Chapter 3
My consciousness and power, suppressed for a thousand years, burst forth as if exploding. Black mist began seeping through the cracks in the shattered sealing stone. At first, it was as thin as a thread, but then it grew increasingly fierce.
"W-What is this?!"
The demon tried to pull out his sword, but it was already too late. The black mist instantly wrapped around his body. His life force began to be absorbed into me as if I were sucking up water.
But I did not take his body. My gaze was already fixed somewhere else.
"M-Mad…"
I targeted the human man who spoke Korean and was sitting collapsed on the floor.
[Predation Ability Activation Preparation]
#@$ERROR%$#
Objective: Attempt to absorb body
Success Rate: Unmeasurable
※Warning: Multiple unknown variables detected
※Caution: System overload occurring
Errors appeared in the system again. That clearly meant something. That man possessed something special—something this world's system could not even analyze.
'Even better… I'll take that body for myself.'
The black mist began slowly moving toward the man.
I tried to absorb the man's body and soul. But it was not easy. It felt as though two worlds governed by different laws were colliding. As that happened, the man's memories naturally flowed into me.
[Devouring in Progress]
Target Assimilation: Progress Unstable
Data Collision: Critical
※Warning: Unpredictable reaction detected
※Caution: Possibility of system collapse ↑
Fragments of memory flowed into my consciousness like shards of a broken mirror.
This man had come from the same place as I had. But the world he knew was different from the world I had inhabited. And he, too, possessed something like I did.
[System Error]
Critical Error Detected
Law Collision Occurring
※Warning: Interdimensional interference occurring
※Danger: Immediate cessation of devouring recommended
But I couldn't stop. The absorption was already almost complete.
"Gaaah!"
Along with tremendous pain, the two systems began to collide.
[Forced System Integration Occurring]
'Akashic' System
'Kitomi' Application
※Warning: Forced process will commence
※Caution: Unpredictable result
Inside my consciousness, the two systems began to consume, absorb, and warp one another. It was as if two dragons were trying to devour each other.
The area around me began to change as well. At first, it felt like a faint vibration, but its intensity gradually increased.
Crack-
The sky began to crack like glass. The cracks spread like a spiderweb, and at last it shattered and fell apart like broken glass. Beyond the sky, there was nothing but endless black-and-white noise.
Fwoosh-
This time, the surrounding space broke apart like dust. The cave walls, the floor—everything broke down into pixels and vanished into thin air. Like data being erased.
Then a system message appeared.
Forc@#$@#% St#$#art
Even the message was incomplete. The world—or perhaps reality itself—might have been undergoing reconstruction.
In an instant, the surrounding backdrop changed. In the blink of an eye, the cave from before vanished, and a studio apartment that felt both familiar and unfamiliar spread out before me.
Dust had piled up on the computer desk, while empty cup-noodle containers and snack bags were strewn across the floor. The bedding on the bed was tangled, and laundry was piled up like a mountain in one corner. It was the typical sight of a room that had not been cleaned in a long time.
"I'm back…?"
The voice sounded unfamiliar. No, this room was unfamiliar too. This was not my room.
Then a memory flashed through my mind. This was the room of the man I had just absorbed.
"System."
There was no response.
"System…?"
I called it once more, but there was still only silence. The system window that normally would have appeared immediately failed to appear.
I felt the need to slowly feel my way through the man's memories.
The man's memories surged over me like a flood. Kim Woo-jin… twenty years old, fresh out of high school.
Memories from his middle-school years flashed past. Sitting alone in the corner of the classroom, being shoved in the hallway, moments when insults and mockery came flying at him… every memory was gloomy and dark.
"Tsk, what unpleasant memories."
Disgust welled up inside me. I felt like I should erase memories like these.
I dug deeper, searching for more important memories. And I found it—the moment he gained his ability.
'On the day the new year dawned, a strange app suddenly appeared on my smartphone. ‘
The app gave him the ability to enter the worlds of pornographic novels, adult games, and other adult fiction. And 'Dungeon Conquest' was the first world he chose. In this world, it was known by a different name as a game.
Kim Woo-jin awakened his ability and entered Dungeon Conquest after imposing a penalty on his first fictional work, intending to grow stronger for revenge. It was a seal preventing his return to reality—a condition that made it impossible to return until he achieved his goal.
Now I understood. He had chosen a dangerous challenge for a greater reward, but his body and ability had already become mine.
“Tsk, sorry about that. Still, I'll get your revenge for you.”
While I was going through Kim Woo-jin's memories, an alarm sounded from within his clothes.
'Vibration?'
I took the smartphone from inside Kim Woo-jin's clothes. It was an old smartphone, with a fine crack in the screen.
When I turned on the screen, an app with a new name—not the Kitomi app that had originally been installed—was there.
[App Installation Notification]
A new application has been installed
'Libido'
※System installation complete
※Administrator privilege transfer confirmed
The existing Kitomi had disappeared, replaced by an app called Libido. Its icon was shaped like a succubus's vulva. The mysterious pattern of red and black intersecting gave it a strange allure.
I tapped the Libido app.
[Launching Libido App.]
On the screen was a 3D character belonging to a man I had never seen before—not my own appearance.
"What is this? Who's that?"
The character was short and fat. He was even ugly. Even the penis in his crotch was unimpressive. I frowned and, half expecting the worst, went to where there was a mirror.
The reflection in the mirror plunged me into despair.
"What the hell… Who are you…?"
Ever since I returned to reality, my field of vision had felt strangely low. Only now did I understand why.
Looking through Kim Woo-jin's memories, I found that he, too, had used a one-time custom avatar when he entered Dungeon Conquest.
Frowning, I looked at something else.
[Status Window]
Name: #Kim##jin? Jin@Yoon??
Level: 1
Stats
- Strength: 15
- Vitality: 10
- Agility: 8
- Virility: 2
"What? The text is corrupted again? And where did the Intelligence stat go?"
I searched through Kim Woo-jin's memories. Soon, I learned why. He had traded away Intelligence for Virility. Of the four basic stats—Strength, Vitality, Agility, and Intelligence—he had given up Intelligence and chosen Virility.
'This lunatic…’
But there was a bigger problem. All my power had vanished. I could tell just by looking at the stats displayed. The power I had accumulated was nowhere to be found; I was back at a beginner's level.
I searched through all of Kim Woo-jin's memories concerning the app. Then I realized one important fact.
Power gained from fictional works did not apply to reality. There were only two exceptions: using points to increase stats, or registering skills obtained from fictional works with points.
"Wait. My traits!"
I hurriedly tapped the menu at the bottom of the screen.
[List of Owned Traits]
-Predation (Inactive)
-Bloodline Awakening (Inactive)
-Pregnancy Control
-Delicious Semen
-Highly Addictive
-Advanced Swordsmanship
'Even if my power is gone, at least my traits remain… and Advanced Swordsmanship is a trait Kim Woo-jin acquired, too.'
The problem was that Predation and Bloodline Awakening were marked inactive.
“Why are the Predation and Bloodline Awakening traits inactive?”
A headache began to set in.
"System."
I called for the system, but there was no answer.
'Could it have vanished during the integration...?'
I noticed a mail-shaped icon in the left corner of the app. A red dot had been blinking there for a while.
When I clicked it, a string of messages cascaded downward.
[System Message]
System integration complete.
Level will be reset.
Dungeon Conquest reward points: 10,199 awarded.
Predation trait deactivated (100,000 points required to activate)
Bloodline Awakening trait deactivated (100,000 points required to activate)
※The Predation and Bloodline Awakening traits have been locked due to a curse.
Please pay the 10,000 points required to officially launch the Libido app.
"....."
My expression twisted.
“A curse? Could it have happened before the soul was absorbed?”
My thoughts of Kim Woo-jin suddenly changed. I had thought his life was pitiful, but I never imagined he would leave me this kind of shit on his way out.
‘I'm pissed, but the other traits are intact. And there's also the A-rank Swordsmanship trait Kim Woo-jin acquired.’
As a small consolation, I paid the points to officially launch the Libido app.`
[Launch Libido App]
10,000 points will be deducted to purchase the official service.
Would you like to proceed?
[Yes] [No]
I hesitated for a moment, but pressed [Yes]. I had 199 points left.
[Libido Official Service Launched]
※Administrator privileges acquired
※Access privileges to fictional works acquired
'What can I do now?‘
It seemed to have functions similar to the ones Kim Woo-jin had used in his memories. Then I found a function that allowed me to change my appearance.
Even so, I didn't want to live with this appearance.
I decided to try it immediately. When I tapped the 3D character's appearance, a function for changing it appeared. I decided to use my remaining 199 points to see how much I could change my appearance.
I tried clicking my character's chest on the screen.
[Appearance Change Guide]
-You can freely change your appearance by investing points.
I tried tapping the head.
-Required points: 100
'Damn... I don't have nearly enough points.'
I tried tapping some other parts. I touched the penis.
"Could I make it bigger, too?"
When I touched and dragged the penis, it grew longer.
[Size Adjustment Guide]
You can increase or decrease it by 1 cm per point
Current length: 7 cm
Current circumference: 3 cm
※Applied immediately upon adjustment
At least, adjusting the penis required few points.
I was lost in thought.
'I can't stand having a small dick.‘