The Hero Became a Succubus, and the Only Way to Level is to… What?!

It was the middle of the night. A fire crackled nearby to provide warmth and ward off dire beast predators. The moon and stars were never clearer than in the deserts of Savir. They were so close, it almost felt as if one could reach out and pluck them from the cosmos. Amidst the chilly evening, Sadul Hadin was scribbling into a notebook and muttering to himself.

"Hmm. The last stop earned another hundred gold. Not the best haul, but it's something. That totals to a little over a thousand tonight. Still a long way from recouping the losses of my dowugut harvest. I also have to factor in diminishing returns of patronage and risks. Those merchants likely won't be around tomorrow. Might have to try making friends with the mercenaries. If I recall, they came to a surplus of wealth from Sultana Dudula. You hear that, you succubus whore? I'm going to prostitute you to some mercenary groups. And keep sucking! I feel those lips of yours are tiring. I might have to use your cunt next."

Sadul slapped Kanae hard on the ass while she was sucking his dick. The impact left her shuddering in ecstasy. Both cheeks were already red from being smacked so often, as well as the constantly pounding she had been taking. Not wanting to disappoint him, she redoubled her efforts in blowing him to satisfaction.

"Yesh, mashter~ shllrrp… shlluurpp…!" Kanae picked up speed, deepthroating his stringy cock and massaging his balls.

Soon, the beastman let loose an unflattering grunt as he climaxed. Thick, gooey cum with the consistency of jello poured into Kanae's mouth. She swallowed it all and trembled from a deep sense of satisfaction.

For the past two days following the incident at the small trading outpost, Sadul had made Kanae his personal sex slave and prostituted her out, even going as far as parading her bare naked wherever they went. This was how he intended for her to repay him for all the troubles she caused. They traveled to all the regular spots that merchants gathered, often for the sake of safety in numbers to make would-be bandits think twice.

Sadul solicited acquaintances, friends, and business associates. Of course, Kanae being a succubus gave many of them pause, thus forcing him to lower the price enough to tempt potential customers. When someone accepted— and a lot of travelers did— he accepted their payment and sent them into the carriage where Kanae was waiting. For the next half hour, the stranger did with her as they pleased. The more perverse patrons paid extra to see their beasts fuck her, and she was more than glad to do it. At one point, she recalled being gangbanged by a group of dire desert hounds. They left numerous scratches on her body, and the amount of knots she took threatened to make her pussy loose.

Lucky for the beastman merchant, this wagon stolen from the hyena folks had a stash of healing potions inside a hidden compartment. He sustained himself on them, because Kanae would have passively drained him dry otherwise.

"At least something good came of my misfortune. If I knew succubi were a much better lay than the prostitutes of Elusis, I would have visited the north sooner. Now, climb onto my dick that you love so much. I may be prostituting you out, but I don't like the stench of other men and beasts on you. Time for me to mark you," Sadul said.

"Ehehe… I've been waiting for your cock all day! I want it inside my pussy more than anything~" Kanae sat her pussy onto the boar beastman's cock and threw her head back.

Pleasure assaulted her from all sides. Sadul had an unusual dick. Like that of a porcine animal, it was long and stringy like a corkscrew. When erect, his member writhed and stretched out until the thin tip entered her womb.

Kanae didn't so much as need to bounce. Sadul's cock did all the work on its own. But he was also no slouch. The beastman pinned her to the bed of the wagon and pounded his hips away.

Plap! Plap! Plap! Plap! Plap! Plap! Plap! Plap! Plap! Plap!

Fortunately, they were out in the vast deserts where no one could hear. Kanae was able to moan as loud as she could muster. Even the rickety wagon joined the chorus of their clapping hips.

Plap! Creak! Plap! Creak! Plap! Creak! Plap! Creak! Plap! Creak! Plap! Creak! 

"Squeal for me, you whore!" Sadul demanded.

"Yes! Oink! Oink! Aahhh— oink! Your cock is so good, it's driving me crazy! I'm going to cum… I'm cumming so hard— aahh! Ooooooiiinnkk!" Kanae squealed at the top of her lungs.

Sadul unleashed a massive load of cum directly into Kanae's womb. She felt the weight and heat of his spunk. There was so much, the walls of her incubator expanded to accommodate it all.

When Sadul pulled his dick out, not a drop of jizz spilled from Kanae's pussy. As was normal for his race, they plugged the entrance of the womb with jellied semen to keep all their seed in after ejaculation.

"Whew. There's someone I need to meet with tomorrow morning. After that, I'll take us to The Diamond at last and let you go free. Prostituting you isn't exactly making a big profit." Sadul gave Kanae's ass a squeeze, then imbibed a healing potion before turning over to sleep.

"F-Finally…" Kanae murmured.

The next morning, after Sadul had his way with Kanae again, they set off to a less-traveled valley called the Three Spears. Rocky stone spires jutted from the ground, reaching maybe ten to fifteen feet tall. The place was named as such for the three largest spires among them seen from a distance, each a geological wonder stretching a hundred feet and seemingly embedded into the earth.

"Ah. Here it is." Sadul tugged on the reins, steering the ronoas to the gigantic skull of a snake half-buried in sand.

"Who exactly are you meeting?" Kanae asked.

"A fixer by the name of Mortus. That fiasco will have left my name tarnished with the East Saviran Trading Association. I need his help to clear the stains you inflicted on me off my record," he explained.

"Uu… Sorry. So… how long do we have to wait? Can we have sex in the meantime? I want your stringy cock messing me up again~" She humped her bare body against him.

"Hehe. I suppose I have some energy to spare for my succubus minx!"

Hours went by without any signs of Sadul's contact. Every now and then between their romp, they would peek out of the covered wagon but find nothing but the blazing heat. The only things to meet them were two-headed vultures perched up in the cliffs. They eventually lost track of time, and Kanae lost track of how many times she orgasmed.

"Do you see him?" Sadul asked as he fucked Kanae, whose head was hanging out the flap. "He's a centaur. Bald, beard woven into a braid, and tattoos on his chest."

"I'll— nngh… Mmm… check…" Kanae squinted into the deserts but only noticed that the number of vultures had increased.

Weird.

It was hard to focus with Sadul pummeling her pussy from behind though. Kanae bit her lower lip as another climax rippled through her whole body. Suddenly, something started kicking up sand and dust from afar. A large cloud seemed to follow the figure, and it grew larger by the second. She had seen a sandstorm before, but this looked nothing like that.

"Hey, does Savir have any weird weather phenomena with fast moving clouds?" Kanae asked.

"Aside from sandstorms? No. Oh! Actually, there is. Small caravans and lone travelers often report twin-headed carrion swarms. When they tend to get impatient after going long without food. A flock would send out a few scouts to search for live food. That's usually a sign that you should hightail it to an outpost, cave, or bury yourself in sand, because a large swarm is soon to follow," Sadul explained.

That moving cloud looked suspiciously like a carrion swarm…

He shifted topics and continued, "But those are rare occurrences. Get that pretty mouth of yours in here and finish me off with a blowjob. The man should be here any minute now."

"Stop screwing me for one minute and take a look at this!" Kanae grabbed Sadul by the collar of his vest and yanked his head out.

"Oh, that's Mortus in the distance! And… Oh. That's definitely a twin-headed carrion swarm…" The beastman retreated back inside the wagon to cower.

"I RECOGNIZE THAT FAT, BOAR FACE ANYWHERE! HELP ME, SADUL! HELP!" Mortus screamed.

Kanae grabbed Lust and flew out to hundreds of twin-headed carrions. The swarm blotted out the sun. Many of them were attacking Mortus, who had peck marks all over him. He swatted at the vultures to little success.

"Get behind me and cover your eyes!" Kanae exclaimed.

There was a glint of recognition from the centaur man that Kanae was a succubus. But given the situation, he didn't hesitate to do as she asked. Now to deal with the swarm circling them from above. They were going to attack at any moment, and there would be little she could do to protect Mortus and Sadul against so many.

Hopefully, Flashbang worked without clothes. Kanae covered her chest, stained by gooey cum from giving Sadul a boobjob earlier, with both arms. As the swarm veered down to dive bomb them, Kanae removed her arms to bare her chest at them. The Rings of Impurity illuminated the canyon shrouded by the carrions' shadow in blinding light.

They plummeted to the ground in droves, screeching and pecking at each other from not being able to see properly. While they were still blinded, Kanae cast Necrotizing Touch into Doom and activated the spell as an area of effect through Gloom.

Unfortunately, it didn't kill them. But the painful necromantic effect hurt enough to send the swarm flying away. Sunlight returned to the Three Spears in the wake of the carrions' escape.

"Whew." Kanae sighed. "Never thought I'd be glad to feel Savir's hot sun on my skin again. Alright, it's safe!"

"Did Mortus survive?" Sadul poked his head out to ask.

Mortus dragged him right out the back and into the ground. "I did, thanks to the succubus. No thanks to you! Gods. Most people come in a group, not an itsy bitsy wagon and a couple of ronoas. Well, I'm here now. What do you want?"

"I-I know this might not be the best time to ask a favor from you, especially after what just happened, so how about you take a load off and relieve yourself first?" he suggested, gesturing to Kanae.

It was then Kanae remembered that she was stark naked, covered in dried spunk and her pussy leaking them in thick globs. She cast Prestidigitation to clean herself, then waved invitingly at the centaur man.

"I'm not interested in sloppy seconds. Especially not after Sadul. If anything, I owe the succubus for saving me just now. Spit it out already. I at least want to know what I almost died coming out here for," Mortus demanded.

"A little mishap occurred at one of the association's outposts. My succubus companion here picked a fight with Ortesians and caused a commotion. I need your help in quelling and removing traces of my involvement there," Sadul explained and shot a glare at Kanae

"Ortesians?" He gasped.

"I didn't do it on purpose!" Kanae protested. "Besides, if you knew what the empire and Cerberus were planning, then the association has every reason to want to stop them!"

A shadow fell over Mortus' face. He furrowed his brows and his hind hooves scraped the ground. Kanae couldn't read him. She had half a mind to put an end to this charade and just charm both of them.

"Your concerns are warranted," Mortus said at last.

"Really?" Kanae breathed a sigh of relief, but Sadul's was in exasperation.

"I'm merely a bookkeeper within the association. I keep an ever-growing ledger on what goes where, but lately, some things have been going missing and are not adding up. They are mostly weapons, armor, and potions. When I bring this up to the association's officers, they tell me that shipments disappearing every once in a while is normal. After all, bandits and raiders are everywhere in Savir. But we all know Sultana Dudula has paid them all off. No highwayman would dare cross her to begin with."

Goods like those only moved between hands when people were expecting war. While that was probably the norm in Savir, considering the three sultans constantly butted heads, for it to happen under the East Saviran Trading Association's noses could only mean they were compromised.

Going by what Kanae heard the Ortesian officer said in the outpost, they might be using the association to slip under Sultana Dudula's radar. Or worse, to get to her.

"Listen," Mortus began wearily, "It's obvious something big is happening. I don't want to be around when it finally does. You want your name cleared, Sadul? Fine, consider it done. But that's the last job I'm doing before I head to Kandis to wait out the coming sandstorm. I'd get the hells out if I were you two, too."

They exchanged tokens. Sadul handed his copper coin over and received a bronze one from Mortus. The centaur man didn't look too happy at the meager copper token, but he begrudgingly accepted it and galloped off.

With that done with, they could finally make their way to The Diamond. Kanae needed to tell the others what she had learned.

"Kuh… A bronze token is where I've fallen to. No, it's not over. I can only go up from here! A merchant never surrenders. They weather the storm of even the worst recessions. Succubus, we're taking a detour. You're going to use that voluptuous body of yours to earn me up to a silver token. I know some people who will pay the most pristine coin to see what a sex demon can take." Sadul tugged on the leash attached to Kanae's collar, but she wasn't budging this time.

"What? You promised we would go to The Diamond after this meeting!" Kanae complained.

"We will. After I get my token. That fine pussy of yours will—"

Kanae charmed Sadul to drop down on both knees. He sucked in a sharp breath and panicked. The eyes of a captured prey gazed up at her pleadingly.

"I think you're mistaking who's really in control here, Sadul. Having sex with you was great because of your unique cock. Reminded me of the bristle boars back in Hellfire Peninsula. But I'm not some low-level succubus adventurer," Kanae said as she towered over the cowering piggy.

"Y-Y-You're not? Th-Then you being a Rookie… was a lie?" Sadul gulped.

"I didn't want to reveal my identity in Savir, but having an association member in my pocket might be helpful… I'm the Queen of the Commonwealth of Sin, and Aidenhall's Knight of Amethyst." She brushed a hand across her wrist to show him her character sheet.

Sadul stared at the details and stats aghast. His tanned complexion turned white. He also sprung an erection.

"What are you getting hard for?! Don't you know the situation you're in?" Kanae exclaimed.

"It's just that… a meager merchant such as I could never fathom laying with royalty, who also happens to be a knight of renown. Yet I did! Haha! What a turn on, that is!" Sadul bellowed triumphantly.

"Getting to screw me isn't exactly the rousing accomplishment you think it is. Er… Anyway! I need your help. As a member of the East Saviran Trading Association, you should be inclined to help her stay in power. You're well-respected, right? You should have connections with the higher ups in the association."

"Actually…" He pressed his fat index fingers together. "I'm not well-respected… at all. That, uh… what we call an innocent white lie. A play-up, if you will, like how merchants try to better market their goods! I… I am a nobody…"

Kanae blinked absentmindedly for a few seconds.

"Eh? But what about those expensive cactus fruits?" Kanae asked.

"The dowugut industry is massive, and my stock is only a drop in the bucket…" Sadul replied dejectedly.

"W-What about your coin?"

"Silver, copper, and bronze are the lowest exchange tokens. There are… many tiers above them," he confessed.

Something in Kanae snapped, and it automatically switched on Sadist.

"I'M GOING TO DRAIN YOU TO DEATH!" Kanae growled.

"My sincerest apologies! Truly! Listen, I might be a minor fruit merchant, but there is something I can do to make it up to you! Th-That can help you help the sultana," Sadul sputtered in terror.

"Hurry. My patience is waning. If I don't like what you have to say, I shall rip off your cock and wear it as an armband!"

"Hiiieeee! Not my penis!" His squeals grew more frantic, and his face was drenched in sweat. "Okay, okay… At the end of every month, the East Saviran Trading Association holds a banquet in The Diamond. Every merchant worth their weight in jewels attends, but you must also possess a gold token or higher to gain entry. Doing so permits me to bring a plus one. I can get you in. You want information? To find those plotting against the sultana? These are people who conduct trade across all of Savir, even in Avanesse and Elusis. Good chance someone knows about Ortesians and Cerberus' dealings. After all, you discovered them at the outpost, who's to say they won't be at the banquet?"

"Hmmm. But how? You only have bronze now, don't you?" She recalled the transaction made with the guards back at the small outpost.

"I have business associates in The Diamond. It may hurt me in the short term, but I can promise them favors in exchange for their higher value tokens. My words may not mean much to you, but within the association where economy is built on trust, it means everything!" he explained.

For once, Kanae sensed truth and conviction in Sadul's words. Not that he could lie under the effects of her Charm to begin with. She switched off Sadist and relented.

"We'll do it your way then," Kanae said, hopping into the wagon and compelling the groveling beastman in after. "Let's go get you that silver token."

"Huh? You mean you don't want to go to The Diamond?" Sadul asked.

"I imagine it's a lot easier to go from bronze to silver than from bronze to gold. Besides, I'm curious what these friends of yours can subject me to. It better be good. Or else," she warned, eyes flashing with fury and anticipation.

"Guh. Gods save me. I may be in over my head…" He groaned.