Demonic Pornstar System novel Chapter 867

Chapter 867: Back on Earth

They made it three steps toward the gate before Pebble reminded them he existed.

The Guardian had been exploring the Cavern’s deeper reaches, sniffing stalactites and scaring slimes into corners, and the commotion of the group moving toward the exit had excited him in ways no one could quantify.

He came bounding back at his reduced size with six eyes blazing and his tail section wagging hard enough to rattle loose stone off the walls, planted himself at Kaiden’s side with a stomp that shook dust from the ceiling.

"Well..." Kaiden set a hand on the armored crown. "We’re home."

The crown pressed into his palm and rumbled.

Aria studied the Guardian from across the group for a quiet moment, then walked over to him.

She stopped before the dense, dark snout and folded her hands in front of her the same way she had on the white plain when she’d asked him if he was prepared to die for Kai.

"Pebble." Her tone was gentle and serious. "We’re about to go outside. Earth is dangerous right now, and Kai will be in the open."

Alexandra’s hands flew to her mouth. "You don’t mean..."

Nyx and Luna exchanged a grin so wide it was practically a high five. "She does mean it." They’d known since the moment Aria started walking.

Every eye swung from Kaiden to the Moon Valkyrie and locked on.

"You’re to come with us." She reached up and set her palm flat against the armored cheek, and the gesture held none of the careful testing from the white plain. She touched him like a colleague. "Stay close, watch what he doesn’t see. I will handle the rest, but when I’m not beside him, you are."

The rumble that answered her rolled through the stone floor and up through Kaiden’s boots, low and absolute, and Pebble’s crown dipped once toward Aria in a nod so measured it could have been a salute.

Aria beamed at him and patted the armored plate. "Good boy."

<The puppy and the yandere have formed an alliance,> Alice transmitted, radiating disapproval. <I am the main protector and always will be...>

"Aria, Pebble is part of the dungeon..." Kaiden sighed. "We don’t even know if he can leave the..."

Both heads turned to him at the same time.

"And?" Aria’s hands settled on her hips. The yandere girlfriend was more than ready to make her point no matter what. "He should be able to leave like the others."

"Yeah, but..." He trailed off, because the argument had already lost its audience.

Aria’s hands migrated from her hips to clasped in front of her chest, silver eyes going wide and shining with the specific sweetness she deployed when she wanted something and had already decided she was getting it.

Beside her, Pebble pressed his snout toward Kaiden with all six eyes dialed to maximum devastation, and the fissure-mouth produced a whine so pitiful it could have fundraised.

"...Fine." Kaiden pinched the bridge of his nose, folding almost instantly. "For now."

Aria’s beam returned at full brightness, and Pebble’s happy stomp cracked the floor in three places.

The Moon Valkyrie and the Guardian of the Abyssal Dungeon shared exactly one look of mutual satisfaction before turning back toward the gate together, and Kaiden filed away the fact that his girlfriend and his dog had just double-teamed him without exchanging a single word.

"Alright." He rolled his shoulders once, feeling the new body settle into itself, and looked toward the Cavern’s gate. "Let’s see what’s out there."

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