Turning Away (Part 2)
Turning Away (Part 2)
The Empire's First Knight Captain Lancelot and the main Imperial forces attempted to enter the ruins located at the center of the island.
It was speculated that the Demon God Avaritia was located underground in the ruins.
However, from the very entrance, the island's residents, armed with weapons, tried to block the Imperial army.
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"Outsiders, get lost!"
"We absolutely cannot hand over what's in these ruins!"
Knight Rufus placed his hand on his sword hilt with an expression of dismay.
"......Just as we heard from the one claiming to be the representative here. They said the residents suddenly became violent and tried to kill the sane ones. Could this also be the Demon God's power?"
"Probably so. They say the Demon God merely by existing multiplies the demonkin and drives humans mad."
"That's right. It's written that way in the Heavenly God Religion's scriptures."
Knights Emilia and Olivia, each clinging to one of Lancelot's arms, affirmed Rufus's words.
Lancelot was stroking his chin as if deep in thought.
"What shall we do, Captain? For now, non-lethal suppression..."
"No."
The very next moment, a fierce, scorching storm, as if imbued with the sun's power, swept through.
The residents blocking the Imperial army's path turned to ashes without even having time to scream.
The soldiers behind them turned their heads toward Lancelot with horrified expressions.
"If they are in the way, eliminate them all. The situation is urgent. We came to subjugate the Demon God. We don't have time to leisurely worry about heretics."
"Kyaaah! Sir Lancelot is so ruthless!"
"So cool!"
While the atmosphere among the soldiers turned icy cold, only Emilia and Olivia clung even closer to Lancelot.
Lancelot patted their heads and turned around.
"Haha, we're still in the middle of an operation, so don't let your guard down. Well then, Knight Rufus, secure the path to the underground ruins with that policy."
"Ah, understood......"
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"Melanie! You've worked hard!"
"Uh, yeah......"
After the battle with the demonkin that had swarmed the shores of Atan Island ended, Knight Pia hugged Melanie's arm.
Ever since telling Melanie to drop formal speech, she had started acting very familiar.
Melanie knew that physical intimacy could easily break down barriers, but it still felt a bit awkward.
This was because, in Sephemo, it was a time to be sensitive and act prickly to earn merit.
"Melanie! Where did you learn that magic? You shot down every Siren on sight, so the casualties were much lower than expected!"
"Ah, well... it's a bit of a long story......"
"If we continue to finish the battle smoothly like this, I think the Captain will summon me soon. It's all thanks to you, Melanie!"
"Um, Knight-nim?"
"Yes? What... Hiiik?!"
Lili was glaring at Pia with empty, pitch-black eyes.
Both Melanie and Pia felt a chill seeing that vacant expression.
"Aren't you being too informal just because Melanie helped you a few times? We're just in an employer-employee relationship."
"Uh, uh... w-well, wouldn't it be nice to get along?"
"You seem to lack a sense of tension. This is an island with a Demon God; who knows what other dangers might appear?"
As Lili said, the real battle hadn't even begun yet.
According to Melanie's memory, a leader-type Skilla would appear soon.
They could probably defeat it, but it would be a dangerous fight.
With the merit from slaying that thing, Pia would get the chance to fight by Lancelot's side, and then, and then......
It was just as Melanie clenched her mouth shut and lowered her head.
"Sirens! Sirens are swarming in!"
The soldiers on guard shouted.
Countless Sirens rising from the sea were flying toward the shore.
However, among them was one that could never be mistaken for an ordinary Siren.
"Wh-what is that monster?!"
"It's too big!"
A being as massive as the ships the knights arrived on was flying toward them with a roaring sound.
Dozens of Sirens could be covered by the shadow of its wings alone.
Melanie knew what that entity was, but like everyone else, she was flustered, her pupils trembling.
'Why, why is that thing here?!'
[Is there a problem?]
'That monster is supposed to be guarding the deep underground part of the ruins!'
[Avaritia must have sent it. Didn't you say you need to earn significant merit here to naturally enter the ruins anyway?]
Avaritia had agreed to cooperate with Luxuria's plan.
They had agreed that, for now, things would proceed according to the original story: Melanie would earn merit here and enter the ruins with Pia.
Avaritia said they would send a suitable demonkin, but that was beyond what Melanie had expected.
'It's an incredibly powerful creature! If you unleash something like that here, the people will...!'
"Could that be... Lord Atan?!"
David, the representative of Atan Island's residents, stared at the giant Siren and began walking dazedly toward the sea.
Pia ran to stop him.
"David! A civilian recklessly in the operation zone...! Fall back immediately!"
"Aah! That is Lord Atan, our island's guardian deity! I thought it was all over! Surely, surely! He has come to help us from the Demon God's threat——"
Kwaaaaang!
<Atan> landed, planting its feet right above Pia and David's heads.
The impact of its massive body settling down created a sandstorm and shook the ground.
Blood and chunks of flesh gushed out from under Atan's large feet, dyeing the seawater red.
"Are you okay?!"
"Y-yes. Thanks to you, I somehow..."
Pia survived because Lili rushed in and pushed her away.
If Lili had been even a moment later, she would have been turned into mincemeat alongside David.
Realizing this, Pia's face turned pale blue.
The entity that was once the island's guardian deity rolled its eyes, surveying the prey around it.
With a face withered like a sick old woman, it wore an expression of such rage that it seemed to be grinding its teeth, *grind grind*.
"Everyone, cover your ears——!"
Melanie shut her eyes tightly, covered her ears, and shouted.
Lili and Pia, who heard her, covered their ears, but Melanie's voice didn't reach everyone.
— Aaaaaaah!!!!
Atan spread its wings wide and began to shriek.
A deafening roar as if the very space was shaking.
The soldiers and mercenaries who tried to cover their ears too late couldn't withstand the brain-scrambling sensation and fainted.
— Kyaaah!
— Kyaaaak!
The Sirens that arrived at the shore afterward began attacking the people Atan had incapacitated.
Before the demonkin's one-sided slaughter, the shore grew increasingly stained red.
Seeing people dying, Melanie called out to Luxuria with a desperate expression.
'Luxuria! I'm begging you, tell Avaritia to stop!'
[Why are you being so sensitive? You said it yourself, this world is originally a cruel place. This is just something that happens everywhere in this world.]
'Originally, this many people don't die here!'
[If the story you know also involved this many people dying, then you mean you wouldn't have tried to stop it then? Because they were supposed to die anyway—so it doesn't matter—is that it?]
'Ugh...! Th-that's not what I mean!'
[What isn't? Isn't that your so-called conviction? That's why you're willing to leave Pia to die.]
'I, I...!'
As Melanie tried to argue somehow, the monster gave her no chance.
Atan's belly skin split open as if tearing, and countless tentacles gushed out from inside.
"Ayeuk?!"
The tentacles that instantly hooked Melanie dragged her into Atan's stomach.
Immediately after swallowing Melanie, Atan's belly skin closed shut.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
— Melanie! You damn monster! Let Melanie go!
The sound of Lili attacking from outside could be heard, but Atan's belly did not open again.
"D-damn...!"
Melanie struggled trying to break free, but the tentacles wound around her even more fiercely.
Sssssss...!
"Hiiik?!"
Whether due to digestive fluids, Melanie's clothes began to melt away.
She worried if her body would melt too, but this suspicious liquid precisely dissolved only Melanie's clothes.
As Melanie's pure white skin was laid completely bare, a tentacle with a mouth-like opening at its end approached her.
"Wh-what are you trying to... Aaaahng♡♡♡"
As the tentacles suddenly latched onto her areolas and began *schluup schluup*♥ sucking vigorously, a helpless moan burst from Melanie's mouth.
Her large breasts were mercilessly sucked into the tentacles, the fatty tissue brutally pressed and stretched simultaneously.
Even inside those mouths, smaller tentacles wriggled, persistently tormenting her nipples.
Melanie writhed in humiliation and pleasure, drooling.
"Ngh♡ Not there!♡"
As other tentacles began touching her vulva, Melanie closed her legs to defend herself.
As if finding this insolent, even more tentacles attached themselves and wrapped around Melanie's legs.
"What are you♡ trying to do this time♡"
The tentacles, gripping so tightly that the thick fat on her thighs was pressed flat, began pulling her legs apart to the sides.
"St-stop iitt♡"
Melanie gritted her teeth and tried to put strength into her thighs to resist.
But because her breasts were constantly being toyed with, her body wouldn't properly obey.
As if connected to her nipples, her uterus tingled♡, and her pelvis kept twitching and jumping.
The tentacles stretched taut, and between them, the flesh of Melanie's thighs bulged out plumply.
"Please♡ Not here♡ I'm begging... Aaaaaahng♡♡♡♡"
Pshuuuuuut——♡♡♡♡
Despite desperate resistance, in the end, climaxing from her nipples alone, Melanie spread her legs wide open like a bitch in heat.
Completely defenseless, with her vulva exposed, Melanie could do nothing but breathe heavily in the aftermath of her climax.
Then, another tentacle forced its way between Melanie's wide-spread groin.
"Wh-what is this...?!"
It was much thicker than the other tentacles and had a shape reminiscent of a glans.
Unlike the flexible tentacles, it was very hard and covered in numerous lumpy protrusions.
It *pok*♥ pressed against Melanie's shyly closed labia.
Overwhelmed by rejection, Melanie unconsciously shook her head side to side.
"N-no, right? You're not, trying to put that in, right? I, I don't want that thing inside...! Nooooooo!!!!"
As if answering Melanie's desperate question, the tentacle pressed its head against her and began to *gush*♥ push with force.