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Chapter 2: Giving Birth
By the time I opened my eyes, the sun had already risen high into the middle of the sky.
The events of last night instantly rushed back into my mind.
'Was it a dream?'
Right, a second chance from a goddess. What were the odds that something so unheard of would happen to someone like me of all people?
I actually felt a wave of irritation toward myself. No matter how I looked at it, it had to be a dream, yet I had allowed my judgment to be clouded by blind desire.
Just as I was about to dismiss it entirely as a dream, I realized something had altered within my body.
The sensations radiating throughout my entire being felt incredibly alien. It was difficult to describe, but I could perceive every single space around me—up, down, left, right, front, and back.
The minute vibrations of the walls, a mosquito buzzing across the kitchen, even the faint whirring of the exhaust fan. My newly heightened five senses had seamlessly integrated into my body, naturally mapping out the entire perimeter of the room.
I couldn't feel my arms or legs. Instead, I felt hundreds of long, rope-like appendages moving precisely according to my will.
The realization struck me immediately. Right now, I was a dark crimson liquid monster with hundreds of bumpy tentacles sprouting out of me.
Right on cue, a status window—exclusive only to Hunters—expanded before my eyes.
[Choi Hyun]
[Level: 1]
[Guardian Deity: Greedias]
[Trait: Tentacle (SSS)]
[STR: 10] [DEX: 10] [INT: 10] [LUK: 10] [EVIL: 10]
[Skills: Hardening / Corruption Fluid / Soporific / Transformation / Absorption]
An SSS-grade trait. This was the exact moment I became the seventh holder of an SSS-grade trait in all of human history.
Could this really be a dream? Doubts still lingered. However, my consciousness was sharp and alert, and the sensations traveling through the tentacles were intensely vivid. If this were a dream, it would be absolutely impossible for it to feel this distinct.
It was unbelievable. Entirely independent of my conscious thoughts, the tentacles across my body coiled and unfurled in a frantic display of raw ecstasy.
Though my appearance was profoundly hideous, aesthetics didn't matter to me in the slightest. I was no longer an Extra #1. Simply obtaining the right to claim a central role in this world was more than enough.
Bam! Bam! Bam!
"Keep it down in there! Why are you pounding on the wall like that?!"
The door rattled violently as an angry female voice yelled out. It was the woman living next door.
It seemed that without my realization, the tentacles attached to my body had been thumping against the wall in their excitement.
As I reined in my emotions, the grotesque writhing of the tentacles gradually began to subside.
‘This is a bit inconvenient.’
Having transformed into a tentacle monster, I had grown massive enough to completely fill the entire nine-pyeong studio apartment.
‘I can't exactly go outside looking like this, either.’
If I stepped out in this state, an emergency alert would be triggered instantly, and Hunters would charge in to kill me. After all, a viscous, dark crimson liquid creature bristling with tentacles was impossible to view in a positive light.
Instinctively, I understood that I just needed to use the [Transformation] skill. It felt as though the knowledge of how to move as a tentacle and how to activate my skills had been permanently etched directly into my brain during the awakening.
The moment I activated [Transformation], my true form rapidly shrank, returning perfectly to the human appearance I had before.
But this was merely a shell. By acquiring this trait, I had ceased to be human; I had become a 'Tentacle.' My current human form was nothing more than a human disguise draped over my true essence as a tentacle. While being in my tentacle form felt far more natural, the apartment was simply too cramped, so staying in human form seemed ideal for now.
‘What do my other skills do?’
Now that I had gathered my bearings, I began to systematically analyze my trait.
By contracting with a fallen goddess, I had effectively become a public enemy to all of mankind. Because of that, I needed to keep my identity perfectly concealed while growing stronger at absolute maximum speed.
To achieve that, I needed a thorough understanding of my capabilities.
The SSS-grade trait, [Tentacle].
It appeared to belong to the transformation category.
The most famous trait within the transformation category was undoubtedly the SS-grade trait, [Elder Dragon].
An ability that allowed a Hunter to transform into a massive dragon exceeding 500 meters in length, capable of wielding every form of magic.
I remembered watching a YouTube video of a Hunter transformed into an Elder Dragon soaring through the sky, and the sheer majesty was so overwhelming that it was hard to believe they were originally human.
Yet, my ability was an SSS-grade trait, sitting even higher than that. Considering the general public consensus that an insurmountable wall exists between SS-grade and SSS-grade traits, it was difficult to even fathom how far I could grow once my level increased.
I proceeded to check my available skills.
First was Hardening. Focusing my mind on my arm, the skin rapidly shifted to a dark crimson color, transforming into a bumpy, rock-hard texture.
When I touched it with my opposite hand, it felt incredibly solid.
Just how durable had it become? Out of curiosity, I lightly slammed my hardened arm down onto the desk.
Crack. A large, arm-shaped hole was punched clean through the wood.
The sheer power was staggering enough to startle me. If an ordinary civilian took a direct hit from this fist, their skull would instantly burst open.
It was an exceptionally practical skill for combat.
Just as I was about to study my next skill, someone pounded on my door once again.
When I pulled the door open, a woman wearing dolphin shorts stood there with her arms crossed, glaring straight at me. She looked absolutely furious.
"Can you seriously not keep it down? What on earth are you doing inside your room to make a sound like wood shattering?"
It was the woman from next door. The exact moment my eyes landed on her, an overpowering impulse surged through my entire being.
An intense, burning desire to ravage this woman right then and there.
A primal urge to breed, demanding that I plant my seed deep within her body. An irresistible, raw instinct completely hijacked my brain.
While I had always possessed a relatively strong sex drive, it had never been anything close to this. It seemed that transforming into a tentacle had radically amplified my lust and reproductive urges toward women.
Suppressing the urge with everything I had, I quietly observed her.
Despite living right next door, we had never exchanged a single greeting. Even if we crossed paths in the hallway by chance, we would simply pass by each other, pretending the other didn't exist.
This was the first time I was actually getting a proper look at her face. Standing well over 170 cm tall with a slender physique, she possessed sharp eyes that gave her a cold, chic appearance, yet she was undeniably beautiful.
She was so stunning that I wondered how I had failed to notice her until now.
"What are you staring at so intently? You're being seriously creepy. If you make that kind of noise one more time, I'm complaining straight to the landlord, so you better watch out..."
The woman's eyes, which had been sharply narrowed in anger, suddenly began to lose focus.
“Yaaawn... Why am I suddenly so incredibly sleepy...”
Rubbing her eyes as an abrupt wave of exhaustion hit her, her posture began to sway. A moment later, she succumbed entirely to sleep, collapsing right forward into my arms. Her soft breasts pressed firmly against my chest.
It was the effect of my [Soporific] skill.
A skill that allowed me to release a completely colorless and odorless sleeping gas or liquid. It hadn't even been three seconds since I released the gas, yet she was already fast asleep. The potency was incredible.
Lifting the woman up, I carried her straight into her own apartment, which had been left wide open.
***
The moment I laid her down on the bed, I deactivated my human disguise. Tendrils of tentacles erupted from my body, instantly wrapping around her frame.
The absolute instinct to take this woman completely controlled me.
First, I slithered a tentacle directly into her mouth. I then began pouring a semi-transparent [Corruption Fluid] down her esophagus.
“Slurp... Sucking... Gulp.”
Did it taste good to her? Initially, her brow furrowed in response to the foreign object entering her mouth. However, not long after the corruption fluid began flowing down, she started swallowing the fluid as if it were delicious, suckling on the tentacle like an infant nursing.
Shortly after, I felt her body temperature begin to skyrocket.
A heavy flush stained her sleeping face, and her thighs twitched and clamped together as if tormented by an unbearable itch. The corruption fluid clearly possessed a potent aphrodisiac effect.
“Ah... Ahn...”
Using my tentacles, I carefully stripped away her top. Her shapely breasts spilled out, their pink nipples instantly pert and pronounced.
Gazing upon a woman's naked body in real life for the first time, my excitement reached an absolute fever pitch. It seemed that getting turned on by a naked woman wasn't any different from when I was fully human.
I pressed a tentacle equipped with suction cups directly against her nipple. After piercing the flesh with the micro-needles at the center of the suction cups, I began pumping in more corruption fluid while tugging, suckling, and fondling her breasts like playthings.
As I kneaded her breasts like dough, the flesh infused with the corruption fluid gradually began to swell and grow larger.
“Mgh... Hngh... ❤️”
With a heavily flushed face, the woman continued to eagerly suckle the corruption fluid from the tentacle in her mouth like a baby.
The crotch of her dolphin shorts was already thoroughly soaked, to the point where fluid was actively dripping down. She was already completely primed to receive a male.
Realizing it would be discourteous to keep her waiting any longer, I stripped away her shorts and underwear, wrapping tentacles around her legs to pull them wide apart, exposing her core to the open air.
Her exposed labia were actively twitching and overflowing with arousal fluid, practically begging to be filled. Not even adult videos featured this much lubrication.
Faced with such a woman, I could no longer restrain myself. I extended a specialized tentacle that possessed a completely different structure from the rest.
This ridged, uneven tentacle looked distinct from the others. Similar to a human phallus, it was capped with a distinct glans, though it was vastly thicker and far more heavily textured than any human anatomy.
I carefully guided that specific tentacle toward her opening. Then, in one fluid motion, I drove it entirely inside, burying it deep to the very hilt.
Perhaps because the intense stimulation was too sudden, the woman's back arched like a bow as her body shuddered violently. Simultaneously, her walls clamped down onto the tentacle with a vice-like grip.
“Mmmph! Nnngh!”
Though she remained completely unconscious, her body was reacting precisely like a female in heat.
The same applied to me. My main body and every single tentacle composing it were vibrating with raw ecstasy. I had never experienced a level of pleasure this intense in my entire life.
And I knew instantly that as a tentacle creature, I would spend the rest of my days hunting this exact pleasure. The sensation was profoundly addictive, bordering on absolute euphoria.
I began to thrust. Having completely surrendered half of my sanity to raw pleasure, I abandoned all restraint, savagely pounding my tentacle inside her to satisfy my own ravenous desires.
Even in her sleep, the woman never stopped gripping the tentacle. On the contrary, as if desperate to prevent the tentacle from leaving, her walls clamped down with frantic intensity, practically begging for her cervix to be kissed.
Splurt! Sputter!
“Oh... Hngh... ❤️”
With every few thrusts, she squirted heavily, cresting over intense orgasms. Fearing she might suffer from dehydration, I made sure to continuously feed her more corruption fluid through her mouth.
Soon, the urge to climax hit me like a tidal wave. Without holding back for a single second, I unleashed the entirety of the thick, white fluid stored within my body, spraying it directly into her womb.
“Oh... Ahhh... Oh!”
The volume was so immense that it completely flooded her womb, ultimately overflowing and spraying outward. The woman's body arched into a rigid crescent, her anatomy expressing the raw joy of accepting the tentacle's seed. Naturally, her fountain show marked the grand finale of the climax, more spectacular than ever before.
['Kim Ah-rin' has accepted the seed of the [Tentacle]. A new life has been conceived. Kim Ah-rin's [Virginity] imparts a highly positive influence upon the new life.]
[Estimated Time Until Birth: 6 Hours]
[Having conceived the life of the [Tentacle], the maternal host 'Kim Ah-rin' begins preparations to transform into a thrall of the [Tentacle].]
Instinctively understanding the system notifications, I withdrew my tentacle from the pregnant woman's body.
***
Following our first encounter, I left the still-sleeping woman alone and began investigating her identity inside her room.
‘Her name is Kim Ah-rin...’
Through her smartphone, computer, and identification cards, I managed to unearth a wealth of information.
I had thought her face and figure were far from ordinary, and it turned out she was an idol back-dancer. While she didn't belong to a major agency or back a famous idol group, it was fascinating to meet someone from this industry for the first time.
In fact, this was highly advantageous. By utilizing this woman, I could potentially impregnate other women within the entertainment industry as well.
According to her personal data, her parents had perished during a Dungeon Break, leaving her with no surviving relatives.
While she wasn't a Hunter, she did possess an E-grade trait called [Charm Enhancement (E)]. It was a trait that provided a passive bonus to one's facial features and physique—a capability incredibly common among celebrities.
If one managed to possess an A-grade version like [Charm Enhancement (A)], it became an incredibly lucrative trait, allowing them to work as a celebrity and pull in wealth that rivaled top-tier Hunters.
However, since Kim Ah-rin only held an E-grade version, the supernatural effect was likely minimal. Paradoxically, this meant that Kim Ah-rin's baseline appearance was naturally beautiful on its own.
I looked down at Kim Ah-rin. To ensure she wouldn't wake up mid-process, I had administered an additional dose of the soporific, leaving her completely dead to the world.
Her breasts, swollen from the corruption fluid, looked like inflated balloons. Her abdomen, now carrying the pregnancy, had ballooned into a heavily distended state, right on the verge of labor.
I wondered exactly what was growing inside that belly. Whatever it was, it certainly wouldn't be human.
An ability that allowed me to impregnate a woman and force a rapid birth. While it was a deeply bizarre capability, I found myself thoroughly pleased with it.
Before long, Kim Ah-rin's body began to twitch violently. She had officially entered labor.
To facilitate an easier delivery, I used my tentacles to pry her legs wide apart, locking the maternal host firmly into position.
Immediately following that, 'those things' began to emerge from the body of Kim Ah-rin as her labor commenced.