Reward Art: Heranes vs Wunu Wangkong (Patreon)

I did not expect to make two monkeygirl posts in one day, but this just came in. More reward art by https://twitter.com/DamnVlado since we crossed into double art level. A bit from the climax of my old novel Heranes: Trials of the Demigoddess. Hercules' half-sister goes through her trials to become a goddess, and ends up running into the daughter of Son Wukong, Wunu Wangkong.

It's been a while since I wrote it, but remember talking to someone about how names worked back then and it added up more or less. I also remember reading up on the basics of the Hercules stories, and apparently a bunch of Greek myths included side tangents of going to beat up the heroes of other cultures. It all reminded me that being a hero back in the days wasn't so much about being good as being strong and badass enough to do, take and fuck whatever you felt like.

Her story's posted up on amazon my Gumroad at https://sandcastlessmut.gumroad.com, or for $5 donors at https://www.patreon.com/posts/heranes-trials-8203054.

She started towards the edge of the bed when a shrill cry came from overhead. Heranes froze for a split second in horror before she jumped back, letting Wunu's staff smack into the huge, cushy mattress. Phoebe didn't even stir as the monkey princess touched down, whirling her staff and turning to face Heranes.

"There you are, interesting woman!" Wunu announced. Heranes winced at her shout, but she saw that Phoebe was still motionless. A bit more at ease that tiny noises from tiny people didn't wake up titans, she sighed.

"My name is Heranes. And what are you doing here, you little shit?"

"I am here to finish our challenge!" The half-ape/half-god puffed up her chest proudly. "It was a fine duel we had going, until I went to Hell."

"Hell? What the hell is Hell?" Heranes frowned. "You mean Hades?"

"Something like that. But I escaped."

"You 'escaped' Hades?" Heranes smirked in skeptical amusement. "You got eaten by a shadow. How do you escape that?"

"Well, my family has a long history of outwitting and defeating gods. First I tricked the shadow into playing me in a game of rock-paper-scissor. When I inevitably won, I dared it..."

"You know what? Don't care," Heranes hissed in a sharp whisper. "I've got a bra to steal. Then I never have to do these stupid tests ever again. I become a goddess, and I do what I want."

"That is an excellent idea! Then so shall I!" Wunu grabbed the other end of the bra and tugged, stopping Heranes in her tracks. The Greek redhead scowled at the grinning Chinese heroine.

"Are you fucking kidding me?" Heranes groaned.

"Yes! I am tricking you. My people will be so pleased when I show them I have stolen the savage Westerners' holy underwear."