New Venture
[Po-ooo-h—!]
As if she had received a precious gift, Podic pressed her face against my member.
This girl really has no change in her expression.
Looking at how her large, puppy-like hips were wiggling, she seemed happy, though.
Anyway, after pressing her nose against my shaft and taking a long, deep sniff, Podic glanced up at me and soon stuck out her tongue, beginning to softly wrap it around my glans.
"Hngh—!"
Feeling Podic's mouth-pussy for the first time in a while, a thrilling shiver involuntarily raced up my spine.
Then followed Podic's fierce tongue work.
However, it seemed she soon couldn't hold herself back; moving beyond a simple fellatio, Podic began to swallow my dick deep into her throat.
It was a primitive and greedy sight that clearly showed just how starved she had been for me.
"Hey, you... Hngh!"
I stroked Podic's head, surrendering my body to the waves of pleasure that grew increasingly violent.
Even if she was an Anomaly, seeing a woman who was pretty—aside from her large size—and well-endowed, desperate to suck my cock, naturally made my dick harden.
Then, I suddenly looked up and grabbed Pomen, who was watching this scene with a blank expression.
"C-Commander...!"
"Open your mouth, Pomen!"
And with a sudden kiss, I pushed my tongue into the surprised Pomen's mouth, mixing them violently.
"……."
Moi watched the scene, lost in a daze with a flushed face.
It was already against common sense for a human to mix bodies with an ECHO, but an Anomaly—one that seemed to be in the Named-grade and an enemy of humanity—was craving the Commander's member.
Yet, on the other hand, seeing that overwhelming sight of the Commander's large member being swallowed up to the throat, her own lower half became damp, and an uncontrollable jealousy boiled up within her.
His cock... is mine...
She wanted to push the Hachishakusama away right now and please the Commander with her own small throat.
But just as she was stamping her feet, not knowing what to do and glancing around for a chance, someone next to her moved first.
"Commander, I will purify you."
"...Eh? P-Purify?"
Noah approached me with a gentle smile and moved behind me.
"Ugh?!"
Then, making her nickname of Saintess feel meaningless, she pressed her tongue against my anus, and while gently stimulating my balls with one hand, she began to lick that spot deeply yet meticulously.
"W-Wait...! N-Noah—?!"
From the front, Podic's deep and primitive caresses, and from the back, Noah's soft yet persistent tongue work assaulted me simultaneously.
This is insane—!
Due to the intense pleasure that left me unable to think straight, my dick began to swell as if it were about to burst.
And eventually, unable to hold back, I spewed my hot desire deep into Podic's throat.
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"……."
When I opened my eyes, I saw a ceiling filled with a strange yet familiar scent of skin.
"Ugh..."
As I tried to lift my body, it throbbed as if every joint in my body had been displaced. Glancing around, it was an absolute mess.
All night, I had rolled around crazily with four women— Podic, Pomen, Noah, and even Moi.
It was a sexual encounter with an anomaly called the enemies of humanity, but perhaps because they were all open to me, the ECHOs threw themselves at me without any hesitation.
Rather, as if not wanting to lose to Podic, they stimulated me by acting more coquettish than usual, letting out sultry moans, and intertwining their bodies with me even more clingily.
And the result was...
I'm gonna die.
The complete depletion of my stamina.
Who was it at the end?
My memory had become so hazy I couldn’t quite recall.
I think Noah climbed on top of me; I remember feeling her hips rotating violently before I lost consciousness.
This really is a world of crazy extremes...
An apocalyptic world where everything is destroyed and survival for tomorrow cannot be guaranteed.
But ironically, in a world like this, I could have sex with beautiful women to my heart's content.
Though they weren't pure humans, to me, they were girls, family, and females more precious than any human woman.
The problem was my stamina.
"……."
Squeeze, squeeze.
I fondled Podic's huge, elastic buttocks to my satisfaction while she seemed to be deeply asleep.
I thought the story of a man's dick not getting hard only happened in novels... I didn't know this was actually possible.
But my dick gave no reaction.
Like a refractory period that felt as if it would last forever, I was completely exhausted.
From the Mito Drive to the Red Core serum.
I had injected several drugs to enhance my body using the Money Compass, yet I fainted after dealing with only four women.
...I'll have to rely on the power of drugs more.
No matter how high the sexual appetite and stamina of those ECHOs were, as a man, my pride was wounded.
I guess this is why middle-aged men seek out anything said to be good for the body, including Viagra.
"Tsk."
With a bitter smile, I looked at the faces of the soundly sleeping ECHOs one by one.
It was then.
"...Commander? Are you awake?"
Moi, who had slowly opened her eyes, grinned and...
"Hap!"
She took my member into her mouth.
Then, using her tongue and lips, she began to play with the limp piece of flesh that wouldn't rise.
"That's not a toy, Moi."
"But it's just so lovely."
"……Fine."
In the Echoes of Humanity — ECHO story, she was a villain among villains who lost her sibling to humans, turned evil, and destroyed several Arks that were barely holding on.
Yet, such a girl couldn't take her eyes off my dick and was just flicking her tongue.
No joke, am I going to conquer the world with my dick at this rate?
Gathering all the ECHOs that appear in the game and establishing my own Kingdom in Ark 69.
That sounded like it would be interesting in its own way.
After spending a long time rubbing bodies even after waking up, we left the old inn, carrying the TV, which served as Podic's medium.
And...
"Commander. Was a medium recovery mission supposed to take this long?"
"Uh, well, a few things happened on the way back."
"Sigh. I understand. I'll tell the Cerberus girls to return."
I got scolded severely by Arva and Lena.
It felt unfair, but it couldn't be helped. I had said I was going to take out the medium yesterday, after all.
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"Whew... We’ve finally arrived."
Jester twisted her thin lips as she looked at the entrance of Ark 86, which stood solitary in the middle of a wasteland where a fierce sandstorm raged.
To her, an information broker and merchant operating under the name The Black Crow, such an isolated Ark was the best kind of customer.
Especially an Ark that had become the target of a powerful entity of the Named grade.
"Looks like a battle has already taken place?"
Gizmo, sitting in the passenger seat, said while zooming in with the camera.
The screen clearly captured scrap debris scattered across the ground.
"Let's see... fragments of a Tempered— an Astral siege unit. It was hit by laser bombardment. Not an ECHO's attack… is it the Ark's own defense facilities?"
"Probably. The defensive power of Ark 86 is on a monstrous level."
That's likely why it's holding out without collapsing even under the Harvester's attack.
[Identity verification. State the purpose of your visit.]
As the Crow Merchant Guild's heavy armored vehicle approached the Ark entrance, dozens of guns hidden underground rose simultaneously, and a sharp, cold voice came from the speakers.
"I'm Jester of the Black Crow Merchant Guild. I've visited a few times... I came to see if we could trade if there are things we both want."
A brief silence followed Jester's sly words.
Soon, with a heavy noise, part of the Ark's outer wall opened, and a mass-produced ECHO Squad, dressed in identical black uniforms from head to toe, appeared.
"Are they the representatives?"
"Well, the noble human lords don't want to speak with us directly."
Probably because it's dangerous.
When was it?
She had heard that in an Ark far to the west, Wanderers claiming to be a merchant guild had attacked humans.
It was a long time ago, but because of that incident, their own livelihood had been cut off for a while, and they had suffered quite a bit.
"Alright, shall we go trade then?"
As the mass-produced Squad drew closer, Jester put on her mask, opened the door of the armored vehicle, and stepped outside.
"What items do you have to sell?"
"Straight to the point already? So impatient. Shouldn't we ECHOs at least exchange light greetings?"
"……Fine, Jester."
The ECHO, who seemed to be the leader of the squad, nodded reluctantly.
"Well, nothing too great. Our situation hasn't been great lately either. I'll send the list first."
Jester handed the data to the ECHO, who appeared to be the squad leader.
After a moment, as if the human side had checked the data list, the leader-class mass-produced ECHO spoke again.
"We wish to purchase Carbon Nano-Fire and Variable Liquid Metal."
"Just as I expected. I figured this Ark would definitely need them. The price is one box of 100 Concentrated Nutrients per 100 grams of Carbon Nano-Fire."
"……That's expensive."
"Can't be helped, girl. Within a 3,000-kilometer radius of this place is the territory of that damn Harvester. You know better than I do how crazy they are for CNF, right?"
"……."
At Jester's banter, the leader-class ECHO fell silent.
Though greatly exaggerated, her words weren't entirely wrong.
A long time had passed after that without any conversation…
Whether permission had been granted by the Ark's leadership after repeated meetings, another mass-produced ECHO appeared carrying a large box.
"Check it, Raven."
"Yeah."
At Jester's word, Raven began to check the box.
As if they had no intention of deceiving them, the box was filled with Concentrated Nutrients as promised.
"I like how decisive they are."
Jester smiled with satisfaction and signaled Gizmo.
Then, Gizmo took out the box containing Carbon Nano-Fire and the Variable Liquid Metal from the armored vehicle and handed them to the ECHO of Ark 86.
"Wait."
As the ECHOs turned to leave after all the trades were finished, Jester spoke.
"Is there something more to trade?"
"Yes. I have some very good information that I think your fleet commander would want to buy."
"Information? I don't think we particularly need any."
"Hmm... really? It's a story related to the Astral that has been persistently targeting you lately—the Harvester?"
At Jester's words, the leader of the mass-produced units stopped dead in its tracks.
And a moment later.
With a loud movement, the outer gate of the Ark opened completely, and a woman escorted by an Original ECHO Squad appeared.
A woman in a black uniform with sharp, dragon-like eyes—the fleet commander of Ark 86, Lin Xiaolin.