[41. The Territory War (3)]
[AREA 1 HAS BEEN OCCUPIED.]
War erupts without warning.
High on the tower, a blue flag flutters in the wind. Below it, a crystal sphere drifts lazily in mid-air. Touch the damn thing and the territory is yours.
The area itself is tiny. No defensible terrain, nothing for a siege. ‘That’s because it was never meant to be held in the first place.’
War is nothing but endless combat. The place exists only to force battles. Nothing more.
Ally pulled a staff from her inventory. A fancy red crystal embedded in the handle. Looks pathetic next to the junk gear from floors one and two, but since we hit floor three, investing in weapons is the only real option.
“Let’s head to area five,” she said, already walking.
Fren followed right behind her, staff gripped so tight his knuckles were white. The twins’ tense backs were funny. I couldn’t stop laughing.
The path between areas was a straight line. Trees pressed in from both sides, thick enough to hide a guerrilla ambush. The vibe screamed “try me.” On top of that, the trail was disgusting—slimy mud, buzzing bugs, and a stench that made you want to puke.
Tension alone would kill your focus. In a fight like this, winning was the same as losing. Both sides would be wiped out.
We made it to area five without a single interruption. Early stage, no one had clashed yet.
War guilds always pick the zones they’re facing as their starting point. The Black Skull Guild was probably just rolling out. I spotted the wall of area five up ahead. Way taller than the rest. Perfect for holding, no doubt.
“Please… please…” Ally muttered as we stepped in.
But the Black Skulls were already waiting. Three of them, standing under the tower, hand hovering over the crystal like they were deciding whether to grab it.
“KHAHAHAHAHA! Try squeezing a nymph’s skull for me!”
“We’ve been waiting for you idiots!”
“KRRRR!”
Three of them, not one. The choice they made made sense to them. From our side, the math was simple: no full-out war, no 1v1, so ambush with water magic was the only play left.
Three people per area for defense. Two hours against these guys was suicide. And 1v1 win, 2v1 lose—duh.
Matching tactics, not really. More like “whatever, we’ll see.”
“Ugh… haa… hah…”
Three on three, face to face now.
The nymphs stared at the Black Skulls, eyes wide with fear. Ally’s staff hand trembled hard.
“Argh.”
I drew my sword and stepped in front. No one else was stupid enough to stand there.
“If you’re a mercenary, act like one. If you die, those nymphs won’t lift a finger to help.”
“Shut your mouth, you smell like shit.”
“Scared of a human? That tiny body can be folded in half.”
The orc shaman spun his club in wide arcs. Smoke started drifting out as he muttered something.
“KRRRRRR!”
The lion-man’s eyes turned blood-red. He breathed the smoke deep, muscles swelling.
“This is unnecessary, dumbass.”
The dark elf knight frowned. He wasn’t about to go berserk.
KRWAAANG!
The lion-man charged. One leap and he was right in my face. CLANG!
His claws slammed into my sword. Heavy impact.
“Clp.”
I actually laughed. Too weak. Couldn’t hold it back.
But I kept the grin hidden. Black Skull, red-haired merc company… enjoy the show, assholes.
“KRRRRK! Hunt time tonight!”
“Lunch is lion meat today, you shit!”
I blocked, swung my blade. Slowed down just enough to parry. Kept dodging, stayed alive.
“───!”
Ally started chanting behind me. Words I couldn’t understand, flames blooming on her staff.
“Kupin! Block her!”
“You don’t need to tell me!”
The dark elf knight bolted toward Ally.
I could’ve blocked it, but I let it through on purpose. She wouldn’t have stopped a move like that.
“Stupid brat, get lost!”
“Don’t ignore me!”
Dark elf and nymph crashed together. Ear-to-ear fight. Ear-big vs. ear-little.
SWOOSH!
“───!”
Sound of something slicing. The dark elf’s sword carved a deep gash across Fren’s shoulder. Blood sprayed bright.
“Kuk…”
“You filthy insect. With your useless tricks, you try to stop me?”
Fren couldn’t fight back at all. Dropped his staff and got cut through.
“───!”
Ally was panicking. The barely formed flame on her staff shook wildly.
“Burn!”
FWOOOSH!
It wasn’t finished, so she fired it anyway. Straight at the dark elf.
“Impossible.”
SWOOSH!
The flame got blocked too easily by his sword.
The dark elf cut it down, walked straight toward Ally.
“Fuck.”
── WAANG.
“Block that.”
I summoned a shadow spirit. The solid shadow thing launched at the dark elf.
“PLUTO’S HAND SKILL ACTIVATED!”
I pulled out my black hand and stretched it toward the orc shaman. He backed up two steps, sensing the weird energy.
“UURGH!”
WHAM!
At the same time, I shoved the lion-man hard. He flew off into the distance and crashed.
CLANG!
Shadow spirit blocked the dark elf. As my skill level rose, the shadow got stronger too. A little stronger than me without splitting it.
It held the dark elf while I grabbed Fren and dragged him over. Then I snatched the stupidly standing Ally.
“This idiot shit….”
That cocky attitude from yesterday? Complete bluff. Now I see it was just hiding fear.
“No, we have to take area five…!”
Ally finally snapped out of it and flailed against my side. The soft feeling from her body made me hard without meaning to.
FLUTTER!
The second we left area five, the gray flag flipped to red. Black Skull owned it.
I turned toward area two, watching them.
* * *
“As expected from Pluto’s disciple.”
Ryan followed Kim Jinwu. He learned Jinwu had joined the war.
He didn’t know what the red-haired mercenary company was, but seeing Jinwu there as a mercenary was reason enough to act.
The odds had skyrocketed. Ryan had bet all his coins on the red-haired guys. Three million coins alone. He dumped it because the ten billion he spent to come down to floor three left him almost broke.
“Kill them! Slaughter them!”
“That human standing in front of the lion-man looks like a newborn!”
“What is that nymph chick with the huge tits doing? She’s been chanting for forever!”
“Stupid kids, that’s why. They get excited and can’t even do their jobs. Nymphs are worthless.”
Spectators cheered and shouted insults at the screen. The short fight in area five split the crowd’s temperature hard.
Red-haired merc company kept retreating. Once they started running, they couldn’t do shit. Only Kim Jinwu was strong enough for them to actually escape.
No big tricks. Spectators just called it luck.
The flag kept rising.
After taking area two, the nymphs couldn’t move. Especially Fren. He looked terrible.
“Ugh… ugh… Mom… Dad…”
Nymphs were weak to emotions. They got eaten alive by their own feelings. Strong ones stayed cold to everyone. Suppressing emotion was how they survived.
“Fren, don’t cry. You can’t.”
“Ally… but… but…!”
Ally was the same. She tried to comfort Fren with words, but her own body shook like crazy.
“He’s going to win.”
Everyone except Ryan thought the same. A human couldn’t do it alone.
“What the hell is that?”
“The human pulled out some weird thing! Condom… condom!”
“It’s a condom! That pervert took a cum-covered condom out!”
“Is this humiliation? Finally getting to see it?!”
“Why are you doing humiliation to your own side?”
“You’re human. You can do it, right?”
Spectators started cheering wildly.
When Jinwu pulled out the condom, the Colosseum’s mood flipped.
“Hey, show your tits.”
Jinwu didn’t stop. He gave Ally a creepy order while staring at her.
“What kind of shit is this?! You want me to do something like that to Ally?!”
“Don’t you want to win? Then do what I say!”
Fren gritted his teeth. The display Jinwu showed when they fled from area five proved he was stronger.
Ally had to make the call.
“You said you could do anything. Afraid to show your tits in front of everyone?”
“Hiiiiiiiiiii! I believed in you, human!”
“From today, it’s Kim Jinwu’s!”
“Pluto! Pluto! Pluto!”
“Huh? Who the hell is Pluto?”
Ryan secretly cheered for Pluto in the middle of the crowd. Everyone started yelling “Pluto! Pluto!” randomly.
“Kim Jinwu! Kim Jinwu! Kim Jinwu! Kim Jinwu!”
“Pluto! Pluto! Pluto! Pluto!”
Titania watched the ridiculous show while following Jinwu. Following Ryan.
“Does Ryan…?”
Her head spun.
Then the screen changed.
Ally made her decision.
“Can we really win?”
“After fighting them once, they seem pretty weak.”
Jinwu sounded confident. He wore a mask, so his face was hidden, but his tone was calm.
Ally loosened her robe belt and neck cord. The robe slid down, revealing her cute blouse underneath.
“Here, eat this.”
“Why would you… give that to me! Do it to me instead!”
“Why would I do it to you? You don’t need it. A man with no tits and no pussy— what the hell?”
Ally took the cum-filled condom. Even looking at it made her want to puke.
“As long as we win….”
Even demons sell their souls. She squeezed the condom and gulped down the cum.
“KIEEEEEEEEEEE!”
“He’s fucking her! Kim Jinwu is such a fucking pervert!”
“GOOOOOO!”
“Why is he humiliating his own side?”
“You don’t ask a gentleman that! You think there’s a reason?!”
When Ally swallowed, the spectators screamed like bombs went off.
“From now on, tell me everything that happened.”
“What?”
“The last month. Everything that happened in between. Tell me.”
Jinwu walked up naturally and groped her chest. Over the blouse, but the weight and softness were unreal.
Ally couldn’t push him away. Fren tried to shout and shove, but—
“You bastard…!”
“Go fuck yourself. If you don’t want to die.”
“Kuk…!”
He got pushed back instead. Weak male gets dominated by strong male.
“Victory in 2 hours.”
“Hurry.”
“That… since a month ago… that time…”