Chains of Corruption

"What are those things?" You ask but you don't have to wait long for an answer as Iliya walks into the room from the opposite side.

"Failures. It took quite a few before I learned how to manipulate them properly." Iliya says looking at one of the monsters through the glass.

"Iliya!" Astrid yells.

Iliya laughs and says, "Astrid, to think you would turn against your own kind like this, how disappointing."

Astrid moves towards Iliya but you stop her and say, "Don't let her mess with your head, we have to work together."

Iliya laughs at your words and says, "I'm going to enjoy killing you most of all, champion. I will be waiting in the factory with your precious friend, don't keep me waiting too long or else I might have to play with her instead."

You grit your teeth at Iliya, and she disappears in a cloud of black smoke.

"Don't worry Mika, we've backed her into a corner now!" Kira cheers.

Hakon says, "No, she's right where she wants to be. We still have to make it to the factory, and past Iliya's guards before we reach her. We're walking right into her trap."

You know Hakon is right but there is no other way forward. You cross the room and get into another elevator that takes you to the next floor down. This floor is very dark and only a few candles along the walls provide meager lighting to the gigantic room. At least in here you won't be confined in a passageway, but even with your powers, it is difficult to see into the darkness.

You hear faint footsteps and catch a glimpse of the candlelight glinting off a blade in the darkness. Suddenly, you come under attack and you struggle to block the attacks as they seem to come from nowhere. You parry the sword and stab into the darkness, but the sword flips around and slices you in the ribs. As you stagger backwards, you notice the sword appears to be floating on its own before it sinks back into the darkness.

Astrid steps forward and creates her blade of energy as she says, "Nocturne, still hiding in the dark huh?"

Two swords lash out from the darkness at Astrid as she quickly defends against them and says, "He hides in the dark and conjures blades to fight for him. He's in there somewhere, find him and I'll deal with these!"

You nod and Kira throws a sphere of light into the darkness. It briefly illuminates a hooded figure sitting against a wall before it is swallowed by the darkness.

"There!" you yell as C.C. throws black fire into the darkness, but the blades don't stop attacking Astrid.

You close your eyes and concentrate until you feel two faint magical frequencies that you don't recognize. They are coming from inside the darkness and appear to be separate entities.

"There's something else in there too!" You yell as a long shape emerges from the darkness.

It slithers across the floor and when it comes close you see that it's some kind of tentacle, but whatever it's connected to remains shrouded in the dark. Kira charges a bigger sphere of light and hurls it into the darkness again. This time it illuminates the room for a few seconds before flickering out.

In that brief moment, you see a mass of writhing tentacles. There is no real shape to it and it has no features, just long, slimy tentacles tangled together in a blob. You also notice Nocturne changing positions and Hakon quickly impales him to the wall with a spear of ice. The conjured blades dissipate and Astrid takes a deep breath.

"What the hell is that thing?" You ask hesitantly.

"I have no idea, I've been gone a long time. Maybe it's Iliya's new pet or something." Astrid remarks.

Hakon glides over to Nocturne and is about to finish him off, when his body turns to smoke and reappears behind Hakon. The demon bashes him over the head and Hakon stumbles forward as the demon prepares another strike. You rush to Hakon's aid, but as you come up behind the demon, tentacles lash out from the darkness and wrap themselves around your limbs in an instant.

You struggle against your restraints in vain, this creature seems to be pure muscle and is squeezing very tightly around your wrists and ankles. C.C. and Kira quickly glide to you and begin trying to burn the tentacles with fire magic, but the creature seems to be absorbing their magical energy and each tentacle thickens and grows larger.

"Why isn't it burning?" C.C. asks as Kira transforms and fires an arrow at the monster.

It simply uncoils a few more tentacles and the arrow passes through the gap, missing its target. The tentacles lash out and bind C.C. just like you, but Kira manages to get away by reverting to her normal size and retreating to where Astrid is. Hakon repeatedly stabs Nocturne, but each time, he vanishes into a cloud of smoke and reappears somewhere else.

Astrid and Kira slowly approach the monster as more tentacles unfurl and poise themselves to strike. As you watch helplessly, more tentacles slide up your body and begin working their way under your armor. You try to resist, but the appendages are very dexterous and in a few moments, your armor falls to the ground. You look over and see that the tentacles have torn C.C.'s skimpy clothing and are rubbing against her pussy and ass.

You feel a tentacle brush against your pussy and yell, "Any time now Astrid!"

Astrid creates her blade of energy and slices through a tentacle, but the creature absorbs the energy from the blade and the two halves rejoin and heal instantly. Astrid is knocked off her feet by a tentacle and soon she is bound like the rest of you.

"Kira!" you yell, "Hakon can free us, just help him with Nocturne!"

The tiny fairy doesn't want to leave you like this, but she knows she won't be much help on her own. As you watch Hakon and Kira struggle against Nocturne, a tentacle pushes its way up into your pussy. You gasp at the sudden intrusion and then another one fills your ass. They pump in and out rhythmically and you soon begin to feel pleasure from the unwanted assault as your cock bounces around.

You bite your lip in an effort to focus on something other than the pleasurable feeling this monster is giving you, but a tentacle wraps itself around your throat and squeezes, causing your to gasp for air. As your mouth hangs open struggling to breathe, a tentacle slides up your body and into your mouth. The tentacle around your throat loosens slightly as the other fucks your mouth. You try to bite down, but when it feels pressure, the tentacles constrict around your throat again, forcing your mouth open.

You feel the tentacles bulging and then your insides become very hot. It's cumming, this monster is cumming inside you! You struggle in vain and the tentacles continue their assault, even after reaching orgasm. Their cum sloshes around loudly and drips to the floor, as the tentacles relentlessly pump in and out. C.C. seems to be enjoying it however, she is sucking on two of the tentacles at the same time and jerking off two more as she's being fucked.

They cum down her tiny throat and she drinks it all like she was dying of thirst. You feel the tentacle in your mouth bulge and then it spews hot cum into your mouth and down your throat. You cough and cum flies out around the tentacle as it continues to pump its cum into you.

"You motherfucker! When I get out of here..." You can't see Astrid from this position, but you assume she is being treated the same as you and C.C.

You hadn't expected a monster to be able to absorb magic like this and don't know what to do as another tentacle pushes it way past your pussy and wraps itself around your cock. You moan slightly and try to contain yourself as C.C. moans passionately and Astrid yells in frustration.

"Fairy." Hakon says, "Use your light and keep pouring magic into it!"

Kira nods and launches a sphere of light towards Nocturne. Its starts to flicker out, but Kira charges it again and the light gets brighter, causing nocturne to shield his eyes. Hakon leaps in and lands a fierce blow, but instead of turning to smoke, Hakon's icy sword finds its mark and sinks into Nocturne's chest.

"As I suspected, there is a reason you're in the dark down here, your powers don't work in the light do they fiend?" Hakon says as he walks over to the demon and drives his blade through it's skull.

"Hakon! The others need your help!" Kira yells and Hakon turns and sees the monster fucking all three of you.

He rushes over and freezes the tentacles around you. You shatter the tentacle and break free as Hakon frees Astrid and C.C., but you notice the tentacles are already regenerating. Your group slowly backs away from the monster guarding the next elevator.

Kira says, "What do we do now? It just absorbs our magic."

Hakon raises his arms and says, "Then let's give it what it wants."

He fires an intense blast of ice energy at the creature. It is so powerful, you feel chilled to the bone even standing next to him. The tentacles begin to grow and C.C. sprays black fire over Hakon's ice, causing them to grow even more. You raise your hands and charge electricity before releasing it at the monster. The purple electricity mixes with the fire and ice to create a dazzling light show as the creature bloats up and then explodes. Hakon awkwardly turns around and clears his throat as you catch your breath and put your armor back on.

Kira says, "That was disgusting."

"It's over now, let's just keep going." You say trying to wipe the cum from your face and legs.

Your group boards the elevator and rides it down to the next floor.

Chapter 31: The Factory

Hakon steps out of the elevator first and as he looks around he has a grim look on his face.

"What's wrong?" You ask.

Hakon replies, "This scent is familiar."

"I'm flattered you remember me after all this time Hakon, I always hoped you would return so I could play with you some more, we had such fun in the dungeons, didn't we?" A woman's voice says.

A naked woman with huge breasts walks slowly into view. She looks like a demon, but her skin is pale white, so you assume she is a succubus like C.C.

"What you did was blasphemy!" Hakon rages.

The succubus laughs and says, "Yes, yes, it's always heresy unless you're the one doing it right? You may have resisted me, but I know your body can't hold back as well as your mind can."

Hakon looks back and says, "Go on ahead, I can't allow this one to live after speaking to me like that."

You don't want to argue with him, especially not with that fiery look in his eyes.

"Alright, meet us in the factory when you're done." You say as you turn to leave.

"Of course, I still have business with Iliya." Hakon says as he charges the succubus.

You board the elevator and arrive at the next floor down. The structure seems only half finished down here and you assume you must be getting close to the bottom. There are cages along either side of the room and as you step into the center of the room, all the cages open. Monstergirls slowly emerge from the cages and look towards you with lifeless eyes.

"They're Iliya's slaves, they might return to normal if we kill her, but I don't think they are going to let us pass without a fight." Astrid says cracking her knuckles.

"If they're being controlled can't we just knock them out and spare them?" You ask.

Astrid looks to you and says, "Sure, but if you aren't prepared to kill like they are, you'll probably die. These girls have no sense of fear or pain, and won't hesitate to take your life."

A snakegirl charges in and you dodge to the side as Astrid jumps on top of her and uses her claws to rip open her neck. The snakegirl falls to the floor as a centaur rushes in and knocks Astrid off balance. You drive your blade into the girl's chest and you see tears in her eyes as she slumps onto the ground. The monstergirls are fierce, but ultimately they are no match for your group, and only one remains.

Astrid slowly walks towards the bunnygirl and you put your hand on her shoulder and say, "There's only one left, we don't have to kill her. These girls did nothing wrong, we shouldn't take her life."

Astrid folds her arms as you approach the bunnygirl. She looks timid at first but as you get closer, her expression turns violent and she lunges toward you. You side step and hit the girl in the back of the head with the hilt of your sword. She passes out on the ground and you breathe a sigh of relief, at least you were able to save one of them.

As you ride the elevator down further, you notice the walls turn to dirt, as if the demons just tunneled their way here and didn't bother to finish construction. Upon exiting the elevator, you see a large cavern with a huge pillar turning in the center. Around the pillar is a pool of black slime and demons in lab coats are using microscopes and mixing liquids in test tubes.

You can see people being dissected and you yell, "What the hell is going on here?"

The demons stop what they are doing and look to you with fear in their eyes. Most of them cower behind desks but some stand in your way.

"What are you doing down here human? Have you come to be our newest test subject? Iliya will be..." One of the demons says.

You move faster than you ever have before and cut the demon's head clean off in one swing.

His head hits the floor and rolls next to a female demon who yells, "Iliya forced us to do this research, we didn't have a choice!"

You turn your head to the woman and walk over to her.

She is trembling as you say, "You didn't have a choice, is your own pathetic life worth more than all the people you've killed!? No, you had a choice, and you made yours, just like I've made mine."

You stab the woman in the stomach and then quickly withdraw your blade and decapitate her as well. Your companions help kill the rest of the demon researchers and afterwards, you notice there is a metal staircase on the opposite side of the room leading upwards. You climb the stairs and open an iron door at the top. Upon entering, you see Iliya walking away as a behemoth demon blocks your path. Iliya is leading a blonde girl by the hand and you recognize her hair.

"Gwen!" You scream, but she doesn't turn around and is soon out of sight.

"Keep your focus! We need to deal with this first!" Astrid yells as she leaps up and punches the demon in the face.

Kira begins firing one arrow after another at the beast, but they don't seem to be doing much. C.C. throws black fire, but it doesn't burn the beast at all, instead it fizzles out as it comes into contact with the giant demon. You charge in but the beast swipes its massive claws and knocks you into a wall. The force of the blow knocks the wind out of you and you struggle to your feet.

The demon gores Astrid with its horn as she leaps in for another attack. It shakes her around violently before she slides off and flies into a wall. You get to your feet as the massive beast leaps towards you and its huge front legs crash down on top of you pinning you to the floor. The beast tries stabbing you with its horns, but you barely manage to move your head out of the way as the horn hits the dirt beside your face.

You release a shockwave from your armor, but the beast is too heavy and doesn't budge. C.C. and Kira are desperately trying to get the monster's attention, but their attacks aren't having much of an effect. The demon opens its mouth and roars before it tries to bite you. Just before the fangs sink into your flesh, the beast stops and looks back at Astrid, who has its tail in her hands.

"Alright you bastard, playtime's over!" Astrid yells and you see her muscles strain as she begins lifting the massive creature off the ground.

Once she has it above her head, Astrid yells as she slams the beast into the ground, causing a mini earthquake. You hear a sickening crunch and the beast is having a hard time standing on one of its legs. Astrid leaps on top of the demon's head and places her hands on its horns. She grunts and breaks off both horns before driving them into the creature's eyes.

The demon thrashes around in pain and you ready your sword. You charge in and jump above the beast, releasing an arc of energy towards its neck. The massive head slides off its shoulders and crashes to the ground. You make sure everyone is alright and then notice Astrid clutching her stomach. Her wound hasn't stopped bleeding and it doesn't seem to be healing either.

You hand her a potion but she refuses and says, "This won't stop me, you keep that, your weak human body will need it more than me!"

Astrid stands up straight and takes a deep breath. She tears the bottom half of her shirt and ties it around the wound to staunch the bleeding.

"Astrid's pretty tough, maybe you should save those for the ones that stayed behind." C.C. suggests.

You put the potion away and continue along the linear path to the next staircase. This seems to be the ground floor of the factory and you see narrow catwalks and ladders connecting multiple levels. There are giant vats and industrial sized tanks but you can't see inside them. High up above, there are people hung on meat hooks being pulled along a conveyor hung from the ceiling.

The people are naked and bloody and some of them are still alive, struggling in vain as they are dragged into an adjacent room. The smell of blood and death drowns out everything else in the room as you, Kira, C.C., and Astrid make your way through the maze of machinery and platforms.

Higher up now, you can see that the vats are filled with black slime and you say, "Watch your step, that slime is underneath us."

Your group carefully makes its way across a long, narrow catwalk suspended above one of the vats. You hear screaming coming from the other room and quickly make your way through an iron door. Inside, there is a massive pool of black slime, but it's much thicker and almost looks like it's breathing. Above you, the people you saw being dragged in here are being released over the slime. One by one, they fall down and the slime reacts before they even hit the ground, enveloping them and slowly sinking back into itself, leaving no trace of the people as their screams slowly fade.

As you try to comprehend what is happening, a familiar voice says, "My, you got here fast, did you leave your friends to die?" Iliya laughs and steps out of the shadows. "This is the culmination of my experiments. I've been feeding him everyday, but you humans have such small amounts of energy in you, he's still not quite done growing yet."

Astrid clenches her fists and yells, "Like I give a shit! I'm gonna tear you apart!"

Iliya sighs and says, "I really wanted to see him fully grown, but I suppose it doesn't matter. If I create more slime, I can feed all of you to it and surely it would mature much faster than with these weaklings."

Iliya smiles and leans down to the slime and says, "Be a good boy and kill them for me, but do not eat them, do you understand?"

The slime begins to slosh around and then it forms tendrils that lash out at your group. Their movements are irregular, but they aren't all that hard to deflect.

Iliya places her hand in the slime and says, "Your going to have to try harder than that if you want to please me."

Iliya's eyes glow and suddenly, the slime begins growing very rapidly.

Iliya stands up and walks away as she says, "Don't worry about Gwen, she's my pet now and I take good care of my things."

You want to chase after her, but the slime is still growing and it is taking on a horrendous shape. Two massive arms form and crash down onto the ground, clad in heavy chains and strange markings. A skull forms next and black flesh cover only parts of the creatures face. Two small red flames burst from its eyes and perpetually burn as another set of gigantic arms form on the creature's back.

It pulls itself up out of the ground up to its hips, and it almost hits the roof of the factory. Most of its head and its entire back are on fire and as it roars, black flames spew from its mouth. The massive creature raises one of its arms and you prepare to defend yourself, but instead of attacking, the beast's fiery claws tear through the ceiling above your group, sending large pieces of flaming debris falling down.