Chapter 267: Malcolm
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 267: Malcolm
Malcolm, his face not wearing its usual harmless smile but a cold, expressionless mask, grabbed the back of Berto’s neck—still lost in the throes of sex—and yanked him back.
Shluuuck…!
“Keuk!”
The frail Berto was sent tumbling away, collapsing unconscious next to Reis. His body went limp, but his cock remained fully erect, twitching.
As the cock that had been pounding me just moments ago was pulled out, I struggled to focus my eyes to figure out what was happening.
“Hueh…?”
Huh…? Malcolm? But something’s off…
My mind, still hazy from the frenzied sex, tried to make sense of him.
Malcolm climbed onto the bed and faced me.
Schlurp!
Then he slammed his lips onto mine in a kiss.
“Mmph!”
Is he going to rape me? I thought, but…
No.
Something… something was entering me through his mouth!
Wait, what is this?! Don’t tell me… a soul?
A viscous, immensely powerful soul was being transferred from his mouth to mine!
What in the world is happening?!
Suddenly, I recalled the final experiment from the research lab’s Demon King Revival Plan.
At the time, I’d assumed the three-year-old plan had failed. If it had succeeded, this prison would have been annihilated long ago. Since it hadn't, I naturally concluded it was a failure.
But… what if the experiment had been successful? What if the soul had somehow attached itself to someone else?
My mind snapped to full alert.
But the muscles in my body were still limp and relaxed. All I could do was lie there and watch as what seemed to be the Demon King’s soul flowed into me.
In a brief moment, the Demon King’s soul finished entering.
[Kahahahahahaha!!! This body is now mine!!]
A booming laugh, certain of its victory, echoed in my head.
Fuck, what the hell is happening all of a sudden?
* * *
About three years ago.
The research lab’s third and final attempt to revive the Demon King.
Unable to reconstruct his body, they had tried to insert his soul into another vessel. The experiment appeared to be a failure, but it had, in fact, succeeded.
The only problem was that the soul hadn't entered the slime the lab had prepared for it. Instead, it had been set free to wander.
Foolish humans… Did you truly believe you could control my soul with such a crude Soul Absorption Technique!
He had been conscious the entire time he was sealed.
For a very long time, he had been lonely, trapped and powerless.
The problem was that the Dark Mages, assuming his consciousness was sealed as well, had used necromancy. Why would a fully conscious soul ever move as they wished?
Having escaped, he realized he could seize another person’s body.
Freed after so long, he took over the body of a guard named Malcolm, who was on his first day of work, and tried to get to the outside world he so desperately craved.
The only issue was that he found himself trapped again within that new body, but it wasn't a major problem. He could transfer to another person through physical contact.
First, I get out. I’m getting out into the world!
The excited Demon King dashed off in Malcolm’s body.
“Hey, newbie! Where are you going?!”
He ignored the other guards’ shouts and ran for the exit.
Kuhahahaha!! Once I regain my power, I will wipe every last seed of humanity from this world!!
“Gack!!!”
But his bold attempt to escape was brought to a pathetic halt.
“The door! Open this door! How dare you confine this body!!”
His soul was that of the Demon King, but his body was merely human.
The only power he could wield was at a human’s level. Without authorization from headquarters, the thick bulkheads would not open.
Why?! Why!!!
He was treated like a lunatic by the other guards who came running after him and was dragged away.
So, in the end, he put on a mask, living like a sociable human while waiting for an opportunity to get out on a supply delivery day.
But that, too, failed.
It was as if an invisible wall was blocking him; he couldn't leave the underground facility.
Like a dog on a leash, he couldn't go beyond a certain range. The distance was about three steps past the open gate.
Why…
He soon realized the reason.
That binding… it wasn’t just for the body, but for the soul as well?
Something… he could almost see it.
He could feel the formless chains binding his very soul.
He thought, slowly.
I have to break it. I must shatter this binding with physical force.
But this binding had been created by gods who had descended in the past. Even after so much time had passed, could it truly be broken?
No, I will not give up. A human who has reached the realm of the gods should be able to break it.
He decided to hold on to hope.
For now, he was in the body of a pathetic rookie guard and could exert very little power, but if he could obtain the body of a human who had reached a god-like level, it might be possible.
To do that, I must summon such a powerful being here. I have plenty of time. I will cause just enough of a disturbance to keep this prison from being shut down.
If he raised too much hell at once, they might get scared and lock the place down completely.
Using the powerful monsters from the 9th basement floor down to the 4th might make it possible.
Slowly.
He began preparing to incite minor riots in the detention center.
He couldn't use physical strength, but he could still use his ability to brainwash minds.
He laid plans to sow discord between the guards and the research lab, and to slowly brainwash the monsters.
I shall be your salvation, so fear not!
A few with weak minds fell to his brainwashing.
One of them was an old Orc Lord, who had been captured as a test subject after most of his tribe was massacred before his eyes.
But even this was not easy with a body that didn't have a single drop of mana. It didn't work at all on most of the other prisoners.
‘Damn it… That I, the Demon King of Annihilation who stood at the absolute pinnacle, can’t even do this properly!’
For a Demon King, his power was utterly pathetic.
Worse, since his body had no demonic energy, he had to burn through Malcolm’s life force every time he used his power.
“Hey, Malcolm! You little shit, did you eat my Choco Pie?”
“I told you that bastard has sticky fingers.”
As a result, he was always hungry, which led to his thieving habits getting a little out of hand.
Eventually, he realized this approach was hopeless and changed his strategy slightly.
‘Not brainwashing, but behavioral inducement.’
He would release his targets’ desire control.
He wouldn't give specific commands. He would simply make it difficult for them to control their emotions, with suggestions like, ‘Don’t hold back!’ He realized this method was a little cheaper to use.
Then one day, while patrolling the prison, he happened upon a slime in the garbage dump.
This is my chance.
He immediately brainwashed the mentally weakened young slime and caused a massive commotion in the prison.
He utilized the desire control he had been skillfully practicing. He made all the monsters trapped in the prison lose control of their violent urges, causing the prisoners to go on a rampage.
Of course, not everything went according to plan, and things got a little strange from the 6th basement floor onward, but he succeeded in gravely injuring the former Head Guard, which ultimately led to a stronger one being brought in.
‘This is even better. A skilled warrior who can clean up those idiots on the 7th basement floor is more than welcome.’
And such a skilled person did indeed arrive.
The new Head Guard, Lee Do-hee.
Incredibly, he had hit the jackpot on his first pull of the Head Guard gacha.
In truth, if it hadn't been for someone with Do-hee’s level of power, Malcolm, possessed by the Demon King, would have just been a nuisance in this trial. But he was certain that if he could take over a body like Do-hee’s, he could break the gods’ bindings.
So, he stirred up more and more trouble, pushing her to her limits.
‘Trying to possess a person like that directly would be suicide.’
Moreover, she was a wielder of divine power, the polar opposite of demonic energy.
He had to wear down her mental strength.
‘For a woman… this is the most effective way!’
Recalling his past experiences, women’s minds were always easiest to break when they were forcibly raped or turned into breeding stock, forced to bear the children of beasts.
Hehehe, let’s see how long you can endure!
He lured an electric eel to enter her pussy.
He amplified the Research Lab Director’s lust to make him rape Do-hee.
He amplified Augusper’s reproductive urges to make it rape Do-hee. This was actually when she was at her most vulnerable, but he decided to push her a little further.
He once again amplified the researchers’ lust to have Do-hee raped by monsters.
But every one of his plans seemed to come so close to succeeding, only to fail.
She became pregnant with the tentacle’s child, but she seemed surprisingly fine. She was raped repeatedly, but… it felt more like she was enjoying it? No, it was almost as if she was letting it happen on purpose…?
She didn’t even get pregnant as often as he’d expected.
So, for his final move, he used the guards.
‘Huh? This is the same liquor and drug the Research Lab Director was having, isn’t it?’
He laid the groundwork with Berto and Reis beforehand.
‘Mr. True Ancestor, isn’t it time for you to get some blood?’
He brought in the vampire.
It was possible because he knew that a vampire’s bite naturally had an aphrodisiac effect.
And with a few foolish humans ready to indulge their desires, the stage was set.
‘Hmm… If she did it with the Research Lab Director, wouldn’t she be willing to do it with you guys, too?’
‘The True Ancestor Vampire is coming out. You should go in now. Good luck!’
This was his last attempt.
Of course, it wasn't that he had no other options, but the next chance might take a very long time.
Freedom was right before his eyes; he didn't want to feel that endless waiting again.
So he decided to act now.
The fact that she had a plump, curvy body optimized for breeding and pregnancy was a little concerning, but setting that aside, he could feel an immense power from her. If he could obtain that woman’s body, he might be able to break the gods’ bindings.
And at last, there was Lee Do-hee, completely covered in semen and on the verge of passing out after being fucked senseless by Berto and Reis, who had taken powerful stamina enhancers.
He sensed that this was the moment her mind would be at its absolute weakest.
‘Damn it, the thought of entering the body of a woman covered in semen is a bit unsettling, but… just you wait, humans!!!’
Vowing future revenge, he inserted his soul into her body.
* * *
“Eh…?”
And so, Do-hee felt the Demon King’s soul enter her body.
“The hell.”
Zzt!
[You bitch!! Surrender this body to me at once!!!]
Zzt! Zzt!
My head tingled.
Something was humming and vibrating inside.
And that was it…?
What is this.
A moment later…
[Kuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahk!!!!!]
What’s with this guy?
I could feel him writhing in agony.
It seemed like he was trying to take over my consciousness… but not a chance.
My body might be incapacitated right now, but mentally, I was perfectly clear and sharp.
In her state of post-nut clarity, Lee Do-hee’s mental strength was at its absolute peak.
On top of that, I had a brainwashing resistance trait, immense divine power, and ridiculously thick defenses. The Demon King’s mental attack didn’t affect me at all.
[Keuk, why is your mind perfectly intact?!]
The Demon King was stunned to find Do-hee’s mind in such a clear state. Rage boiled within him.
[This fucking bitch, she wasn’t just being assaulted, she was clearly enjoying it! This fucking whore!]
“Excuse me? I can hear you, you know? You wanna die?”
[Hmph! You wench!! If it has come to this… I will crush you in the mental plane!!]
The Demon King hadn't entered her mind thoughtlessly.
Using the last of Malcolm’s remaining life force, he cast one final spell.
If this failed, there would be no turning back, but it didn't matter, since he was sure he would win.
It was none other than a Mental Plane Battle!
“Ah…?”
Do-hee’s consciousness faded as she was sucked away somewhere.
* * *
I opened my eyes.
Before me was a field of flowers. I was dressed in some kind of light, flowing dress.
What, is this supposed to be my mind? A flower garden?
A short distance away, the purple-skinned, horned Demon King I had seen on the 10th basement floor was waiting.
“Kuhahahahaha!! In this place, I can wield the power of my prime! I will grind you to dust here!!”
A Mental Plane Battle is a direct fight between minds for control of a single body.
“Aha~ So it’s a Mental Plane Battle?”
“What? You know of this?”
For the record, Do-hee was, of course, an expert at Mental Plane Battles.
A place where imagination becomes reality.
A place where the strength of one’s mind determines the strength of one’s power.
But even this place had certain limitations. Namely, you could only manifest skills and powers that you had possessed before.
No matter how strong a normal person’s mind was, they couldn't suddenly conjure a Hellfire out of thin air. They had to have at least used it via their status window or understood its principles.
“Wow~ This is the kind of fight those senile old geezers always used to pick.”
“How, how dare you, wench!!!”
That’s right.
A Mental Plane Battle was the kind of fight initiated by pathetic(?) bastards whose physical bodies had withered in their prime, leaving them with nothing but their mental strength. And even then, perhaps due to some nostalgia filter, the old-timers would always lose, crying, “This can’t be happening!!”
And…
“Thanks.”
“Huh?”
“It’s been a while since I’ve gotten to use this.”
For the first time in a long time, I felt like something had returned.
A place where, as long as I had enough mental strength, I could manifest the peak of what I once possessed.
In other words, I could even manifest the greatest moments of my past life. And since this was all happening inside my head, there was no risk of it being broadcast.
This was a place where my past and present lives could coexist.
It wasn't a matter of choosing one over the other; only the best parts of both would merge.
Buff levels, stats, and traits were integrated and multiplied to their highest values.
“You picked the wrong opponent.”
I raised my hand.
“Come forth…!”
Behind me, a massive, several-hundred-meter-tall golden… no, a pink gate materialized.
Why did the color change?
Ah, well, anyway.
My unique skill, the one that had elevated me from a mere high-rank Awakener to the one and only strongest Awakener in the world, was being cast.
“Blossom, O Gate of Heavenly Armaments!!!”
The colossal gate swung open, bathing everything in a brilliant pink light.
The precious weapons I’d collected like a pervert in my past life.
Swords, spears, axes, halberds, daggers, arrows…
Countless weapons revealed their glorious forms behind me.
Each one was a decisive weapon, my treasures, each powerful enough to be considered the strongest even if released today.
And it didn't end there.
[Gigantification]
[Replication]
The weapons grew larger, and what was once one became dozens.
In the past, I couldn't have done this due to a lack of mana. Now, overflowing with divine power, I could multiply them freely without any burden.
[Fly]
Without needing to spew strange fuel from my pussy, my body naturally rose into the sky along with the pink gate.
“N-No way…”
The Demon King’s face, watching from the ground, turned pale in real time.
Thousands of weapons filled every inch of the sky.
Each one had become a massive object hundreds of meters in size.
And I wasn't just throwing them.
The weapons thrown here would be imbued with the full force of Do-hee’s physical strength and any skills she desired.
Haste Lv.79, Strength Lv.68… dozens of different buffs were stacked on top of each other.
In that moment, I was granted power rivaling a god’s.
I became intoxicated by the feeling of near-omnipotence.
“Be crushed, insect.”
[Meteor Spear Fall]
A weapon with enough destructive power to annihilate a major city with a single strike began to fall.
Not just one, but hundreds of them.
A powerful pink aura enveloped the entire world.
“Ah……”
The Demon King used all his power to create a dark red defensive barrier, but…
CRACK!!!
The very first spear that fell pierced through it like paper, and his body was crushed like a bug.
KUU-GWAGAGAGAGAGANG!!!!
The weapons that followed in a massive explosion disintegrated him without leaving a single trace.