Chapter 137: 27th Floor: The End of the Story
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 137: 27th Floor: The End of the Story
"It's already over, Barkan. Lower your sword."
The prime minister approached. He must have been skilled in swordsmanship, as his blade was stained with blood.
Elina, who was behind Barkan, saw the prime minister and shouted.
"Why! Why did you betray me, Krain?"
So the prime minister's name was Krain. Funnily enough, Elina wore a wounded expression at his betrayal.
No way, is that an act too?
"It's useless, Elina. I've already figured you out completely. You're just trying to buy time, aren't you? But you'd be wise not to expect any help from them."
"What...?"
Elina's last command wasn't just for the people here. It was issued to all of her followers throughout the world, not just in the Imperial Capital.
It was true that she had made the decision impulsively, but she was naturally confident.
Elina, the collector of people, who had roamed the Imperial Capital for nearly five years as if it were her own home. She believed that, on any ordinary day, she could easily replace even the Emperor if she set her mind to it.
So she had expected countless soldiers to flock to her rescue, but...
"Fortunately, we prepared for this, just in case."
CRASH... RUMBLE!!!
With the sound of something shattering, the thick outer wall of the arena crumbled, and someone leaped high into the air, landing inside.
"Agh, that crazy bastard. I told him to use the main gate."
As the Emperor grumbled, someone radiating an immense aura, not even bothering to conceal it, landed on the ground from above.
BOOOOM!!!!
Wait, holy shit... Is this the aura of a human being?
This wasn't merely the level of a Swordmaster.
I got goosebumps in an instant.
A Grand Swordmaster.
He must have just been in the middle of a fierce battle, as his entire body was drenched in blood.
His back was turned so I couldn't see his face, but seeing the back of a giant nearly three meters tall, I knew who it was.
"Ah...?"
The father of this body, Kalisha.
The legendary war hero and the Empire's only vassal king.
Barthion Crawford had appeared in the Imperial Capital!
Elina seemed even more stunned than I was. She trembled as she asked, "H-How in the world did you get here...? I'm sure the Dragon King..."
"Ah, you mean that lizard?"
Barthion pulled something from his subspace pouch and threw it at Elina's feet.
It was a human face.
The face of a Dragonian, with two horns.
"He kept crying 'Elina~ Elina~' as he was dying, so I couldn't be bothered to interrogate him and just lopped off his head. I rushed here after getting a call from the prime minister and our intelligence chief, only to find the capital in a complete mess. It took me a little while to clean that up, so I'm a bit late."
"You didn't kill them all, did you?" the Emperor asked suspiciously.
"Ahem... I was in a hurry flying over, so I had a little trouble controlling my strength. I only killed a few by mistake at first, ah, just a few at the very beginning~!"
His playful tone eased the tension that had filled the air. The others also began to relax, seemingly reassured by the sight of King Crawford.
Then, Barthion's gaze turned to me.
"Did you think I wouldn't rush over to see my daughter! Hahahahaha!!! What do you think, daughter? Isn't your old man cool?"
Just as the mood lightened with Barthion boasting about his daughter, Barkan grabbed Elina and attempted to flee!
"Th-That bastard!"
The moment I pointed, Barthion waved his hand through the air, and Barkan was crushed by an invisible force, his face slamming into the ground.
"Sigh. First, we'll arrest the traitors, then we'll get this situation under control."
Following the Emperor's command, everyone began to sort things out. The chaotic situation was brought under control, and under the Emperor's direct leadership, the Imperial Capital quickly returned to normal.
It was over.
This trial was finally...?
What, why isn't the success message popping up... Ah!
Kesira Hanover!
Kesira was still tormenting the master of the Blue Magic Tower, stomping on her with her foot.
The last candidate for Crown Princess was still alive.
I went straight to the Emperor to ask. The Crown Prince happened to be right next to him, so the timing was perfect.
"Your Majesty... If I may ask, what will happen with the Crown Princess competition?"
"Shouldn't we wait for the results of tomorrow's vote? Hmm... That would be disadvantageous for Lady Kesira, so perhaps we should extend the trial?"
What...?
So it's a one-on-one duel with Kesira? And the trial is being extended?
This... feels like the difficulty just went up...?
However, Kesira, who had been listening nearby, looked even more flustered than I did and came scurrying over in an instant.
"Hey, I concede! I'm not qualified to be the Crown Princess, so please... No, I withdraw!"
She must have really not wanted to become the Crown Princess...
"Hmm... But if we do that, the past four weeks will have been meaningless..."
"Th-Then! Please grant me one request instead, Your Majesty."
"Alright, a deal like that isn't so bad. It gives us a proper justification, after all."
"Please entrust the punishment of the Blue Magic Tower's mages who participated in this rebellion to me."
Oh... This is a blatant request to shatter the balance of one of the magic towers. I expected it wouldn't be easy, but...
"Very well. I will grant it."
The Emperor agreed coolly, and that was that.
And then, finally!
At long last!!
[Ting~]
[You have cleared the trial. Your grade will be increased as a True Ending reward.]
A True Ending, no less!
I had uprooted all of Elina's villainous forces, solved the brainwashing, and reclaimed the true love between the Crown Prince and Kalisha.
Although I still don't know if the Crown Prince truly loves Kalisha, he'll fall for her head over heels once they start doing the deed at night.
I'll just say I lost my hymen while exercising.
If this floor had solo play rewards, it would have been a trial worth aiming for an EX-rank on. As expected, the trial difficulty was S-rank.
I don't know why so many S-rank trials are popping up, but as long as the rewards are good, who cares?
[Reward Grade: SS. Please check your rewards.]
"Yes!! This is it!!"
As I raised my hands and cheered, the Emperor, who was standing next to me, chuckled with a fatherly smile. "Haha, are you that happy to become the Crown Princess?"
"Ahem, that's not it, Your Majesty. Instead, may I also make a request?"
[Time Remaining: 152 hours]
For some reason, I was given a lot of extra time to stay. I guess it's so I can savor the afterglow of the True Ending, go through with the wedding, and even have the first night.
I don't care about the first night.
But this time is a little special. I plan to stay here for a while before leaving.
For one week, I'm going to milk this place for every last bonus reward!
I'll choose my rewards later in the waiting room. First, I need to wrap things up here.
First, Elina's abilities: lies and brainwashing.
They felt familiar to me.
You never know. It might be the same kind of trait as Baek Do-hyeon's.
"I would like to secure custody of Elina. And also, could you give me one ancient artifact?"
I puffed out my chest and asked confidently!
The Emperor, who had three sons and treated me like a daughter, naturally replied, "Hahahaha!! So be it. My daughter."
"Huh? Daughter..."
I'd really become his daughter!
Wait, now that I think about it, once I get married, I really will be his daughter, won't I?
"You bastard, whose daughter do you think you're trying to snatch away!!"
While I was flustered by the word 'daughter,' my real father stepped in between us to block the way.
He's so huge!
All I could see was my father's waist and butt.
"Hahaha, aren't you family now too? Ah, not you, but my dear in-law~"
"Kuaaargh!! You're crazy! Me, your in-law?!! Ugh! How disgusting!!"
"Look at your own size, you punk! I'm the one who should be disgusted!!"
The two old men bantered like comfortable friends, laughing and joking with each other regardless of their status as Emperor and King.
And as I watched them, the Crown Prince shuffled toward me timidly.
Our eyes met.
He hesitated as if he had something to say, then took a deep breath and began to speak.
"Kalisha... I'm sorry. Simply saying I was deceived by her won't be enough to make up for the pain you've endured. But, if your heart still feels the same as before, would you allow me to spend my life with you, atoning for my mistakes one by one?"
"Ah......"
His cringey, romance-novel-male-lead-like lines sent shivers down my spine.
In the end, I couldn't stand it. I kicked him in his thigh, which looked thinner than mine, and ran away.
WHACK!!
"Kuaaaaaack!!"
Did I kick him too hard?
I worried and looked back.
"Hahahahaha!!! You deserved that, you punk!"
"That was so satisfying!"
"Oh my, Your Highness!!"
The Emperor and my father were raining palm smashes down on the Crown Prince, who had fallen over clutching his leg.
"Keuk! Kkuek!! Save the Crown Prince... Ack!!"
It was the very picture of a happy family.
It's really almost over.
Kalisha's long, pure-hearted one-sided love had finally been fulfilled.
The close friends who had once roamed battlefields together, the Emperor and the King, would one day become in-laws.
What a heartwarming ending.
Everyone got their happy ending.
Except for two people.
*
The next day.
In the basement of the Crawford estate in the Imperial Capital.
Elina was tied to a chair, her limbs bound. After hearing from Barthion that her eyes seemed to have a brainwashing ability, they had been completely covered.
There weren't even any guards. Unsure of how she might brainwash someone, the Saintess and I were in charge of managing this bitch.
"Hehehe... Now then~ Lady Elina, say 'ahhh'~!"
The Saintess joyfully speared a piece of meat with a fork and tapped it against Elina's lips. Elina opened her mouth to eat it, but...
Swoosh!!
"Nope~ Can't have any~ Does our little Elina~ wanna eat this~~?"
She was toying with Elina as if she were a plaything. Elina, as if this wasn't the first time, clamped her mouth shut again, her lips trembling with rage.
That's some real teasing.
"Ruzbella, stop playing around. Let's get started."
I'd done this sort of thing occasionally in my past life.
There was even a trial where I had to torture enemy prisoners for information, so I knew what I was doing.
For the viewers' sake, I covered the screen and muted the audio before proceeding.
That day, Elina's desperate screams echoed through the basement of the Crawford estate, but no one heard them.
Thanks to the Saintess's healing, Elina couldn't die. Even after all that torture, she refused to speak about her abilities.
It's fine.
Today was just a little taste. She'll talk tomorrow anyway.
I left Elina to play with the Saintess again and headed to the imperial treasury.
A single soldier stood guard in front of the treasury.
Apparently, an automated defense system, itself an artifact, handled most of the security.
"Some items have manuals, and some do not. Please take only one item with you."
"What? Just one?"
"Ahem... Yes. It is His Majesty the Emperor's command."
My father-in-law... I didn't take him for a cheapskate, but he had a stingy side. I asked for one artifact, and he's really only giving me one!
Should I try acting cute to get another one... No, that's impossible.
Acting cute is impossible for me. I practiced facial expressions while training to be an idol, but even then, I'd rather die than act cute.
With no other choice, I opened the door and went inside.
It'd be best to grab a good piece of equipment, right?
Inside the treasury was a wide variety of artifacts.
There were weapons like swords, spears, and staves, of course, but also...
Is this... a railgun?
There was a vast collection of artifacts and treasures, from weapons of a technology more advanced than Earth's, to a small flying saucer you could ride like a cloud, elixirs, golems, mysterious seeds and eggs, a computer tower, and even a Dragon Heart.
And surprisingly, almost all the futuristic artifacts had descriptions. The computer and the railgun had them, while the older artifacts had fewer explanations.
Who the hell knew about these things and attached the descriptions?
I know about them because a system message pops up for each artifact, but how would anyone else know?
For reference, a system message like this means the Tower has permitted the item to be taken to the real world as loot.
In the past, I thought this meant I could take everything, so I grabbed it all and went to the waiting room, only to have everything confiscated except for the first cheap item I'd picked up. So I have to choose only one, just as the Emperor said.
Ugh... They're all good, but they're all kind of mediocre. I can't decide!
<Lactis's Boots>
Defense + 30
Strength + 20
Armor Defense 150
Special Skill: <Deep-Rooted Giant Tree>
There were these boots that I would have picked if only the skill was different from one I used to have,
<Pyros's Gloves>
Strength +20
Defense +20
Armor Defense: 50
Fire Resistance +100
Special Skill: <Sticky Fingers>
and these gloves with a useful special skill but mediocre base stats.
As I was browsing the artifacts half-heartedly, I found one I couldn't take my eyes off.
"Eh... Why the hell is something like this in here?"
It was...
A giant pink dildo!!
Unable to contain my curiosity, I checked the system message.
<God-Sealed Dildo Weapon>
Fuck, the name alone gives me a weird feeling...
A feeling that I would be irresistibly drawn to choose it.
This shitty yet exciting, tingly-throbbing feeling!!
At this point, I could feel it whether I wanted to or not.
I was destined to choose this dildo!
I'm not just trying to rationalize picking it; my intuition is telling me this.
The chat window, which I'd left open to see the viewers' opinions, exploded with messages the moment the dildo appeared, like a pack of dogs in heat.
- Fuck, this is it lololol
- An attachment dildo is a must-have~
- This is what I'm talking about~
- I was getting sleepy from all the boring items, but now I'm wide awake lol
- This is what a Lee Do-hee stream is all about lolol
- Kyaa, finally!
You crazy bastards... A bunch of lunatics who cheer whenever anything 19+ shows up...
It was a perfect 'like streamer, like viewers' moment.
"Stop it. I'll check the details first. It might be trash."
Of course, if it were trash, it wouldn't be in the treasury.
<God-Sealed Dildo Weapon>
- A god was turned into a dildo for the crime of raping the daughter of the highest god in the pantheon. (The God of Rape can be summoned when certain conditions are met.)
- Every time the dildo is made to ejaculate with pleasure, a random base stat increases by +1. (No current stat bonus.)
- Lewd Power +50%
- Size, girth, and shape are adjustable!
- Can transform into any desired weapon form.
- Indestructible, self-cleaning, and has an auto-retrieval function.
"Well... I expected something, but this is beyond my imagination...?"
What the hell is the God of Rape? And my stats go up every time I make the dildo cum?
But adjusting the size, girth, and shape is totally aweso— No! Those are useless features!
But you want it, don't you?
Grab!
This heavy, hard feeling.
It didn't feel like plastic, but like a real, erect dick.
Soft on the outside, but firm and full on the inside.
The dildo was already nestled snugly between my breasts.
- Crazy bitch lolol
- Seriously, why does something like that even exist?
- You're enjoying it now, aren't you, Do-hee?
- We've got a dildo thief over here!
- Do-hee, wipe your drool...
- Getting hit with that would feel fucking weird.
- You're just gonna grab it like that?
- What are you planning to do with that every night?
Since I've already chosen it, I'll put it to good use.
As a weapon, of course!
"Hmph... Hmph, I didn't choose it for some weird reason, okay? The stat increase is obviously overpowered! I chose it for its performance. Besides, being able to change its shape is a really good feature, you know? And do you have any idea how useful auto-retrieval is for throwing spears? It was so tiring having to run and retrieve it all the time!"
- Such bullshit
- What a crazy excuse lolol
- Desired shape...?
- But with Do-hee's pussy, won't the stats go up by 10 a day? lolol
- What the, it's actually GOATed for performance?
- Good performance and you can masturbate with it... for real, I'm jealous
- I wish I had onahole armor like that...
- No, it's actually fucking good
Seeing that the viewers were convinced, I walked out confidently.
I gave the guard a slight bow and was about to leave when...
"Excuse me, Lady Kalisha! What did you choose? Would you mind showing me?"
"Ah..."
Right, fuck...
I'd grabbed it the moment I saw the description, without thinking about the consequences.
Fortunately, there was a non-disclosure clause, so it was unlikely he'd tell anyone, but presenting my attachment dildo to a man I'd never met before was incredibly humiliating.
I fidgeted and squirmed for a moment before finally pulling the dildo from between my breasts and handing it to him.
"You... chose this?"
The expression on the guard's face as he took it was strange.
"Y-You absolutely cannot tell anyone!! Not the Emperor, not anyone!! Even if they put a knife to your throat!!!"
"Hahaha!! I'll keep that in mind!"
I felt like I was being made fun of, but what could a bitch who chose a dildo and tried to hide it between her tits do? I had no choice but to quickly hide my blushing face and leave.
*
And the next day.
A situation arose where I could immediately put this dildo to use.
"Hello, Elina. I'm not going to torture you today."
I removed Elina's blindfold and the gag in her mouth.
And in front of Elina was Barkan, his hair in my grasp. In just one day, his body had withered away until he was half his original size.
"Barkan!!"
Elina's shriek immediately filled the air.