Chapter 28
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 28
Chapter Title: Deal Established
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"Hmm, this is harder than just killing them. They're right on the brink of death..."
A thoughtful voice echoed, then fell silent.
I stood there quietly, curious about how she'd torment these bastards.
They looked so pitiful, desperately opening and closing their mouths to spit out the incoming water, gasping for just a bit more air.
"P-Please... spare me... I'll do anything... Glub glub... please... save me..."
They'd been so full of bluster earlier, but now they were groveling pathetically for their lives.
Dozens of air bubbles surfaced above the water.
It was like she'd flipped fishbowls over them—they bobbed around before enveloping their heads.
They thrashed their heads wildly, but not a single one escaped the bubbles.
'Aren't you saving them?'
You're actually letting them breathe.
｢Hold on. Just watch.｣
Trapped but able to breathe without water seeping in, they all seemed relieved.
｢Look at them. Trapped in water and mud, unable to move a muscle, but just because breathing got a little easier, they're acting like this. Humans really are foolish.｣
'So, what's next?'
｢This.｣
In an instant, water filled the air bubbles.
They writhed in agony underwater, twisting their faces in every horrible expression imaginable, but there was nothing they could do.
When their eyes started glazing over one by one, the water drained, replaced by air.
The looks on their faces as they desperately sucked in that air were priceless.
A few seconds later, water surged back in.
She timed it right to the limit before draining it again and refilling with air.
｢Pure despair just leads to giving up, which isn't as painful. You have to dangle hope like this in between—that way, the next wave of despair hits even harder. It keeps contrasting with that sliver of hope.｣
Undine had somehow become a torture expert.
After a few more rounds of this waterboarding, the burly guy in front started shaking his head like a maniac, trying to get my attention.
I couldn't hear him, but it looked like he was begging to be spared, promising anything.
Guess he was finally in the mood for a serious talk.
'Take the bubble off the guy in front.'
The air bubble vanished, and the burly man spat water, his lips trembling.
"P-Please... spare me... Big bro, I'll do anything... anything..."
He was so desperate, his words slurred, and "big bro" slipped out naturally.
Hearing a guy with a daughter my age call me big bro felt weird.
"I'll say two things. Listen carefully."
"Y-Yes, bro... n-no, sir..."
"You're going back into the gate to raid it, so honor your promise to Mito Guild. You said you'd wipe the slate clean—principal and interest."
"O-Of course."
Dragging his underlings along showed he never intended to keep it.
He probably planned to eliminate us and keep Mito Guild on a leash, tormenting them.
Might've even had his eye on their guild master's ripe, curvy body.
The kind of trash like him loves that overripe, petite type.
"Second: not a word about what happened here to anyone. I can use magic outside gates too. The moment word spreads, wherever you are, you'll drown in agony worse than this."
"Eek!"
A mob boss like him should've been unfazed by most things, but his face drained of color.
The idea of no mercy, anytime, anywhere, must've terrified him.
If my abilities got out, the Hunter Agency wouldn't sit idle.
I hadn't decided what to do next anyway—getting tangled with the government sounded like a hassle.
I might play nice at first, but if it felt risky, I'd bail immediately.
Safety first, no entanglements—that's my style.
'First, I'll check out Nayeong and Yeonseo's pussies, then figure it out.'
I'd handle the settled stuff step by step.
"You just had a dirty thought, didn't you?"
Nayeong shot me a side-eye.
All my talk about sucking her off must've triggered her crisis radar.
"Yeah. Wondering how to suck your pussy the tastiest way."
"You psycho. What's tasty about just sucking the entrance?"
Her nitpicking the details—could she actually be looking forward to it?
"Why are you staring at me with those lecherous eyes?"
"Looks like you're expecting it."
"What the hell are you saying...? You crazy? As if I'd be expecting that!"
"Your freakout makes it more suspicious. You really are looking forward to it."
Her face turned beet red, and she finally swung at me.
But I wasn't her usual punching bag.
Water rose like tentacles, wrapping around Nayeong.
"Kyaa! What the—? L-Let gooo—!!"
Good thing I'd asked Undine ahead of time.
A water tentacle slithered up beside me; I pressed my palm gently against its tip.
It wriggled, then molded itself exactly like my hand.
'Feel free to grope away. Rub those nipples too.'
｢You make me do the weirdest things.｣
The tentacle-hand slipped inside Nayeong's clothes and started kneading.
Since it copied my hand perfectly, the sensation should be just like mine.
My remote groping technique in action.
"Kyaaa!! You bast... Mmph, mmph."
She was noisy, so I made a water gag and stuffed her mouth.
Before entering the gate, I'd massage her thoroughly until she was nice and soft.
That way, she'd be less embarrassed when I did it myself.
Testosterone surging, ideas flooded in that direction. Hahaha.
[......]
I drained the water and untied their bound legs.
The grotesque clumps of mud and water floated around the gate, keeping the bastards too scared to approach.
"Want to live? Keep your promise."
"O-Of course."
The burly guy and his chopstick goons suddenly turned polite.
"Take your daughter and the injured hunters to the hospital right now. Redo the contract when your guild master wakes up. I'll check it, so make it solid."
The goons hauled out the fallen people.
Finally, the burly guy bowed respectfully and vanished.
After dodging death so many times, he wouldn't pull any stupid stunts.
Now the warehouse held just me and Nayeong wriggling on the floor.
"You... rotten bastard... doing this crap..."
｢Tell her the more I massaged her, the better she'll absorb yin energy. It'll help her level up.｣
Good news.
S-Ranks are great, but raising a C-Rank like Nayeong while licking her sounds fun too.
Watching her grow while savoring it from the side— that's a unique flavor.
"Get up. Time to enter the gate."
"Now?"
Nayeong's eyes widened as she lifted her head.
"The debt payoff was raiding the gate. Even trash like them has to honor promises."
"You're weirdly diligent about this stuff."
"I'm diligent about everything. I'll suck your pussy diligently too."
"You psycho. If you keep talking like that, you better actually do it."
"That's how bad I want to suck it. Having a guy this sincere about your pussy since birth—isn't that lucky?"
"Fuck, don't say it like some profound wisdom. You're seriously confusing me."
"Confusing how?"
"Not 'I like you, I love you, accept my feelings'—it's all 'I want to suck your pussy,' said dead serious!"
"Next time: 'Accept my tongue... with your pussy.'"
"Argh, you crazy bastard."
She raised her hand, then slyly lowered it.
Even a thick-headed girl like her was learning.
From now on, you're Pavlov's Nayeong.
The gate interior was still a desert.
Gate terrains are random—you could exit and re-enter to find a totally different place.
Luckily, that didn't happen to us.
A Sand Scorpion's tail shot out the moment we entered, so I grabbed Nayeong's hand.
She squirmed with a "Hyang!" and glared at me.
"What's that? You're just infusing yin energy."
"You could do this, but why grope my chest earlier?"
"Different situations. Oh, mad I didn't grope your chest? Just say so."
Her face flushed every shade of red and blue.
She kept raising and lowering her fist.
"Dragging in spirits to torment a weak girl. You sneaky bastard."
"Anyone hearing that would think I actually tormented you. And since when are you weak? You beat up every kid in the neighborhood."
"I didn't beat everyone—just the ones bullying you!"
She flinched at the shift in my gaze.
Remembering the old Nayeong, I lost the urge to tease.
Back when fever aftereffects made me the neighborhood punching bag, she'd always show up when my toys got stolen, retrieving them without fail.
She was my reliable childhood friend and big-sis figure then. But at some point, her pretty breasts, slim waist, and perfect birthing hips stole my heart.
Eighteen years unseen, but her pussy must be beautifully ripened, waiting for my tongue.
"You jerk. Look at that smug grin. Thinking something perverted again?"
"So let me suck it already. You keep dodging, and my imagination runs wild."
"Wow, no shame at all. Is that my fault?"
"Obviously. Why else would I be like this? You're the cause."
Stunned by my flawless logic, she shook her head and walked on.
Since the testosterone overflow, my tongue felt longer every day.
Hope it really stretches out when I suck her.
After walking a while, a brightly glowing thing sat atop a sand dune.
Up close, it was a lump of light floating in the air.
Glowing patterns below made it look just like a game save point.
"What's this?"
"Oh, this again. Sometimes shows up in ruin terrains."
Nayeong knew about it.
Touching it did nothing, so she didn't know its purpose.
"Safe to touch?"
"Touched it in other gates. No issues."
Curious, I poked the light lump with my finger.
Flash!
"Wha—?!"
"Kyaa!"
It erupted in blinding light, and something appeared.