A man stared at a warehouse in the darkness of the port.
A pale moonlight illuminated his sharp silhouette.
His appearance, with a deep black hoodie pulled low, made him look like an ordinary human, but it was to hide the horns within.
His name was Incubus, Azmo.
The warehouse before him was the black market.
Just then, Azmo’s smartphone rang.
“So, how was it?”
Azmo’s voice was soft, but it carried a chilling undertone.
From the other end of the line, Betta’s voice emerged with satisfaction.
– Azmo-nim, everything has been handled. Humans are indeed too greedy. Thanks to them, I have secured the sacrifices to offer to the Master.
The transaction of the Terrilif Mana Potion was indeed a trap.
As an incubus, Azmo knew human desires well. That’s why he had warned Betta in advance.
Of course, Betta, as a former experiment from an unknown research institute, also knew humans quite well.
“I will take over this black market, so you find another place. My subordinates will clean up the bodies there soon.”
Azmo’s subordinates were already waiting around the abandoned factory.
– Yes, I understand. Now I will look for the next client.
The call with Betta ended there.
Azmo put his smartphone in his pocket and turned his head towards the silhouettes waiting in the darkness.
Their figures were faintly revealed in the moonlight.
They were all Incubi, their heads covered with the same black hoodies or various types of hats.
There were dozens of them.
He had mobilized most of the Incubi in the dungeon.
“Well, shall we begin? It’s time to punish those who dared to disrupt the Master’s plan.”
Originally, Azmo couldn’t leave the dungeon as he pleased due to his past actions of causing a monster wave, but now it was different.
Didn’t the Master command him to?
To find the route selling Terrilif Potions.
So he left the dungeon. And now, he was about to take over the black market.
Azmo raised his hand.
Then, the Incubi began to move towards the warehouse.
Their footsteps glided across the ground without a sound.
They looked like shadows of death rushing forward.
“Tonight, there will be a feast of souls.”
Azmo smiled.
* * *
The owner of the black market, Kang Do-yoon, poured whiskey into a glass.
Only the sound of the golden liquid hitting the glass broke the heavy silence of the office.
He had grown the black market for three years.
It was a short time compared to other black markets. However, through his keen judgment and bold decisions, he had rapidly expanded the black market’s influence.
He particularly believed that if he could just seize the Terrilif Potion this time, he could shift the power of the underworld to the light.
He even thought that the Hunter Association might have to defer to him.
That’s how confident Kang Do-yoon was.
But a moment came when his confidence began to crack.
“Boss.”
The door opened quietly, and his secretary entered. His face was paler than usual.
“Contact with Crow has been lost.”
Kang Do-yoon remained silent for a moment.
He simply brought the whiskey glass to his lips and took a sip. His expression was still calm, but his fingers were gripping the glass tightly.
“Did you send a reconnaissance team?”
If contact with Crow was lost, he would have dispatched personnel to investigate.
“A report just came in.”
The secretary took out a tablet and handed it to Kang Do-yoon. The screen displayed photos of the abandoned factory.
There were widespread bloodstains on the floor and footprints left in the dust, but not a single corpse.
Kang Do-yoon slowly inhaled as he looked at the tablet.
There were twenty hunters he had sent.
Among them were five A-Rank hunters.
Yet, the abandoned factory they went to was only splattered with blood, with nothing else.
As if they had evaporated.
“Could it be that all the hunters are dead?”
For the first time, emotion appeared on Kang Do-yoon’s face. It was a mixture of shock and anger.
“That is what we estimate. However—”
It was at the moment he was about to say that there was no way to confirm it due to the lack of bodies.
*KWA-ANG-*
A loud roar came from outside.
“Wh-what is happening!”
Kang Do-yoon jumped up from his chair.
Just then, his office door burst open. A hunter on guard duty rushed in with a terrified expression.
“Boss! Intruders… Intruders…”
But his words couldn’t finish. Suddenly, his pupils widened, and his body stiffened.
Fear flashed across his face, and instead, a strangely ecstatic expression took its place.
“They… have come…”
The hunter’s words faded, and he slowly backed away. Someone walked out from the darkness beyond the door.
It was a man with a deep black hood pulled low.
He slowly lifted his head, and Kang Do-yoon could see his glowing eyes beneath the hood.
The moment their gazes met, Kang Do-yoon was seized by a strange sensation.
It felt as if his mind was slowly being drawn in.
“I am Azmo. And you are?”
Azmo asked, gesturing elegantly.
He wasn’t just asking a simple question.
He was asking while casting an incubus’s charm on Kang Do-yoon.
“…I am Kang Do-yoon.”
Kang Do-yoon opened his mouth at Azmo’s question.
Normally, incubus charm was known to be effective only on the opposite sex, so why was it working on a man, the same sex?
The answer lay in Azmo’s way of living in the Earth’s dungeons.
Hunters, as a strategy to subdue Incubi, sent male hunters instead of female ones, and Incubi evolved to drain energy indiscriminably of sex to survive.
Now, Azmo and his subordinates had become Incubi who absorbed energy from both men and women.
Furthermore, Azmo was on the verge of a new realization.
The being who inspired him was the 6-star succubus, Celia.
Azmo, captivated by Celia’s strength, continued to strive for power.
As a result, Azmo’s charm was working very well on Kang Do-yoon.
“I am the owner of this black market…”
Kang Do-yoon was seized by a strange sensation. It felt as if his mind was slowly being drawn in.
Moreover, if the other party didn’t ask, his voice wouldn’t even come out.
He felt as if his body was no longer his own.
“Now, let me introduce myself again. My name is Azmo. Starting today, I will be the new owner of this black market.”
Azmo slowly walked into the office.
The air seemed to grow heavy with each step he took.
Behind him, dozens of figures in black hoods and hats flowed into the room.
“At this moment, your black market is already in our hands.”
Kang Do-yoon wanted to ask who they were.
But he couldn’t say anything.
It was frustrating and maddening.
As if reading Kang Do-yoon’s thoughts, Azmo smiled.
“Are you curious?”
His smile revealed teeth that were too sharp to belong to a human.
“Let me show you.”
He slowly took off his hood. Two horns protruded from his head.
Just looking at that, one could easily guess that the other party was not human.
“M-Monster?!”
Kang Do-yoon muttered, engulfed in shock.
Azmo nodded and bowed his head.
“To be precise, we are called Incubi. My subordinates and I are beings who absorb human vital energy.”
He felt a moment of relief at those words.
Incubi don’t deal with the vital energy of men.
That’s what Kang Do-yoon believed.
But why this lingering sense of unease?
Why couldn’t he move freely when the other party was an incubus?
Something was wrong.
And then it happened.
Strange sounds were heard from outside.
It was neither a scream nor laughter, but a peculiar mixture of ecstasy and pleasure.
“Wh-what are you doing…”
Kang Do-yoon struggled and walked.
He couldn’t believe his eyes as he looked at the scene outside.
Everyone in the black market, customers, guards, merchants, were all naked as if under a spell!
“What is this…!”
Their faces showed a mixed expression of terror and ecstasy.
And in animalistic postures, they explored each other’s bodies, stroking faces or kissing.
This was happening regardless of gender.
Whether heterosexual or homosexual.
“This is the potential that Celia-nim showed me.”
Azmo said in a voice filled with reverence.
To him, Celia was a queen. And the Master who commanded such a Celia was undoubtedly a god.
“Come, join us. If you wish, we can give you the opportunity to serve our Master.”
Azmo took a step closer to Kang Do-yoon. His eyes seemed to shine brighter.
“Our Master always welcomes talented individuals.”
His finger touched Kang Do-yoon’s forehead.
At that moment, Kang Do-yoon’s whole body trembled. His consciousness plunged into a dreamlike fog in an instant.
“Ah…”
Beautiful.
Everything about Azmo appeared beautiful.
The light of reason disappeared from his eyes, leaving only an empty ecstasy.
His hand moved involuntarily, starting to untie his tie.
Kang Do-yoon’s body was no longer his own.
“Shall we enjoy this night together?”
Azmo smiled with satisfaction.
“If you are with me, the Master will be very pleased.”
The Master?
Who that was didn’t matter to Kang Do-yoon.
He just wanted to enjoy pleasure too.
Kang Do-yoon began to shed his clothes one by one.
He took off his shirt and pants, and finally his underwear, returning to his primal state, he slowly approached Azmo.
Azmo greeted him with open arms.
It was the beginning of a night of endless pleasure.
* * *
“Ooh.”
What on earth is happening?
As dawn broke, his smartphone began to ring.
Upon checking, they were alarms from Azmo reporting that he had offered sacrifices.
– Azmo offers an A-Rank Hunter to the Master as a sacrifice.
– Absorbing the abilities of sacrificial A-Rank Hunter.
(Remaining time: 5 hours 24 minutes)
– Azmo offers an A-Rank Hunter to the Master as a sacrifice.
– Absorbing the abilities of sacrificial A-Rank Hunter.
(Remaining time: 5 hours 24 minutes)
………
……
…
– Azmo offers a B-Rank Hunter to the Master as a sacrifice.
– Absorbing the abilities of sacrificial B-Rank Hunter.
(Remaining time: 5 hours 24 minutes)
– Azmo offers a B-Rank Hunter to the Master as a sacrifice.
– Absorbing the abilities of sacrificial B-Rank Hunter.
(Remaining time: 5 hours 24 minutes)
The number of sacrifices Azmo offered was twenty.
For reasons unknown why this happened, I lay back down immediately.
“To have to sleep again right after waking up.”
The only downside to absorbing sacrifices was this.
He passes out until the absorption is complete.
It was fortunate that the absorption time was reduced from 6 hours by conquering the dungeon.
‘ I should conquer more dungeons.’
The time is shortened based on the number of dungeons conquered, so I planned to move again once the Terrilif Potion was somewhat sorted out.
“Clack clack!”
As I lay back down, Maru began guarding me with his sword drawn.
