607 Side Story – The Hero’s Melancholy (12)

607.

The sharp pain makes me a little more lucid. But no matter how I look at it, the situation is unfavorable.

From the start of my adventure, I had near-perfect physical abilities, but my biggest weakness was status ailments.

As expected, it’s Riel, who’s been with me through thick and thin. She knows that the most effective way to take me down is with status ailments.

Still, I never expected her to go as far as creating a different dimension.

Riel with her black wings spread wide. Normally, it would look cute, but to me now, she looks like a ruthless final boss.

“Are you okay? You’re bleeding from your leg… If you surrender, I’ll heal you right away. Of course, after that, you’ll have to bear our children, though…”

“I’ll never surrender!”

I put strength into my good leg and quickly distanced myself. Even as I approached the edge of the clearing, Riel remained relaxed. As if she could subdue me at any moment now.

The clearing and the forest outside the clearing. They looked no different. But the moment I tried to reach out beyond the clearing, something invisible firmly blocked the way.

If this place is a different dimension free from Rene’s rule, as Riel explained, then it’s probably impossible to use Over Exceed Drive. Besides, I decided not to use Over Exceed Drive, so using it would essentially mean my defeat.

“Just so you know, you can’t escape outside this space. You already ‘declared’ it yourself, didn’t you, Yongsa-nim? That the battle space is limited to this clearing. That declaration was part of the ritual to create this other dimension.”

Since when? When did Riel prepare such an amazing skill? Definitely not since yesterday. Probably much longer ago than that.

Imagining what intention Riel might have had in developing a skill to target me makes me shudder a little.

For example, if I were to have an affair, or abandon my wives and go on an adventure alone… Could she have prepared a deterrent for such times? Right now, it’s just a clearing, but she might try to trap me in another small space…

Ah, no, there’s no way Riel would harbor such scary thoughts. The overall appearance is that of a fearsome succubus queen, but her face is still Riel’s. There’s no way such a lovely wife would plan such a scary thing… right?

“Greater Healing Blessing.”

I could see Celina and Blade, who had been caught in my Brave Sword, being healed by Riel’s skill. Everyone was working together to slowly, but carefully, close in on me.

“Like I said, I have no intention of running away…!

The most important thing to watch out for is Celina and Riel. The two of them use skills that inflict status ailments. I couldn’t afford to lose focus on their magic flow even for a moment.

And then there’s Elena. I wondered why she was holding an unfamiliar weapon, but it seems it was a magic item that had a high probability of inflicting stun.

This is truly a desperate crisis. Defeat doesn’t mean death, but losing means losing something precious.

But that’s why I could feel a thrill rising from deep within my heart.

“Oh my? You’re smiling? I don’t remember casting an illusion…”

“He must have given up. Now, let’s get him to obediently bear our children. To bear all of our children, his womb won’t have a moment to rest, you know?”

“No. Those aren’t the eyes of someone who’s given up. The more cornered he is, the stronger he becomes, that’s what he’s proven in all his adventures. I’d say the real battle starts now.”

“That just makes me look forward to when we catch him even more, you know? The moment when Master-nim, who’s shining so brightly right now, admits defeat with a frustrated face and accepts being pregnant… Ah, ah…!”

Even as they were talking nonsense, the encirclement gradually narrowed. And when they reached a sufficient distance, Riel’s tentacles were the first to charge at me.

“As if I’d be taken down by some tentacles…!”

“Did you forget? All the fluids my tentacles secrete are extremely potent aphrodisiacs. Yongsa-nim, in your current state, you’re done for with just one touch!”

Thanks for reminding me. Not that I didn’t know.

As Riel said, it’s a harsh condition: I can’t touch the tentacles or the fluids they secrete. But I have no choice but to make it work somehow.

Bwuung-.

The True Abyss Sword cuts through the bundle of tentacles. From the severed surface, the tentacle fluid gushed out with the force of a burst water pipe.

There’s nowhere to retreat. The direction my body must take is forward. I charged towards the source of this mess, Riel.

“Paralyze.”

Celina had somehow approached me from the right. But I had already anticipated it.

Status ailment skills like Riel’s Temptation, Celina’s Paralyze, and Sleep are the type that directly interfere with the target’s body. Their range is surprisingly short, and their weakness is that they are only effective on targets that are visible at the moment the skill is activated.

In other words, if you move out of sight the moment you sense the skill being activated, you can avoid it.

“Huh… he disappeared?”

Yesterday’s match was just a game. With my true speed, I got behind Celina. Reducing the number of opponents by even one… That’s what I thought, but then a sharp blow came flying towards my stomach.

Chaeeeng-!

Blade’s Swift Strike. It was definitely fast, with Boost Speed activated. After delivering the blow, Blade immediately distanced himself. His movements were designed for hit-and-run from the start.

And while I was distracted by Blade for a moment, this time, tentacles and status ailment magic came at me simultaneously.

“Sleep!”

A skill that induces drowsiness. This time, Celina was far enough away that there seemed to be no way to escape her sight. Except for one place…!

There’s no other choice. Without hesitation, I jumped into the wriggling mass of tentacles.

“Heugeueut…!”

Tentacles resembling dicks crawled over my bikini armor-clad body, leaving behind a sticky liquid. All the liquid the tentacles secreted was high-purity aphrodisiac.

Thanks to hiding in the forest of tentacles, I was able to avoid Celina’s Sleep, but it wasn’t exactly something to be happy about. In an instant, the skin all over my body became as sensitive as the mucous membrane of a sex organ. Sweet moans involuntarily escaped my lips.

“Isn’t he an idiot…? If you go in there in your current state, your mind will be completely pickled…”

“Checkmate, I guess.”

The atmosphere is that the match has already been decided. Everyone seemed to have given up, not even thinking of inflicting additional status ailments on me, who was already soaked in aphrodisiac.

Yes, it’s a level of pleasure that an ordinary human could never resist.

But for me…

For me, who has been on countless lewd adventures…

For me, who has overcome countless lewd endings…!

“Giga Thunder!”

The intense electric shock instantly caused the tentacles that were binding my body like a small prison to explode. Everyone around me widened their eyes in surprise at the scene.

“Y-Yongsa-nim resisted pleasure…? He shook off the temptation of immense pleasure that even an adult couldn’t withstand…? Yongsa-nim did?”

The point they’re surprised about is a little strange… But they weren’t just surprised. Celina and Riel immediately prepared status ailment magic, while Elena and Blade each grabbed their weapons and tried to approach me.

But the encirclement had already collapsed. I shot through the collapsed encirclement like an arrow. At a speed that wouldn’t even reach their sight.

“Huk, huk… eu, euheuut…”

I somehow managed to break free with sheer willpower, but the effects of the aphrodisiac were still flowing through my body. Even the slightest breeze touching me sent overwhelming pleasure piercing through my mind.

“What are you planning to do? Running away won’t change anything. If you obediently admit defeat, we’ll at least violate you gently.”

She’s not even rushing. Riel was looking at me from a distance with a truly regretful expression. Of course, the tentacles were diligently crawling up from under her feet.

Elena with her stun hammer and Celina preparing status ailment magic were also approaching. At this distance, there’s no way to escape their sight. The moment they reach effective range is the end.

I have no choice but to try it.

To be honest, I don’t know if this will work.

But there’s no other way. I have to try.

According to what I confirmed a little while ago, this space is now separated from the original world. I felt a solid wall.

A wall. If there’s a wall, that means it can be broken. Probably.

Shouldn’t I be able to break through a wall that separates worlds with my current power?

I focused all my power into the sword. My strength, my magic, my energy flowed into the sword.

Not the new version of the Brave Sword, which was modified to increase energy efficiency, but the old version of the Brave Sword, which puts everything into one strike. I swung it towards the wall of the other dimension.

“Brave Sword!”

Believing that my strongest skill, which has helped me overcome most of the difficulties in my adventures so far, would be the solution this time as well.

However…

Kiaaaaaaaang-!

My Brave Sword, which collided with the wall of the other dimension with a tremendous metallic sound, shattered as it was. The empty space remained an empty space, and I could still feel the solid wall.

“This, this can’t be…”