The Guests Arrive

I wasn't doing anything particularly special.

Just gripping his shoulder and pressing down.

That alone was enough to put the arrogant bastard on his knees in front of me, begging.

"Aaaagh!!! Let go!! Let me go!!!"

"You wanted me to come over, right? You called me because you had something to say. So say it."

"Gyaaaaagh!!!! H-hyung-nim!!!!"

At the cocky bastard's scream, a hammer came swinging with a heavy whoosh that split the air.

Whoooooosh!!!!!

If I were going for style, I'd raise a hand and casually block that hammer — but regardless of my Strength stat, this attack was something I had to dodge first.

My Durability was far too low to catch a hammer barehanded.

Still, I needed at least a little flair.

Or maybe it was more of a threat.

Swoosh—

I bent at the waist, slipped under the swinging hammer, and in the next breath I was standing right beside the big guy who looked like their leader.

The military greatsword in my right hand, reverse-gripped, pressed against his Adam's apple.

"Drop everything you've got and get lost. Unless you want to die."

"......"

"Answer me."

"A-alright..."

The big guy's grip went slack, and the heavy hammer hit the floor.

Thud!!!

That was the signal. More than ten of them laid down every weapon in their hands, every bag on their backs, and everything in their pockets — not a single item left out.

But these idiots were still misunderstanding something.

"What are you waiting for?"

"W-we don't have anything else..!"

"Strip."

"Huh..?"

"Clothes count as belongings, don't they?"

"C-clothes are...!"

"Want me to peel them off for you? Skin and all?"

"Everyone strip! Panties too, all of it!!!"

"Kyaaak!!!"

"Oppa!!"

"What the hell are you doing, you pervert!!!"

"Kyaaaaak!!!"

The girls screamed and spun around while I watched the men undress with a thoroughly satisfied look. Once the big guy was down to nothing, I gave his bare ass a light poke with the military greatsword.

"Aaagh!!!"

"Now get lost."

"Y-you think you can do this to us and walk away clean?! This humiliation..! We'll pay it back, every last bit of it!!!"

They all fled in a pathetic huddle, hands covering their privates. The moment they left the shop's safe zone, zombies were already on their heels, and they ran for their lives looking utterly miserable.

Was my response overkill, though?

"Juhan-ssi... did you really have to go that far...?"

Had I actually earned his trust?

He couldn't even understand this much?

I looked at Kim Jincheol — the man whose daughter's life I'd saved — and answered with a question of my own.

"So I should've gently talked them out of it? These were people who tried to take everything we had, the women included."

"That's...!"

"I told you, didn't I? The strong take, and the weak get taken from. If you want to protect Soyeong, get stronger. If you want to show mercy, get strong enough to afford it. Strong enough that a knife in the back doesn't even make you flinch. Otherwise, pointless sympathy and mercy will only put you, the people with you, and your daughter in danger."

"....I'll keep that in mind."

I'd shown mercy too, in my own way.

I hadn't killed them.

But there was a reason for that.

I hadn't received a quest.

Grab—

I picked up the hammer from the floor and tossed it lightly toward Min-gu.

"Whoa!! Hyung!!"

"It's yours."

"Huh..?"

"If you don't want it, Yeong-hun can—"

"No! I'll use it well! Hell yeah, jackpot!!"

"Why Min-gu?! Just give it to me, hyung!!"

"Your stats aren't there yet, Yeong-hun. Use Min-gu's axe instead."

"Ah... hey! Give me the axe!"

"Take it, take it~ Hehehe..!"

"Ugh, I can't stand looking at you...!!"

"Jae-min, you come grab something useful too."

"Yes!!"

"The rest is yours, Kim Jincheol-ssi."

"Pardon..?"

"Share it with your people. Save the guns for real emergencies — when you're fighting zombies, stick to melee weapons as much as you can. That'll help you survive going forward."

"Thank you... I keep ending up in your debt..."

In an instant, not only our group but everyone who'd escaped the National Assembly with Kim Jincheol had weapons of their own.

Still, those guys who ran weren't the main force.

There had to be a real leader somewhere above them.

It made no sense for a bunch of nobodies like that to have more weapons than us.

Even with the best luck in the world — more than ten people, every single one carrying a proper weapon? We couldn't manage that. So how could they?

It didn't add up.

"Juhan."

"What?"

"This might sound weird, but... is it really okay to just let them go? You said this world's seriously dangerous."

"That's exactly why I let them go."

"What?"

"They'll be back."

If there was a real leader, he would come. Not for the stolen weapons, not for his humiliated underlings — but because he'd be curious about what this giant crystal shop even was.

And he'd come with plenty of hostility toward us.

Which meant I'd finally get one.

A quest to defeat a threatening enemy.

"Everyone, get ready~"

"Ready for what?"

"Ready for what??"

"Ready to receive our guests."

It might even turn into a pretty spectacular party.

This ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠would be a fight against enemies who never appeared in the webtoon.

A battle full of variables no one could predict.

But that cut both ways.

No — they'd be fighting under even worse conditions than us.

Because the battlefield was our home ground.

"But will they really come?"

"What would you do? You've got the ability to move around, and then you find out something like that is sitting right here. Wouldn't you want to check it out?"

"Well, yeah, but... nngh...! Yaaah... ahh..! Hnn..."

I pulled Jihye in close, slid my hand under her arm, and kneaded her breast while sucking on the nape of her neck.

She twisted and squirmed as I pinched and tormented her nipple between my fingers, then turned toward me, sat up properly, and pulled my hand off her chest.

Then she boldly yanked her T-shirt up to her neck, shoved her bra up with it, and bared her bare breasts.

"Use your mouth..."

"You're such a pervert."

"Look who's talking... hnn!!! Haaah..!! Nngh!!"

I wrapped my right arm around her waist, sucked one breast into my mouth, and worked the other with my left hand. Jihye's back arched as she clung to my head for support.

I was still sitting, only twisting my upper body sideways, so the position was incredibly awkward — but with Nari on my left, this was the best I could manage.

Otherwise the mouth currently buried between my legs, bobbing up and down, would have nowhere to go.

"Slurp.. mmph.. slurp.."

"Hnn..! Hnngh....! Nnnngh...!!"

Moments like this made me endlessly grateful to the god of perverts.

This would never happen in the real world.

Honestly, both Jihye and Nari were way out of my league in looks.

And not one but two of them were hanging off me.

One clutching my head, begging me to keep sucking her breasts; the other pinning my thighs down so I couldn't escape while she mercilessly sucked my cock.

Times like these, I almost wanted to settle down here forever.

"Want to switch?"

"Mmm..."

"Yes..."

A four-story building right next to the shelter.

You could get up to the rooftop, and the roof itself was landscaped like a garden, complete with benches and tables.

Which meant a much wider range of positions was possible.

I lay back on a long wooden bench with no backrest, and Jihye — who'd just been getting her breasts sucked — settled between my legs and went to work on my cock.

Meanwhile Nari pulled a bottle of mouthwash from her inventory, rinsed her mouth, then sat her ass on my stomach, pressed her body flush against mine, and gave me a fresh, clean kiss.

"Mmm... mmph.. mmmngh... ah...!"

"Doesn't it bother you at all?"

"What does..?"

"Doing this with Jihye."

"Oppa taught us that way from the start..."

I hadn't exactly taught them — it just happened that way. In the yellow-earth room, in the conference room, we'd had sex with Jihye right there. So neither Nari nor Jihye had any resistance left to the three of us together.

"Then Nari. Take your pants off, stick your ass this way, and suck me together with Jihye?"

"Stop making us do weird stuff!"

"Okay..."

"And why are you answering like that?! You two are seriously weird..!!"

"So Unnie's not going to do it?"

"W-who said I won't?! I just... want us to do it a little more normally..."

"This is normal for me. It's how I learned from the beginning. Slurp..."

"Hey! That's what Unnie was doing — you can't just snatch it without asking.. mmm.. mmph..."

"Haaah!!! O-Oppa..! If you do that... nngh!!! I can't suck.... haaah!!"

I buried my face in Nari's ass and licked and sucked at that sweet valley, and it felt like another switch had flipped.

Even after days of ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠relative comfort, taking them one at a time, my lust still wouldn't settle down.

Was it because we were doing it as a trio?

Screw it.

They weren't coming today. Might as well enjoy this properly.

"Both of you stop sucking and get in position. Jihye, lie down. Nari, get on top of her on all fours. I'll take turns fucking you."

"You absolute pervert bastard..! Do you think we're some kind of onahole?! Kyaak!!"

"You're going to do it anyway, so ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠stop snapping, Unnie."

"How dare you talk to your Unnie like—!"

"I'm ready, Oppa."

"Then Nari first..."

"Nngh..!! Haaah!!!!! I-it's going innn..!"

"Don't narrate it to me..!!!"

"If you don't strip, I'm just going to keep going with Nari, you know?"

"Can't you see?! I'm taking them off!!"

"Hurry up. I want to fuck you too."

"That's so mean.. saying that while you're inside me.... haaah!!! Haaang!!"

"I-I'm naked! So...."

"So what?"

"So.. so...! Fuck me too!!"

"Got it. I'll fuck you right now... ah, wait a second."

I reached over to the table beside us and picked up Nari's phone, which was vibrating hard.

"Hello?"

Hyung, a quest just popped up!

"A quest?"

"A quest..?"

"A quest..?"

But the quests we got are different.

Jae-yeol was with Jae-min and Yeong-hun right now.

They'd each received different quests, and neither I nor Nari and Jihye with me had gotten one at all.

"What's the quest say?"

Mine is 'Intercept the Raid.' Jae-min and Yeong-hun got 'Prove Your Worth.' But there's barely any explanation of what we're supposed to do.

Different people getting different quests was only natural.

Some would succeed, some would fail; some would clear harder quests, some easier ones.

Different quests, different rewards — that was how growth gaps were created.

"Jae-yeol, hang on. Su-ho's calling. Stay put for now."

Yes.

"Hey, Su-ho."

A quest showed up. Gi-hun got one too, but it's different from mine.

"Huh?? You guys got quests too?"

"Who is it?"

"Min-gu! The people in the shelter got quests too! The older guys as well!"

Then why were we the only ones who didn't get one?

We'd split our people across four buildings surrounding the shop at the three-way intersection.

The building right behind the shop: me, Jihye, and Nari.

The shelter next to it: Min-gu, the three college girls, and Kim ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠Jincheol's group.

Of the two buildings on the far corner, Su-ho and Gi-hun were on the left; Jae-yeol was waiting on the right with Jae-min and Yeong-hun.

And then—

CRAAASH!!!!!

The sound of a glass bottle shattering, and flames roared up.

Whoooosh!!!!

A Molotov cocktail.

We were on the roof of a four-story building.

It hadn't come from below.

Which meant it had been thrown from the building next door on the far side of the shelter — or from the hotel behind us.

What the hell was this?

A success reward of a measly 50P???

And why was I the only one stuck with this garbage?!