Demonic Pornstar System novel Chapter 300

Chapter 300: End of the Hollow

The crimson sigils on Kaiden’s gauntlet screamed, searing with light so intense it carved shadows across the ruined chamber. His breath hitched as the corpse beneath him convulsed, as though death itself resisted being robbed of its final secret.

The daggers in his hands dissolved into raw crimson energy, unraveling back into the gauntlet. With a guttural snarl, Kaiden pressed his palm into the Countess’s chest cavity, fingers sinking into the steaming flesh.

The gauntlet answered. Its sigils unfurled, expanding outward and spreading across the Countess’s broken form, locking her carcass in a cage of writhing scarlet lines.

The chamber howled. Her sin fought back, not wanting to be consumed.

Kaiden’s head snapped back as an alien hunger slammed into him. His heart pounded like a war drum. The Countess’s essence wasn’t just power; it was an obsession, a ravenous need to gorge, devour, take. It clawed at his thoughts, trying to overwrite his will with endless appetite for more.

"I’ll never become a puppet like her, so you better give up...!" he growled.

Kaiden’s Demonic Pornstar System announced its presence when it materialized a message in his head.

[Sin Extraction Commencing...]

[Target: Countess of Gluttony]

[Resistance: 84% ... 62% ... 47% ...]

[Warning: Excessive corruption may destabilize the Successor.]

Kaiden clenched his teeth until blood ran from his gums, forcing his will down the torrent. He could feel her memories flashing. Feasts of flesh, oceans of webs, an eternity of hunger. The Countess, or perhaps the sin she cultivated, tried to latch onto his soul, whispering promises of endless satisfaction if only he gave in.

"Stop this farce already. You’re never going to take over me."

Giving in? That just simply wasn’t going to happen. The sin of Gluttony met its match, or rather, has been defeated ever since Kaiden was given the choice of selecting between the two paths proposed by the system. The Brightest Star path, or the Mine and Mine Alone.

Kaiden went with the second option because he wanted to share what he had with his future lovers, creating genuine relationships with precious existences. Gluttony was not compatible with his desired way of life.

He slammed his other hand down on the corpse, doubling the siphon. The gauntlet’s tendrils of energy dug deeper, tearing at not flesh but concept itself—that writhing kernel of Gluttony—from its spot.

Then the system chimed again.[Ding!]

[Gluttony Fragment Assimilated.]

[Reward: Passive Ability: Overindulgence.]

[Description]

[Surplus strength, mana, or vitality expended in excess is no longer wasted. The Blood Monarch’s Gauntlet consumes the overflow, storing it as a volatile crimson charge within the host.]

[Effects]

Excess expenditure of force, mana, or stamina is absorbed rather than wasted.

Stored energy may be redirected to sustain the vessel, mending fatigue, or unleashed as bursts of destructive crimson power.

The greater the indulgence, the greater the stored return.

[Warning]

Unreleased energy grows unstable over time. Prolonged hoarding invites corruption, twisting will toward insatiable consumption.

Kaiden’s heartbeat thundered in his ears as his brain ventured to fully grasp his newly gained power.

His understanding was that, when he struck with more force than necessary, the gauntlet would now harvest the excess energy. It would linger inside him to be used later.

But there was a drawback to it as well, the mentioned danger of gluttony... He had to test it all once things calmed down and they were finally allowed to breathe in peace.

Kaiden looked down at his right hand.

The gauntlet seemed to buzz with satisfaction, but not with hunger. It felt like it was smiling. Like his choice, to reject selfish gluttony and embrace sharing his strength, had bent even the sin to his will.

Kaiden flexed his fingers. He was ascertained of an idea he already harbored: this strange piece of equipment had something like a conscience of its own, but it was not a parasite. Not a chain meant to bind its wielder. Instead, it seemed to offer a bond.

...

The chamber shook one last time, and the Countess’s carcass collapsed into a husk, brittle as ash. Crimson threads of energy coiled back into the gauntlet, then vanished into him entirely.

The system’s cold text carved itself into existence in his mind’s eyes:

[Trial One – Prove Your Wrath: COMPLETE.]

[Trial Two – Feed the Glutton: COMPLETE.]

[Trial Three – Conquer the Sinner: COMPLETE.]

And then something deeper stirred.

A pressure that had weighed on him for so long suddenly shattered. His chest heaved as the air around him warped, mana thrumming through his veins, blazing hotter, clearer, freer.

[Limiter surpassed.]

[Accumulated experience is now being awarded...]

[DING!]

Accumulated XP: 418,389

[LEVEL UP: 24 → 25]

[LEVEL UP: 25 → 26]

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