Chapter 652: Human World[R-18] (81)
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 652: Human World[R-18] (81)
When the battle ended, the combat suit was absorbed back into her body and vanished.
Only then did the exhaustion hit her, along with the pain from the countless wounds all over her body.
Lucia caught her breath and used her healing ability. The deep wound on her shoulder and her torn muscles began to heal rapidly.
“It’s not dead, is it…?”
Lucia lifted the fragile, near-shattering sword with extreme care. She gently touched its tip with her fingers, concentrating to detect the faint, trembling pulse of its life force.
She could still feel a faint trace of life from the sword. But the pulse was incredibly weak, and she had no idea how long it could last in this state.
If I leave it like this… it might actually die.
Pinning her last hopes on it, Lucia used her recovery ability. But there was no sign of healing. A cold sweat ran down her back, especially since she knew just how overpowered her ability was. As a last resort, she tried to mobilize her nanobots to repair the cracks in the sword.
However, as if rejecting the nanobots’ movements like a living wound, the cracks etched into its surface refused to mend.
A sigh escaped her lips.
“Hah… This is a problem…”
Lucia stared at the sword for a moment, then carefully picked it up and slowly approached Jin Seo-yun, who lay collapsed in the distance.
Upon closer inspection, she was still breathing. However, she had lost a lot of blood, and her face was deathly pale.
Still… that’s a relief.
Lucia knelt beside Jin Seo-yun. She immediately raised a hand and placed her palm over the deepest wound.
As her healing ability quietly spread, the wounds began to close in an instant. The bleeding stopped, and flesh and muscle regenerated.
But Jin Seo-yun had lost too much blood; it seemed it would take some time for her to regain consciousness.
Lucia let out a breath.
For now… taking her to my base is the best option.
She carefully gathered Jin Seo-yun’s body into her arms.
Then, taking her to her own private base, she quietly disappeared.
*
Red light enveloped the room. Countless women surrounded me on the bed. They covered my body, dripping with their juices as they caressed me.
I leisurely licked my lips.
So many cunts!
One covered my lips while another thrust her pussy onto my cock. From every angle, nothing but perfect beauties clung to me.
But for some reason, something felt empty.
What is this? This should be turning me on like crazy, so why am I so bored?
No matter how hard I focused, neither the pleasure nor the heat reached my heart. Instead, there was a strange ache in my chest.
I’m… I’m forgetting something…
I thought for a moment.
And then, something flashed through my mind.
“Where are my women?”
That single phrase echoed strangely in the room.
Instantly, the women lounging around me all lifted their heads at once and stared at me.
Their faces, which had been moaning seductively just moments before, were now completely blank.
Then, one by one, their faces began to blur until they all unified into a single person’s face.
—Lucia Valencia.
“……!”
I bit my lip hard.
And in that instant, another face pierced through my thoughts.
The image of her smiling playfully, holding her hand out to me, broke through the boundary between illusion and reality, becoming crystal clear.
Bi-yeon…!
My heart pounded with anxiety.
And in that moment, the entire world surrounding me shattered into pieces.
“Hah—!”
When I opened my eyes, an unfamiliar white ceiling came into view.
“Where…?”
As I sat up, my surroundings felt strange. This wasn't my home. Moreover, my body was covered in all sorts of unknown mechanical devices.
“What… is all this…?”
I immediately started tearing off the devices attached to my body. When I tried to get out of bed, my whole body felt stiff, and my muscles ached.
I clutched my head for a moment. My mind was still a mess, and I had no idea why I was here.
But then, fragments of my last memories began to surface.
—Bi-yeon’s scream, the desperate fight with Lucia.
“Bi-yeon! …Bi-yeon, can you hear me?!”
I called out to Bi-yeon, desperate and frantic.
But there was no response, not even a whisper.
Just then, the door burst open with a bang.
Lucia Valencia, dressed in a nun’s habit with a cigarette in her mouth, walked into the room.
The moment I saw her face, a murderous intent I couldn't control boiled up inside me.
“…You.”
Lucia nonchalantly blew out a puff of smoke and spoke with a blank expression.
“Calm down. You know you can’t beat me on your own. And your girlfriend, she’s still alive for now.”
Her words were just enough to suppress my killing intent.
“Where… is Bi-yeon?”
“Follow me.”
She stubbed out her cigarette and turned away indifferently.
Without another question, I followed closely behind her.
Leaving the room, I found myself in a place with the quiet, mystical atmosphere of a cathedral.
“This place is…?”
“My home,” Lucia answered flatly.
“Your home?”
“Yes. I needed some equipment to save your girlfriend.”
A heavy silence fell between us.
I followed her wordlessly. Down an endless corridor, down a spiral staircase, and into the basement.
When the door opened, a vast laboratory unfolded before me, packed with strange equipment that looked like something out of a science fiction movie.
A low mechanical hum and a blue glow filled the room.
And in the center of the lab was a large, transparent container filled with a glowing blue liquid. Suspended in the very middle was a single, cracked sword.
In that instant, my heart sank.
“Bi-yeon!”
I practically ran to the container.
Submerged inside was the teal sword, its form fragile and covered in cracks.
“Bi-yeon…! Can you hear me? Bi-yeon…!”
From behind me, Lucia’s voice rang out coldly.
“Unfortunately, the best I can do right now is preserve the sword so it doesn’t break.”
I gritted my teeth. Rage rose to the back of my throat.
“You bitch…!”
“Hah, I’m pretty sure I said I didn’t want to fight. You two were the ones who attacked first.”
I wanted to kill Lucia Valencia right then and there.
She sighed and lit another cigarette.
“Tsk, cool your head. Isn’t saving your woman the priority right now?”
She’d hit the mark. My feelings weren’t what mattered; Bi-yeon was.
“…What happened?”
Lucia looked up and stared at the sword in the blue container.
“That woman fought by burning up all of her life force.”
I felt my breath catch in my throat.
“Don’t tell me, her Innate True Qi…?”
As far as I knew, Innate True Qi could never be recovered.
“The liquid in that container is a special solution refined from Aether. It’s usually potent enough to restore even life force.”
Lucia’s eyes wavered slightly.
“But right now, all it’s doing is maintaining her current state. She’s not recovering at all. This is the first time I’ve ever seen a case like this.”
With a cold, hard expression, I stared at the sword in the container and clung to my reason.
The most important thing right now was to heal Bi-yeon. To do that, I had to find a way to restore her Innate True Qi, no matter what.
I decided I would have to frantically rack my brain, searching through every single fictional work I knew.
Even so, the thought of Lucia Valencia kept circling in my mind.
She was a woman I wanted to beat to death, but no matter how I thought about it, I couldn't figure out why she was being so helpful.
Pondering it alone was pointless. I asked her directly.
“Lucia Valencia. Why are you so interested in me?”
Lucia let out a short sigh and flicked the ash from her cigarette.
“Hmph… Because I saw potential in you. And this might sound like an excuse, but when I first realized you were from this world, I thought it was necessary to watch you for a while to see if you were a traitor. I was only going to tell you my purpose when I was certain you were someone I could truly trust.”
She looked me straight in the eye.
“And… one more thing. I know you use some kind of unusual ability.”
…All my senses froze.
An unusual ability… Don’t tell me she’s talking about the Libido App?
I did my best to hide my expression. I deliberately asked back nonchalantly.
“Unusual ability? What are you talking about?”
“Are you going to play dumb?”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Lucia flicked her cigarette.
“Hmm… I’ve felt a strange wavelength from your house every now and then. Each time, I felt a strange sensation. I don’t know what it is, but.”
One thing became clear from her words.
…She doesn’t know the true nature of the Libido App.
I hardened my guard internally.
“…Are you telling me you were spying on me?”
Lucia spoke calmly, without a hint of apology.
“That golden orb I gave you before, its real purpose was to monitor you.”
My eyes narrowed.
“…I thought it was suspicious, so I destroyed it right away.”
“It’s fine. Even if it was destroyed, microscopic particles remained in your house. That was enough to keep an eye on you.”
I cursed inwardly.
As I thought, this woman is not someone I can ever trust.
My nerves were on edge. On the surface, she answered my questions calmly as if nothing was wrong, but every word she said sparked suspicion.
I can’t beat her with force. The only thing left is to use my traits to make her submit through sex.
But I couldn’t do that right now. I couldn’t just rape a powerful woman who was immune to my charm.
She’s being favorable to me… I’ll have to use that.
From now on, instead of being hostile, I would get close to her. Then I would fuck her and make her spill everything she knows.
I’ll make you suffer as much as you hurt me and Bi-yeon.
Hiding my true intentions, I asked her a question.
“So, what were the results of your surveillance?”
Lucia replied with her characteristic blank expression.
“You’re a dangerous man. But I don’t think you’ll destroy the world. All you have in your head are women.”
I shrugged.
“I guess it doesn’t matter to you whether I go around fucking women or not?”
“It doesn’t. In fact, I need your power.”
“What’s your real objective?”
“The things that come over from the crack… their complete death.”
I frowned.
“What are the things that come from the crack?”
“Beings completely corrupted by Aether. They invade various dimensions, corrupting the life forms there and using them as nutrients. The monster you fought was just one of their vanguards.”
I mulled over her words before asking again.
“How do you know so much about these beings?”
Lucia’s gaze turned icy cold.
“…A very long time ago, they took everything from my world.”
I paused for a beat before asking.
“Revenge?”
Lucia gave a bitter smile and nodded.
“Something like that. To be honest… I’ve helplessly watched several dimensions fall to them. That’s why I need you. Your power, and your potential.”
“Potential?”
Lucia raised her hand. A familiar energy swirled at her fingertips.