The Return of the Iron-blood Sword Hound

Chapter 334: Mating Room (2)

– Ding!

[Underground 9th Floor ‘Demonic Dragons’ Laboratory’ – Mating Room / Specimen Code 12B-S73062190 / Human / Classification: Pair]

[Condition for 2 persons has been met]

[Entering mating environment]

[Primary time limit 10:00:00]

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Unidentified alert sounds blared loudly.

Yet, the young woman who had fallen in the center of the breeding pen seemed unaware of the situation.

“Human? Mating? What’s all this about? I don’t even see any fairy here….”

Brushing the tufts stuck to her white hair with her hand, the young woman continued.

With deer-like big eyes and a gentle puppy-like demeanor, she wore the torn and bloodied cloak symbolizing a 1st-year student of the Colosseo Academy.

Sinclaire.

“….”

Vikir hesitated momentarily, hiding his body on the hill.

But hiding here wouldn’t be effective, not in the relatively small space.

Moreover, Sinclaire would soon realize the personnel limit in this space is two.

‘…I suppose there’s no choice but to hold hands in the end.’

Having made his decision, Vikir opened his mouth towards Sinclaire.

“Hey. Over here.”

“….!?”

Hearing Vikir’s voice, Sinclaire instantly tensed up and assumed a defensive posture.

The stiffness in her expression was unprecedented, indicating the hardships she had endured within the tower.

However, as Sinclaire realized it was Vikir who called her, her expression quickly softened.

She soon broke into a bright smile and started running towards him.

“Big brother! You’re here too! Oh, um… this isn’t something to be happy about, is it? I must have gotten too excited seeing a familiar face.”

“Did you also go through the Hellhound and the Bloodsoaked Jade Flower?”

“…. Yeah. Did you, big brother?”

Despite Sinclaire’s apparent joy at seeing Vikir, her body bore the marks of hardship, despite her expressions.

Her clothes were stained with blood, and she seemed to have lost a lot of weight since they last met.

It seemed her suffering was more internal than external.

Vikir found himself curious about which floor Sinclaire had warped from.

“Did you encounter the shadowless king of the black sea as well?”

“No? Which floor’s mission is that? I crossed over from the 5th floor.”

It seems Sinclaire had performed a different mission on the same floor as Vikir.

“What was the mission on the 5th floor?” Vikir asked, causing Sinclaire to pause suddenly. She hesitated, beginning to gauge Vikir’s reaction.

“Well, that is…” Just as she was about to speak.

Thunk!

Suddenly, the room shook.

“….!?”

Vikir quickly leaped down the hill, searching around for the source of the sudden earthquake.

Thud! Rumble! Clatter!

The tumultuous noise and vibrations clearly originated from the adjacent mating chamber.

“What’s going on?”

Sinclaire approached Vikir with a mixed expression of caution and curiosity.

Both peered through the translucent wall into the opposite room.

There, two giant mantises were fiercely ‘confronting’ each other.

Danger Level: A

Size: 8~16m

Discovery Room: Red and black mountains, 4th ridge,

– Also known as ‘Giant Mantis’ or ‘Life Reaper’

Using its massive scythe-like forelegs, it attacks even creatures larger than itself without hesitation.

The giant scythe of this adult mantis is a weapon that could challenge a sword filled with high-tier graduator’s aura, and the female’s scythe is over twice as large and robust as the male’s.

After mating, the female has a tendency to devour the male.

A large female mantis and a small male mantis.

These two creatures, brought into the room not long ago, are now confronting each other, wielding their foreleg scythes.

Sinclaire tilted her head.

“What’s this? Why are two mantises fighting over there?”

“….”

Vikir considered explaining the purpose of this room to Sinclaire but decided against it.

Meanwhile, the two mantises continued to emit hostility towards each other.

Neither the female nor the male seemed pleased with each other.

But…

…Whoosh!

The unexpected began to unfold.

– Ding!

[Entering mating environment]

[Secondary time limit 00:00:00]

With the warning that the time limit had expired, blue mist began to emit from various points in the pen.

Shhhhhhk…

The blue mist wrapped around the bodies of the two mantises locked in a fierce struggle.

Then, something astonishing happened.

Swish, swish, swish…

The smaller male mantis was swiftly approaching the larger female.

Based on their previous interactions, the likelihood of mating between the two seemed close to zero.

It seemed certain that the male would soon be torn apart by the scythe of the female, who emitted hostility.

But…

For some reason, the female did not deter the male’s approach.

Instead, she halfway turned her body, offering her back for the male to climb onto, even going as far as presenting her back and hindquarters.

‘I-Is there some aphrodisiac in that blue mist?’ Vikir pondered, rubbing his chin.

It seemed that once the time limit had elapsed, the mist would be released.

– Ding!

[Underground 9th Floor ‘Demonic Dragons’s Laboratory’ – Mating Room / Specimen Code 010M-M9902 / Giant Mantis / Classification: Pair]

[Bio-rhythm: Imbalance]

[Physical Condition: Activated]

[Possibility of Mating: Possible]

Once again, the clamorous alert sounds resounded.

The two mantises began to breathe roughly and unsteadily, then fiercely entangled with each other.

The colossal insects eyed each other with predatory intent.

However…

[…Shiiik!?]

The smaller male, affected by the aphrodisiac mist, seemed to be impacted, but the larger female resisted the mist quite well.

Fud-d-d-d!

The female shook her head to clear her mind, then forcefully pushed the male off her back with her wings.

Though the male tried to rise from the ground, the female relentlessly struck his body with her scythe, leaving him sprawled on the ground, struggling to rise.

Gr-g-g-g-g-g…

The Giant Mantis, regarded as a top predator in the red and black mountains, possesses physical abilities comparable to that of a High-tier graduator when it comes to agility and the sharpness of its scythe. Its mental resilience is also remarkable, as evidenced by numerous failed attempts by countless mental magic practitioners to tame it.

Perhaps because of this, the fully matured female of this species, with its wings spread wide, brushed away the blue mist and thrust its scythe towards the male, showing no intention of mating with such a pitiful specimen even unto death.

Just then…

– Ding!

[Entering mating environment]

[3rd attempt begins]

Another external intervention commenced.

…Swoosh!

As if the ceiling, shrouded in darkness, opened up, two gigantic hands emerged abruptly.

Covered in blue scales with sharp claws at the fingertips, these hands forcibly grasped each struggling mantis, one hand holding down each.

Grabbing the hindquarters of the resisting female mantis wielding its scythe and similarly restraining the male mantis struggling to escape, the hands held them in place.

Like a violent trainer forcibly mating dogs, the uncontrollable strength subdued the female while restraining the male.

Eventually, the mating of the two mantises concluded.

The blue hands, seemingly indifferent, retreated back into the darkness through the ceiling, leaving no trace behind.

[PR/N : ????Bruh wtf…]

The male, utterly drained, began to tremble on the ground, overwhelmed with stress, while the female, heightened with sensitivity due to extreme stress, swiftly severed the male’s neck with its scythe.

…Rustling sounds filled the air.

The female mantis began to chew on the severed head of the male mantis, proceeding to consume every part of his body, from the neck and chest to the abdomen, and organs.

Shhhhhh…

Eventually, the blue mist completely disappeared. The female mantis, having devoured the entire body of the male, then roamed around the pen alone before being seized by the blue hands and transferred to the opposite pen.

That place was labeled ‘Breeding Chamber’ on the signboard, and next to it, another chamber, presumably with a similar process, was filled with piles of eggs of creatures produced through similar means.

It was truly a horrific sight.

“…This is a terrifying place,” Vikir murmured in a somber tone.

Finally, he understood. Why the fairy had sent him here.

A place where creatures, including humans, were transformed into experimental livestock.

A terrifying space where one fought until death, mated until death, gave birth until death, had blood extracted until death, and remained imprisoned until death.

Vikir recalled the information he had about this floor before his regression.

‘…The difficulty doesn’t seem easy at all. It’s all or nothing,’ he thought.

Turning his head to look up, he noticed similar status windows hovering over the rooms on this side as well, just like the ones above the mantises.

[Entering mating environment]

[Primary time limit 09:54:59]

Even at this moment, the mysterious ‘time limit’ seemed to be decreasing.

It appeared that the time limit was precisely 10 hours.

If one failed to take action within that time frame, there was a high probability of external intervention, like the ‘blue hands’ that forcibly restrained the mantises earlier.

“Wow… What just happened? Is it like an arena where monsters fight and kill each other?” Sinclaire’s innocent voice, seemingly still not grasping the situation, prompted Vikir to briefly rub his head in frustration.

‘…How do I even begin to explain this?’