Looking at the three Demonesses surrounding him, each beautiful in her own way, even Abner, for all his willpower, felt his heart stir.
Demonesses—especially those who were experiencing or had already experienced the Pleasure stage—held an allure for men that went far beyond any simple Beyonder effect. Every movement drew nearby men deeper into infatuation, like a drug habit that grew steadily stronger until they could no longer escape the Pleasure a Demoness gave them. An ordinary man had no hope of resisting it.
Whoever's controlling these three Demoness projections doesn't seem to know much about seducing men, though... Stripping them naked so directly takes away most of the mystery...
As Abner tried to distract himself with that complaint, he suddenly noticed that the space around him was growing viscous in response to the desire he could no longer fully suppress. It seemed intent on holding him in place.
Sturdy golden scales sprang up across his skin. Drawing on a Dragon's strength, he broke free in an instant and leaped out of the three Demonesses' encirclement.
My desire wasn't that strong, so the restraint seems pretty limited too.
"Impossible!" Disbelief filled Katarina's beautiful eyes. Unable to maintain her composure, she blurted, "How can you be showing so little desire? That's not right..."
Before she could finish, her body shuddered as though something had struck her with fierce intensity.
Desire? So she's been trying to stir my emotions from the start? First she created an oppressive atmosphere to make me afraid... When that failed, she changed tactics and tried to arouse me...
Are emotions what trigger the Sealed Artifact trapping me? The moment her emotions fluctuated, she seemed to come under attack... Does that mean this artifact doesn't distinguish friend from foe?
*Also, while this "Katarina" looks much like the one