Fanfic: Barberian

Chapter 130: The 12th floor (6)

-Bam! Bam!

The effect of the Weakness Detection spell was spectacular.

Starting at the center, where Bernie was trapped, the tree gradually began to crack.

As if a nail had been driven through glass, a series of cracks appeared throughout the ice tree.

The fate of cracked glass is irreversible and the same goes for the ice tree.

-Crack, crack, crack!

The first crack leads to more cracks, and the cracks quickly collapse, spelling doom.

If the tree suddenly falls, what happens to the monkey on top?

"Cheer-reuruk?!!"

The snowy kobold let out a panicked scream.

-Ssshhhhhhhhhhhh!

Just then, another wind ripping sound rang out but the direction wasn't towards me.

-Poof!

A rope-laced arrow lodged in the thigh of the snow kobold falling from the tree.

The snow kobold, perched on another icy tree, fired a rescue arrow.

-POP!

The rope stretched taut, pulling the arrow-struck snow kobold up.

"Where!"

I immediately pulled out the artifact axe and injected magic into it, then threw it at another snow kobold and shouted.

"Giant!"

-Koooooow!

The axe instantly grew in size, spun slowly, and flew toward the ice tree.

"Chirrrrrrr!"

Startled by that, the second snow kobold let go of the rope and ran away.

The first snow kobold, who had only an arrow in his thigh, fell to the ground.

-Pow!

The snow kobold, miraculously cushioned by the thick layer of snow, looked up at me with a despondent face.

"Didn't you like it when you were splitting the yarn?"

"Cheh, cheh, cheh!"

The snow kobold screamed.

-Tsk!

Blood splashed across the white snow.

The skin was white and the blood was red.

I grasped at the exhilarating sensation coursing through my hands and quickly scanned the battlefield.

The two ice trees that had taken the brunt of Ellie and Lammel's fireballs were half-melted, with two charred, shriveled snow kobolds lying beneath them.

Joy Hog and Jubeel, who didn't have means to attack enemies up in the trees, were guarding the priest and wizard.

We encountered four in total, and one escaped.

"They're few."

Kobolds, like goblins, live in groups.

It's not much different with snow kobolds.

They travel in groups of at least five and as many as thirty, but the snow kobolds that attacked us were only four.

"They must be the vanguard. The main group will be after us soon."

There was no other reason for the pack-living creatures to send only a handful of fighters out first.

They wanted to analyze the strength of the force before going into battle.

The party nodded at Joy Hog's analysis.

"Wouldn't it be better to leave quickly? I've heard that snow kobolds are good at climbing trees and shooting arrows. If we find ourselves in the same situation again, it'll be dangerous."

Lammel voiced her concern when dozens of arrows flew from the snow kobolds on the high ground.

It was definitely a dangerous situation.

"Hmm… no. It might be okay in a cave like the upper level, but in this wide terrain, it would be more dangerous to run away rashly."

In a straight pathway, you can only protect yourself with a shield in front of you.

But in an open-world, non-side-scrolling game, you'll need to be aware of your front, back, and sides, as well as the diagonal.

What if you're out in the open and snow kobolds surround you with arrows from afar?

With minimal cover and low mobility, we'd be at a significant disadvantage.

We need to eliminate the enemy's advantage and increase the party's chances of survival.

An idea flashed through my mind.

"Ellie. Lammel. How many fireballs can you still use?"

"Five. Any more than that, and I might run out of magic power."

"I'm limited to two."

After hearing Ellie and Lammel's answers, I paused for a moment.

'Will it work?'

I had enough power.

"Balkan. You got an idea?"

Joy Hog asked me. I nodded and told her my vague plan.

"A primitive plan."

"Wasn't that just a recap of the battle?"

"It's the simplest and most straightforward, so it should work."

Everyone in the party nodded in agreement.

Quickly strategizing, we acted swiftly.

Lammel and Ellie built up their stocks of magic so they could cast it immediately, and I used the spell Seek Weakness to identify and memorize the weaknesses of the nearby ice trees.

We prepared for an attack by the snow kobolds.

-Chirp-chirp-chirp

They stepped into my activated perception range.

"They're coming."

The party nodded at my words.

The best defense is offense.

It was time to let the foolish raiders know where I stood.

***

"Cherub! Cherub!"

The snow kobold that had attacked our party scurried away, but quickly returned to the group to explain the situation.

An individual with one head larger than the other snowy kobolds, the seed of a beast born from the sperm of a male explorer on the 14th floor, the leader snow kobold immediately led her troops in pursuit.

"Cheruk. Che!"

Thirty snow kobolds bowed their heads to the leader and obeyed her command.

The snow beasts skillfully climbed the trees and moved into the groove of ice trees.

"Cheruk. Cheruk."

The leader kobold sneered at the six distinct footprints in the snow.

They were not skilled enough to erase the tracks.

The tracks left behind gave a good indication of the quality of the prey.

How many prey had been hunted here before.

The near-annihilation of the vanguard didn't seem like a big deal.

Only six prey? Her tribe could handle that many if she led them.

It wasn't arrogance, but the confidence of experience.

"Cheruk!"

The leading snow kobold shouted as she spotted the prey standing alone.

A short, shield-wielding female. It was Joy Hog, a dwarf.

"Che!!!"

At the leader's shout, the thirty snow kobolds that had been moving swiftly from tree to tree came to a halt.

Sometimes there were as few as two and as many as six in a single icy tree.

They quickly drew arrows and strung them on their bows.

"Rrr!!!!"

The leader kobold swung her arm and gave the command to fire.

"Arrrrrrrrrrrrrr!"

Twenty arrows shot out at once, tearing through the cold air and wind of the snowfield.

As Joy Hog activated her artifact shield in horror, the leader kobold noticed a strange discrepancy.

There were far fewer arrows to rain down on the short dwarf than she had expected.

"Chirrrrrr!"

"Chirrrrrr!"

Immediately, the screams of the snow kobolds in the rear echoed.

The ice tree the snow kobolds had climbed on the left had been hit by a fireball and was melting.

The ice tree on the right was tilting with an eerie sound.

"Cheh, Cheh?"

After a moment of panic, the leader snow kobold quickly realized what was happening.

The base of the ice tree, a blind spot you can't see when you're running straight ahead.

The unwitting prey had bared its teeth, waiting with bated breath to hunt them down in reverse.

To be ambushed by her prey trampled her pride as a hunter of the snowfields.

-Aaaah!

The leader, the Snowfield Kobold, gritted her teeth in fury and glared at her prey.

To her left, two mages with fireballs and a swordsman escorting them.

To her right, a male chopping wood with an axe and a helpless priest.

It's always better to start with the weakest.

The leader, a snowy kobold born from the semen of a male explorer, has always instinctively looked down on males and trampled them.

Stupid males. Sperm packets. An inferior species with no value beyond breeding.

A few arrows in the right places, stuffed and eaten, and the tribe will prosper.

-Kuddle, kuddle, kuddle!

The bowstring was drawn, and the arrowhead pointed at the male's abdomen.

The arrow gathered blue pellets of energy and then.

-Tut-tut-tut-tut-tut-tut!

The spinning arrow sucked in the cold air around it in an instant.

The power of the arrow was beyond the arrows of other snow kobolds.

An icy arrow, imbued with the chill of the snowfield that would freeze any axe it touched, let alone the man it hit.

But the man didn't even bother to dodge.

He just stood there, staring at the arrow flying toward him.

The leader, a snow kobold, smiled triumphantly.

"Bernie."

Again, he didn't respond.

"Eat."

Poof!

"...Cherub?"

The leader, a snow kobold, rubbed her eyes dazedly.

It was a sight she could hardly believe, even with the precision of her eyes, which could spot prey from a mile away.

The axe blade snapped in two, and it gaped, swallowing the ice arrow whole.

But the moment of panic was short-lived.

"Spit it back out."

At the man's command, the axe opened its mouth again and spat out the ice arrow it had swallowed.

-Pfft!

The ice arrow pierced the leader's head.

With a hole in its forehead, the snow kobold's head gradually froze, and its body lost its strength and fell from the ice tree.

"Cheer! Cheer cheer!!!!!!"

"Churrrrrrrrr!!!"

The sudden death of their leader caused a rift in the kobold horde.

The sudden confusion clouded their judgment about where to go after their prey.

Balkan would not miss that moment.

"Fuck you all!!!!"

A fireball flew from his left, melting ice trees and snowy kobolds in an instant.

Balkan rampaged through the icy forest, swinging his oversized axe and a nearly as large artifact axe at will.

-Tsk, tsk, tsk!!!

Each time the axe struck a weak spot in an icy tree, the tree collapsed, sending the snowy kobold tumbling to the snowy ground.

-Thud! Thud!

With each swing of his axe, an icy tree collapses, splattering red blood across the pure white snow.

-Puck! Puck!

The ice tree shattered with splinters flying.

His skin was torn and large splinters embedded in his flesh, but Hitolis' healing miracle kept him going, and he swung his axe in a trance.

"Cheruk. Cheh. Chehhhhhhhh!"

He chased after the snow kobold, who stumbled backward with a terrified look on her face.

The snowy kobold stopped in its tracks, its back and paws brushing the snow.

The base of an icy tree blocked his path.

There was nowhere to run.

"Che, che, che-"

The snowy kobold let out a strangled cry and stared at the being before him.

A helmet splattered with blood and a massive, muscular body.

A male, larger than she was, holding two gigantic axes.

No, no.

Crueler than her kind, wilder than any beast in the hierarchy.

A savage, a warrior.

-Tsk!

The sound of tearing flesh rang out and the cries of the snow kobolds could no longer be heard.

"Whoa."

Balkan took a quick breath and looked back.

There was no white snowfield.

All he could see was red, blood-soaked snow.

His hands were shaking.

How long had it been since he'd killed so many people?

His brain was racing and his heart was pounding.

The excitement of battle had fired his body with a heat that could melt even the chill of winter.

"Is it over..."

"I thought I was going to die. Dozens of arrows at once... one more thing to talk about over drinks."

"No, anyway, Balkan, what kind of magic did you do?! How did you get the arrows back...!"

"Oh. Oppa. Are you all right...?!"

I smiled bitterly as I watched the party regroup and begin to discuss.

We survived.

***

We got one Leader Snow Kobold Soulstone, three Soulstones from normal Snow Kobolds, forty special poisoned arrows, Snow Kobold's hide and other miscellaneous byproducts.

"Crazy, so many soul stones!"

"The arrows of the Snow Kobolds are of high quality, we should be able to sell them for a good price."

"A good harvest for the effort!"

We take what we can, discard what we can, and stack the battle's rewards in my backpack.

After a short break of an hour or so to drink a healing potion, we resumed our march.

"It's snowing."

"Wow... it's pretty... oppa. Let's watch."

The snow falling on the snowfield was indeed a spectacular sight, but it wasn't something we could afford to sit and stare at.

"Night will be here soon, and we need to find a place to sleep before it gets colder."

"Right. Let's move quickly. We need to find a cave or an igloo like the explorers who came before us."

We needed to find a place to stay warm and safe.

From the middle floors on, the Labyrinth has day and night.

This is a change from the upper floors, where there was a ceiling.

I checked the wristwatch Diana had given me. It was already 17:00.

The battle with the snowy kobolds had delayed the time a bit.

The sky was already gradually turning dark.

"Huh."

"Hooo. Heavy."

The party members moving in formation blew their breath on their hands to ward off the cold.

The cold on the 12th floor penetrated even their winter gear.

It was cold enough now, but if night came, they would freeze to death from hypothermia or something.

Sleeping outside in this weather is no joke, it's freezing.

We had firewood from Joy Hog, so we had to find a cave or something to start a fire and warm up.

"Etchy!"

I gasp.

Ellie snorted, red-faced.

I handed her the winter coat I was wearing.

"Put this on and stay warm. Ellie."

"Oh, it's okay, I'm sure you're cold too."

"I got a miracle from a priest I know, so I'm fine."

"Well, if I'm cold, I can warm myself with a fireball..."

"No. You never know when something might happen, so you should conserve your magic as much as possible. We can't afford to waste it on something like that."

"...Yes. I'm sorry."

Ellie was more concerned than the rest of the party, since this was probably her first time in such an extreme environment.

"...You smell... Hehe."

Ellie laughed, looking much better in the fur coat I'd been sweating in for days.

But apart from that, after three hours of exploring, we hadn't found a decent place to rest.

It's now 8pm.

The party's movements slowed as the bitter cold continued, and their complexions grew pale.

As the surroundings grew abysmally dark, it became impossible to explore any further.

"Should we dig a tunnel and hide in it?"

"Are you crazy? You want to be buried alive?"

"Yes, but it's dangerous to move any further. The monsters are more active at night."

I've given up on finding a shelter and am seriously considering digging a hole to get out of the cold.

"There, there! Light! Light!"

Ellie shouted, pointing somewhere in the distance.

All eyes turned in that direction, there was a cave not too far away with a warm glow emanating from it.

"Now, wait a minute. Couldn't it be an outlaw party?"

"No, but we don't have a choice, and if we lose any more time, there's no turning back."

Joy Hog shook her head in concern.

'That cave is the only place to rest around here.'

If we pass it, no one is sure when we'll find shelter again.

If we miss this shelter, our party could be found cold and dead tomorrow morning.

Somehow, we had to huddle together and stay warm for the night.

If it was an outlaw we couldn't talk to, we'd have to kill them.

"I'll take the lead, just in case, I'm in the best shape."

"I'm sorry. Can you do that?"

Joy Hog's hands were already shaking so badly she could barely grip her shield.

With me in the lead, just in case, the party cautiously approached the cave.

Out of politeness, and just in case, we didn't approach fully.

"Are you there!!!"

I shouted from near the cave, and immediately felt a stirring inside.

"Nu, who's there?"

It was a small, cute voice.

For a moment, I thought it was a child, but no ordinary child would be in a place like this.

"This is the Explorer Joy Hog Party, along with the Explorer Balkan from the Alliance! Excuse me, but can we stay in the cave together—"

"...Ba, you mean Balkan?!"

The cute voice was quickly tinged with panic.

At the same time, the sound of someone else moving inside the cave was heard.

In total, there were two people in the cave.

"Is that true?! Are you saying your name is really Balkan?!"

Something was wrong. They know my name.

But I nodded anyway.

"Yes! Explorer Bal-"

"Master!!!!!!!!!!"

-Pow!

The woman rushed out of the cave, and in a flash, she was on top of me.

I fell instantly to the snow, and she was on top of me.

-Thrrrr!

"Oh, oppa!"

I heard the party arm themselves, and Ellie screamed in terror.

My eyes were fixed on the woman on top of me.

The blue moonlight revealed her form.

Black short hair, violet eyes that seemed to mix with chaos, her breasts were just the right size, not too big, not too small, and her hips were wide and strong.

Dressed like a maiden, even in this cold weather, wearing only a white fur coat, a black shred of fabric, and short denim pants.

She had a smile full of joy and playfulness, and a pet collar, still around her neck.

[Bonded Slave: Denshi LV.31]

"I've missed you! Master!"

She once tried to fuck me but was rehabilitated and swore obedience to me.

Chapter 131: Nightmare (1)

Ellie stared blankly at the woman before her.

The dark-haired female held him tightly, the mound of her pussy pressed against Balkan's hip.

She buried her nose in his neck and inhaled deeply.

"Master…hmm…hmm…master…sniff. It's the real you, the real, real you, I've missed you, Master."

She looked at the woman savoring Balkan's body scent with an ecstatic expression.

-Tuduk.

Ellie felt something snap in her head.

-Hmph!

The tips of Ellie's hair burned slightly.

It was a minor side effect of the sudden release of magic but not something to worry about right now.

There was a more important matter at hand.

In an instant, two fireballs formed in Ellie's hands.

Right after.

-Kududududud!

The sound of a bowstring was heard from inside the cave where the dark-haired woman had emerged.

The arrowhead glowed in the darkness and was aimed at Ellie's brow.

The party recognized it as the signal for battle, and they raised their weapons.

"Stop!"

Balkan shouted urgently as he looked up at the woman with her cheek pressed against his chest.

Ellie's body, which had been filled with thoughts of firing a fireball and burning the woman in front of her into a handful of ashes, stiffened like stone at Balkan's words.

Her mind was filled with other thoughts, but her body was obediently following Balkan's orders.

Questions immediately followed.

Why?

'Why do you want me to stop? She's the enemy, she's a bad, perverted bitch who touched oppa's body and molested him!'

The relationship with her adoptive mother was something she could accept and understand.

Whether her stepmother and oppa were sharing a steamy, heartfelt copulatory kiss, or whether they were going to have sex someday, if not now, then someday...

... she was a little bit jealous, a little bit envious, and a whole lot wanting to do it herself.

For Ellie, it was all within acceptable limits.

Her foster mom and oppa were sharing affection with each other before her, and she was grateful that she was included.

The other female, however, was another story.

"Balkan. Explain."

Joy Hog asked, shield raised.

Balkan sighed and shook off the dark-haired woman in front of him.

"...She's a member of my old party."

"Yes, old times. Master, I'm still one of your – kekk-!"

-snap!

Balkan casually snatched the leash from around the woman's neck.

"And."

"...Heheh...Master...Keheh...Master...hasn't changed..."

The dark-haired woman, her throat naturally raised, choked out, her face wet with joy and delight.

"She's my slave."

-Grrrr.

The party dropped their weapons, dumbfounded by Balkan's declaration.

The flame in Ellie's hand quickly lost its power and went cold.

"...?"

Only Ellie's desperate voice echoed in the sky.

***

To our relief, Grumpy let us into the cave.

Considering how territorial most explorers are, this was a huge concession.

The cave was quite cozy and the warmth of the bonfire melted our frozen bodies.

"Chirp Chirp of Wind Valley?"

"That, yes. This is it!"

The party member accompanying Grumpy was none other than the tiny Chirp Chirp...no, the one I had met earlier.

It was the mid-level explorer, Wind Valley's Chirp Chirp.

"Isn't she a spirit archer who acts based on trust? Why with someone like that…?"

"No, it probably means that she's a decent enough person to be with that Spirit Archer."

"Perhaps. No matter how good a woman is, she's still biologically female. They're instinctively drawn to men..."

"A woman can also be a bitch in front of a man... but that..."

Joy Hog, Hitolis, Lammel, and Jubeel's gazes turned to me.

Or, more precisely, to Grumpy clinging to my side.

"Heheh..."

The expressions on the faces of the party members grew subtle as they stared at the happy, smiling Grumpy, leashed to me.

"...But isn't there something wrong with that?"

"It's like meeting someone from another world, with a leash on and walking on all fours by itself."

"...Is it too early for the criminal's common sense..."

"I'm afraid of slaves."

Her behavior would make even Jubeel shake her head.

"Master. Other people are looking at you and me. This thrilling feeling I haven't felt in a long time... Hehe, ah, here I go, here I go..."

Grumpy head jerked up, her back rattling.

It was a natural masochistic perversion, lightly aroused by the scornful glances of others.

Whatever had happened in the meantime, she looked even worse than before.

The party members shook their heads and turned away from Grumpy who had climaxed.

The atmosphere at the first meeting was tense.

Grumpy behavior was not particularly hostile, and Chirp Chirp status as a spirit of the Wind Valley gave them considerable credibility.

They are not particularly dangerous.

The party members have begun to relax their guard against them, though.

However, there were still some who were still wary of them.

"...Oppa."

Ellie's elf ears pricked up incredulously, and she glared at Grumpy.

"Really, are you okay?"

I laughed bitterly at Ellie's overwhelming concern.

"I'm fine. We had a party back in the day. She's pretty good, and she listens to me."

-Tsk tsk.

I stroked Grumpy's head, and she whimpered again, her face pale.

Ellie's gaze sharpened again as she watched her. She couldn't look away.

"Still, I think we should stay away from her, just in case."

"Hey. You little fire starter."

As she listened to Eli's words, Grumpy's face turned sour.

Her piercing purple eyes reflected Ellie's confused expression.

"Fire starter?"

"Yes, you. Don't cross the line. I could have kicked everyone out of the cave except for master, but I didn't. I let you in and you should have bowed your head and thanked me, not telling others that I'm dangerous. You know what you're talking about, you little bitch!"

-Hmph!

With a single tug on the chain collar, the ferocious snarl softened into a grimace.

"Ellie. Go back and rest, warm up."

"Ha, but…"

"Ellie."

"...."

I said it over and over again, and Ellie bowed her head.

Grumpy next to me smiled triumphantly and hugged me tighter.

Ellie glared at her with a mixture of anger and humiliation, but she finally obeyed me and left to join the rest of the party.

She looked like a puppy left behind by a moving family after being told they'd be back later.

I decided I'd have to talk to her later, but for now, I focused on Grumpy.

I had a lot of questions to ask her.

"You. Where the hell have you been all this time?"

"Well, it's a bit of a long story."

With a look of reminiscence on her face, Grumpy slowly recounted her story.

When I was dropped to the fifth floor by a reformed explorer named Derucio, Grumpy realized her own shortcomings.

"Then," she says, "I heard a voice asking me if I needed strength."

"You heard a voice in the labyrinth?"

"No. Jeremy, who was with me, didn't hear it. It was in my head."

A mysterious voice that targeted only Grumpy.

I don't know who the voice belongs to, but I have a rough idea of what it is.

[◆ The Curse of the 30th Puppet]

The first time Grumpy was cursed the number was in the thousandths but now it's up to the thirties.

Something must have happened to change her.

"I went to the place the voice told me to go, made a connection with someone ...and did a lot of things to get stronger... but it's still not enough."

Grumpy looked at me with a pleading face and said.

"Again, I don't want to be separated from my master like that."

"..."

"So, I want to get stronger, strong enough to protect my master."

...Have you been struggling a lot?

She's always been bold before, but not to this extent, and somehow she's become a bit more aggressive.

Maybe the breakup was more traumatic for her.

"I wanted to come to you when I was strong enough to protect you...when I was strong enough to do so without offending you."

To me, of course, this was positive news.

What other slave could be so loyal and devoted to his master?

"...I suffered."

"Heh."

I patted her on the head, and she grinned and hugged me tightly.

-Kadadad.

I heard a thin sound in the distance.

I turned to see Ellie, her long elven ears stretched to the limit, listening in on the conversation.

"..."

-Kwuuk-

With trembling hands, Ellie clutched the coat I gave her and buried her face in it.

"Hooooo."

I forced my eyes back to Grumpy and got back to the point.

"So, who are you working for now?"

The 'voice' was trying to nurture her by giving her a teacher.

Although she didn't know it, I could tell that the voice had some expectations of her.

"You're always in my heart, master."

"Don't talk nonsense."

"Hmph."

The grin on her face returned to a serious expression.

"Master."

She turned back to me.

"By any chance, do you know of a curse by the name of Puppet?"

Chapter 132: Nightmare (2)

The curse of the puppet.

I remembered the first time I saw someone with it.

A lowly mage named Deluna, and every other scoundrel and outlaw I encountered had one.

Over the course of the next few events and encounters, I realized that most of the people in the Outlaw Zone had the curse.

Even the most recent Blues Clan leader I met had one.

'It's definitely a strange curse.'

A blessing and a curse.

Its mysteries can only be learned in the Labyrinth.

You could probably ask hundreds of explorers and get the same answer.

There is no way to obtain Blessings or Curses anywhere else but the Labyrinth.

But here, there was one exception.

Grumpy got the Puppet Curse by going to the Outlaw Zone, not the Labyrinth, without even realizing it.

How is that possible?

And why just that one curse?

Unless one possessed a blessing that could inscribe curses, such a thing was impossible.

The more I delved into it, the more questions I had, and the curse, which I had long since abandoned, came up again.

When asked where she had worked, she mentioned the curse.

"You. No way."

She chuckled at my question.

"Of course not. I thought you, my master, would know."

"...No, I don't know the details, so explain it to me one step at a time."

She nodded at my words and opened her mouth cautiously.

"In the deepest depths of the Labyrinth City, in the Outlaw District, there is a being called the Puppeteer."

The Puppeteer.

At least it matched the word puppet.

"The Puppeteer can impose the Puppet Curse on others through special puppets."

"Heh."

"The curse is in name only, so there are no special penalties, but the target of the curse becomes an object for the puppeteer to observe."

"..."

I opened my mouth, dumbfounded by the words that came out of Grumpy's mouth.

It wasn't even common sense to artificially inscribe a curse, but to even be able to watch the cursed being?

"In theory, that means it's possible to observe the entire labyrinth city."

"Well, maybe for a while if you use your full power?"

Grumpy one shrugged her shoulders as if she didn't know much about that.

'I don't think even ...Diana could do that.'

Of course, it would be impossible to keep an eye on every single one of the ninety thousand or so puppet curse holders.

There are probably only a few dozen people who are actually watched but that doesn't change the fact that it's a big deal.

"The puppeteer watches over those who are cursed, and if they see any potential in them, they pluck them out and grow them like me."

Curses, voyeuristic tendencies, and now even grooming?

"Why? Why did they give you a teacher to help you grow?"

"Oh, I heard from my master that usually, no matter how talented someone is, they don't give them a master, just a little boost."

[1389th Puppet's Curse]

+1 to all stats when maximum prerequisites are met

I remembered the first puppet curse Grumpy got.

'I wonder if "help" means stats.'

"The reason I have a teacher is because I'm very talented. What do you mean, 'suitability' is high?"

"Suitability?"

It was an unfamiliar word.

At the same time, it was strangely off-putting.

"I think they said that the higher the suitability, the better the 'link'...? Master didn't elaborate."

Suitability and links, was a word match that reeked of something.

"So this master is a puppet too?"

"I'm not exactly sure, but they did follow the puppeteer, referring to them as 'that person.'"

After listening to her for a while, I felt a strange chill and stroked her arm.

It was hard to believe that a mere mortal could do something like cast curses—this was an unfathomable mystery of the Labyrinth, after all.

'...I shouldn't be so hasty.'

Besides, from what I heard, it wasn't exactly an organization of outlaws, so there weren't many people with puppet curses among the outlaws.

It just so happened that the puppeteer's area of operation was in the outlaw territory.

'But the Puppeteer isn't in the Outlaw District for nothing, there must be a reason.'

Well, it makes sense, considering this person is into voyeurism and even grooming.

"Whoa."

I sighed unnecessarily. My head was spinning.

In the first place, even Grumpy had picked up more information than I knew.

"The real details," I thought, "must be with her teacher."

Grumpy told me the name and appearance of her teacher.

Inert, a female with four mechanical arms and a figure with a disguise blessing.

"Is that really her?"

"Uh, yeah. That's right."

I couldn't help but be surprised by the words.

'That's the same guy I met when I went to Zirnier's workshop to reforge Gluttony!'

-He's a guy with a good sense. He'll be great. That guy should have been taken care of, but why on earth did it take so many years for such a precious thing to be...

I remembered what Inert had muttered to me.

It had been a bizarre encounter with a level 60 powerhouse, and I still remembered the words.

-That bitch who was left hanging on to everything doesn't know any gratitude!

At the same time, the image of Zirnier, who had been drunk and passed out, complaining, came to mind.

It seemed that Inert and Zirnier were quite close.

I'll have to ask Zirnier more about Inert once we get out of the Labyrinth.

'Ah. Speaking of which, I heard that Zirnier is also going to the royal inner castle to repair the armor of the second princess...'

"Ha."

Damn. This never gets any easier.

"What's with all the complicated sighing? It's a simple story."

While I was still racking my brains, Grumpy looked me in the eye through my helmet.

"I'm on your side, isn't that fact enough for you?"

Heh.

"Yeah. That's it."

I chuckled and tugged on her leash.

With Ellie, I would have patted her on the head, but with this guy, this reaction worked better.

"Kekekeke… ehee…"

The strangled one laughed heartily.

The puppet in the top 30, Grumpy, will be watched with considerable interest by the Puppeteer.

But for her to voice her opinion in front of me like this, it must mean that her loyalty is to me, not the Puppeteer.

"Okay, enough about the puppet, why were you on the 12th floor with Chirp Chirp?"

"Ah. Well, one of my blessings is the Blessing of the Wind."

[◆ Blessing of the Wind]

– Your hearing is extremely developed. Greatly increases your affinity with wind spirits.

– Dexterity +15 Wisdom +5 when maximum conditions are met (1 Wind Elemental collected so far)

Surely, such a blessing.

"I was traveling with Master, and I happened to meet Chirp Chirp, and somehow I made her obey me."

"So it's like a slave to a slave, huh?"

"Hmph. Something like that. The reason I came here is because the bitch called Master asked me to come up to the 15th floor to test something."

"Fifteenth floor? The two of you? Is that possible?"

"Strangely enough, spirits are less likely to be attacked by the monsters in the Labyrinth, as long as you avoid them."

After that, we spent the rest of the time catching up on each other's lives.

"The Blues Clan you were a slave to. They stupidly raided the academy and got screwed."

"Huh… Really?! Those motherfuckers! I was just planning on fucking them up little by little while slowly drying them up…!"

It had been a long time since we had seen each other, so we had a lot to talk about.

As the conversation continued, the night sky grew darker and darker, and it was time for sleep.

"Thank you for letting me share your cave with you. There's no way I can repay you, so I'll stand guard for you, even if it's only for a few hours."

"Mmm. Thanks."

Grumpy nodded at Joy Hog's offer.

We had far more people than them, so it was the least we could do to compensate them for providing shelter.

"Yay! Rest!"

"No, I can't. You have to work."

"You've gone too far! You'd better stop your unconscionable behavior right now!"

"How dare you talk back to your master? You are supposed to obey your master absolutely!"

Grumpy, acting like a master, stood up, put Chirp Chirp on guard duty and snuggled into a sleeping bag…it was my sleeping bag.

"Master. Master, come this way."

"...No, that's my spot."

"Do you know why I've never caught a cold even though I've always worn only a piece of cloth? It's because I'm a little too warm. Nobody can warm you up like me in the 12th floor wind chill. Here. Come on in. I'll warm up your tired body."

Grumpy spread her arms wide.

It was a bit of a gimmick, but it was quite convincing.

That warm, fluffy body would be good to cuddle with.

She's a female slave with no human rights, she'd be happy to be hugged so hard she'd beg for her life.

"No, not that!"

Ellie interrupted me as I headed for my sleeping bag, mesmerized.

"Chit. We were almost there..."

At Ellie's interruption, Grumpy clicked her tongue and left my sleeping bag.

And this time, she actually got into her own sleeping bag and laid down.

The party's sleeping bags formed a circle around the campfire in the center.

I decided on a night watch rotation with the other party members and I was next in line after Chirp Chirp.

I quickly lay down in my sleeping bag to get some more rest.

'...It's warm.'

After a few moments, my sleeping bag had warmed up to just the right temperature.

It seems that Grumpy's words weren't entirely false.

"Balkan. Wake up."

"No!"

Wind Valley's Chirp Chirp poked me in the cheek.

I'd fallen asleep in the blink of an eye.

Was I tired?

Or was it the warmth of his sleeping bag that induced such a deep sleep?

Or maybe it was something else.

It didn't really matter.

"Hmmm."

"Balkan, there is something unusual."

"Something unusual?"

Yawning, I sat up, and Chirp Chirp told me what she sensed during his night shift.

"My spirit senses are screaming. I'm sensing something erotic!"

"...Something erotic?"

"It feels like a snail is rubbing its mucus… My lower stomach keeps jumping around!"

...What is this obscene spirit?

Is it actively trying to tell me that it's piling on?

"Hmmm... I get it."

I nodded, hoping it wasn't for nothing.

I didn't feel anything unusual, because my body was usually very active.

I peeked around the cave to see if there were any monsters or other explorers in case of an attack, but there was no sign of them.

After about two hours of night watch, I woke up the next person in line.

"Jubeel. Wake up."

"Ugh, big…"

With a dying sound, Jubeel crawled out of her sleeping bag.

Zub-zub-zub-zub-zub

A giant puddle of water poured out of Jubeel's panty-winded lower half.

"Shit. Jubeel. Did you pee?"

"Ugh. No. It's saliva. I'm kind of horny tonight."

"..."

"Well, there are days like this, aren't there? It's been two weeks since I entered the Labyrinth. I haven't masturbated in two weeks, and if you're a fertile female, your pussy should be heating up."

"..."

Apparently, in the Labyrinth, you can't get your libido out in time.

There was an odd amount of liquid running down her thighs, but since it was Jubeel, I didn't mind if she was as wet as she was.

I nodded weakly and relayed what Chirp Chirp told me.

"Erotic? She must be a lustful spirit. Anyway, thanks for the trouble."

"Yeah. Jubeel's having a hard time too."

"Oya."

I flopped down on my sleeping bag again.

With no time to think about anything else, I fell asleep again, this time quickly.

***

It's hot.

My body is hot and my mind is fuzzy.

It's hard to move my body. I feel like I'm being held down by scissors.

Someone is pressing down on my body.

It's not just one person.

One on my left and one on my right, two people in total.

The one on the left felt strangely familiar, soft and smooth, like I'd touched it a few times before.

The right one, on the other hand, was unfamiliar but it was really hot and chewy, so it felt good too.

I struggled to open my eyes.

I saw red hair and elf ears, then black hair and a leash.

Ellie and Grumpy.

"..."

"..."

They were staring down at me, their faces blank.

The three of us lay in one sleeping bag, our bodies pressed together.

"...?"

Somehow, before I could even finish my question.

Thrust.

Ellie's and Grumpy's hands moved to my lower body.

Chapter 133: Nightmare (3)

TLN: This chapter is rated R-19.

"We're lost."

Incubus Ain clicked his tongue as he stared at the cave on the twelfth floor.

They had chased after the Wind Valley's Chirp Chirp and the nameless maiden who had attacked the Blues Clan to retrieve the [Orb], but contrary to their expectations, they didn't have the [Orb].

"Let's go back, it seems like the orb is indeed at the Academy. Succubus-sama, ..."

"..."

"..."

"..."

Incubus Ain spoke to the three succubi that the Worshiper of Lust had sent down, but they did not even pretend to listen, instead staring blankly into the cave.

After staring at the cave for a while, they muttered to themselves.

"If you're going, go alone."

"...?"

"You're an incubus, can't you see that?"

One succubus pointed to the cave and gestured with her lower half.

"Can't you see the great, positive energy rising from that cave?"

"It's quite a distance away, but even from here I can smell the sperm."

"Hmph, my womb is already pounding…I've never seen such obscene, thick yang qi in my life."

The three succubi headed to the cave, their faces full of excitement.

"Oh, no, wait a minute...!"

Incubus Ain had already made a mistake once, so he wanted to be cautious and not cause any trouble.

He tried to catch the succubi, but they seemed to have already made up their minds.

The succubi had already taken up positions around the cave, perfectly concealed and waiting for the right moment.

Males and succubi are polar opposites.

No male could defeat these creatures, no matter what he did.

There are only two fates: either all of their yang energy is sucked out, or they are in a state of ruin.

Even he, incubus Ain who boasted of being in the top 1% of masculinity with a penis length of 9cm and a single ejaculation volume of 2ml, became weak after just a brief contact with succubi.

If a normal male faced those succubi, his chances of survival were zero.

"...Hoo. Poor guy."

Incubus Ain looked at the cave with a bitter face, mourning the nameless male.

He had no intention of seeing a male fall into despair.

He turned on his heel and strode out of the twelfth level.

***

Something was wrong.

My mind was foggy and my body hot.

Three people in a one-person sleeping bag that was barely wide enough.

I didn't know how they'd gotten in, but I felt like I was going to die from the pressure.

"Oppa!"

"Master."

Every time Ellie and Kachil moved their bodies, a soft sensation gently enveloped me.

With the three of us crammed together in such a small space, the sensation was even more vivid and intuitive.

The sensation of our bodies pressed together to the limit rattled my senses.

'Is this a dream?'

I sucked in a breath and breathed in the cool air of the 12th floor to wake up.

-Woof.

But what entered my nose was not the cold, chilly air of the Labyrinth, but the hot, rusty scent of a female.

My cock responded instantly to the pheromones.

'This isn't a dream.'

These vivid sensations can't be a dream.

"..."

"..."

I snapped out of my dazed stare and Ellie's gaze went to my cock.

A hazy smile of admiration crossed their dazed faces at the hill that towered above my pants.

"...Master. You look hard...?"

Grumpy ran her thighs over my stomach.

My body responded instantly to the feel of her chubby thighs, the warmth, and the right amount of weight on my stomach.

She gingerly touched the bulge in the front of my pants with her toe.

"Like this, like this..."

The toe gently touched my cock.

"If you make your cock big, big..."

Soon, she began to gently squeeze my cock.

"As your faithful slave..."

She deftly moved her foot to unbuckle the belt that held my pants up.

With each movement of her foot, my pants slid a little lower.

"Night service, it has to be done..."

Soon, the front of the revealed boxer briefs was damp to an unusual degree.

"Hmmm."

Ellie shuddered as she caught a whiff of the night blossoms wafting through the sleeping bag.

"Oppa."

This time, Ellie's hand came to rest on my pectoralis major muscle.

From my pecs, her hands traveled over my ribs, my pecs, my abs, and down to my pelvis, where my pants were hanging down.

"Can I, can I...?"

I wanted to answer in the negative, but my mind was too foggy to form words.

Ellie seemed to interpret it as an affirmative.

With gentle hands, she began to carefully remove my boxers.

The Arachne silk boxers Deanna had bought me slid down to my thighs.

"Hmph!"

My elastic cock slapped the sole of her foot.

"As usual, Master... tremendous... heh..."

Grumpy chuckled and rubbed the root of my cock gently with her foot.

The epidermis pulled even tighter under her soft, careful strokes.

The moisture from the cunt on either side of me quickly moistened my glans.

"How do you like your soles served...? Yum!"

Grumpy whispered to me, smiling wryly, and then glared at Ellie.

Ellie had pinched her leg.

"Don't treat oppa's cock like that."

With a dazed look on her face and a ferocious tone of voice, Ellie soon became a tame lamb and carefully placed her hand on my cock.

Carefully cupping the shaft with her palm, she squeezed it gently so as not to startle it.

Just the right amount of pressure, not too hard, not too soft.

Ellie, Jubeel's recognized genius of misdirection, instinctively squeezed my cock at the most pleasurable intensity.

"..."

After glaring at her wordlessly, Grumpy moved her hand to my groin.

The hand that grazed the root of my cock made its way to the two heavy sperm vaults below.

The heat of my body enveloped the sperm vaults, which had shrunk slightly in the chill of the Labyrinth.

I felt a tingling sensation in my perineum and the sperm being produced rapidly.

She gently teased her hand and played with the two beads.

"Mmmm."

"...Hey... this, does it feel good...?"

"..."

Perhaps spurred on by Grumpy's tone, Ellie's hand, which had been stiffening on my cock, immediately began to move.

Tsk. Tsk, tsk.

There was no need for lube, as the cum or cooper's fluid had already oozed out and soaked my boxers.

Ellie's entire body shuddered as her hand skimmed over my cock.

Every time the squeaky, dirty sound, my body became hotter and my excitement accelerated.

"Two, both of you, stop, stop, stop, stop."

I'm pretty sure I told them to stop.

Ellie and Chirpy ignored me and continued to tease my cock and balls.

No matter how horny they were, neither of them were going to listen to me.

Now, this situation was definitely weird.

I wriggled my strangely limp body and looked around and then I realized that things had changed.

The cave was filled with pink air currents.

It wasn't just a feeling, the cave was really filled with a pink fog-like substance.

"Ju, Jubeel... you crazy... stop...!"

"Earth Motheee...!"

"Man or woman... it doesn't matter... as long as it tastes good...!"

Jubeel, who had lost her mind, was hugging Lammel and Hitolis while she was shedding breast milk.

Lammel and Hitolis were not sober, and they were secretly enjoying themselves.

Joy Hog, who had been on night watch, was lying down by the campfire. So was Chirp Chirp.

There are no wounds but they were lying in a strange position, with their shield and bow in their arms.

It was as if they had been caught unaware while trying to defend themselves.

"Attack?"

In other words, this situation is clearly an attack.

"You're quick, aren't you?"

Giggle.

My head snapped up with three different snickers.

It felt like I'd been hit with a knee pillow.

The voices came from above my head and to either side of me.

First, I looked up and saw a very seductive-looking woman staring down at me, a female so beautiful that I got an erection just looking at her.

I immediately tried to confirm her identity with the status window, but it didn't work.

'...Status window, no?'

I don't know if the gap is so large that it's being censored, but it's rare that the status bar doesn't appear at all.

The status window doesn't open in the case of an object, animal, plant, or monster.

In other words, the woman in front of me was a monster.

The hint was in her appearance.

Turning my attention away from the status window, I took a closer look at the woman.

She had a pair of black horns, reaching skyward from above each temple, black, bat-like wings flapping behind her back, a heart-shaped tail that flicked in a terrifying technique and skimpy, lecherous black outfit that barely covered her nipples and pussy mound.

"Succubus?"

"Puhhhh."

As soon as I said the word that immediately came to mind, the woman laughed and giggled.

Every time I saw her laugh and heard her voice, I felt a lascivious feeling in my heart and the laughter didn't just come from overhead.

It came from both sides of me.

I looked down to see Ellie and Grumpy laughing with mischievous grins on their faces.

Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk!

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh.

At the same time, the teasing fingers on my cock and balls became more vigorous.

It's hard to hold back. I felt like I was going to cum at any moment but I desperately suppressed my arousal and held on.

Something told me that I shouldn't ejaculate now.

"What are you, suddenly appearing and doing this?"

"Are you an idiot? Why do I have to tell you that? Just go ahead and cum and do your masochistic male degradation!"

Tsk!

The woman flicked her hand, and Ellie and Grumpy reacted.

They cautiously lifted their heads and pressed their lips to my pectoralis major...nipples.

Tsk-tsk. Tsk-tsk-tsk.

It was the strangest stimulation I'd ever felt in my life but my whole body instinctively tensed.

Ellie and Grumpy eagerly rolled their tongues over my nipples, sucking them carefully.

Each lick of their hot, warm tongues across my breasts intensified the hazy feeling.

"You, you bitch! What did you do to Ellie and Grumpy!"

"...Hmm. I guess you'll be more miserable if I don't tell you, so fine, I'll tell you."

The smirking succubus whispered to me, her voice full of mockery.

"Right now, inside their dream world, there are two more succubi."

"What kind of bullshit is that, eek!"

"A succubus can enter another's dreams, show them the dreams they want, and manipulate the behavior of those they possess. So, the red-haired elf and the dark-haired human are doing what they subconsciously desire most right now."

The succubus giggled as she looked down at me getting my nipples sucked and spanked by Ellie and Grumpy.

"Pulling your pants down with their own hands, teasing your firm breasts with your hot tongues, and making your throbbing cock cum hot, sticky pregnancy juices...that's the kind of fantasy they've been having all along."

"..."

"Your own party members have been fantasizing about fucking you! How's that for being a man, isn't that miserable? Isn't that going to ruin your friendships? Puhhhhh!"

"..."

"But I can't waste your precious yang qi on those two."

The succubus woman giggled for a moment, wondering what was so funny, then snapped her fingers again.

-Poof!

The sleeping bag that held us prisoner burst open, and the succubus, wings flapping, swam through the soft pink air currents and landed on my thigh.

Whirrrr!

"Pow!"

Her heart-shaped tail swiftly curled around the base of my cock.

Cautiously, the succubus leaned her face toward my cock and grinned wickedly at me.

The succubus woman buried her nose in the root of my cock, which hadn't been washed in days, inhaled and exhaled a hot breath.

Then she looked up at me with a sickening smile.

"Your life is over now, you know what happens to men who mate with monsters, don't you?"

I know all too well.

The first thing I saw after arriving in this world was those guys getting fucked by goblins.

The moment he ejaculates, the man in this world is turned into an idiot, and he lives the rest of his life as an inferior sperm packet.

'Whether that applies to me, a man of the other world, I'm not sure.'

She opened her mouth, and a snake-like tongue slithered out.

It was shaped like a human tongue, but it had jagged bumps on it.

The clean, red tongue looked quite warm.

The cold air in the 12th floor caused hot steam to come out with every breath she took.

She flicked her tongue and smirked.

"The merciless seduction of a Lieutenant Succubus. No matter how great your stamina is, you can never withstand it as long as you are a male. Hehe."

Phew.

She kissed the glans, sucked in the sticky cooper juices, and shuddered.

Immediately, the succubus's face lit up with greed.

Peck. Peck, peck♡.

The more she kissed my glans, the more I felt like I was going to lose my mind.

I wanted to move my body, but I couldn't, maybe it was the effect of the pink air currents.

I just gritted my teeth and held back my ejaculation as long as I could.

I squinted my eyes to try to comprehend my increasingly dizzy state of mind.

"Zoop… Paha... master, master... choooop...♡"

With a dreamy face, Ellie sucks on my nipples and gives me a cock job.

Likewise, Grumpy is tickling my balls, urging me to cum.

And Succubus, with her breasts pressed against my thighs, frantically kissing my cock.

My balls throbbed along with my cock.

"No more caressing."

The succubus, lips smeared with cooper fluid, looked up at me and declared.

"Now, since you're going to be stuck with me for the rest of your life as a sperm packet, do you have any last words for me?"

She asked like a jailer asking a condemned man's last words.

"Fuck you."

"Huh? What?"

"Fuck you. Fuck you, bitch."

"..."

She chuckled at my profanity.

"I was just going to make it my own slutty cock, but I've changed my mind."

Snort.

She cleared his throat and glared at me.

Lick.

A tongue, even hotter than before, licked past her cum-stained lips.

"Your cock. I'm going to suck every last drop of it, and I'm going to ruin it so badly that you'll never get an erection again."

At the same time as the life-ruining declaration, she swallowed my cock into her mouth.

Ironically, it was the moment I'd been waiting for.

I ignored the warmth of her tongue and the flick of her tongue around my thick shaft.

With all the strength I could muster, I grabbed her head and plunged my cock into her throat.

"Kuh, keuhk?!"

Her eyes were wide with panic and I can't let this opportunity slip away now.

Gritting my teeth, I spun around and pinned her to the ground, crushing the succubus's beautiful face with my hips.

"Whoosh, keuhp, woosh?!"

'There's only one way for me to live.'

I have to knock her out before she makes me cum.

"You think you can do it?"

I nodded.

"Hey, succubus."

If I remembered my night with Diana, there was nothing I couldn't do.

"Open the throat."

From now on, it's my turn.

Chapter 134: Nightmare (4)

TLN: This chapter is rated R19.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!"

A rough, urgent breath was pounding against the lower abdomen.

She must be panicking, but she's slowly regaining her footing.

Choooboo. Whooop.

A mouth stretched to the limit to swallow a thick cock.

Thick, warm lips curled up a little, gently stimulating the root of my cock.

The succubus's hot, slippery tongue began to lick the shaft as far as it could reach.

The pleasure was intoxicating.

Sadly, there was no time to savor it.

I had to fuck this magical fellatio exclusive mouth, if I was to live.

-Pfft!

Raising my waist slightly, I slammed my full weight down on her face.

"Koohoo!"

The wind was knocked out of her throat.

I rubbed my groin gently against the cocky succubus's face, driving my cock even deeper into her throat.

-Puck, puck! Puck!

Her breathing became more and more ragged as I pounded her mouth.

No matter how different the races are, there are limits to the parts of the body that can be trained.

Who could train the organs within their bodies?

Even Diana had a soft and gentle neck.

The neck of a succubus is nothing more than a tight hole.

"Inhale, hmmm!!!"

The succubus, out of breath, stirred.

She tried to shake me off by raising her arms, pushing my hips away, even slapping my ass, but I gritted my teeth and held on.

-Pfft! Pfft!

I rubbed my huge glans against her throat, as if to tell her to stay still during each seizure.

Each time I buried her face in my groin, the succubus's eyes grew glassy.

"Whoop, whoop...?!"

Suddenly, every thrust into her throat was accompanied by the sound of water.

I turned my head slightly and saw the succubus with her legs stretched out and squirting clear liquid.

The black garment that had barely covered her nipples and pussy lips was already failing her.

Her nipples were swollen and puffy, visible even from a distance, as was her elongated clit.

-Tsk!

The succubus snapped her fingers in frustration, causing Ellie and Grumpy to squirm.

Every time she flicked her hand, Ellie and Grumpy giggled.

Perhaps they were responding to the hand signals the succubus was sending out to guide their behavior.

I quickly lifted my leg and pressed my knee against the succubus's pussy and clit.

Koooooooooooooooo!

"Khuuuu, huuuuup...?!!!!!"

The clear liquid she squirted out drenched my thighs.

"Cancel it. Quickly. What you ordered those two."

"Whoop! Whoop!"

"Take it back."

Koooowwww!

Chiiiit!

Tsk! Tsk!

I squeezed her pussy again, and she shuddered and flicked her fingers away urgently.

"You're not going to do any more, are you?"

She nodded.

"You'll listen to me from now on, right?"

Nod.

She nodded, still with my cock in her mouth.

But I didn't fully believe her.

I plunged my cock down her throat once more.

And she didn't move.

I buried my cock in the deepest part of her throat and didn't move.

I just squeezed her down.

"Kuhhhhhhh!"

Unable to breathe, the succubus continued to squirm and struggle, but her resistance was futile as she was crushed under my weight.

Then.

'Pow!'

Something pierced my shaft.

I immediately gritted my teeth.

The bitch had bitten my cock in a last ditch effort.

Along with the immense pain, an inexplicable erotic energy flowed through my body but the pain kept me awake.

My mind cleared from its pleasure-dazed stupor, and I felt more comfortable moving my body as the effects of the pink airflow wore off.

In retaliation, I rammed my cock down her throat once more.

A few minutes of furious throat pistoning followed.

-Grunt, grunt, grunt.

Eventually, I heard a sound that wasn't really a climax at all, but more of a calm, still sound.

The creature's body sagged.

I looked down at her face, and saw that it was black and upturned.

Her wings and tail, which had been flapping, were limp and unresponsive.

She was clearly passed out.

I won by a narrow margin. I had narrowly avoided the sperm-wrapped idiot ending.

My thighs were shaking.

Ellie and Grumpy's coordinated hand job had been followed by the succubus's fellatio.

Now I felt like I could cum with just a flick.

I carefully withdrew my sensitive cock, which was on the verge of ejaculation, deep inside her throat.

The vacuum had been going on for so long that I could hear the sound of air being sucked out.

The cock was coated with the succubus's saliva, which was as viscous as love gel.

"...You're not hurt?"

My dick felt like it had been bitten really hard, but there was no gash or anything on it.

But the erotic sensation that accompanied the pain was no mistake.

Even now, that strange sensation seemed to float through my entire body.

Woosh-woosh-woosh

As I looked around in disbelief, I saw a strange flow of magic energy emerge from the defeated succubus's body.

Immediately afterward, the succubus's body disappeared.

It didn't die, nor did it spit out its soulstone and turn to ash like a monster.

Literally, it suddenly vanished before my eyes.

I had seen something similar before.

'Shuding, Idelbert's cat minion!'

I've also seen something similar when I've summoned Shuding back.

'It wasn't just a monster, it was someone's pet?'

"No way!"

"Lurelene, who has the strongest sex drive among us, was defeated by a mere male in the middle of the day with a fellatio...?"

Turning to face the sudden voice, I saw Ellie and Grumpy clinging to each other.

"You, you! Who are you!"

"Ma, that's right, who are you!"

They were looking at me with a mixture of shock, horror, admiration, and excitement.

As soon as I saw their faces filled with unfamiliar emotions, I was sure.

Though they may look the same, they are not the people I know.

The succubus had taken control of Ellie's and Grumpy dreams.

It was clear that their personalities had been taken over.

Ellie and Grumpy don't get along well enough to be hugging each other like that.

"That's for me to say. What the hell are you guys?"

-Thump!

A voice echoed in my head as I plucked the bunny I'd left next to my sleeping bag.

[...Is this lewd and wet magic... a remnant of lust?]

[Lust?]

[...Hmph...]

Bunny muttered something, let out a short breath, and closed her mouth again.

Turning my head, I focused on the situation in front of me.

"Who is your master, and why did you attack us?"

"Uhhhhh. Wu, do you think we'll just tell you?"

"If you don't tell me, we'll have to kill you."

"Hmph. You're lying."

As I approached, axe in hand, the succubus in Ellie's body grabbed her chest.

"This body is a member of your party, and she's very, very fond of you, and the heart I'm holding in my hand is pounding like crazy every time I look at you. Do you think you can kill a female who likes you so much?"

The succubus in the mask of a shrew took over.

"I've seen it in her dreams, too. Every night, this female rubs her cunt against your imprinted slave contract and pulls on her leash, culminating in a kinky masochistic masturbation. Even now, as you glare at her, her womb is contracting and getting ready to ovulate."

"Oh, that's right, this red-haired elf has been masturbating to your cock every night since the day she saw it, mostly imagining you piercing her hymen and making out with her in pain, but also in pleasure. Ah, the days of innocent kisses. Her kisses with you have left the walls of this elven city in disrepair."

"Hmph. She's not the only one whose walls are in disrepair, this dark-haired slave has been massaging her womb every night before bed and developing her body so that she feels more pleasure than pain when she's punched. Is it just her womb? Her mind has been poisoned by your violent domination, which has turned her into a pain-is-pleasure mentality!"

The two succubi shouted at me as they described Ellie's and Grumpy's behavior.

The words were shocking enough to stun me for a moment.

Ellie's and Grumpy's faces turned bright red.

It was the succubus's personality that was speaking now, but it meant that Ellie's and Grumpy's original personalities were also listening.

It was also proof that what they were saying was true.

"These females whose lives have been ruined by you. You really want to kill them with your own hands? Hmph. You can't. You'll never do it."

The bodies of the two women, who answered confidently, trembled as I approached.

They had to stare up at me for a long time, as my body had undergone a physical realignment on the tenth floor and my height was now greater than before.

In the midst of the breathless confrontation, I put Bunny on my back.

Then, slowly, I opened my mouth.

"Succubus."

"...hmph."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah."

The succubus in Ellie's mask shuddered while the succubus in Grumpy's mask instinctively responded to me with respect.

"I offer you a fair trade."

The succubus in Ellie's mask was telling the truth.

I certainly could not kill Ellie and Grumpy.

I've already given them too much love.

So I had to find a way to free them safely from the succubus's dominion, and on top of that, I had to figure out the succubus's purpose.

"I will give you my semen. So come out of both of their bodies."

"...!"

"Hmph, hmph...!"

The two women's eyes widened at my offer to cum.

The face of the succubus who was sucking my semen absentmindedly while talking about yang energy or something came to mind.

I don't know, but it was clear that my cum was worth quite a bit to them.

If I could save Ellie and Grumpy in exchange for a little cum, it wasn't a bad trade.

"Well, in that case. We have a condition."

The succubi in Ellie's and Grumpy's masks exchanged glances, then carefully undressed.

Their denim shorts and Academy uniform skirts slid off, revealing bold slingshot panties and cute white panties with bunnies on them.

They moved their hands to peel off the panties and prodded each other's lower half.

The finger that had been poking the cervix gradually moved down, and the plump, straight vaginal mound was carefully spread apart with the index and middle fingers.

"...If you let me collect semen here, I'll step back without hesitation."

My eyes fell on Ellie's slimy, wet cunt and Grumpy's pink virgin pussy.

I sighed unnecessarily.

"...When I offered you cum, you should have just accepted it gratefully."

I glanced down at the succubi, who were bouncing on their hips, their pussy on full display.

"You're crossing the line."

I extended my hand to them, making them realize my point.

Chapter 135: Nightmare (5)

"Kwak!

"Kehhhh!"

"Kghhhh!"

They groaned in pain as I grabbed them by the throat and lifted them into the air.

After the physical realignment, my body functioned more ideally.

The lighter females, like Ellie and Grumpy, could easily be lifted with one hand.

"When I offered to cum, you could have just accepted it and left, but you dared to be greedy?"

They were so vulgar, showing their cunts and bouncing their hips to tempt my cock.

The thought of them holding Ellie and Grumpy's bodies' hostage, using them as if they were their own, made my head spin.

As someone who believes that a person's first time is more important than anything else, I could never forgive the succubi for daring to blackmail two virgins and my virginity.

-Hmph. Hmph.

The succubus in Grumpy's body shuddered violently.

Her black eyeballs were on the verge of twitching, and her nipples, covered by the black fabric of her skirt, stood erect.

A stream of clear liquid poured down her thighs and onto the black slingshot panties.

The succubus in Ellie's body, on the other hand, resisted me but her frail mage body could only struggle against the strangling arm.

However Ellie's body began to heat up as well, whether it was the Labyrinth aphrodisiac or just survival instinct.

"Gee, turn it off, huh?!"

The face of the succubus wearing Ellie's mask widened.

Even if it was the succubus that was in control now, they still looked like Ellie and Grumpy.

A strange feeling of guilt followed.

Grumpy would have enjoyed it as a reward, but Ellie was far from a fan of corporal punishment.

However there was no other choice.

'I'm so sorry, Ellie.'

I tightened my grip, hoping that Ellie would be strong enough to hold on a little longer.

Thrrrr-

Ellie's body went limp.

She wasn't dead, just temporarily unconscious.

I didn't feel comfortable using my hands to knock out a child who always smiled at my every word.

I gently lowered Ellie's limp body to the floor, careful not to hurt her.

"Just a little longer."

I muttered, trying to ease the guilt that had built up inside of me, and turned my attention to the rascal I still held in one hand.

"Mmmm, mmmm, mmmm."

Purrrrr-

Red blood trickled from the nose of the still strangled Grumpy.

The succubus's instinctive behavior, or the pent-up consciousness of Grumpy, moved her body.

Even as she bled profusely from her nose, she moved her hand to flick her nipples, which were swollen to the limit, with her fingers.

Seeing this, I slapped her breast with the palm of my hand.

Aaaaah!

"Khohhhhhhhh?!"

Boom!

The water from Grumpy's lower half splashed against my abs.

The black cloth slit trickled down, leaving a large palm print between her soft breast and side.

"…This is the best body…♡"

The succubus in Grumpy's body moaned heavily and shuddered.

'I see.'

As far as I could tell, this succubus in Grumpy's body was similar in temperament to Grumpy, a natural masochist.

Her nipples erect in delight when she's strangled, and her breasts shoot out their juices when she's spanked, making her squirm in uncontrollable pleasure.

"Hey, succubus."

"Hmph, hmph, hmph, why, why did you call me?"

"Why did you call me?"

Aaaaah!

"What?!"

Chiiiit!

I retracted my hand from around her throat and slapped her breast with my other hand, causing another squirt.

I looked at the red marks on her left and right sides and said again.

"Hey, succubus."

"Yes..."

With the minimal etiquette lesson out of the way, I moved on to the next one.

"When you're on good behavior, come out of Grumpy's body."

"Kekeke, phew hehe..."

The seriousness of my words made her laugh.

"Are you... an idiot?"

"What, you bitch?"

Zap!

The seizure button was pressed. Another slap across the breast, and the little bitch's body shuddered.

"Hehehe… Idiot, that's right. Hehehe…If you tell me to get out after teaching me such addictive pleasure…Hehe, what kind of stupid succubus would say yes and leave…right…?"

She chuckled as she said that.

Succubus it's not a normal race after all.

This was enough to make me sick, but their obsession with pleasure was frightening.

Is there no way to get rid of them?

[This body could help you.]

As I pondered, Bernie whispered in my head.

[...You? You're going to help?]

[Hmph. Yeah.]

What kind of whim is this?

Bernie, the gluttony demon, had been very rough on me in the past.

Her arrogant nostrils were not easily dampened by pussy slapping and popping climaxes, and she was always twitching with every swing of the axe.

Its performance as a weapon is also excellent, and its special ability utilizing Bernie's identity was also useful in the battle against the snowy kobolds...

It was another thing entirely for her to help me.

[Use the power of this body to devour them.]

The power of Bernie's identity, or in other words, her Active Skill.

It was the ability to swallow things up and spit them back out.

According to Zirnier, the range of "targets" is very broad.

Objects, creatures, magic, other things.

It can swallow anything and spit it back out.

[If you swallow those guys, I'll spit out your females separately.]

She meant to separate Ellie and Grumpy from the succubi who had taken up residence in their dream world and were ruling it.

[Why, and for what reason?]

Bernie wasn't the kind of guy who would help me easily.

It was very suspicious of her to offer to help me so suddenly.

[...No, not for your sake, because those succubi look pretty appetizing, and I'm pretty hungry right now.]

Bernie replied obediently, but I heard a strange discomfort in her voice.

'That's not what you really want.'

There's something else, another reason.

[And there is a condition.]

A condition.

As soon as I heard those words, I knew.

This is the point.

[Make a contract with this body.]

"I refuse."

[No!]

I immediately refused, and Bernie let out a panicked voice.

A contract.

Surely it was a lifelong promise that I couldn't refuse.

Even in my mind's eye, Bernie's face was filled with vengeance as she spoke of how she would destroy my generations if she was freed from his bonds.

'I don't believe it.'

I felt better about knocking out Ellie and Grumpy, getting them out of the labyrinth, and taking them to the temple.

[Hmm. You're going to leave this dungeon with two more burdens?]

Dungeon?

I nodded, assuming she meant the labyrinth.

[Why not?]

[Hmph!]

Bernie's snort made me look around.

Jubeel was passed out, choking on her breast milk, while Lammel and Hitolis, who had been ravaged by Jubeel, ended up soaked in her breast milk.

Joy Hog and Chirp Chirp were still stunned.

I'm the only one of the party still sane and exiting the Labyrinth safely in this situation is... quite difficult.

[...How's that. Are you finally getting around to listening to me?]

[...Once, but only for the content]

After a moment of silence at Bernie's smugness, she replied.

Bernie chuckled and explained the contract to me.

[...It's a small condition: every day from now on, once an hour, you will give this body your cum.]

[...what?]

The unexpected demand stunned me for a moment.

[...With a miserable shake of your pathetic penis, scatter baby seeds on the axe blade where this body is trapped.]

[...]

[And once a month, I will invite you into my mind's realm. On that day, I will collect your semen myself, so make sure you have plenty of it.]

In other words.

Are you saying that from now on I'll have to jerk off once on hour every day for the next year, spraying my semen on the blade of my axe, and you're going to fuck me once a month?

[The body itself will drink your filthy filth, a blessing that will not be available in the afterlife, so consider it an undeserved honor.]

There was only one thing to say.

[I refuse.]

[What! What! Why?!]

Bernie shouted at me in an arrogant tone, as if she thought it was a favorable offer.

But before I could think long, I realized that ejaculating 24 times a day was far outside the realm of normal.

[Once every two months. I'll consider that.]

[Two, two months? Don't be ridiculous!]

[You've been talking nonsense for too long. Once every two months.]

[Eek!]

With a groan of resentment, Bernie revised the terms.

[Then, you must cum on the axe blade every two hours.]

It was a ridiculous request.

[Ugh, I can't help it, I'll make a special concession to you, once a day!]

I have no intention of giving in to her request to cum on an axe blade.

[Once a week...]

[You fool! Do you, a worm-like, inferior species, not even have a conscience?! Once a week! I can't back down any longer!]

[Cackling, you fool! Are you really a human being?! Do you not have a human heart?]

Bernie gritted her teeth and shouted, but I didn't change my attitude.

'I'd rather find another solution.'

[Well, then. Once a month, when this body invites you to the world of the mind, cum for me.]

[Hmm...]

[No, no, I really can't make any more concessions, or else I'll starve to death...]

I thought for a moment and replied.

[Okay, we'll make a 'contract' with that condition.]

[...! Heh heh. That's a wise choice for a foolish little thing. I accept your contract!]

-Woohoo.

As Bernie's slightly excited words ended, I felt something connect between me and Bernie.

[The contract is sealed, and you are now obligated to periodically cum on this body.]

Bernie declared majestically.

A flat rate provided once a month wasn't a bad option, if it solved the situation at hand.

Rather, it was the best option at the moment, with no other options.

"Kuuuuuuu… Are you scared? I can see you're not hitting me…"

The succubus in the crooked mask smirked.

I wonder how long that smile will last.

I smiled back and grabbed Bernie strapped to my back.

"...You, are you serious?"

"Bernie."

"Okay, wait. We'll talk-"

The succubus's expression changed, as if she instinctively sensed something sinister.

[I haven't eaten a succubus in a long time.]

[If you eat Ellie and Grumpy, be prepared.]

[Don't worry. I think those two females will enhance the deep flavor of your cum even more...No, I'm not saying that your cum is delicious. It's just that I can't eat it, so I'm going to make it a little more palatable. Don't get me wrong.]

I don't mind, as long as it doesn't involve eating Ellie and Grumpy.

I quickly reach out and point Bernie at the nape of the succubus's neck as it begins to struggle.

Boom!

The axe rattled since it had a meal in front of it.

Feeling a surge of energy flow through the handle, I spoke the initiation word.

"Eat."

The blade snapped open, sucking in Grumpy and Ellie.

Chapter 136: Nightmare (6)

Romelin and Trellin, the lieutenant succubus who had taken over Denshi and Ellie's dream world, opened their eyes in a pure white space.

TLN: I'll say it one more time for those who forgot. Grumpy/ Cachile/Denshi are the names of the same person. 

Grumpy is the nickname mc gave her, Cachile is the name she used as a slave and Denshi it's her real name.

"...Where are we?"

"...Where?"

Trellin's stunned face was filled with questions.

Romelin ruffled her hair and looked around.

Surely, she remembered the indescribable pleasure she'd felt at the hands of that benign male.

But the rest was a blur.

'Sure enough, it looked like an axe was held to my throat...'

"Romelin. Did that man kill us?"

"...I don't know, but I don't think I'm dead, do you?"

Romelin and Trellin were able to leave the body of the person who controlled the dream world even if that person died.

That's why they shouldn't have woken up in this empty, stomach-churning white space.

[I'm surprised the remnants of that pervert are still here.]

As they looked around questioningly, a voice echoed in their heads.

"...!!!"

"Who is it!"

Panicked, they looked around once more, and a figure that hadn't been seen a moment before appeared.

Hair long enough to spill onto the floor.

A body so sensual that only bringing the progenitor of succubi could make it a competition.

Chains that felt cold, binding her harshly.

"...Bunny Girl?"

"...What, wearing clothes we wouldn't wear, and spreading her legs wide like that...?!"

Romelin and Trellin stared in stunned admiration at the creature's attire but their admiration didn't last long.

"Uh, mo, body?"

"Big?!"

More than the visual shock, the shock to their instincts was even greater.

They dropped to their knees, feeling the fear of the being before them.

'A race, no. A different kind of being!'

As succubus and demons who had been corrupted by Magi, they could instinctively sense how much Magi the being in front of them possessed.

Therefore, they immediately craned their necks toward the being before them.

"The great one!!!!"

"I see the Great One...!!"

They felt compelled not to make the slightest mistake in front of her, but their voices were shaking from the excessive nervousness.

The Great Demon.

A feeling of joy spread from the depths of their hearts at the honor of witnessing such a gigantic being whose name they could not even mention.

[You bitches know your place, unlike that cocky bastard.]

"It is an honor!"

"I am honored!!!"

Romelin and Trellin replied hastily, but in the back of their minds, they had a question.

An arrogant bastard?

Who, in the presence of such a great being, could be so arrogant?

Not without losing his mind, no.

No one would do such a crazy thing, they were sure, unless they were beyond insane and suicidal.

[Yes. Consider it an honor.]

"...Yes?"

"What...?"

Bernie's mouth dropped open slightly as Romelin and Trellin questioned.

[Being the nourishment of this body.]

Her red lips parted slightly, then closed again.

The red lips chewed as if savoring the food.

T-sk.

The red lips and brow contorted harshly.

[I see, junk food is tasteless. It doesn't even send a message to the liver.]

Bunny clicked her tongue and looked away from the two succubi.

The two succubi in the snow-white world faded away, as if they had ceased to exist.

-Hmph.

Bernie looked at her stomach, which was still growling, with indifferent eyes, and sighed in vain.

It was worth it, though.

In exchange for eating the tasteless creatures, she would finally be able to taste the dumbass' cum.

-Gulp.

At the memory of the fishy flavor and the sticky texture of the cum that had coated her mouth and throat, Bernie's body instantly flared with excitement.

The peaks of her voluptuous breasts swelled instantly.

"Hmph."

Thump!

As her legs narrowed to accommodate her soaking wet lower half, the chains immediately took control of her body, forcing her knees wide apart.

Bernie felt strongly offended that her every move was being controlled by an insignificant creature.

... But more than that, there was a strange excitement she had never felt before.

'Even when I ate that out-of-this-world delicacy, my heart never beat like this...!'

"Shit. Shit! Kkkkkk!"

The more Bernie twisted her body to deny her racing heart, to break free of her bonds the chains controlled her even more harshly.

Gulp-

Exhausted and limp, Bunny stared blankly at the liquid oozing from the crotch of her proud battle suit and splattering everywhere, then quickly looked away.

-Gurgling.

The sound of her hungry stomach echoed in her empty mind.

-Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

***

Thrrrr-

Black ash scattered from the bodies of Denshi and Ellie.

In addition to that, two fist-sized soul stones protruded from their bodies.

It was a different result from the succubus I defeated.

They weren't summoned back by someone, they died.

[Are you sure you're done?]

[...Heh. Don't talk to me, you fool.]

I turn to Bernie for confirmation, but she somehow cuts me off in a tone that sounded a bit of a jerk.

Shrugging, I laid the unconscious Denshi down next to Ellie and gathered up the soulstone.

Two lieutenant succubus soul stones.

I didn't know their exact value, but in this lecherous, debauched, barbaric world, they were sure to be worth something.

I glanced around. It was still dark outside the cave.

We were attacked at dawn, before the sun had even risen, by mysterious succubus minions.

'Who would use a lieutenant succubus, not even a low ranking one, as a servant?'

I had no idea who it was, but if one attack had come, it wouldn't be surprising if a second came.

'I'm the only one with any power left.'

I had to keep the party awake and alert.

"...I have no face. I was on night duty and didn't even have time to come to my senses..."

"What's done is done. I took care of the raiders, but they might come again. Please do well in the future."

"...I'm sorry. Really."

I woke up the party leader, Joy Hog, who was bowing her head in guilt, and explained the situation.

"Hmm… It feels strangely ticklish where I pee… It feels weird…"

Wind Valley's Chirp Chirp stirred and turned her head, as if she had slept soundly.

"..."

"..."

"..."

Jubeel, Lammel, and Hitolis looked at each other in shock.

They were soaking in Jubeel's milk with no one to talk to.

They looked like they needed to talk to themselves.

"..."

"..."

Ellie and Denshi, who had finally regained their senses, were turning their backs to each other, red-faced and wiping their faces.

These people who were wary of each other and biting each other joined forces to attack one man's penis.

One by one, they ripped off each other's pants and skirts, lapping at each other's cunts to seduce him.

They also revealed their sexual preferences, quirks, and masturbation histories.

Even if they wanted to argue in their defense that it wasn't of their own volition... what the succubi did was only to induce their actions.

It was an undeniable fact that Ellie and Denshi had a subconscious desire to violate me.

And it was all revealed by someone else, not of their own volition.

'If it were me, I'd just kill myself.'

As I stared at them with that thought, I heard a small muttering.

Both of their faces were flushed red, but their expressions were slightly different.

"...Master's palm...Hmph..."

She smirked in delight as she pressed her own hand to the reddened breast where my large handprint had left a mark.

"...I... am... done... now..."

Ellie sobs, unable to contain her shame.

I cautiously approach them, and both Ellie's and Cachile's gazes immediately turn to me.

"Master."

"Oh, oppa..."

Cachile's voice was unwavering and confident, while Ellie's trembled.

Her eyes are full of determination and, in contrast, embarrassment and shame.

"We'll talk when it's safe."

They seemed to have a lot to say to each other, but this was not the time to talk, at least not in peace.

"Okay."

"...Yes."

Fortunately, they agreed with me.

The party, now settled, started moving once again, just in time for the sun to rise.

Grumpy and Chirp Chirp joined our party, and as expected, there were no further succubus attacks.

-Pow!

Chirpy Chirp's long-range shooting, Grumpy's crossbow and mid-range dagger skills, and her ability to see through traps were very useful.

"You've improved a lot."

Her overall skills have grown beyond what they were before.

Excellent close-range and ranged combat support, and nearly 100% trap detection.

On top of that, she's got a spirit.

A high potential hexagonal dealer was someone that anyone would want. Suddenly, I thought to myself that it was a good idea to buy at a low price.

"To protect my master, I must grow stronger."

Grumpy smiled humbly at my compliment.

With Grumpy and Chirp Chirp our party became a formidable force.

With more rest and temperature control, the party reached the end of the twelfth floor in three days.

Ellie has captured the mana near the portal in an empty potion bottle.

Now we had one of two choices.

Take the descending portal and venture further down into the lower floors, or take the ascending portal and return to the surface.

"...Return. From the 13th floor onward, it's a desert. We have no plan and no preparation..."

"...I'm too mentally exhausted."

The succubus attack was a shock to the party in more ways than one.

Everyone seemed eager to get back to the party and get some rest.

I glanced over at Grumpy, who was clinging tightly to my side.

"What are you going to do...?"

"Master. Wait."

The dog, who usually listens carefully to his master, interrupted me.

She motioned for me to follow her for a moment.

Despite the abruptness of the situation, I followed her lead.

An icy tree shielded us from the view of Joy Hog's party and Ellie.

As I stood with my back against a wooden post, Grumpy glared at me.

"You got something to say to me?"

"Yes. I have something important to say."

Whoa.

I swallowed hard, let out a short breath, and the cold winds of the 12th floor dispersed slightly.

"Master."

A woman I have not seen in a long time, but who still follows me loyally.

Denshi's violet eyes reflected the image of a man wearing the Great Helm.

"...Won't you explore the labyrinth with me, again?"

The sentence was a statement of intent, but it was soon replaced by something more straightforward.

"Leave that party behind, and come with me."