Trace of the Ancient Spirit
The term ancient spirit refers to something entirely different from the usual four elemental spirits. These are primordial beings from the dawn of time. The raw power they possess is weak on its own, but the better the resonance between spirit and contractor, the more devastating the force they can unleash.
Who was it again? There had to be one guy up on the highest floor. The one who formed a contract with an ancient spirit and used its power to clear the trials. From what I remembered, he wasn’t exactly a good person. Since we only met near the end, he’d also been one of the poor bastards sacrificed to Yoo Dahui’s rampage. Still, the item itself was quite valuable. So why the hell was this woman handing it over to her?
“This is…”
“It’s called the Trace of an Ancient Spirit. I received it from an acquaintance. I wanted to repay you for what happened on the 0th floor.”
“Repay me?”
“Yeah. You saved me, Dahui. Think of it as a gift.”
Yoo Dahui accepted the stone in a daze. The ‘Trace of an Ancient Spirit’ sparkled with five different colors, instantly drawing her gaze.
“You’re giving me something an acquaintance gave you?”
“Mm-hmm.”
“Why?”
“I already told you. It’s my way of saying thank you for saving me.”
Elysha glanced at Yoo Dahui’s face, then asked anxiously, “You… don’t like it?”
“The person who gave it to you probably expected you to use it, right? It feels a little wrong for me to take something they gave with sincere feelings.”
“It’s fine. Elena has plenty more where that came from.”
“…Elena?”
Yoo Dahui seemed confused by the name that felt both familiar and foreign.
Elena Trigard. The undisputed number one responsible for the entire Academy. Come to think of it, I hadn’t realized Elysha and Elena knew each other. When Elysha had shown up at Elena’s quarters, I’d gotten a vague sense of it, but I never imagined they were close enough to hand over an item like this.
“Yeah. Elena. The elf who was wearing armor earlier today. She’s a friend from our original world.”
“Ah.”
Yoo Dahui seemed to grasp the situation. It wasn’t impossible to meet people from your original world. The only condition was that the person summoned first had to stay alive until the second one arrived.
When Yoo Dahui looked like she was about to refuse, Elysha pushed the Trace of the Ancient Spirit toward her and said, “Dahui saved my life. I was about to suffer something horrible, but thanks to you I survived. I’ve wanted to repay you for so long, but I had nothing to give. I’m really glad I can finally do this. Here!”
Elysha begged with her whole heart. The unwritten rule is to refuse a gift of pocket money only once, so Yoo Dahui pretended to lose the argument and accepted it.
“…Thank you.”
“No, thank you. I believe you’ll pass the test and gain incredible power, Dahui.”
Elysha clenched both fists tightly and cheered her on.
“I should get going. Eloin and Elbaren are both waiting for me like idiots.”
“See you tomorrow.”
As Elysha walked farther away, I waved too, but she completely ignored my greeting.
Fucking bitch.
“Hmm…”
Yoo Dahui kept turning the stone over in her hands. Information should have been popping up, yet she looked deep in thought.
“You take it.”
“Sorry?”
After long deliberation, her conclusion was to hand the Trace of the Ancient Spirit over to me.
“I think you’ll be able to use it better than I could, Jinwoo.”
“You just received this as a gift and you’re giving it away? I won’t say no, but still.”
“Don’t say no. Just take it.”
Why was she giving it to me? I could come up with a dozen theories, but none of them explained this particular action.
“…I just want us to survive together for a long, long time.”
“……”
Yoo Dahui muttered the words while trying to hide her flushed cheeks. At this point, she seemed to have decided she was strong enough. If not, she could always aim for the next round.
“So you’re saying I’m weaker than you?”
“You are weak. Kim Jinwoo, you’re ridiculously weak.”
“Ridiculously…?”
“Ahem!”
Yoo Dahui nodded confidently at my question. Anyone listening would think there was an overwhelming gap between us. Never mind that I was still hiding half my actual power.
Maybe it was time to put the mask on and give her a proper lesson.
We grabbed lunch and spent the rest of the day wandering around. Touring the Academy, watching the other players—it was surprisingly enjoyable.
“K-Kim Jinwoo Player!”
A crowd had gathered in front of the human dormitory. The moment Choi Sungyoon spotted us, he shouted urgently. All the players’ attention swung toward us. From within the crowd, Elena walked forward wearing casual clothes.
“Is that the Elena Elysha mentioned?”
“Yeah.”
“Hmm. Is she sick? Her walk looks a little off.”
Yoo Dahui studied Elena like a detective. Sure enough, Elena’s legs were trembling faintly. It was the kind of tiny tremor no one would notice unless they were looking closely.
“Kim Jinwoo Player? Do you have a moment?”
“Yes, well…”
Elena shot a quick glance at Yoo Dahui, clearly signaling that she wanted to speak with me alone. Yoo Dahui smiled awkwardly and whispered that she’d see me tonight.
“Mr. Choi Sungyoon? Please disperse the players. We’ve found Kim Jinwoo Player, so…”
“Understood.”
Leaving the cleanup to Choi Sungyoon, Elena led me to a secluded area. The fewer people around us, the more intense her trembling became. It seemed the vibrator I’d left inside her was working perfectly. I felt a surge of satisfaction.
It was that hazy time when streetlights were just about to flicker on. The deserted spot had a certain atmosphere—romantic, yet eerie.
Elena shoved me roughly against the wall. Her eyes burned with fierce heat, sending blood rushing straight to my cock.
“Kim Jinwoo.”
“You should call me Master.”
“Khh… You damned bastard…”
Elena ground her teeth as she glared at me.
“Oh? Using commands already? Do you want to put on an outdoor exposure masturbation show right in front of other players?”
“Outdoor… exposure…?”
“Public masturbation in the open air.”
“You filthy piece of trash!”
Her face flushed crimson as she burst out yelling, then immediately scanned the surroundings to make sure no one was passing by.
“Why did you come all the way to the dormitory? Just say what you want.”
“Fine. I’ll get straight to the point.”
Elena steadied her breathing and spoke gravely.
“I met a welcome guest, so I burned away the semen you left in my womb.”
“Welcome guest? You mean Elysha?”
“…How do you know Lady Elysha?”
“Oops…”
Elena stared at me with a truly murderous expression. Without the Submission Oath, that single sentence probably would have killed me. The killing intent was suffocating.
“She’s a colleague who climbed the tower with me.”
“Colleague? You? Pluto’s dog, a black magician, and Princess Elysha?”
“Yep.”
Elena’s eyes widened in disbelief as she stared at me. When her gaze asked the question again, I nodded as firmly as I could.
“Y-you didn’t lay a hand on Princess Elysha, did you? If you did…!”
“If I did?”
“Even if I had to sell my soul to the devil, I would make absolutely sure to kill you!”
“I didn’t touch her. Calm down.”
Like someone had pressed her outburst button, Elena shrieked. Her reaction was even more sensitive than when she had given me her virginity.
I grinned and murmured slyly, “Keep acting like this and I might just touch her after all… It all depends on how you behave.”
“What…?”
“Pull down your pants. Didn’t you come here because your womb was itching?”
“That’s not why.”
“Then why did you come?”
Elena hesitated, mumbling. Her face slowly turned red, as if she found the situation embarrassing herself. Her pointed ears—different from a human’s—twitched.
I’d read descriptions of it before, but seeing it in person was something else.
“Just… to have the Submission Oath released…”
An absolute binding contract that forces the target into submission to Kim Jinwoo.
Grants shared regression memories but can only be formed with genuine consent.
Currently active on Elena Trigard.
“Right, right, I already know that. Have you picked out a name for the kid yet?”
“There’s no way I’ve thought about that!”
“Well, getting pregnant first and thinking about it later isn’t a bad order either.”
“Don’t touch—!”
I slipped my hand under Elena’s top and played with her soft breasts. She twisted, trying to pull my hand away. Did she really intend to push me off? It felt more like a tantrum.
My hand stayed on her.
“If I don’t touch you, how are you going to cum? Or do you want to move on your own? I’m fine with that too.”
“Ugh… You damned bastard! Nngh…!”
Elena’s resistance weakened considerably. She was accepting my touch. My hand naturally drifted lower. I lifted her waistband and felt the smooth mound beneath her panties. Her already soaked pussy breathed hotly against my fingers.
Even though it was a deserted spot, we were still inside the Academy where players could walk by at any moment. The thrill was intoxicating.
“You talk so harshly, yet you’re secretly accepting everything. As expected, our dear commander seems to enjoy this kind of thing quite a bit.”
“Who’s your commander?! I am the sacred sword that protects Alvheim! Central 1st Knight Commander…!”
“You’re Pluto’s slave now, aren’t you? No, wait. Pluto-sensei handed all his slaves over to me, so that makes you my slave, Commander. Pull down your pants.”
“Khh… Using commands again…!”
Elena slowly lowered her own pants. A pink string protruded from her anus. The switch had been secured against her groin. It looked incredibly obscene.
Thanks to the vibrator, her shapely ass was dripping with thick love juices. No additional foreplay was necessary.
Smack!
“Ahk!”
I slapped her ass hard. Given the location, anything resembling a normal position was out of the question. Without needing instruction, Elena braced her hands against the wall and pushed her hips back.
While lowering my own pants, I teased her. “You’re doing well even without commands. Our commander has real talent as a slave.”
“Shut up. Keep your mouth closed!”
“Unfortunately I don’t have any praise stickers today, so I’ll just cum quickly instead. Sound good?”
“…Do whatever you want! Hng…”
Squelch.
There was a slight resistance, but it slid in smoothly. Elena’s pussy swallowed my entire length to the root. The warm, wet flesh made me feel like I might finish immediately.
Thrust. Thrust.
“Ah! Ang! Haht…!”
“Sip, this angle is a little awkward…”
I moved my hips, trying to find a decent height. With the sharp eyes of a raptor hunting prey, I adjusted my center of gravity. While searching for the right position, I ended up ejaculating anyway.
Spurt. Spurt.
“Aaaahhh…!”
As Elena reached climax, her pussy clamped down hard. At the same time, her pointed ears fluttered wildly.
Smack!
I slapped her ass again, hard enough that she would feel like she’d properly received her due. As everyone knew, Elena was an absurdly powerful monster. At the current stage, would Yoo Dahui need to regress around a thousand times to beat her? Without me in the picture, a thousand regressions might actually do it.
“Commander, why are you so sensitive?”
“Ah… Aang…”
“Can’t even speak properly?”
When I pulled out, her pink folds spat out semen. Thick globs dripped onto her pants and the dirt floor. Elena belatedly came to her senses and tried to scoop it back up.
“It’s already all out.”
“Th-this couldn’t be helped…”
The vibrator was still buzzing away. Elena’s hips continued to tremble.
“Please… please take this thing out. It keeps me constantly aroused. I can’t focus on anything…”
“Ah.”
While pressing something like a sealing sticker over her mound, Elena muttered. Yeah, leaving it on nonstop would make daily life impossible. It would feel like a permanent, uncomfortable erection. I’d only put it in so she would cum in front of other people. From now on, I’d only activate it when others were around.
“Okay. I’ll go easy on you. I’ll only turn it on inside the testing grounds tomorrow.”
“……”
“What? You don’t like that? Then I’ll raise the intensity to maximum and leave it on all day…”
“No! I was just… so moved that I…”
That gaze full of dissatisfaction, that murderous glare—it had left a scar in my heart.
“Your eyes didn’t look moved at all.”
“That’s not it… I really was moved…”
“Then say it properly. Thank you, Master.”
“What…?”
“Thank you, Master.”
She had even forgotten to pull her pants back up. Elena hung her head, clenched her fists until her knuckles turned white. Fat tears rolled down her cheeks.
“Th-th-thank… you… M-Master…”
“Good girl. Our commander really does have talent for being a slave. I actually found it a little difficult to call you Master myself.”
The masked woman suddenly came to mind, so I genuinely praised Elena and even stroked her head. Turning off the vibrator immediately afterward was a nice touch.
“Hic…”
“This is real emotion.”
For some reason, Elena began crying in earnest. I pulled my pants up, took a handkerchief from my inventory, and offered it to her. She accepted it only to throw it onto the dirt and wipe her tears with her sleeve instead.
“There’s going to be an incident at the human dormitory. Come immediately and handle it.”
“Hic…”
Elena kept sobbing without even bothering to pull up her pants. I left her there and headed toward the human dormitory.
And then—
It was still a little early, but—
“Wow, already?”
The human dormitory had descended into complete pandemonium.