Chapter 124

Chapter 124

Otherworld Demon King Survival Guide.

Episode 124: Let’s Defend The Dungeon! (6)

“I asked who it was!”

Enraged, Vanessa glared at me and shouted. Her ferocity seemed even greater than Reika’s, yet she still appeared beautiful.

I want to possess that woman.

As a demon, my instincts exploded in the presence of a beautiful female I could capture.

Of course, to do that, I had to win, minimizing the damage. These thoughts whirled in my head, and I voiced what I had thought.

“The owner of this dungeon, the Demon King.”

“What did you say…!”

Vanessa’s eyes widened at that moment.

Her eyes were fixed on my face, dark hair with monstrous vertical pupils, and horns of a devil sprouting on that being.

I intentionally wore clothes from the demon world, not regular clothes. Just the visual impact would be a shock. It would be hard to continue speaking.

Currently, Vanessa had dropped her weapon and was carrying the fallen Sister Liza.

Sister Lizahad been hit by a Wind Cutter in her torso. She should be able to heal herself, but I didn’t know why she was down.

Whatever the reason, it was good for me if they couldn’t respond. A decrease in their forces was an opportunity. I needed to use this. I would provoke her with words and then launch a surprise attack.

Even without a weapon, she was a troublesome opponent.

I had to do everything I could.

By making this beautiful knightess mine, the power of the Demon King’s castle would be greatly enhanced.

“Human. Are you trying to flee from me?”

“Kuh…!”

“An ignoble being, you are.”

“What nonsense are you spouting!”

“Ha ha ha, seems like shouting is all you can do. Fine. I’ll spare you. Put down the sister and leave. Outside this dungeon.”

“The sister…?”

Vanessa, expressing doubt, shouted while glaring at me.

“Sister Reika was also killed by you!”

An instinctive realization. She thought Reika had been captured and killed by me. I decided to correct that rich imagination.

“No. Sister Reika is alive.”

“What!”

“I like beautiful women.”

“You, you vile bastard! Release her!”

“Ha ha, I cannot do that.”

ㅡSwoosh.

I raised my hand.

“One last time I say. Hand over the sisters and leave. Then I shall spare you.”

“Are you planning to disgrace the sisters! I can never allow that!”

“Why can’t you?”

“That’s…!”

“Look behind.”

“What!”

Behind Vanessa.

“Uh, uh… Ah…”

Sister Irene, who had briefly fled and then returned upon seeing the dungeon entrance on fire, seemed dazed and staggering, possibly intoxicated by fairy dust.

Honestly, I didn’t expect the sister to be caught so easily. Couldn’t she recover using her holy powers? No, maybe not. She seemed panicked due to her lack of combat experience.

“Poison!”

“Yes, poison. Soon, including the sisters, even you will be intoxicated by the poison.”

“Cowardly act…!”

That’s my way.

To survive, I had to be cowardly. Cowardice could also be a strategy. The courage to be cowardly. The courage to survive by being cowardly.

I had such courage.

Therefore, I was Kim Kyuse, the Demon King of Courage.

“So I say for the last time. Abandon the sisters and cowardly flee. Then you may save your life.”

“Never can I do that…!”

She gritted her teeth and screamed. Will the fairy’s hypnotic dust work on Vanessa too? I didn’t know.

But now she must be feeling the pressure.

To flee or not. Whether to rescue the sisters in this overwhelmingly disadvantageous situation and fight. She must be unable to decide.

“Ha ha ha, is that so. Well, alright. Knightess. Vanessa, was it?”

“Don’t call me with that filthy mouth!”

Stubborn, indeed.

“It’s fine to stay still. Eventually, you will fall. Then, I’ll take you along with the sisters.”

“So you’ve been assaulting women with such despicable methods!”

At that moment.

ㅡThud.

Sister Irene, who had been staggering, fell behind.

“I won’t forgive this!”

ㅡFlash!

Vanessa, who had been carrying Sister Liza, set her down and quickly rolled to grab her sword that was apart from her.

And then!

“Haaah!”

She kicked off the ground and rushed towards me, charging towards the goblin phalanx. What was her plan?

“Kergh!”

As the goblins raised their spears a bit higher.

ㅡBoom!

“Kergh!”

Vanessa jumped over the frontline shield-bearer, stomping on the shield, she leaped towards me, sword aimed. So that was it! She was targeting me to create an opening or take me hostage!

There was no other way now.

But I had expected this.

“Lumica.”

“Yes.”

Calmly calling Lumica, who was squatting in front of me, she stood up and gestured with her hand.

ㅡZzzing!

ㅡZzing.

Deadly streams of water shot out from her hand continuously, directed at the approaching Vanessa.

“Damn!”

For Vanessa, it must have felt like arrows suddenly flying at her face. True to her knightly nature, she deflected the water streams with her sword.

ㅡSplash!

But in mid-air, she couldn’t cut them all, and one hit her in the abdomen! Simultaneously!

“Sharan! Demon Breath!”

ㅡWhooosh!

Calling out Sharan while spewing flames!

“Shaaah!”

The flame obscured Vanessa’s vision. Simultaneously, Sharan, who was waiting, thrust her long spear!

ㅡWhoosh!

“Kuh…!”

The spear pierced beautifully. Sharan’s burst of strength was very powerful. The forceful spear thrust hit her side, and the flying Vanessa crashed into the dungeon wall.

ㅡBoom!

“Let’s go!”

“Shaa!”

Simultaneously, Sharan and I leaped to catch Vanessa!

“Let go!”

“Catch her! Catch her at all costs!”

“Shaaah!”

Like a tag team wrestling match, Sharan and I combined our strength to capture Vanessa! Vanessa tried to struggle, but in her awkward position, she couldn’t immediately shake us off.

“Buriil! Throw away the spear and smash with the stone axe! Beat her! Overpower her!”

“Master! As you command! Kergh!”

“Kergh!”

I gave the permission to issue commands.

“Gasp!”

A startled voice.

“Keryaaah!”

And the enraged shouts of the goblins.

ㅡRatatat!

The goblins, abandoning their spears and rushing over, mercilessly beat Vanessa while avoiding me and Sharan.

ㅡBang!

ㅡBang!

ㅡBoom!

“Hit her! Hit her! Beat her severely!”

“Keraaah!”

“Kergh!”

“Khaaah!”

They delivered a relentless full-body stone axe pummeling service.

“What should we do! What can we do!”

“The humans have broken through!”

“We can’t use magic now, it’ll hit the kids!”

And the panicked voices of the pixies came from behind.

“Lumica! Take the pixies and go to the back! And the fire at the entrance! You said you could extinguish it!”

“Yes! I can extinguish it!”

“Then go and put it out!”

“Got it!”

Lumica responded to my command. There should be no problem then. Now, if we completely capture Vanessa, it’s our victory.

ㅡThwack!

ㅡThwack!

ㅡThwack!

“Khaaah!”

Vanessa, caught and being mercilessly beaten, screamed in agony. No matter that a goblin was wielding it, being hit with a stone axe hurts.

“Shaaah!”

“Hold her!”

Sharan choked Vanessa’s neck, and I firmly grasped her body.

Right now.

“These bastards dare! Khuuk!”

Though she was getting severely beaten by the goblins, there were no noticeable external injuries. She was wearing armor, so it wasn’t visible, but Vanessa was currently utilizing mana.

She was protecting her body with mana. So hitting her wouldn’t be effective until her mana was fully depleted. But if we kept hitting her, we could prevent her from exerting superhuman strength.

“Mana infusion!”

I’ll strip all that mana off her.

ㅡZing!

I gathered mana at my fingertips. The moment mana formed into a sphere, I stabbed it into Vanessa’s forehead.

ㅡPoke.

ㅡZap!

“Wha… Khaaah?!”

Sparks flew.

ㅡZapzapzap!

The mana enveloping her skin, trying to push away my mana-infused bead, burst into a supernatural current. A kind of repulsion. A repulsion that rejected my mana. But she couldn’t reject it forever.

ㅡZap.

It was rapidly depleting. Both my mana and Vanessa’s. Essentially, it was Mana Burn! A technique using my mana to deplete Vanessa’s!

“My mana…! What are you doing! Aaaah!”

As her mana was stripped away, her deep screams turned into frail ones.

And then.

ㅡ…!

All of Vanessa’s mana was depleted.

My mana invaded her body.

“Aaaah! Ah! Ahhhhh!”

As the mana was infused, Vanessa burst into violent screams, just like Reika did. She felt pain from my mana.

“All her mana is depleted now.”

Her superhuman strength entirely depleted, and her weapon lost, Vanessa was no longer a knightess, just a woman who was somewhat good at fighting.

“Sharan, let go of her neck. Now strip off her armor!”

“Shaa!”

“Kergh!”

At my command, the goblins, stopping their stone axe pummeling, began to strip Vanessa of her armor.

“Stop it! Let go! You bastards! Khuuk!”

ㅡBoom!

ㅡBang!

She kicked, trying to fend off the goblins, but without mana, she lacked superhuman power. A few goblins were flung away, but they weren’t seriously hurt.

“Stay still!”

I too let go of Vanessa and started helping with the armor removal.

“Scream!”

Now, she was just a woman. She couldn’t withstand my strength. Vanessa’s armor was helplessly stripped off.

No matter how strong, alone she couldn’t do anything. Especially when ambushed in my territory, this outcome was natural.

ㅡCrack.

So, we stripped Vanessa of her equipment, one piece at a time. Removed her shoulder guards, breastplate, greaves, and gauntlets.

“Are you… Are you planning to disgrace me!”

As I tried to remove her leather coat, Vanessa clenched her teeth and screamed. It was true, but it was always like this.

“Do you intend to undress me right here and violate me…!”

That wasn’t my intention right now.

Anyway.

ㅡWhoosh.

The moment the leather coat was removed.

“Huh?”

I doubted my eyes for a moment. A sexy body that was elastic, feminine, and voluptuous… was indeed revealed.

But.

“Bikini armor?”

Underneath, Vanessa was wearing a metal bra and panties instead of underwear. No. She wore bikini armor under her armor?

“Khuuk…!”

Vanessa made such a sound with her eyes closed.

“No, no. That’s not what I should be focusing on right now. Guys! Tidy up the battlefield! Tie up all the living ones!”

“Kergh!”

“Gyusam-sam!”

“Humans!”

The battle ended in our victory, without significant damage. At my command, my subordinates busily moved, and I stood up.

“Master…! We won again!”

“Yes. We’ve won again.”

“Master is the best!”

“Hahaha, Sharan is the best too.”

I patted Sharan’s head while looking over the battlefield.

The male adventurers were all dead. They died from excessive bleeding due to unfortunate injuries. It’s natural. Humans die when they have a hole in their stomach.

They couldn’t survive the pixies’ Wind Cutter barrage.

“Ugh… Ugh…”

“Hmm…”

But the beautiful blonde sisters were alive. They were enduring thanks to their holy power. I could save all of them.

And then.

“Vanessa.”

We captured the knightess.

“Our victory!!!”

I immediately let out a victory shout!

The population of the dungeon was large, so the cleanup was finished quickly.

Extinguishing the fire. Ventilating the place. And sorting out the loot.

The injured sisters were given first aid and made conscious, then allowed to use their holy power to heal their wounds. Having depleted their holy power, the sisters became ordinary women.

I had them tied up and locked in the main room.

I’ll arrange a face-to-face meeting with Reika later.

And then.

“Vanessa.”

I had her tied up in the prison, wearing only the bikini armor. Whatever happens, this woman is the most important figure. She must possess all sorts of information.

“So, Sharan. Lumica. Serinu. I’m going to interrogate Vanessa, so please keep watch and carry on with your tasks.”

“Yes, Master.”

“Got it.”

“I’ll prepare for the victory party!”

“Hehehe, that’s right.”

Having given the orders, I entered the prison where Vanessa was held.

“Kuh! Kill me!”

Upon seeing me, Vanessa immediately said that.