I Made a Contract with a Devil, but the Price is Strange

“Smooch…”

My brain stopped at the soft sensation on my lips. It’s fair to say my mind went completely blank.

‘What is this…?’

Egun said she would take her payment from me. But a sudden kiss? What was this situation?

“Smooch, smooch… smooch…”

The kissing continued even as I tried to understand the situation.

It was an affectionate peck that only involved pressing lips together, without using the tongue. Despite the act itself, her face remained expressionless.

“Smooch, smooch… smooch…”

A kiss while facing an expressionless face.

Even though we were just rubbing our lips together and making sounds, I was incredibly excited. Probably because of that unrealistically beautiful face.

My hands on my knees twitched. I wanted to reach out and touch Egun’s body right now. But if I moved carelessly, who knows what might happen.

So we continued to kiss while maintaining eye contact.

“Smooch…♡”

Finally, she licked my lips and slowly moved away. She licked her own lips and slightly raised the corner of her mouth.

『I have received my payment, so I shall now return.』

“Wait…!”

I tried to stop her because I had questions, but she disappeared before I could grab her.

In the end, I was left alone in the inn. I had been alone here from the beginning, but perhaps because Egun had been here until just now, I felt somewhat empty.

‘That was good….’

I truly felt as if I had been enchanted by a succubus. If just touching lips felt this good, how would it feel with tongues involved? And beyond that?

Gulp-

Just imagining it made my dick twitch. I thought about using the ability to summon her again, but I barely maintained my rationality.

Perhaps this was also Egun’s strategy. Making me overuse the ability she gave me to collect payment.

‘That can’t be right.’

The ability to control fire.

This was definitely not a weak ability. The fact that she gave such an ability from the start of the contract meant she was a powerful devil.

She might even be an arch-devil. After all, flame was an object of calamity and fear for many living beings.

Would such a being use her body just to extract more payment from me? And a devil of that caliber? It would be too inefficient and damage her pride.

To begin with, there were no actions like kissing or pecking in this game. Though it was an adult game, that was because it was cruel, not because of sexual content.

‘It’s a mod. There must be something in the mods….’

If it was a function that didn’t originally exist, then it must have been in the mod pack I received, but the problem was that I didn’t know what mods were included.

There were so many mods that I didn’t even check them, which was a mistake. I had planned to learn about them as I played the game, but who could have predicted this?

“Phew.”

In the end, there was nothing I could do right now. Just continue to explore the labyrinth diligently as I had been doing.

Feeling uncomfortable, I took off my pants. My underwear was damp with pre-cum. I was still rock hard. I thought about masturbating, but I held back.

In the end, after quickly cleaning up, I lay back on the bed. If I wanted to go to the labyrinth again tomorrow, I would need to sleep early and wake up early. After exploring the labyrinth, again….

Gulp-

Tomorrow, I would need to explore the labyrinth even more diligently.

“Did you not sleep well?”

The server approached me when I woke up early and was having breakfast. I was the only customer in the dining area.

“…Yeah.”

“I thought you would sleep well since you came back early yesterday?”

Instead of answering, I ate a spoonful of stew. Last night’s events came back to mind. I felt my face getting hot.

“By the way, do you have any information about the labyrinth?”

“Information about the labyrinth? But I’m not an adventurer?”

“Still, adventurers must have conversations about all sorts of things while eating or drinking here, right?”

At my words, the server nodded.

“Yes, they do. There’s news about the labyrinth, information about exchange offices with high magic stone conversion rates, stories about party disputes, all kinds of things come up.”

“There’s some information I’d like to know.”

Instead of answering, she held out her hand.

“Do you know about the culture of ‘tips’ in the Labyrinth City? It’s a culture where you give something when the server’s attitude is good.”

I couldn’t help but smile at the server’s shamelessness. I took out a silver coin from my pocket and held it out.

“A tip. Thank you.”

She bowed her head and took the coin. Unlike the mercenary I met yesterday, her behavior wasn’t displeasing at all. Rather, it was cute.

Whether it was simply because she was a woman, or because her behavior itself wasn’t annoying, I wasn’t sure.

“So what information would you like to know? Just to note, if it’s something mercenaries don’t talk about, I can’t tell you. And I don’t know about the higher floors either.”

“Having just entered the labyrinth yesterday, I wouldn’t be asking about the higher floors. I’m curious about the third floor.”

“By the third floor of the labyrinth, you mean the goblin den, right?”

“Yes. There weren’t many people there. Is there a reason?”

She sat across from me and said:

“It’s because of the hobgoblin.”

“Hobgoblin? Was that actually a real goblin? I thought it was just a ghost story among mercenaries.”

“I don’t know about outside, but it’s quite famous in the labyrinth. It’s called the Miner Slayer.”

“Do you know what it looks like?”

“I don’t know the details, but I’ve heard it doesn’t look like a goblin. They say it’s quite large? Since most people at our inn are miners, it might be difficult to get information about the hobgoblin.”

I nodded and wiped the bowl with bread. After finishing all the remaining stew, I got up.

“Thanks for the information.”

“Not at all. Have a good day.”

The labyrinth wasn’t much different from yesterday. On the first and second floors, numerous miners were still guarding the holes.

I wonder if they can actually make decent money doing that. It seems like they would barely make enough to cover inn and food expenses.

‘They’ll figure it out themselves.’

I pulled my robe down more deeply and headed to the third floor. I could hear whispers from behind, but I didn’t pay attention.

『3F』

The third floor was dark and quiet. Since two adventurers had died here yesterday, miners probably wouldn’t come anywhere near this place.

“Flame.”

I immediately summoned a flame and walked around. Goblins started to gather like moths drawn to a flame.

“Keruluk—”

I sent the flame toward a goblin rushing at me. The flying flame burned the enemy completely. Compared to yesterday, both the speed and firepower had become a bit faster and stronger.

Was it because of yesterday’s hunting? Or because I had paid the price to Egun?

‘Or it could be both.’

Whatever the reason, it was good for me. With this speed, I didn’t even need to use other abilities.

The brighter flame emitted light in all directions. The positions of opportunistic goblins hiding nearby were revealed.

“Kerururuk—!”

Three goblins charged at the same time. I sent the flame forward and drew my sword. Just as the goblin in the lead was about to leap, I struck it down.

Slash—!

The blade cleanly split its head in half. The flame burned the head of a goblin that was following behind.

“Keruuugh…!”

The enemy collapsed with a short and intense death cry. Now only one remained. Its eyes were bulging as if they might burst. It probably didn’t expect to be defeated so easily.

“Keruk!”

It turned and fled. I could catch it right now if I ran, but I was curious if the flame could keep up with its speed.

Fwoosh—!

When I commanded the flame to pursue, it blazed fiercely as it chased. It seemed to barely reach the goblin, but in the end, it only burned the skin on its back and didn’t kill it.

The flame still couldn’t match the goblin’s speed. But I was confident I could catch it soon. For some reason, I had that certainty.

I extracted magic stones from the corpses and busily walked around the third floor.

Slash—!

The difference from yesterday was that I tried to handle enemies with my sword as much as possible. It was in preparation for when the hobgoblin might appear.

‘It might be an unnecessary concern, but…’

It wasn’t a bad choice anyway, as I needed to regain my practical combat sense. Was my judgment correct?

“Kir-uugh!”

While I was in the middle of hunting, a bizarre cry came from not too far away. It was too loud to be a goblin’s.

Thud- Thud-

A rather heavy footstep gradually came closer and then revealed itself ahead.

“Kir-ruugh.”

A face similar to other goblins. In contrast, its body was slightly smaller than a human’s and covered with reddish fur.

Muscles and a build that couldn’t be compared to the scrawny goblins. The moment I saw it, I realized. This bastard was the hobgoblin.

“Ker-uugh….”

Unlike other monsters, the hobgoblin didn’t immediately charge at me. Though it looked brutish, it seemed to be the type that used its brain quite effectively.

Its eyes scanned me. It was as if it was sizing me up. And then, a low growl came from its mouth. The sound gradually grew louder, and just as my ears started to hurt.

Thud—!

“Ker-u-ruruk—!”

The hobgoblin kicked off the ground and rushed toward me.