## Chapter 225 – Plunder
In the era Etana was born, there were no human rights.
There was no welfare, and to live like a human, one had to seize that life for oneself.
Sometimes by fighting, and sometimes by killing the opponent.
Island life was no different.
The Mesopotamia region where she lived was at least fertile and had a good environment, but the island was not.
Deathly heat always lingered around, and trivial natural disasters struck frequently.
So it was even more fierce.
At the time, many people were dragged to the island, so fights happened every day, and you could see corpses everywhere you went.
-Give me that fish!
-Don’t be ridiculous! Hunt it yourself!
Etana also fought to survive.
Sometimes she fought over small amounts of food, and sometimes she fought over hunting grounds.
-Hah. Hah. Hoo. Okay, from today, this waterfall is mine… Keuk.
-Thank you. For taking care of all the small fry for me. I’ll gratefully take this waterfall.
She mercilessly killed competitors, and relentlessly chased down and killed anyone who coveted her possessions.
The reasons for the fights that started that way gradually changed over time.
-Interesting. I feel like if I practice more, I can fight even better than I do now.
She had an extraordinary sense of spatial perception. She was also excellent at multitasking her brain.
She learned quickly, and her athletic ability was good.
And she was lucky too.
-[Plunder]?
When Etana became an adult, she no longer fought to survive.
-Hey, I heard you’re the strongest in this area?
The sweetness of victory. Intoxicated by that feast like a drug, she fought and fought again.
After victories continued to accumulate, the reason changed again.
-Haa haa. This feeling is the best.
The crossroads of life and death decided in an instant.
She felt alive at that intersection of life and death.
The hellish island environment also made her feel alive by giving her pain, but it was different from that.
At least when she fought, she was happy.
Her heart pounded.
-You impudent bitch. You’re that crazy woman who kills people indiscriminately, aren’t you?
-That’s right.
-But you should at least know who you’re messing with before you attack. How dare a stray hyena pick a fight with me, the king of this area? You’ve lost your nerve. More than eight hundred people have died by my hand so far.
-Long introduction. So, are you going to fight or not? Or are you scared? Does the thought of fighting me make your balls shrink?
-You little…! I was going to let you off easy because you’re still a newbie! Fine, today I’ll personally teach you what the fear of death is!
She fought and fought again.
She killed and killed again.
The moment of life and death decided in just a few seconds, without having to wait long.
-Keuk. H-How?
The tension of narrowly defeating the opponent by a hair’s breadth.
The sense of superiority of trampling on the opponent and standing above them.
The relief of surviving again today.
-Where did a monster like you come from…?
But that enjoyable period quickly passed.
Her growth, constantly risking her life to fight, was rapid, and now there was no one who could match her, who had become too strong.
-Hiiiik! T-That woman!
-Everyone, run away!
-…….
After that, boring days continued.
People ran away when she appeared, and begged for their lives when she grabbed them and asked them to fight.
-Oh, goddess. Please have mercy on us.
Some even worshiped her as a god.
They offered tributes and came to ask her to grant their requests.
-…Boring.
Boredom gripped her ankles.
She wanted to feel that excitement from before again, but it was like a mirage, seemingly within reach but never actually grasped.
-There’s no fun in living anymore, should I just die? Go find the god and ask why he made the world so boring.
Then, suddenly, a thought flashed through her mind.
-Wait, do I really need to die? If I kill every living thing on Earth, wouldn’t the creator god appear and solve my boredom?
Etana’s eyes gleamed.
-…Oh, that’s a good idea?
From that moment on, she killed indiscriminately.
Every living thing she saw.
As a result, the ecosystem of four regions disappeared, and one country was destroyed and disappeared into the annals of history.
The land was dyed red with blood, and the stench of decay vibrated throughout the world.
And, as she expected, someone came to find her.
-Are you a god? Let’s fight first.
But ■■ made a different proposal instead of fighting her. If she collected 5,000 abilities with her [Plunder], he would open a door to another world.
There, there would be plenty of strong people, so there would be no time to be bored.
-Really? Okay. Then I’ll be patient a little longer.
After that, she had no rivals.
Even after thousands of years, when boredom became ingrained in her body and a habit to her bones.
That’s what it was like…
‘Damn it. What the hell is this guy?’
She could have crossed over to Utopia in just a few hundred more years.
But how could such an absurd guy appear?
‘Could it be that that bastard broke his promise and sent a reaper to kill me?’
Etana was cornered for the first time in her life.
But her heart pounded.
What she wanted was a fierce fight where life and death were decided in just a few seconds.
Although it had been over 30 minutes and no conclusion had been reached, this long-awaited fierce battle was quenching her thirst.
‘Good! Come at me! More!’
During the fight, she had some of the skills she had collected for thousands of years plundered, and she was furious because of it, but she soon accepted it.
After all, the reason she collected those skills was to have such a fight.
‘Wow, this guy is so tough! And why are there so many of them?!’
She beat them but they didn’t die.
She somehow managed to grab one of them and shatter his body with [Space Distortion], but it was just one person.
There were still a huge number of them around.
‘Damn it, I lost [Appraisal], so I don’t even know which one is the main body.’
Moreover, the number of clones was gradually increasing.
This was a fight she couldn’t win.
She had no idea how to defeat them.
Despair.
The emotion she felt for the first time in her life shook her head.
It was like standing in front of a towering mountain with no peak in sight.
“How about it. How about surrendering now?”
“What? Surrender?”
“If you get naked, prostrate yourself, and declare that you’ll be my slave, I’ll accept.”
“Haa? Don’t be ridiculous! Do you think I’d ever surrender?!”
She had never lost in her life.
Since her first murder at the age of 7, her life had been nothing but victories.
But surrender? Her pride wouldn’t allow it!
No, beyond that, why would she when she was having so much fun?!
“Don’t just yap, come at…!”
At that moment, Etana suddenly stopped moving.
Not only her, but all the clones, including Woojin, also stopped in their tracks.
“Master? What’s wrong with everyone?”
Scarlett expressed her bewilderment, and everyone stared blankly into the air.
An alert was rippling in front of their eyes.
[The copied has disappeared.]
Followed by an explanation.
[Etana has had her stolen.]
Everyone on the battlefield stood still as if they had been frozen, and soon one clone disappeared and a new alert appeared in front of Woojin.
[You have acquired .]
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[Plunder]
Rank: Transcendental
Description: Forcibly steals the abilities of other players through physical contact.
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‘Ha, to think this would end up in my hands.’
The description was simple. Perhaps because he had seen Etana use it so much, the missing information naturally flashed through his mind.
The time it takes to plunder one ability is 1 second.
It steals active skills first, and the plundered target feels a temporary drain of energy due to the shock.
It’s a kind of debuff.
‘But since both Etana and I have overwhelmingly high stamina stats, that debuff is as good as non-existent.’
Anyway, it was definitely a very troublesome ability. He hadn’t seen an ability as troublesome as this except for [Time Stop].
But now it was his ability.
Conversely, Etana’s ability had disappeared.
“Looks like it’s really over. Still not thinking of surrendering?”
“Aha? This isn’t the time to be saying such things!”
Etana, who had slapped the clone who spoke to her, laughed and suddenly started running.
The direction was exquisite.
She was rushing straight towards the main body, him.
“No way.”
“Stop her! She noticed!”
“Don’t let her get to the main body!”
His clones blocked her path.
“How did she figure it out?!”
Soon he knew the reason.
[The clones looked back at you to copy , which is the cause.]
In short, when Etana’s [Plunder] disappeared, the clone’s copy cooldown was reset.
The clones ‘all looked back at him’ to copy and use [Plunder] again.
Copy is the ability to copy the skills of ‘the target in sight’.
Etana had sensed that he was the main body at that moment.
“Ahahaha! Now that I’ve seen you, you can’t escape! I’m going to take back what’s mine from you first!”
With that, Etana charged towards the clones blocking her path.
Immediately, abilities began to transfer from the clones she collided with to Etana.
Etana had also copied [Plunder] from him.
Just as he had stolen Plunder from her, she was rushing at him to take back Plunder from him in the same way.
“Surround her!”
“Block her movement!”
Thud!
“Kuk?!”
Etana, who had broken through the encirclement of the clones and quickly approached him.
“Damn it, she’s too fast! The agility difference is too big!”
“She’s breaking through!”
He created distance and pulled out a [Space Movement Scroll].
“Hee hee hee hee!”
Thousands of clones blocked her path, but they couldn’t stop Etana’s sprint.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Etana, who was piercing through in a straight line like a bulldozer, had great joy in her eyes.
Heeshik!
A deep smile hung on her lips.
Her figure flashed as if she would never let him go, and the distance was instantly narrowed.
Those crazy eyes stared at him right in front of his face.
“I’m going to take back what’s mine right here!”
A hand reaching out towards his eyes.
But he never ended up using the scroll.
“…….”
Etana stopped abruptly with her hand on his forehead. She then took her hand away and stared silently at her palm.
[She has even had plundered.]
[She no longer has any way to steal other people’s abilities.]
She had forcibly broken through his clones and ended up having even Copy plundered.
In short, she could no longer use Plunder.
Game over.
“Still not thinking of surrendering?”
“…….”
Etana, who was staring blankly at her palm, clenched her fist and smirked.
She glared at him.
With a deep smile on her face, her eyes still burning with unyielding fighting spirit.
“Surrender? Pfft.”
Clearly, the victory or defeat had already been decided.
Etana’s defeat was confirmed.
Because she had lost her specialty, [Plunder], forever.
But her fighting spirit was still alive.
As if to say that even if he could cut off her head, he couldn’t break her will, she laughed like a madwoman, emitting a fierce aura.
‘I can’t take her in as a slave in this state.’
As expected, Etana grabbed his wrist and tried to use [Space Distortion].
He quickly twisted his arm to break free and pushed Etana away.
“The fight is already over. Give up.”
“Kik, who decided it was over? The fight is just beginning! It’s a festival I’ve been waiting for for a long time, so please join me until the end!”
Kwajik! Space was distorted.
He ducked to avoid the [Space Distortion] above his head, and kicked Etana in the abdomen to create distance, avoiding her attempt to grab his wrist again.
“Where are you going! You have to die and die with me more!”
“Do you really need to die? If you like fighting so much, you can collect 5,000 abilities and cross over to another world.”
Etana scoffed.
“Ha, I don’t know how you know about our secret deal, but I’ve already had Plunder stolen and I can’t reach the goal anymore. I also like this moment more than the distant future. Now, clones, move again. Let’s start the last life-or-death struggle!”
“…….”
“Not coming? Then I’ll go! With something really big!”
Then, when she aroused her fighting spirit, a chilling killing intent was transmitted.
A fierce gale blew and a whirlwind was created, and a great earthquake began to occur centered on the ground Etana was standing on.
Kukwakwakwakwawa-
“It’s no use. Your attacks don’t reach me, Etana.”
“Maybe. But you know. No matter how great you are, if you’re human, you’ll die in some way when the Earth is destroyed. You’ll die from radiation poisoning, or from a volcanic eruption, or from lack of oxygen, or from freezing to death when the ice age comes!”
[She is preparing a final blow.]
He could feel it even without being told.
If this continued, not just the city but the entire Earth would be swept away.
Remembering that one city was lightly devastated by the aftermath when he was hit by Nora, it was entirely possible.
‘There are many women on Earth. It will be my colony in the future… I can’t let it be destroyed.’
But he couldn’t get close because of that whirlwind.
The clones were trying, but they were all swept up in the whirlwind and blown high into the sky without being able to get close.
It was impossible to stop a technique that had already been activated in the middle.
‘…Of course, I can suppress it.’
He could use [Fragment of God] to send this entire area to that world, and then continue to beat Etana with the clones to prevent her from using big techniques at all.
However, there were risks involved, so it wasn’t a perfect method.
‘There’s still room for negotiation through dialogue.’
And he was confident he could persuade her.
‘When negotiating, you have to shake what the other person really wants.’
He watched the gradually cracking and devastated downtown Seoul and whispered to Etana with the [Telepathy] ability.
“You don’t seem to know, but there are other ways to get abilities besides Plunder. Much easier and faster too.”
Stop.
“And if you want, I can spar with you for fun until you cross over to another world.”
The surrounding shaking gradually subsided.
The fierce wind that had been pounding his ears and scratching his cheeks also disappeared in an instant and became calm.
“…Is that true?”
Etana asked him with half doubt and half curiosity. Confirming that the carrot had safely entered the donkey’s field of vision, he nodded.
“If you want, we can spar lightly instead of these extreme methods….”
“Not that, I mean the thing about having a way to get abilities. Is there really such a way?”
Nod.
“I don’t believe it. I’ve lived for over 5,000 years. Do you think I haven’t looked for other ways during that long time? They were all duds. Are you… just running your mouth?”
“Whether you believe it or not is up to you.”
“Haa? Just saying whatever comes to mind. That’s why humans are like this.”
“Still, if you’re willing to listen, I’ll teach you.”
“…….”
Then Etana narrowed her brows and stared at him. It meant she would listen.
He raised his hand in the air.
“It’s better to show you once than to explain it in words, which is tiring for both of us. Take it.”
Etana, who received the object that flew in an arc, expressed her doubt.
“Random box…?”
“Is this your first time seeing one? Anything can come out of it. From ordinary food to rare items sold only at the event store, and sometimes even ‘abilities’.”
“!!”
Etana’s eyes widened.
The box seemed to be opened immediately, shaking and emitting light before disappearing.
And on her hand was a single coconut.
“…….”
Etana’s fighting spirit faded.
After staring at the coconut for a while, she raised her head and looked at him again.
In her eyes, which had been filled with fighting spirit until just now, another desire was blooming.
Interest, curiosity, and hope.
He had been guiding and observing the changes in women, and even a woman over 5,000 years old couldn’t escape his senses.
Confirming that the atmosphere for negotiation had improved enough, he held out his hand.
“If you become my slave, I’ll give you that.”
“…….”
“Fill it with 5,000 abilities and cross over to another world.”
Etana pondered. She trotted up to him and blinked her eyes prettily as she asked.
“Okay, let’s say abilities come out of this. How are you going to give them to me? I don’t think you’ll just give them to me because I became a slave.”
“I’ll give you 1 for every time I do it with you, and 10 for every time you give birth to my child.”
“…….”
“It’s not a bad offer for you.”
“In short… you want to mate with me a lot?”
Etana glanced over the devastated downtown area and snorted.
“You can talk about that in this situation.”
“Why? There’s no reason not to, right? It’s a man’s instinct to get on top of a woman and make her give birth to his child.”
“Ah…. I know what you’re trying to say. It’s not the first time I’ve received such an offer.”
-If I defeat you, become my female!
“There were also those who made such sexual demands while challenging me… No, were there surprisingly many? Well, no one ever got on top of me.”
Then Etana looked at him with strange eyes.
“But even so. Usually, when they see me fighting, they don’t make such offers again, you know?”
He thought about her fighting for a moment and nodded.
-Kikikik!
A crazy woman wouldn’t be a crazy woman for nothing.
Putting aside issuing a challenge, there would probably be few men brave enough to entrust their dicks to such a self-willed woman.
“But to make such an offer to me. Is that all you have in your head?”
Etana glared at him. It was the look of someone looking at a pervert.
But he just smiled.
What material success would he hope for now?
What enlightenment would he seek and what spiritual attainment would he achieve at his level?
Since falling on the island, his pleasure had simply been to bed beautiful women and make them pregnant with his children.
That was the purpose of his life, the fun of his life. He didn’t need anything else.
“So, are you going to accept the offer?”
At his question, Etana bit her lip. And then she nodded.
“Okay. 1 box for every time we do it, and 10 boxes when I give birth. You’ll spar with me if I want too.”
Nod.
In that way, Etana accepted his offer and declared that she would become his slave.
“Is this how you do a naked prostration? Should I lift my butt more?”
A female that no man had ever mounted or conquered for thousands of years.
It was the moment he acquired the right to legally mount and breed on top of her.
