Chapter 349: Centerpiece
After receiving the final confirmation from Meri, I returned to the dungeon. My drive was through the roof, and I couldn’t afford to waste any more time.
"I’ll swing by the Nest Tower one last time before heading back."
"I figured you would."
I wanted to launch the operation immediately, but the visit to the Nest Tower was still on my to-do list for the day.
"Shaitan, finish organizing the remaining units for me. I’ll be right back."
"Who will you be taking with you?"
"I’ll keep Lime with me, and... is Lune ready?"
"Yes. I’ll call her."
It was an awkward thing to cancel at this point, so I decided to take Lune and Lime along quickly. Lime was already standing by at my side, so the moment Lune arrived, we could leave right away.
"I’m here."
Lune, now ready, wore a notably gloomy expression. She seemed less than thrilled that we’d stripped her of the outfit she liked and changed her into something new. I lifted the black skirt hanging at the middle of her thighs.
"You don’t like the gray leggings that much?"
"I like black stockings better. Can the leggings be black too?"
"Your desire to wear black stockings is most commendable. But Lune, take a look at this."
I pulled out a small hand mirror from among the items we’d looted from humans and held it under Lune’s skirt.
"Do you know how much this turns me on?"
"What’s this called?"
"Ahh, this is what they call a cameltoe."
I lightly brushed my fingers along the plump mound revealed between her thighs. The gray leggings revealed Lune’s shape in full detail, and I traced my fingers along its contour.
"It’s what gets your master worked up."
"...Gray shows when it’s wet."
"What’s the harm if you get wet and leak? You just dry it off."
"I’m always wet when I’m near you, master."
"Even better. If I lift it up and check whenever I please, I can slide right in anytime."
"...Leggings don’t tear open easily for a quick go. You’d have to strip them all the way off to see me."
"Oh no. I hadn’t thought of that."
This was bad. Unlike stockings, where you just punch a hole in the crotch and you’re done, leggings made insertion impossible unless you deliberately took them off.
"Damn it, I can’t do you in front of others."
"That part bothers me a little too..."
Lune had already performed in cowgirl position in public against Hagenti’s minotaur army, but while she could give a fleeting glimpse of the buttline through stockings, she herself was reluctant to show her bare backside completely exposed. Same went for me.
"Let’s wrap up this operation quickly."
"Yes, hehe. So where do we start?"
"Sightseeing trip to the Nest Tower."
Lime, who had been clinging to my back, reached her arms forward. Lune smiled sweetly and perched in her usual spot, on my shoulders. Lime wrapped her arms around Lune’s legs and my whole body so Lune wouldn’t be jostled.
"Right. Time for the inspection."
With travel preparations complete, I headed straight for the Nest Tower, Halphas’s dungeon. The more I delayed, the longer Shax’s resurrection as Halphas would be pushed back, but it couldn’t be helped.
"Shax needs to revive quickly so we can start renovating this dungeon properly."
The portal that originally led from our home dungeon to Halphas’s dungeon had been relocated to the deepest part of Halphas’s dungeon. The portal had been installed where I’d once captured Lucifer, and I climbed the stairs and made my way to Halphas’s former quarters, now the nest of the Harpy Aellos.
"Whew."
The air was muggy. The atmosphere was thick with passion, and the heavy scent stinging my nostrils was the smell created by flesh mingling with flesh.
"Lune, hold on."
I lifted Lune’s skirt slightly and buried my nose between her legs. A fragrant peach scent enveloped my whole body, breathing fresh, lively energy into me.
"Is the ventilation not working well in here? There should be a hole in the ceiling."
"They’re probably going at it harder than the ventilation can keep up with."
If they were generating odors faster than the air could cycle through, there was nothing for it. I scanned the minotaurs and Harpy Aellos scattered in all directions.
Thud, thud, thud, thud, thud!
One minotaur was mounted on top of a Harpy Aello, vigorously thrusting his hips.
"Mooooo!"
I’d thought missionary position would be impossible due to the wings on her back, but the minotaur pinned the Harpy Aello down with brute strength, preventing her from even moving her wings, and was pounding her from above like wielding a club.
"Krgh, c-calm down...!"
The Harpy Aello, noticing my arrival, looked at me and tried to calm the minotaur down. But the already enraged, red-hot bull wasn’t going to settle easily.
"Mooooaaagh!!"
The minotaur thrust his hips down forcefully. The Harpy Aello rolled her eyes back and shuddered all over. Thick fluid leaked from where their genitals were joined.
"Haah, haaah..."
"Is harpy pussy that good?"
"Who’s... gulp?! Legion Commander!"
The minotaur, who had been savoring the afterglow of his climax, prostrated himself on top of the harpy toward me. Without even thinking to pull his cock out, he bowed atop the harpy, and the harpy, having just come, got jabbed one more time and passed out with her tongue lolling out to the side.
"What, Legion Commander?"
"Krgh. I was about to cum..."
A pair coupling doggy style in one corner quietly pulled out. I cast my eyes over all six minotaurs.
The two I’d just observed were mating with one Harpy Aello.
One stationed near the descending stairs was receiving simultaneous fellatio from two Harpy Aellos.
Right next to him, one had been thrusting into two Harpy Aellos stacked like a sandwich before freezing at the sight of me.
Another was placing a Harpy Aello in the middle and roughly working over the vulvas of the two standing on either side with both hands.
And then.
"The pecking order’s already been sorted out."
"Th-this is, well..."
The minotaur seated dead center in the nest bowed his head to me, flustered. Beside him, no fewer than seven Harpy Aellos had been frolicking sexually and fawning over him before freezing in place.
"You’re the squad leader of the minotaur unit."
"M-me? That, that’s a bit much. When we were in Halphas’s dungeon, all of us were equals..."
"Aren’t you my dungeon’s subordinates now? And there’s a reason you’re the leader. An undeniable reason."
I pointed at the other minotaurs. Each of them looked between me and the central minotaur and gave wry smiles. They had to admit what was undeniable.
"Harpies, do you like big cocks that much?"
"Hoho, well-fitting is good too, but really, ones big enough to be just a little overwhelming are the best. Don’t you agree, Commander?"
"I think so too!"
"Same."
Lune and Lime answered in my stead. Sorry to the Harpy Aellos, but none of the monsters in our dungeon had cocks that fit their bodies.
But the minotaurs were different.
"So, just right?"
"Yes. We all took turns trying them out at least once but... well, you know. Hoho."
"Right. Biggest cock leads."
"Moooo..."
At my blunt words, the one with seven Harpy Aellos at his beck and call hung his head. It was a bit amusing to see someone who’d been lording over the women like a king now wearing such a meek expression in front of his master, but unlike the others, his pride still stood tall and ferociously erect even before me.
"That’s gotta be over 40 centimeters, easy. Good. From today on, you’re Mino."
"Mino...?"
"It’ll be your names."
Even though they were males, ★★★★-class subordinates were worthy of names. I officially established the pecking order they’d already set among themselves, based on the number of Harpy Aello partners.
"Mino, Nota, Tau, Ur, Rus, Smi. Those are your names."
The naming was a bit lazy, but it couldn’t be helped. Since the minotaurs were males, unlike Nifran and Clian, my brain might not remember them, but my cock wouldn’t be the one to remember their names either.
"Th-thank you! To grant names to creatures like us... sniff!"
The minotaurs prostrated themselves and slammed their horns into the ground. Such was the depth of their gratitude that one even pulled his third horn out of the Harpy Aello he’d been pounding to bow.
"Ahem, yes. That’s how much I cherish those who join our legion. But something’s strange. I should have sent two here?"
"Ah."
Mino sheepishly hoisted up the two women buried among the Harpy Aellos. The human and the harpy looked dead, eyes rolled back, and the area down below was swollen.
"Well, Legion Commander said they were criminals you sent, and that we should pound them without mercy. Apologies, ours were too big to actually go in."
"What did you do?"
"...We mounted them on the horns on top of our heads. Fortunately, there were no injuries."
Mino pointed at the horns on his head, which were thinner than his cock.
"...Could you demonstrate?"
"Ahem, yes. Understood. You two, give me a hand?"
Mino calmly straightened his posture and sat down. The two Harpy Aellos giggled and grabbed the waists of the two women.
Squelch.
The harpy was mounted on the left horn, the human on the right. Mino carefully twisted his head left and right.
"Ungh... mmh?! W-why again?!"
"Th-they said they were giving us a rest, eek?!"
The two women regained consciousness the moment they were mounted on the horns and came on the spot. Mino just sat still while the two Harpy Aellos lifted them up and down, working them over.
"You’ve rested enough. Or should we force you to take it down below?"
"Th-that one, please spare us...!"
"...Impressive."
Horn sex. I broke out in goosebumps at the new possibility the minotaurs had demonstrated.
"If any demons have horns... heh heh."
"Master’s thinking like a pervert again."
"As usual."
"Not at all. There’s no better method for breaking the pride of demons like Belial. I can experiment later. Heh heh."
Or it was an appropriate method for breaking the spirit of a high-spirited female prisoner. Though it was a method designed to completely shatter the opponent’s mind.
"I should hope no opponent that warrants such measures shows up."
That’s why even today we agonized over whether our operation would go off as planned, whether there were any variables we’d missed, as we headed into battle.
"The Harpy Aellos and minotaurs will not participate in this war. You are to repel any potential invaders to Halphas’s dungeon."
"W-we can fight too!"
"You can fight. I’d like to mobilize you too. But this is the 38th-ranked dungeon, and it has no owner. You have to defend it purely on your own."
If by any chance an entrance opened somewhere and an invader appeared, they’d have to handle it.
"So enjoy yourselves here for now. And while you’re at it... lay some eggs."
For the first time in a while, I turned off the dungeon owner’s filter and checked the fruits of the union between the two species.
[Minotaur x Harpy Aello: Union between male minotaur and Harpy Aello]
[Harpy Aello (☆☆☆ to ☆☆☆☆, 95%)]
[Harpy ???? (☆☆☆☆, 5%)]
"This is definitely workable."
It was a shame minotaurs wouldn’t come out, but I was grateful enough for the 90% chance of Harpy Aellos.
"A 5% chance is enough to birth a new species. This is the mission I’m giving you. Lay eggs to your heart’s content. The bed is also a battlefield."
"Oh my..."
"Krgh, thank you, Commander!"
I assigned the two species of the Nest Tower the mission of breeding. Apologies to them, but the operation to capture the barony had been in the works for a long time, and there wouldn’t be situations where massive monsters over three meters tall could run wild.
"The mainstay of this war lies elsewhere."
I left the Nest Tower with the two girls. Beyond the portal, Shaitan was waiting for me.
"You’re back? Preparations are complete."
"Good, thank you."
Thanks to Shaitan having already finalized the formation, all the Andras scattered throughout our dungeon were lined up in rows and columns before me.
"How many Andras total?"
"Just counting the two-stars: 40 males, 90 females. 130 total."
"Adequate."
My heart pounded at the sight of the Andras. The black bird heads, identical to Halphas’s, always caught my attention, but those were merely the lingering traces of Halphas’s curse.
"You are the centerpiece of this battle, Andras."
The defensive power of Andras was low everywhere except their beaks. But hanging from their necks down were feathers like steel plate armor.
Black Raven feathers.
Before synthesizing with the Harpy Aellos, I had plucked all the steel feathers from the Black Ravens and woven them into plate armor. The Andras were no longer naked.
Beneath the steel plate armor, they wore human attire.
"When this war ends, you will be reborn. Without Halphas’s birdbrain heads."
Three-star, Demi-human Andras.
"So I give you a mission. The mission is..."
I unleashed my pent-up excitement with a roar.
"March on Spica Castle!!!"
Tomorrow.
We strike first.
