Succubus Kim Rina
43.
The sun was setting.
Even in the world of the Gate, the sun rose and fell. It climbed from one edge of the Gate and sank beyond the other. Looking at it, you could almost believe you might walk past that transparent wall at the Gate's rim and simply leave. But the truth was unknowable. Keira and Elena didn't know either, and neither did Lu — though Lu had probably just refused to answer.
"Today... is over... too."
Elena. She spoke in halting Korean. She was still learning the language as well. Keira was unnaturally fast at it, but Elena was quick in her own right — especially after this expedition. A week of failing to find the ogre and grinding away at nothing but small fry had done wonders for her vocabulary.
"Let's head back."
Garam's voice was flat. Normally it carried a solid weight of energy, but a week with nothing to show for it had worn even him down. Times like these called for food as a remedy.
"What's on the menu today? Whenever the Commander comes along, the food is always different."
"Hmm... probably just meal kits today? It's already been a week. We've gone past the planned schedule. The good stuff's probably all gone."
"...Oh."
Failure. Not only had I failed to lift Garam's spirits — I'd frozen Keira's face solid too. Mealtime was the thing she liked most about this world, after all.
"Th...en, are we going... outside now?"
"Probably? Tomorrow will be the last search."
Would we find it tomorrow? If we didn't, things would get pretty rough. After a full week inside the Gate, reopening an ogre Gate would take another week and then some.
The next morning.
If you couldn't find something after a week, you had to change your approach. But over that week we'd already used almost every method available. We'd expanded the search range, planted alarm magic throughout the forest, even used Garam as bait. We'd moved the base camp. We'd had every Keeper hide in caves and hollows. None of it had worked.
All that effort had yielded nothing more than a few dens — dens that still held traces of an ogre having been there until recently. Looking back, those finds had actually been a poison of sorts. Just when we'd decided to leave the Gate, discovering them had made us stay two more days.
"Today we'll split into four teams for the search."
Garam gathered the Keepers and began the operations briefing. GGC had four Keepers of A-class or higher: Elena, Nayeon, Park Jungsik, and Lee Changu. Search teams were built around each of them.
"Today we'll search the southern sector. We'll go farther than usual."
Garam pointed at a map he'd roughly drawn over the course of the week. The four teams would move freely but stay within a certain distance of each other. The team leaders carried transceivers that would beep if anyone drifted too far. This approach had been adopted because of potential unknown dangers. In the forest, the ogre truly lived up to the title of king. Seven or eight Keepers getting wiped out without landing a single hit wasn't an unusual picture. To prepare for that, each search team moved within range to support the others at any moment.
"If you're in crisis or discover the ogre, press the receiver and send a signal."
Wondering if sticking together was the problem, we'd tried spreading out more — but as I'd said, it hadn't helped.
"Then before we depart... a moment..."
Nari, who had been standing behind Garam, stepped forward. The Commander was as always, unchanging, like a blade. A week of standing still would have dampened most people's spirits, but she was sharp as ever, as if ready to cut anything down.
"These past seven days, you've truly worked hard. Thank you for your efforts. Today is the final search. Whether we get results or not, let's burn everything we have until the end. And I will make sure to repay you."
There was power in Nari's voice. Even if you were a little tired, that voice made you feel like you could keep moving. Perhaps because of that, the people's energy seemed to shift slightly. Was that the power of a Commander? Or the power of the word repay?
"Then we'll depart immediately."
Each Keeper gathered with their team. Nari was on the same team as Nayeon, and only in the moment their eyes met did her expression soften slightly. It returned quickly, but she still looked exhausted. That was definitely the weight of being Commander.
"...Who are you looking at?"
"Huh?"
I turned my face, but Keira's face... wasn't visible. Because of the hood. But the eyes visible through it were sharp.
"Ah, the Commander. She looked tired."
"Where to?"
"You can tell just by looking. The same way I read your expressions?"
I was pretty good at reading Keira's expressions now. Even when they seemed the same, subtle differences showed. All of that was because I loved her.
"...Nice try. But that just means you were staring at the Commander the whole time."
"Huh? Is that how it works?"
I'd thought I'd scored a point, but it seemed I'd walked straight into a trap. Wait a second—
"Elena, come over here."
"Yes, Lady Keira. What is it?"
Elena was absolutely obedient to Keira. There was clearly some deal between them that I didn't know about.
"Stand next to him."
"Like this?"
Keira stood on my left, Elena on my right. And both of them linked arms with me at the same time. Soft. Soft. My left arm was practically buried between Keira's breasts. It felt incredible. I wished my right arm was the same, but the armor made that impossible. Still, some skin was exposed near her armpit, and that was strangely warm and nice too.
But both of them were still wearing their perception-blocking robes. To other people — even to Garam — they looked like massive, hulking men. Which meant I currently looked like I was stuck between two giant bruisers, hopping from foot to foot.
"Keira, can you let go? I was wrong."
"What did you do wrong?"
"That's..."
I couldn't bring myself to say it. I realized that admitting what I'd done wrong wouldn't change the situation.
You know that and you're still doing this?
We're just playing around, right?
Sometimes it was better not to say anything.
"Jungmin, do you not like us doing this?"
"No, I don't dislike it. It's just..."
The problem was that my image among the crew members seemed to be crumbling.
"Jungmin, riding the bus again today, huh?"
Garam said it with a laugh. That hyung was the problem. Because of him, I'd gotten a weird nickname — the so-called Bruiser Bus. Damn it. The really annoying part was that I actually was basically riding a bus. I wanted to get stronger fast. Catching up to Elena was unrealistic, but at least to Keira's level.
"This is new territory from here on."
Two hours into the search, we'd finally managed to push past the previously explored area.
"Keira, any unusual presence nearby?"
"Nothing. Just ordinary animals."
In this Gate, all you could encounter were animals, plus large wolves and bears. The ogre that was supposed to appear was a legendary existence.
"Let's go this way. The other teams will be covering the other directions."
Garam was mainly the one deciding directions. All because my oracle on the first day hadn't been particularly useful. Another ten minutes like that. Garam, walking ahead, stopped and pressed his hand to the ground.
"Footprints."
"Bear prints?"
We found footprints often — mostly bear prints. Bears and ogres were similar in size, so at first we'd gotten excited thinking we'd found it.
"No, this time it's real. Look here."
Garam showed me the large footprints, but I couldn't tell what was different. Elena spoke instead.
"The smell is foul."
"Bingo. The stench is different from a bear's."
Thinking about it that way, it made sense. But honestly, I was just amazed they could tell the difference.
"This way."
Force started entering Garam's voice. It felt like the end of a long journey was coming into view. The footprints continued. Even when they broke off once, going a little farther revealed the same prints again.
"Here."
Another ten minutes later, we arrived in front of a cave — a natural cave carved into the mountainside.
"There's a large space inside, and I can sense life force."
Keira immediately scanned the interior.
"Just one. I can't be certain it's an ogre, but the life force is far greater than anything we've seen so far."
"Then let's go in."
"I'll take the lead."
Elena walked steadily inside. In the forest it might be different, but inside a cave, an ogre couldn't beat Elena. Aside from the cave collapsing, there were no variables.
Chomp, chomp.
The moment we entered the cave, we heard a sound — the sound of something eating. We looked at each other once, then ran forward again. This was truly the end. That feeling settled over us.
Whoosh.
The moment we reached the inner chamber, Elena created a sphere of light and floated it up. The cave that had only been partially visible under the suit headlamps lit up in an instant. And there was the ogre. The three-meter bulk we'd only heard about was tearing into a wolf's leg, then covering its eyes against the sudden light.
"Found it!"
I raised both hands and shouted with joy — and as if responding to that cry, the ogre's head exploded.
BOOM!
"Huh? What the..."
I couldn't even lower my hands as I blankly watched the ogre's head burst. And someone rose up from the ogre's neck, replacing where its head had been.
Skin red as blood. Two horns rising from either side of its head. Small wings fluttering behind its waist. A heart-shaped tail.
"Succubus! Everyone run!"
Elena shouted and raised her shield, but before light could even emerge from it, pink smoke poured out from all directions.
Hissss.
"Then... see you all in your dreams."
Something was said, but in an unknown language. More than that, my eyelids were heavy. My body slowly toppled forward. The last thing I saw was Garam desperately trying to operate something.
I was thrusting my hips up hard.
"Haaah! Hngh, ah!"
Matching me, Keira let out moans. Seeing her — who was usually so openly cold — get that hot doubled the pleasure all by itself. Even now, my cock grew larger.
"Haa, Jungmin, you're so big today... ah."
"So you don't like it?"
"Hngh, no, I love it. Because it's yours, Jungmin, I love it so... slurp, mmph."
I pulled her into my arms and shared saliva. Then I switched positions and climbed on top. Cowgirl was nice for the view, but it never quite satisfied me. Right now I wanted to pound with everything I had.
Thud, thud, thud, thud.
"Hngh, hngh, ah, aaah!"
Keira cried out deliciously. At those cries my cock grew even more excited, and her cries grew even more delicious again. And at the end of those cries, my cock cried out with her.
Gulp, gulp.
"Haaaaah!"
She raised her nails and pressed them into my back, but it didn't hurt at all. I pushed my hips in even deeper, just the way she wanted.
"Haa, haa..."
I pressed my cum-smeared cock against her limp form. Keira lapped at the semen with her tongue.
"Me too..."
Then suddenly another person joined in. It was Elena. Naked, she also started licking the remaining cum from my cock.
Huh? Why Elena? Keira was right here too?
At the unbelievable sight, blood rushed back into my cock. It was an expression of will that this couldn't end with just tongues.
"Mmph, haah."
The cock's rebellion was subdued by Keira's mouth. Elena, who had been playing around, took the balls beneath my cock into her mouth.
"Hap."
At the novel experience I barely held back from cumming. But soon another wave of pleasure crashed over me. With both of their tongues and mouths moving without rest, I couldn't keep my wits about me.
"Slurp, suck."
"Haah."
"Ugh..."
But my mind kept sending signals that this was strange. These two would never do this. Even if Keira had gone mad with lust, even if Elena had lost her senses to desire, there was a line between the two of them that they wouldn't cross. Unless this was a dream.
...Dream?
That seemed to have been the keyword. Everything around me vanished in an instant. Keira sucking my cock, Elena mouthing my balls, the bed supporting me, the room the bed was in — everything disappeared, leaving only a black void. And the red-skinned woman I'd seen earlier, the Succubus, appeared.
"Well, not bad for a human."
The succubus licked her own lips with her tongue. What would it feel like to shove my cock between those lips?
...Get a grip!
"Oh ho, you're actually pretty good? You've got talent."
The succubus approached and pressed a finger to my chest. Then she slowly dragged her finger down, and that alone made me feel like I was going to cum. The way she looked at me, the movement of her finger, the nipples she casually showed, the thighs she naturally rubbed against me — everything about the succubus stimulated me.
"...Is this a dream?"
"It is a dream."
At some point we were both naked, lying on a bed. The succubus's red skin had changed to my flesh tone.
"How do I get out?"
"You just have to satisfy me."
The succubus rested her head on my chest and looked up at me. It was the pose Keira often did with me — the one I liked best. She had already changed into Keira.
Alright. So that's how you want to play?
"For the record, I prefer the red skin."
"Is that so? You know a thing or two about women, don't you?"
Keira's skin turned red.
"The wings are nice too, and the tail, and the horns — I love them all."
"Aha, I see. That was your type? You should have said so earlier."
The succubus returned to her original form. Exactly like a demon from a novel, she straddled me.
Throb, throb.
My cock expressed its will first.
I'm never going to die. What about you?
Same here.
I ruthlessly drove my cock into the valley the succubus had spread open.
"Haaaahngh!"
Even her voice was so seductive. Normally I would have cum freely. But right now I had steeled myself with firm resolve. I might ride the bus in other things, but I would absolutely not lose at this. This was a man's pride.
Bring it on, you damn bitch!