Chapter 45: Seducing A Boss Monster
Chapter 45: Seducing A Boss Monster
The daggers struck home, driving deep into the softened ice and burying themselves in the Titan’s core. Lightning crackled along the metal, conducted directly into the creature’s heart.
[Critical Hit! -8,400 Damage!]
[Frost Titan: 10,400 / 25,000 HP]
The creature staggered. Its left arm came up in a wild swing that Nacho barely dodged, the frozen fist passing close enough to leave frost burns on his cheek.
But it was hurt now. Really hurt. The fire had died down, but the damage was done, and the daggers were still embedded in its chest, blocking whatever healing factor it might have had.
The Titan roared and slammed both fists into the ground.
[Frost Titan has activated: Glacial Prison]
[Warning: Area effect incoming.]
Ice erupted from the floor in every direction, spikes and walls and barriers forming faster than Nacho could track. He jumped, twisted, rolled under a horizontal spike that would have taken his head off, and came up running as the entire chamber transformed into a frozen maze.
Okay, that’s new.
The Titan was using the room itself as a weapon now, reshaping the ice to trap and crush him. Every surface was a potential threat, every shadow a hiding place for the creature’s crystalline servants.
Because there were servants now. Smaller ice constructs, humanoid shapes that crawled out of the walls and floor like frozen ghosts. They weren’t as strong as the main boss, but there were dozens of them, and they moved with a speed that the Titan itself couldn’t match.
[Ice Wraith (Rare) | Level 38 x24]
Twenty-four wraiths. One wounded Titan. Zero mana. This is fine. Everything is fine.
Combat Precognition screamed a warning, and Nacho threw himself sideways as an ice spike erupted from the ground where he’d been standing. Two wraiths lunged at him from opposite directions, their clawed hands reaching for his throat.
He caught the first one with a punch that shattered its skull into frozen fragments. The second one he grabbed by the arm, using its own momentum to swing it into a third wraith that had been sneaking up behind him.
[You’ve slain: Ice Wraith (Level 38). +760 Experience]
Twenty-three to go.
His HP was still dropping from the cold, now compounded by the damage from the mana overdraft. He was at 1,600 and falling, with no easy way to recover. The regeneration was helping, but not fast enough.
Need to end this now.
He sprinted toward the Titan, weaving through the maze of ice walls and dodging wraith attacks. His body moved on pure instinct, Combat Precognition painting escape routes in his mind faster than conscious thought could follow.
The Titan saw him coming and raised its remaining arm for a crushing blow.
Nacho ran up the arm.
His feet found purchase on the frozen surface, Titan Body keeping him stable despite the ice. He scrambled up the creature’s shoulder and launched himself at its face, his invisible tentacle extending ahead of him like a lance.
The tentacle punched through the Titan’s eye socket and kept going, driving deep into whatever passed for its brain.
[First Tentacle effect activated. Charm multiplied by 10x. Current effective Charm: 680.]
The Titan froze. Not the figurative kind of freezing that meant it stopped moving, but a literal, complete cessation of all activity. Its arm stopped mid-swing. Its mouth stopped mid-roar. Even the ice walls it had been generating stopped growing.
What the hell?
Nacho hung there for a moment, tentacle buried in the creature’s skull, waiting for the other shoe to drop. But nothing happened. The Titan just stood there, motionless, a confused expression on what remained of its face.
Then the notifications started rolling in.
[Lewd Act Performed: Tentacle Insertion]
[Talent Stolen from Frost Titan: Absolute Zero (Legendary)]
[Bonus! Target receptivity at 100%.]
[Talent Stolen from Frost Titan: Ice Domain (Epic)]
[Target’s receptivity: 100%. Charm saturation complete.]
[Frost Titan has been... charmed?]
[Status Effect Applied: Dominated]
Did I just... seduce a boss monster?
The Titan’s remaining eye blinked slowly. When it spoke again, its voice was different. Softer. Almost... adoring.
"Warm blood... feels good."
Oh no.
The ice wraiths had stopped attacking. They were standing in a loose circle around the Titan and Nacho, their heads tilted in identical expressions of confusion. Whatever connection they had to their master was feeding them the same emotional state.
I accidentally turned a dungeon boss into a simp. This is either the greatest achievement of my life or the most disturbing thing that’s ever happened to me.
Nacho pulled his tentacle free and dropped to the ground, backing away slowly. The Titan watched him go with a look that he really, really didn’t want to think about too hard.
"WARM BLOOD LEAVING?"
"Yep. Warm blood is leaving. Warm blood has places to be."
"STAY. WARM BLOOD STAY. I MAKE WARM FOR YOU."
The temperature in the chamber actually rose by several degrees. The constant HP drain stopped, replaced by a gentle warmth that felt like a cozy fireplace on a winter night.
It’s literally making the room comfortable for me. This is so messed up.
"I appreciate that, big guy. Really. But I need to finish this dungeon and get back to the surface."
"I COME WITH WARM BLOOD?"
"No. Absolutely not. You stay here and... guard the dungeon. Yeah. Guard the dungeon for me. Very important job."
The Titan’s face fell, which was an impressive feat for something made entirely of ice.
"WARM BLOOD COME BACK?"
Nacho was going to hell for this. He was absolutely, definitely going to whatever version of hell this world had.
"Sure. I’ll come back. Eventually."
The Titan perked up instantly. "I WAIT. I WAIT FOR WARM BLOOD."
It raised one massive hand and snapped its fingers, the sound echoing through the chamber like a gunshot. The ice wraiths dissolved into mist, and the maze of frozen walls retracted back into the floor.
A green gate appeared at the far end of the room.
"WARM BLOOD GO. BECOME STRONGER. COME BACK TO ME."
I need therapy. So much therapy.
Nacho walked toward the gate, his status screen updating with every step.
[You’ve slain: Ice Wraith (Level 38) x1. +760 Experience]
[Quest Complete: Frost Titan Defeated (Sort Of)]
[Level Up! Level 37 → Level 40]
[+15 Free Stat Points]
[Monster Core (Legendary) x1 obtained]
[New Talent Acquired: Absolute Zero (Legendary)]
[New Talent Acquired: Ice Domain (Epic)]
[Absolute Zero (Legendary) + Ice Domain (Epic) + Titan Body (Legendary) = Talent absorbed into existing Legendary Talent.]
[Titan Body has evolved!]
[New Effect: Environmental immunity to extreme temperatures. Passive cold/heat resistance.]