An Overflow of Vitality
Following the Explorer's suggestion, I was to use the Power of Devouring to absorb the Orc and the Minotaur.
At first, I was tempted, but on second thought, I hesitated.
Though the Explorer's knowledge transfer had shown me the method, whether I could fully control it remained to be seen.
I was worried that while trying to extract and absorb only specific traits, I might end up sucking in unwanted impurities as well.
To make matters worse, unlike in a game, there was no status window or skill menu to verify the results.
"Expression, hesitation. Reason, question."
"Thanks to you, the theory is solid, but this is my first time actually using it."
"Trial, error, important. Experiment, proposal. Absorption, subject, provided."
The Explorer split a small slime off from its own body.
The amorphous creature, separated from its host, wiggled its way over and stopped right in front of me.
It wanted me to absorb the slime using the Power of Devouring.
A slime would certainly be less of a burden to absorb than an Orc or a Minotaur.
"What happens if I absorb a part of your body?"
"Cell, division. Recovery, acceleration."
"So wounds will heal on their own?"
"Affirmative."
I didn't know just how potent the effect would be, but it sounded like an incredibly useful ability.
With absolutely no reason to refuse, I reached my hand out toward the slime.
Shrouding my hand in aura, I spun a thin thread of energy out from it.
"Whew...!"
It was harder than it looked.
Controlling the thread with minute precision to keep it from snapping, I wrapped it tightly around the slime.
Then, like reeling in a fish, I yanked the thread back in one swift motion.
The slime was sucked into a distortion in space.
I felt a new power integrate into my aura.
It felt as though a brand-new toy had just been placed inside a completely empty box.
"Did it work?"
"New, ability, verification, requested."
"Sure. You gave up a part of your body, so I can at least do that much."
Drawing my sword, I gripped the blade tightly with my palm.
The blade sliced into my flesh, and blood began to pool.
But almost immediately, the blood oozing from the cut began to bubble like boiling water.
The blood rapidly transformed into fresh flesh, sealing the wound and stopping the bleeding.
"Ha! To think I let a power like this go to waste until now..."
While the wound didn't close instantly, the healing speed was incomparably faster than any normal human's.
And this absorbed subject was merely a test run.
If I could properly utilize the Power of Devouring to absorb higher-tier abilities, I would easily surpass the original Alvin from the game.
"Cell, division, application. Example, sperm, division, possible. Pregnancy, probability, increase."
"I didn't exactly ask for that kind of knowledge... But whatever, at least I know how to use the Power of Devouring now."
"Enlightenment, acquired, confirmed. Satisfaction. Payment, demanded."
"I get it. Just wait. I have to go absorb the other monsters first."
I decided to pass on the Minotaur's giant penis trait.
If Alvin's dick had been small, I might have been tempted, but his package was already well above average.
There was absolutely no shortage in that department.
Besides, if my vital spot got too big, it would just mean a larger target to defend.
It might even make movement awkward, so a monstrously huge dick was more of a burden than anything.
Instead of a giant dick, it would be much better to absorb stamina so I wouldn't tire out no matter how many wild positions we tried.
Of course, I still planned to drain the Orc's robust virility exactly as scheduled.
"Oh, right. You asked to watch a 3P as payment. Do we have to do it right here where you are?"
"Negative. Inside facility, observation, possible. Location, choice, free. Exception, outside, forbidden!"
"So as long as we don't go outside, we can do it anywhere. Got it."
Honestly, it would be awkward to show the Explorer to Scarlet.
Given her personality, she'd probably view it as an enemy and try to kill it on sight.
And I couldn't just let her kill an ally who had been so incredibly helpful to me, could I?
Therefore, I decided to have the 3P in the room where Scarlet was currently passed out.
"Is there a specific position or play you want to see? You've been a huge help, so I can offer that much as a bonus service."
"3P, sumata. Highly, recommended!"
"This bastard really knows his stuff."
A setup where two women rub their pussies together with a hard dick sandwiched right between them.
Or perhaps a setup where both women lie facing each other, forming a double-pussy sandwich for my dick to slide and grind through.
Either way, just imagining it made my lower half rock hard.
"Oh, it grew? Want me to drain you once before we start?"
The moment I got hard, Luna slipped up behind me and slid her hand inside my pants.
Nipping at my earlobe with her lips, she began to stroke my throbbing shaft.
As Luna's cool touch met my burning rod, a thrilling jolt of pleasure shot straight up my spine.
"Absorption, proceed, advised! Corpse, decay. Absorption, efficiency, decrease!"
"It says if we leave the corpses too long, the absorption efficiency drops."
"Tsk...!"
Luna clicked her tongue in blatant disappointment.
Thanks to the Explorer, I was able to catch my breath.
Luna's pussy was such an elite masterpiece that once I slipped inside, I wouldn't stop pumping until my balls were completely drained.
Even with the Orc's virility, I wasn't entirely sure I'd be able to survive her onslaught.
"Hold on a second. I'll go absorb the Minotaur first."
Just like when I absorbed the slime, I spun a thread of aura and sent it straight into the Minotaur's heart.
I extracted a small glowing orb from within and absorbed it.
Instantly, a surge of raw vitality began to course through my entire body.
Meanwhile, the Minotaur's body, stripped of its core, rapidly shriveled up until it looked like a dried mummy.
It seemed the process automatically filtered out the useless parts and extracted only the power I needed.
Curious, I swung a fist at the wall; it dented deeply, spiderwebbing with numerous cracks.
My strength was on a completely different level now. I had fully grasped the knack of using the Power of Devouring.
"Hell yeah...!"
I shuddered with a pleasure akin to relentlessly pounding a tight pussy.
With this power, I would grow at an explosive rate and deliver a brutal education to those filthy sluts and disgusting trash.
When I first left the Empire, I estimated it would take at least five years to reach the pinnacle of strength, but now that timeline had been slashed to just one.
The normalization of the Empire.
It was a goal fraught with immense hardship and suffering, but...
I can do it. If it's me, I can!
"Absorption, perfect."
"I've got a solid handle on how to do it now."
"We should go absorb the Orc quickly too!"
"Orc, warning, caution."
"But I already killed the Orc?"
"Orc, tribe, multiple, exist."
That meant there were more of them besides the one Scarlet had slain.
Come to think of it, I hadn't seen the second stage of the right path where Scarlet had gone.
It seemed a whole horde of Orcs lived over there.
Holy shit, this is perfect.
There were even more subjects to absorb besides the one Scarlet had killed.
To me, every single Orc was the ultimate aphrodisiac and stamina booster.
As a Korean, how could I possibly resist the urge when told something was good for my stamina and virility?
"I'm going right now!"
I headed down a path in the opposite direction of the way I had come.
Ripping a door clean off its hinges, I was greeted by the sight of green-skinned, bipedal swine.
The Orcs gasped in sheer shock, completely caught off guard by the fact that someone had just breached what they used as an exit.
Taking advantage of their stunned silence, I began the slaughter.
I'm definitely on a whole different level now...
My sword felt incredibly light, far lighter than before I used the Power of Devouring.
It felt like I had been carrying heavy dumbbells around and was suddenly handed a twig.
Even without channeling my aura, I could easily handle a whole pack of Orcs all by myself.
I caught an Orc's swinging club with my bare hand.
Crushing it with raw grip strength, I cleanly severed the beast's head in the next motion.
A kick to the stomach blew a hole straight through one, and a strike to the temple with my pommel shattered another's skull.
Power is overflowing, and my body feels so much lighter.
The gap between me and the Orcs had always been wide, but now it didn't even feel like fighting toddlers anymore—it felt like stepping on ants.
In less than ten minutes, the entire horde of Orcs was completely wiped out.
And that was using barely ten percent of my full strength.
"Now, let's see what happens when I absorb the virility of all these Orcs."
Piling the Orc corpses in one place, I conjured my aura.
Since there were so many targets to absorb this time, I split the aura thread into multiple branches.
I sent them out to each individual Orc, the long threads snaking in to extract the pure essence from their testicles.
I condensed the spheres of raw virility into a single mass and absorbed them one after another.
The change was instantaneous. My groin swelled, turning rock hard.
"Urgh?!"
However, a major problem arose.
The transformation triggered by the massive influx of virility refused to stop.
My dick sprang upward, tearing right through my pants, its head twitching violently.
"Sh-shit...!"
With every single step I took, the tremors intensified, sending waves of overwhelming stimulation coursing through my entire body.
My stamina and sperm production had surged so far past my limits that I felt like I was about to burst.
Realizing my movements were strange, Luna called out in a panicked voice.
"Alvin?! Are you okay?"
"H-hold on! Don't come near me right now...!"
This was the side effect of my previously empty testicles being overloaded with an excessive, hyper-accelerated supply of seed.
If I didn't release it, they might actually rupture. To survive, I had no choice but to spew out every single drop of semen my body was frantically producing.
"Kyaah!"
Splurt! Spurt! Spluuuurt!!
In the end, without even a single touch of stimulation, I erupted into a massive ejaculation.
And of all people, the thick white torrent blasted directly onto Luna, who had been rushing toward me.
Her hair, face, breasts, navel, crotch, thighs, and feet...
Every single inch of Luna was completely painted white.
It was, without a doubt, the largest volume of semen I had ever discharged in my entire life.
"I-I'm sorry!"
"Haaahn!! I'm covered in Alvin's scent... ♥"
Despite how sticky it must have been, Luna wore an expression of pure ecstasy.
Scooping up a dollop of semen with her fingertip as if it were whipped cream, she brought it to her lips.
After licking and sucking it clean, she went so far as to cup her hands under her chin, catching the dripping fluid from her face and gulping it down in one go.
Having swallowed it all, she parted her lips to show off her mouth, which was still coated in thick, white cream.
"It tastes so incredibly rich... ♥"
A clear fluid began to trickle down Luna's thighs.
Just drinking my semen had been enough to make her experience a mild orgasm.
Even though I had just ejaculated a monstrous amount, Luna stared greedily at my dick, which was still throbbing and rock hard.
"I guess... it really might be too much for me to drain all by myself..."
Luna turned her gaze toward the entrance.
There stood Scarlet, leaning against the doorframe, her legs trembling violently.
As if the aphrodisiac's estrus effect hadn't worn off yet, love juices were dripping down from her crotch as well.
Luna looked at Scarlet and let out a highly suggestive smile.
Soon, Luna began to finger her own pussy using the hand coated in my semen.
It looked exactly like a woman desperately trying to get pregnant, scooping semen out of a condom to stuff it deep inside her womb.
"M-me too...!"
Unable to hold back any longer at the sight, Scarlet lunged forward and pounced on Luna.
She began to frantically lick up the semen smeared all over Luna's body, grinding her own flesh against her.
And just like that, the double-pussy sandwich that both the Explorer and I had dreamed of was fully assembled.
"Whoa..."
If I held back now, I'd have to turn in my man card.