86. Pacification Ritual (11)

Succubi don’t only target men.

More precisely, they are closer to being unable to target only men.

Of course, hunting men and exploiting their yang energy is the most satisfying meal.

But how can one only eat delicious things throughout life?

Therefore, succubi’s palates have developed to enjoy various flavors, not just being biased towards one.

Whether it’s a woman or a man, as long as it tastes good, that’s all that matters.

“Ugh, ughhhhp!! Uhp!!!”

“Oh my, does this feel good?”

Buuuuung-

Succubus No. 2, holding a violently vibrating dildo, smiled suggestively as she watched Cassia convulse.

“Mm-hmm. That seems to be her weak spot.”

“Her uterus is throbbing more intensely. It seems she’s slowly starting to accept this situation as sexual arousal. How cute…”

Incubus No. 3 and No. 4, who had created a towel in the mindscape to cover Cassia’s eyes and mouth, ran their sticky hands over her body.

The sticky touch of elite succubi selected by a Demon Worshiper of Lust.

It was not a level of pleasure that Cassia, who had regressed to an inexperienced virgin in her twenties within the mindscape, could endure.

Even if she desperately flailed her fists, each of the elite succubi was quite a powerful practitioner.

With three Incubi giving their all to subdue one woman, how could she possibly resist?

“Ughhhhhhp…!!!”

How long had she been screaming like that?

Hours? Days?

Although she couldn’t precisely track the time in the mindscape, it felt to Cassia as if days had passed.

“St-stop… Please, stop…”

Cassia, having endured the horrific sexual torture, mumbled in a weak voice.

“We can’t find a compromise with this… So, stop now…”

“…Stop now?”

“Yes. Ugh… Even now, this, uhh… stop this act for now…”

“Mm-hmm. Her tone is still rude, isn’t it… No. 3, No. 4. Cover her mouth again.”

“W-wait- Ughhhhp…!”

At No. 2’s command, the sexual torture resumed.

Perhaps it was because she was a former Advanced Explorer, but Cassia’s will did not easily crumble even under the pleasure of a 7cm extra-large dildo ravaging her vagina.

Even in a situation where merely nodding like a yes-man wasn’t enough, she still spoke her mind and held her head high.

“Oh, Great One-isiyeo.”

No. 2 bowed her head to the one who was observing them from afar, the master of their masters, and asked.

No. 2, who had directly witnessed Balkan subduing the Puppeteer last time, showed him even greater deference.

Her respect for him was already comparable to that for the great Demon they had once worshipped.

“Might it be permissible to crush that arrogant female’s inflated ego with a dildo modeled after the Great One’s object?”

“Hmm…”

Balkan was slightly taken aback by No. 2, who was bowing her head almost in a dogeza, but he nodded.

“It’d be good if we could finish it quickly.”

“Thank you!”

Saying so, No. 2 pulled a dildo from her subspace.

Ever since that day, after Balkan declared he had subdued Lilith while navigating the tentacle labyrinth and revealed his object.

A precious item that some Incubi with good observation skills and dexterity had crafted, and which mid-to-high-ranking succubi secretly possessed one by one.

It was a dildo clumsily modeled after the true master’s object.

An object that exuded such overwhelming majesty that it made a 7cm extra-large dildo look like a baby’s peanut dick.

While the detailed parts were quite different… they had succeeded in reproducing its size, curves, and rigidity, which shattered women’s common sense.

“Haa…”

No. 2 gazed at it with an expression that couldn’t hide her ecstasy, then.

Chalbak.

She placed it on Cassia’s Cunt mound.

“Ughhhhp…!!!!”

The moment the heavy weight was felt on a woman’s most sensitive spot, Cassia trembled all over and desperately resisted.

One could even call it a female’s instinct.

This cannot be.

Not this, not this.

If this hard object were to enter her cunt, if it were to roughly crush her soft uterus…

She would cross a river from which there was no return.

“Ah, I get it! I get it!”

Cassia, with her mouth covered, cried out desperately.

“I’ll do everything you want! So, please just stop-”

“-it.” Just before she could say it.

Cassia’s precarious eyes turned towards the man beyond the succubi.

A man in a helmet, pathologically covering his face even within the mindscape.

A physique that revealed immense physical power.

Incubus…

Ah.

Cassia clearly realized who had touched them.

But it was too late.

-I don’t ask for much. Cooperate with the Explorer Association to respond to crisis situations.

She should have realized it then.

The disciple of the Explorer Association leader, and the lover of the retired top-tier explorer Diana.

And a noble who had rapidly inflated his standing to the point of being called a Demon Hunter.

“Balka-”

Tsububuk-!

“Ah-”

***

“Hmm.”

Balkan, having emerged from Cassia’s mindscape, looked at Cassia, who was bound and tied up.

A female with the appearance of being in her 40s, on the verge of spoiling like poorly aged wine.

No, the term ‘female’ was not appropriate for that.

Whether judging by her old, shabby body steeped in greed, or her rotten mindset that condoned danger to achieve her own ambitions.

Rather, ‘scheduled for disposal trash’ would suit her better.

But he couldn’t simply cut off the heads of such trash all at once. Because they had accomplished things.

The trash had colluded with other trash, and had no intention of negotiating properly in the beginning.

How could he make those unwilling to negotiate harbor a desire to negotiate?

The method was simple.

Now that he commanded succubi and was fully accustomed to the power of Incubi, there were more than enough ways to ‘persuade’ the arrogant trash.

Sreureuk-

The elite succubi emerged from Cassia’s mindscape, their faces gleaming.

“The sticky yin energy of a former Advanced Explorer… Haa. It’s ecstatic…”

“It’s a bit of a shame she fainted as soon as the master’s dildo was shoved in… Well, we kept thrusting until she was forcibly awakened, though…”

“How about making a penis-vagina next time? So we can use it together too-”

The succubi, who had been having a conversation that made one’s head spin just by listening, respectfully bowed their heads as soon as they saw him.

“What about the others?”

“Ah. We succeeded in ‘persuading’ all of them.”

Three former Advanced Explorers who were now leaders of medium-to-large clans, and the heads of two mid-sized merchant guilds.

They, who had undergone the same experience as Cassia, accepted ‘unconditional cooperation’ with the Explorer Association’s actions to prepare for the Omen Phenomenon.

It was truly a joyous occasion.

He inwardly applauded their noble spirit of sacrifice, willing to burn themselves for the greater good.

“You’ve worked hard.”

“If it is the Great One’s command, it is only natural.”

If there was one good thing about taking Lilith’s numerous succubi as subordinates.

It was the fact that he could finish in one click what would have taken him days and days of hard work by himself.

Even so, he hadn’t expected that not a single person would notice them being followed continuously since the meeting ended.

‘Well, that just means these guys are competent.’

The Incubi, who should have originally been breaking down Advanced Explorers on the 25th floor, were elite among them, so their skill was undeniable.

“Rather, we feel sorry that only we got to fill ourselves with yin energy… Is it truly alright for the Great One not to enjoy a meal?”

What a meal meant to an Incubus was as clear as day.

Balkan looked down contemptuously at Cassia, whose mindscape had been crushed by pleasure.

“No thanks. Not that kind.”

He felt no sexual desire, not even a shred of liking, for such trash.

Because his affection was barely enough to repay those who had shared their love with him.

To protect them, he could do such things as much as needed.

***

The next day.

Rohain, stepping out for work, pressed his hand to his forehead as he saw the crowd lined up in front of the Association.

“Again…”

It seemed their protest was scheduled to continue today as well.

Clan members, acting on orders from their clan leaders, shouted all day, demanding their unilateral interests.

That in itself was stressful, but the loud protest noise, strong enough to penetrate even soundproofing magic, exhausted the working staff.

Still, they were considerate enough of the Association not to throw food or curse directly at them… but it was ambiguous whether to call that a form of comfort.

“Why did the higher-ups suddenly change their minds?”

However, today, the atmosphere of the protesters was a bit strange.

“I don’t know either. They told us to push the Association as if this was our only chance…”

“As soon as I came to work today, they said they’d raise my salary if I just unconditionally followed the Association’s orders?”

“It’s good for us, but… are the higher-ups all collectively brainwashed or something?”

Because various commotions were heard from the clan members standing in the protest line.

…Something was different from usual.

There were no people vehemently shouting for the protest, as had been the case for the past few days.

A bewildered yet strange current flowed.

Rohain, feeling puzzled, entered the Association building for work.

“Ah, Acting Vice-Association Leader-nim!”

An employee stopped Rohain, who was about to head to his office.

“Yes. What is it?”

“Ah, well, actually. A package…”

The employee subtly glanced at him, when he could have just said it directly.

“What about the package?”

“Well, the sender of the package…”

Rohain’s eyes widened when he saw the sender of the package the employee handed him.

[Sender: Guiltier Clan, Blobseer Clan, Dromas Clan, Dextor Merchant Guild, Hexia Merchant Guild, all members]

[Recipient: Acting Vice-Association Leader Rohain Scorpio-nim, Advanced Explorer Balkan Auster-nim]

“Balkan?”

It was surprising enough that the major clans and merchant guilds leading the protest, including the Guiltier Clan, had sent a package together.

But Balkan being included as a recipient along with himself amplified Rohain’s doubts.

He was just an explorer.

No, to say he was ‘just’ an explorer was inaccurate, as the things he had accomplished and the influence he had cultivated in a short period had grown considerably.

“No way.”

Rohain recalled Balkan, who had said the ‘negotiations’ would likely end anticlimactically.

Honestly, he had secretly thought it was nonsense.

“Did he really persuade them?”

In just one day?

No, to be precise, it didn’t even take a full day.

Rohain, with a feeling of disbelief, tore open the sealed package.

What was revealed was a letter.

[The Guiltier Clan, Blobseer Clan, Dromas Clan, Dextor Merchant Guild, and Hexia Merchant Guild have been deeply impressed by the Explorer Association, the Royal Family, the Order, and other clans and merchant guilds who are struggling to prevent the Labyrinth’s Omen Phenomenon. Everyone is overcoming a difficult period. They are walking a tough path to uphold humanity’s great conviction, without succumbing to the Labyrinth’s dangers. We, too, have been greatly inspired by such actions and offer our unconditional cooperation for this Labyrinth Omen Phenomenon-]

It was a very long letter.

The content was long, but to summarize it simply, it was like this:

[Sorry for being stubborn!!!

It’s unsightly now, but!!

We tried to stab you in the back!!!

That action… we can’t cancel it, but──!!

Please accept us back as comrades!]

Rohain was greatly shocked by the content, which seemed like someone who had run away on their own accord was now crying and begging to be accepted back as a comrade.

“To really persuade them…”

By what means did he persuade those who were only obsessed with their own gains?

Those who had been vehemently protesting until just yesterday?

What on earth had happened last night, while everyone was asleep?

Rohain couldn’t understand it, no matter how much he racked his brain.

He couldn’t understand it, but he knew who had brought about this miracle.

Balkan.

It was his doing.

If so, he too could not stand idly by.

The Explorer Association must protect the Labyrinth’s sole stronghold.

***

In front of Eden’s descending Portal.

The party members, having finished their night of rest, had bright expressions.

Serif and Nate Elin were also the same.

Balkan, ready to plunge back into the Labyrinth, smiled faintly as he looked around at those bustling behind him.

“It’s truly fortunate that so many clans and merchant guilds are offering their help.”

“…Do not worry about Eden’s defenses.”

Where his gaze fell, several clan leaders, including Cassia, who was a former Advanced Explorer, were preparing Eden’s defenses with their clan members.

Following the guidance of the Explorer Association.

They couldn’t bring themselves to meet Balkan’s gaze properly and cast their eyes to the floor.

That was closer to a feeling of terror than shame.

Because it was obvious that if they didn’t follow that man’s words, Incubi would come again at night and roughly tear apart their bodies and minds.

Pleasure beyond human limits was tremendously addictive, yet it also became an object of fear.

“The clan leaders are personally taking part in defense preparations?”

“And the fact that the interest-based protests suddenly turned into Eden’s defense…”

“Something, something is happening…”

Not a few clan members noticed the change in their clan leaders, but their murmurs were gradually drowned out by the sounds of barricades and defensive Relics being installed.

With this, the commotion in Eden had also settled, and he could only hope that everyone would face the disaster with one heart and mind.

“Shall we go now?”

“Yes. We’ve finished replenishing our Divinity!”

“Gajaaak!!!”

With Jubel’s shout, we headed towards the Portal.

Woooong-

And with a slight halo of light, a Wyvern appeared.

Crossing the Portal, even before reaching the 16th floor.

“Wha…”

A Monster from the 16th floor had crossed over to the 15th floor.