After a long break of simply panting into each other and basking in each other’s hot, sweaty skin tact, Liz leaned up and sat on Natalie’s p, the toy still joining the two of them. She looked down at the mess coating their stomachs, the result of Liz’s frantic extra of Natalie’s lower half.

  “Um,” Liz said. “I kinda fot about the up.”

  “You really made a mess,” Natalie agreed.

  “Well, no, you made the mess,” Liz said. “Just, I should’ve realized. It’s all in my sheets, too. Why do you cum so much?”

  “I had a succubus ridihat’s why.”

  Liz blushed and looked away. “Sh-Shut up. Don’t say things like that.”

  With a little groan from both of them, Liz finally unperched from Natalie, and they pulled the toy out of them.

  “I’ll go grab a towel,” Liz said. “Hold tight.”

  She did just that, and soon, Natalie was wipiomach down, then her cock, with Liz doing the same.

  “Okay! Back to the point of all this!” Liz said, a bit louder than appropriate. Natalie could tell she’d gotten carried away—and had ehe process—and it was starting to hit her. So, like usual, she corralled them back to the ‘practicality’ of the situation. “Skill testing. Remember, that’s all it was.” The words were directed entirely at herself, and Natalie couldn’t help but ugh—which Liz ignored.

  Now , Liz plopped back down on the bed o Natalie.

  “So. The new effect.”

  Admittedly, Natalie was ied herself—though she’d been far more ied in Liz than any potential bonus from the wand.

  She took a look.

  ***

  [Joined] - Health and mana pools be shared between targets.

  ***

  “Oh,” Liz said. “Oh, wow. Share? Like, pletely?”

  Natalie shook her head in incredulity. “Again, we shouldn’t be surprised, with how strong the wand’s been so far, but—yeah, wow.”

  That the bes just kept stag up was nearly unbelievable. The wand had already been a phenomenal piece of equipment before they’d discovered [Link] and [Joined], but now, it really might be one of the best pieces of level one loot—well, ever.

  Was that the future of her css? And her adventures in the dungeon? If the trend held, she was really poised to be an insanely powerful adventurer—of the sort seen on a geion. That was hard to e to terms with.

  “I guess it depends on how it’s shared?” Liz said. “Automatically and evenly? Or we like, funnel over health and mana to each other on will? Whenever we want?”

  “Either way, it’s strong.”

  “I mean, yeah. But it ges how we’d use it.” She rubbed her forehead. “Seriously though. I send you my mana? That’s so good.”

  “Or me to you,” Natalie said. “I don’t make as good use of it as you do, so that extra boost would be great. Let you cast more spells. Illusions are nice, but not crucial.”

  “Eh, they’re being more and more relevant. You’re pig it up fast. Though I’m more ied in the health aspect. Making you even a bit more tanky by giving you my health would be amazing. Not just that, but regeion effects are twice as useful. If we lih, then put a regen spell down on both of us, it’s effectively you getting twen effects at once.”

  “Huh,” Natalie said. She hadn’t even sidered it from a healing perspective—it was natural that was where Liz’s mind had gone. She disagreed that health was more relevant, though; she felt like the boosted mana pool was the bigger game-ger. She paused as the obvious question popped into her head. “Wait, it work on more than one of us?”

  “If it does, only between me and them, I’d figure,” Liz said. “’t link all of us, to each of us.” Liz froze as she realized exactly what ‘linking all of them together’ would mean. How that would happee being naked and still sticky from what they’d just done, she blushed furiously at the lewd imagery. Of course, that drew a ugh from Natalie, and a resulting shove from Liz. “Oh, shut up. Stop making fun of me!”

  That wasn’t likely to happen. “Might be good with Ana, though,” Natalie said. “Sharing your mana pool with her? Or even doubling your health pools? The back line has the biggest risk fetting seriously hurt by a single surprise hit, so I don’t even know if I’m the primary target for the ability. Might be Ana.”

  “A-Ana?” Liz shook her head rapidly. “I mean, maybe you’re right, but—“ More rapid head shaking, Liz’s bck hair boung as she flushed furiously at the idea.

  Natalie was tempted to tease her, but decided to let up.

  “I’ll stick with you,” Liz finally said firmly. “It’s a good bo between us, anyway. Tank and healer.”

  “Wonder what the duration is?”

  “Hopefully at least a day.”

  “I think I’d prefer just a few hours. Or less.”

  “Huh? Why would you—?” Liz paused as she uood the implication.

  Natalie stated it out loud anyway. “So we get to use it more often,” she grinned. “Between every fight, maybe?”

  Again, Liz’s face turned red. “You really are a pervert, aren’t you? Ugh, don’t talk to me.”

  Natalie ughed.

  “So, anyway,” Liz said. “We should get ed up?”

  “Is that an invitation to your shower?”

  “If you keep your hands to yourself.”

  “Definitely won’t.”

  Liz huffed, then stood. “Well, just don’t get too carried away, then.”

  “Still no promises.” Natalie’s eyes tracked Liz’s ass as she walked across the room, headed for the attached bathroom. “Actually, is there an opposite of a promise?”

  Looking bad seeing Natalie btantly ogling her, Liz flushed and covered her butt with a hand. “Seriously! It’s embarrassing. Don’t be so obvious!” She scurried off into the bathroom and out of view—as if Natalie hadn’t just been io join her. Natalie briefly hesitated, w if the teasing had ged Liz’s mind, but a sed ter, Liz asked, “You ing?”

  “ing? Hopefully a few more times,” Natalie said, smirking as she stood. “And you, let’s say, six or seven times, by the time I’m doh you?”

  “N-Nat! Really!”