The Monster's Charge
“That’s enough. This isn’t fun anymore. I don’t even want to use the stuff that creep left behind. It’s humiliating enough getting wrecked like this—I’m not going to grovel on top of it. Do whatever you want. Roast me, boil me, I don’t care.”
Danae said it with a relieved expression.
...Or maybe not relieved. More like resigned.
“You’re actually going to do it?”
That aside.
I summoned the Freeform Stick into my hand.
Shape change! Dildo (extra-large size)!
“......What are you planning to do with that?”
“Shove it in, obviously.”
“......Seriously?”
Danae gave me an incredulous look.
“After what you did to me, a whole month of this still wouldn’t be enough.”
I’d considered slapping her or stomping on her, but Danae hadn’t actually used any unfair violence. I wasn’t some revenge-crazed murderer, and paying her back in kind was enough. Anything more would just be pathetic, like she said.
“Oh, right—give my points back first!”
“Sorry~ Can’t do that~.”
“Why not!”
“Ahaha! I mean, even if I wanted to, I can’t~”
“You little—!”
I grabbed her by the collar and shook her, but Danae just smiled meaningfully and offered no explanation.
This bitch!
She’s going to regret this!
Furious, I roughly spread Danae’s legs. Her body was so flexible and supple that they parted easily.
At the same time, the precious slit between her thighs opened wide. Whether to humiliate her or not, she hadn’t been given any clothes, so she was completely naked—nothing to hide.
“Ah, even for me, this is a little embarrassing....”
“Shut up. Be quiet. I’m about to make you scream.”
“If you just shove it in like that, it’ll hurt....”
Urged on by Danae’s embarrassed voice, I stared intently at the gently parted mound. An indescribable, thick pheromone seemed to waft from it, seductive enough to tempt anyone regardless of age or gender.
Even though she was no longer a succubus, a bewitching, lewd aura still leaked from her.
Until now, I’d only ever been on the receiving end from Danae. I’d never been the one on top.
Danae was, at any rate, a beautiful woman with refined features. Her light-absorbing jet-black hair, her pitch-black eyes, and her soft, slender figure that seemed to lack a bit of flesh all gave the impression of an Oriental beauty.
And now she was slightly parting her lips, her face faintly flushed, completely at my mercy.
The realization sent a strange thrill through me. My head grew hot with inexplicable excitement, and my heart felt ready to burst.
So this was how she felt when she violated me.
On a whim, I poured magic power into the Freeform Stick. Just as I’d imagined, it began to writhe like an octopus tentacle.
“Hiee, hieeek. I-it’s moving....”
“Says the one who shoved weird creatures into other people’s pussies.”
“K-Kei. Be gentle....”
Haah, haah. Breathing heavily, I licked my lips and pressed the transformed stick firmly against her entrance.
Danae squeezed her eyes shut as her slit slowly parted—
Vrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr—
“......Huh?”
A strange sound accompanied by a fierce wind made both of us look up at the same time.
The source was the Transfer Gate in the distance, the one that had been frozen solid.
Just moments ago I’d thought it was completely encased in ice, but now the surrounding frost was cracking and crumbling. Beyond it, the pitch-black passage leading somewhere else was flickering unsteadily.
“Shit... We really picked the wrong time to mess around.”
“Kei, maybe we should finish this later and run first...?”
We exchanged glances at the obviously dangerous sight.
Let’s get out of here!
『――――Uoooooh......』
“Huh?”
But then—
『UOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!』
A thunderous roar echoed from beyond the gate, as if whatever was there had no intention of letting us escape.
* * *
“Huff—! Huff—......?!”
Il-mun brushed the stone fragments off himself, his entire body radiating heat.
He had no idea how far Kei’s finishing blow had sent him flying, but agony raced through his body as if every bone had been crushed, surging all the way to the crown of his head.
‘No...!’
How the hell had things turned out like this? Why was he in such a miserable state?
His life had never been particularly happy. Work never went his way, and the future had always looked bleak.
He’d been forced to live a servile existence, bowing and scraping before people who were born with talent and money.
To make matters worse, he’d gotten involved with the wrong woman and lost what little property he had.
He’d even considered suicide, but then he was scouted, told he had an aptitude, and had his body modified by Mekrak.
After that, he felt like he could do anything.
He wanted to accomplish something—anything.
He wanted to flip off a life that never gave him a chance, a world full of garbage.
He wanted to show the same unfairness and filth he’d experienced to those sparkling girls who looked like they’d never known a single worry.
‘I... will succeed...!’
He wanted to crush the noses of everyone who had looked down on him. He wanted to trample the woman who had ruined his life.
‘I’m not... a pathetic human...!’
He wanted to do something.
He had to do something.
Otherwise, he would remain nothing but a loud-mouthed, worthless man.
“U... uoooh...!”
Using rage as kindling and magic power as fuel,
Il-mun activated every modified function in his body and began inflating his muscles.
They swelled, and swelled, and swelled, and swelled.
Crack! Crunch!
Bones snapped under the rapidly expanding muscles, and something tore. But he ignored it and kept pumping them larger.
He inflated them to their absolute limit. The broken bones grew thicker and harder, reinforcing themselves.
Muscles piled onto his arms in grotesque lumps. His skin color was gradually changing.
He could feel his face growing larger. His jaw hardened and thickened like a beast’s.
Teeth were ripped out and replaced by far more vicious monster fangs.
“UOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!”
The man who had transformed from human into a hideous monster let out a roar.
* * *
A sudden, thunderous roar shook the entire castle.
Then came heavy footsteps—thud, thud—followed by a massive body smashing through the walls.
Through the rising dust and collapsing debris, the monster revealed itself.
Something’s coming!
“......That’s the guy from before.”
“He even went and transformed.”
“Triple transformation is a boss mob privilege~.”
Her voice was relaxed, but Danae’s narrowed eyes were tense. She sensed something was wrong—just like I did.
“Magical....”
“GIRLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!”
The five-meter-tall giant lowered its body and began charging like a beast crawling on the ground, aiming straight for us.
In an instant it accelerated, its enormous frame moving at an absurd speed that didn’t match its size. It came at us like a massive dump truck barreling forward at over 200 km/h.
The monster ran in a straight line. Position-wise, we were standing directly between it and the Transfer Gate. Its intent was obvious from that simple charge.
It was trying to drive us into the Transfer Gate!
“Kei! Er’s—!”
“I know!”
Dodging had been an option. No matter how fast it was, we could have avoided it.
But behind me was Danae, and behind her was the fallen magical girl—and most importantly, Er was right in front of the gate. We couldn’t just dodge.
So the only choice was to intercept.
Well, “intercept” was generous. There was no time to cast magic or set up any tricks. The only thing we could rely on was our magically enhanced physical strength.
I thrust both arms forward, planted my feet firmly on the ground, and blocked the charging monster’s body.
“Nggggggggggggggggggggggh...!!!!!!”
“Kyaa?!”
Screeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeech!
The monster extended its swollen arms and shoved us with its massive, pot-lid-sized hands. The weight and momentum were overwhelming; my legs skidded across the floor, sending up friction sparks as I was helplessly pushed back. Danae, with her arms bound, had even less chance.
‘It’s... sucking up so much magic power...!’
I hadn’t shown it, but even when I’d been pounding on the tattooed man earlier, magic power had been steadily drained from me. If I’d kept going, it would have been dangerous.
But the amount being drained now was far worse. I didn’t know if it was related to this new form, but it felt like at least five times as much was being ripped out.
There was no way I could exert proper strength in this situation.
‘No. At this rate we’ll be pushed into that tunnel...!’
The Transfer Gate was already right in front of us. Because of Blue Sapphire’s ice, something inside it must have been damaged—the dim light within the tunnel continued to flicker unstably.
Once we passed through that tunnel, there was no guarantee we’d arrive at the destination we actually wanted!
“U... aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!”
The opponent had also abandoned all reason and thrown everything into this desperate charge.
I poured even more magic power into my body. Blood vessels bulged on my forehead and arms from the excessive power, and blood burst from my skin, but I didn’t care.
Even so, the charge didn’t stop.
This was bad.
At this rate—
‘At the very least, Er has to—!’
Desperately glancing sideways, I looked toward Er behind us.
Er lay collapsed right beneath the undulating, murky passage of the Transfer Gate. The rippling light looked ready to swallow her whole, but before that could happen, a hand reached out.
“Damn it... Let me rest for once...!”
“Danbi! Grab Er, quick!”
“Got it!”
It was Danbi.
She’d had all her magic power drained by the tattooed man’s relentless attacks and was covered in blood, but she’d recovered faster than anyone and grasped the situation.
She seemed badly injured, though—her limping leg probably wouldn’t let her move properly.
I couldn’t withstand the monster’s charge any longer and was driven right up to the mouth of the Transfer Gate. We were practically touching it.
At that moment, Danbi’s eyes flashed with resolve. She grabbed Er tightly and hurled her far away.
“Ah.......”
“Gotta look after my junior.”
Fortunately, just as Er cleared the charge’s path, the body of the monster that had once been Il-mun slammed into the three of us like a hydraulic press.
“UOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!”
“Uwaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!”
“Kyaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!”
“Fuck this shiiiiiiiiit!!”
Crushed under that immense weight, we were shoved straight through the Transfer Gate.
* * *
The first thing that hit me was an absurd sense of weightlessness.
It felt like my entire body was being sucked toward a single point, as if I were being blended in a mixer or poured through a funnel. I thought I was going to throw up.
On top of that, I couldn’t breathe properly, which only made the nausea worse. Every time I tried to inhale, a crushing pain squeezed my lungs from the inside.
I didn’t understand how the Transfer Gate worked. But on pure instinct, I knew I couldn’t let go, so I clung tightly to Danae and Danbi. Meanwhile, I kicked the monster that had once been Il-mun as far away as I could, pouring every last bit of magic power into the blow.
After enduring what felt like the most violent roller-coaster ride imaginable, our bodies were suddenly released.
Thud!
“Ow...!”
Spit out from the giant maw, our bodies tumbled across solid ground.
I tried to push myself up with both arms, but my semicircular canals were messed up. Stomach acid surged up and I dry-heaved several times. I stayed on the ground, struggling just to catch my breath.
I wasn’t the only one. Danae and Danbi, who had fallen nearby, were in similar shape.
“Haah, haah... haah... haah........”
Back in reality, I slowly lifted my head.
Only then did I realize we were lying on soft sand. A fierce wind blew, carrying dust that stung my throat with every breath.
Above all, it was dark. So very dark.
There was a strange red light floating in the sky, but it didn’t look like moonlight.
At least there was no monster trying to kill us right now, but we couldn’t relax.
—Where are we?
—Did we really cross through the Transfer Gate?
—If so...
A chill ran down my spine.
The frozen wind brushing my neck seemed to mock me: How the hell did you end up here?
My heartbeat was deafening. I half-expected it to burst right out of my ears.
“.......Ha....”
Overwhelmed by the situation, my mind went numb, and a dry laugh threatened to escape my lips.
My brain arrived at the answer on its own.
This place was—
The place we had arrived at was—
“We’re... in Mekrak.”
Staring at the harsh, barren land, I muttered in shock.
