The Crocodile Broken by the Gumiho
"I have to step out for a moment."
After finishing his business, Kang-rim got dressed and headed out. Something had come up that required his personal attention.
"Sua, I'm leaving the training of that girl to you."
It was a task that usually involved simple reporting, but he wasn't sure how long it would take. It could turn into a serious issue, leading to a late return. He had no choice but to postpone the training of Croker, which he had planned for today.
Since he didn't want to leave it undone, he delegated it to a substitute. He wanted to see if he could fully trust her with the task. With that thought, Kang-rim entrusted all authority regarding Croker's training to Sua, the brown-haired Gumiho.
"I doubt you would, but don't kill her. Understood?"
"I understand. I will keep that in mind. Please, take care."
With Sua seeing him off, Kang-rim departed. Once she confirmed that his footsteps had faded into the distance, Sua turned her head toward the bed.
"*Cough, cough, cough, cough!*"
Croker was coughing incessantly. Her lower abdomen was distended, as if she were heavily pregnant. With every wheezing breath she took, the stream of semen flowing from her entrance grew thicker.
This was the result of Kang-rim’s relentless thrusting. He had pounded her so many times that counting them was meaningless, leaving her womb overflowing with his seed. Had he not been called away for urgent business, he would have surely filled her even more.
"*Cough, cough... ugh?*"
Unable to endure it any longer, Croker looked like she was about to vomit.
"Here, spit it out in this."
"*Uwaaaaaaack!*"
As Iris handed her a black bag, she immediately retched into it.
Iris, who had just woken up, understood exactly what had happened the moment she saw Croker’s body.
"The Master has bestowed his blessing upon you."
"*Haa, haa, haa...*"
"Congratulations. With this, you’ll be able to get pregnant too."
"*Haa, haa...* shut up!"
Croker threw a punch, but—
"Ugh?"
"Do you really think a weak punch like that would work on me, you idiot?"
Iris dodged by slightly twisting her body, then moved behind her and locked Croker’s neck in a chokehold. Croker clawed at Iris’s arms with her nails, desperate to break the hold, but in her severely weakened state, it was nothing more than a tickle to Iris.
Only after Croker went limp did Iris release her.
"What are you going to do now?"
"What do you mean? We have to educate her."
When Iris asked as she laid Croker back on the bed, Sua replied.
"I have to show her something even worse than what I went through."
"To hear that coming from your mouth... it’s enough to make the ghosts weep."
Iris looked genuinely surprised.
"I thought you’d struggle to the death to protect that crocodile girl..."
"I realized that it’s useless."
Sua sighed, as if everything felt hollow.
"I’ve realized that no matter what I do, killing that Grid bas—no, the Master—is impossible, even if the heavens were to split in two."
She hated Grid. He was the one who had taken everything from her—her home, her people, her friends, her power, and her honor.
As if taking all that wasn't enough, he was an atrocious devil who had violated her purity and planted his seed inside her.
Rather than become the wife of such trash, it would be better to die. He was a being who brought nothing but harm to the world, so he had to be eliminated somehow. She had to remove him, if only to avenge her fallen kin.
That was why Sua had attempted to assassinate Grid twice. She hadn't hesitated, even knowing it meant her own death.
If she had realized after the first failed attempt that killing Grid was impossible, she wouldn't have ended up this miserable.
"My body and soul have both been taken by him; how could I possibly resist? Even my people have all become livestock."
Foolishly, Sua had repaid the mercy of being spared with betrayal. She had collaborated with the Beastman Union’s assassination squad to try and kill Grid again, possessed by the delusion that this time, she would succeed.
That belief was nothing but wishful thinking, and Sua, lost in that delusion, had met a tragic end.
She had been forced to watch her kin, whom she had tried so hard to protect, being toyed with like livestock. She herself had been violated in front of them, and Kang-rim had tormented her endlessly until she finally raised the white flag. Driven by the single-minded determination to plunge her into a living hell if she didn't surrender, Kang-rim had raped her, and through that violation, Sua had finally realized.
"That it’s better to just go insane. That it’s better to just go crazy and fawn over him to survive."
She realized that everything she had done was nothing but foolishness.
In a reality where the winner was already decided, struggling to overturn it was just like trying to cover the sky with one's palm.
She realized that all she had done was anger a sleeping monster.
If she had just followed his orders from the start, her Gumiho tribe would never have been reduced to livestock.
And now, Sua had no choice but to accept the fact that she had become a creature who could not live without her master, Kang-rim.
"Isn't it pathetic? To realize that only now."
Sua offered a bitter smile.
"If I had just gone crazy like you all, I would have been at peace."
"It’s a good thing you realized it now."
Iris spoke as if she bore no ill will.
In truth, Iris had also participated in Sua’s assassination plan. When the plot was discovered, she had been terrified that she would truly be killed.
She was still afraid now, but she felt she could be a little at ease. Unlike before, the Master had become slightly more generous. If not for that, she wouldn't be alive today. Iris truly wanted to be grateful for the Master’s magnanimity.
Of course, that didn't mean her fear had vanished entirely.
"More importantly, how are you going to train this crocodile girl?"
"Hmm... I heard there were tools in that bag..."
A rectangular bag sat at the foot of the bed.
Inside were the tools intended for Croker’s training. Originally, Kang-rim had planned to train her himself, but because he had to leave for urgent business, he couldn't carry out the plan as intended.
Therefore, Kang-rim had decided to entrust the task to Sua. He had instructed her that if she truly intended to follow him, she should educate her former friend, the crocodile girl, thoroughly—even if it meant roasting her alive.
Sua intended to comply. If she didn't, she would surely be suspected again. She had to prove that her loyalty was genuine.
Time to put it into practice. Sua opened the bag.
And then, she saw it.
"Th-this is..."
"Are there still some that work?"
Sua and Iris’s eyes widened at the unexpected identity of the tools.
When Kang-rim’s flagship sank, countless training tools were also buried at sea.
The Turtle tribe had salvaged them, but unfortunately, most were unusable because they had been soaked in seawater. Most of them were tools prepared for training the Tiger tribe leader, Tie, and they shared the common trait of breaking down when exposed to water.
So, there wasn't a single one they could use. They had all been destined for the incinerator.
Still, hoping there might be something functional, Kang-rim had searched for any surviving tools and managed to confirm that two were still operating normally.
Those tools were now being used on Croker.
"*Aaaaaaack!*"
Croker’s entire body was wrapped in rope.
Thick ropes were coiled around her head, neck, chest, nipples, arms, legs, and stomach, as if to ensure not a single spot was missed.
In that state, the ropes were emitting electric currents.
"*Aaaaaaaaack!* St-stop, stop it!"
Croker was being shredded by daggers named 'electric current' coming from every direction. The shredding was so effective that the scent of burning protein began to waft through the room.
"St-stop, stop... *hick, hiiiiiiiick!*"
A rod was jammed into Croker’s entrance.
A rod with the exact size and shape of Kang-rim’s cock was churning inside her.
As it churned, it was discharging massive amounts of electricity. With electric torture continuing even from within, Croker could no longer hold out.
These tools had been prepared to torment the Tiger tribe leader, Tie. Fortunately, they hadn't absorbed much water, so they could still be used. Kang-rim had decided to use these tools to train Croker.
It would be most effective on Croker, who, like Tie, had a foul temper. After all, there was no better training tool for a beast than electric torture.
Kang-rim’s prediction was spot on.
"*Hick, huaaack, haaaaa...* I-I hate it, stop, stooooop!"
The once-defiant Croker was wailing like a terrified mouse less than an hour into her training.
"*Haaung, hruuuuuk, huaaaaa...*"
Only after the tips of her hair had been singed did Croker finally find a moment of release.
"*Haa, haa...* ugh?"
No, it was merely a brief pause to catch her breath.
"Croker, don't just say you hate it—scream that you will submit. Then I'll stop."
Sua poured a bucket of seawater over Croker.
She was following Kang-rim’s advice that the effect would double if she were soaked in water.
"Come on, you can't live like this forever, can you?"
"*Huuuuuk?*"
As she said that, Iris inserted a funnel into Croker’s mouth.
She poured a container filled with thick, viscous fluid directly into the funnel.
"*Kuruk, kuruk, kuruk, kuruk...*"
Because Iris was forcing her head back, Croker had no choice but to swallow the fluid. As she swallowed more and more, an unbearable emotion began to swell from deep within her.
Only after emptying the container did Iris remove the funnel.
"*Huuuk, huuuk...* wh-what did you feed me?"
"What do you think? An aphrodisiac."
"An... aphrodisiac?"
"That’s right."
Iris replied with a look that said, "Do I really need to spell it out for you?"
"It’s an aphrodisiac made from our Master’s semen. You’ll be eating it from now on, so you’d better get used to it."
"Wh-who would ever get used to something like that?"
"No, you have to get used to it."
Sua cut off Croker’s attempt to argue.
"If you don't, I can't guarantee what will happen to you."
"Sua..."
"Don't think strange thoughts and bow your head. Unless you want to end up like me."
"Shut up! I will never become a slave to a human!"
They were hunted simply because their meat was delicious. Even with regulations in the kingdom, the hunting of the Crocodile tribe continued. Croker’s own parents had been hunted and slaughtered by those despicable humans.
Having experienced that, how could she ever become a slave? Even though she was a wreck from the torture, Croker’s hostility toward humans had not faded.
"I understand that feeling well enough."
Sua knew it well, but—
"But you have to accept it, Croker. You are no longer the leader of the Crocodile tribe. You are nothing more than livestock serving your master."
Even knowing that, she couldn't let her friend go.
"So, surrender while I’m asking nicely. If you don't, you might really end up dead."
Becoming Kang-rim’s breeding slave. It was pitiful, but there was no way for Croker to escape that fate now. Even if she tried to escape, she would be tortured endlessly until she accepted her destiny. Sua, worried for her, urged her to surrender, but—
"D-do whatever you want. I’m not afraid."
Croker was only bluffing.
"I see. That’s truly a pity."
"Yes, it’s a pity."
Confirming that Croker had no intention of surrendering, Sua and Iris pressed the buttons on their remotes simultaneously.
"*Huiiiik, hiiiik, huaaaaa, haaaaaaack!*"
The torture began once more.
Because the intensity was higher than before, even louder screams erupted from Croker’s throat.
"*Huuuuk?* I can't surrender, I can't surrender... *aaaah, aaaaaaack!*"
Despite her resolve, Croker did not notice the fact that her heart was slowly crumbling, piece by piece.