Chapter 5: First Named Female Target – The Ice Queen

The dungeon trembled as I stood in the heart of my domain.

I could feel it.

The walls. The corridors. The monsters lurking in the shadows.

Everything here belonged to me now.

And they were coming.

> [Warning: A high-profile raid team has entered the Dungeon of Eternal Night.]

[Raid Leader: Celestia – Level 85 – Guild Master of Frostfang.]

Celestia.

The woman who betrayed me.

The Ice Queen of Eternal Dominion.

The one who led my guildmates to backstab me, delete my character, and leave me to rot.

She thought I was dead.

Now, she was walking into my lair.

I had waited long enough.

It was time to make her pay.

The Raid Begins

The Frostfang raid team moved cautiously through the dungeon.

I watched them from the shadows, unseen, undetectable.

There were ten of them.

All high-leveled.

All elite.

Celestia led them from the front, her icy-blue armor gleaming in the dim light. A perfect blend of beauty and lethality.

Her crystal blade shimmered, frost forming in the air around it.

> "Stay alert," she ordered. "The anomaly isn't a normal NPC. We take it out fast, loot the dungeon, and move on."

They still thought I was just a bug.

A glitch.

They were so wrong.

> [Predator's Hunger Activated.]

[Targets Tracked: 10]

[Enemy Morale: High, but cautious.]

I could feel them.

Their heartbeats.

Their blood.

The System whispered in my mind.

Telling me how to break them.

I smiled.

And then I attacked.

The Slaughter

The first strike was instant.

> [Silent Kill Activated.]

A rogue at the back of their formation dropped dead before anyone noticed.

His throat ripped open.

His screams gurgled out as blood sprayed.

> [Player 'NightProwler' has been slain.]

Then, chaos.

> "We're under attack!"

"What the fuck?! I didn't see anything!"

"Form up! Shields up!"

Too slow.

I blinked behind their mage.

> [Shadow Step.]

She turned—too late.

My claws shredded through her chest, ripping her heart out.

> [Player 'ArcaneSiren' has been slain.]

Two down.

Eight left.

Celestia whirled around, eyes flashing with fury.

> "It's here! Focus fire—take it down NOW!"

They tried.

The archer loosed an enchanted arrow.

I caught it mid-air.

The tank charged, shield raised.

I sidestepped and tore out his Achilles tendon.

> [Player 'TitanBreaker' has been slain.]

Blood soaked the ground.

Their confidence shattered.

They panicked.

I let them.

Because fear made them weaker.

And I was just getting started.

The Ice Queen's Mistake

Celestia held her ground, even as her team crumbled.

She gritted her teeth, eyes locked on me.

> "You're no NPC," she hissed. "What the hell are you?"

I grinned.

> "Your worst fucking nightmare."

She lunged.

Her blade sliced through the air, a freezing aura trailing behind it.

> [Skill Activated: Frostbite Slash!]

I dodged.

Barely.

Tch.

She was fast.

Faster than any opponent I had faced so far.

And strong.

Her next strike came from the side, aiming to take my head.

I blocked it with my claws, but frost spread up my arm, numbing it instantly.

> [Status Effect: Frostbound – Movement Speed Reduced by 20%]

I growled.

She wasn't just strong.

She was dangerous.

Good.

That just meant she'd be more fun to break.

The Turning Point

I took the hit.

Let her think she had the advantage.

Let her feel like she was winning.

And then I struck back.

> [Skill Activated: Infernal Burst!]

A wave of black flames exploded outward, melting the ice instantly.

Celestia gasped, staggering back, her armor glowing red-hot.

> "W-What—?!"

She barely had time to react before I closed the gap.

I grabbed her by the throat, slamming her against the dungeon wall.

> [Skill Activated: Predator's Grip.]

Her strength drained instantly.

Her body trembled.

Her ice-blue eyes widened.

> "No—No, this isn't—"

She struggled.

But I was stronger.

And now, she knew it.

Domination

The last of her teammates lay dead.

Her guild—gone.

And now, it was just her.

She looked up at me, defiance still in her gaze.

> "Go ahead," she spat. "Kill me. End it."

I laughed.

> "Kill you? No, Celestia."

> "I have better plans for you."

Her breathing hitched.

For the first time, I saw it—fear.

Pure.

Unfiltered.

And delicious.

> [New Status Effect: Absolute Submission Initiated.]

[Target: Celestia is now bound to your will.]

I leaned down, whispering against her ear.

> "You took everything from me."

"Now, I take everything from you."

Her body shivered.

Her will cracked.

And I knew—she was mine.

Celestia's breath came in shallow, ragged gasps.

I could feel her trembling beneath my grasp, her once-unshakable confidence crumbling into something far more fragile.

Fear.

I tightened my grip around her throat, just enough to remind her that she had lost.

> [Status Effect: Absolute Submission – Target's resistance is being broken.]

[Mental State: Defiant → Unstable → ???]

Her ice-blue eyes burned with defiance, but I could see the cracks forming.

Good.

She deserved to suffer.

She betrayed me.

She thought she could erase me.

Now, she was nothing more than prey.

Breaking the Ice Queen

Celestia clawed at my wrist, trying to pry herself free, but her struggles were useless.

I had absorbed too much power.

I was beyond her now.

> "D-Do it," she gasped. "If you're going to kill me… just do it already."

I laughed.

> "Kill you?" I mused. "No, Celestia. That would be too easy."

Her gaze wavered.

I saw it—that flicker of uncertainty.

She had expected rage.

Expected vengeance.

She didn't expect this.

> "You took everything from me," I said, my voice low, menacing. "Now, I take everything from you."

I pressed her harder against the dungeon wall, letting my presence consume her.

> [Predator's Hunger: Subjugation Mode Activated.]

[Target's Willpower Resisting…]

[Resistance Dropping… 78% → 65% → 49%...]

Her breath hitched.

She could feel it.

The system was recognizing me as more than just an NPC.

I was something else now.

A force beyond the game's control.

And I was rewriting the rules.

> "I won't—" she started, but her voice faltered.

Her will was breaking.

Her body shivered against mine, caught between the last dregs of defiance and the creeping realization that she had no escape.

I leaned in, whispering against her ear.

> "Submit."

She gasped.

> [Resistance Dropping… 37% → 20% → 9%...]

She was almost there.

A little more…

And she would be mine.

The Final Push

The dungeon responded to my will.

The shadows around us thickened, pulsing with an unnatural energy.

This was my domain.

And in my domain—

No one defied me.

> [Final Resistance Check: Failed.]

[Celestia's Willpower Broken.]

[New Status Effect: Bound to the Abyss – Celestia is now your first Thrall.]

A visible shudder ran through her.

Her body went slack against mine.

Her eyes, once filled with rage and defiance, now held something else.

A mix of fear… submission… and something darker.

Something she didn't fully understand yet.

I could see the system taking hold of her mind, rewiring her reality.

She was still Celestia, Guild Master of Frostfang.

But now…

She was also mine.

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