Chapter 60. < 26. The Woman I Really Wanted to Meet (2) >
Succubus.
A demon race with appearances similar to human females, their power varying greatly from individual to individual.
However, they all shared one common characteristic.
Namely....
'Incredible beauty!'
That was it. Succubi were without exception stunning beauties.
It was only natural, after all. Their specialty was charming human males, brainwashing them, and making them their slaves.
They were beings who grew their power by extracting essence from the men they subjugated—such existences had to be beautiful.
Lumian, having thought this far, gulped.
'She was definitely incredibly beautiful.'
Lumian had actually seen a succubus before.
Of course, not in this life but in his previous one. His life had been filled with battles against demons, so he had encountered common demons like succubi over a hundred times.
Of course, the situation then and now was different.
In his previous life, he didn't have a penis. Now he did.
It was an enormous difference.
'I want to see one!'
Lumian cried out in his heart.
He wanted to meet one again, just once.
He wanted to see the succubus's beauty that surpassed humans, and wanted to experience a succubus's charm attack.
Morgan immediately noticed Lumian's thoughts.
He shook his head and said,
"No, with a crisis facing both territories before us, you're thinking about succubi?"
"Well, I am. How else am I supposed to kill them without looking?"
"Stop joking and... ha, let's just go outside. We'll get caught at this rate."
The two quickly exited Baron Karayan's lord's manor.
Having escaped undetected, the two looked at each other.
Morgan sighed as he looked at Lumian's sheepish expression.
"Sigh... Brother. Aren't you being too much?"
"Why, you brat."
"No matter how urgent things are, lusting after a succubus... I may be a guy who doesn't lose to anyone when it comes to liking women, but I can't compete with you, Brother."
"Obviously. Have you held back for 60 years?"
"Did you start doing that since you were one year old?"
"Stop talking back. Obviously, it's just... curiosity, you know?"
"What kind of curiosity?"
"I've always been really curious what it would feel like to see a succubus with a penis."
Lumian made a serious expression. His memories traced back to his previous life.
Succubi were quite troublesome opponents when it came to men.
While their power was weak compared to demons of the same rank, one had to always stay alert since even a moment of carelessness could get you caught in their charm skill.
Naturally, not everyone could do that, and occasionally there were those who fell victim to mental attacks.
After killing the succubus, those released from the charm all said similar things.
'A pleasure rushes in that you wish would never end. Of course, staying like that would mean getting all your essence sucked out and dying. Thank you for saving me.'
'Fuck! If you're that grateful, let me experience it once too!'
Of course, Ryan Promhart, the eunuch knight, didn't fall for the charm.
He absolutely couldn't fall for it.
No matter how powerful a succubus was, it was the same. Seeing him ignore their charm skill and charge forward in a frenzy, they would let out confused voices.
'Oh my, fuck, why isn't it working!'
'Shut up, you pawns of the Demon King!'
Thanks to that, before he became a Sword Master, his nickname was 'Succubus Slayer.'
It was a truly sorrowful title.
"Well, I suppose that could be true."
Morgan, recalling past memories, nodded his head.
He thought it might indeed be natural to be curious.
But still, being exposed to the charm skill was too dangerous.
"Surely you're not planning to deliberately get hit by the charm..."
"I won't. It's a joke. I'll just appreciate the appearance."
"Phew. That's a relief. Well, even that much, I also... ahem."
"As expected, only you understand me, brother-in-law."
"Well, it's true that female-type demons are better than ugly magical beasts or male-type demons."
Morgan grinned sheepishly.
Scratching his head, he skillfully operated the magic tracking device.
"So, are we going right now?"
"We have to. It's not like it's the Great Demon Labyrinth or the Demon King's Castle. With one Sword Master and one veteran Expert, there's nothing else we need to prepare, right?"
"That's true. Rather, since they might find out we contacted Baron Karayan, we need to track them quickly."
"Good. Let's go right away."
"You look like you're in a good mood."
"Not bad. We're going to eliminate a threat to the territory. Stop saying useless things and let's hurry."
With an expression full of impure intentions, Lumian urged Morgan.
His brother-in-law nodded.
Once again suppressing his presence, he quietly murmured,
"Let's go quietly so the succubus doesn't notice."
"Understood."
***
"Is it inside that cave?"
"Correct."
"Demon bastards, they sure love caves."
Lumian grumbled. Morgan nodded in agreement.
They were currently standing on a small mountain in Baron Karayan's territory.
They had worried about what if the demon noticed and escaped, but fortunately that wasn't the case. The magic tracking device was pointing precisely to this location.
"Let's go more carefully. They might have dug an escape tunnel in the back."
"I know. This guy, after becoming the Mercenary King, you've gotten really thorough?"
"And you, Brother, why have you gotten so scatterbrained? Is it because your body got younger?"
"Stop it and let's go."
Lumian cut off the conversation.
Bickering with Morgan was fun in its own way, but his purpose right now was the succubus.
More precisely, to appreciate the succubus's appearance.
And to be a bit more honest... he also had some thought of maybe getting caught in the succubus's charm for just a moment.
'If I get caught for just a moment, then raise my aura to do mental fortification...'
Of course, for ordinary knights this would be nonsense, but for Lumian it was possible.
That was because he had practiced the reflexive action of automatically protecting his head with aura when exposed to mental attacks like charm.
Continuously from the moment he saw the word succubus until now.
'Just how good is it, I want to at least get a taste...'
If Morgan knew, he'd hear things like "Are you crazy, brother or not," but as long as he didn't say it out loud, it didn't matter.
The two looked at each other, nodded, and secretly infiltrated inside.
Swish
Rustle
The two once again displayed amazing stealth skills.
Their footsteps were so quiet they could be compared to the sound of bugs crawling.
In that state, they moved deep into the cave, and finally confirmed someone in a robe sitting with their back turned.
Morgan gave a hand signal.
It meant to quickly move to the opposite side and block the escape route.
Lumian nodded.
'If killing was the objective, attacking immediately would be better, but...'
He needed to find out why they targeted the Callad territory instead of other territories.
And he needed to confirm the face and figure. Also needed to confirm the taste of the charm.
For that, he absolutely couldn't let this one get away!
Lumian, having firmly resolved, raised his aura with full power and stomped his foot.
His figure was like lightning.
Faster than any movement he had shown in this life.
"Freeze!"
"You wicked thing! How dare you bewitch Baron Karayan's mind? Remove your robe and reveal yourself, filthy demon!"
"No! How did humans get here already!"
Morgan spoke briefly, Lumian spoke at length.
It was to give the succubus time to come to her senses and remove her robe.
Fortunately, the succubus acted exactly as Lumian intended. Despite being flustered by the completely unexpected situation, she immediately threw off her robe to escape the crisis.
This was because she needed to enhance her charm to mesmerize the men. That was why most succubi wore highly revealing outfits. Swish!
"You bastard! Flounder in my beauty!"
Huuuum-!
The succubus cast her charm skill toward Lumian.
The one who looked steeped in lust was the older man, but he also looked skilled. That was why she targeted the relatively green-looking one.
Her judgment was correct. Lumian was helplessly hit by the charm skill and trembled.
A surprised voice burst from Morgan's mouth.
"Brother!"
"Ohohoho, slave! Go kill that old, ugly man!"
The succubus shouted triumphantly.
Of course, she didn't think this youngster could defeat that man.
But she thought it would be enough to buy time. She was planning to escape through the escape tunnel dug at the end of the cave during that gap.
However, the situation flowed in a completely different direction than she expected.
Tat-!
Thud!
"Kyaaah!"
The youngster who was caught in the charm, no, the one she thought was caught, approached her and punched her in the abdomen.
The succubus had no choice but to be helplessly hit, and she screamed as she flew and crashed into the cave wall. Then she lost consciousness.
"Brother, are you alright? Weren't you exposed to the charm just now?"
Morgan ran over late and asked about Lumian's condition.
Since he hadn't thought at all that his sworn brother would be caught, his surprise was even greater.
But Lumian didn't look flustered at all.
Rather, his voice as he answered was filled with bitterness.
"There isn't."
"What?"
"There isn't, I said."
"What do you mean? Ah, are you saying it had no effect? As expected, since you had a previous life, you can withstand this level of charm just by taking it..."
"No, that's not it. There's no chest."
"What?"
"This succubus, her body is completely like a child's."
"......."
Hearing his sworn brother's words, Morgan turned his head to look at the succubus.
It was indeed true.
He hadn't noticed because he was focused on combat, but this succubus's figure was so scanty it would be embarrassing to describe as slender.
Chest scanty, hips scanty.
Of course, her face was pretty.
But for Morgan, who preferred voluptuous bodies, he couldn't feel any charm at all.
And the same was true for Lumian.
He muttered with a sad expression.
"The succubi I saw weren't like this......"
"......."
"How does someone with this kind of body go around doing succubus things? This is an insult to succubi."
"Hmm... well... I think this succubus is a weak individual in terms of power... The demons you dealt with in your previous life were all skilled ones... no, skilled women."
"......."
"Maybe she was just born with this kind of body..."
"Is that so. An inferior specimen, something like that."
Lumian nodded with an expression of understanding.
It was a somewhat convincing explanation.
But that didn't mean the current disappointment disappeared.
'I deliberately got caught in the charm, but the succubus wasn't charming at all so I couldn't feel the taste(?)....'
It was enough to make him slightly angry.
He spoke to the succubus with his feelings contained.
"You scanty thing. No, bitch."
"Wicked bitch. Just like a demon with a narrow mind, you have no chest too."
"Well said, Morgan. You're a really bad bitch."
"......You crazy bastards."
Just then, the succubus who had fainted woke up.
Perhaps she heard their words, her eyes were filled with tears.
"I... my body type too... has some demand, you know..."
"......."
"Stop it... stop it, you bastards..."
With those words, the succubus lost consciousness again.
Their abusive language was so shocking that she briefly regained consciousness.
Morgan made an apologetic expression.
"I feel a bit sorry. Even though she's a demon."
"Right?"
"Why did I try to accommodate your mood for nothing, what is this."
"What. What did I do."
Lumian answered with a brazen expression.
Shaking his head, Morgan sighed and opened his magic backpack.
It was a backpack with spatial expansion magic. When he put his hand in, vicious-looking torture tools came out in droves.
"You use a lot of expensive tools?"
"Do you think I became the Mercenary King for nothing? I didn't just improve my swordsmanship for 10 years. I'll get the information."
"Right. I trust you."
"Since trying to swallow the territory is obvious, there's no need to ask about that... we just need to find out why specifically the Callad territory."
Muttering lowly, Morgan began the torture.
She was a succubus with a beautiful face, but he had no mercy. She was still a demon nonetheless.
Morgan spent about 30 minutes skillfully 'cooking' the succubus, and obtained all the information he wanted. Lumian also listened to it together. He said,
"I see. So there's a demon hideout sealed in the Callad territory..."
"Yes. Either through establishing a close relationship with Baron Karayan, or through duels and territory wars to swallow the territory... it seems they wanted to create conditions to comfortably work on unsealing from the hideout."
"Now I understand. But to think there was a demon hideout sealed in our territory..."
Probably to avoid being discovered by humans, they themselves had chosen to be sealed, and this succubus must have thought that now that vigilance had weakened, it was okay to unseal it again.
Just then, a thought flashed through Lumian's mind like lightning.
'By any chance, could the demons in the hideout too... be succubi?'