Chapter 10
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 10
Chapter Title: Search and Subjugation Request (2)
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‘Yaaawn... slept well.’
Tremble tremble-
Morning.
I woke up with my Basic Tentacles quivering and stretched my entire body with a squelching wriggle.
Tentacle Monsters can't stretch in the human sense, but if I extend all my tentacles taut and writhe them around, it gives a pretty similar sensation.
‘Nothing happened while I was asleep, right?’
I scanned the area, but there were no signs of any trouble. I let out a quiet sigh of relief in my mind.
It had been five days since my first battle and my first time ravaging a woman.
In other words, ten days had already passed since I fell into this world.
By now, I'd more or less gotten used to this Tentacle Monster body.
Humans are creatures of adaptation, as they say—and it's no exaggeration. My mind had adjusted reasonably well to life as a Tentacle Monster.
‘The first few days, I kept thinking it was all a dream every time I woke up.’
Now, I just accepted it for what it was.
In the meantime, I'd settled into a decent hideout.
Nothing fancy—just a cave I'd claimed for myself.
I'd considered digging a burrow, but that felt like too much hassle.
The cave was about two and a half days' walk from the field where I'd encountered that man and woman.
Honestly, this place was such a safe forest that I didn't even need a proper hideout. Still, the cave was perfect for lighting a fire, warming up, and resting comfortably.
‘And my body’s gotten so damn big.’
I wriggled a Detection Tentacle and looked myself over.
Back when I hit level 10, my body mass was about the size of an adult man's torso. Now, past level 20, I'd ballooned to roughly the size of two large refrigerators mashed together.
I truly looked the part of a monster now.
A cave was the ideal hideout for concealing a body this massive.
My stats had risen dramatically compared to before.
- Fluid Body and Core
- Evolving Tentacles (11 tentacles: Basic Tentacles 4, Digestion Tentacle 1, Detection Tentacle 1, Blunt Tentacles 2, Thorn Tentacle 1, Healing Tentacle 1, Genital Tentacle 1)
- Master of All Life
- Yin Gate of Love and Submission
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‘Makes me all emotional.’
Honest opinion.
Every time I checked my current stats, I couldn't help but marvel.
All my physical stats except Perception had hit the mid-20s, and my magic stats had pushed into the mid-to-late teens on average.
My level had risen by two since that first time with the woman.
For reference, level-ups don't boost all stats at once every time, but sometimes specific ones jump by two.
No need to feel down about the 'E' ability evaluation.
Even in the previous game, that evaluation was infamous for being stingy. Plenty of A-Class Adventurers fluctuated between C and C+ when you checked their ratings.
Some S-Class ones even topped out at C+.
Of course, C+ in an S-Class was bottom-tier, and since S-Class is the pinnacle with no finer subdivisions, individual stat spreads varied wildly. There were some truly absurd monsters among S-Class Adventurers.
Way above my pay grade anyway. Even scraping a C- evaluation meant averaging over 50 across all stats—still a distant dream for me.
At any rate, my current stats put me at a strong D-Class Adventurer. Or maybe even a weak C-Class one.
That's purely on paper. Factoring in multiple tentacles, pain immunity, flexibility, and regeneration, my actual combat power far outstripped the numbers.
‘Plus, I’ve got more tentacles now.’
The Blunt Tentacles, which gave a 1.1x Strength multiplier, had upgraded to 1.2x—and I could now deploy two at once.
Threatening on its own, but then there were the new additions: Thorn Tentacle and Healing Tentacle.
Thorn was pure combat, while Healing wasn't battle-oriented but incredibly useful.
Thorn Tentacle
An offensive tentacle with a slightly altered form. The tip bristles with extremely hard, sharp thorns coated in paralyzing venom secreted by the tentacle. Grants 1.2x Agility.
Healing Tentacle
A basic healing tentacle. Uses mana to heal wounds on a target. Grants 1.1x Efficiency and Affinity.
Just reading the descriptions screamed overpowered.
Thorn Tentacles outdid Blunt in lethality.
The thorns alone were vicious, but the paralyzing venom? Slow-acting, sure, but at my current level, potent enough to drop something whale-sized.
Healing Tentacles weren't essential for me with my auto-regen, but they'd be a godsend if any of my future women got hurt.
Sure enough, Elrine once tripped over a rock while pacing the cave, scraping her knee raw. A quick Healing Tentacle zap, and it sealed up in seconds.
For reference, ‘Elrine’ is the name of the woman I ravished five days ago.
After that first time, I'd pounded her relentlessly every day until she passed out. She put up a bit of resistance on day two, but by day three? Nothing.
She even moaned in pleasure mid-fuck and started bucking her hips on her own.
‘Probably thanks to Yin Gate of Love and Submission.’
The new skill I unlocked at level 20.
The more sexual acts performed with a target, the more affection and submission they feel toward the skill user. Once the effect reaches a certain threshold, a Yin Gate imprints on the target. The stronger the effect, the deeper and more ornate the gate becomes. The gate can be hidden at will.
Effect activation may be slower depending on the target's mental strength.
The more you fuck, the more she likes and submits to you. Pure cheat skill.
It noted slower effects on strong-willed women, but Elrine wasn't that tough mentally—a faint Yin Gate had already etched above her pussy.
Heart-shaped.
Right now, Elrine lay beside me on a bed of straw and leaves, her legs bound by Restraint Fluid. A gray heart Yin Gate sat above her pussy.
“Um, Lord Tentacle... Could you untie me now? I promise I won't run.”
Sensing my gaze, she spoke in a whiny, nasal tone.
She knew I could understand her.
Obviously. We'd been communicating all along.
I lacked a vocal tentacle—the Digestion Tentacle had a mouth, but no speech—but dirt on the cave floor worked fine for writing.
The goddess who shoved me into this Tentacle Monster body had decent service spirit; she'd crammed this world's language pack into my head.
Just think about writing, and the shapes popped into my mind automatically.
In response to Elrine, I used a Basic Tentacle to scrawl on the floor.
- No.
Her face fell the instant she read it.
“Eek, pleeease. I gotta pee... Okay? This is so uncomfortable.”
Her pouty aegyo was kinda cute.
Truth be told, I wanted to release the Restraint Fluid holding her. Can't keep a girl tied forever. But trust had to be earned.
The Yin Gate was there, but still in its early stage.
Only complete once ornate patterns spread from the heart and it turned pink.
She probably wouldn't bolt if freed now, but better safe than sorry.
- No. Just go here.
I wrote again.
Watching a beauty piss had its appeal. Direct viewing wasn't bad.
Since when did I turn into such a perv?
All the goddess's fault for making me a Tentacle Monster.
Damn it.
“Huh? But then the cave'll stink... Pleeease. I'll go pee and come back, then suck you off...”
“Suck you off” meant fellatio.
She'd caught on that I enjoyed sex with her and now dangled it as a bargaining chip.
Hmm...
Funny when I thought about it.
I could fuck her anytime I wanted—why was she negotiating?
Still, cave stench would suck. I nodded a Basic Tentacle and wrote.
- Fine. Go pee.
“Ah...! Thank you.”
Elrine beamed. As I wrote, I fired Release Fluid from a Genital Tentacle, dissolving her bonds.
“Be right back.”
She shook out her limbs, then dashed out of the cave to a nearby tree in the woods, relieving herself.
I worried she might run, but no signs of it. Not that she could escape deep in the forest anyway.
Higher level meant better Detection Tentacles—I could hear the trickle and even smell it.
...Good thing or bad?
Pat pat pat-
“See? I didn't run. You can leave me untied. Eep.”
Elrine returned after finishing, sounding proud.
“So... just one hour like this? Pleeease?”
She gazed at me with pitying eyes. The restraints must've been seriously uncomfortable.
Fat chance.
I wrote firmly.
- No.
Then promptly rebound her legs to the floor with fresh Restraint Fluid.
“Tch...”
Elrine's disappointed grumble echoed through the cave.