. The damage which Erich's body could sustain, and yet still be able to fight, was truly insane. If he had not witnessed the scene himself, he never would have believed it if somebody told him such a thing. Just now he had been so close to death, and if not for the quick thinking of his royal guard, then he too would have perished alongside Erich.

As for Ayumi, she had just watched her aunt get murdered by her father, and the man she loved get slaughtered in her defense. Words could not explain the amount of trauma she suffered as a result of this, especially since it had happened so suddenly. She instantly broke down into tears, and fell to her knees within the pool of water, which was now soaked with Yumi's blood. 

Upon finally recovering his senses, the Great Oni Emperor gazed upon his daughter's pitiful appearance, and commanded the remainder of his men to immediately have her arrested. 

"Confine this slut to her room, I don't even want to look at her!"

With this said, the surviving members of the Royal Guard grabbed hold of a hysterical Ayumi, and led her away, all the while she shouted out Erich's name. 

"Erich! Erich! Please don't leave me! Erich!"

It was only he was alone, and able to gaze upon Erich's corpse, that the Great Oni Emperor realized the amount of trouble he was in. His eldest son was still in the custody of the Germanic Star-Empire, and when they found out he killed one of their greatest war heroes, there would be hell to pay....