Chapter 30
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 30
Chapter Title: A Fine Potion That Will Fulfill Your Desires
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Lorangleble Village was being managed quite systematically.
Not long ago, it had been a remote mountain hamlet, but now it was already brimming with the bustle of human life.
I realized from our first meeting that the man before me—the village chief—had orchestrated it all.
He was a capable fellow.
'If I recruit him right, he'll be useful.'
The problem was not knowing what desires drove this man.
Let's dig a little deeper.
"Hey."
"Yes?"
"You said this place started developing after the dungeon was discovered?"
"That's right. It hasn't been long at all."
"I see."
"That's why all the villagers are scrambling to seize this opportunity. Haha."
"I imagine so. It's not an easy chance to come by."
"Hahaha."
The chief laughed awkwardly.
From the deep wrinkles etched into his face, he was clearly an old man of advanced years.
Men like him usually craved youth. Especially capable ones like this.
They wanted to bloom their late-found talents just a little more.
We visited the chief's house together.
Inside, a woman in her early thirties was tidying up.
We ate the meat stew she had prepared.
"This is delicious."
"It's made by the best cook in our village."
"Your daughter?"
"Ahem, I have no children. My wife passed away young..."
"I see."
"She's a kind soul who looks after a lonely old man like me. She lost her husband to a monster and is on her own now, so we loners help each other out."
He spoke casually, but I could see it.
The subtle desire he showed toward the woman bringing the food.
The primal craving at the core of this old man, forcibly clinging to desires he could no longer fulfill in his advanced age.
This woman, just over thirty, had the lush, fertile body typical of women her age.
To a man in his sixties, bereft of youth, it was a body that stirred longing and greed in equal measure.
Youth.
And desire for that woman.
It didn't matter if it was simple love or carnal lust.
What mattered was that it was the desire underpinning this old man's foundation.
The human food after so long was surprisingly tasty.
I'd worried my tastes had changed since becoming the Demon King, but the stew suited my palate better than expected.
Once the woman went back to the kitchen and vanished from sight, I asked the chief,
"You want that woman."
"Haha, not at all. What are you..."
"You can be honest. I'm just a stranger passing through, after all."
"Ahem..."
The chief averted his gaze.
He didn't deny it anymore.
-If you need a human for your schemes, use this potion.
I recalled Yulia's words as she left the dungeon.
She had given me a tiny glass vial the size of a finger joint.
A vial filled with an ominous purple liquid.
As I gazed at the potion that shifted to rainbow hues when shaken, Yulia explained,
-A potion that fulfills human desires. It can also turn them into the minions of a demon. A love potion blended from the Demon King's semen and fragments of a succubus's dreams.
When I asked why she was giving it to me, Yulia smiled.
-Use it on any promising pawns in chess.
Why don't you use it yourself?
-Wouldn't it be better if you used it yourself, my lord? It preserves your authority, too.
She said she'd prepared it because I couldn't yet use demonic magic with demonic energy.
To think Yulia had such tricks up her sleeve.
As an able succubus, it made sense.
'Planning to use it on him?'
'Yeah.'
'It would be more effective on the knight. Wouldn't that be a waste?'
'Guys like that will come to the dungeon anyway. No need to waste it on them.'
Kill the men, fuck the women—that was the plan.
Any woman too small to handle me would just have to be discarded.
As the village chief nearest the dungeon, he was a man worth recruiting.
If we were going to disguise ourselves, better to start from the outermost layers.
Far enough that we could cut ties if needed.
I pulled the potion vial from my pocket.
Thud.
"?"
Doubt filled the chief's eyes as he saw the vial.
"Payment for the meal."
"What's this?"
"A fine potion that will fulfill your desires."
"Some kind of drug?"
"Don't even compare it to trash like that."
It was on a whole different level from mere hallucinogens that messed with the mind.
"If you want virility, it'll grant you the power for it. Crave wealth? It'll give you the knowledge to earn it. Yearn for stronger magic? Overflowing mana sensitivity. And if it's youth you desire, it'll bring vigor stronger than any man's."
"A potion like that... exists?"
"It does. Right here."
Gulp.
The chief swallowed hard.
His eyes on the potion mixed desire with worry.
Was it really safe to drink?
Too extravagant for just a meal.
Why would I give him something like this?
Countless thoughts must have swirled in that aged mind.
But this old man was far from incorruptible.
Petty, small-minded, and faithful to his desires above all.
That made him perfect for manipulation.
"Drink it now or later—it doesn't matter. I won't force you if you refuse. But this is an opportunity that won't come twice."
I smiled.
The same smile I always wore when corrupting others.
"Th-thank you. I'll gratefully accept it."
After much hesitation, the chief took the potion.
"Once you've drunk it and need more, come to the outskirts of Dibel Forest. I'll be staying in a small cabin there for a while. Enter our territory, and I'll come greet you."
The chief nodded.
Confirming the glint in his eyes, I stood.
"We've overstayed our welcome. Good luck to you."
Yulia and I rose from our seats.
Not long after leaving the chief's house,
"Ah, no... Elder!"
A woman's lusty cry rang in my sensitive ears.
"You were a bit too hasty, my lord."
"You always say that. Didn't you last time, too? With Ariana—no need to send her? And what was the result?"
"..."
"I'm only doing things I can take responsibility for. Same as always."
"My apologies."
Yulia bowed her head.
Her ample breasts jiggled, forming a deep cleavage right before my eyes.
Ah.
I really want to fuck this succubus.
It'd taste divine.
Heavenly flavor from a demon—
A contradictory phrase, but I was certain her pussy would taste sweet.
"Let's move. We've scouted the village enough. Time to achieve our real goal."
The reason I'd left the village near Dibel Forest.
Patrol Lorangleble Village and scout the local rulers.
The latter was actually more important.
Preparation to hunt the two remaining rulers in the forest.
Scout them, and if possible, kill them.
If they were like the first bear I'd killed, it'd be easy—but if not, trouble.
"What kind of creatures are these rulers?"
"I don't know much myself. Sorry."
"Got it. We'll find out directly."
Yulia and I hurried to locate the forest's rulers.
"All done?"
Ariana stretched languidly with a drowsy expression.
"Nngh..."
She'd spread the rumors far and wide.
The tale of a dungeon where you could have sex had reached adventurer guilds in the Aslan Kingdom and nearby trade cities.
Now, it was just a matter of time before it spread further.
There was nowhere left for Ariana to meddle.
Time to head back.
Shed the false identity of genius adventurer Ariana and return as the Demon King's loyal half-vampire.
"Not enough power. I need more... My lord, your power..."
Ordinary human men couldn't satisfy her cravings.
The sensation from embracing him that first time still burned vividly in her loins.
Her forbidden zone, off-limits to all but him.
Thinking of the Demon King's cock made her wet in an instant.
'Hold back. I have to hold back.'
True pleasure awaited back with her lord.
No drinking men's blood on the way back.
She'd already absorbed four; things were getting out of hand.
"I can endure. I can."
Mission complete, Ariana returned to the dungeon.
A single strand of her love juices glistened down her thigh as she walked.
The first ruler I'd caught was a massive bear.
'After the bear, now a wyvern.'
[Lord of Dibel Forest - Rank B defeated.]
[The Demon King gains partial control over Dibel Forest. The forest around the dungeon can now be reconstructed.]
[Congratulations. Eliminate the final remaining ruler to fully claim Dibel Forest.]
It was tricky with all the flying around, but not a tough opponent.
Of course, without Yulia, I might have lost.
Her magic pinned its wings, forcing it down—allowing me to cleanly sever its head.
Krunch!
Infused with demonic energy, my kick exploded the wyvern's head.
Yulia's combat prowess was impressive, no doubt.
Stronger than me? Hard to say—but her style was incredibly versatile.
Magic, mental attacks, and even hand-to-hand.
A succubus, yet an overflowing all-purpose fighter.
"Good thing."
"Well fought, my lord."
C gone, B gone—only one left.
Lord of the Forest – Rank A.
Capturing the final one would grant me full control of the forest.
'Not like it'll change much.'
There were no such ruler-slaying events in the game.
No expansion system at all.
So even if I expanded, no big changes expected.
Then why have this at all?
I'll know once I conquer it all.
"One left."
But where was it...
[Lord of the Forest – Rank A has detected you.]
[Entering combat.]
The forest lord was nearby?
Where?
Around here, there was...
"Just a rabbit?"
A small rabbit with red eyes and twitching nose...
"Wait, that thing is...?"
In that instant, the rabbit vanished from sight.
"Demon... King?"
I scooped Yulia into my arms and leaped aside.
Boom!
The tree the rabbit had slammed into toppled over.
Damn, max-level rabbit—you're the last lord of the forest?