NOVEL NEXT Chapter 8 - R18
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Leaning forward and locking eyes with Evie, Gillen finished speaking yet didn’t leave. Seeing an expression as if expecting something, Evie hesitated, then cupped his face in both hands and lightly pressed her lips to his.
Gillen happily stood up straight with that same creeping smile when they first met. Startled again by his eerie appearance, Evie shrank back slightly.
“I’ll be right back.”
“Y-yes, go and come back.”
Evie waved her little hand, not caring where he was going, just wanting him to leave quickly. When Gillen finally left, she hurriedly checked the remaining time.
Warning !Time remaining until gate closure: [00:09:53]
Nervous, Evie chewed her lip while listening to the sounds outside.
She had to wait until she couldn’t hear Gillen’s footsteps.
When the surroundings became quiet, Evie, who was about to run off, noticed she had nothing on.
There would be people outside the gate, where she couldn’t pass through naked.
Quickly scanning the room, Evie spotted a locker in one corner.
Inside were several sets of white shirts, black pants, and shoes.
They were similar to the ones Gillen wore.
She took one of them off the hanger and dressed herself, even wearing the shoes.
They seemed for fairly big adult men as the shirt hung down to Evie’s thighs, and the pants were too big to wear. The shoes flopped loosely.
Her feet were uncomfortable, but she didn’t have time to worry about that.
‘Lab map.’
Evie called up the lab map she’d received as an achievement reward. It displayed a rough layout of a six-story building with a basement. A hazy light green dot glowed somewhere in the corner of the third floor.
[ Evie James ]It was her current location. Evie’s chest beat in frustration.
‘Not this, show me the escape route!’
As she was about to scream in irritation, she saw a crimson dot – larger and brighter than the light green dot, moving and passing the first floor, heading toward the basement.
[ Gillen Landis ]Her gaze trailed the crimson dot. In the basement, several blue dots gathered.
Some were faint, while others were distinct, but none were blurrier than the light green dot representing Evie. Their names were unknown.
Question marks were all over them.
The crimson dot moved closer to the blue dots little by little. The blue dots seemed panicked and moved faster.
‘Could it be… other hunters?’
Evie watched the map with a perplexed look. When a blurry blue dot, the furthest behind, overlapped with the crimson dot, the blue dot disappeared from the map instantly.
The remaining blue dots quickly ran away and were about to reach the first floor. However, in the blink of an eye, the blue dots once again gathered near the crimson dot. Perhaps due to her state of mind, it felt as if the structure of the basement had suddenly changed. No, it was unmistakable. The structure had changed.
‘How…?’
In that moment, a memory flashed through Evie’s mind. It was when she was hiding under a desk in a room, avoiding Gillen.
The sounds of her party members’ footsteps, who had run ahead much earlier, never faded and continuously reached her ears.
Evie realized.
‘This research facility is completely under Gillen’s control…’
While she recalled her memories, two blue dots disappeared. Evie bit her lip hard. She felt like she could hear the screams of dying people.
‘If those blue dots are hunters like me…’
They must be brought here like her while raiding a dungeon. Watching the blue dots disappear within a few seconds or tens of seconds, Evie felt conflicted. The system had said Gillen would never harm her.
‘If I ask, will he spare those people?’
Another blue dot disappeared.
The few remaining dots spread throughout the basement.
‘I’m sorry.’
After contemplating, Evie decided to turn away from them. She wasn’t confident that Gillen would listen to her request, and above all, she needed those people to buy her time to escape the dungeon.
If Gillen could change the structure of the building as he wished, then no matter how far Evie was, she would still be in the palm of his hand.
She’d be caught in no time.
Until she was completely outside, she couldn’t relax.
Evie wanted to live.
She didn’t want to be trapped in this dungeon.
With tears streaming down her face, entangled in guilt, Evie hastily crossed the corridor. She had wasted too much time contemplating.
There were about 6 minutes left.
Gillen was still in the basement.
It would have been great if the stairs led directly to the next floor, but such convenience was nonexistent in this building-turned-dungeon. The map seemed to mark the shortest route since going straight down the stairs was impossible.
Evie used the map to find her way downstairs, moved back-forth between the ends of hallways, and found an emergency exit hidden among numerous rooms.
The crimson dot representing Gillen had overlapped with the last blue dot. Just as Evie reached the first floor, that blinking blue dot disappeared.
Evie’s heart pounded so violently that it seemed ready to burst out of her chest.
Though Gillen remained in the basement, Evie’s impatience pushed her to quicken her steps and eventually fall forward.
“Ugh!”
The shoes slipped off her feet, and shards of glass slit her flesh.
Gritting her teeth, Evie stood up, leaning against the wall as she continued walking. In front of her, the lab map and the remaining time.
Warning !Time remaining until gate closure: [00:00:33]
Due to wasting too much time before exiting the room, it was a close call.
Luckily, the exit was only a few more steps away. Evie focused on the path ahead, limping as fast as possible. She caught sight of the swirling gate enveloped in violet haze.
‘I made it!’
Without hesitation, Evie pushed herself forward. One foot and part of her body could pass through the gate.
She was about to escape. No need to look at the map anymore.
Warning !Time remaining until gate closure: [00:00:10]
So, Evie didn’t notice Gillen standing right behind her.
She was immersed in the excitement of being alive…
…until a firm arm wrapped around her body, pulling her back.
“Where are you going, honey?”
“……!”
Evie gasped at the voice pierce her ears. She couldn’t look back. However she struggled, Gillen wouldn’t budge. The more she rebelled, the tighter in his grip was she confined. Evie begged tearfully.
“No… No, please… Please let me go!”
“……”
Evie could only helplessly watch time slip away in Gillen’s grasp.Warning !Time remaining until gate closure: [00:00:02]Warning !
Time remaining until gate closure: [00:00:01]Warning !
Time remaining until gate closure: [00:00:00]Gate closed.Deleting records of system user [ Evie James ] …
Permanently deleted.Status window service terminated.System service terminated.
The gate flickering in violet immediately vanished once the time limit was reached. The system screen slowly blurred and eventually disappeared.
All strength left Evie’s body.
The power she had built up since awakening instantly disappeared, and Evie’s body reverted to its pre-awakened state.
“Hic, hic..sob…”
She finally burst into tears.
Gillen held up the weeping Evie in his arms. Gently patting her back, he spoke softly.
“Where were you going?”
“……”
“Leaving me behind, where were you planning to go?”
Evie wordlessly rested her head against Gillen’s chest.
Her last chance had already slipped away.
Staring blankly at the floor as if having given up on everything, Evie froze at a sudden thought.
The system service had terminated.
Now, Evie was no different from an unawakened ordinary person. Without the system or status screen, she couldn’t use any skills. Then, what happened to the skills she had previously used?
‘Is the enchantment… still in effect?’
Evie quivered in great fear, thinking Gillen would immediately kill her if the skill’s effect had disappeared.
Hugging the small being vibrating in his arms, Gillen said in a hurt tone.
“Evie was bad. I hate you.”
Evie tried to open her mouth to apologize for her mistakes and kneel flat on the ground.
Yet her mouth wouldn’t move.
Because the skill [Calmness] that had kept her somewhat composed was gone.
Evie couldn’t utter a word, trembling like a vibrating doll. As she smelled a strong scent of blood from Gillen, Evie lost her wits in fear.
Gazing down at Evie, Gillen took steps. The fluorescent lights turned themselves on wherever he walked, and the paths behind turned dark again.
Gillen lowered his head and whispered into Evie’s ear.
“Today, I’m going to torment you a lot.
I won’t stop, no matter how much you cry.
You tried to leave me, didn’t you? I hate you.”
Evie shuddered. She was terrified. Struggling to speak, she finally managed to get a few words out.
“…I-I’m s-sorry… I-I, I was wrong…”
“Mm-hmm. I know. But I’m still going to torment you.”
“……”
“Why did you do something that would anger me?”
Gillen grumbled, holding onto the end of his words. Evie clamped her mouth shut in fear again. He was irritated.
After a kiss and telling him to return quickly, she tried to escape while he briefly left his spot.
I will forever cherish you.
I love you. Yet you attempted to leave me.
So, I have no choice.
No matter how much you detest and cry, I will torment you to my heart’s content today.
I’m angry at Evie for trying to abandon me, but I can’t express my anger. I have to scold her a bit.
To ensure you never entertain such a cute thought again.
***
“Ah-heuk…! Ah, ah, aang…!”
Evie’s body tensed up.
The arches of her feet curved, and her toes curled inward. She lost count of how many times she’d climaxed.
The smooth object against her clit vibrated nonstop, giving her no time to linger in the afterglow. Evie was almost screaming now, as her sensitive clitoris was tingling due to the climax, being crushed.
“Sob, I-I was w-wrong, hic, hic…!”
Gillen clenched Evie’s breasts, lightly pinching her nipples and pulling them upward, rolling them between his fingers.
As her nipples were pinched, Evie once again trembled and reached climax.
Like her bottom, her breasts, which had been tormented for a while, were increasingly sensitive. Gillen looked at Evie’s tear-drenched face and pressed his lips against her cheek.
Stepping away from Evie, he observed her entire body as if appreciating it.
Her wrists were bound in short shackles, and her legs were spread wide, with the womanhood between them on full display.
The smooth massage device continued to vibrate, tormenting the slightly protruding clitoris, while a toy resembling a giant cock connected to a machine thrust relentlessly into her juice-soaked hole.
The toy was modeled after Gillen’s.
“Ple..ase…st..op..ahhh”
As Evie begged it to stop with her tongue hanging loose, Gillen sped up the machine even more. In an instant, Evie bit her tongue and clenched her jaw.
A liquid splattered outward, with the sticky fluid trickling down. Gillen tugged at the corner of his mouth. After torturing her a bit too much for hours, it seemed she’d ended up incontinent.
Her widely spread thighs trembled uncontrollably. Saliva dripped from her gaping mouth, and her eyes were rolled back. With a grin, Gillen finally stopped the machine.
“That’s enough for today.”
“Ah, haa, yes…”
Gillen gently caressed Evie’s vagina with his palm.
It was covered in sticky fluid and produced a wet sound whenever he moved his hand.
Sucking on her tiny tongue that had slipped out of her mouth, Gillen spoke.
“I made this while you were asleep. It was quite useful, wasn’t it?”
“Haah, haah… hic…”
“Why are you crying?”
Taking a deep breath to calm herself, her chest fluttering, Evie let out a small sob.
Gillen stroked her cheek affectionately. She had shed a fair amount of tears by now, yet it was somewhat intriguing that there were still more to come.
“Oh, I want to ask you about this.”
Gillen said as if suddenly remembering.
“Why did you do that earlier?”
“…”
Evie sniffled for a while without answering. Gillen patiently waited. It seemed she was enduring a great deal. Still, he wanted to hear the answer, so Gillen subtly urged Evie.
“If you don’t tell me, I’ll do this again tomorrow.”
Faced with the statement that Gillen would repeat this if she didn’t explain the reason, she flinched and reluctantly spoke.
“…I… I want to go… home…”
“Home?”
Evie nodded weakly. Gillen tilted his head slightly, appearing puzzled.
“But this is Evie’s home. Where else would you go?”
Gillen untied the restraints and carefully held Evie.
Evie weakly leaned her head against his chest. Gillen gently patted the small body in his arms as he spoke.
“Never do that again.”
“……”
“You have to answer.”
“…Yes…”
At that small voice, Gillen cupped Evie’s cheeks and kissed her lips softly.
Her submissive response to the kiss was lovely.
Gillen hugged Evie tightly and whispered in her ear.
“Stay by my side. Forever.”
“…Yes.”
Evie replied with a voice strained by tears, snuggling into his arms. Gillen smiled contentedly and carried her to the bathroom.
She sobbed quietly under her breath.
Trapped in this dungeon.
Maybe forever.