Enter the Coffin of Fusion
Room 9 on the 6th floor of the vacant motel. There was no electricity, so the place was dark, but I summoned a Salamander to create a soft, ambient glow. Perhaps because of that, there were no zombies, and it was surprisingly perfect for getting laid.
'Whew...' Mer and Anna fell asleep, each claiming one of my arms. I stroked their bodies and stared up at the ceiling. It wasn't that I was trying to think about anything deep... I’d just been moving my hips for hours, so I felt a bit dazed.
'I stayed out all night... I wonder if I'll get scolded...' There was no set order for sex, but since there were women waiting for me to hold them every night, I felt a little guilty.
'Still... it was good...' Laying Mer and Anna side-by-side and taking turns with them—I thought I was going to go crazy. On top of that, I enjoyed various bondage play using my summoned tentacles, and both of them were extremely satisfied. Especially since Mer and Anna were both tall and voluptuous, making certain positions difficult, but once I used the tentacles to suspend them in the air, they loved it.
'Is Kashnakas... a god of fertility and abundance?' How is it that her divine power is so optimized for sex? What an incredible goddess.
"Joon... are you not sleeping...?"
"Hmm? Haha... I'm going to sleep now."
"Mm..."
I kissed Anna on the forehead, and she smiled and closed her eyes. Such a cute woman. To think that Nick had saved a woman like this without touching her... he really is a moron.
'I wonder... how much stronger he'll be when we meet next time...' Just as I’ve grown stronger, he must have been diligently getting stronger as well. But no matter how much I thought about it, I didn't think that bastard could kill Kisiria and Einax and reach me. It wasn't that I was being careless. It was just that, no matter how I looked at it, I felt it was impossible unless he brought at least three more powerhouses on the level of Ziegfried.
'With the Parasitic Tree legion, the Jet-Black Beetle swarm... there’s the Mushroom Human, and the Parasitic Human strengthened by Chaos Factors... plus Henry, Killian, Pharus, and even Hildegard... could he really kill them all and come for my head?' On top of that, there’s Mer, Cheshire, Aila, and even Kekere.
'Kekere...' If I fuse her with Dante... she’ll become a combination of a Slaughter Beast + Toad Saint + Dragon-Blooded Human + Chaos Mutant... it feels like a mad monster is about to be born.
'Kekere, who couldn't even eat properly because of the slave rations... since she even has a cannibalistic attribute... she’ll truly become a famished monster...' Perhaps she might become the strongest in our faction. Since she keeps getting stronger with every fusion. I don't know where the limit is, but I think she could absorb Dante without any issues.
'Whew... it's still too early to be relieved... the truly fearsome enemy isn't Nick, but the Pantheon that has regained its senses... I don't know what kind of bullshit they might pull.' Before the Manma-jeon regained its strength, the Pantheon kept observing my location, sending zombie waves to kill me, and even dispatching players from their ranks to assassinate me. In many ways, they did their best to kill me in the beginning. I just managed to survive by the skin of my teeth. I'm not afraid of Nick, but the devious gods of the Pantheon are a bit scary. It's annoying, really.
'For now... I should get some shut-eye too...' As I kept mulling over various concerns, drowsiness began to wash over me. From now on, I really have to move without a break, so it's better to sleep when I have the chance.
I had been holding Mer and Anna, and the sun had already risen. It was time to head back to school.
"Haa... already..."
Today is Friday. I have to go to the Black Market, take over the shop in the central plaza, and buy some supplies... I have quite a lot to do, so I’ll have to move quickly. I’ll have to zip around with Cheshire.
"Mer. Anna. Shall we get up now?"
"Mmm... Master... *yawn*. The sun is up. Anna, wake up."
"Ugh... Yes... Okay..."
Both of them were having a hard time waking up. I fiddled with their buttocks to help them wake up. In truth, I just wanted to touch them.
'Should I check the auction house...' A fair amount of time has passed, so the price should have gone up a bit more.
"Oh..."
The price is significant. It was even funny that it kept increasing by just 1 coin at a time. Is it their will not to exceed 1000 coins? In the span of 3 hours, those trying to purchase this letter were fighting over 1 coin. My own invested coins were definitely part of the reason for this price hike.
"We'll see..."
I hope whoever it is reads the letter and gives a proper reply. Like their base location... or a meeting spot, for example.
'If they just tell me the meeting spot, I can wait there, capture them, and turn them into a slave, then I'll be able to find out their main base location...' Even if I only catch one of them, I can make them spill everything—where their base is, how many people they have, who the leader is, and what class they have.
"I'm all dressed..."
"I'm ready too, Master."
"Good. Let's head back."
We left the motel room. It was time to return to school.
As soon as I returned to Hyoseon Girls' High, I called for Kekere.
"Why... why are you calling me again..."
"It's nothing much."
"Ah, that's a lie!! You rotten master!!! You're planning to shove me into that shitty fusion device and hurt me again, aren't you!? I knew it!!"
"Huh? How did you know that..."
"Kyaaaa!!! It was true!!! Fuck!!!"
Kekere was crying and throwing a tantrum, saying she didn't want to go in. I used my Tentacle Ejection to forcibly grab her body and shoved her into the Coffin of Fusion.
"I don't want to!!! Take me out!!! Nooooo!!!!"
"No!! You have to go in here so the sickness in your heart can be healed, Kekere!!"
"No!! I'm already healed!!!"
"Shut up!!"
-*Bang!*
Once I closed the Coffin of Fusion, Kekere's screams were muffled. I could hear thumping sounds, but they weren't loud enough to worry about, so I turned up the volume on the CD player. Calm classical music echoed throughout the science lab.
"..."
"*Gulp*..."
Realizing that an inhumane fusion ritual was about to take place, the rest of the people in the science lab watched me cautiously and went about their work. They had expressions that desperately hoped they wouldn't be chosen as fusion materials.
"Hey, Yoon Ha-jun."
"Y-yes!?"
"Why are you so startled?"
"Ah, no. Hahaha..."
Yoon Ha-jun jumped in surprise and stirred the screaming Alcide larvae in the boiling pot. His subordinate next to him was startled as well. I had told him to finish the handover since he had to go to the head of the family's mansion, and it looked like he had diligently trained his successor.
"Hey, you have to go to the mansion today, so stop what you're doing and pack your bags."
"Ah, that... I've already packed."
"Is that so? Then keep in mind that I'm going to head out right after fusing Kekere."
"Yes...!!"
"How about you, Soo-min?"
"Yes? Haha... It's so comfortable and I love it..."
Hwang Soo-min was scribbling something in a corner. She was having the time of her life since I had assigned two Mage-class slaves as her assistants. Now, the two successors to the witch's cauldron were taking turns stirring it.
"You there, Jung Ji-yeon."
"Y-yes!!"
"Haha. You're well-disciplined. You have to come with us when we go to the mansion later, so get ready."
"Ah... yes. But, um... that place called the mansion..."
"It's full of mechanical devices. I think you, a Stone Master like Ha-jun, and you, an engineer, might be able to gain something meaningful there."
"Aha... I'll pack my tools."
"Good."
The science lab will be quiet for a while. If even Jung Ji-yeon, who was always tinkering and building something, leaves for a mansion full of broken dolls, old man Hellus, who was already prone to loneliness, would be sad.
"By the way, where did Hellus go?"
"Yes? He's been here since earlier?"
"What?"
Hwang Soo-min pointed to a corner. I turned my gaze there.
"Whoa!"
Standing there was a truly inhumanly beautiful boy. He was a beautiful boy indeed... he had the kind of appearance that women with certain paraphilias, like 'shotacon,' would absolutely prefer. Come to think of it, Hwang Soo-min said she liked beautiful boys... my god.
"Haha... I've settled in properly."
"Hellus... you've finally given up on being human... amazing..."
"You're too kind... I have now transcended the limits of lifespan. A truly inhuman evolution. Untiring vitality! Eternal youth!!! I'm overflowing with power!!"
"Hellus... *sob*... you can work for the rest of your life..."
"Of course. Now that I've even obtained a doll's body... there's nothing holding me back. All mental and physical preparations to create the Elixir are complete. Now I just need to research. It's time to start a 100-year project."
"Th-that means..."
"I will go to the Abyss. Because the answer... will be there."
Hellus, who intends to go into the Abyss and conduct insane research without time constraints. He obtained youth, yet he doesn't think about playing and is obsessed with research. Hwang Soo-min, who was sitting next to him, stroked Hellus's arm with a gesture that suggested they would be together forever. A disciple who 'raised' her teacher(?)... Still, he's a crazy workaholic. No, for him, work is life and play. Isn't this the duty of an alchemist who pursues the truth?
"Good, Hellus. Live strongly even there."
"Hehe... Thank you. This... the science lab will feel empty."
"That's true... it feels like watching a graduation ceremony."
Yoon Ha-jun and Jung Ji-yeon will leave the science lab, and Hellus and Hwang Soo-min will go to the Abyss... the science lab will be empty now. Where there is a meeting, there is a parting. I patted Hellus on the shoulder. I wonder how much he will be able to create in the Abyss, where time flows several times faster.
"I'll have to move all the equipment to the Abyss too. At least the site is large, so that's good."
"Haha. That's true."
As I was talking to Hellus about future plans, the door to the science lab opened and someone walked in.
"Kuh..."
It was Dante, wrapped from head to toe in curtains. It is said that after he changed into a hideous appearance, he had been holed up in the bathroom alone.
"You've come, Dante."
I welcomed the trembling Dante.
"Go in, Dante. If you go inside this... you can regain your former beauty."
"W-wait... I came because you said there was a way to regain my appearance, but... that thing... you want me to go in there... I, I don't want to!!!"
Dante resisted. I guess he really didn't want to go in. A man acting so coy. In the end, I had no choice but to grab Dante, who was refusing to enter the Coffin of Fusion out of politeness, and shoved him in by force. His body twisted and tentacles spewed out, but since I could summon more tentacles, Dante's resistance was ignored.
"Activate it."
"Yes."
Hellus pulled the lever.
-I don't want to!!!!!
-No!!! No, I said!!!! Kyaaaaa!!!!!!
Electricity crackled, and the fusion began. I wonder... will Kekere survive this time too? 'It doesn't matter who survives... please, just don't melt...' It doesn't matter to me whose ego remains. I just prayed that an overload wouldn't cause them to melt away.