I woke up feeling hungry and exhausted. My shoulders ached, and as I shifted, I realized why—the twins had slept on them all night, using me as their pillow.
I'm alive? I mused.
[Yes, you are, dummy.]
My system chimed in.
"System lady! You're still alive, too? You were glitching yesterday—I thought you were done for."
[Tch... I don't glitch.]
[The Pleasure Points were just too much.]
[Succubi are sex demons, after all. They have a lot of points.]
[And you're only alive because of the Divine Protection skill you always keep active.]
[Otherwise, you wouldn't have lasted half an hour with them.]
"Really...? Let's check how many points we gained."
My eyes widened as I glanced at my system screen.
Holy shit!
10,500 Pleasure Points.
What the fucking hell!
That was insane. How'd l finish that much points!. I could boost every stat, enhance my abilities, and even take on the Demon Lord himself with such points. For the first time, I actually had a shot at beating him.
As a grin spread across my face, Rose—who had passed out on the floor naked, stirred up and glanced at me groggily.
"You're up already, human?"
"Yeah..." I responded.
"And you're alive?."
"Do I look like a ghost? Wait—were you hoping I'd die?"
She chuckled and stood up, grabbing her clothes from the floor. "You're not normal, you know that?. Are you sure you're human?"
"Yeah. As you can see, I'm beautiful, not hideous like demons." I snarled.
"It's strange. Even demons struggle to satisfy succubi. And not only did you satisfy two of them until they couldn't take anymore, but you also woke up alive. That's... impressive."
I smirked. "Yeah, and my next target is you."
She pulled on her shorts, leaving her tail out, then clasped her bra. "In your dreams, boy. I don't let kids touch my body."
She was a stubborn one.
Last night, I'd fucked Tia and Tio until they couldn't take another round. Every time my stamina wavered, I burned through my points, healing up and going again—good as new. It was wild. The succubi twins reached their limit before I did. If there was a trophy for this, I definitely deserved it.
Rose crossed her arms after dressing up, and looked at me. "So, did you gain any power from last night's 'event'?"
"Yeah. Tons of it. I can take on the Demon Lord now. Let's get going."
I was smiling with confidence.
But she gave me a scoff. "Cocky again, huh? Did you already forget how those rabbits wrecked you?"
"Hah! It's different now. I can use lots of magic to deal with them."
"Really?" She raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah."
"Don't be stupid. Go train. We have thirteen days left. If you train for the next ten, maybe—just maybe—we'll stand a chance against the Demon Lord."
"But we can—"
"No, you can't." Her voice was firm. "Having a massive mana pool doesn't mean you've gotten stronger. Your magic is weak. Your fire magic is cold. And physically? You look like you've been sick for years."
"...I was, actually," I admitted, glancing down. She wasn't wrong.
"If you can stab through a rabbit beast's tough hide without a weapon, then we'll talk. Until then? Back to training."
I groaned but dragged myself outside, heading toward the mountains.
But what she said last time kept bugging me. She had mentioned infusing a stick with mana to make it sharp enough to cut a rabbit.
But I don't have mana. So... doesn't that mean I can't do it?
I gritted my teeth. No excuses. I needed to train.
I pulled up my system's daily training regimen and got to work. I fought three rabbits near that weird female tree from yesterday, relying on speed and strength buffs. Afterward, I punched the tree a hundred times, then hauled my kills back to Rose's place.
That's when I made an important realization.
My buffs only lasted two minutes.
And they took ten minutes to cool down.
If I couldn't kill the Demon Lord within those two minutes... I'd have to survive for ten minutes against him while waiting for my buffs to refresh.
That was a losing game.
Too risky.
I had to get stronger and stop relying on the buffs.
Day Two: I barely killed two rabbits.
Day Four: Pumped up. Killed five.
Day Six: Took down ten... but got overwhelmed by their numbers. My buffs wore off. I had to flee.
That evening, Rose tossed a plate of eyeballs in front of me.
"You'll eat nothing but these until training is over," she said flatly.
I scowled. "We only have four days left, Rose. And I'm making barely any progress."
"Yeah, you're pathetic," she said without hesitation.
I growled. "No need to rub it in."
"At this rate, you'll never save your Priestess."
"...I know." I exhaled, running a hand down my face.
Rose leaned forward. "Remember what I told you on your first day here? The strong rule the weak. The weak bow to the strong. The Demon Lord took the Priestess because he's strong. If you want her back, become strong as well. Find something you're good at—anything—and hone it."
I sat in silence, thinking back on my life. I was never particularly talented at anything.
Except...
"I was just an ordinary doctor," I muttered. "I never did anything close to harming people."
Rose raised an eyebrow. "Really? And what tools did you use to treat people?"
"Scalpels, injections... stuff like that."
"Scalpels? What's that?"
"Small, sharp surgical instruments used for making precise incisions during medical procedures. You're a demon. You wouldn't get it."
Rose stood up, walked to the kitchen, then returned with a box. She dropped it in front of me.
It was filled with knives. All kinds of knives, that l wondered where she got them.
Then she pulled out a package of scalpels and handed them to me.
"So these are your special weapons, huh?" she mused, a slow grin creeping across her lips.
"It's true—they can be used to heal..."
She leaned in closer, her voice dropping to a whisper.
"But they can also be used to KILL!!!!!!."
Tbc