Chapter 39. Nightmare Queen.

  The Hero team fought a considerable number of monsters while traversing the Demon Realm for two days. Those transformed into monsters by the Nightmare Queen’s magic especially tormented them, as if trying to eliminate these impure seeds daring to approach Her Majesty.

  So, they often woke up several times even at night to deal with monsters. Naturally, they yawned frequently during the day due to the fatigue that hadn’t fully dissipated. And rest time was no different from sleep time.

  Ji-hyuk already knew from experience that accumulated fatigue leads to mistakes, which in turn become fatal accidents, so he frequently took breaks to help his subordinate colleagues relieve their fatigue.

  However, the problem wasn’t just fatigue. It was also the Nightmare Queen’s magic-.

  They had lewd dreams every time they slept because of the increasingly intense magic. Of course, they felt good when dreaming, but they seemed to realize that it was gradually eating away at their physical and mental strength.

  Especially Gid, who was crazy about sex, even developed dark circles under his eyes.

  “Shiibal, crazy bitches….”

  Every night, hordes of beauties appeared in his dreams, so eye-popping that they presented their dripping wet, lewd pussies; how could he resist? He’d think about the consequences later and just fuck them first.

  Gid didn’t realize it was the devil’s trick at first, but later he found out that those lewd dreams were all the Nightmare’s wicked deeds. …But he didn’t regret fucking them.

  “Hey, Gid, take it easy. You’ll really die if you keep that up.”

  “…I know. I’m trying to control myself now. …Shiipal, honestly, isn’t that fucking cheating? How can anyone not fall for a pussy that looks so damn delicious-!”

  Lizardman Kayak subtly pointed to the leader with his eyes. Gid pounded his chest with his fist in frustration.

  “No, honestly, the leader is an exception.”

  “I didn’t do it either.”

  “Hey, you son of a bitch. If a lizardman shows up, I won’t do it either-!”

  Gid felt like an idiot for laughing at the guys whose essence was being sucked dry by the Nightmare bitches in the past. …This was no joke.

  He could really die from having his energy sucked out while having sex like this-.

  He used to shout that dying while having sex was the happiest death, but of course, living was better than dying. No matter how good the beauties’ pussies were, he didn’t want to die even a little bit right now.

  Ji-hyuk sat next to the gaunt Gid and patted his broad back.

  “You can do it as much as you want when we get back. Just hold on for now. …Even if they look good, they’re all devils, devils.”

  “…But, since they’re pretty, I don’t care.”

  Hehehe-. Hearing that, the three men with dicks laughed at the same time. Hearing their laughter, the female goblin Grugg shook her head, saying, those bastards with dicks-.

  Of course, Ji-hyuk wasn’t in a position to laugh comfortably either. He felt a bit dizzy thinking that it wasn’t just about eating the Nightmare Queen’s virginity, but also having to perfectly imprint on her womb.

  Cutting off her head with the Holy Sword would be a hundred times easier….

  Anyway, they couldn’t turn back now that they’d come this far. He had to try as much as he could, and if it really didn’t work out, he’d have to find another way.

  “Okay, let’s move again.”

  The Cursed Tower was almost right in front of them. The team members lifted their heavy butts and readjusted their formation.

  The already uneasy atmosphere became even more eerie because it had drizzled last night. Lorelia, who wasn’t yet used to these expeditions, looked visibly exhausted. Still, she was trying hard to cheer up while looking at her older siblings.

  The female goblin Grugg, who had a lot of expedition experience, surprisingly took good care of Lorelia from the side. It was because she was reminded of her fellow younger sibling who had died in an accident on an expedition in the past. Thanks to that, Ji-hyuk could worry less about Lorelia.

  After a short break, the Hero team started again, taking heavy steps forward one by one. Because dark clouds were still faintly covering the sky and the Demon Realm itself was dark, it was difficult to secure visibility without torches even though it was midday.

  After defeating one more monster in the middle, they were finally able to reach the Cursed Tower. The huge circular tower, soaring high into the sky, felt more gloomy and bizarre due to the sense of incongruity that didn’t match the place.

  Lorelia trembled with an unknown chill when she saw this architecture. The female goblin, who barely reached her chest, grabbed Lorelia’s arm tightly to calm her down.

  “It’s okay, child.”

  It was just one word, but Lorelia gained great comfort from it.

  Ji-hyuk gave his colleagues another break before entering the tower. This time it was a longer break. Those who wanted to take a nap spread out mats and lay down on them. …However, even that last break, the monsters didn’t let them rest comfortably. They wrestled with monsters not once, but twice.

  At the end of the break, Ji-hyuk told them to prepare to move again. The Hero team carefully made final preparations and then slowly approached the tower.

  Ominous magic was surging from the tower. The team members swallowed hard at the eerie magic that pricked their skin.

  Because it was so old, the iron door that seemed to be the entrance to the tower was all rusted. Ji-hyuk called Selly.

  “Open it.”

  “Yes.”

  Selly, who was devoted to her master, took a firm stance and raised her psychokinesis. She stretched out her arm forward with her palm open. Then she clenched her fist and pulled it back towards her chest.

  The rusty iron door began to move with a loud creaking sound. It soon fell forward with a thud as the joints all came apart. Because the ground was wet from the rain, dust didn’t rise.

  Magic poured out explosively from the dark hole. Ugh-. Yahel, who was sensitive to magic, frowned at the energy that dug into her skin.

  This magic felt somehow bad, perhaps because it was the Nightmare’s. …It felt like a rough and sticky tongue was licking her skin.

  Ji-hyuk glanced over his team members and nodded slightly.

  “Let’s go in.”

  He drew his Holy Sword and walked ahead. The team members, who had adjusted their formation, followed behind him.

  As soon as they entered the tower, they realized that they had entered the devil’s barrier. Because suddenly their vision changed drastically.

  …Ah….

  They had clearly entered the tower, so why were they outside again?

  The sky was flashing with a reddish light like lava, and the surroundings were desolate. The sand they were stepping on was dry without moisture, crumbling into pieces every time they stepped on it.

  “Where is this…?”

  Yahel had no idea where this was. She just thought it was a devil’s barrier. When she turned around, a plinth-like structure where the door had been was placed alone in the barren field. And beyond the torn door, the gloomy Demon Realm was visible.

  While the junkie mage was inwardly expressing sincere admiration for the devil’s barrier, Ji-hyuk scratched his colleagues’ itchy curiosity.

  “This is another world. The Nightmare Queen’s Demon World.”

  -!

  Everyone looked surprised. They had often heard about the Demon World, but they didn’t know they would cross over so quickly.

  “So keep your wits about you. From here on out, it’s completely enemy territory.”

  The atmosphere sank. Then Gid shouted, banging his shield on the ground.

  “Yeah, shiibal, even if I die, I can lick a Nightmare’s pussy before I die-! I like it-!”

  He grinned, showing his yellow teeth, and braced himself.

  “Okay, gather around.”

  Ji-hyuk stretched out his arm with his palm open and the back of his hand showing. Gid placed his hand on top of it, followed by Kayak, then Yahel, Selly, Grugg, and finally Lorelia.

  They were so close that their breaths touched, and they exchanged hot glances. Warm camaraderie was conveyed from the gathered hands.

  “As always, let’s do our best this time too. We must all get out safely. …Got it?”

  “Yes, Leader-!”

  The Hero team readjusted their formation. And they approached the splendid castle that was visible not far from the entrance they had passed through. Because the sky was all red, the castle also looked blood-red. That created an eerie fear.

  The magic was now incomparably more abundant than when they were in the Demon Realm. Ji-hyuk told Lorelia to cast a buff. She cast a simple buff on her colleagues. As she did, their stuffy chests felt a little more comfortable.

  The red sky periodically flashed. Ji-hyuk didn’t know why. He had wandered the continent for a long time, but his knowledge of the Demon World wasn’t that deep either.

  Before long, they arrived at the Nightmare Queen’s castle. The castle was quite splendid, so if this wasn’t the Demon World, they would have been impressed enough.

  There were no doors or windows at the entrance of the castle. So, unlike before, Selly didn’t have to forcibly tear off the door with psychokinesis.

  They entered the castle through the huge entrance. …The magic grew stronger and stronger. It was so hard to breathe without a buff.

  The floor was covered with a lot of black ash-like stuff like dirt. When they stepped on it, it made a crunching sound like stepping on snow. Ji-hyuk knew that the quiet now meant it was night for the Nightmares. The fact that the inside was empty was probably because they were all going back and forth in dreams to get the essence of the men.

  Half-demons born from receiving the essence of males of various races-. Therefore, Nightmares were beings that were also ignored by demons. Daring to mix the blood of insignificant creatures with the precious bloodline of demons.

  Of course, Ji-hyuk really didn’t feel sorry for the Nightmares at all. What did the Hero care about the circumstances of the devil bitches?

  There was a long corridor in the castle. And there were countless rooms on both sides. There were really countless of them.

  The curious Gid looked around and asked the leader.

  “What are all these rooms?”

  “It’s like a kind of womb. If they bring the essence of a male there and conceive, a Nightmare is born.”

  Oh my-. Junkie Associate Professor Yahel was impressed by the leader’s erudite appearance. His knowledge was so broad and deep that she often stuck out her tongue.

  Ji-hyuk wanted to get rid of all of that too, but now wasn’t the time. It was better to subdue the Nightmare Queen quickly when her subordinate Nightmares were out working and not in the castle. There was no need to unnecessarily increase the number of enemies.

  The Hero team walked quickly down the corridor. And at the end of that corridor, another entrance without a door appeared. Beyond it, a large hall could be glimpsed.

  It’s there.

  Ji-hyuk swallowed hard. The real fight was about to begin. The Nightmare Queen was said to be the weakest of the demons who called themselves kings, but she was definitely not someone to be ignored.

  The Hero team passed through the entrance. In the large hall, huge entasis pillars were lined up in a row and stretched far into the distance. …And at the end of that darkness would be the Queen’s throne.

  As soon as they passed through the entrance, tremendous magic struck their bodies. Ugh-. The amount was so great that Yahel let out a groan.

  Everyone clenched the weapons in their hands tightly. They prepared to fight at any moment.

  There was a lot of black ash here too. The rough breathing combined with the crunching sound created an eerie harmony.

  After walking quite a bit, the sphere of light that Yahel had created reached the throne on the stairs at the end of the hall.

  And right there, a being was seen closing her eyes with her chin resting on her hand.

  Lavender skin, two spiral horns growing from her skull, reddish bat wings, blood-red hair, naked body, beautiful appearance.

  It was undoubtedly the Nightmare Queen.

  Touched by the light, she frowned and opened her eyes.

  At the same time, tremendous magic poured out and struck their bodies. If it hadn’t been for Lorelia’s buff, someone would have fallen for her charm.

  – These bug-like bastards….

  The Nightmare Queen’s eyes turned sharp.

  – How dare you come here, where is this aaaaaaa-!!!!!

  Her chilling scream erupted.