Chapter 26
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 26
Chapter Title: Love and Hate
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A man entered the warehouse and called for the guild master.
The man's attitude, treating the guild master like some underling employee, really grated on me.
The social status of a guild representative who supplies hunters is never low.
It's not a position for a damn loan shark to handle so casually.
"Why's the guild master fawning like that?"
"That's how small guilds are. Even guild masters only get respect once they've got real scale. A place like Mito Guild? Treated like a temp agency at best. And since they borrowed money, those guys hold all the cards."
Money really was the root of all evil.
A moment later, the guild master came over to us.
"We're heading in now. They've checked everyone, so vanguards up front, Nayeong and Woojin in the rear. The leader's got tons of raid experience, so just follow along and you won't have any issues."
"Who's the leader?"
The guild master pointed at the snake-tongued woman.
Of all people, it had to be that bitch as leader.
The way she looked at us wasn't normal.
She was pretending otherwise, but she'd been staring our way non-stop since earlier.
She glared at Nayeong like she wanted to kill her, licked her lips, then shot a sleazy grin my way.
Nayeong hadn't noticed, but she couldn't fool my eyes.
That snake tongue definitely knew Nayeong.
Passing through the gate entrance revealed a vast desert stretching out before us.
"Aw, fuck, sand of all things."
Right as we entered, the snake-tongued bitch spat out her curses.
Not friendly swears like Nayeong's—these were filthy, dripping with irritation.
"Don't dawdle, hurry the fuck up!"
We weren't even lagging behind, but she nagged irritably anyway.
What a foul-tempered bitch.
"Can't you talk nicer while we're raiding together? We're all busting our asses walking here."
I can't stand types like her, so I shot back.
"Hah, the battery's talking back? Don't you know what happens when you mouth off to a hunter?"
She drew her sword from behind her back.
Her eyes were vicious—she looked ready to swing for real.
Nayeong jumped in front of me and yelled.
"What the hell are you..."
She couldn't finish her sentence.
The sandy ground heaved, and a pitch-black tail shot up.
[Sand Scorpion]
Low attack power, but tricky due to pack attacks.
They burst out from everywhere, quickly blocking our path.
"Fuck, so annoying."
The snake-tongued bitch raised her sword and charged the Sand Scorpions.
The swordsman behind her joined in right away.
Nayeong glanced at me without drawing her bow.
"You can give it to me now, right?"
"Finally seeing my worth, huh? Haha."
"It's so I can fire multiple shots!"
She knew exactly how much the firepower ramps up with my Yin Energy inside her.
I reached out a hand, but bypassed it to plunge straight into her chest.
"Kyaaak!! You, you..."
"This way it absorbs faster."
Her face went beet red, but she didn't slap my hand away.
Instead, she ventriloquially nagged me to hurry it up.
Bonus moans like "Hng, hyaaang" came with it.
"Now draw your bow."
Regretfully—with monsters to deal with—I sucked just enough and pulled my hand out.
Nayeong shot me a glare, then tensed her hips.
That was when the bow popped out from her ass.
Huh?
No reaction.
It should've emerged from the 3-shaped fold along her hip line, but nothing.
"What's wrong? What'd you do now?"
"Nothing. Just groped your tits."
"As if that's nothi— Kyaaaak!!"
Nayeong's plump underboob line started glowing.
Now that I thought about it, her chest had an inverted 3-shape too.
Seemed like every 3-line on her body could pop out gear.
A Y-shape would've been way hotter to watch.
The folded bow shot out just like from her hips, unfolding fully in mid-air.
Even at a glance, it looked way longer and stronger.
Nayeong grabbed it and stared at me in disbelief.
What, you want me to come closer?
"You... we're not done later."
"Sure, I'll listen while you suck me off."
"Crazy dog pervert bastard."
She drew back the string anyway, nocking seven arrows.
She must've sensed it was possible once she gripped the bow.
"Fucking mutt, why give me such an OP bow and keep bitching."
Grumbling, she aimed at the Sand Scorpion swarm and loosed.
Shuuu—
Kwaaaang!!
The swordsmen tangling with them up front were more shocked than Nayeong herself.
Her arrow detonated on impact, carving a crater into the sand.
Of course, every Sand Scorpion in the blast vanished without a trace.
Nayeong yelled at the stunned swordsmen turning to look.
"They're still coming! Get your shit together!!"
Her sheer intensity made the two swordsmen flinch.
She started calling shots, pulling aggro.
When the scorpions swarmed the slashing swordsmen up front, she'd signal the pullback timing and obliterate them with arrow bombs.
The ant-like horde of Sand Scorpions visibly thinned out.
Hard to tell who the real leader was now.
"Haa, haa..."
The exhausted swordsmen grabbed their managers' hands and absorbed Yin Energy.
The two managers faded away once the job was done.
Despite unloading that barrage of arrows, Nayeong wasn't winded at all.
"Perverted bastard, but damn if the performance ain't top-tier."
"Might as well call me the enlightened sage of pussy exploration."
Too wiped to even react, she just clicked her tongue.
Fine, whatever—you're still fated to cum your brains out sucking me off.
Right as we bantered, the snake-tongued bitch suddenly raised her sword and slashed the swordsman next to her.
"Kyaaaak—!!"
Bleeding, he staggered and collapsed to his knees.
"Why... why me..."
"Didn't cut deep. You're in the way—get lost."
She tossed a return ticket at the downed swordsman.
Sliced up, he frantically tore it and retired.
Now it was just the snake-tongued bitch and the two of us.
"What the hell was that?"
Nayeong asked with a frown.
"Still don't recognize me? Surgery must've been too good."
She grinned sleazily, scratching her chin.
As expected, this bitch knew Nayeong.
Nayeong still looked puzzled.
She stared for a moment, then clapped her hands.
"Wait... you're Yumi?"
"Kukuku, took you long enough? Yeah, it's Yumi—the one whose life went to shit chasing your ass."
"But... what happened to your face...?"
"That fight back then shredded mine. Figured I'd remodel while I was at it. Split my tongue too."
She flicked her bifurcated tongue out both ways.
Must've hurt like absolute hell. Worth it?
"Who's that?"
I asked Nayeong.
"Yumi. Hunter from my old guild who used to stalk me."
Ah.
I recalled Nayeong's drunken gripe.
'...Two A-rank hunters fought over me and got hurt. Fucking bitches—when did I ask to be liked? I'm not a lesbian, I like guys!'
I had no idea what happened to those fighters, but Nayeong got pinned as the cause and booted from the guild.
Easier to discipline a C-rank than an A-rank, I guess.
What a chickenshit organization.
"But... why are you here...? Wait, no way..."
"Bingo. I set this whole thing up. To get revenge on you, kuhahaha."
Classic villain cackle as she spilled the beans unprompted.
"Heard your dad's some minister? Uncle's a magic stone chaebol. Got me fired too. Wasn't just you."
"If you're pissed, go after Juyeon. Why me? I got canned first."
"Already hit Juyeon. Sliced off her limbs in another gate, but the stubborn bitch never admitted fault. Tough one."
Gates are life-or-death zones—fatalities aren't rare.
Gov keeps those incidents airtight; nothing leaks out.
That's how this snake-tongued bitch got away with murder.
"So this time, you wanna carve up my limbs?"
"Depends on how you play it. Sometimes I wanna kill you... but then I miss you so bad it drives me insane. Guess I haven't gotten over you. Sigh, fuck... I'm losing it. Seeing you up close like this, I just wanna touch."
She leered at Nayeong, licking her lips.
Nayeong grimaced like she was about to puke.
Gave me the chills just watching—Nayeong had to be dying inside.
"Come be mine right now and I'll forgive everything. I still love you—come back."
The melodramatic line clashed sickeningly with her sleazy expression.
Nayeong was so grossed out she couldn't speak for a while.
"As if I ever went to you in the first place to come b..."
I stepped forward leisurely and clamped a hand over Nayeong's mouth.
She let out a muffled "Hyaeng" as I advanced.
"Sorry, but Nayeong's mine already. Can't go to you. One step too late."
For a split second, it was like time froze—both of them went rigid.
The Sand Scorpions hung back at a distance, spectating the lovers' quarrel with interest.
(Gnome had actually walled them off with a sand barrier nearby.)
"You... you bastard... what? What's your deal with Nayeong?!"
Her eyes rolled back as she glared daggers at me.
Her sword trembled toward me—she was seriously shocked.
Flashing a triumphant smirk, I landed the killing blow.
"Me? The guy who's gonna eat Nayeong's pussy once we're out. Jealous?"
Kwajik, pak-pak—!!
"Ow, owww! Don't hit me with the bow!!"
"Die!! You pervert dog bastard, I'm gonna kill you—!!"
Nayeong was beating me like a dog in the dog days of summer when the snake-tongued bitch's state turned weird.
"I... couldn't eat it either... me too... couldn't... fucking hell! Me too... couldn't eat pussy, you little shiiit—!!"
The snake-tongued bitch swung her sword wildly and charged.
Her eyes were completely unhinged.
Nayeong scrambled for an arrow, but she was way too close.
'Gnome!'
A massive sand hand erupted from the ground and snatched the snake-tongued bitch.
"Graaaak! What, what the fuuuck!!"
The hand tightened around her.
Joints started popping out of place.
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