If Xiu had not mentioned the doujinshi, Du Ze would have forgotten that he was carrying such a deadly device that he would have gotten rid of if he could.
The silly, cute reader's mood was now extremely bitter.
It's not because our army is incompetent, the enemy is just too cunning.1 The difficulty has now risen by one entire order of magnitude and he must prepare himself to bravely face his fate while the Moe Lord was acting strategically: Give a man a fish or teach him to fish – after learning from the doujinshi, we can slowly play again.
Du Ze suddenly realized a sad fact. Xiu pushing him down ... Does he need to use a birthday wish for that? The Moe Lord's H level had progressed to such an extent that with just a little bit of touching and licking, refusing is simply impossible. The Moe Lord's H skills are already out of this world but, unexpectedly, he still remembers that little yellow (hardcore) book!
Noting the deep, profound pain in Du Ze's eyes, the little Xiu tilted his head slightly and asked: "I can't?"
... Moe Lord, don't you know this book is very evil thing! This is not something kids should read! Q口Q
As the person who must live up to his promise, even though he already had one foot in the grave that he had dug himself, Du Ze still made one last ditch effort to escape, like a dying man's death throes: "That book ... It's not good."
"I want to see." Xiu stretched out his hand and smiled as sweetly as a child who wanted to eat sweets. "You just said that today you will fulfill all my wishes."
A person who doesn't court death will not die. Why haven't you graduated from death flag school yet?
Du Ze almost burst into tears.2 The contents of the small yellow (hardcore) book is not the problem, the problem is the doujinshi's two main characters. If it was just an ordinary hardcore yaoi doujinshi, a certain silly, cute person wouldn't be so worried about being forced to hand it over.
"... I really can't?" asked Xiu softly. His head drooped and he looked very pitiful. Anyone who saw him like that would want to pile up all the treasures of the world in front of him to cheer him up, let alone a silly, crazed fanboy like Du Ze. A silly, cute person's brain overheated. He immediately pulled out the doujinshi from his interspatial storage ring and handed it over.
Looking at the small black box that appeared in his hand, Du Ze remembered that the demon was still sealed by the son of god. He didn't know how much Eric was stimulated by the contents of the book because even the thief Enoch, who was an expert at unlocking stolen treasures, couldn't unseal this box. Du Ze looked at Xiu opposite him and a small hope sprang up in his heart: if the Moe Lord can't open the seal, wouldn't it be .... safe?!
The son of the lord, good job!
Du Ze looked at the gnome who was running off to study the small black box, full of enthusiasm. For the first time, Du Ze hoped that the rival would prove to be strong this time.
Xiu played with his machines and tools. Du Ze watched for a while, anxious, but eventually he unconsciously leaned back against a wall and fell asleep. When he woke up, Du Ze felt a warm body on his chest and when he bowed his head, he saw Xiu's short flaxen hair and soft, velvet cloth that was slightly open, revealing a slender white neck. The gnome was sitting in his arms, his head down as he carefully read the book.
From this angle, Du Ze could see the page Xiu was reading which showed a naked man and a mighty, majestic beast engaged in harmonious activities.
Doujinshi: Yoooooooooooo~
Du Ze: ...
Because he was extremely shocked, Du Ze almost stopped breathing. Xiu sensed the change in Du Ze's breathing and looked up. His flax-colored bangs fell down on both sides, revealing a pair of bright eyes.
"Are you awake?"
Du Ze was still in a state of deep shock and asked: "You unsealed it?"
Xiu nodded and said lightly: "I used the anti-magic machine to draw out the light elements inside."
Technology rules the world ... Du Ze wanted to cry. The Moe Lord read two pages and learned pistol play. He read eight pages and learned mouth play. If the Moe Lord reads all of the pages of the doujinshi ... This little student doesn't want to know the result of the Moe Lord's Ultimate Evolution Upgrade!3
Seeing Du Ze staring at the doujinshi with a deep and profound hatred, Xiu smiled. He held up the book then pointed at the drawing of the man, as excited as though he had discovered a new world.
"I didn't realize I could play like this."
Moe Lord, don't look so happy when you get a new skill! TAT4
Xiu didn't mind the lack of response from Du Ze. He turned the pages of the doujinshi to the ninth page – the human in the picture turned into the undead.
"Who is this man?" Xiu asked.
The inevitable question came. Du Ze braced himself. He looked at who Xiu was pointing at then froze. He thought Xiu was asking who the person who changed shape is but he was not pointing at the character who changed into the undead. Instead, he was pointing at the drawing of Eric.
"Who is he?" Xiu's fingertips drew a circle on Eric's face and asked again.
After the initial surprise, Du Ze felt like an unprepared student who was called on to recite by his teacher. He couldn't say: Ah, that's the author's hand-picked rival, your official match.
Seeing that Du Ze did not respond, Xiu asked a different question, seemingly determined to figure out something: "Is this man you?"
Du Ze shook his head, unusually decisive. The man who was blushing and saying "I'm coming"5 is definitely not him!
After seeing Du Ze deny it, Xiu nodded his head to show that he understood then continued reading the doujinshi. He was very calm but some silly, cute person was not calm at all.
That's ... it? No more questions? Wait, this is not scientific! Shouldn't Xiu pay more attention to the shape-changing protagonist of the doujinshi? Why didn't he ask about it? Is it because the Moe Lord already knew it was him?!
Du Ze saw that Xiu once again skipped over the parts of the doujinshi where the protagonist transformed. Xiu seemed to be more interested in the bondage/toy play. Because he was too anxious about it, even though he knew that he might be raising a flag, Du Ze couldn't help but ask: "You're not curious about this man?"
Xiu's hand stopped moving. His fingers were right on the protagonist who had turned from undead to gnome form.
"Do you want to say that he's like me?" Xiu turned and looked up at Du Ze. "Or do you want to say ... he is me?"
"- He is not me." The gnome's tone was exceptionally firm.
Du Ze saw his image reflected in the bright-coloured eyes and only his image, alone.
"If this person is you ... " Xiu pointed to the drawing of Eric and said: "... Then this other character is me. If this person is not you, then that other character is definitely not me."
The corners of Xiu's lips curved up in a dark but sweet smile.
"I will do this to you only and only I can do this to you."
Du Ze was speechless. Xiu's words were so shocking that when he opened his mouth, his heart felt like it was going to jump out of his throat. Xiu circled Du Ze's neck with his arms and the two people's lips touched lightly.
"Just like this ..."
The sentence remained unfinished as the next words were lost between Xiu's lips when he knelt upright between Du Ze's legs so that they were eye-to-eye. The gnome form is clearly physically weak but his attitude was very aggressive.
A kiss.
After it was finished, the two of them were left panting. Xiu glanced at the doujinshi and seemed to be thinking of something. He said to Du Ze: "Yesterday I made some toys based on those drawings."
So Du Ze watched as his family's Moe Lord took out a gag, egg vibrator, chastity belt, and a lot of other hardcore fetish toys, presaging the impending fall of someone's moral integrity.
The gnome's child-like, pure, harmless appearance and his actions …The contrast between the two was quite wicked and shocking.
Du Ze was stunned.
The corners of Xiu's mouth curved up, like a child who found a new toy and a little friend to play with: "Let's have fun, okay?"
– Moe Lord, tell me you're joking or this little student won't be able to sleep tonight thinking of how the gnome race's talent for forging was used for this!
"No…"
The gnome blinked. "You said you would fulfill all my wishes today."
"….."
R.I.P. in Peace, silly, cute reader.
Du Ze, with his hands crossed behind his back, watched Xiu tie him up with black leather belts of varying thickness.
"… I'm not going to struggle." So don't tie me up, okay?! QAQ
"This was what the drawing showed." Xiu pointed at the doujinshi, like a good student who had studied hard.
Du Ze looked at the image of Xiu in the book and the Xiu outside of the book. The two images superimposed themselves in his mind and the fearless, daring image made his breath catch in his throat.
"This is next." Xiu took a ball gag and slipped it gently into Du Ze's mouth. "And this …"
His mouth was blocked. Speechless, the frightened Du Ze stared at the pair of nipple rings in the gnome's hand that had tiny bells attached to them. At the thought of those things penetrating his body, Du Ze shook his head so hard it almost flew off.
He wanted to retreat but his body was tied up by the belts so he could not move.
"It won't hurt." Xiu's voice was as sweet as honey. It was as though he was reassuring a child who was afraid of an injection. He kissed Du Ze's forehead: "I won't hurt you."
As he spoke, the gnome's fingers deftly and swifty pierced the nipples with the rings. Although, as Xiu had said, there was no pain at all, Du Ze felt it was more unbearable than any previous injury.
"Waaah …"
There was the feeling of being completely bound. Du Ze watched Xiu bind his lower body with a chastity belt.
After he was finished, Xiu stared at his masterpiece. The black-haired youth's colors were all black and white.
These two extremes of color contrasted with each other, making the other color seem more vivid and alive. As a result of being bound in that position, the youth's chest was thrust out as though inviting others to touch it.
"It's beautiful."
Xiu's voice was deep with desire. He took off his clothes. His young, slender body was delicate and even his sex was exceptionally exquisite. The gnome who looked like a teenager went to Du Ze and licked one of the protruding points on his chest.
Ahh …
Du Ze closed his eyes and blushed with embarrassment. The more one thinks about one's body, the more sensitive it becomes. His sex that was restrained was already in a semi-hardened state.
Xiu tasted a nipple with the tip of his tongue. He seemed to be very satisfied with the taste and started to fully dedicate himself to the task at hand. Xiu latched on to the nipples of the black-haired youth like a baby.
His nipples were licked and sucked repeatedly. Du Ze never knew that a man's nipples were an erogenous zone. The one on his other side was not spared and they both turned bright red.
The hard nubs were pinched in a back and forth motion by the gnome's hand and the clear, ringing sound of the bells seemed to wake a response from Du Ze's subconscious mind, triggering a series of reactions that he couldn't stop.
"Ring - "
His sex hardened which made the chastity belt tighter. The feeling of being bound was stronger and Du Ze arched his back as far as he could. His entire body was tied up and he couldn't close his mouth.
Xiu, who was sucking hard, finally let go of his nipple. The two points pierced by the rings on Du Ze's chest were swollen and very red, as if scarlet liquid would pour out if he pinched them.
Xiu stretched out his hand and caressed Du Ze. His skin was already showing the marks of the black belts. During the elf trial, he found that this person's skin was very white and that the marks left on it would be an unusual and erotic color.
He still had some doubts about what he read in the book but now he fully understood that this type of temptation was hard to resist.
"Du Ze… " Xiu sighed as though someone sinking into a dream. "You are truly wonderful."
"Mmmph …"
Du Ze panted as a finger was inserted into his backside.
Xiu leaned forward and licked Du Ze's mouth as the fingers that could make precision machinery worked their way inside, skillfully swirling into that place and rubbing the inner walls to make them relax.
Xiu's fingers constantly rubbed and poked, making Du Ze's insides heat up and tears form at the corners of the black-haired youth's eyes.
The expression on that normally cold and impassive face was now bewitchingly charming.
"Whirr-"
Du Ze, gasped and stared at the egg vibrator in the gnome's hand. Seeing the black-haired youth's frightened eyes, Xiu lowered his eyes and placed the vibrator on Du Ze's body.
"I won't put it inside. Here, only I can enter." Xiu smiled sweetly. His words were intimate and possessive. "You can only be satisfied by me."
"…!"
The gag blocked the sound Du Ze made as Xiu held Du Ze's slender waist in both hands then thrust inside. Du Ze whimpered softly. Behind him was Xiu while the vibrator was in front.
He felt a surge of pleasure as Xiu pulled on the nipple ring. The bells chimed and his ecstasy almost peaked but his front was restrained by the chastity belt and he ached from not being able to come.
Du Ze couldn't help but try to buckle but he couldn't move because his whole body was bound. All he could do was instinctively contract his inner walls so that Xiu would not go in so deep or hit his most sensitive place to make him feel an unbearable pleasure.
Overwhelming pleasure.
"Ah…"
Squeezed so tightly, Xiu seemed to find it difficult to breathe. Seeing the blood-red marks that the belt made, Xiu pulled out his sex then. He did not wait for Du Ze's reaction as he took a deep breath and thrust it back inside as deep as possible.
"Aah!"
Hot liquid filled his body. Du Ze felt like he was on the verge of collapsing when, at long last, he felt his bindings loosen. The moment Xiu took off the chastity belt, Du Ze's body trembled violently. His swollen sex that had been aching for release was finally freed.
Squeezed tightly as Du Ze climaxed, Xiu's sex that was buried inside Du Ze's body hardened again. He untied the belt and embraced Du Ze whose skin was covered by red marks. Xiu laughed like a mischievous child who had gotten away with stealing food.
"Let's continue playing."
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Du Ze wondered if he somehow violated a taboo in the Gnome Ruins. Was he being punished? First it was the Moe Lord's beastkin form, then the gnome form. Even if he has a powerful 0-point restore skill, this type of play is still a bit much.
In order to leave this cursed place as soon as possible, Du Ze urged Xiu to speed up his progress. After the "Crown" plaza, they went to the "Wisdom", "Kindness" and "Victory" plazas. There were no difficulties as Du Ze and Xiu went around the Kabbalah Tree of Life in a clockwise direction until they finally arrived at its core, the "Beauty" plaza.
There were no machines or buildings on the central plaza. It was empty except for a big tree with its sephiroths etched on the ground. Du Ze instantly saw the place where Xiu's battle will start: There were ten sephiroths but the middle one was dark and lightless.
Suddenly, a pair of pointed boots appeared, stepping on the lightless sephiroth. Du Ze's eyes traveled up and saw ... a jester? The newcomer was dressed in a red and black Harlequin costume with a horned fool's cap. His slightly pointed gnome ears were barely visible.
This is ... the ruler of the gnome gods?
The jester seemed to be weightless, hovering in the air like a feather in the wind – it was surprising to see a gnome with such a lithe and dexterous body. Xiu's seven-star mechanical puppet sprinted forward and positioned itself in front of Xiu and Du Ze. The jester moved back, avoiding the seven-star mechanical puppet's attack.
"My name is Garl Glittergold. I'm sorry, I didn't mean it." The jester floated in the air. The sound of his voice was high-pitched and thin. "I was just too excited."
To the astonishment of Du Ze, the Harlequin-clothed gnome god started weeping.
"I didn't think the gnome race had a future anymore ..."
The transparent tears dripped down to the ground, but the gnome god was smiling happily. Garl stretched out his hand and the star chains on his and Xiu's wrists lit up at the same time, as though they were transmitting messages to each other.
"Xiu?" Garl read the message and seemed very satisfied and happy. "Seven Star mechanic ... Very good ... "
He took a step forward, but found that Xiu was still very alert. Garl hesitated and carefully stopped moving.
"I won't hurt you."
The gnome god stood there alone, with his big eyes full of sorrow.
"Apart from you, there are no gnomes in the Chaos Continent ... Whether it's a gnome, or a gnome god ..."
The voice of Garl echoed in the Gnome Ruins, a desolate and empty city, full of cold and dead objects. It was as if his heart had been pierced and the enormous hole in it was full of a cold wind. This sort of immense sorrow and grief over the loss of his race could not be faked.
The gnomes were sentenced to death in the fifth era and now even the gnome gods are dead? Du Ze's mood was indescribable. This was what the author carelessly wrote about the history of this world, but now that he was face to face with the reality, this was the first time that he truly knew how heartbreaking it was.
When he saw this, even though it was not easy for him to trust another person, Xiu did become less resistant. Naturally, Garl knew that paranoia was a common characteristic of gnomes. He was very understanding and kept a proper distance between the two of them. The clown jumped on the tree and the accessories he wore jingled.
"I'll give you a present." He opened his arms wide as if to show something cheerfully. "Kabbalah, I give you the Kabbalah."
Kabbalah ... The Tree of life?
Du Ze's heartbeat sped up and he looked up at the gnome god – it can't possibly be what he thinks it is?!
The jester's grin grew wider.
"The Crown is the head, Understanding and Wisdom the shoulders, Might and Kindness the hands, Splendour and Victory the legs, Foundation and Kingdom are the feet, and Beauty is its core. It's called the Kabbalah and it's right under our feet."
Except for the dark sephiroth, all of the other sephiroths brightened then formed into bright meteors that rushed into Garl's hands, forming into a solid object.
"As long as you can fix it – this is my little test – you can take it away with you."
Garl presented the object that was missing its core to Xiu. His body was bent down, like a jester performing a curtain call.
"In this whole world, in the entire Chaos Continent, only you can receive this gift."
... Author, is it really okay to blatantly favor the Moe Lord like this?!
Although Du Ze has not seen the power of the eight-star mechanical puppet, the gnomes had been working on the Kabbalah for a very long time. Surely it was a tremendously powerful fortress, perhaps on the same level as the gods who ruled their pantheon.
A god who is completely obedient to Xiu's commands... Du Ze can just imagine how the overpowered Moe Lord will annihilate everything in his path during the angel race's trial. Du Ze couldn't resist making a sad expression for the BOSS, the god of light .
Xiu was also surprised by the unexpected offer but he has no intention of refusing. So, under the gnome god's directions, Xiu began making the final missing part. Because the core is the key to activating the eight-star mechanical puppet, its parts are more complex than the previous ones, and Xiu failed.
Garl said nothing. He simply instructed the mechanical puppet from the "Might" plaza library to fetch a pile of thick, heavy books. The meaning of his action was self-evident.
Du Ze looked at the heap of books that was taller than Xiu and admired him from the bottom of his heart. Xiu was sitting on a pile of books. He would read a document and occasionally pick up some materials to conduct experiments.
Garl stood far away, looking at Xiu as though he was a treasure. His gaze was full of both sorrow and contentment.
Perceiving Du Ze's proximity, Garl turned his head. Perhaps he had the "love me, love my dog"1 attitude so he was very friendly to Du Ze.
"Is there something you want to ask?"
"Do you know anything about the god of creation?"
When he heard Du Ze say that name, Garl's eyes widened and he pulled on the horns of his jester's hat, looking a little sickly.
"Why do you want to know this?"
Seeing Garl's reaction, Du Ze knew right away that the god had some information but the other person obviously did not want to talk about it. When it comes to social skills, Du Ze is seriously lacking. He grew anxious and had great difficulty organizing his thoughts and speaking properly. He saw Xiu from the corner of his eye and blurted out: "Because of Xiu -"
The expression on Garl's face instantly changed. The jester screeched like a cat whose tail had been stepped on: "Is Father God paying attention to him?"
Garl's shout alarmed Xiu who looked up at them. Garl swiftly ran towards him and asked Xiu anxiously: "Have you seen the Creator God? Did the Father give you anything?"
Xiu was perplexed and shook his head.
Garl was relieved then suddenly thought of something. He turned to look at the northwest side of the Gnome Ruins. "No, I have to destroy the wheel of time that my Father gave me ..."
When Du Ze heard this sentence, a huge amount of information seemed to flood his mind, making his brain blank out for a moment.
The wheel of time was ... The Creator God's gift to the gnome race?
Du Ze thought of the piece of paper that he saw in the lab, which had an strange and abrupt blank space.
[Time is so wonderful, if _____ had not given us the wheel of time, we are afraid that we never would have been able to touch the law of time.]
A chill rose from the soles of Du Ze's feet and spread to his whole body.
Why did the gnomes disappear?
Because of their study of time.
The world's Creator God, who was responsible for this, destroyed the entire gnome race.