“What are you doing?” John asked when Hailey hopped into his lap. “A rhe-eeeh-torical question…” his voice jumped for a moment, derailed by the grip of her cunt around his member, “…but we just stopped fucking.”

“You stopped fuckin’, hon,” Hailey answered. “I’m buyin’ time for Gnome.”

“Yes, h-hello.” The brunette stumbled on over, letting out a sigh of relief when she managed to take the now open seat. “Can barely feel my legs…”

“You’re quite easily dominated, aren’t you?” Nahua asked and earned herself a disapproving growl from Salamander.

“Watch your tone, you’re speaking to the elemental leader here,” the fire spirit announced.

“Yeah, sure.” Nahua laughed, only to stop when she noticed the expressions of the other elementals, even Sylph’s darkened a little further. “Really? Huh. I did not get that. She’s always so… weak.”

“I’m right here…” Gnome mumbled.

“Let’s not get too distracted,” John chimed in, before Nahua could dig herself deeper into this quagmire. “Let’s see what is in store for Aclysia this time around.”

‘A full set of new choices, how rare,’ John thought. ‘Well, Glacial Strike is another Servant Strike upgrade after I got Servant Strike 2 last time. It’s interesting in and of itself though. Is the implication that a Skill evolves to tie more in the Monster Girl variety in the third iteration of the Skill? I’ll have to keep an eye on that.’ “Any favourite?”

“I will be happy with whatever is granted, Master,” Aclysia gave the expected answer. The maid’s eyes were, like those of most of the present women, glued to Hailey’s hips in motion. It was a really nice pair of hips, so John did not blame any of them.

The motions were light, enough to bring pleasure, not enough to properly distract. ‘Just one of the extra horny days,’ John thought and pulled Hailey against his chest. His chin on her shoulder, he moved the window in front of her. One hand kneaded the E-cups of the country gal, the other hovered over the options.

Maid Knight Aura was the least useful of the three, but not by a huge margin. Sword Specialization 2 was somewhat useless until they made the idea of Aclysia’s private platoon of housekeepers/guards a reality, but the 10% Endurance was a 5% increase from the previous version. Since the aura included Aclysia herself, that was a substantial amount of Stats.

Glacial Strike was probably the best choice. Shaving another 5 seconds off the cooldown was good and the Black Ice explosion was bound to have some positive effects. At worst it would help with taking out weak targets. Stronger enemies would likely have means to prevent such small particles from reaching them.

Cleaning Out also had numerous upsides. It was a fight finisher, especially if it could be combined with Master’s Shield to make an enemy that ignored Aclysia REALLY regret that decision.

That being said, Aclysia was not built to finish fights in a flash. She shined in drawing out engagements and gradually accruing the advantage. Glacial Strike was better for that and, just because it also built Devotion, it was the generally more reliable tool.

John picked Glacial Strike.

‘Again, three fully new ones,’ John thought, still pleased. ‘Ice Sickles… I’ll give you that one pun, Gaia… sounds alrighty. Minor range and terrain manipulation. Heavy Water isn’t bad either. Frozen Magic sounds really good though. Just very interesting all around.’

“I would prefer the Frozen Magic,” Aclysia gave her opinion. “The Ice Sickles would be useful, but not as much, and the Heavy Water adds a benefit I do not need. Halting magical developments without damaging them may be useful in certain situations and neutralizing magical items could make combat with item reliant enemies much easier.”

John agreed with all of that assessment and so pressed the button.

“Oh… so big…!” Hailey spasmed in John’s lap.

“Cum,” he whispered in her ear. The order had the country gal go fully tense. Smelling her hair, combining sweet shampoo and the metallic scents of her workshop, made John sink into a different, wonderful place for a moment. His perverted brain could not help look at Nahua’s reaction to all of this. The face of the gorgeous woman was almost emotionless, yet the half-lidded stare and slightly open mouth spoke volumes. She was every bit as entranced as the haremettes were. “You don’t need to buy more time.”

“Gotta make ya cum tho, sug’r,” Hailey drawled. “Plus, I ain’t got another place to sit.”

“Woe is me, the curvy country gal won’t get off my cock,” John lamented drily. “Not like we do not have a few moments.”

The next three women on the list were back at the airplane, after all.

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‘Two repetitions – and we had such a good start,’ the Gamer thought. ‘Then again, I wanted Repeated Swing to be here again.’ “I guess we know what we’ll go with here?”

“Insistence is not good enough to be insistent on. Repeated Swing is cool,” Beatrice answered. “Demand: give it to me.”

“Come here then,” John ordered her and gestured at his unoccupied cock. Ever the maid, if a sarcastic one, the maid with the perfectly messy, long hair did as Hailey in the other barrier and sat down in his lap, penetrating herself effortlessly on the descent. He was large, but she was so totally accustomed to his size that it all went smoothly.

John moved onto the Perk choice quickly, before his roaming hands took away too much of Beatrice’s brainpower. Like him, his haremettes (most of them anyway) were capable of holding onto reason during sex. Unlike him, they had no incentive to. He was in control during their entanglements, which gave them every opportunity to dissolve in their arousal. All parties involved typically preferred it that way.

‘An increase of the last Perk, a different utility Perk, and a damage aura,’ John thought. ‘None of them are great, none of them are terrible.’ “Your choice?”

The passive maid circled her hips and hummed. After a few rounds of her plump bottom, she announced, “Decision: I will continue down the magnetism line.”

The expected choice there as well.

“Should have jumped on his cock the moment I saw he was hard…” Claire complained under her breath. “Can I at least give your balls the proper worship they desire, Master?”

“After we picked your Perk,” John answered. “Puffing up your cheeks won’t dissuade me, you are not one I can trust to keep your wits about you when we start fucking.”

“Why would I want to think about anything besides your perfect cock?” Claire shrugged, her petite breasts bouncing. “Alright, fine then… what do we have for me… Blood Bend sounds most useful.”

John tended to agree, for two reasons. One was that Claire was not a fighter build – she could fight, but that was not her primary purpose. Claire was more of a mobile command centre, infiltrating locations and then using her summoned entities to take over the area from the shadows. Blood Bend worked nicely to that end, as it could quite literally force someone’s hand to let her enter a place. Plenty of places were locked by magic signatures. Beyond that, abilities that forced an opponent to move were rare. Magic almost always manifested in an outside factor. Claire having access to something that, however minorly, overcame the innate magic resistance everyone had was powerful just because of the surprise factor.

Three familiar options, one of them a repeat, all of them interesting. John had to remind himself that the stated Stats of the familiars was not about which of Claire’s Stats they scaled with but what Stat they excelled at. For Claire, Charisma was the Stat that dictated how many strong Familiars she could have in the field.

On the face of it, Swarms sounded like the best option here. Serpents could be useful, as could the Owls, but Claire already had access to Spiders and Bats. The Swarms brought something new to the table.

Claire thought differently. “I want the Serpents.”

The Gamer wasn’t going to argue with her, it was her choice, but he did hesitate a moment to see if he should try to convince her another way. The wish to get the Serpents was doubtlessly because of Claire’s bias towards the usefulness of hypnotism powers, which John did not have a high opinion of. That being said, he could not find any convincing angle to tell her that the two more combat oriented options were better.

“Alright,” he confirmed and pressed the button.

Claire was by his feet, worshipping his sack, before he had even closed her window.

“Nobody around here has any impulse control, but what do I expect from you pervs?” Delicia theatrically sighed, then burst out laughing. “Bwahahaha, I just imagined you keeping it in your pants! Completely impossible!”

“You’re naked,” John pointed out.

“’Course I am, keeping these puppies contained would be a crime!” The shortstack cupped her massive tits and slowly let them drop. Then she was laughing again. “Psh, look at you drooling!”

John shook his head, wiped his mouth, and moved on.

“Expand Laboratory,” Delicia made it quick. They effectively had made that choice last time around, only skipping on it in favour of Particle Skin.

Chimera Blob was a repeat and Greater Library just an increase. Injection was interesting, but felt more appropriate for a combatant. “…Chimera Blob would remove a lot of ethics concerns, so give me that?” Delicia requested.

“Done,” John answered, then closed his eyes to enjoy a few seconds of sweet release. His focus also switched back to the other group.