Chapter 7
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 7
Chapter Title: Yin Energy Injection
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"Come here and sit down."
My face flushed bright red.
Had I touched her for all of two seconds? In that short time, the Yin Energy I'd pushed into her had turned the girl into this.
As I sat, Nayeong plopped down a good distance away.
"That aura from earlier? It's not weird. It's just some kind of effect that shows up when my Yin Energy flows into you."
"That's exactly what's weird! You think I haven't replenished Yin Energy a time or two? Nothing like that has ever risen up around me before."
"It's because my Yin Energy is special."
"Says who?"
I was at a loss for words.
What was I supposed to say?
There was no way to explain the entity inside me that chatted away.
As I hesitated, Nayeong took the lead.
"Come to think of it, telling me to keep drawing back the bowstring earlier was suspicious too. You didn't do anything, but we still took down that monster. I should've realized something was off when you said you'd handle both the fighting and the Yin Energy replenishment. A guy having Yin Energy in the first place doesn't make any sense!"
Her voice grew louder with every word.
"Tell me the truth. You're not Woojin, are you?"
"What are you talking about? Then who am I?"
"A pervert wearing Woojin's skin."
"A pervert?"
"When I grabbed you, that smoke didn't rise up for no reason. It felt weird! That..."
She started to say something but her face turned red.
Sensitive hunter, huh? If you marinate her in Master's Yin Energy, she'll ripen nicely. The Gate will love it.
'Don't talk about her like you're pickling kimchi.'
Hunter Yin Energy isn't much different from lactic acid bacteria. Keeps the Gate nice and healthy.
The more I listened, the more it felt like the Gate inside me was turning into a total pervert.
What the hell had I been learning all this time?
"This isn't working. From now on, answer my questions."
She started asking about old memories that only she and I knew.
Like what toy Taesik from next door stole from me first, what she gave me as a middle school entrance gift, where I found her when she ran away from home...
Of course, the answers came spilling out the moment she asked.
"N-No way. It really is Woojin."
"You think that's all? What about that mole below your belly button..."
Thwack!
A punch of pure fury flew right at me.
As expected from the girl raised in a gym—her fist packed a wallop.
What was I supposed to do? We'd bathed together until elementary school.
She rubbed her fist, her face beet red.
It must absorb Yin Energy even from a graze.
"Say that one more time, and I'll shoot you first."
"I got it, so stop hitting me."
She lowered her arm with a pouty glare.
Thanks to that, the distance between us shrank.
"Now you know I haven't been swapped out, so try to believe me a little. Why would I lie to you?"
"So you're Awakened but can give Yin Energy like a Semi-Awakened, and it's special Yin Energy that makes you feel good—no, makes things feel good when you receive it?"
I could've sworn she almost said it made her horny, but I stayed quiet to avoid another hit.
One thing was clear from our linked play with Nayeong.
The Gate's words were right: the form the Materialized Yin Energy took depended on the partner.
Earlier, I'd thought of arrows when I saw her bow, and actual arrows had popped out.
Over there, Cerberorks were charging at us, swinging their clubs. Three of them this time.
"You can shoot more than one arrow, right?"
"Three is stable, five if I push it. But accuracy drops the more I shoot."
"Let's take those out together."
"How?"
"Just load your arrows."
As she nocked the arrows on the bowstring, I floated three orb-shaped lumps of Yin Energy.
I tuned their density so arrows wouldn't pierce through.
I sent the orbs right in front of her arrowheads.
"Now shoot."
No need to painstakingly craft arrows out of Yin Energy and merge them with hers.
By firing the quickest-to-make orbs and letting her shoot them at the enemies, our attack speed ramped up.
That's why I'd adjusted the density to make them unpierceable.
Linked attacks like this would be key for tackling higher-level mobs or bosses later, over separate strikes.
Nayeong aimed at the Cerberorks with three arrows nocked and released the string.
Pheew~
Splatter!!
The arrows slammed into the orbs and rocketed forward, bursting into light like exploding balloons when they hit the monsters' bodies.
Unlike when I'd thrown the orbs and they'd slipped straight inside the bodies.
Boom—!!
Ah, refreshing.
In the tutorial, ankles had been left behind, but this time, not a trace remained.
Our synergy was more than proven.
Even Nayeong, who had fired the shots herself, couldn't close her gaping mouth in disbelief.
"Your jaw's gonna drop off. They're still coming—stay sharp."
We dove into full-on trash mob hunting against the swarming Cerberorks.
Available Points: 246pt
I hadn't counted, but we'd probably bagged over fifty.
Available points had already topped 200.
"Haa, haa..."
Her exhaustion was obvious—barely any Yin Energy left.
"That's why I told you to come over and touch me. If you tap out first, I'm the one who suffers."
"You're the one making it feel all good and horny—no, good. Just pass the Yin Energy."
Getting turned on by her childhood friend was embarrassing her.
Being a virgin, she probably wasn't used to the arousal either.
"I'll hold back as much as I can while passing it. Might make it feel less intense."
No clue if it'd work, of course.
I was just spinning hope circuits because otherwise, she'd never touch me.
"That's not guaranteed."
"We're the first in a Blue Gate. We've confirmed two of us can handle the trash mobs, right? Deeper in, there'll be untouched artifacts no one's claimed."
Unregistered Gates couldn't be sold officially, but Black Auctions were full of them.
Big shots went crazy for artifacts—what was there to worry about?
"Hold out a bit longer after getting some Yin Energy, and all the magic stones are yours. That should cover living expenses without dipping into your coins."
Nayeong's pouch was stuffed with magic stones.
Pure, high-grade ones dropped by the Cerberorks.
A money-grubber like her wouldn't pass up bait like that.
"R-Really? I can take them all?"
"Yeah. So come here."
She hesitated, then squeezed her eyes shut and shuffled over.
Unlike her expression, her hips swayed—she remembered that thrill from before.
Just a brief touch had been that intense; she was probably imagining a firm grip.
"Don't look at me—think of something else. The national anthem or multiplication tables!"
"Got it, so hurry up and grab."
She dawdled, so I snatched her hand.
"Hyaat! S-Sudden... hngh... th-this... haang, kyaa, kyaah—!!"
Her reaction was explosive.
Her face lit up like it might burst, and she dropped to her knees.
Her shoulders heaved as she looked up at me with pitiful eyes.
Those moist, trembling eyes and quivering lashes were enough to excite me.
'Didn't know she could make a face this lewd.'
Something gushed out of my hand in a rush.
She was greedily draining my Yin Energy.
She's got great sensitivity. The Gate will love it.
'How much more do I have to give? No limits on this?'
Until her body can't take anymore. Oh, it's triggered. Be careful.
'What?'
She threw her arms around me and tackled me down.
In an instant, I was pinned under Nayeong.
"Hey, what the—"
I couldn't finish.
Because her lips crashed onto mine.
Churp, smack... slurp... haa♡
Her tongue plunged in without hesitation, sweeping my gums in one go.
She lubed our lips slick with saliva, melting it like candy.
Hot breaths escaped as her glazed eyes devoured my lips.
'Just like with Chaewon. My Yin Energy really drives women crazy.'
The yellow aura shifted to red, enveloping us both.
Far more Yin Energy than before flowed into Nayeong's body.
How much time passed?
Her body shuddered as she pulled her lips and tongue away.
A thin thread of saliva sliced through the air before vanishing.
"Haa, haa..."
Back to her senses, she couldn't even meet my eyes.
"I told you to think of something else."
"You jumped me first. I really wasn't thinking anything."
"......"
She let out a sigh and looked at me.
Her complexion had returned to normal.
"Yin Energy full?"
"...Yeah."
She answered reluctantly.
"Let's head deeper. See that spire at the end?"
I moved to go, but she didn't get up.
"What's wrong?"
"It's, uh..."
She covered her crotch with her hand—suspicious.
"Did you... cum?"
She glared daggers and yelled.
"You fucking bastard! You got me that worked up—how could I not?!"
She was venting at me for no reason.
"No one's here but us, so suck it up even if it's sticky. If it's too much, head out."
With artifacts on the line, no way she'd leave.
She shot me a dirty look but stood reluctantly.
"Where's your bow?"
"Huh?"
The bow she'd held before the kiss was gone.
Must've retracted into her body as the Yin Energy filled up.
"Pull it out again. Who knows where those things'll pop from."
She raised her arm and focused.
But no tattoo appeared like before.
"Huh? What's going on?"
As she twisted her arm around, light suddenly flared from her butt.
"Kyaaang!!"
Light traced along her hip line.
Like a sideways 3.
The bow unfolded from that shape and leaped into the air.
Nayeong caught it on reflex.
"Wh-Why'd it come from my butt...?"
She stared at me in disbelief.
As if it was my fault.