365
One Step Back for Victory
Clack.
Clack, clack—.
The sharp edge of the sword was completely worn out.
The fierce light had died completely, leaving only a lump of steel.
“Hmm.”
Ekaterina, who had been constantly fiddling with her fangs, smiled contentedly and placed the sword on the chair next to where Sion had been sitting.
Actually, she thought about stylishly stabbing it into the chair, but she was worried that the sword would actually break. That would incur Sion’s dissatisfaction, and on top of that, she would be tormented by Kim Yu-hyun.
‘Honestly, that man is a bit much now.’
Fighting Kim Yu-hyun is something both she and he always welcome.
But every now and then, when she annoyed Kim Yu-hyun, he would frown and glare at her. Ekaterina felt like her whole body would freeze, and she couldn’t do anything.
If someone were to hear her say this, they might immediately ask why she didn’t just rush in and fight to the death when she felt that way.
It’s not like Ekaterina hadn’t thought about that.
If she rushed at him when he was angry, he would surely pour out everything he had. If that happened, she would almost certainly—no, definitely—die fighting.
‘But, it’s so strange.’
Strangely, Ekaterina unconsciously wanted that confrontation to last a long time.
When she fought him, and when she faced his angry appearance, there was definitely a sensation of her whole body freezing, but a fire would also surge from somewhere in her chest, instantly heating up her chest and head.
Especially when she was facing Kim Yu-hyun, she kept smiling without realizing it, and there were times when she wondered why her body was acting like this when she was twisting her crotch.
‘I don’t know about anything else, but one thing is for sure: I want to enjoy that man a little more.’
Ekaterina wanted to fulfill her desires, especially her desire for battle.
She wanted to experience him crushing her in just a few seconds with all his might.
She wanted to survive that and, if she had the chance later, lose again.
None of the vanished members of her race had ever enjoyed the exhilarating experience of being able to fight such an incredibly strong person continuously, a luck that no one could ever grasp.
So Ekaterina wanted to be with Kim Yu-hyun a little longer—no, for a very long time.
From the beginning, her race felt the most ecstasy in the fight itself rather than determining victory or defeat. The act of colliding countless times against a wall that could never be overcome, shouting that she would definitely overcome it someday, was truly an exhilarating moment every day.
“In that sense, this situation isn’t very pleasing, but it’s a good opportunity to really fight that man properly.”
“Ugh!
Ugh, bub!”
“It would have been much easier if you had asked me to kill you, but to ask me to bite you? Kim Yu-hyun, really. Why does he listen so well to such a strange man? Ah, Sion said that he has a good eye for fights, didn’t he?”
Ekaterina approached the Celestial, whose hands and feet were tightly bound.
Indeed, Rishikida’s rope-tying skills were amazing, as the mid-level Celestial couldn’t move at all and could only scream, “Ugh!”
“Hmm.”
Ekaterina narrowed her eyes, touching her chin for a moment as if thinking about something.
Then, she exclaimed, “Aha!” and reached out her hand.
The Celestial woman, who had fully experienced the horror of the Dragonkin, flinched and tried to avoid her, but it was impossible since her body was tied up.
Meanwhile, the Dragonkin’s rough hand was holding not the Celestial’s neck or wings, but the clothes she was wearing.
“Ah, don’t misunderstand. If I bite you with this cloth, it keeps getting stuck between my teeth. I’ve had a hard time taking it out several times, so recently I’ve been mainly biting necks or faces without this cloth, but this time, you could die immediately if I did that. So I’m clearing it away in advance.”
Tear!
Tear!
The outer and inner garments were all torn mercilessly, scattering into pieces.
The Celestial woman screamed and tried to resist by twisting her body, but it was all in vain.
Her body wasn’t in normal condition yet, and Rishikida’s binding skills were taught directly by Kim Yu-hyun.
Furthermore, a mid-level Celestial couldn’t be free in the face of the Dragonkin Ekaterina’s momentum, not being a high-level Celestial.
“Stay still. I might change my mind and just tear off pieces of your flesh.”
Her voice was playful, but the momentum within was not playful at all.
In particular, the thick desire for slaughter gleaming in her eyes was enough to easily crush the resistance of a mid-level Celestial.
“Ugh…”
Eventually, the Celestial, succumbing to the threat, just moaned and sat still, and Ekaterina patted her head as if praising her and tore off the rest of her clothes.
Finally, most of the cloths were removed, and all that remained were the parts where the clothes could not be removed because they were tied with strings.
Perhaps if men were to see this sight now, their eyes would roll back.
Although her appearance was miserable, it was impossible to hide her entire appearance, and above all, her relatively clean bare skin was dazzlingly beautiful.
Such an ultra-beautiful woman with desperate eyes, even tied up, would have been more than enough to drive all heterosexuals crazy, but unfortunately, the person standing in front of this Celestial woman was not a man, but a woman, even a Dragonkin.
“Where should I start?”
She was not lusting after the woman’s body, nor was she going to show mercy just because she was a Celestial.
Just a tool and a shortcut to fulfill her desires.
For Ekaterina, this Celestial woman was just that level of existence.
“Ah, here it is.
Yeah, a male who fought with me a long time ago told me that this is most women’s weak spot.”
Her finger lightly tapped the Celestial woman’s chest.
Specifically, she was referring to the very tip where the pink areola [the pigmented skin around the nipple] was formed.
Doubtful, the Celestial woman looked at Ekaterina, who seemed to have already made up her mind as she slowly lowered her upper body, bringing her face closer to her chest.
Then, she slightly opened her mouth, and fearsome fangs that sent shivers down the spine glinted inside.
“Mmph?
Mmph!
Mmmph!”
As those fangs slowly headed towards the tip of her breast, the Celestial struggled.
She realized what this crazy woman was trying to do, which part she was trying to bite, and instinctively knew that the moment that spot was bitten, she would be turned inside out, regardless of being a descendant of light or anything else.
But would Ekaterina care about such resistance?
Rather, she muttered that the Celestial’s struggles made it a bit more fun to torment her, and the smile on her face only deepened.
“Don’t worry.
You won’t die.”
“Mmph!
Mmph!
Mmph!”
The Celestial woman shook her head, trying to shake her body, saying absolutely no way.
But it was all in vain, and soon the Dragonkin’s relentless attack poured down.
The blue fangs of light fell upon the trembling tip of the woman’s breast, the small areola.
The monstrous woman’s blade began to approach that small spot, which seemed like it would snap with just a little force.
Squeeze—.
Splat!
“Ughhhh!”
The woman’s eyes widened, and soon a sound of gasping for breath could be heard as she couldn’t even scream properly.
Unspeakable pain and humiliation swept through her entire body.
After a while, Ekaterina slightly lifted her head, her fangs stained with red blood.
“I just lightly bit the tip with the end of my fangs, wondering if it would fall off if I bit down hard.
Hmm, they say babies are breastfed from the spot I just bit, so is breast milk blood?
I only got blood when I bit it.”
“Mmph… Kghhhh!”
The Celestial woman only groaned in pain, trembling.
A stream of red blood dripped and flowed from the woman’s chest.
Ekaterina stared at it for a moment, then stuck out her long tongue with protrusions and licked it clean.
“Hmm, the blood tastes okay, even if it’s weak.
As expected, pigeons [a derogatory term for Celestials] have a sweet taste.
So, I’m looking forward to the next part even more?
I sometimes eat monsters when I’m bored.
The taste is terrible, but the foul smell is subtly addictive.
If I had to pick an edible part, it would be the legs, especially the thighs.”
Saying that, the Dragonkin, Ekaterina, squatted next to the Celestial woman writhing in pain, gently stroking the woman’s white and fair thighs, and licked her lips with her tongue.
She poked her with her fingers, making movements as if checking a fruit to see if it was edible, then grabbed her thighs with both hands and opened her mouth.
“I’m going to bite a little harder this time.
Ah, but don’t worry, I won’t tear off any flesh.”
“Mmph!
Mmph!”
“A little later, I should untie the ropes and bite the inside of your legs and between your thighs.
I need to bite hard so that Sion, that human, keeps his promise to me, right?”
In Ekaterina’s eyes as she said that, only the anticipation of being able to properly fight Kim Yu-hyun was shining.
The Celestial woman had to tremble in fear once again at the Dragonkin’s chillingly terrifying appearance.
She was a being who wouldn’t care at all about what happened to her or how much she was tormented.
A monster who would torment her all day long just to get what she wanted.
“Mmph!
Mmph!”
The Celestial woman finally realized that she had been foolish when she recalled the terrifying sight of the upper Celestials being torn apart and bitten to death alive earlier.
She should have spoken in front of that human man earlier.
That human told her not to regret it and to speak now if she had something to say.
She should have opened her mouth at that very moment when he said there would never be another chance later!
“Mmph!
Mmph!
Mmph!”
She tried to say that she would speak now, please don’t do this, she was too scared, too afraid.
The Celestial woman desperately screamed, but thanks to Rishikida, who had diligently gagged her, she couldn’t even utter those words properly.
And even if she could have spoken properly, it would have been too late.
Sion had already left this barracks and headed to Rishikida’s barracks.
He was faithfully fulfilling her words that if it wasn’t now, there would never be another chance.
“Ughhh!
Ughhhhh!”
Being a descendant of noble light, or the pride of carrying out a mission, couldn’t save her from the fact that she had been thrown naked in front of this terrifying monster.
Only then did the woman realize this, shedding tears as she begged for forgiveness, but in a situation where she couldn’t even speak properly, Ekaterina had no way of understanding her, and even if she did, the probability of her simply letting it go could be said to be zero.
“I need to quickly get my fill and prepare to fight Kim Yu-hyeon.
So, grit your teeth and prepare yourself.”
“Ughhh!
Ugh!
···Ugh!
Ubbbbb!
Ughhhhh!”
Crunch!
Blood splattered along with an eerie sound, and the Celestial woman writhed in pain, tears, snot, and saliva streaming down her face.
She begged and begged to be freed from this hell, saying she would tell everything, do whatever they wanted, just save her from this terrifying woman.
“Hmm, the more I drink it, the more I realize pigeon blood isn’t bad either.
It’s better than monster blood.”
Crunch!
Crack!
“Hick!
Kkeueup!
Aueueueup!”
But she could never escape that hell.
Having rejected the rope of salvation that had been lowered once, she couldn’t grab that rope again whenever she wanted.
The only way was for the one who had tried to lower that rope of salvation to come back and forgive her for daring to be presumptuous.
―
“Yu-hyeon is coming?”
“Yes.
The hawk that arrived a little while ago is the one Eos gifted to Kim Yu-hyeon.
If that hawk has arrived, it probably means Kim Yu-hyeon has arrived at least halfway.”
Originally, it would take at least three weeks of long travel time.
One week from the South to the central region, then another week from there to Klausen.
From Klausen to the Nudia Royal Castle, it would take at least another week no matter what.
This was also under the premise that they were really focusing only on moving, and if various circumstances were added, the original schedule would easily take a month.
However, the person currently rushing from the South to Nudia is none other than Kim Yu-hyeon.
There would be distances where he would ride a horse to prevent exhaustion, but when that horse got tired, he would run like crazy with his much faster footwork, so it would be enough to take about two to three weeks instead of a month.
Moreover, he would have sent a messenger hawk before departing, and it would have taken some time for it to arrive, so he might have almost arrived in Klausen by now.
‘But he’s a bit later than I thought? Did something happen?’
Sion wondered if the enemies had meddled in the South later than he had expected.
According to his original expectations, it was the timing when Kim Yu-hyeon would have arrived in Klausen, but the schedule was slightly delayed.
Sion knew very well that Kim Yu-hyeon wasn’t the type to explain things in detail in writing and preferred to meet in person to talk, so he thought he should meet him and ask for the reason.
“Why does he suddenly want to use the subordinate barracks?”
At that time, Zyan entered with a grumbling voice.
While the armies of Hispania and Nudia were fighting against the Holy Prussia, the northern warriors were moving separately with the aim of hindering or blocking the enemy’s reinforcements that might head that way, or at least buying time if that was difficult.
It was those warriors who delivered the news that enemies were rushing in from the south this time, and thanks to them, Sion and the Hispania army were able to quickly retreat before being surrounded in reverse.
“Besides, Sion, I don’t feel good that only you are having fun.”
It seemed that was the real reason for her grumbling.
She was excluded from the place where the large-scale battle was taking place, so even though she was a woman, Zyan, who was ultimately a warrior by nature, seemed quite displeased.
However, for Sion, it was essential for them, who overwhelmed even the Nudia cavalry in terms of mobility, to act as scouts.
Even though the Celestials were slower than griffins, they were still faster than most horses.
If it hadn’t been for the northern warriors, they would have been pushed back in terms of speed, and the probability that they would have only had a very tight time of less than 30 minutes instead of two hours of leeway would have been very high.
“Next time, include me in the battle too, Sion.
I also have the right to kill them.”
“Right?”
“Yes.
They are the ones who antagonize my betrothed.
If so, they are also my enemies, and our warriors never let those who are clearly identified as enemies go back unharmed.
That is the most shameful thing.”
Zyan said that and told him to include her in the next fight.
Sion agreed to appease her for now.
However, a while ago, he kept feeling uneasy, and Sion was thinking that he was somehow feeling a creeping sense of anxiety.
‘···I don’t know why, but I’ve never been wrong when I have an ominous feeling.’
What on earth is this uneasy feeling?
He tried hard to calm his suffocating heart, but even that wasn’t easy, making Sion even more worried.
―――――――Author’s Note―――――――
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