The Collector Ch 012 013

Hey, another two chapters, hopefully you would like them, and I'm going to submit next two chapters almost immediately after those two.

Chapter 12

"What?" I asked at first, but quickly realized that by breaking the trickle, I had blocked her drain of mana from me. I cupped her face with a smile. "Don't worry. I already told you, I will share my mana with you. You will never be hungry again."

Zoe smiled, relaxing. Then her smile widened as her tail wagged behind her. "I did it! I can control the drain," she said, looking proud of herself. "I need to be really focused, but I did it!"

"Good job. I'm proud of you."

Zoe wiggled her ass on my lap, as my cock was still lodged in her pussy, and her juices were slowly trickling onto my crotch.

"Can you feel your mana now?" Zoe asked.

I closed my eyes, focusing. It took me a brief moment, but I sensed it far away from me. Getting closer to it was harder this time, as Zoe was not feeding on me. A shiver went through my body. I was getting closer to it while lying motionless on the ground. It was messing with my head. Additionally, the mana seemed to be bigger than me while at the same time being inside me, which made no physical sense.

"I can," I answered.

"Good. Now, try to separate a part of it," Zoe instructed. Her voice was high-pitched as her ass wiggled on my lap, stimulating my cock faintly. The distance between me and the mana increased when I lost my focus.

It took some time to ignore Zoe's body sitting on top of me and sense myself close to the mana again. Instinctively, I wanted to reach my hand and grab some of it, but I couldn't do it. I was left with intentions and thoughts. That had worked last time.

I focused, imagining a small trickle coming from the mana. It took a brief moment, but the mana shifted and parted. That was harder than breaking Zoe's drain, but after some time, I gathered a much smaller portion of mana. I broke the connection between them and ended up with two portions.

"I did it," I said, my voice breathless.

"Now, focus on the separated portion and the skill that you want to use."

I concentrated on the Tame a Demon skill while maintaining my hold on the mana. I didn't know how it worked, but I needed the target, so I tried to think about Zoe, her neck, and the shape that I wanted her tattoo to be.

It wasn't easy to hold my focus on all of those things at once, and nothing really happened. I waited, but there was still no reaction. Opening my eyes, I sensed that the smaller pool of mana had merged with the big one.

"It's not working," I said, looking at Zoe sitting on my lap for more advice.

She frowned and seemed to think about something briefly, but eventually, she shrugged.

"It works for me."

I sighed. "I will try again."

Closing my eyes, I needed a bit of time to feel the mana again. I was going to separate a small portion of it but stopped. Why does it not work? I had mana, the skill, and the target. Zoe and the mana were in different places. Could that be a problem? Shouldn't I push the mana into Zoe's body? Or something like that? However, it was in... I don't know where it was, but not here with us in this cave, certainly. Could it be in another world? I had no way to find an answer to that question.

"Shouldn't I transfer mana here? To this cave? So, I could use it on you," I asked.

There was a moment of silence while Zoe didn't answer, as I maintained my focus on the mana.

"I'm not doing it like that. I don't even know how to bring it here," she said.

"Wait, where did you get the mana from before? You were hungry for over ten years because you didn't have it." I realized that she had been using her illusion skill in the past while she didn't have mana. When she didn't answer, I opened my eyes, losing my focus again.

She was looking to the side with slumped arms, and her tail was wrapped around her stomach, which she was stroking nervously with her hands.

"It should be like that, but I'm a freak."

"What do you mean?"

"It's because I'm broken."

"How does this connect to mana?"

"No-Normal succubi get their mana from men and use it to live and use skills. But I... have two different mana sources. The first one is like all other succubi, but I also have another one... Similar to yours, it regenerates on its own, and I used it for skills."

"Zoe," I said gently. "Think about it. A normal succubus needs to use someone else's mana to live and use skills. You have your own. You are different, that's true, but you are better than other succubi. You can use both yours and mine mana."

Zoe's eyes shifted swiftly over my face for a long moment, before she squealed, lay down on my chest, and kissed me all over my face.

"I love you!" she screamed, attacking my lips. I was shocked by her confession. We hadn't even known each other for a day, and she jumped out with something like that.

Zoe raised herself slightly, but our faces remained close to each other. Her eyes dreamy, her pupils really dilated, and she had an expression of adoration staring at me. Her confession surprised me, but I believed that she truly felt that way.

After years spent alone in a cave, without any contact with anyone, and after being treated badly by everyone, that wasn't even so irrational.

Zoe moaned, her pussy gripping harder on my cock. A moan escaped her sweet lips, as her eyes rolled back and she fell forward, resting on my chest. She was drooling, leaving a wet spot on my chest.

"Zoe?" I asked, stroking her back. Her body lay limp on top of me, not even her tail was moving.

"Mmm..." she purred. "I can feel your mana in me. That's amazing. It's like you. As if... I had you in myself."

I snorted, amused. "I would have thought you would already know this feeling well," I said, flexing my cock inside her pussy.

Zoe shook her head slightly. "No, not like that. Different. More... intimate. Like... like I have a part of you inside me."

I snorted again.

"Not physically," Zoe added. "More like... I have a part of your soul touching my own soul. Amazing..." she trailed off, seeming lost in her feelings.

Her hips rose slightly and lowered very slowly, enveloping me back into her heat. She gasped softly on my chest as a pleasant tingling sensation spread through my cock. Zoe repeated this motion, working her hips slowly, as I was stroking her back gently. I reached to her ass, squeezing her firm cheeks. After all this time spent inside her tight body I was like aflame from arousal and close to reaching the peak of pleasure.

Without changing her pace, with almost lazy-like movements, Zoe pushed me closer to my peak. I grabbed the base of her tail and pushed her hips down, pressing her lips against my pelvis, as I felt my balls erupt. It felt wonderful as I released my load inside her. She moaned softly at the same time, and I knew that she crossed the finish line with me.

It wasn't wild sex as we had before, and the orgasm wasn't as intense, but it was much more intimate and no less amazing, fitting perfect after her confession.

Could I feel the same way about her?

No! I couldn't. I had already loved one woman, and she had broken my heart. I couldn't make the same mistake twice.

I enjoyed the closeness and warmth of her body against my skin, but thoughts about the skill resurfaced in my mind.

"Zoe," I whispered, brushing her hair gently. "I still don't know how to use my skill."

My small, cute demon didn't answer. I shifted my head and saw her eyes closed in relaxed expression, while she was breathing rhythmically. She had fallen asleep. I decided to let her rest for now since I wasn't sure she could help me anyway.

Closing my eyes, I prepared to focus on the mana again, but I reminded myself about the Mana Control skill. Perhaps it would help me? It was supposed to summon mana. I opened my status, and before I moved to the skill, I noticed that I still had one point left to spend in my stats after a level up of Sex Mage class.

I pondered how to use it but decided to ask Zoe and Gemma for advice later. I wasn't in an emergency, so it could wait a moment.

Focusing on the Mana Control skill, I read its description again.

[Mana Control Level 1 (Active) - Allows a Mage to summon and control mana.]

That wasn't a lot, but perhaps summoning mana was exactly what I needed right now. I focused on the mana again. It took me a moment to sense it, but I had the impression it was getting easier. Slowly, I separated a small portion of it and focused on Mana Control, imagining mana in the physical world, in my hand.

It didn't move into my hand, but I at least felt something, while trying to use this skill. Kind of like the mana was shifting or vibrating, as if it was trying to move but couldn't.

I tried for a few more minutes, and then I felt something different. The large mana pool inside me remained in place, but I could sense mana in the physical world, outside my body. Just above my hand. Excited, I opened my eyes, but at that moment, I lost the feeling.

Damn it. I had lost my focus. With a sigh, I closed my eyes again. It took me a long moment to repeat all the steps, but eventually, I had mana above my palm again.

This time, I remained concentrated while slowly opening my eyes. I couldn't see it, but I knew that the mana was there. That was a small success. I closed my eyes, focusing on the skill that was supposed to bond Zoe to me.

Nothing happened. I slowly shifted my hand toward Zoe's neck, intending to use the skill, but there was no reaction again.

I imagined a collar around her throat, wrapping around her neck, made of mana, but all my attempts were futile. When my mana brushed against her skin, she murmured and scratched the spot where it had touched her. Her fingers passed through the mana, and it slipped out of my mental grasp.

At least I discovered that she could feel it. But that didn't help me with learning how to use my skill. I must have been doing something wrong. I opened my status, wanting to go through my skills again, but I stopped before I reached the skills section.

"Fuck," I murmured. Closing my status, I refocused and summoned mana to the cave again. It took me some time, which was frustrating, but I couldn't let those emotions rise if I wanted to remain concentrated.

When mana hovered above my hand again, I waved my fingers through it, feeling a slight resistance in the air before it slipped out of my focus. I wasn't sure what actually happened to it. Did it disperse? That wasn't important at the moment. I quickly opened my status again.

I was an idiot.

Chapter 13

I realized what the problem with my skill, Tame a Demon, was. After I summoned and dispersed the mana, the points in my stats went down by two. It wasn't mentioned in the skill's description how much I needed to use, but that value was certainly too low. I had been trying to use Tame a Demon with too little mana. At least, I hoped that was the reason.

Zoe stirred, lying on top of me, opening her eyes and looking at me with a dreamy gaze.

"How do you know how much mana to use for your skills?" I asked.

"I checked my status after I used them."

"And before you used them? How do you know how much to use the first time?"

"I didn't know," Zoe replied.

"So how did you activate it?"

"I separate a portion of mana, use a skill, and what is left merges together."

"So, why do you even separate it?"

"I always did it like that," she answered with a shrug. "I think my mom taught me this way. It's too hard to focus on the whole thing at once."

"How much mana does your illusion skill cost?" I asked, wanting to assess the values needed for skills.

"Twenty points."

It didn't seem like a large amount, but Tame a Demon was a much more serious skill, so it should cost more.

"Do you have a Mana Control skill?" I asked. Even though she had listed her skills to me and hadn't mentioned this one, I wanted to confirm.

"No," Zoe answered.

If she didn't have a way to summon the mana into this world, I probably didn't need to summon it either, which should make the whole process easier.

Closing my eyes, I focused on the mana inside me. The pool was there, and I tried to concentrate on all of it. Quickly, I discovered why Zoe was taught to separate it. The mana was shifting all the time, and the amount of it made it hard to remain concentrated. The more I tried to focus on it, the more I felt all the movements, and it became harder to control.

Giving up, I decided to follow Zoe's advice and work with a smaller amount. However, I didn't want to surrender completely. I wanted to split it in two rather than create a small trickle and wait for it to flow. I had over nine hundred mana; half of it should be enough to activate the skill.

Something was clearly happening, but the mana remained whole. It was reacting in some way, but no matter how hard I focused, it wouldn't split. Resigning to take a slower approach, I imagined a flow bigger than what had previously worked for me. I needed to concentrate more, but fortunately, it worked.

It was still a slow process, but eventually, I had two portions of mana that were around the same size. Holding half of it with my mind was still not easy, but at least it was possible. I sensed the pull between both pools of mana; they wanted to merge, and I needed to hurry before one slipped from my focus.

I concentrated on my skill, trying to imagine Zoe as a target and a tattoo on her neck.

Something happened. The mana was reacting. I forced myself to control my emotions, to not let them distract me too much. The mana pool started swirling, going faster and faster. It began to shrink, but I had the impression that the amount of it was still the same, almost as if it were becoming more concentrated.

All movement stopped when it became small, like a grain of rice. At least compared to the bigger pool, it felt like that; it was hard to assess its size. I tried to remain focused, repeating in my mind like a mantra: the skill name, Zoe's name, and imagining the look of a tattoo around her throat.

Suddenly, the mana transferred to the physical world and immediately rushed to Zoe's neck. She groaned, and I lost all feeling of the mana. Opening my eyes, I noticed a bright light surrounding her neck. It extinguished after a second, leaving a tattoo on her skin.

[Successfully created a bond with a demon: Zoe Drazathis]

[Level up!]

[Class: Demon Master (Level 2)]

[Stat Points Gained: 1]

[Unlocked new skill: Demon's Status]

[Achievement completed: The Beginning - Enslave your first demon.]

[Reward: +1 Luck]

Zoe sat up suddenly, distracting me from the announcements. I was panting and covered in sweat, only now realizing how tiring mental control over the mana had been.

Zoe's hand darted to her neck. She tried to grab something there but quickly realized that there was nothing, brushing only the skin of her neck as she traced the tattoo. Her dilated pupils focused on me, and she looked incredible with a grin plastered on her cute face.

With a squeal, she lay down on my chest.

"You made it! I'm yours!" Zoe exclaimed between kisses.

As our lips mashed together, Zoe was rubbing her pussy against my shaft, leaving it wet from her juices. Her lower lips glided along my length. Every time she reached the tip of my dick and rubbed against my glans, a pleasant tingle went through my body.

Her tail wrapped around the base of my cock. For a brief moment, Zoe continued her motions while stroking me at the same time. The doubled sensations made me groan into her lips, and she took the opportunity to push her tongue into my mouth.

After a brief moment of grinding, Zoe stopped, raised herself, tilted my cock with her tail, and tried to impale herself, but I stopped her. I'd spent too much time in this position. Flipping us over, she ended up beneath me. Her tail, still wrapped around my cock, immediately positioned it at her entrance, my tip entering her.

I pushed my hips forward, bottoming out in her in one quick motion. Zoe tilted her head back, moaning loudly, giving me the perfect view of her new tattoo. I grabbed her throat on the mark that bonded her to me.

"You're mine!" I groaned.

Her legs wrapped around my hips as her lips parted in a silent scream of pleasure. I was using all my strength to thrust into her, fucking her so intensely that, if not for my hand holding her in place, we would shifted forward.

I glanced over her sweat-covered, pale body--she was gorgeous. Her dark-pink eyes focused on me with a gaze full of lust, adoration, and love. She was mine. I decided to make her first time as my slave worth remembering.

I relaxed my hold on her neck, making sure she could breathe, but left my hand there as a reminder. I grabbed one of her tits, kneading it between my fingers. When I pinched her hard nipple, Zoe moaned loudly.

Sliding my hand along her body, I reached her pussy. Without stopping the motion of my hips, I gathered some of her wetness from her lips on my fingers and brushed them on her clit. Zoe spasmed, her whole body tensed. I squeezed her throat and stopped moving while fully surrounded by her pussy.

When her body relaxed, I let go of her throat.

"Please! I was so close!" Zoe moaned, looking at me pleadingly.

"Hold on. Come only when I let you, okay?"

Zoe's eyes widened, but she nodded swiftly. Bringing my fingers back to her swollen clit I flicked it gently making her whimper. Her legs squeezed tightly around my hips. It seemed my command not to come had worked on her and made her even more aroused, pushing her even closer to her release.

I pulled my hips back and thrust into her vigorously. Zoe moaned, her whole body trembling.

"Please," she cried. "Can I come, please?"

"Hold on," I commanded, pounding her faster. My orgasm was approaching, and I knew I could make it even better for her.

"Zoe," I began. Her tight pussy was wrapped tightly around my shaft, as she was dancing on the edge of a powerful orgasm. "Dive into your mind. Feel my mana in you. Feel it! Sense it! How it touches your soul," I ordered.

Zoe stopped breathing on her own, her pussy squeezing so hard around my cock that I erupted.

"Come, Zoe! Come on my hard cock!" I screamed, pushing my full length into her heat and exploding with a powerful load of thick sperm.

The bliss surged through my body, making me squeeze harder on her throat and freeze as I spurted everything I had inside her. In a few bursts, my entire cum left my balls and filled her pussy. I fell forward on top of her, panting, while her body was still consumed by her orgasm.

She shook silently as her pussy tried to milk me, even after I had nothing left to give.

We lay together for several minutes, her slim body shivering beneath me in the aftershocks of her orgasm. A pride was filling my body, mixing with my own satisfaction as I was gathering to get up. But Zoe started to wiggle, as if she wanted to get free.

"I want to see," she whispered, with her hand reaching to her throat, brushing the tattoo.

Zoe stared at me pleadingly, asking silently for permission to go. I smiled and lifted myself off her. She immediately jumped to her feet and ran toward the exit of the cave room.

"Zoe, wait!" I shouted, getting up.

She stopped, backed up to me, grabbed my hand, and pulled me out of the cave. This time we turned left, and she led us between trees for a brief moment until I heard water.

Zoe brought us to a small stream. It was about three feet wide and dozens of inches deep--not big enough to wash in, but good enough to drink from. She dropped to her knees, and stretched her neck, trying to see her tattoo.

She had wanted something pretty, but it wasn't anything special. I had no idea how to create something she would like.