Chapter 40
The one fortunate thing was that all the males who attacked me had thrown away their weapons.
They may have done that because they underestimated me, but basically, they had no intention of killing me.
They couldn't mate with me if they were dead, after all.
Could this be called part of Wolpi culture, too?
When I really thought about it, it was a very strange tradition.
Anyway, weapons had no place in a fight between a male and a female whose goal was mating.
The moment weapons were drawn, it stopped being a mating-season fight and became a battle to the death.
That mercenary band had threatened me with swords and even bows.
So I…killed them all.
However, the absence of weapons didn't mean no one would die.
Wolpis died for other reasons.
Like these males, who attacked so carelessly.
“Aaaaaaagh…!”
“Hey, Rugal!”
One of them had just had his flank deeply gouged by my claws.
There was some bleeding, so he might be in danger.
“Guh, I'm fine! Shiiiit! This bitch…she knows how to fight?”
Males sometimes died when they recklessly attacked because they couldn't give up on a female.
What about these guys?
There had been so many males obsessed with me in the village that several of them had died.
“She's quite strong for a female.”
“How did that mage subdue this bitch?”
“Ragnar. Is he all right? Is he dead?”
“He's alive. Ngh…she hit him cleanly in a vital spot.”
The situation was still bad, but the results were good.
There were four opponents.
I'd turned one of them into a black-and-blue mess and knocked him down.
I had beaten him using the pig.
The second had been stabbed in the side, disabling one of his movements.
The third was limping.
Finally, the fourth, the silver-furred Wolpi, was quite cautious.
“Grrrrrrrr…!”
I was backed against the outer wall of the dungeon room.
If I went just a little farther, I could escape through the hole I'd entered from….
Could I carry this pig back with me?
They were strong.
Beating a male with nothing but physical strength, without a weapon…was difficult after all.
They couldn't be compared to the males who hadn't even been adventurers in the village.
“It hurts my pride, but let's grab her all at once and overpower her.”
“That sounds good. If we try to grab her one at a time just to look cool, we might die.”
A male looked more impressive and made a better partner when he personally pinned down and subdued a female.
However, if she resisted as fiercely as I did, they sometimes had no choice but to restrain her together.
“You weak bastards…! You can't catch me alone, can you? I won't accept this! You weak idiots! Get lost!”
This was when I had to provoke their pride.
Stupid Wolpis really hated that.
“What did you say…? You bitch! Fight us with your strength! Stop swinging that weird pig!”
“No! There are four of you! I'm scared! You cheating idiots!”
Fortunately, they didn't treat the pig as a weapon. If they had, they probably would have attacked me just as fiercely even if I picked up a branch.
“This bitch… Hey! What are you all doing?”
“Haah… I don't want to do this after hearing that, but should we attack one at a time?”
“Forget it! This is a dungeon. We can't get hurt any more. Grab her and mate first!”
They now approached me with steady, plodding steps, without making any more major movements.
I was already cornered against the wall, so I couldn't escape.
I tried blocking their path with the pig, but what could I do?
I moved my body to keep them from approaching.
I swung my fists and raked at them with my claws.
But the males were prepared to endure the injuries.
Even as my claws wounded them and my blows bruised them, they gritted their teeth and kept coming.
In the end, they grabbed my arms and legs.
“Kyaaaaaa!”
“Grab her! Hold her down until she runs out of strength!”
“Let go of me! I said let go!”
Three of them were doing what should have been one male's job.
No female would ever accept something like this.
“Don't move… I'm first! Give me your arms!”
One of them took the lead, forced me onto my back, and climbed on top of me.
He grabbed my arms and made it impossible for me to move.
“You bastard…! You're weak! You attack with four of you, and you're still weak!”
“Shut up! You want to get hit? You're pretty, so I don't want to hit you! Do you want me to hit you?”
As he said that, he began taking off his lower garments.
A sour, filthy smell. What was he pulling out when he hadn't even properly subdued me?
“No! Get that away from me! It's filthy! No! Master! Master! Save me!”
I screamed in shock when I saw him pull out his dick and rub it against my breasts.
The other two began stripping off my clothes.
Then it happened.
Kraaaang—!
The wall of the dungeon room suddenly shattered above my head as I lay there.
“Wh-what the hell! The dungeon wall broke!”
“Can a dungeon wall even break? How is that possible!”
“Is it a monster? Fuck! What do we do? Finish her quickly, asshole!”
Even in this situation, they were still trying to fuck me, attempting to spread my legs apart.
I held out with all my strength.
“Aris…!”
The voice I heard then belonged to Claude.
The instant I heard his voice, I felt strength flow back into my exhausted arms and legs.
“Master! Master!”
I pushed away the arms holding me…and kicked hard at the legs trying to spread mine!
“Aaargh! This bitch…why is she so strong!”
“Don't let her go! Grab her! Aaargh!”
I kicked the chin of the one holding my right leg.
I shook off the hand of the male on top of me and swung my fist.
Wham—!
I struck him in the jaw, but this one wasn't an easy opponent either.
“You fucking bitch! Stay still…s-stay…wha…?”
But his grip began to weaken.
A cold chill was sweeping in from somewhere. I raised my head and looked up.
Blue light swallowed the light cast by the dungeon's red torches.
“I'll kill you.”
Claude said that, but he didn't use magic.
He strode over and kicked the Wolpi who was on top of me.
“Wh-what…Aaargh!”
Wham—! His kick sent the male flying far away.
He crashed to the ground and rolled across it.
Then he approached the males who had been holding my legs and began beating them one by one with his fists.
Competition between males.
Sometimes several males took a liking to the same female.
When that happened, the one who subdued her first usually got her.
Or they did it as a group….
They could fight among themselves later.
Subduing the female first was the highest priority.
However, females were attracted to strong males, so the males sometimes fought each other as well.
In that case, the female was usually fascinated by the strong male's battle and followed him.
Competition between males was fierce and merciless.
There was absolutely no tenderness in the way they treated a female.
But something was different now.
This wasn't competition.
“Aaargh! S-save me! Wh-what is this guy!”
“What the hell are you doing to Aris, you bastards…!”
Bam! Bam!
It was more like one-sided violence. The Wolpis had already lost the will to fight.
What was this devastating force Claude was giving off…?
Claude was so incredible that even I, who was watching, trembled.
The strength he had shown when subduing me had truly been nothing.
Claude hadn't shown me even ten percent of his power until now.
The Wolpis would die at this rate.
They only wanted to mate, after all.
“Master! Master! Stop! Please stop! I'm safe!”
I called out to him, but his movements didn't stop.
“Master!”
I leaped onto his back and wrapped my arms around his shoulders, holding on tightly.
“Aris….”
“Yes, Master. Aris is right here.”
“Are you all right? Where are you hurt?”
“I'm safe. I kept my chastity. I-I have no one but you, Master….”
If I were raped, he might abandon me.
I emphasized that I was unharmed.
Claude turned toward me.
Then he embraced me without saying a word.
“Aris…Aris…are you all right? You were scared, weren't you? Aris…don't go anywhere alone.”
“M-Master? You're trembling. Are you all right?”
“Why are you worried about me? Let me see. Where are you hurt?”
He ignored the Wolpis he'd been beating and turned around to look at me.
Fortunately, they had completely lost the will to fight.
The one who had been bleeding had passed out, and the others were lying there covered in blood.
“Th-that…it's a monster!”
“Is he really a mage? That's impossible!”
Thump, thump. The males were voicing their recognition of another male.
They had submitted to our master's overwhelming strength.
“You aren't hurt anywhere. Aris…put on some clothes….”
“No, Master.”
“What do you mean, no? Here, at least put on a robe….”
Now wasn't the time for that.
Claude had become the strongest male, the one who had won the competition among males.
If he didn't mate with me now, the competition wouldn't be considered settled.
Those males wouldn't accept it and would attack us again later.
“You have to mate with me here. We need to show these males.”
This female is mine. I will prove it by force now.
The words I'd spoken at the registration line meant absolutely nothing.
But what if he subdued me with his strength and won the fight?
If he showed that he had successfully mated with me, the other males would have no choice but to acknowledge him.
I was already stripped bare.
I showed him my breasts and said,
“Take me, Master.”
Claude looked at me and the Wolpis.
“So…that's how it is. All right.”
“Kya!”
He pulled me into his arms and tightly squeezed one of my breasts with one hand.
“You bastards…listen carefully. This female is mine. I'll prove it now.”
Deliberately. Deliberately…Claude grabbed my arms roughly.
He pressed me hard against the floor and forcibly laid me down.
I resisted, genuinely trying to push him away.
I fought back, trying to overpower him as I struggled with my legs.
But once again, I couldn't resist him.
“Master…! Your strength is too great!”
“Aris. You can't escape me.”
His strength made it impossible for me to move at all.
He kissed me while I lay pinned beneath his huge body.
I naturally spread my legs and said to him,
“You are my male.”
We began mating in front of the defeated Wolpis.