The zombie was fast, durable, and overwhelming powerful; it moved like a whirlwind. First, it smashed into Kale's leg with a sickening crunch. Kale screamed and fell under her own weight. Molly screamed and rushed forward, wand-waving.
Magic circles appeared around her before ejecting pink lances. She raised her wand high, and world qi gathered for a devastating spell.
Molly waved her wand only for the zombie to catch her wand. The fiend snapped the head off the wand and threw it aside. Then he punched her in the gut throwing her ass over tea kettle into a wall.
Vraley charged forward only for the zombie to cold clock her with a right hook. The deertaur fell like a sack of potatoes.
I pushed myself back to my feet and threw a punch. The zombie caught my fist and stared down his rotten green nose at me. It squeezed my fist, and my bones screamed out in protest. The dungeon's qi swirled around the monster thicker than I've ever seen. It was like a giant receiver channeling vast amounts of power.
The bones in my hand-ground together as I pushed more power into my body. My technique wasn't enough against such a strong enemy. Even boosting my strength with qi, the multiplier wasn't enough. I was running into a problem; I needed a stronger body.
A grin spread over the zombie's face revealing cracked black teeth. "I lived in a modern world where men and women were equal. Do you know America?" The zombie said.
Flames erupted from my hand. "I can see it in your eyes, you know. You aren't from this world, but you still have power. Check your privilege." The zombie yelled.
It flashed to my side, gripped my wrist, and smashed my elbow with its fist. Bones snapped and tore through my skin. Blood sprayed down my arm in spurts sizzling from the flames moving up my arm.
At that moment, I hit the panic button.
Black qi gathered around my body as my battle form struggled to activate. There was no other qi but my own to supply the skill. My blood boiled as it gushed from my ruined arm and my cultivation base burned at both ends. Black flames gathered around my left hand, and I struck.
The zombie managed to bring its hands up. My blow struck, burning through the zombie's dead flesh, and drove it back. I watched as dungeon qi flowed into the zombie, rapidly regenerating its wound.
"Now safe room," Molly shouted as a scroll burned in her hands.
Magic symbols appeared around us, and the zombie vanished from the room. Symbols spread out around the room before burning themselves into the walls. Molly got up and went to Kale while I dropped my battle form and collapsed.
"What's this?" I asked.
Molly sucked in a sob. "I used a saferoom enchantment scroll. It temporarily separates a room in a dungeon from the dungeon. We have maybe 10 hours before this one fades." Molly said.
I sensed world qi enter the room and felt less exhausted. My cultivation recovered at a snail's pace, and with every heartbeat, blood poured as my bones moved. If the break had been painful, then healing was much worse. I watched as my bones moved back into place before the skin began to knit together.
"It's the room given enough time and mana we'll all make a full recovery. That and you're a freak of nature. Kale could take 9 hours to recover from her injury, and Vraley might die. Also, I'm pretty useless without my wand. I can make penises all day, but I need my wand for anything useful." Molly said.
"I'll be ok; it isn't that bad," Kale said.
The limb was turned the wrong way. And bones clearly poked out through the skin. She wasn't walking on it anytime soon.
"Sure, you look great, Kale, but just to be sure, why don't you take a nap and let the room heal you up," Molly said.
She stood behind Kale and formed a large magic circle. It was supposed to knock Kale out while she healed, from what I could tell.
"No, really, I'm fine. I think I just need to walk it off," Kale said.
I took a page out of Molly's book. "We're basically done here; there isn't much left to do than rest up and leave," I said.
Molly finished her spell and cast it on Kale. The centaur's eyes grew heavy until she rolled over on her side. Soft snores filled the room.
"There isn't enough mana in here to heal them; we need more. I don't think sex with me will do much but waste time. You need to deflower a powerful monstergirl here if we're going to recover. A vampire would work best." Molly said.
I stood, shook my head, and tossed some god shard blood in my mouth to help recover my cultivation base. What Molly said kind of made sense. The world spirit was desensitized to Molly. It wanted something crazy. Something that could really bring its attention down here.
"I understand, don't' worry, if I could talk Vraley into sleeping with you, I can get a monstergirl to sleep with me in here," I said.
"Thanks, you really know how to make a girl feel special. But, unfortunately, we don't have much time, so move fast. If Vraley doesn't wake up soon, she might die." Molly said.
"I hear you. Don't worry, I'll be fast." I said.
When I opened the door out of the safehouse, I expected the zombie to be waiting for me. Instead, there were copper succubi. I blitzed forward and blasted one with a flamethrower and kicked another through a wall. As they melted into slag, I took their lightning cores and swallowed them down. My qi began to recover as I took off for the stairs.
Everything wasn't lost if I moved fast; I could find a monstergirl willing to climb the stairs for a quickie. However, I also needed more high-class spirits to finish my preparations for advancing my cultivation. Going down the stairs was boring but fast without a sexy centaur butt to look at. Another message waited for me in red.
"They took me from my world promising pleasure but never mentioned the pain. Dani took my soul, but others weren't so lucky. They burned in the wombs of succubi." The words read.
I didn't know souls were involved when monster girl's fed. Men dying from dehydration made some sense. But what was a soul, and how was it involved in this nonsense? I cultivated and used spirits, but that didn't mean I believed in the soul of all things. The odds were good that this dungeon only held the memories of whoever Dani kidnapped. It was like an AI copy of a brain; while it might think it's them, it isn't really.
A smile spread across my face. The dungeon felt like an idealistic teenager with a victim complex. Could I use that to fuck with it? Should I use it?
I couldn't pass this chance up; it was going to be too much fun. "Souls don't exist; they were made up to punish people for their sins in life. When you die, that's it." I said.
With qi, that wasn't entirely true either; the mind could be preserved even after death. Even if it sounded similar, that wasn't a soul; it was a spirit. A semi-sapient collection of qi could hardly be called a soul. Souls were basically interdimensional immortal bodies and backup hard drives. They were many things, and I wasn't sure they existed.
A shiver ran through the dungeon, and I thought for sure I had hit something.
I made it back to the lobby and opened the barred door. Sparks of electricity flew from the door as lights turned on inside the mansion. I hadn't gone far before monsters began to form.
Spider-like love dolls crawled down from the ceiling; its legs were the O-faces of pornstars. The heads as one turned to me before they let out horrible shrieks.
I moved forward and struck, feeling the TPE melt from my blows. Enhancement came more manageable as I used their low cores to refuel my cultivation base. Most of them happened to be earth which was a good sign. If I claimed a high-class earth core from the next boss, my power would increase again.
That barrier keeping me from the next realm didn't seem so tall anymore. Now, if only I could find a monstergirl to fuck in the safe room.
I skated deeper into the mansion until I found a locked door in the mansion's kitchen. Four keys were needed to open the next gate. Fortunately, there was a map next to the door. Apparently, two were on the second floor, one was in the bedrooms, and the last was a mystery.
The sounds of rooms shifting were loud and clear. This wouldn't be easy.
More dolls attacked from dark corners, hitting and clawing as I blitzed through the bedrooms. Dolls of all kinds awoke and attacked with varying degrees of success. After shattering the latest doll, a note fell out of it.
"Twice I died, and twice I awakened each time retaining my memories. My soul was taken by Dani but repurposed by her mother. I was made into a doll to forever serve the mansion. Dani used my identity to order a body of TPE she favored. The succubi forced my body into a love doll, and I lived again." The message said.
"So, that's what happened, they made a replica of your memories using magic, and you think it's you. Dani killed you and made a replica of your personality. There is no soul." I said.
"I know it's me and not a replica." A deep voice said. I turned to see the zombie looking larger and more powerful than ever. His body had bulked out even more.
I tossed a spirit core in my mouth and felt my cultivation rise nearer to my max. "Before when we fought, I had used up most of my strength. You still failed to kill me. How are you going to deal with me at full power?"
We clashed, throwing punches at incredible speeds. The room burned around me as my aura rose. Still, my fists bloodied against the zombie's skin, but at least I could fight him. He wasn't overwhelming me, but it was close. Against any other enemy, I would have already burned them to ash. I threw a punch with more power in it than before. The zombie's face burned down to the skull and blackened. My momentum carried, driving my fist further, cracking the bone.
The undead that crimpled Kale and brained Vraley stumbled back a step. Its face regenerated faster than before. A moment after I was sure I had won, it looked stronger than before. The bones knit back thicker where I cracked it, and the flesh seemed to glow after it grew back. I threw more fire qi-filled punches burning away flesh and bone in a flurry of blows. Again, I cracked bones burned flesh, but the zombie remained standing.
"You will learn the same lesson I did. They don't care about you. To them, you are food, nothing more. Even Dani drained me in the end." The zombie said.
I laughed; I couldn't help it. "You think I don't know that. If the fucking cum plantation wasn't a red flag, the villagers charging like an army of infected did. Dani never loved you; she loved what you could teach her, how you could entertain her, and how you made her feel. So she stole your identity and made you into a doll slave. I'm sure they gained quite a few cattle out of the deal too." I said.
"She protected my soul." The zombie said.
Damn, I found a big hole in his armor. I wondered if I could make the dungeon attack itself if I pushed enough. It would be awesome if this guy had an identity crisis.
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