The Penguin's Secret
I had managed to take down as many cockatrices as possible before they could land. Still, their numbers remained high—around sixty, which was slightly more than the number of orcs I had left. Should I have pulled more troops over here? Currently, I had 150 elite orc soldiers. Since I had balanced them out by placing a third each in my dungeon, Gremory's dungeon, and Las Vegas, I had to win this fight with only fifty. These fifty were the absolute best of the best, but I still doubted whether they could truly overcome the cockatrices.
But I have to believe. The orcs would definitely take them down. In a little while, the Flare Panthera that had been tearing through the underground, along with the follow-up troops, would join the fray. If the battle dragged on, our Legion of Wrath would prove stronger than the enemy force. I trusted my subordinates—the ones who received buffs through my tattoos. Therefore, there was only one enemy I needed to deal with personally.
I gripped my slightly bent shovel and charged toward the penguin. "First, I'm going to strip off that annoying doll suit, Sex!"
"It's Shax, you idiot!" Sex shrieked in rage, spraying a machine-gun barrage of water droplets from her beak. Fearing that the impact would drill holes right through my flesh, I rolled along the ground to dodge her attack.
"Aaaah! You perverted bastard!" Sex screamed, staring at my stiff, dangling crotch. Even as she yelled, she precisely adjusted the angle of her beak to snipe me. But I had already closed the distance, and I had long since figured out exactly where she was looking.
"You call me a pervert, but you can't take your eyes off me! Sex!"
"I told you, it's Shax!"
Sex threw her head back. It was a gesture of taking a deep breath, and I didn't need to see what attack was coming next.
"Hydro Pump!"
Whoosh—!! A massive water cannon erupted from her beak. It was too late to dodge; I had to meet it head-on. I quickly read the trajectory of the water jet. This bitch... Her water cannon was aimed precisely at my solar plexus. If I tried to dodge, my heart might get sniped. In that case, I had no choice but to receive the attack.
Just before the water hit, I gathered my feet and leaped high into the air.
"Wooooah!" I jumped, risking my life, and the water cannon slammed into my stomach.
Splaaat!! The water cannon hitting my gut instantly turned into a spray, scattering in all directions. It splashed onto my face, my arms, and my cock, but perhaps because it had bounced off my stomach first, it didn't even sting. My body slowly began to fall, and I felt relieved the moment I saw the water cannon stop.
Thud—!! I landed on both feet, and the water from Shax's cannon dripped off my body like rain. Sure enough, the stockings I had wrapped around my waist like a belt were shredded and hanging in tatters. I tore off the ruined stockings, leaving my upper body completely exposed.
"Hic!" Shax let out a hiccup as she looked at me. I cheered internally and lunged forward.
"Aaaah!" Shax screamed and fired another water cannon from her mouth. But the power, which had been strong enough to pierce my stocking armor, was now drastically weakened. I read the angle of the incoming stream and leaned my stomach into it.
"Haaah!" Whoosh—! The water cannon grazed my stomach and flew toward a cockatrice that had been fighting alongside me. The cockatrice, which had been about to peck at an orc's neck, had its head twisted in a grotesque direction by Shax's own water cannon.
"Hey!!!"
"Shax, I'm going in!"
Furious that her own attack had been used against her, Shax's penguin eyes turned bloodshot, but using the enemy's means of attack was the most basic of basics. I had already reached her side, and Shax flinched, taking a step back in surprise.
"Th-this—"
"Spear—!!" I threw my body at the doll suit like a bull in a ring. Shax raised her arms to block me, but I had already grabbed the waist of her doll suit with both hands.
Squish! Contrary to my expectations, Shax's body was soft. The sensation was like touching a tube filled with water. I realized what she had used to fill the suit.
"Water! That's why the air didn't leak out!" I realized it as soon as I got close. The wind holes Ryun had pierced with her arrows were still there, but they were covered with a thin layer of ice, as if sealed with plastic.
"A warm welcome, Sex!"
"You son of a bitch!"
I squeezed my arms around Shax. At that moment, a 'cracking' sound began to emanate from the wind holes in her suit.
"Let's have a passionate hug as a sign of welcome!"
Riiiip!! The ice coating sealing the holes began to break, and the water Shax had stored inside began to pour out. Shax struggled to attack me, but I lifted her up while simultaneously squeezing the water out of her with a bear hug.
"Is sleeping with me that exhausting? You're leaking everywhere!"
"You, I'm going to cut your tongue out first!" Shax tried to peck at my mouth with her beak. I leaned my upper body back for a moment to dodge her pecking.
"You want to start with a kiss? You're moving fast!"
"What kind of bullshit is that from a guy who wants to mate?!"
"What?! You want to mate?! You're skipping steps! Haaah!"
Squelch! I squeezed my arms again, and the water flowing from Shax's body began to soak my entire frame. That water hit my heated body and my member, creating a cloud of steam. And as the steam obscured my vision, I was finally able to touch Shax's real body. Beyond the doll suit and the water buffer, I could feel her small frame against my arms.
"Ugh?!"
"Oooooh!" I had been fooled by the size of the doll suit. Shax was tall enough that if she lifted her beak, I could press my face right into it; in reality, she was probably around 160cm tall.
"St-stop squeezing!"
"No!"
The waistline, which had been over two meters, had shrunk by half, and the doll suit was gradually losing its bulk, looking more like penguin pajamas. I felt like I could feel her real body if I squeezed just a little more.
Grab! My hand caught what felt like Shax's ass. She was flat-chested, but her ass was actually quite nice. I stopped squeezing and stroked the line with my hand.
"Our Shax, you're built for easy labor, aren't you?"
"Heyyyy!" Shax flailed her arms and slapped my cheek. Both sides of my face burned, and I hugged her tightly and pushed her forward, as if falling.
"Let's lie down first!"
Thud! Because I fell while holding her, Shax fell backward. I took a mount position, pressing my knees onto her doll arms, and clenched both fists.
"Abuse of women! Abuse of animals! I'm against it! But I have no reason to let someone who breaks into my house and vomits slide! Especially if you're the one who killed my cute pet slimes!"
Pow! Just as Shax had slapped my cheek, I swung my fists left and right beside her beak. With my full-force left and right hooks, Shax's penguin head swayed left and right several times. Clang, clang, clang!! Hitting the beak felt like hitting a steel plate, and my knuckles throbbed. But just as my hands hurt, Shax was left dazed by my punches.
"...Huff." Shax let out a hollow sound, as if she were stunned. I grabbed the top and bottom of her beak and pried it wide open. Finally, I could see her real face.
"Wow, holy shit. You're fucking beautiful."
"Wh...at...?!"
Her features were sharp and vicious, like a delinquent bully. With her sharp eyes and black hair and pupils, if she were wearing a school uniform, she would look exactly like a high school student.
"Wow... damn. Why do you hide a face like this?"
"What kind of weird shit are you saying in the middle of a battle?! Ptooey!"
Shax blushed and spat at me. I hurriedly jerked my head back, and the spit flew toward the ceiling like a bullet. The bridge of my nose stung slightly, as if I'd been cut by a blade.
"Aww, I was finally getting a look at a beauty! ...Hmm?"
There was something that caught my eye even more than her attacking me. Where had I seen this face before? I racked my brain. I had definitely been in this position against a face like this somewhere before... Ah.
"You... you look like Andras."
"You son of a... wait, what are you talking about?"
Shax looked far too much like Andras—the former Andras. Her face was flushed with pain and confusion, and I quickly scanned my surroundings. The battle is at a disadvantage. The orcs were fighting hard against the cockatrices, but each cockatrice was as strong as a Pale Rider. If the battle wasn't nearly one-on-one, there was no doubt that a cockatrice would be rushing toward me now that I had subdued Shax. I had to finish subduing her completely, and fast.
"Shax! You and I—"
"What do you mean by 'Andras'!!"
"Ugh?!"
Shax exerted superhuman strength and lifted my knees. Her arms were trembling, but she was clearly starting to lift my legs.
"Not a chance!"
Koooom!! I slammed my fist down toward her shoulder. Shax let out a dry cough, and the strength in her arms gave out, causing her to sink back down.
"I learned one thing while fighting Luna!" I raised my fist high once more. Shax's black pupils began to tremble.
"Don't harbor other thoughts when facing someone stronger than you!"
Kwoooong!!
"Aaaaargh!!" Shax screamed. I clearly heard the sound of her joints crushing, and I felt the strength drain from her left arm. Even though I hit her that hard, my punch had only managed to dislocate one of her arms.
Erogenous zone, find the erogenous zone. I still couldn't see Shax's information. To see even a summary, I had to find her sensitive spots.
"Cockatrice!! Kill this bastard!!"
"Damn it." I broke one shoulder, yet her mouth was still alive and screeching. And what was even more annoying was that the cockatrices were starting to glare and rush toward me one by one. In that case, I had no choice but to mobilize my subordinates.
"Las!!!"
"Las—!!"
At my command, the orcs gathered one by one to form a defensive circle. The cockatrices swung their beaks and claws at the tightly formed circle, but the orcs began to swing their shovels, risking their very lives. Clang, clang!! The orcs began to hold off the cockatrices with a death-defying resolve. And while the orcs held them back, I had to end my own war.
"Ryun—!!"
"I'm here!!"
Ryun leaped down from the air. She must have jumped off a cockatrice or an orc, landing right beside Shax's head.
"Press down on her right arm with your knees!"
"Yes!"
Ryun followed my instructions and pressed down on her right arm with all her might. In the meantime, I awkwardly backed away while still mounted on top of Shax. Gauging the approximate location, I reached her thighs where she was spreading them left and right, and grabbed the doll suit with my pincers.
"Finally!!"
Riiip! I forcibly tore the doll suit. Thanks to my sharp nails, the center tore vertically, and as luck would have it, my intuition was right—it was Shax's spot.
"Damn, this feels like doing it with a penguin."
"Master! Now is not the time to be picky!"
"You, what are you guys doing right now?! In the middle of a fight?!"
Shax blushed and screamed at the top of her lungs. But to make that scream turn into a moan, I pressed my member, glistening with moisture, against the entrance with my thumb.
"Ryun, cast it!"
"Doing it now!"
Ryun bowed her head and cast holy magic on Shax's stomach. A magic circle—a shape like a Yin-Yang tattoo—began to glow on the white part of the penguin suit, and Shax's pupils began to tremble like an aspen leaf in confusion and terror.
"Fi, fighting in the middle of...?"
"This is how our legion fights."
I tapped my glans against the crack in Shax's armor. If I couldn't find a specific erogenous zone, I just had to touch the part where the sensitivity was clearly concentrated.
"...Hehe, you were a strong one after all."
Shax had been strong enough to lift me for a moment. But she had wasted too much mana filling the pit with water. "Are you flustered? That an orc is this strong?"
"Ah, ahh, ugh...?"
Shax had already lost her mind. Seeming to have lost her grip on reality at the thought of being violated by an orc, she shook her head minutely, denying the reality of it. I stroked her thighs gently to comfort her.
"Don't worry. Thanks to Ryun's holy magic, all you'll feel is pleasure."
"Do, don't! I told you not to...!"
"Don't? Don't what?"
"......Mating!"
Shax shouted, blushing. The word was so explicit that I felt embarrassed myself.
"Shax, you're mistaken about one thing."
Clang, clang!! As the orcs held off the cockatrices with their shovel handles, I took the stance to thrust my spear.
"This is what we call 'Las'."
"Yo, you're crazy! What are you doing in the middle of a fight, aaaah!!"
Would the orcs' defensive line break first, or would Shax be drowned in pleasure? The Las with Shax had begun.