Tentacle Onslaught (2)
'The fact that it's launching such an aggressive assault means the main body isn't here.'
Riana realized the grave mistake she'd made.
'No way... has the Tentacle Monster gotten far stronger than before?'
It was true that she'd tortured Tia to pinpoint the main body's location. In Riana's analysis, the Tentacle Monster's priorities ranked survival first and women second. She figured that if she touched one of his women, he'd lose his cool and charge out. Then it would be easy to locate and kill him. Once the enemy started moving in a group, the main body's movements would become visible too.
But what she hadn't anticipated was that the Tentacle Monster had been hiding inside Tia's pussy.
The foundation of Riana's sharp intuition was data. If it was true that eight years ago he'd used Praga as a hostage to pressure Siroko... then yes, the Tentacle Monster cherished his women, but not more than his own survival. The main body would be hiding in a safe spot. That's why Riana had rated the possibility of it being inside Tia's body as low. She had planned to check her eventually, but with the Tentacle Monster appearing, she judged prioritizing that was correct.
'A calculation error...'
If Tia's body was the origin point, it shouldn't be possible to control monsters from this far away. Based on the data so far! The distance from the Recovery Center to the Star Church HQ was easily over 5 km.
She never imagined that a Tentacle Monster barely scraping by in the sewers, after just a few pumps into a Seongyul pussy, would fully heal its old wounds and grow 2-3 times stronger.
Now she knew. Just how absurd this monster was.
'Right... you've mated with my knights and grown considerably stronger.'
I didn't know you were a monster who could exploit women's reproductive organs so efficiently.
Unlike Claire, Riana didn't rush off to contain the spreading damage. There was only one thing she craved now.
The sweet secret inside Tia's body.
"Riana Headquarters Chief?"
"We're heading back to Star Church HQ. The Tentacle Monster is with Tia."
"Yes!"
'I'll kill you together with the woman you love.'
Faceless Monkey Lv.1129
19 minutes and 42 seconds into the tentacle onslaught.
By the time the city's uproar reached the royal palace, Praga's little sister Aness spotted a Red Lotus in the streets too.
"Miss, get away!"
'...It's that guy.'
Despite the people's pleas, Aness couldn't tear her eyes from the Red Lotus.
'It's bulked up way more than before, but no doubt about it.'
No matter how much time passed, she couldn't forget her target for revenge. Her object of hatred.
Aness was slightly flustered by the whirlwind of emotions she'd long suppressed.
'It's him. Definitely him.'
She grabs her sword.
Everyone else had already fled, and three massive Red Lotus beasts surrounded Aness.
Why aren't I happy he's alive?
Aness's heart pounded with excitement, as if she'd been waiting for a day like this all along. For so long.
She hadn't felt emotions in ages.
'Why is this happening?'
Long ago, like Claire, she'd lost her hometown too. The monster that ruined Aness's life, Chokgoe, had been pathetically exterminated by the knight captain who wielded white flames... And before her life goal could become "avenge myself against the monster," the whole incident wrapped up.
After that day, Aness came to admire Claire, and though she couldn't become a knight, she enrolled at Deseval Academy to hone her skills.
Praga thought highly of her for it too.
It felt like her life, shattered so brutally once, had returned to normal. At a glance, anyway.
'This is the moment I've wanted.'
But did having the knight captain avenge her enemy for her bring back what was stolen? She'd already been destroyed.
Aness had grown sick of her life, where she hadn't even taken her first step toward revenge. She'd been merely surviving, unable to truly feel alive.
That's why, upon seeing the monster that stole her hometown again, joy boiled up inside her.
She could finally take those steps she hadn't that day.
"Haat!"
Aness stepped into True Step and closed in on the Red Lotus. A clean motion, diving in to slash its throat!
Slash!
'Good. One down.'
Thud.
Looking at the Red Lotus that toppled sideways, Aness gripped her sword tight.
That was when it happened.
A massive tentacle monkey cast its shadow over her.
"Hup!!"
I can kill it!
Aness confidently attacked the tentacle monkey, but this time was different.
'My attacks aren't landing?'
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.
Each swing barely missed. So close, yet not quite.
The tentacle monkey moved as if it knew exactly where she'd swing her sword.
It was like they'd prearranged for her to whiff every time—an awkward clash dragged on.
'...'
Aness didn't show agitation on her face, but she realized the situation had gone wrong.
'This one monkey alone is way stronger than me...?'
I can't accept that.
Aness's level was 500. The level she'd painstakingly built through desperate effort, despite being mediocre.
Thinking someday this day might come, even though her innate skills weren't great enough for knighthood.
Still.
She'd trained hard. Worked hard.
"Hup! Heup!"
But.
Her attacks didn't touch the monkey's body. She was clearly being toyed with.
"Why..."
Should I run? Can't win?
Normally, being played like this would make her realize the gap, but Aness stubbornly pressed on.
It wasn't mere denial.
'I can avenge Dad.'
She'd only just taken her first tottering steps down the path of revenge lost eight years ago. Turning tail and fleeing now would mean losing everything.
Aness didn't want to return to that empty life.
To reclaim her shattered self-esteem, the life of that little girl named Aness... the death of Chokgoe was absolutely essential.
His death will fill me.
Aness swung her sword with cold hatred.
Clang.
"Ah."
The tentacle monkey casually swept its arm, snapping Aness's blade.
"Ah, aaah..."
"No way..."
Clutching the broken sword to her chest like a bouquet, Aness slowly backed away. To the side, backward... The tentacle monkeys closed in.
"......No..."
Only then did Aness take in her surroundings.
The fate befalling the captured women exploded into her narrowed vision and clogged ears.
"Ohhooooooot!!"
"Pussyyyyy ruuiiined♡"
"Pussy, do my pussy, monkey niiim♡"
"......"
Sounds she'd never heard in her life. A torrent of emotions she'd never experienced.
The innocent virgin could only tremble, her face drained pale.
"Ugh...!"
Aness pounded the tentacle monkey's body and arms wildly with her broken sword. It almost looked like cute tantrums.
"Die! Dieee...!"
Whoosh.
The tentacle monkey's arm coiled around one of Aness's ankles, yanking her up.
"Kyaa, kyaak...!!"
Aness flailed helplessly, legs splayed wide. The monkey's strength was overwhelming; she couldn't resist.
The moment it touched her, she knew.
'G-Got caught with this kind of power... I'll...'
As Aness thrashed, inadvertently flashing her purple panties, the tentacle monkey suddenly lost interest and dropped her.
"Ack!"
Landing on her butt, Aness blankly looked up at the tentacle monkeys surrounding her.
"Wha...?"
Shff.
The Faceless Monkeys just passed her by.
"......Where are you going?"
A Red Lotus passed by the seated girl too. As if she held no interest for them.
Aness's cheeks flushed red.
"You saying I'm not even worth dealing with?"
She grabs onto a Red Lotus. Red Lotus pounding women flat and slamming pussies was common, but a woman clinging to a Red Lotus demanding attention was pretty novel.
"This...!"
The Red Lotus and tentacle monkeys thoroughly ignored Aness and moved on.
"Why... why ignore me?"
She knew they weren't the type to think she wasn't worth the effort.
Aness could only watch the monsters recede from behind.
Meanwhile, at Diana's house...
The commotion hadn't reached here yet, but Glova was tormented by an inexplicable unease.
"Diana..."
Diana's attitude had been strange lately. Calling him "hubby" all the time. Even with him right there, she seemed lost in other thoughts...
He couldn't pinpoint it exactly, but lying there, he felt consumed by anxiety. Enduring the pain, he somehow forced himself to stand.
"Nngh..."
Me, former vice captain of the White Flame Knights, reduced to a cripple who can barely walk...
But lamenting his plight wouldn't do—not when so many subordinates had lost their lives or had their futures ruined.
'Jonah...'
Glova advanced 1 cm at a time with great effort. Focusing on just moving might shake off the bad thoughts.
'Alright. Let's make it to the window...'
One step, one step. Supporting himself on the wall, slowly toward the window.
Looking outside improved his mood a bit.
'Hm?'
Glova spotted something in the neighbor's window.
A woman's lower body.
'What the?'
Am I seeing this right? If it's the neighbor lady, that's Diana's friend Nina, and seeing her naked lower half...
Normally he'd stare then get chewed out later, so best to look away.
'Weird.'
It didn't feel like some... erotic event or anything. A bizarre scene.
The woman's lower half sprawled on the floor, twitching irregularly. Legs stretching straight, then kicking about.
'What is it?'
The upper half was just... covered by something. Depending on the angle, you could say something like a massive cylinder had swallowed her upper body.
'...'
...A giant worm eating Nina?
Glova turned away to ignore the scene before his imagination went to scary places.
'That's what I get for forcing my sick body up. Hallucinations...'
Probably mistook something else for woman's legs. Come to think of it, it had been a while since he'd been intimate with his wife. With all the hardships piling up, he chalked it up to a hallucination.
Glova lay back in bed.
At that moment, next door...
Nina, devoured up to her upper body by the Black Moth larva birthed by Diana—the Tentacle Monster offspring—was desperately resisting, squirting pussy juice everywhere as her white legs stretched and kicked wildly...