Chapter 1038 – 1038. Divine Might
[The game will now end.]
Back in reality, I picked up my smartphone as I always did.
‘Let’s see… how many points did I get this time….’
[Sung Yu-jin
Level: 79
Strength: 95 Stamina: 90 Agility: 95 Intelligence: 80 Vitality: 100 Mana: 100]
[Available Points: 5,710]
‘Same as usual.’
What was unexpected was my level. I thought I would reach level 80 this time, but it seems I was a bit short on experience. It’s a bit of a shame, but there’s nothing I can do about it.
‘I’ll invest these points in my stats.’
[Sung Yu-jin
Level: 79
Strength: 100 Stamina: 100 Agility: 100 Intelligence: 92 Vitality: 100 Mana: 100]
[Available Points: 110]
The points vanished in an instant.
I felt my body getting lighter. It wouldn’t be long before all my stats reached 100.
‘I haven’t tested it properly yet, but… with these stats, I’m probably on par with an A-rank hunter’s physical abilities.’
Probably on the lower end of A-rank. From A-rank onwards, physical abilities vary greatly from person to person. There are hunters who are physically strong but lack mana. Of course, the opposite is true as well, and there are hunters who possess both great physical abilities and mana.
‘I can steadily increase my physical abilities. Time is on my side anyway, and from other people’s perspective, it’ll seem like I’m growing like a monster.’
Now I have the physical specs to not be looked down upon even if I become an A-rank hunter. The problem is that I still lack far too much in terms of achievements to actually be promoted to A-rank.
‘To increase my achievements….’
I need to clear dungeons and complete requests from the Association. But honestly, it’s a pain in the ass to actually do it. Clearing dungeons and completing requests can get me money and items with special powers, but… since I can get much better items from other worlds, I don’t feel motivated at all.
‘Still, if I want to become a big shot A-rank hunter, I need to steadily increase my achievement points. First, let’s meet up with Han Ha-rin.’
I was planning to clear a suitable dungeon with Han Ha-rin. She also needs achievement points to become an A-rank hunter, so she wouldn’t refuse.
As soon as I thought of it, I went straight to Han Ha-rin’s house. This was the good thing about living close by. If I had something to say, I didn’t need to call, I could just go over. Of course, another undeniable advantage was that I could meet her quickly when I wanted to have sex.
I entered the passcode and opened the door. Han Ha-rin was inside. She was packing a suitcase in her room.
“A suitcase? Where are you going, sis?”
“…Stop showing up out of the blue like that.”
Han Ha-rin, who was putting black underwear into the suitcase, frowned and glared at me. It was something she always said, so I just shrugged.
“Overseas trip?”
“I’m being dispatched to Japan for a guild request. I’m leaving tomorrow.”
Tomorrow.
At those words, my gaze unconsciously turned to the calendar on the wall. Today was Thursday, June 10, 2021, so tomorrow was Friday.
“You’re leaving on a Friday? We were supposed to enjoy a staycation together.”
“We never did. Don’t lie.”
Han Ha-rin scoffed.
“Lying? I’m just kidding. Kidding. But does your guild take requests in Japan too?”
“It’s the Suwol Guild. If a guild is famous, it gets requests from overseas. Especially Korean guilds, they work overseas a lot, so they’re quite famous internationally.”
Korea had a lot of hunters compared to its population and land area, so hunters often went on expeditions overseas.
“It’s surprising that the Suwol Guild from Korea is getting requests in Japan.”
“It’s not that special. It’s happened occasionally before.”
“What are you going to do there? When will you be back?”
“Clearing an encroachment dungeon. All I have to do is clear an A-rank encroachment dungeon that appeared in Hokkaido. It’ll be two days at the earliest. I’ll be back within a week at the latest.”
I quietly smacked my lips. I wanted to go with Han Ha-rin, but I had no justification. I belonged to the Seventy Tier Guild, and she belonged to the Suwol Guild.
“You have time tomorrow, right? It’s dinner time now, so do you want to eat out? I know a restaurant that was on TV. They say their noodles are so delicious.”
“I have to go to the airport early in the morning, so no.”
I hugged Han Ha-rin from behind.
“Then we still have time.”
“…Let go of me.”
“Come on. Don’t push me away. We won’t see each other for a while. I’ll give you a massage.”
She flinched at the word massage and let out a small sigh. It was a sigh of resignation.
I laid Han Ha-rin on the massage bed and massaged her voluptuous body with both hands. It was a body that was arousing and amazing no matter how many times I touched it.
Eventually, we intertwined our bodies until dawn.
Han Ha-rin showered and finished all her preparations before leaving. I personally took her to Incheon Airport.
Seeing the plane leaving for Japan made me feel strange. In the game world, the woman I had the most relations with was Yuria. But in the real world, the woman I had the most sex with was Han Ha-rin.
We had already grown attached to each other.
***
The next day.
I went to visit Park Soo-ho’s younger sister, Park Ga-in, with him. It was a regular visit. I talked with Park Ga-in before she fell asleep, and I was planning to have dinner with Park Soo-ho.
“What’s wrong? You look really pale today? Did something bad happen?”
I asked Park Soo-ho. He had managed his expression when he was with Park Ga-in, but after leaving her, he couldn’t manage his expression at all. It was partly because he was comfortable with me, but it bothered me that the person I was having dinner with was looking so glum.
“It’s not a serious matter… but it’s also a bit absurd to tell other people….”
“Now you’ve made me even more curious. What is it?”
Park Soo-ho took a spoonful of the stew and ate it. His face was glum, but his appetite was still there.
“I’ve been having strange dreams lately. A woman appears and says the world is in danger.”
“A woman dream. What does she look like?”
“Uh… she’s surrounded by light, so I don’t know exactly what she looks like. I just somehow feel like she’s a woman, so I think of her as a woman.”
“You said you’ve been having strange dreams lately? Do you keep having the same dream?”
“Yes. It’s been about a week.”
I scratched my head and fell into thought.
Having the same dream for a week straight was definitely not a good sign. This world had magic and curses.
“A curse?”
“I thought so too at first. Especially since Ga-in has a case like that. So I went straight back to the hospital… but they said it’s not any kind of curse.”
“It could be a ghost.”
“Even though I look like this, I’m a hunter who can handle mana.”
If you could handle mana, you could hunt even ghost-type monsters.
It was too much to just dismiss it as a random dream. Park Soo-ho was a bit special. He had the ability to go to other worlds. Maybe some being from another world was sending a message to Park Soo-ho.
“Tell me exactly what that woman said.”
“She said the world is in danger and… oh. I’m sorry. My memory is too hazy.”
“Well, that can happen. If you have the same dream again today, write down what the woman said as soon as you wake up.”
“Okay. I will. This isn’t a serious matter, right?”
“If it was serious, the dream wouldn’t have ended as a dream.”
I clinked my soju glass with his. The stew with soju was amazing.
After that, we went to a club for the second round.
The club, which I hadn’t visited in a while, didn’t seem to have good-looking people despite it being Friday night.
‘…No. It’s just that my standards have gotten too high.’
There were only women who were worse than Han Ha-rin. I would be happy if they were even 80% as beautiful as Han Ha-rin… but for some reason, I couldn’t see any beauties today.
I hung out with Park Soo-ho for a while and then we parted ways.
I didn’t get drunk at all, thanks to my mental and vitality stats, and I didn’t even need to use mana to dispel the alcohol. On the other hand, Park Soo-ho was completely drunk and was being dragged around by some orc woman.
Before we parted, I took a picture of Park Soo-ho and the woman. The woman was desperately trying to hide her face with makeup, but she couldn’t fool my eyes. She was definitely an orc. Just the thickness of her calves under her skirt was thicker than my fist.
“Hehe… Matilda….”
“Oh my, why are you like this, oppa? Do you like me that much?”
Park Soo-ho and the orc woman were hugging each other. For reference, Matilda was a woman who ran a flower shop in the tattoo world. She was one of my fuck buddies, but Park Soo-ho didn’t know that.
Click, click.
‘I’ll have to tease Park Soo-ho with this picture later.’
And the next morning. I got a call from Park Soo-ho.
“H-hyung! There’s a strange woman in my house! What should I do?”
“Is it the woman you were with yesterday? What do you mean what to do? You have to deal with it yourself. You’re not a kid.”
“T-that’s… this woman is asking me to date her? She says we slept together, so we have to date! Shit! This woman even took pictures!”
I could hear Park Soo-ho’s curses. It seemed like he had seen the woman’s face without makeup. This guy pretends he doesn’t care, but he’s overly picky about women’s looks.
“Just tell her you don’t want to date her and tell her to get lost.”
I hung up the phone.
Five minutes later, I got a message.
Park Soo-ho: Hyung! This woman is crazy! She says if I don’t date her, she’ll report me to the police for rape!
Me: Hey, did you really sleep with that woman?
Park Soo-ho: W-well, I was drunk, so I don’t really remember….
Me: Congrats on graduating from being a virgin. Did you use a condom?
Park Soo-ho: …I don’t know. My memory is hazy.
Me: You remember doing it?
Park Soo-ho: …Yes.
Me: Then you did it.
I wasn’t jealous of Park Soo-ho at all. To have sex with an orc like that… I actually felt sorry for Park Soo-ho. For about 5 seconds.
Park Soo-ho: Hyung! What should I do! She’s going crazy saying she’ll report me! Please help me!
Me: You got bitten by a dirty bitch. Just give her a few hundred thousand won and she’ll be satisfied.
Ten minutes later, I got another message.
Park Soo-ho: …This crazy bitch wants 3 million won. Isn’t she insane?
Me: So did you give it to her?
Park Soo-ho: She knew I was a hunter, so I had no choice. And she was too loud… I couldn’t let rumors spread.
Me: It’s probably already spread. Oh, right. I forgot I took a picture of this yesterday.
Me: (Picture)
It was a picture of Park Soo-ho in a drunken state and the woman with heavy makeup, arm in arm. This picture would be more than enough proof that it wasn’t rape.
Park Soo-ho: Hyung! Why are you sending this to me now!
Me: I forgot. And it’s only 3 million won.
Park Soo-ho: It might be only 3 million won to you, hyung, but it’s not to me.
Park Soo-ho: I’m going to get that 3 million won back from that woman.
Me: Hey, but you said you’ve been having strange dreams lately? Did you have it again today? Did you remember what the woman in the dream said?
Park Soo-ho: I’m sorry, hyung, I was too drunk, so I don’t remember anything. I have a hangover and a headache right now…. I’ll contact you after I get the money back from that woman.
Park Soo-ho contacted me again three hours later. He lamented that he could only get 1.5 million won back out of the 3 million won.
***
In the afternoon, I got a call from Baek Ji-eun after a long time.
There was talk that she might become an S-rank hunter from an A-rank hunter at a young age. She was definitely under the influence of the hypnosis sticker and thought of me as her childhood friend and sex partner. She had recently become an executive at the Korean Hunter Association, but since she was at the bottom of the ladder, she was very busy and didn’t have much authority.
“You need achievements, right? Help me with the Association’s work for a while. I’ll make sure you get the achievement points.”
“Oh. Ji-eun. You haven’t forgotten about me! I thought you had forgotten about me since you haven’t contacted me lately.”
“I’ve been busy. Busy. That’s why I’m helping you get achievements.”
“It’s not hard work, right?”
“Hmm. A little? My subordinate is in the hospital, so we’re short on manpower. Just help me for about a week.”
“Okay. Just make sure I get the achievement points.”
“I’ll make sure you get them! Trust this older sister!”
