NOVEL WEB Chapter 13: Portal
"Yeah, I know that it's a big task, but I have hope in our team! For too long have demons been pushed aside and slaughtered for sport; for too long have our kind been used to pleasure out of our own will, now we fight back! We want to gather enough materials to personally meet with our goddess, Aphrodite, and use her strength for world domination." Marinette explains.
"Are you going to extinct the human race?" Jacob questions.
"Of course not! We're not murder-hungry monsters like those stupid humans. Our plan is to simply enslave them using their own lust. But to do all that first, we'll need more firepower. The bar is the group's main headquarter and side hustle. Our main cash source is through robbery and dungeons."
The succubus holds his hand, intertwining their fingers.
"And that's why we're so glad to have another one to aid in our mission. I seriously thought that our race had gone extinct, but you gave me hope. My lord must've blessed you as her messenger for a reason; we must be on the right path! Will you join our allegiance, pretty please?" Marinette gives him a genuine look of admiration; her words filled with sincerity.
"Hypothetically, what would happen if I said no?"
"I'll take this one." Dylan suddenly speaks up.
"You know way too much so I would just kill you, simple."
"Yeah I'm in." Jacob immediately agrees, knowing that there was no way that he would be able to take on these two.
"One question, how exactly will you summon Aphrodite?"
"Well, since you're a member now, I'll show you how. Come on" The pink-haired individual pulls him towards a pure iron door that was near the center of the area. She then places her hand on the door, and it opens automatically.
"This is how we'll summon her." Marinette points at the not activated, massive portal at the center of the room.
"Woah, how did you get your hands on this?!"
"It's been passed on through my great-great-great-great ancestors apparently. The details aren't important, but the items needed to activate it are. We need monster cores from biomes and certain monster cores from dungeons. We aren't even close to finishing! Right now, the rest of the members are hunting a griffin in a D-rank dungeon."
"Now that I think about it, what's your rank Jacob? I'm B+ while Dylan is C. I can sense that it's not that high but it'll be important to know for future missions." Marinette questions. Dylan glances at Jacob, crossing his arms.
"g+" Jacob whispers.
"Speak up, I can't hear you." Marinette leans in.
"G+" Jacob speaks again.
"...pfft" Marinette barely conceals her laugh while Dylan doesn't even try.
"G+?! What have you been doing all your life pretty boy?" The redhead pipes up.
"Forget about helping us out in missions, you're not even eligible for the weakest dungeon!" He continues.
Marinette narrows her red eyes at Dylan, causing him to shut up.
"Sorry for him, but he's right. We need you to get stronger. I won't ask about your…circumstances but since you've been blessed by Aphrodite, I'm guessing you have something up your sleeve. Maybe you're just ridiculously good at seducing people, you sure have the looks for it. That would be pretty helpful in certain situations."
"Sigh, maybe." Jacob keeps his head down, but Mary pats his shoulder.
"Don't be so hung up about it. We'll get you in a tiptop shape quickly in our training ground once the others come back." She offers him a reassuring smile must to Dylan's displeasure.
"It's getting late. Dylan, escort to Jacob to a free room, I have work to do. Goodnight"
"Ugh fine, let's go weakling." Dylan walks away, leaving Jacob to awkwardly chase after him while Marinette was already gone.
"Aight, here's your room. It isn't much but it's all we have as of now. Don't let the bed bugs kill ya" Dylan walks out, leaving Jacob alone.
The room was very minimalistic and pretty small. There was a small bed pressed to the left wall, a cabinet at the end, and a small closet outside of the bed.
Jacob practically collapses onto the bed, instantly knocking out.