The Lust Demon (4)
What the hell is this…? Why isn't the magic coming out?
Aicilia thrashed wildly, but all that came from the tips of her fingers were beautiful snowflakes. Sometimes a pure-white rabbit or a chick would burst out and dart across the ice. Aicilia stared blankly at the hopping rabbit and chick.
It didn't make any sense. She honestly threw magic at it, and all she got was some stupid animal. "Magic won't work. You're my slave."
"Slave? That's ridiculous!"
"It's not a joke. Right now you're following my commands without being able to refuse, aren't you? I don't know the details, but I think your mother's Submission Oath extended to you too. That's what I'm thinking."
"That's impossible… No way…!"
Aicilia twitched violently as if she had completely forgotten that Elena's sword was embedded in her body. Blood spurted out and dyed her pure-white dress crimson.
"Please stop moving."
Elena spoke with concern, but Aicilia ignored her completely.
Her face flushed with rage, contrasting sharply with her white skin and reaching me more intensely. "S-stop…!"
"Can't move? I told you to stay still in case you get hurt. Among all my commands, I picked the one with the least resistance. Your body is supposed to obey it automatically."
"W-what…!"
"Your body is judging that moving now would be harmful, right? Or maybe your subconscious is begging to hold back in front of Elena. Either way, how does it feel? The taste of the Submission Oath?"
Half-assed Submission Oath. If she truly hated it, Aicilia could have refused my command. So I had to craft it in a way that her unconscious would automatically accept.
"First, give me a potion."
"Get the hell out of here, Pluto! I don't need that dirty potion your hand touched!"
"Don't need it? What are you going to do then? You thrashed around, but you still can't move a muscle. What if I just use it?"
"Throw it away, Pluto!"
"And my name is Jinwu, not Pluto. Pluto is my captain. It's been a while, so I should give thanks. But honestly, it doesn't matter what you call me. Call me whatever makes you comfortable."
"Shut up, you bastard!"
"Bastard? It's almost like a nickname. Better than calling it trash."
I poured the potion into the spot Elena had pierced. Elena lowered her sword, and blood gushed from the wound.
"Kyuut…!"
The potion healed Aicilia instantly. It was a much more expensive high-grade one than the one I gave the orc.
"I used a pricey one. This is all debt. You're going to pay it back with your body, understand?"
"Even as a human, even as an elf! What do you think I am…!"
"Hmm… There's a horn on the handle too. Makes me really excited."
"Don't touch my horn!"
In the novel she always carried herself with mature poise, but unlike my expectations, Aicilia just screamed like crazy. Fine, I'll start taming her slowly.
"Elena, drag her up and restrain her."
"Let go of me!"
Elena forced Aicilia to her feet with sheer strength. Aicilia tried to shake off her grip, but it was hopeless. Defeated by her own power, Aicilia twisted and looked up at Elena desperately.
"Elf! Are you really going to obey quietly? Having that kind of power and getting orders from that bastard… Doesn't that piss you off?"
"…Yes. I’m trying to calm my feelings."
"Angry and yet…?"
"You wouldn't understand. You can't possibly know what I'm feeling right now."
Elena gave a self-deprecating laugh. It was the first time I had seen that expression on her face since we met.
"I thought I found a way out, but when I realized it was all a waste… Do you know what it felt like? You wouldn't."
It was Aicilia, the living proof of the Submission Oath's inheritance. My dream of receiving my semen, carrying my child, and breaking the Oath was shattered.
I didn't know how much she had been hoping for it, but the disappointment was clearly heavy. Without a word, Aicilia turned to Elena and spoke.
"I don't know! I can't read minds. Yeah, I guess there's nothing I can do about it. But from now on, we'll overcome it together. If you're with me…!"
"Yes, there's nothing I can do. Right now… you feel it too. You can't escape it no matter what."
"You can find a way out. I'm Aicilia Von White. With time, I can break even this kind of contract."
Aicilia spoke with full confidence. Probably because it was only a half-assed Submission Oath, or because she hadn't tasted true humiliation yet. Elena twisted Aicilia's arm behind her back and locked on the cuffs.
Crack— The surrounding ice began to melt.
"Is my strength draining? Release me!"
"Why didn't you release me until now?"
"…I didn't know you had something like this on your body…!"
Aicilia stomped her feet in frustration. The situation was urgent, but her actions were ridiculous.
"Follow quietly. Once you're bound to Jinwu, there's no way to escape. Just like I'm in this state."
Even suppressing Elena with brute force wasn't enough, and now Aicilia was the one being suppressed. No matter how much she begged, she couldn't get away from Elena.
[Instinct warning — what the character senses]
— She flew over there!
— We definitely ran away because we were scared!
— Catch the dragon!
— Uahahahaha! Follow Heavenly Demon Wang Gohan!
A cloud of dust rose far in the distance. The sounds reaching us revealed their identities. The people who had been fighting Aicilia were pursuing without fleeing, and I couldn't hide my surprise.
Wang Gohan’s gang were pretty tough bastards.
"Wow, those guys are really something."
Even if you saw the same thing, some people feel fear while others feel curiosity. These guys charged in fearlessly to hunt dragons, not out of fear.
"A horned human is a dragon!"
"Catch that girl!"
They were getting close enough to tell each other apart. They wore swords, spears, gauntlets, and cloaks fluttering as they rushed toward us.
I gave Elena a command.
"Free Aicilia's cuffs."
"Hah! You think I'd obey a human?"
Elena naturally unlocked the cuffs. Aicilia shot me a glare with narrowed eyes.
"Look at those guys. What if I abandoned you and left? What kind of situation would you be in? I'm human, after all. As a human, I know. You'd get gangbanged all day by those humans?"
"That kind of dirty thing… A dragon like me having lust for a human…"
"It's not normal, but lust doesn't always have to follow the norm. It's called respecting preferences. That's important."
I casually approached Aicilia and whispered.
Even as a dragon, being female, she was shorter than me in human form.
"In that sense, I think it would be good to take care of these bastards. You won't be able to deny it, right? For you, I'll fire off the magic you’re proud of. Otherwise you'll be completely covered in camouflage, completely full of semen."
"Ridiculous! I'd never listen to your—"
Ch-ch-ch-ch— Ice shards gathered at the tips of Aicilia’s fingers.
"No, this is…"
Aicilia reached out and shot ice shards toward the direction of Wang Gohan’s group. The ice constructs pierced straight through the enemies and kept going. Clang, clang! Fallen enemies left in the dust.
But there were still more players left. "They seem completely absorbed in demon magic."
Players wearing cloaks, even though they weren't human. Greenskins, reptile kids, and beastmen mixed in.
Kwaa-kwa-kwa-kwak! The surrounding ice shattered and flew forward like a storm. It looked almost like telekinesis—countless ice blocks trampled over Wang Gohan’s group.
"They'll get tired soon! Her magic isn't infinite!"
"If we catch the dragon, I'll give everyone here the right to use the shop!"
"Uoooooo!" The brainwashed group didn't stop. They slowly pulled out their swords and prepared to fight.
"Aicilia, you did well."
"Y-you bastard, what the hell are you touching!"
I reached for Aicilia and groped her butt. As a white dragon, it was insanely cold. Thud! Aicilia slapped my hand away. Even though I had given her the command to stay still, it didn't work. But I had no intention of backing down.
I changed the command slightly. "Focus on me."
That way she couldn't slap my hand away.
"Hands off! Don't touch!"
She fired magic while shouting, but only made that clicking sound. "Huu, good job. We’ll have to enjoy the thicker stuff later."
"Uuuu, I hate it! I hate it! Mom… save me…"
I ignored the tearful Aicilia and ran toward Wang Gohan’s group. Using the remaining life force, I activated Physical Reinforcement. With my high Black Magic level, I felt overall average level 5 strength. With the remaining life force, I summoned Pluto’s Hand to support my defense. There wasn't much left, so only three appeared.
"Elf! An elf!"
"An elf? Those guys?"
"Whoa, she's really pretty!"
The crowd that had been rushing in slowed down just before collision.
"Humans and dragons are for capture! Kill that damn bastard!"
A man who looked like Wang Gohan shouted at me.
Countless killing intent poured down on me.
"You want to live as a reptile’s slave while being human?"
"Frogs don’t seem like they have anything to say."
The frog beastman provoked me.
"And that one isn’t my master, I am his master."
"You’re the master? Ha! A human as a dragon’s master. Do you have a death wish?"
Clang! The frog beastman swung his spear decisively. The speed was faster than expected. Overall, the level was high. The Third City players who had raided the golem were on a different dimension from these players.
"Elena! Leave Wang Gohan, kill these guys!"
Fighting these guys could wait. Even in regression, you’d have to fight if you didn’t want to. It was my growth, my responsibility, and cleaning them up quickly was right.
Slash—! Elena cut down over a hundred players in one clean blow. Players fell without even trying to resist.
"Ah…?"
Only Wang Gohan remained. Everyone else had died. I was impressed by the clean skill.
Wang Gohan trembled. Covered in fear, he glared at Elena.
"W-what… What did you say…!"
"What did I say? You’re fucked."
I had a lot I wanted to ask Heavenly Demon Wang Gohan.
"Will you follow quietly, or do you want your limbs cut off first?"
"…If I follow, will you spare me?"
"Yeah, I’ll spare you."
Once I finished my work, I would wait for regression quietly. The time I was given was only two days. After today, there would be only one day left.
Wang Gohan warned Elena while looking at me.
"How can I trust that?"
"If you don’t trust it, what are you going to do?"
Absolute logic. Absolute dominance was on my side. Wang Gohan could decide whether to live or lose his limbs.
"F-follow."
"Good judgment."
I don’t know how strong the man who claimed to be the Heavenly Demon was. But I knew he was weaker than Elena.
"Elena, bind Aicilia."
"Kyuut…!"
Aicilia didn’t resist much and was restrained. She looked like she had retreated one step after seeing Elena’s overwhelming power.
I moved toward the direction Wang Gohan’s group had come from. Since I had come this far, there was no need to return to the hut.
"Time to go to the shop."
Why go back to a comfortable place? Along the way, countless corpses were scattered. Bodies pierced and shattered by Aicilia’s ice.
'This is the power of a 3-star dragon.'
We had only just reached the 2nd floor, yet the dragon had the power to turn countless humans and other races into playthings. Without special talent, players could never close that gap.
"Wang Gohan, everyone knew you as the Heavenly Demon."
"…That was because they envied me for being the Heavenly Demon."
"Right? You couldn’t have been the Heavenly Demon."
Wang Gohan admitted it flatly when I stared at him.
"I don’t think there were any Murim Alliance bastards who knew me, but I wanted to live as the Heavenly Demon for a while. After being summoned to the tower, I had quite a bit of achievement and wasn’t in a big hurry."
"Then you made a cult because you had a lot of followers?"
"You know your stuff. Made the cult and took over the shop. Once I controlled the shop, my influence naturally grew. It really was a life I didn’t mind being envied by the Heavenly Demon…"
Wang Gohan laughed bitterly.
"Just because of that one dragon, it all went to shit."
"A craving that doesn’t match your position always brings disaster. The situation right now is a catastrophe made by a human like you."
Wang Gohan’s words sounded like he was blaming someone else. Aicilia sneered at him.
Why were they fighting and causing all this commotion? Honestly, it had nothing to do with me.
"Both of you shut up. Just now, the Murim Alliance bastards recognized you?"
"…H-heh, after bedding a lot of women, I got branded as a lust demon and became a wanted criminal. Ironically, the women I fucked were angry and demanding more."
"Lust demon? You?"
Wang Gohan, a middle-aged bald man with dirty hair, a lust demon? I had learned Sex Techniques from my master when I was young.