Before this, his counter sat at 680 Energy Points. But now...
It read 880.
It was the exact same phenomenon that had happened with Tsunade. Even though Lux clearly didn't harbor romantic feelings for him and they hadn't shared much meaningful interaction, the Energy payout was still staggeringly high.
Does this mean the scale of the increase actually has nothing to do with me?
Li Ke looked down at Lux, who was visibly uncomfortable. She detested doing this, yet for the sake of everything she held dear, she forced herself to completely break character and rewrite her own behavior.
Li Ke couldn't help but feel that there was something deeply twisted about this cheat system of his.
"If it works like this, then the fastest, most optimal way to harvest Energy is to force girls into compliance? That's just a bit too..."
He didn't even know how to begin criticizing it. It was glaringly obvious that cultivating genuine affection with a girl would never yield results as rapidly as making her utterly despise him.
If the system truly awarded massive amounts of energy based on the sheer intensity of a girl's emotional distress, wouldn't that imply that a girl who hated his guts, but was forced to serve him anyway, would trigger a massive jackpot of energy all at once?
"Mr. Li Ke?"
Lux coughed a few times, clearing the residue from her throat, before looking up at him with an expression full of anticipation.
"Did your Energy go up?"
She asked him with absolute gravity.
Whether Li Ke was deceiving her or not didn't matter to her anymore. As long as she could return home quickly and fix the catastrophic mistake she had made, she was willing to do absolutely anything.
"As surprising as it is... yes, it did," Li Ke sighed. "In fact, you just gave me a flat increase of two hundred Energy Points."
"That's wonderful! Mr. Li Ke! Please, let us keep working hard together!"
Lux was so thrilled she nearly jumped for joy. Swept up in her excitement, she reached down with her damp silk glove to stroke his already reviving weapon, guiding it back into position. She took the tip into her mouth once more, skillfully using her tongue to part the outer layer shielding the divine spear as she resumed her relentless suction.
Though she was still undeniably clumsy, she conceptually understood the mechanics of what she was doing. Li Ke let out a comfortable sigh and leaned back against the bed.
Honestly, look at the bright side. This means I don't have to turn into a mindless breeding stud just to make progress.
Closing his eyes, he gently stroked Lux's golden hair, completely giving himself over to her attentive service.
Driven by the desperate urge to hoard enough Energy Points for herself and Kiri to return home, Lux was giving this absolutely everything she had. However, this was the kind of labor where raw effort alone couldn't bypass the physical limitations of the body.
The intense physical sensations built rapidly once more. As Lux pushed him deep against her throat, fiercely fighting down her own gag reflex to give him an entirely unprecedented level of stimulation, Li Ke found himself unleashing another heavy wave of pressure.
Yet, this time around, the harvest of Energy wasn't nearly as high.
"It was only 80 points this time, Lux..."
Li Ke felt a sudden pang of guilt. It made him feel like a sleazy con artist running a scam. Lux, however, merely gathered her disheveled golden hair and spoke between ragged breaths.
"I see... It must be because I am not feeling as intensely anxious as I was the first time."
Truth be told, she was already growing exhausted. Holding her breath for extended periods, constantly working her tongue, and maintaining a steady suction with her mouth was incredibly draining physical labor.
So, after stimulating Li Ke back to life this time, she decided to switch up her tactics.
Instead of keeping her teeth safely out of the way like before, she took his length fully into her mouth and let him lightly brush past her pristine, pearly-white teeth like a finger gliding across a row of piano keys, letting him feel the contrasting texture of her soft gums and plush inner cheeks.
Her beautifully pure, adorable face puffed up heavily on one side—looking exactly like a little child cramming an oversized lollipop into their cheek. Paired with the absolute gravity of her expression, the sight made her look impossibly cute.
Li Ke couldn't resist gently petting her head, which only drove Lux to try even harder. She gave the tip of his weapon a light, playful nip with her molars before slowly shifting her body, deliberately turning her lovely, slender backside toward him.
Such detailed techniques were, surprisingly, a standard part of the comprehensive education she had received as a high-ranking noble.
"Are you sure about this?"
Li Ke asked. He knew exactly what she was trying to do—she wanted him to handle her legs and hips to heighten his sensory pleasure, allowing him to cross the finish line that much faster.
Yet, in this exact moment, Li Ke found the staggering irony of the situation deeply fascinating.
Kiri, who had crawled her way up from the absolute bottom of society, should have been an expert in every trick in the book. Instead, she was as pure and innocent as a schoolgirl; when they had been together earlier that day, she was actually incredibly tense.
On the flip side, Lux—who looked completely pristine and holy—was handling this with the practiced precision of a professional. She possessed an aura that was utterly adorable and pure, yet she was somehow incredibly knowledgeable. It was honestly... completely irresistible.
As his hands traced Lux's hips—which were noticeably scanter than Erina's—and moved down her slender, supple legs, Li Ke truly felt like a king.
In reality, it wasn't far from the truth. Lux's status was effectively that of a princess within Demacia, and being attended to by someone of her stature was a rare privilege indeed. When he thought about it that way, Li Ke was, without a doubt, receiving the royal treatment.
The sheer thrill of that realization caused his internal energy to spike. Lux, sensing the shift in his aura, focused her efforts to help him stabilize his mounting power. But right at that pivotal second, the door swung open.
Kiri stood there, having just returned, and her eyes went wide at the sight of the two of them in such a compromisingly close position.
"..."
Seeing Lux draped over Li Ke in the middle of their intimate practice, Kiri felt something snap. A sweet but terrifying smile spread across her face. Under the paralyzed stares of Li Ke and Lux, she slowly began to clap her hands. Then, without a single shred of hesitation, she summoned her massive M60 machine gun.
"What in the absolute hell do you two think you're doing?!"
A roaring torrent of bullets shredded the frame of the bed. As splinters and smoke exploded around them, the shock caused Lux to flinch, and Li Ke's surging energy finally hit its breaking point.
Already at his limit, Li Ke let out a sharp cry as his "Dragon's Flame" erupted reflexively. Because his instincts had registered Kiri's gunfire as a hostile ambush, his internal defense mechanics kicked in, amplifying the magical discharge a staggering eleven-fold. A brilliant white light filled the room, scattering elegantly before splashing squarely toward Kiri.
In an instant, Kiri found herself caught in the aftermath of the magical surge, the energy drenching her and momentarily obscuring her vision.
Eleven times. The speed and the volume of the discharge were both multiplied by eleven.
The room fell into a dead, suffocating silence. Once Kiri finally wiped the remnants of the energy from her eyes, she pulled out a sleek revolver, smiled like an angel, and asked in her sweetest, most adorable voice:
"So, how exactly do you plan on dying today?"