There are times when you think you've figured everything out, like you've finally caught the serial killer, only to realize the killer was your own reflection in the mirror.
Kaisen stared at the message, his mind replaying everything that happened at the pool like a movie.
Sable's bold words, which he thought were because of the forest's corruption, were actually from someone else entirely.
'When did this happen? And how?'
An Alice who didn't want to be pounded like a rabbit?
The girl who was always horny like 24*7? He should've known something was wrong.
But he thought it was just the forest messing with her.
Then there was Elfie.
She sucked him off eagerly, and then that same night, she started acting weird—laughing, smiling, and wanting to be their night guardian.
The way she said no to his advances, her disgust at the idea of him touching her, and telling Alice about him wanting to fuck her were all obvious signs.
Signs he thought were just the corruption.
'Elfie must've swapped places after she sucked me off. But she was with Llyod at the time, and he said she didn't wander around alone.'
A sickening thought hit him.
'What if Llyod also...?'
He shook his head. He could find out about Llyod with just a few questions.
'I'll ask him tomorrow. Maximus too. But what if these creatures can see the memories of their captives?'
That was a scary thought. He needed to catch them fast.
'Alice must've been swapped when she went to the pool after storming out of the cave, accusing me of taking advantage of a depressed girl... fuck.'
It made sense. Her emotional state had been oddly peaceful ever since that visit to the pool.
She never accused him again and acted like nothing happened between them.
'Man, this is sickening. What happened to them? Are Alice and the others even alive?'
He had so many questions running through his mind. But when he noticed the messages weren't over, he continued reading the remaining ones.
[Congratulations! For getting a blowjob from Eindel, the Shapeshifter #42.]
[Reward: 200 lust points]
[Congratulations! For your second cucking session!]
[Reward: 200 lust points]
[Congratulations! For cumming inside Eindel, the Shapeshifter #42's mouth.]
[Reward: 200 lust points]
[Congratulations! For pounding Eindel, the Shapeshifter #42]
[Reward: 800 lust points]
Kaisen waited for the next set of messages, feeling a mix of frustration and dread. Sable—no, Eindel's—messages were done.
Now it was time for the next girl. He didn't have any hope left, given the sudden changes he had noticed in them.
And just like he thought, he was right.
[Congratulations! For pounding Thalia, the Shapeshifter #69]
[Reward: 1400 lust points]
[Congratulations! For pounding Isolde, the Shapeshifter #21]
[Reward: 1400 lust points]**
The rewards started pouring in.
He was getting points for every lewd act he had done, from blow jobs to slaps, grabs, and more.
It wasn't just his actions but the women's actions too that rewarded him.
'What exactly is going on?'
Kaisen zoomed in on the map, pinching the screen until he could see the outline of the tree cave he was in.
There he was, represented by a blue dot, and there was Alice's red dot.
But the red dot wasn't inside the cave at all; it was outside.
'She's outside the cave right now!'
He stood up quickly and dashed towards the cave entrance. The rain was relentless, pouring down without a moment's rest.
Lightning was his only source of light as the fire had gone out long ago.
He could barely see anything, relying on the brief flashes of lightning to guide him.
'Where are you, Alice?'
He was about to put on his pants, but a sudden thought struck him.
He remembered the reactions of fake Alice and fake Elfie towards the idea of sex.
They had been so conservative, almost naive.
'Either their community is full of women who don't even know what sex is, or these two are the most conservative women in their society.'
That would explain why they were virgins.
The fake Sable, on the other hand, must have gotten a taste of sex or seen him with Alice and gotten excited.
He suddenly remembered the eyes he had seen that night when he had sex with Alice on top of Sable.
Not just fake Sable, but the other two must have seen that to know the details.
'These people must have been watching us for a long time. Probably from the moment we stepped into the forest. And Sable must have seen them too...'
He recalled how Sable had scared them the day they arrived in the forest, just by looking up at the trees and staying like that for some time.
She had told them she was just testing them, but that must have been a lie.
'Trees...'
Kaisen felt a bad premonition and looked upwards. He still couldn't see the end of any trees.
In fact, he couldn't even see the sky.
From the moment they entered the forest, these trees stood like pillars, so tall that they never thought about looking up.
These trees had given them shelter, and now that seemed suspicious.
'What if these shapeshifters carved these caves so we would only stay in this place? They can watch us at their convenience now, huh?'
It was a sickening thought, but it made sense for these creatures.
The rain was heavy, masking sounds and movements.
He looked downwards, his eyes slowly adjusting to the darkness. He looked left and right. Nothing but trees.
'They're out there, watching us right now. I can't let them know I figured it out.'
He had to keep calm. If Alice and the others were still alive, his actions could get them killed.
He couldn't take that risk.
He wouldn't.
'Fuck this rain. Fuck these trees. Fuck the Corrupted One. And fuck these shapeshifters.'
Kaisen cursed silently but knew he needed a quick plan to rescue the others.
Climbing the trees seemed like an option, but scaling these 100-meter giants was not easy.
Plus, the nagging fear that if they saw him climbing, they might kill the others kept him grounded.
'I need to think of something. Something to make the girls take me to their camp or whatever they have up there.'
Suddenly, an idea popped into his mind—dangerous and stupidly risky.
'But this is the only way.'
A sinister smile curved on his lips as he looked back at the three sleeping beauties.