Chapter 66 – #20. Growth (4).
#20. Growth.
Dahee Yoo is smiling at me.
It’s like you already know everything, don’t try to fool me.
He was staring at me, waiting for my reaction.
‘Just give up.’
It was as if Yu Da-hee’s eyes were telling me that.
Seeing his tenacious appearance, I laughed without even realizing it.
I couldn’t stop the laughter that came out of me.
There won’t be any more excuses.
The corners of Yu Da-hee’s mouth went up even more.
Her eyes narrowed.
No hostility or anger was shown.
It seems that the word forgiveness was not a lie.
“Dahee? What is it? It hurts?”
“No. It doesn’t hurt. On the contrary, I feel relieved, so my body is light.”
The elves took turns looking at us with strange eyes.
From their point of view, we will look like crazy bitches, crazy people.
Hehe, let’s go.”
Dahee Yu took the lead, avoiding the elves’ gaze.
The soil that appeared was easily broken.
Although the time spent on the first floor was short, it was an easy opponent for ordinary soldiers.
Arrive at the First City.
Other players are running around.
“I think those dugout houses are accommodations. Dahee, let’s write together.”
Elisha inspects the dugout while calling Dahee.
While I was thinking about the dugout, Dahee Yoo sneaked up next to me.
“Dahee… ?”
Elisha desperately calls for Yu Da-hee.
Dahee Yoo motioned to Elisha to wait a moment and whispered next to me.
“I have to break up with the elves for now. Know?”
“Why?”
“Is it Horin? I have to duel with him and eat his abilities. You saw me slit the tiger’s neck and ate the 2nd level.”
If you start using ‘return by death’ aggressively, you can grow faster than anyone else.
After learning that I would return together, Dahee Yoo decided to take advantage of the duel.
The novel Yoo Da-hee also grows up in this way.
In the beginning, everyone accepted the duel without hesitation, so it was only possible at this timing.
I’ve become quite strong and have risen to the upper floors, but there’s no way there will be a crazy bastard who risks his life as a slave.
“What are your abilities now?”
“Me? Strength level 6, agility level 5.”
“Let’s raise it to strength level 8 and agility level 7. I think it would be nice to increase the mana, but I don’t think it will go that far. Is not it?”
I kept quiet because I was still hiding a lot of things.
“Are you going to return here again?”
“Yes. You should get everything you can get. If you want to follow other races, you have no choice but to do this.”
Dahee Yoo tried to progress the story in earnest.
The direction of the purpose that was captured by the Masked Man had returned correctly.
“I think it might be a little difficult at your level right now. Well, you just have to try again. How is it? Are you fine?”
Dahee Yoo asked for my opinion.
I pretended to be worried for a moment, then nodded.
‘This is the right way.’
An easy way to level up.
Later, I will learn techniques by learning swordsmanship or magic, but right now it is most convenient to grow hardware and press it with numbers.
Even if you learn skill theory skills that don’t even reach double digits, the efficiency is very low.
“Then see you later, Dahee!”
We broke up with the elves with a suitable excuse.
Elisha waved her hand at Yu Da-hee and walked away.
She honestly doesn’t care what happens to Elisha, but since she’s attached to Elena, she won’t be dangerous or anything.
The moment she lost the duel with Horin, she was destined to return from the beginning, so Elisha’s whereabouts after that are not a big concern.
“Here he comes.”
The elves disappeared, and soon a party of beastmen approached from afar.
Beasts, Horin to be exact.
Horin comes to us because of a shadow spirit created by an ancient spirit.
I don’t know why they are interested in ancient spirits.
“There, human male!”
“Get out.”
When Horin pointed at me, Dahee Yoo pushed me on the back.
It was so strong that I couldn’t stand it.
Standing in front by Dahee Yoo.
Horin looked at me and Dahee Yu before she asked.
“You! What’s your relationship with that female human?”
“It’s nothing to do with anything!”
Dahee Yu pinched my side.
My strength level was much higher than mine, and I thought I was losing weight.
When I turned around, I saw Yu Da-hee glaring at me with her eyebrows narrowed.
“Looks like you promised a future? I do not care. You smell familiar.”
“Smell? I wash well, so I don’t smell.”
“Smells like a tribal hero, Hurgo.”
Horin mentioned things he already knew.
Heugo knows how to handle ancient spirits.
She said that he and I have one thing in common: we are learning ancient spirit magic.
The familiar smell must have belonged to an ancient spirit.
“Human male, drop that female and come to me.”
“What if you don’t like it?”
“Then we have no choice but to bring him by force.”
“Here?”
I looked around and sarcastically.
“How?”
“… Like this.”
Horin glared at me and challenged me to a ‘duel’.
[Player ‘Horin’ requests a duel.]
“If I win, you will become my slave.”
“… Slave?”
“Yes. You have to become my slave and tell me about the ancient spirit.”
[Player ‘Horin’ demands ‘Kim Jinwoo’ as a reward.]
A terrible reward.
The moment I lose, I become Horin’s slave.
The higher you go, the more often you bet each other as rewards.
It’s more like taking away life itself than ability.
If I get scared and die, I can’t carry my face after that.
In this respect, ‘return by death’ is a fucking power.
No matter how much she loses, Dahee Yu will not become a slave.
“A slave…”
“I won’t treat you harshly, though. Will you be cute?”
The back of my neck is cold.
This time, I felt like I could tell what the situation was without looking back.
“Then I’ll only receive strength level 3.”
[Player ‘Jinwoo Kim’ demands ‘Strength Lv.3’ as a reward.]
I pretended to be worried and bet the reward.
I was a bit weaker than Dahee Yoo, so I thought it would be this much.
In the first place, the other side is asking me to give up my life.
That’s pretty damn small.
—
[Duel]
[Kim Jin-woo VS Horin]
[If you win, player ‘Horin’ will acquire ‘Strength Lv.3’.]
—
A translucent membrane unfolds.
A translucent film spread around Horin and me divided the arena and spectators.
I took out my sword and shield.
The moment he loses, he is brought back by Yu Da-hee.
I’ll keep repeating it until I catch Horin.
‘It must be so damn annoying.’
You need to grab Horin as quickly as possible and move on to the next one.
Now it’s only ‘First City’, when will you go to ‘Second City’ and when will you move on to ‘Third City’?
Also, I have to find a player there and attack the ‘Temple of the Sea’, but when the heck are you going?
The prank is over.
It is time to go back to Kim Jin-woo, the reader who knows everything about this novel.
[‘Return by Death’ is activated.]
“Kiyaaaaa!”
A tiger dangsu flying towards my face.
Only the head was barely covered by the already broken shield.
If Ju Da-hee hadn’t activated ‘Return by Death’ with the ‘Blessing of Self-Determination’ just in time, the earthenware pot would have exploded.
“Are you crazy?”
Elisha looking at me like a bug.
It is Yoo Da-hee who pats Elisha and soothes her.
“… Elisha, sometimes it hurts like that. We have to understand.”
“You have to understand that… ? I think Dahee is very understanding.”
The two of them get along very well.
I looked at Elena, the only one on my side.
Elena struggled to twist her head away from my gaze.
Vibrator ON.
Elena wiggled her trembling hand between her crotch.
Only the power was off, and it was inserted into the anus.
Thanks to Elisha and Yu Da-hee flirting, Elena was able to turn on the vibration without getting caught by them.
“Eww… !”
Elena stamped her feet as if the punishment was unjust.
But what?
Silently, Elena pulled her gear from her inventory.
“I, the proper equipment… I’ll give you This, if you wear these, it will be less dangerous… Oops… !”
“Captain Elena?”
“Yes, Princess Elisha.”
“Captain Elena, you look uncomfortable. Are you sick?”
Elisha’s worries, Yu Da-hee stood behind Elisha.
Dahee Yoo tilted her eyes at Elena, who was different from usual.
“No… Fine…”
His flushed face was stained with shame.
It was a strange expression for anyone to see, but Elisha seemed to have decided to ask.
“Let’s go.”
The first challenge ended in failure.
Horin was stronger than I thought.
It means that Dahee Yoo, who defeated Horin, is much stronger than I thought.
I don’t know what kind of ‘protection’ he’s holding.
Because of me, Dahee Yoo’s behavior itself has been distorted, so she must have a completely different setting from Dahee So.
Arrive at the First City.
I’m attached to Elena.
Elena is the most energetic of the elves.
“Remove your strength.”
“What?”
“Relax.”
Elena is ‘Pluto’s slave’.
I couldn’t see it when I wasn’t paying attention to her, but the moment I tried to extract and eat her life force, a black aura naturally formed over her head.
[Absorbs ‘life force’.]
“It’s cloudy… !”
Elena looks at me with her eyes wide open.
What was she doing, she protested with her eyes.
I turned away from that gaze and continued to suck out my life force.
Quality life force accumulated in my body one after another.
‘As expected, 8 stars. Hmm, Delicious.’
It seemed that I would be exhausted first.
I pulled out the straw I had been holding on to Elena, feeling my body about to explode.
“What are you doing… !”
“I borrowed some life force. Thank you.”
“Hey, hey… !”
Elena couldn’t say anything and felt unfair.
I didn’t say it for a long time because I thought it would be very resentful even if it was me.
“Hey, Kim Jinwoo.”
“Captain Elena. It’s fine, right? Didn’t that person do something strange?”
Elisha and Yu Da-hee were staring at me strangely.
“No. I’m not weak enough to be subjected to such strange things. Thank you for your concern.”
Elena answered shamelessly.
The vibrator still vibrates in her asshole.
“Anyway, let’s rest today and start moving tomorrow.”
“Yes. If you like Dahee.”
He sent the elves far away on the pretext of rest.
“… What’s your relationship with Elena?”
“What are you doing?”
“Uh. Just like last time, that woman’s eyes are strange. I’m looking at you strangely, strangely. Ugh it’s frustrating.”
Dahee Yu scratched her head.
It was surprisingly obsessive.
‘So Da-hee didn’t feel like this…’
So Da-hee was tolerant of colors.
Although they organized a harem, they did not care too much about whether or not the fish they caught sowed seeds outside.
Half of the world is male, half of countless dimensions is male, and he hates being tied down.
The important thing anyway is the sons and daughters who will give birth to stomachaches.
Because it only takes one man to sow seeds in her and become her family.
‘I can’t find it, but it’s finished.’
The regression has to be repeated.
That means that the relationship changes every episode.
When a baby is born, the chances of seeing that baby again in the next episode are close to zero.
Even if they had a baby, it was a bond that would disappear if they returned, so Dahee So postponed her pregnancy until after clearing ‘Tower of Struggle’.
“It’s really nothing.”
“… If you get caught later, I’ll put a chastity belt on your cock, so take care of yourself.”
“Uh?”
I heard something very creepy…
“There, human male!”
Without time to ask Dahee Yoo, Horin naturally came to her, and a duel unfolds.
—
[Duel]
[Kim Jin-woo VS Horin]
[If you win, player ‘Horin’ will acquire ‘Strength Lv.4’.]
—
Subtly raised the reward by 1 level.
However, seeing that it was not corrected, it seemed to judge that this level was fair.
‘Well, if I lose, I’ll become a slave.’
Maybe it’s because I didn’t think about defeat because of ‘return by death’.
I was looking too lightly at the victory reward offered by my opponent.
It’s a duel with my life on the line, but I think level 4 strength is a bit salty.
‘Let’s win and think.’
I didn’t use ‘black magic’ in the previous episode.
I couldn’t write because I had no vitality.
But this time it’s different.
It came filled with Elena’s vitality.
[‘Physical strengthening’ is activated.]
“Hoo-Oly Sheet.”
Effect is different.
Even if her life force drained all the way, more than half remained.
[‘Dark Magic Lv.4’ ▶ ‘Dark Magic Lv.6’]
As if cheering for the high-quality vitality, it reached the level of ‘black magic’.
In this state, even if I wanted to lose, I couldn’t lose.
I grabbed the sword and swung it.
Much stronger power than before was loaded onto the sword.
“Where!”
Horin twisted her waist to avoid my sword.
Then, like her bouncing, she stomped her foot and ran over me.
A simple ignorant struggle.
I didn’t get pushed
[‘Pluto’s Touch’ is activated.]
An invisible black hand rose up.
Is it because the level of ‘black magic’ has gone up?
Or is it because of the quality of life force?
‘Pluto’s Touch’ created as many as three hands.
I have five fists.
I couldn’t lose.
“Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh!”
I really hated Horin.
“Ha, surrender! I will surrender!”
Still, her pretty face was so swollen that it was no longer recognizable.
—
[Player ‘Jinwoo Kim’ wins]
[Reward ─ Strength Lv.4]
—
“I’ll be back, Kim Jinwoo. Agility is next.”
[‘Return by Death’ is activated.]
