When Men Enter the Ero Trap Dungeon
After successfully breaking that first intruder, I welcomed Lufo when she arrived shortly after, presenting her with the extractor filled with the newly harvested energy.
"From how many people was this extracted?"
"Just one."
"This much from a single person...? You didn't kill her, did you?"
"Of course not. What do you take me for?"
"Oho, this is quite something..."
Lufo let out an impressed breath, carefully examining the extractor's contents. Seeing her reaction, a sliver of hope sparked inside me, and I probed casually.
"Is it a lot?"
"Rather than a lot, it's roughly average. Exactly the baseline amount one would expect from a single human."
"Ah, I see. Just average."
A bit disappointing. After forcing her into a naked dogeza and breaking her pride so thoroughly, it was still only average? Of course, the most potent yield supposedly comes when someone dies in absolute despair and misery, so this was only natural. Yet Lufo's expression wasn't one of disappointment, but anticipation.
"However, you shouldn't view this in a negative light. While standard dungeons produce massive quantities of negative energy by horrifically slaughtering intruders at the end, Bertin-san's dungeon yields a respectable harvest even while releasing them alive, just as we anticipated."
"Mm, in short, that means we can continually extract energy from surviving adventurers?"
"Typically, adventurers who survive a dungeon develop stronger mental fortitude, making it harder to harvest energy from them on return trips... But well, Bertin-san's traps are fundamentally impossible to get used to."
In other words, if I could sustainably draw an average harvest without killing the victims, my concept would boast overwhelmingly superior long-term energy efficiency compared to dungeons packed with lethal traps. That was high praise indeed, sending my expectations soaring.
"Heheheh, right. So when the girl I trained comes back, I just train her all over again, huh? Man, I can't wait to see how thoroughly that lady falls from grace~"
"...Well, normally, someone subjected to that level of humiliation wouldn't ever come back."
"Dislike, that. Do not want to feel, it is so."
"You two clearly don't understand how this works. Once someone tastes true pleasure, they never forget it. Don't tell me neither of you misses messing around with me? How about we celebrate repelling our first intruder with a wild round right here?"
"Eek! I don't even want to look at that thing, so don't you dare drop your pants!"
"Order, refused. Stay away, please..."
Good grief. Judging by their reactions, you'd think my dick was a lethal weapon.
Well, whatever. We had confirmed the dungeon itself was well suited for energy extraction. The next step was deciding how to spend the proceeds.
"So, what do you intend to do with this extracted energy? Pay down your debt? Or place additional orders?"
"This isn't nearly enough to make a dent in the debt anyway... For now, reinvesting seems like the smartest move."
"A wonderful decision. Conveniently, we have several discounted items that match your budget. Would you care to take a look?"
"Hmm, let's see... Oh, this looks great. Perfect raw materials for crafting new traps. Yuria, mind giving me a hand building them?"
"Order accepted. However, testing on self is disliked."
And so, with Lufo, Yuria, and me at the helm, the dungeon underwent another round of renovations. We expanded its footprint by several sectors and laid down new traps designed to inflict fresh varieties of shame and forced ecstasy on future intruders. If we kept scaling up like this, one day we'd have full run of this entire sprawling complex.
"Heheheh, perfect. Step by step, my masterpiece is taking shape~"
"Master, intruders have arrived. It is so."
"Oh, already? Let's head straight to the monitor room."
"Ah, may I watch as well? If the extraction efficiency looks promising, I might be able to convince the merchant group to invest further."
"By all means~ Keep your eyes wide open and watch me work my magic."
Now then, what sort of adventurers had stepped into my parlor this time? Eager to find out, I made my way to the surveillance room and checked the screens. Unlike our previous solo visitor, this was a full three-man vanguard.
One was a heavily armored warrior, another was a hulking, barrel-chested barbarian warrior, and the last was a sinewy hunter whose muscles were chiseled like corded rope...
"Current intruders. A three-person party, it is so."
"Heh, a party drawn here by rumors from the previous intruder, perhaps? With three of them, our energy extraction efficiency should be triple the last run~"
Yuria delivered her report in a clipped, mechanical cadence while Lufo beamed at the profitable prospect. I, on the other hand, couldn't find it in myself to share their enthusiasm in the slightest.
"Wait a damn minute... They're all dudes."
What the actual fuck was this? Why were sweaty, muscle-bound dicks walking into my dungeon?!
"Pardon? Men? Adventurers come in both genders, naturally."
"No, I know that, but why did it have to be men...?!"
"Adventurers, penetrating deep into the dungeon. Yes."
A terrible premonition crept up my spine as Yuria continued her deadpan briefing. On the camera monitoring the entrance, three sweaty bastards marched in tandem, their banter echoing through our speaker.
—So this is that unmapped dungeon the rookie was talking about.
—Looks like nothing but low-tier golems wandering around. Heh, the difficulty can't be higher than low-rank at best.
—A dungeon of this caliber is a walk in the park for veterans like us. Hunter, we can leave trap disarming to you, right?
—Heh, that's my specialty. You two just focus on swinging your weapons.
They seemed to have worked together for quite some time, moving with practiced synergy. Watching them advance without a hitch, Lufo pushed up her glasses and offered an approving nod.
"Keeping the entrance easy to induce overconfidence and carelessness... You designed it exactly according to my instructions."
"Approaching trap zone shortly. It is so."
Right. Just as Yuria noted, they were marching straight toward the traps. While they did have a scout capable of trap detection, his skills clearly weren't high-tier. Disarming traps crafted under Isabella's tutelage wasn't going to be that simple.
—Watch out!
—Gah, damn it! A slime trap?!
A blast of slime that defied standard trap-detection skills caught the armored warrior dead in the chest. As the viscous sludge clung to him, his heavy plate began to sizzle and dissolve, peeling away to reveal bare flesh beneath.
—Shit, my armor's melting!
—Damn it, don't slimes usually melt flesh?! What kind of fucked-up slime eats through gear?!
—Stop whining and spray the neutralizer!
Hiss! The adventurers hurriedly doused him in specialized anti-slime spray, causing the ooze to harden and solidify. Though the petrified slime flaked off in brittle chunks, half his plate armor was already ruined, leaving a generous portion of his sweaty, hairy skin exposed to the air.
—Ugh... I still have plenty of installments left on this armor, and it's already ruined.
—My bad. I've never seen a trap like that before.
—Well, shit happens. At least the greaves and undergarments are intact. Let's keep moving.
Brushing off the incident, the armored warrior took point once more. With him leading the charge, the trio pressed deeper into the dungeon, cutting down minor golems and triggering non-lethal snares along the way. When the action finally died down, they collapsed in a safe clearing to catch their breath.
—These traps are trickier than I thought.
—Yeah. Normally they tear your flesh, but here they just shred your clothes... And ever since breathing in that pink gas earlier, my body's been burning up.
—I know what you mean. Something's twitching between my legs, standing at full salute... Urgh, what is this?
...God damn it. Why was I stuck listening to a bunch of grown men talk about getting boners from aphrodisiac gas?
—Speaking of which, looking at you up close... You've got some damn solid pecs, brother.
—Haha! My physique was the pride of my tribe back home. Want to feel?
—Oh, hell yeah. Mind if I start with the chest?
WHAT IN THE ABSOLUTE FUCK?! Why were two sweaty meatheads groping each other's chests and giggling in the middle of a dungeon?! That was supposed to be reserved for gorgeous babes in a communal hot spring! Why was I forced to watch this repulsive abomination inside the dungeon I poured my soul into?!
"Commencing preparations. It is so."
While I spiraled into an existential crisis, Yuria slipped on her sensory-link gloves and began manipulating several heavy golems. The constructs closing in on the adventurers were boss-class units under Yuria's direct control, packing enough raw power to crush any ordinary party.
—Crap, this golem is on another level!
—We're being pushed back! Fall back and regroup—!
—Look out! Gaaah!
The half-naked armored warrior hurled himself forward, shielding his comrades with his own body. Paralyzed and trembling from the crushing blow, he screamed desperately at the remaining two.
—R-Run! This isn't something we can beat!
—B-But—!
—We can't all wipe here! I'll buy time, just go!
—Damn it... Forgive me, brother!
The barbarian warrior and hunter turned tail and fled, abandoning their comrade without looking back. As Yuria's golem towered over the solitary warrior left behind, a creeping dread settled over me.
"Yuria... You're not actually planning to kill him, right?"
"Worry not, it is so. The doctrine pursued by this dungeon, Yuria has fully acquired, indeed."
Right, this dungeon fundamentally prioritized humiliation over slaughter... Wait. She acquired the doctrine?
—Gaaaah! You piece of junk, what are you doing to me?!
A chill shot straight down my spine. The boss golem wrestled the warrior onto his stomach, pinned him flat to the stone floor, and straddled him from behind. Then, with a mechanical click, the golem's groin panel slid open—revealing a thick, polished wooden club that bore an uncanny, horrifying resemblance to my own erect cock.
"Master did this to the adventurer. Therefore, Yuria follows suit. It is so."
"Wait, Yuria, hold on! That's not—you can't do that to a—"
"Targeting the backside. It is so."
—GRAAAAAAGH!! DON'T PUT IT IN! DON'T PUT THAT THING INSIDE MEEEEEE!!!
Thud. Squelch. Squish.
A grotesque, horrific spectacle straight out of a snuff film played out before my wide, horrified eyes. I could only stare in paralyzed, brain-melting disbelief.
What the fuck? What the actual fuck was happening right now? Why was my beautiful, dream-filled theme park suddenly broadcasting hardcore gay porn?!
—G-GYAAAARGH! WHAT THE HELL IS THIS NOW?!
Right on cue, agonized screams erupted from the corridor where the barbarian and hunter had fled. The feed switched to show the barbarian suspended in midair, tightly bound in an elaborate tortoise shell bondage harness, while the hunter was strapped securely onto a vibrating triangular wooden horse, his groin subjected to relentless, mechanical pummeling.
—GWOOOOH! What is this madness?! Such disgrace... I can't bear this any longer! Aaaaargh!
—H-Hnnng, ooooh! N-No, something's welling up from the bottom of my soul! VALHALLAAAAAAA~~~♥♥
Oh, God in heaven. What unforgivable sin did I commit in my past life to deserve witnessing this cursed nightmare?!
"My word... How utterly magnificent~♥"
While I wept tears of blood, Lufo's eyes sparkled as if she had just witnessed a holy revelation.
"Valiant warriors are typically considered the hardest category to harvest energy from, yet to thoroughly humiliate even these proud, confident human fighters, drowning them in shame and unwanted pleasure... This is truly the ultimate method for extracting negative energy! I, Lufo, am deeply moved by your profound foresight, Bertin-san!"
THOSE ARE MEANT FOR WOMEN! I NEVER DESIGNED THEM FOR MEN, YOU IDIOT! And I have zero intention of ever doing this again, so stop talking like I planned this masterstroke!
"Haaah, seeing it in person really proves how incredibly efficient your methods are. If I present this properly in my report, the upper management might pour massive investments into this facility!"
"I concur, it is so. Master's methods, bizarre, but exceptionally effective..."
Lufo looked at me with newfound reverence, while Yuria stood beside her with the linkage gloves on, her hips rhythmically thrusting in midair as she remotely violated the warrior's rear end. My sanity snapped like a dry twig. Unable to process another second of this horror, I grabbed my hair and screamed at the top of my lungs.
"AAAAAAARGH!! SCREW THIS BULLSHIT!!!!"
"Bertin-san? What's gotten into—"
Psssssshh!
"Cough, hack! W-What is this gas?!"
"Master has lost his mind, it is so. Why?"
I slapped the emergency switch, flooding the control room with aphrodisiac gas and throwing both of them straight into heat. Stripping off my clothes in a frenzy, I brandished my raging, rock-hard erection, letting my desperate, brain-bleaching cravings run wild.
"Shut your mouths and get into the bedroom right now! I have to purge this disgusting garbage from my brain before it rots my soul!"
"W-Wait... Kyaaa?!"
"Engaging in that act, dislike. That is disliked, aaaaah..."
Naturally, softened by the potent aphrodisiac and stripped of their strength, neither woman had a prayer of resisting my grip. Dragging them both into the bedroom, I ruthlessly plundered every single hole they possessed, hammering away like a madman to reclaim my masculine sanity.
"Aaah, ooooh~~♥ N-Nooo~~♥ Pounding there is too sensitive, way too sensitiveee~~♥ It's breaking, my pussy is breaking apart~~~~♥"
"S-St... Circuits, melting... Nerves, running wild...! Body cannot endure, stop, please stop, aah, oooh...♥"
How long did I drill into them? Only when my balls were pumped entirely dry did my raging erection finally subside. Breathing heavily, I looked down at the two women sprawled across the bed in a tangled, quivering mess.
Their faces were completely melted, utterly drowned in the twin pleasures of the aphrodisiac and my cock. Realizing that this was the true, ideal purpose of my dungeon, a wave of profound satisfaction washed over me, and I sought their agreement.
"Phew~ See? Pussy really is a million times better than dick, isn't it? Don't you two agree?"
"Y-You did this out of nowhere without a word... I swear, if you don't pay off your debt, you're dead meat...♥"
"Master is the absolute worst piece of trash, it is so... Despise you, as expected...♥"
Oops, seems their training was still incomplete. Well, time would fix that. Once the haze of the drug began to clear, I gently shook Lufo awake to bring up an idea that had crossed my mind.
"Lufo, is it possible to hire additional staff?"
"Staff, you say?"
"Yeah. It feels like we're going to need specialists to deal with the men who wander into this dungeon."
Indeed. Even in a world where common sexual knowledge was practically extinct, they had to exist.
Demons whose sole purpose was seducing men to harvest their life energy.