Editing Monster Girl Encyclopedia II (section)

== Basic Features of Monsters (p. 7 - p. 9) ==
{{Scrollbox|content = Monster is a general term encompassing a number of races, diverse in appearance and behavior, ruled over by the Mamono Lord. 

This volume follows in the footsteps of the first, presenting illustrations and descriptions of one hundred monster races as observed by the author. Before addressing these new beings, however, let us review the basic features of monsters and other fundamentals necessary to understanding them. As the first Monster Girl Encyclopedia covered these subjects in more detail, citations referring back to Volume I can be found in the headings of the sections below.|bgcolor = #cac6bd|padding = 15px|width = auto|height = auto}}

=== Monsters (p7) ===
{{Scrollbox|content = Monsters include races of various forms united by monstrosity. They range from diabolical fiends to hybrid beings combining, for instance, the upper body of a human with the lower body of a snake or spider. That said, all monsters share a commonality of appearance, one that resembles that of a woman of outstanding comeliness. Monsters were created by the hand of god, originating as freakish beasts, enemies of humanity. However, when a succubus of awesome might ascended the throne of their Mamono Lord, the power of her influence transformed monsters into beasts of lechery and fine, feminine form.

At the present time, all monsters are female. As there are no males of their own kind, they instead reproduce with human males. Monsters predominantly tend to be more loyal to their instincts than humans and are, perhaps as a result of their succubus nature, highly lustful. They exhibit strong affection and desire for human men and think and behave accordingly. Monsters are typically superior to humans in both physical and magical ability, and their powers are various and unique among the different races. Monsters are also blessed with long lives. Though some have a lifespan only a little longer than humans, others live for hundreds or thousands of years. All, however, maintain their adorable, or beautiful, timeless feminine forms regardless of their duration of life. They do not age.

All monsters adore essence, the life energy of human men obtained through copulation, as a feast above all others. Yet they do not drain men to their deaths. Instead, they prefer to sip essence from the same man perpetually. In almost all cases, monsters perceive human men as males of their own species and thus have a strong instinct to bear the children of men who meet their fancy. Currently, children born of a human and a monster are always monster females, with no males observed. This, however, is merely a transitional phase in the modernization of monsters that speaks to their status above humans and the sway of the mother's body. The Mamono Lord explains that the current situation is but one step in the development of her and her monsters' power - and that one day, human males will be born of humans and monsters, as well. 

Hence, monsters long for human men fervently; the acquisition of men comes first in their thoughts and actions. Perhaps as a vestige of the previous age, when they attacked humans as their enemies, monsters still employ assaults as their primary means of achieving sexual intercourse with human men. Even so, there are also monsters who seduce men with the allure of their appearance and charm, as well as those who awaken men's passion by means of magic arts. A man who has lain once with a monster is overcome by the pleasure of her monstrous body, which surpasses all human understanding. He is therefore unable to consider leaving her side.

The criteria by which monsters select men differ from those used by humans. Monsters do not account for comeliness or age, and rarely consider the magnitude of a man's member or the abundance of his seed, for these are attributes they can grant in due time. Monsters approve of the lust and affection men feel for them; human males who exhibit such interest are most often favored when a monster doesn't already have a partner. Though certain races instinctively perceive the men they have defeated as their husbands, many monsters cast off such instincts in favor of deep affection or true love-bonds, for instance, that develop from a friendship formed at an early age. A monster who develops such a bond often comes to eventually view the man involved as her husband. In general, monsters are full of instinctive love; their behavior follows coherent patterns closely linked to love, lust, reproduction and appetite (for men's essence). They rarely fall in love with their ideal man, and instead glorify the appearance, personality, endowments and essential flavor of the man they love-or develop them to fulfill their ideals. 

While monsters involved in both monogamous and polygynous relationships can be found, a monster who has selected a husband will never mate with another man. To them, pairing is more than a contract: a monster's body and soul transform over time so that she can engage in perfect carnal union with her husband. His scent, his body and the taste of his essence all become her favorites, and while to join and reproduce with her husband grows, her engagement with other men steadily withers to the point that only her husband is perceived by her as male. Monsters have varying attitudes towards their men, some treating them as brothers, others as masters, servants, prey, or slaves. Ultimately though, all of these roles are equivalent to the role of husband, and the fathomless love of monsters for their companions is unequivocal.|bgcolor = #cac6bd|padding = 15px|width = auto|height = auto}}

=== Essence (p16) ===
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Essence is the life force found in individuals of non-monster races, including humans - especially men. It is, effectively, human mana. Men's semen and saliva contain large quantities of essence, which monsters absorb through sexual congress with human males, enjoying its taste with their mouths, genitals, and other regions. It is the daily bread from which they convert mana in order to become more powerful.

The taste of essence, as monsters perceive it, heightens in tandem with their desire and love for their partners, their monstrous bodies gradually optimizing in order to savor and absorb their husband's essence most efficiently. And rather than tiring of their beloved's human mana, they instead only ever seek it with growing intensity. Conversely, they develop a loathing for the essence of other men so that it tastes flavorless or even vile.

Monsters are highly sensitive to the scent of essence; they can identify individuals by it and even use it to track down specific men. It should also be noted that the bodies of human men produce essence internally via food and sleep. Even if a man is wrung dry by a monster, even if exhausted to the point of unconsciousness, he will not die.|bgcolor = #cac6bd}}

=== Monster Mana (p16) ===
{{Scrollbox|bgcolor = #cac6bd|padding = 15px|width = auto|height = auto|content = Monster mana is the life force contained in the bodies of all monsters and serves as the fount of their power. Due to the conversion of mana from essence, their powers increase the more they mate. Monsters are ever cloaked in mana, which they use unconsciously when making love, a function that serves a number of important purposes. Monster mana may protect men from their appendages (such as scales, claws or horns, which might otherwise cause injury) or be poured into a man to heighten his libido and production of essence. The mana that enwraps a monster may also temporarily remove features such as fur or scales that cover her breasts or lower body.}}
=== Monsterization (p14) ===
{{Scrollbox|bgcolor = #cac6bd|padding = 15px|width = auto|height = auto|content = Human women transform into monsters when their bodies are suffused with monster mana, most often after a woman undergoes a monstrous assault. Their personalities and memories retain potent remnants of their time as humans, but their minds are shaped by wantonness and the aggressive search for congress with men - in the true manner of monsters. Their outer appearances also maintain the distinguishing features and impressions of their previous human form while simultaneously developing the captivating charm of monsters, which is ever a fascination of men. 

A woman experiences an intense sense of euphoria once she's become a monster. If there were a man she felt affection for as a human, she will escape from the moralistic shackles which bound her as a human, follow the mandate of her desire, and join him to her in matrimony. As human women restore their internal essence through both independent production and by collecting mana from their surroundings, it is not unusual for women to inadvertently absorb monster mana. As monster mana unites easily with women's unfulfilled love and desire, their affinity for becoming monsters is quite remarkable.}}
=== Incubi (p15) ===
{{Scrollbox|bgcolor = #cac6bd|padding = 15px|width = auto|height = auto|content = Human men generally become incubi by absorbing a large quantity of monster mana through repeated sexual contact with monsters. Incubi are sometimes considered male monsters. Strictly speaking, however, they are humans whose abilities have been enhanced by mana. While they are identical to humans in appearance, their libido and potency far surpass that of a human's - all the better to serve monsters as their companions - and their minds become utterly dominated by thoughts of intimate relations with monsters. 

Incubi may adapt to the environment in which their accompanying monster resides. For instance: they may become capable of living underwater or develop a resistance to heat or cold. The most important changes, however, rest in the fact that, just as monsters live on the sustenance of their husbands' essence, an incubus can live on a monster's mana. This allows an incubus-monster couple to live in endless debauchery, which fills the incubus with life, keeps him from aging, and extends his years to match those of his monster mate. Because all monsters wish to spend their lives with the men they love, a monster who has acquired a husband is sure to ravish him into an incubus as soon as possible.}}