L.A.W. - League of Anime Wrestling

"The following is a two-on-two climax-elimination tornado tag hentai match!"

The announcer's voice struggled to carry over the roar of the crowd despite being amplified by the loudspeakers filling the arena. "If a wrestler climaxes, he or she is out of the match. The match ends when one team is completely eliminated."

This match was a first for the Midnight Panther and Daimonia both. Neither had fought in a LAW tag match before, nevermind being longterm and coherent teammates with each other. They were both rookies with minimal experience fighting at this level, but they were also both determined: a win here could skyrocket their
careers upwards.

Daimonia glanced across the ring at their opponents. "Red Shoes," AKA Mary Krieger, was supposed to be completely new to LAW, just like she and Austin were, but Mary's body itself was concerning. She had a large build, but was in great shape, so she wouldn't be a complete pushover despite her inexperience. If Daimonia wasn't careful, Red could pin her down and do some serious work on her body. Daimonia was confident that she could *probably* break free if it came to that point, but she wasn't sure about Austin. He and Daimonia had agreed that he would fight Red Shoes while she took Siren, but could Austin beat her?

Guys never lasted very long in fights like these, it seemed.

On the other hand, the "Siren" Rebecca Sänger was a veteran of wrestling, same as her. Daimonia didn't know her exact experience, but she knew that Siren must have some skill. After all, losing still teaches lessons--sometimes the best lessons. She was lucky to have learned those painful lessons via winning, mostly.

Mostly.

"I still say you should've jerked off in the locker room before we came out here," she finally said as she looked back to Austin. "You'll likely need every advantage you can get."

Austin shot her an annoyed look. "No. It's unsportsmanlike, and it feels like cheating."

"You're the only one who sees it that way," Daimonia chided back, a little miffed at his refusal to give their team a leg-up. "Besides, you're crazy for declining my offer in the locker room. Every man in this arena would happily kill for Daimonia to give them a reach-arou--"

"No."

"Fine! But if we lose, it's your fault!"

The pair wordlessly moved from their corner, each standing across from their intended targets.

"I'll make fish food with your body before I'm through with you," Daimonia taunted Siren.

Austin, meanwhile, said nothing to Red Shoes, only giving his arms one last stretch to loosen them up for the fight.

They each nodded to the referee to let her know their team was ready, then waited for their opponents to do the same.

(Austin)

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(Daimonia)

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Both Red Shoes and the Little Mermaid were on the other side of the ring listening to the announcer and the match they were about to have while both had their eyes fixed on the ring, the two girls had very different thoughts, Red Shoes was quite excited to have her debut and also to be able to participate in a match with her black-haired partner and green background and then put her hand on her cheek that was blushing because she was having very perverse thoughts and see the black-haired boy as well as the black-haired girl who seemed to be rookies in the subject of working as a team, so conflicts and discussions would be the order of the day although certainly the black-haired boy could be a threat because his size was very similar to hers but the blonde-haired girl would take care of Austin so that he would not be a big problem for her black-haired partner with a green background although Mary knew that she was a rookie here but at least she would have some advantage by being a heavyweight.

The little mermaid was thinking that this was her second match but she was still nervous that it was another hentai but even so, she had learned something from her first match and therefore now they were not going to catch her off guard. Besides, she thought that this couldn't be much worse than with Black Orchid but then she looked at Red Shoes and noticed that her eyes turned red "Mmm Mary...your eyes turned red" The little mermaid commented as she looked into the eyes of her blonde-haired companion, which were now red "Oh, it seems I got quite excited" The blonde-haired girl commented as she calmed down and her eyes turned orange, calming her excitement although that made it quite clear that Mary was really excited about crushing her two black-haired opponents although Rebecca was still uncomfortable with the fact that when Mary got excited, her eyes changed color and almost showed her true evil nature that she had.

"I suppose you're in charge of the big guy, aren't you?" Rebecca asked as she looked now at Austin and then at Daimonia "that is more than clear" said the blonde-haired girl smiling at the little mermaid kindly as she looked at her "Very well, you are my best ally in this, if they eliminate you... I will practically be food for those two" The black-haired girl with a green background commented as she looked sideways at both opponents "Don't worry, I'll protect you as much as I can, of course...as long as you don't ruin my fun" Red Shoes commented as she watched both black-haired opponents approaching his direction "Okay, let's go meet my prey's" The blonde-haired girl commented as she began to walk with the little mermaid to face each of their respective opponents, Siren against Daimonia and Red Shoes against Austin.

Once in front of her opponents, the black-haired girl with a green background received a mockery from Daimonia "First, that mockery was gratuitous and second, I hope you can resist the allure of a mermaid, since demons are very prone to being controlled by mermaids" Rebecca commented, puffing out her cheeks a little, as that was a bit offensive to her, although her opponent was surely referring to her suit, which looked so similar to a fish's and for her part, Red Shoes just smiled at her black-haired opponent, since everything was going to get out of control soon, but the objective of the blonde-haired girl would remain the same, which was to play as she pleased with her opponents' bodies to subdue them to her charms. Although things surely wouldn't be easy for her if she was left alone against two opponents, but at least she would try to get one out of the game while she took care of the other so she could have fun the way the blonde-haired girl liked.

Both girls from Old Tales looked at the referee and nodded their heads to let the referee know that they were also ready for action.

Red shoes

The Little Mermaid

DING DING!

The match was on!

Austin tried to reason with Daimonia as the duo stood across from their opponents: "Listen, Dai, I think we should coordinate an attack here. Why don't we strike together, and--"

"Resist your allure? HA, why don't you try to resist THIS, bitch??" Austin watched with some disbelief as his ally, who heard none of his words, deserted him to charge at the Little Mermaid, Rebecca. Daimonia had undeniable skill and speed, though. She quickly crossed the distance between herself and Rebecca before feinting to the left. At the last moment, Daimonia pivoted back to her right and spun, trying to land a quick, surprise roundhouse kick to her aquatic opposite's head. As she spun, Austin caught a glimpse of Dai's face--her grin was...a little demonic.

Guess I'd better help her before she's double-teamed, Austin sighed to himself. He was resigned to having minimal communication with his partner for this match, for better or for worse. He launched himself at the woman in front of him, Mary "Red Shoes" Krieger. She was about his age, if a little taller and maybe slightly larger, and he could tell that Mary was strong, maybe even stronger than him in an outright test of strength. If he had to decide on overestimating or underestimating an opponent, he would always overestimate. It was just safer.

Red Shoes was clearly eyeing him up and down like a predator inspecting her next meal, but Austin wasn't fazed. He was the hunter here, and he was always happy to teach an opponent that fact the hard way. If Red Shoes thought she could "take" Austin like some defenseless animal, she had another thing coming...

Be careful what you wish for, Mary, Austin thought to himself, because you just might get it!

Austin sprinted towards Red Shoes as if he were going to tackle her. Then, just before he reached her, Austin leapt in the air and tried to wrap his legs around Mary's neck as if she were about to give Austin a powerbomb, but then letting his torso drop backwards and using the momentum from his bodyweight to launch Mary to the mat--a flashy hurricanrana attempt to open the match!

The little mermaid after saying those words, the bell rang and she could hear how the bell rang, indicating that the match had begun and certainly the black-haired girl with a green background had a pretty clear strategy with red shoes and when she opened her mouth to speak to her blonde-haired partner that they had to be careful in this round but her yellow eyes opened when her black-haired opponent ran in her direction, causing the aquatic girl to not be able to react in time due to Daimonia's speed "What?!" said the surprised little mermaid as she tried to move to the side to avoid her demonic opponent but it was completely useless, because her opponent feinted to the left and before Siren could do anything, the black-haired girl turned to the right and before Rebecca could raise her arms to defend herself, a roundhouse kick landed with force on her cheek "KYAARGGH!" A moan of pain was heard from the black-haired girl as the kick landed hard on her cheek, causing Siren to land face up on the ring canvas.

red shoes looked at daimonia and certainly reminded her of the impulsive red hood but even though the blonde haired girl tried to help the little mermaid, she knew that the black haired boy was not going to make it easy for her and therefore decided to focus on austin, the blonde haired girl looked at the black haired boy who was charging against her, red shoes prepared for what was coming while in her mind she calculated the possibilities of making a counterattack although despite the fact that the blonde haired girl was a rookie, that did not mean that she was a fool or something like that, the blonde haired girl was very intelligent so much so that she was comparable to snow white but at a low level, since she focuses more on harming her victims and austin would not be the exception to that rule.

The black-haired boy was quite muscular and very well trained, so Mary assumed that Austin was someone who attacked using his fists, but even so, she would not let her guard down against this and the blonde-haired girl would be alert at all times "Your partner reminds me of Red Hood" She commented with a daring smile while her position was somewhat relaxed although that was just for show, since she was waiting for her black-haired opponent to approach her and when she saw him run towards her, the blonde-haired girl prepared herself for whatever although certainly seeing Austin jumping on her and his muscular legs around Mary's neck took her slightly by surprise but she quickly knew what he was trying to do and quickly put her hands on Austin's back to stop him in time.

Mary looked at Austin with her orange eyes that were amused by this attempt to knock her down "Do you think I'm as naive as Siren? Unfortunately for you... I'm not like her" Mary commented, and with each word she said, her emotion grew more and her eyes turned red. Without any mercy, she grabbed Austin by the legs and then threw him hard to the ring floor in a powerbomb.

Two soft but powerful hands pressed against Austin's lower back as he tried to drop into the hurricanrana. For one blissful moment, Austin sat on Red Shoes' shoulders and looked out at the cheering crowd. He heard Red Shoes say something, but he couldn't really hear her with his bulge pressing against her face through his spandex briefs. If he weren't in a fight at the moment, he might have counted himself the luckiest man in the world.

But this was a fight. Austin's world then went violently horizontal. A dull pain spread across his back shortly after, and he saw his legs in the air over his head as his body folded in half from the impact's momentum.

"HURGH!" Austin grunted as the air escaped his lungs. Mary's powerbomb rattled him physically as well as mentally. It wasn't his ideal way to open the match, with his big flashy attack reversed into a painful embarrassment.

If she's that powerful as a newbie, she'll be terrifying after she racks up some experience, he thought as he glanced up at...well, at her sizeable rack.

"Fuuuck..." he groaned as he shook the stars out of his eyes. He rolled over onto his stomach and began trying to lift himself back to his feet, stumbling as he went. I hope Daimonia is having better luck on her side....

Daimonia was having better luck, at least. She had knocked Siren on her back with her kick, and she moved quickly to capitalize.

"Not so talkative now, are we? I think I'll turn you into sushi and sell you from a street cart!" Daimonia taunted through her sneering grin. She heard a thud from the direction of Austin's fight with Red Shoes, but she focused on Siren and refused to let herself get distracted. Distractions caused losses.

With Siren lying on her back, Daimonia decided to strike before she rose back to her feet.

"The Little Mermaid always wanted legs....how about I break yours now that you have them?" she laughed.

Daimonia grabbed at the Siren's leg to try to flip her over onto her stomach, before sitting on the Siren's ass and putting her opponent into a double-legged Boston crab.

Mary was often a complete shameless girl and this was one of her moments to be shameless, since despite having the black-haired boy's bulge pressing against her face, she cared relatively little and even lightly smelled Austin's bulge and the yellow-haired girl was very tempted to give it a lick but first she would have to apply some pain to the midnight panther so that he would be completely defenseless and if she could have the opportunity, Red Shoes would give the black-haired boy a blowjob although the problem was that the blonde-haired girl did not know very well how to give a blowjob because she was still a novice in that kind of things and more if it was against a boy but she would try to learn over time and Austin would be her perfect test subject to experiment with exciting and exciting things although doing evil excited Mary because evil was something very striking in which Red Shoes could be good.

The blonde girl's eyes are still red with excitement, especially in the pose Austin was in, this made the blonde girl lick her lips as if she were a predator, although despite being based on a fairy tale...she was very inclined towards evil Very good kitty, I'm going to catch you and make your little friend feel good" The blonde-haired girl commented, referring to the bulge in Austin's spandex briefs, and she certainly enjoyed the feeling of the black-haired boy's penis on her face, although... the sensation of locking him in a hold, making the panther writhe trying to escape from his hold, and her touching Austin's member was an exciting image for someone with an evil heart.

Mary quickly approached Austin and taking advantage of the position Austin was in, she waited for the midnight panther to kneel down and then Mary quickly put her hand in to grab the black-haired boy's penis while massaging it a little and then put her head under Austin's arm but to lift him up she let herself fall backwards in a kind of suplex.

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On the other hand, the little mermaid wasn't in a very good position because the kick that the black-haired girl with a green background received was really strong to the point where she was knocked down very easily, she crawled back to put some distance between herself and her black-haired opponent but Daimonia was approaching her not with very good intentions... because Siren always had this type of opponents who treated her like a simple object but Daimonia did show a side of pure evil.

The mermaid girl was scared by that "wait we don't have to get to that poin-" She said, trying to beg for mercy, but Daimonia didn't listen to her pleas, as her black-haired opponent grabbed her legs to leave her face down. Siren knew what was about to come and this would be very painful "KYYYAARRRGHH!" The little mermaid moaned in pain as the black-haired girl sat on her butt and bent her body into a painful Boston crab, causing the mermaid girl to writhe in pain and agony.

"Gotta admit, I'm impressed," Austin told the large blonde woman behind him as he started to rise. "That was one hell of a powerbomb there, but now I'm gon--"

A shock ran through his body, cutting off his words, as he felt Mary's hand slide between his legs from behind and grab his cock before gently fondling it through the fabric. Austin's shaft was hard in an instant.

Mary's tease quickly became a secondary problem, however. As Austin involuntarily straightened his back in surprise from the sudden sensation gripping his manhood, he felt Mary throw his arm over her shoulder and around her neck. He accidentally grabbed onto one of Mary's breasts with that hand, too, which didn't help--he could feel his own precum begin seeping out in his briefs. It was way too early to be this worked. For his trouble, Mary then lifted Austin up into the air and over her shoulder. He caught the quickest glimpse of Mary's eyes just before he began falling backwards: she was looking at him like prey.

The next thing Austin knew was pain shooting through his upper back as he landed hard on the mat. The power of Mary's suplex folded Austin worse than the previous powerbomb, and he lay on the mat with his hips up in the air as he tried to remember his name and where he was. "Uhhhhhhhhhh...." he moaned as his eyes lolled back in his head a little. The powerbomb/suplex combo left Austin stunned unlike anything in his career.


On the other side of the ring, Daimonia was enjoying herself. Rebecca's grunts and screams were like music to her ears--no sound was as sweet as the sound of squashing an opponent, after all!

"Sorry, little mermaid, but Ariel needs your legs or else her handsome sailor boy won't marry her. I'll leave you alone as soon as I pop them off!" Daimonia's laughter merged with the Siren's Song of Pain as she leaned further back into the Boston crab, upping the pain on Rebecca. As she looked down at Rebecca's strained and spread legs, Daimonia decided to change up her hold a little.

"Ok, ok, I'm sorry," Daimonia said, clearly unserious. "Don't cry, Siren, I'm sorry for hurting you. Here, let me make it up to you!" A mischievous grin spread across the devil-girl's face.

She released Siren's left leg from underneath her own right arm, freeing the mermaid from half the pain, but Daimonia wasn't planning to give Siren any mercy. Instead, she slid her now-free hand down between Siren's legs, and began massaging her opponent through the fabric of the mermaid's outfit with all the expertise she could. As she did so, she locked Rebecca's still-locked leg even further back, giving the Siren a large mix of pleasure and pain.

"Don't worry, Siren--I'll be finished with you soon!"

Mary had interesting ways of punishing her opponent or simply tormenting them due to her sadistic way of being a heartless wretch who doesn't care about hurting other people for her own pleasure or amusement and that was clearly reflected in Austin who was suffering with the blonde-haired woman but Red Shoes had a very ingenious way of provoking her opponents although the blonde-haired girl was hoping to torment a girl with some of her holds but she still settled for tormenting the black-haired boy who would be her first victim.

The blonde haired girl after doing that maneuver, the blonde haired girl released the midnight panther and in the process got up quite energetic because her black haired opponent now did not represent a great threat although certainly red shoes did not expect Austin's hand to touch one of her breasts but she really did not care so much while her eyes shone with malice and some evil when she saw the position of the midnight panther and taking advantage of the opportunity that her black haired opponent was stunned by her movement, Mary approached him with her eyes still red "You know, even though I'm based on a "fairy tale"...something that sets me apart from the others...is my wickedness" She said while her tone was soft but with a hint of malice as she tried to lay Austin on the ground but to simply force him to get up her black haired opponent would get up by force but then decided to put him in a basic but effective hold while Mary put one of her legs over Austin's leg to retain the movement of the black haired boy while the blonde haired girl put one of Austin's arms behind his back, putting Austin in an abdominal stretch.

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The blonde-haired girl smiled as she lowered one of her hands to begin caressing Austin's penis over the black-haired boy's underwear but in a soft and tortuous way so that the midnight panther squirmed in her hold. Besides, she wanted to hear the moans of pleasure from her black-haired opponent. Besides, she still didn't want to eliminate him from the match...yet.

On the other hand, Siren wasn't having a good time with her black-haired opponent because her legs were being pulled back into that painful Boston crab and this one was way worse than Black Orchid! Since her previous opponent was at least somewhat gentle with her but Daimonia was literally massacring her legs although she couldn't see the expression of her demonic opponent...she would surely be enjoying the black-haired girl's pain.

Siren listened to every word her black-haired opponent was saying to her as the pain continued to increase as Daimonia leaned back, causing the spine of the black-haired girl with a green background to begin to twist in more pain "KYAAAARRRGHHH!" The black-haired girl with a green background began to moan and scream in pain as Daimonia continued to pull her legs back, causing Rebecca to suffer even more pain, but upon hearing Daimonia "apologize," there was clearly nothing sincere in that apology and it seemed like she was mocking her suffering.

Siren's left leg was released although that could have been a good sign... it wasn't since Daimon's free hand slid between Rebecca's legs and suddenly the little mermaid's cheeks blushed as she began to moan in pleasure because her black-haired opponent's hand began to massage her in that intimidated place aaaahh~! W-Wait... aaaaahh~! The black-haired girl with a green background tries to beg but it was useless as she moaned in pleasure although the leg that was being grabbed was pulled back even further causing pain and pleasure to the black-haired girl with a green background, which was an unbearable combination for the little mermaid who desperately tried to crawl until she reached the ropes.

Wake up, wake up, wake UP! Austin screamed internally at his muscles, but it was in vain. Despite the blonde girl's statement about how she was uniquely evil (and all the horrifying implications that came with that statement), his body refused to listen to his panicked pleas and commands to respond as Mary once more pulled him back to his feet in the ring. Even scarier was that he thought he felt a slight twitch in his manhood when Red Shoes made her statement. The world around Austin was starting to slow down as the blonde monster finally put him back on his feet, but the dizzied stun effect from Red Shoes' back-to-back power attacks still ruled his actions. He was only vaguely aware as his opponent began moving his body again.

Oh God, what is she doing nex-

His train of thought cut off violently as Red Shoes finished her movements and bent Austin's body backwards in a painful abdominal stretch.

"GAAAAAH, FUCK!" he yelled through gritted teeth. The stretch hurt, but not nearly enough to break his defiance; he even somewhat enjoyed the sensation of Red Shoes' body pressed against his, even if he was in a difficult spot at the moment. "Is that all you've got? As soon as I break this hold, I'm gonna make you scream until you BEG me to let you lose! C'mon, give me whaHAAaaaAaaa..."

Austin's body jolted again as Mary's hand once more massaged his erection, but he had nowhere to go. He was trapped, unable to do anything against the taller blonde woman except make threats of future retribution laced with involuntary moans forced by Mary's fingers on Austin's member. "Pray I don't--hAaaH--get out of this hoOOold, because I'm gonnAAAAH do things to you that'll make you--HAAAH--addicted to me after this match is...huhhhh...finished!" Austin tried to make the statement as scary as possible, but there was only so much he could do when he knew Red Shoes could feel the precum dampening his briefs in her hand. I hope Daimonia is having better luck, he thought as he bit his tongue to increase his resistance to his opponent's onslaught.



Luckily, Daimonia was having a joyous time with Rebecca's body and embarrassed squealing. "Give in to the feeling, little mermaid," the demon-girl quipped as she deftly worked Siren's lips through the fabric with her hands. "I can feel your body telling me how much you WANT to lose and take our punishment. Cum for me, so we can make your fantasy come true, right here for everyone to see..." Daimonia was high on the feeling of her opponent squirming and squeaking uncontrollably beneath her; there was really no feeling quite like it.

This must be how Austin feels when he's winning a match, thought Daimonia absent-mindedly. Still, the Siren was beginning to move--she was crawling her way towards the rope, and Daimonia realized she could only slow her, NOT stop her. So, Daimonia massaged Rebecca with all the skill she could, deciding to not waste too much strength on stopping her completely.

Finally, the Siren's hand reached the bottom rope, and Daimonia dropped the hold and stood back up.

The respite for Siren was not to last. "Ok, break time is over--BREAK time begins again!" Daimonia quickly grabbed Siren's head from behind and pulled the mermaid up onto her knees. She then dropped to a seated position behind Siren and locked their legs together. Next, she pulled Siren's head back further before locking it under her arm: a torturous dragon sleeper-hold!

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That wasn't all, of course. With her free hand, Daimonia reached down and began rubbing Siren through her fabric once again. "There is no escaping this, mermaid!" the demon-girl exclaimed through a devilish grin. "There is no escaping ME!"

Mary could only hear one of the many things she loved and that was the screams of pain from her opponent as she put him in an abdominal stretch just to hurt him. Besides, pressing her body against Austin was certainly a fantastic feeling, although the only thing that bothered her were those empty threats that the black-haired boy was letting go... as if that was going to affect Red Shoes in any way? One of the blonde-haired girl's eyes turned orange again but the other remained red because she was a little upset from hearing the midnight panther's empty threats "Yes, yes, but shut up already, I want to enjoy this" The blonde-haired girl commented, not giving a shit about the threats and complaints of her black-haired opponent, since the only thing that mattered to Mary was that the black-haired boy screamed in pain, but there were also other ways to silence her male opponent.

Mary slowly stroked Austin's penis to make it fall a little while she did her job and she could notice how the black-haired boy's member was growing but even so the black-haired boy made threats at her but the blonde-haired girl turned a deaf ear to this because it was somewhat annoying to hear the midnight panther resist even though Austin's penis said the opposite although it was not that she wanted to eliminate it quickly, she was doing it slowly and gently to torture him as well as exhaust him mentally.

But Red Shoes feels something wet while massaging the black-haired boy's penis and that was Austin's pre-cum, who seemed to enjoy this a lot "Threaten me all you want, but that doesn't change the fact that you're enjoying it" She said with a cruel and funny tone while her other eye turned red and then she put her hand under his underwear to directly touch his penis although she had those latex gloves and certainly she could not fully enjoy the sensation although she could hear the little mermaid's screams of pain...maybe Mary had to give Siren a hand.

Siren was practically being tortured while her covered sex was being touched without any kind of mercy and in the head of the black-haired girl with a green background she thought that if Cinderella had been here, it would surely have gone much worse because Cinderella had a beautiful body and which surely Daimonia was going to enjoy a lot in addition to torturing Cinderella as she was doing with Siren but the worst thing is that Daimonia was trying to seduce her so that the mermaid girl would get carried away by pleasure but Siren resisted Daimonia's attempts to try to make her fall into temptation, since the black-haired girl with a green background knew that Mary was going to help her at some point.

When Siren crawls to the ring ropes and was able to grab the ropes but during the whole process, the little mermaid's pussy was massaged a lot by her demonic opponent although fortunately she had a little sexual resistance due to her previous opponent that made her gain some sexual resistance but still the feeling of excitement and pleasure was something really strong to be able to ignore it but when she touched the bottom rope, she felt a little relief when Daimonia let go of her and she was able to give a small sigh of relief.

But Rebecca's respite didn't last long when Daimonia roughly grabbed Siren's head and her black-haired opponent brought her to her knees "N-No....Wai-" It was too late when Daimonia sat behind her and intertwined their legs as her head was caught and pulled back by the demon's arm, trapping the little mermaid in a sleeping dragon hold "UUGGGHHHH!" She moaned trying to move her arms uselessly, there was no escape for Siren as her oxygen was cut off but that was not the worst part, as again Siren's sex was attacked by daimonia "aaaahh~! uuggghhh~! nooo~!" The moans of pleasure made the black-haired girl with a green background and the sensation of pleasure made the little mermaid momentarily stop fighting while her arms remained still, her cheeks were red and her body was shaking quite a bit in addition to the fact that she began to feel a little wet in her sex.

Siren was practically a fish out of water that had been completely trapped by her demonic opponent and the worst thing was that Siren didn't know how to escape from this, she didn't have much strength to escape from the dragon sleeper hold.