The Hero Became a Succubus, and the Only Way to Level is to… What?!
Chapter 396 – A Plan in Motion (Part 2)

Thankfully, most of the destruction was localized at the docks. The rest of Sultan's Wake stayed pristine. But that didn't mean the city guards weren't flooding the streets in response. As a consequence, so were the Queen-Mother's succubi, who swarmed the night skies like nocturnal predators.

Kanae and Claudia emerged from Edirashok Levain's forewagon. Fires across the docks were intense. Warehouses and ship masts burned like kindling. Boats that were coming in for the night had to stay far back or risk catching fire. The few remaining Ortesian galleons raised their anchors and dropped their sails to get away from the docks in a panic.

Praijya, you're up! Kanae thought to her enthralled harpy.

The second part of their plan was simple. All Kanae had to do now was send Praijya into a light rampage through the city, as well as stop the succubi from helping Sultan Wake's guards from putting out the fire at the docks.

From Odika's edirashem, a lone figure shot into the sky. Praijya. The harpy warrior beelined it for the city, sending a couple of succubi plummeting to the ground on the way through. Kanae was careful about compelling her to hurt anyone. The citizens of the city didn't deserve that. Instead, she had Praijya destroy structures that were easily repairable, like a canopy, a watchtower, and ruin some stands in the bazaar.

When a squad of guards confronted Praijya, Kanae only had her beat them mildly. Having her presence known in the city was the most important part.

"Kanae, Claudia. This is your doing, isn't it?" Ambrosia asked from behind them.

They turned around and came faced with the Mistress of Desire, whose high elven ancestry gave the succubus an almost angelic appearance. A calm, unbothered gaze studied them. Ambrosia had since gotten a new makeover. She wore a black and white gown brought together by a leather corset. A necklace with a silver sun pendant rested on her chest. She wielded a spiked mace with something like a coin dangling from the pommel in one hand, and a tome cradled in the other. To Kanae's side, Claudia started grinding her teeth again.

"I'm a little late, but I believe congratulations are in order. Congratulations on your marriage, Kanae. Please, forgive me for missing the ceremony." Ambrosia bowed a little.

"I had a feeling you were never going to come anyway." Kanae scoffed.

"Cut the crap, Amby! Don't try and act all nice after trapping Alicia in that temple for years. I promised myself that I'd give you a good beating the next time I see you!" Claudia roared ferociously.

"And I gave you her location to free her, didn't I? Come back to the fold. We have a world to conquer. Cattle to ranch. Sisters should stick together, shouldn't they?" she asked.

Kanae grimaced. That was the wrong thing to say.

Claudia was here one moment, and gone the next. The succubus flew right up to Ambrosia and slugged her across the face. Ambrosia plummeted until she unfurled her wings and stopped.

"I loved you," Claudia said, clenching a trembling fist. "I loved whenever we ate each other out!"

"Okay, too much info!" Kanae groaned.

She continued more seriously, "Don't fucking tell me sisters should stick together, when you imprisoned Alicia and left her to be forgotten. I'm going to give you a spanking Mother never gave you!"

The two sisters clashed like two bulls locking horns. Kanae hadn't really seen Ambrosia outright fight before, but it was clear who the better combatant was. Claudia unleashed a flurry of furious attacks that forced her sister in the defensive. She didn't even have time to cast a retaliatory spell. Their commotion drew the attention of other Queen-Mother succubi, who came rushing to Ambrosia's aid.

Kanae intercepted them and wagged her tail. She lashed them with Lust, taking out a succubus one by one until a heavy blow hit her from behind.

"What the…?" Kanae pushed herself up from the hot sand and looked up.

Claudia descended with Ambrosia looming over her. A confident and triumphant smile adorned the Mistress of Desire.

"I'll have to correct Claudia later. As for you, Kanae. Jhene and Elaine told me you have Cockcalibur. Be a darling and hand it over." Ambrosia lifted her mace, and the coin swung side to side like a pendulum. Whatever it was didn't work. She stared at the weapon in confusion. "What's going on? Why aren't you under my control?"

"Pays to have some assurances." Kanae directed Ambrosia's attention to the Enchanted Ink on her body.

"It says… 'I need a hung minotaur cock in me right now.' Is this a joke?" she asked.

When Kanae looked down at her abdomen, the ink said exactly what Ambrosia had read out.

"God damn it! W-What the ink says doesn't matter, okay? I'm immune to your hypnosis. You're not going to control me like you did Claudia!" Kanae shouted.

"Claudia, disarm her of the relic!" Ambrosia ordered.

Kanae flew under the mechanical behemoth of the edirashems. Claudia and over a dozen succubi were hot on her tail.

Praijya, stop whatever you're doing and get over here! Kanae pleaded desperately.

A succubus cut Kanae off. They slammed into each other and fell to the surface. She picked herself up and casted Hailstorm, bludgeoning the swarm with hail. Of course, the only one unaffected was Claudia, who barreled through the spell. Kanae switched on Sadist and braced for impact— until Praijya bodied her.

"Break Ambrosia's hold on Claudia!" Kanae shouted.

"Spell Nullification!" Praijya casted on Claudia, whose paddle came within inches of the harpy's face.

"The fuck just happened?" Claudia blinked.

"Not only are you immune to my magic, you have an enthralled Spellbreaker by your side? Oh, Kanae. That means you've been thinking of me~" Ambrosia caught up, clutching herself and shuddering in pleasure.

"I'm not doing it for you! It's in spite of you! We could have stayed allies after the war. Why ruin what we had?" she asked.

Almost 30 succubi flanked Ambrosia's side, including charmed citizens, soldiers, and guards alike. More and more were showing up, climbing down from the edirashem to protect her.

"The devil, Satine, demands it. I obey, as her devoted priestess. If we don't enslave the cattle of this world, another genocide of our kind is inevitable. That is not a world I want to leave behind to my daughter one day," Ambrosia explained.

"You're only giving people a reason to hate us. How do you not see that?" Kanae asked.

"Quit trying to reason with her. If Ambrosia thinks she's right, you won't ever convince her otherwise. The only way to get through to her thick skull is a pummeling!" Claudia beelined it for Ambrosia when giant stones jutted out from the sand. She weaved through them effortlessly. When she nearly came within reach of her sister, a centaur man knocked her away.

Kanae gasped. That wasn't just any centaur. It was Grahib. A layer of rocky armor covered the Unbreakable Dervish's entire body, and he wielded a maul made of stone, too. The sands suddenly picked up. A whirlwind blew through. Sofisa, the Dancing Dervish swooped in like a sandstorm and brandished her giant curved sword.

"Strong little pets you found. Tsk, tsk. You should have enthralled them when you had the chance. I'll gladly take them off your hands. Levain, prepare the edirashem to set off!" Ambrosia shouted above.

"My lady?" Levain gripped the railing from the forewagon. "B-But some of my people are still in the city!"

"Now!" she demanded, and the lamia woman hurried off.

"Praijya, break the Dervishes free! Don't let Ambrosia escape!" Kanae exclaimed.

But before the harpy had a chance to do anything, a mob of succubi pounced on her. Grahib and Sofia bore down on Claudia. Ambrosia lunged at Kanae, causing them both to slide down a dune. The Mistress of Desire landed on top, pinning her to the ground.

"Who else is here? Hilde? Alicia? Daya? They can't help you. I have you all to myself." Ambrosia licked her lips.

"Are you… coming onto me while we're… fighting? It's… kind of hot," Kanae said, nervously clearing her throat.

"I think I quite like having you beneath me. But I'm in a hurry. Where is Cockcalibur? Where have you hidden it?" she asked.

Kanae quietly pulled Cockcalibur from her pussy using her tail. She willed it to transform into Titan's dick, and then clobbered Ambrosia over the head with it. The succubus rolled away, wincing in pain.

"You want this? You're going to have to pry it from my pussy!" Kanae shouted.

Ambrosia smiled. She let go of the tome in her hand, and it levitated aimlessly. With a flick of a hand, the fluttering pages turned by themselves. Kanae thought it was a living grimoire at first, but they were usually capable of speech. When the pages stopped turning, Ambrosia muttered an incantation that conjured meteors to fall from the sky.

It took Kanae focusing all her efforts into evading to not get hit. They impacted the earth, melting sand into shards of glass. That wasn't all. Ambrosia flipped the pages again and fired spears of ice. She fired lightning that chained through the icicles embedded into the ground, shocking Kanae to her knees.

These weren't spells a crowned Hypnotist should have. How? Did it all really come from that tome?

"How are you… doing all that?" Kanae asked stiffly after being shocked.

"A spellbook. When you have lived as long as Mother, you tend to curate a large trove of magical items. This one came from a particularly favored human cattle proficient at magic a century ago. It records spells when recorded with Enchanted Ink. Nifty, isn't it?" Ambrosia grinned, then glanced back as Levain's edirashem began to move.

Kanae scrambled internally over what to do. She focused on Ambrosia with Identify Kink, hoping to find a weakness.

[Ambrosia's kink: Cowgirl, petting (giving), sweet-talking, cuddling, long embraces.]

"Uh… Oh, yeah? I know you're into… cuddling! Your kinks are surprisingly tame…" Kanae scratched her head.

"Dear me. You know I enjoy a nice cuddle. What ever shall I do now?" Ambrosia shrugged and giggled.

"Seductress is such a dumb class!" she groaned.

Ambrosia flipped to another page and incanted a Warlock spell that sprouted black tentacles from the ground. They latched onto Kanae's ankles and legs.

"Fear not, Kanae. There will be a place for you in a succubus' world. By my side. You're too precious to simply imprison." Ambrosia waltzed over and reached for Cockcalibur.

However, something happened that emptied the air from her lungs. The carpet of black tentacles vanished, freeing Kanae. Ambrosia's eyes went wide. She craned her neck to look back, but no one was there. At least not until Alicia dropped Magical Stealth.

"Hello, sister dearest. I would ask if you remembered me, but you clearly do, seeing as you gave Kanae my location in the temple. Thank you for that. Unfortunately, I'm not grateful enough to spare you from my anger," Alicia whispered, her voice dripping with more venom than what was likely in her daggers.

Ambrosia flashed a wry smile and uttered a spell that teleported her a distance away. Alicia helped Kanae up, and they both stared down the Mistress of Desire.

"Alicia…" Ambrosia winced as if the name hurt her. "I see you're inked with the same protective spell that shields Kanae from my magic. Whether you believe me or not, I'm glad you're doing well."

"I don't want to hear it. Especially not from you. I have a new allegiance now, and that is to Kanae and Amethyst Hall," Alicia growled.

"You're all so narrow-minded. Perhaps a demonstration is in order. Come to Avanesse and bear witness to a future for our kind, one that will never rise up against us," she insisted.

"Don't think you're getting away!" Kanae lashed out with Lust, but Ambrosia muttered a spell again and vanished.

A sharp whistle pierced the night, followed by numerous whistling across the city. All of the Queen-Mother's succubi flew from Sultan's Wake and onto the departing edirashem. Kanae and Alicia hurried back to the others. A hundred charmed guards lay strewn in the sand around Praijya, who was covered in wounds and panting heavily. Grahib and Sofisa were nowhere to be seen. Neither was Claudia.

"Harpy, where is my sister? Where's Claudia?" Alicia grabbed her by the shoulders.

"The succubus… Ambrosia took her. I tried to cast Spell Nullification, but there were too many people in the way," Praijya replied.

Panicked, Alicia tried to take off. Kanae grabbed her.

"Let go, Kanae! They took my sister! I'm not going to let what happened to me happen to Claudia!" Alicia cried.

"There's too many of them and too few of us right now! We're all headed to Avanesse, and Claudia's tough. She's going to be alright. I promise we'll rescue Claudia," Kanae assured her.

"But…" Shoulders slackened, she watched helplessly as the massive caravan moved farther and farther away.

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