Chapter 41: Just In Time

The basement of the club building.

A place where many people don’t even know a basement exists in the club building.

In that quiet basement, the breathing of a man and a woman could be heard.

"Haa..."

"Mmph... Ugh!"

Ivy was lying on the floor, bound all over, while Felix was sniffing her neck.

No matter how strong Ivy was, she was still just a promising student. She couldn’t handle Felix, who was a Demon.

Ivy was overpowered and kidnapped here without being able to put up proper resistance.

There wasn’t much noise in the process, but even the slight commotion caused some unease.

But since Ivy was the sole target of infiltrating the academy anyway, there were no regrets.

After enjoying Ivy, he could just escape.

"Haa, Ivy. You have no idea how amazing your scent is, do you?"

Felix sniffed Ivy’s neck as she lay there.

"Sweet. The sweetest among all the women I’ve tasted. A scent that drives Demon crazy."

"Mmph! Mmmph!"

Ivy shivered at the chilling sensation on her neck.

"Did you know? The sweeter a woman’s sweat on her neck, the better her moans sound. Especially when being strangled and fucked, the pained cries are so arousing."

"Mmmph! Mmmmmmph!"

Felix, with a blissful expression, pressed his body against Ivy’s back.

Ivy struggled desperately to escape, but the mana ropes only tightened around her.

"Haa, so beautiful, Ivy."

Felix stepped back and began removing his clothes, piece by piece.

That was when he felt something strange in the jacket of his academy uniform.

"Ah, right. This was here."

A communication orb linked to Yaze Orpheus. He had carried it just in case, but now, things had come to this.

"Hmmm."

Originally, he had planned to use that bastard as a meat shield, but now he was just annoyed.

That guy had shaken Ivy’s heart so much that he ended up having to resort to this forceful method.

Overcome with jealousy, Felix dropped the communication orb to the floor.

Crack!

Then, he stomped on it, shattering it completely.

"Even your corpse would be too good for him."

Ivy was entirely his. From her hair to the tips of her toes.

Wait, should he use her completely and then preserve her as a stuffed display?

"No, no, there’s no time. Get a grip."

Felix forcibly suppressed the natural instincts of a Demon, which made him easily excited and violent.

As much as he wanted to, he couldn’t linger in the academy any longer.

Felix might be a Demon, but he wasn’t stupid.

"Haa... Haa..."

Felix completely undressed.

Two horns emerged from his head.

As he released his power as a Demon, the hidden horns naturally revealed themselves.

Felix’s disgusting manhood dangled in the air.

Ivy was on the verge of fainting.

Felix carefully began tearing Ivy’s clothes apart.

Making sure the mana ropes wouldn’t loosen and that her body wouldn’t be injured, he meticulously crafted his "artwork."

"Mmmph! Ghh! Uuuh!"

Ivy struggled fiercely, her eyes bloodshot, glaring at Felix with all her might.

Her mouth was gagged, leaving her only able to make muffled cries.

"Ivy. Those cries aren’t beautiful at all."

Felix wasn’t pleased with what he saw. Ivy should be a more elegant and noble piece of art.

"Hmm, yes. I want to savor you at your finest."

Felix took a small orb from his discarded clothes.

Infusing it with mana, a massive dome-shaped barrier spread from the orb, large enough to fill the entire basement and more.

"This consumes quite a bit of mana, but now it’s just the two of us, Ivy."

Felix removed the mana tape covering Ivy’s mouth.

"Pwah! You filthy bastard. Fuck... I really trusted you!"

"Ah, perfect. That look. That expression. That face. I love it all. I love you, Ivy."

Step, step.

Felix slowly approached Ivy.

Ivy, still bound on the floor, struggled desperately to move away, but as Felix activated his mana, the ropes tightened, restraining her completely.

"Ngh... Get... get away! Don’t come any closer!"

"It’s okay, Ivy. Everyone said that at first, but in the end, they died happily. Soon, we will be lovers."

Felix’s face was the same kind and gentle one that Ivy had liked.

That fact sent chills down Ivy’s spine.

"P-please, Felix. Don’t. Please, I beg you."

"Haa... Ivy. You’re beautiful."

Felix tore off the remaining pieces of Ivy’s clothes.

"You fucking bastard...!"

With the ropes binding her, Ivy couldn’t even cover herself, her tears streaming as she screamed.

Felix ran his hands along her body, from her thighs to her stomach.

"So soft..."

Slowly savoring the texture of her skin, Felix suddenly dug his nails into her thighs and dragged them up to her stomach.

"Aaaahhh!"

A red line of blood stretched from her thighs to just below her navel.

"Ah, ah, scream louder. More, more, more!"

Felix licked the blood off his nails, his face twisted in ecstasy.

"Delicious. Delicious... So delicious!"

"You... you insane freak..."

Tasting Ivy’s blood, Felix howled like a beast, completely losing his mind.

Ivy was overwhelmed by both the humiliation of being naked and the pain radiating from her wounded stomach and thighs.

She should have trusted her instincts.

She had sworn never to trust men, so why had she trusted Felix?

Though, it wasn’t entirely Ivy’s fault.

She had been influenced by Felix’s Demonc, and it wasn’t as if she had fully trusted him.

She had merely been studying with him in the club room before she was kidnapped.

Still, Ivy was filled with regret.

She should have been more suspicious.

All men are trash.

A man who had once doubted Felix flashed through her mind.

How had he known to be suspicious?

"Ah..."

But Felix’s touch shattered Ivy’s fleeting thoughts.

Enjoying the scent of her blood, Felix ran his hands along her trembling body.

He infused her with mana.

Thump, thump.

Felix’s mana spread through Ivy’s body, heating it up.

"Ngh... Ah..."

The mana circulated once through Ivy’s body, warming it up before concentrating in a certain area.

"You... fuck... what are you doing right now...?"

"You’ll get used to it soon."

"Kugh..."

Ivy felt pleasure welling up from deep within her chest.

Felix stroked Ivy’s head and whispered in her ear.

"It’s okay... You can relax now."

Tears streamed down. The humiliation of being captured by a Demon. And the shame of her body slowly succumbing to pleasure.

But Felix’s unique arousal Demonc, characteristic of Demon, couldn’t be resisted in her current state, with her mana suppressed by the Demoncal ropes.

"Y-you bastard... Haah. Ngh."

Eventually, Ivy started letting out faint moans.

"Haa, yes. Now you’re perfect. Ivy, you’ll be the best among all the women I’ve had."

"Haa... Aaah... Ngh."

Felix approached Ivy, his filthy manhood swaying.

As soon as Ivy saw its grotesque form, she snapped back to her senses and frantically tried to crawl away.

"Now, it’s time for us to become one. Aren’t you looking forward to it?"

But Felix firmly grabbed Ivy, pinning her down again. Then, he infused mana into the area just below her navel.

Directly where her womb was.

Ivy was overwhelmed by unbearable humiliation, yet her body involuntarily reacted, releasing fluids.

She loathed this situation, but no matter how much she despised it, her lower body continued to respond. At that moment, she wished she could just die.

But with her body already in heat, even the will to bite her tongue and end it was lost.

For some reason, Yaze’s face flashed through her mind.

’The one man who first suspected this Demon.’

Stupid me, I said harsh words to him without realizing it.

’The man who offered kindness without expecting anything in return.’

And yet, Yaze had always been helping our club behind the scenes.

If only I could go back just once. Just one time.

I don’t want my last moment to end like this.

At the very least, I want to apologize.

’Please, someone, anyone, save me.’

But ignoring Ivy’s desperate wish, Felix forcibly spread her legs apart.

"You’re soaked, Ivy. That means we’re ready to become one. Haa, it’s a shame. Destroying such a masterpiece... truly a waste."

The moment she had guarded her entire life was about to be stolen by a stranger.

KWAANG!

"Gahhh!"

"You fucking bastard, do you even know who you’re messing with?"

An earth-shattering explosion rang out, and Felix’s right arm was blown off.

___

I was getting tired of looking around EveryDay.

I casually turned on Liliana’s stream while watching my balance increase, when suddenly, a message came in.

Lucy: "Junior~. What are you up to?"

Me: "Noona! I’m just relaxing at home."

The sender was Lucy. When a heroine sends a message, you have to reply instantly.

What is it this time? Maybe something about the promotion department?

Lucy: "Ohh, really? Lately, erotic cosplay streams have been trending. Yaze, you don’t watch those, do you?"

Me: "Erotic cosplay? I’m not really into that, so I don’t know much about it."

Damn, is Liliana already that famous?

Or is this just a woman’s intuition? That’s kinda scary.

Lucy: "Good. I just wanted to check in since we haven’t talked in a while. You’re okay, right?"

Me: "Of course, Noona. I’m always happy to talk with you."

Lucy: "Yet you’ve never once messaged me first. Haha."

Oof. But she should consider my situation too.

I’ve barely ever initiated a message with a girl in my life.

Me: "Sorry, Noona. I just didn’t want to be a bother. Hehe. I’ll message you more often."

As I was exchanging messages with Lucy, I suddenly heard a cracking sound.

"What the..."

Checking the pocket of my academy uniform, I found my communication orb had cracked.

The radar on the communication orb indicated a location—somewhere near the club building.

"...This doesn’t feel right."

Of all places, why did the communication orb break near the club building? Anxiety gripped me.

There was a chance that Ivy had been kidnapped.

Of course, it might not be the case. But if there was even a slight possibility, I had to act immediately.

And I needed a backup plan.

I grabbed my uniform and messaged Lucy.

Me: "Noona, where are you right now?"

Lucy: "Huh? I’m on a family trip. We’re in France! I just saw the Eiffel Tower yesterday! But..."

I skipped over the rest of the message.

Since she was with her family in France, I couldn’t count on her help right now.

My next option was Im Sol.

Me: "Professor, where are you right now?"

No response.

I tried calling, but she didn’t pick up either.

"Shit, what is she doing?"

To my surprise, I had no one left to contact.

I didn’t have Kim Younghan’s number, and Iris was probably in supplementary lessons with her watch turned off.

That girl is always diligent in class.

I couldn’t report this to the disciplinary committee or the police either. If it turned out to be nothing, I could cover it up myself, but involving outsiders wasn’t an option.

Besides, how could I explain reporting just because a communication orb broke?

I had to check for myself. If it turned out to be nothing, then so be it.

I sent Im Sol a message, sharing my real-time location in case she checked her phone later, then sprinted toward the club building.

___

- So, where are you going?

"I told you. I’m going to fight a Demon."

Liliana, hanging around my neck, pouted.

As I was leaving the dorms, she asked where I was going. I told her I was heading to take down a Demon, and she insisted on coming along, so I brought her just in case she could be useful.

But now she was whining.

- If you were actually fighting a Demon, I wouldn’t have come! I thought you were lying and going out to eat something good!

"..."

I ignored Liliana and dashed toward the club building.

The [Let’s Play Club] room was empty.

The communication orb’s coordinates pointed further below.

"Below... The basement."

I knew about the hidden basement in the club building. It appeared in the game too.

- You said you were going to fight a Demon. Where are you going?

"Just be quiet for a second."

Crackle!

As I ran toward the basement entrance, I suddenly hit an invisible wall.

A sizzling force pushed me back.

I reached out, feeling a repelling Demoncal energy.

- It’s a barrier.

"A barrier?"

Liliana looked at the barrier and spoke.

- "Yeah. Seems to be of intermediate level? Pretty high quality."

"Then what should I do?"

- "What else? Either break it or dispel it. Looks like it’s a hemispherical barrier, so there’s no way around it."

Barrier dispel.

I knew the basic theory.

To dispel a barrier, you need to trace the Demonc formula in reverse, following it to its origin and breaking the core structure.

I had read about it in research papers, so I remembered the process, but I had never actually tried it.

- "Should I do it? If I return to my original form, I could dispel it in about 15 minutes. No, maybe 30 minutes since I’ve weakened."

That was too long. If something had already happened inside, 30 minutes would be enough time for the worst to occur.

No choice. I had to try.

Normally, barrier dispelling is a complicated process that takes a lot of time, but thanks to my Mana Sensitivity, breaking the core formula wasn’t difficult.

The problem was identifying the structure of the Demonc circle. I needed to find the endpoint and trace it exactly.

[Clairvoyance]

Fortunately, I had prepared for this.

- "Whoa, hold on. That’s kinda cool, you know?"

Ignoring Liliana’s comment, I focused on analyzing the barrier.

Slowly, I began retracing the Demonc circle. With each stroke I erased, the power of the barrier weakened little by little.

- "No way. This barrier isn’t low-level... How did you dispel it in just one minute?"

"I told you. It’s talent."

As I erased the core formula, I felt the Demonc dissipate.

The barrier was gone, and nothing stood in my way.

I quickly rushed into the basement.

Thump, thump.

My heart pounded as if foreshadowing the battle ahead.

My unique ability, [Combat Sense], was activating.

My heightened senses caught even the faintest noises.

"Haa, yes. Now you’re perfect. Ivy, you’ll be the best one yet."

"Hah... Aah... Hngh."

A filthy man’s voice mixed with Ivy’s whimpers echoed in my ears.

Pouring more mana into my legs, I dashed forward and reached the door.

I pressed my ear against it, focusing on the sounds inside.

"Now, it’s time for us to become one. Aren’t you excited?"

"Haa... Haah. Ngh."

Ivy’s pained voice reached me.

My mind raced with worst-case scenarios, but it seemed like things hadn’t progressed too far yet.

I quietly gathered mana within my body.

The goal: A single decisive strike.

Since I lacked the raw skill to overpower Felix, I had to deal as much damage as possible with my initial attack.

"Ivy, you’re soaking wet. That means you’re ready. Haa, such a shame. Destroying such a masterpiece... What a waste."

I wanted to gather more mana, but hearing those words, I abandoned further preparations.

I concentrated mana at my fingertips.

My fingers felt like they would snap under the pressure of so much condensed energy, but I endured it with sheer willpower.

When all the mana was gathered, I released it in an instant, completing the Demonc formula.

KWAANG!

A blazing streak of fire shot from my fingertips, severing Felix’s right arm.

"GAAAHH!"

"You fucking bastard, do you have any idea who you just messed with?"

The horrific scene of the basement unfolded before me.

Felix, one arm missing, pinned against the wall by the force of the explosion.

And... Ivy.

- "W-wait... Is that some kind of arousal Demonc?"

Ivy lay sprawled on the ground, her eyes unfocused, her body convulsing as if in heat.

Every time she moved, slick fluids dripped onto the floor beneath her.

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