Chapter 110: Crazy Little Demon
Yuki continued to tighten his grip around Rixsa’s neck. Her short body slowly began to give out, her frantic thrashing gradually slowing to a weak twitch.
Before she could turn completely blue and pass out, Yuki released his chokehold and dropped her onto the floor. Rixsa collapsed onto her hands and knees, clutching at her throat, gasping desperately for air and coughing violently.
"You bastard!" she wheezed out, her voice raw. "Are you trying to kill me?! Why would you do that?!"
"I did that in self-defense," Yuki replied calmly, looking down at her. "You need to behave yourself so we can figure a way out of here together. I don’t want to kill you."
Suddenly, a series of glowing translucent windows materialized in the air before them.
[DING! NEW MISSION: CULL THE HERETICS]
Mission Info: All Inquisitors and Knights are to enter the elven town of Blue Oak and eliminate all cult members of the Black Cross. Take no survivors.
Yuki and Rixsa both froze, reading the sudden system directive. Before either of them could speak, a second window flashed violently into existence.
[DING! NEW MISSION: CULL THE HERETICS AND THE SUCCUBI]
Mission Info: All Inquisitors and Knights are to enter the elven town of Blue Oak and eliminate all cult members of the Pink Rose. Take no survivors.
"Shit!" Rixsa shrieked in full-blown panic.
[DING! NEW MISSION: PUT THEM ON A LEASH]
Mission Info: All Knights and Inquisitors are to capture any high-level Succubus and make them your slave. Failing to do so will result in instant death. Time Limit: 3 Days.
Rixsa stared at her own system interface in sheer horror. Her prompt instructed her that she had to kill Yuki and all incoming Inquisitors to escape—and that failing to do so within three days would result in her immediate execution or forced enslavement.
Realizing the absolute desperation of her situation, Rixsa backed away from Yuki, putting as much distance between them as the chamber allowed while shouting into the air.
"Administrator!"
Bzzt.
"Yes?" a tiny glowing orb materialized, sounding completely unamused.
"Give me the strength boost! I’ll offer you whatever you want!" Rixsa pleaded frantically.
"Sure, whatever," the Administrator responded lethargically. "Just know that if you fail, you will die—or become his slave. And you already know what succubi are used for."
"Yes, yes! I know! Just do it!"
"Rixsa, this is a very bad idea..." Yuki warned, stepping forward.
"JUST DO IT!!" she screamed.
Snap!
"Done," the Administrator droned.
Feeling a sudden surge of raw energy flood her veins, Rixsa bared her sharp claws and lunged at Yuki.
The two instantly engaged in a brutal, fast-paced bout of hand-to-hand combat, both utilizing their claws and tails in a blur of motion. The battle dragged on for over thirty-eight minutes. Rixsa slashed and clawed relentlessly at Yuki’s body, tearing through his robes and drawing blood.
However, due to Yuki’s superior vampire regeneration, every deep laceration closed within seconds. Rixsa knew that level of instantaneous healing came at a heavy cost; there was no way it wasn’t draining his essence by the second.
Seizing an opening, she swung a lethal claw strike aimed directly for Yuki’s throat.
Yuki dodged backward, sweeping his tail out to trip her. Rixsa saw the attack coming and countered with her own tail, coiling it around his—only to realize too late that he had intentionally baited her. Yuki slammed his copper, arrow-tipped tail straight into the stone floor, pinning her tail beneath it and locking her in place.
She tried her best to overpower him, but it was useless. Yuki moved in instantly, delivering a lightning-fast barrage of heavy blows, his enchanted fists hammering into her defense. Rixsa raised her arms to block, but the sheer force left her limbs numb and sore.
Realizing she was about to break off and run for her life, Yuki dashed forward, snatching her by the throat while buckling her legs from underneath her, locking her into a tight headlock and leg vise simultaneously.
"Sigh... I told you this was going to happen," the Administrator floated over, sounding entirely unenergetic. "What did you expect from the man who wiped out two of the Four Calamities while not even at Rank 1? He killed two Rank 7 monsters and thousands of others—and you thought you could fight him? Stupid, stupid girl. Now you have to die."
"Agh—wait! Please! I don’t want to die!" Rixsa begged as the Administrator drifted closer and Yuki’s unyielding grip tightened around her frame. "I’ll be his slave! I’ll be his slave! I’ll do whatever you want me to do—anything! Sex, fighting!" she pleaded, her pale face turning bright pink. "Anything you want! Even if it hurts, I won’t cry! Please... Yuki, I don’t want to die!"
Hearing her sob, Yuki loosened his grip just enough for her to breathe, though keeping her securely locked down.
[Do you wish to surrender yourself to Yuki, Grand Inquisitor of the Snow Kingdom?] a glowing system window hovered before Rixsa.
"YES!!" she sobbed out.
[Proceeding will revoke your status as a person. In the eyes of the system and world, you will be classified as an object. Do you wish to proceed?]
"YES! YES! DO IT!"
[This is your final warning. This process is permanent and cannot be reversed. Do you—]
"YES! I ACCEPT!"
The instant she confirmed the prompt, Yuki felt a sharp surge of static electricity flow through his body as a glowing Master’s Crest etched itself onto the back of his right hand.
At the exact same time, Rixsa gasped as a searing heat flared across her lower abdomen, forming a distinct, intricate slave/womb crest over her skin.
Wasting not a single second, Rixsa whirled her head toward the glowing orb. "I’m not a person anymore! My contract debt is nullified or transferred to my master!"
"...What?!" Yuki blurted out, staring down at her in disbelief. "I never agreed to this! I can’t have a slave! Especially a succubus! Vee and Elena are going to kill me!"
"Oh, relax!" Rixsa huffed, shaking her head. "They won’t mind another woman in your life! Plus, as an object, I don’t even count as one!"
"Ahem," the Administrator cleared their throat. "It costs 15,000 Store Points for your... slave.... Do you have them?"
"Store Points?" Yuki asked, pulling up his system menu. "Yes, I do."
"Perfect. Taking them now."
Ding!
"Done. Well, I’ll be going," the Administrator said, sounding genuinely irritated as usual before fading into nothingness.
Silence fell over the sealed chamber.
"...So, what do we do now?" Rixsa asked, turning around to look at Yuki.
"What do you mean, ’what do we do?!’ Why are you talking to me so normally?!" Yuki asked, exasperated.
"Why not? You’re my Master now."
"You literally tried to kill me multiple times!"
"And you choked me out! I was about to die from suffocation, so I’d say we’re even!"
"We are not even, you id—" Yuki cut himself off, his eyes widening in concern. "Wait... why are you bleeding from your eyes?!"
Rixsa wiped at the thin streams of blood trickling down her cheeks, her body beginning to tremble violently as her eyes turned hazy.
"I need your essence..." she whimpered, looking up at him desperately. "I’m completely out of my own because of the deal with the administrator... Please... take off your clothes."