Chapter 379: Mev! Awakening!
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 379: Mev! Awakening!
“Ch-Chieftain! W-Wait!”
Just as I was about to reach out, a voice stopped me in my tracks.
“I… I think I’ll piss myself the moment I move. Hngh… I can’t move.”
“I know what you mean.”
It was a plea not to touch her recklessly. I knew that even the lightest touch would likely open the floodgates. She was far past the point of being able to stop it by her own will. The fact that she hadn’t wet herself yet was commendable. The way she was frozen stiff, as if paralyzed, made it look like she’d been hit by some kind of spell. While the situation was incredibly serious for her, I honestly couldn’t help but find it hilarious.
I, too, had memories of suffering from biological urges back on Earth. Mev was usually quite cute, but seeing her on the verge of tears like this made her look even cuter.
[Target - Mev]
[Status - Anxious, Impatient, Scared, Flustered, Sorry, Chaos, Destruction, Oblivion, On the Verge of Joy, Extreme Urge to Pee.]
I had seen a lot of status information, but never anything like this. I almost wanted to test just how long she had been holding it in to produce such a complex cocktail of emotions. I couldn’t understand why she hadn’t just said she needed to step outside for a moment, but it seemed she felt she had to stand her ground and guard this spot.
Mev continued to tremble uncontrollably.
The summoned Water Spirit King stood steadfastly behind her. The fact that it wasn’t wary of me meant it could clearly distinguish between friend and foe. It seemed quite intelligent and possessed a will of its own.
[Mysterious Water Spirit King]
[This is a Water Spirit King that was suddenly summoned by the Fairy Queen's strong desire. It does not know the reason for its own manifestation in this place. However, for some reason, it feels extremely uneasy. Although it is of a lower class than existing Spirit Kings, it possesses immense power. Angering it may result in great disaster.]
I had never seen a Spirit King, not even in my past life. It appeared to be using a bow and arrow, likely a reflection of Mev’s will, which meant the mana consumption had to be enormous. The fact that it hadn’t vanished yet suggested that Mev’s mana had been boosted by some effect.
I slowly merged with Ridil and spoke.
[Weapon Integration]
[Target - Ridil - Dagger that Plucked the Evil Dragon's Heart]
I knew that in this matter, speed was life.
- B-Bro. Using me only for things like this is… a little much.
‘Sorry. I’ll make it up to you next time.’
- Y-Yes.
Having seen what was going on, it complained, but I had no choice. I had to move in the blink of an eye to rescue Mev safely. To be honest, just leaving her be seemed like it would be fun, but she was a mother to a child and had now declared herself the mother of all Green Skins. Leaving her like this felt a little too pitiful.
Feeling my body become more draconic, I spoke quietly to Mev.
“By the way? Since when could you summon a Spirit King?”
“W-Hngh… What Spirit King?”
“The one behind you. The Mysterious Water Spirit King. Didn’t you summon it?”
Since Mev couldn’t move her head, the giant Spirit King moved instead. In an instant, it appeared before Mev and stared intently at her, causing her to jump back in shock.
“Aaaaaaaah!! What… what is this!!!”
She didn’t even know she had summoned it. But that wasn’t the problem. She was about to release everything she had been holding in. I hadn’t anticipated this turn of events, so I immediately sprang into action. Thanks to my concentration being pushed to its absolute limit, my surroundings began to move in slow motion.
As Mev jumped back in surprise, tears streamed from her eyes. It seemed the floodgates below were beginning to open as well, but at that same moment, the dagger I threw cut through the air.
“Chieeeeftaiiiin!”
Her voice, calling for me, reached my ears in slow motion. She was desperately reaching out for me. In an instant, the dagger flew past, severing the waistband of the pants Mev was wearing.
The thin piece of cloth fell to the floor, but unfortunately, it failed to cut through her panties.
‘She dodged it?’
Mev had unconsciously dodged the flying dagger.
‘Hah… Unbelievable.’
I was so dumbfounded I was speechless. That dagger wasn’t the kind of thing one could simply move to avoid. I doubt even Gark could have chosen to dodge it. I immediately lunged forward.
“Hngh… I’m sooooo sorrrrrry, Chieeeeftaiiiin.”
Having seemingly given up, Mev let out a single cry of apology and began to collapse. Her panties were getting wet, but it was too early to give up. The moment she spoke, I shot forward and snatched her just as she was about to fall.
Once I had her, what I had to do was already decided. At full speed, I pulled off her underwear, and a clear, transparent stream of water began to gush out. I had somehow managed to prevent her from soiling herself.
“Hngh…”
The sight of her covering her face and crying was quite a spectacle. I looked around and spotted a pot-like object, so I immediately started running toward it with Mev in my arms. It looked like a gift someone had sent, but it probably wasn’t anything important. Using it as a chamber pot just once should be fine.
“You can hold it for just a bit longer, right?”
“Uh-hngh…”
Stopping mid-stream is incredibly difficult, especially in a situation like Mev’s. Yet, somehow, she was managing to do the impossible.
Everything was happening in an instant. It was ridiculous, but I don’t think I moved this fast even when I fought Goff. My body had improved since then, but right now, I had definitely surpassed my own limits.
‘I can make it in time.’
It was at that very moment. I felt a presence behind me, along with a flow of mana. I instinctively stopped myself from calling out Choi Eunju’s name. I knew one other person who possessed a teleportation ability. Choi Eunju wouldn’t just suddenly teleport inside the tent. There was only one person capable of such an act.
“Seulgi?”
“You got it right this time.”
Simultaneously…
“Hngh…”
Trickle…
The sound echoed as a heavy silence descended upon the tent. Mev was desperately covering her face with both hands, trying with all her might not to see what she had done. The doll-like figure who had suddenly appeared was staring at me holding Mev, her expression utterly dumbfounded.
“Kim… Kim Taesung, anything to say?”
“Hic… hic…”
Not shouting Choi Eunju’s name was the perfect answer. Being distracted by Choi Seulgi and failing to deliver Mev was the wrong one.
“.....................”
The situation was far more serious than I had thought. Even Choi Seulgi’s face, which never flinched at anything, was flushed red.
“Let me say this upfront… I… I can’t get into this kind of play. No matter what you think of me… this is a bit… Well, if you sincerely ask, maybe…”
“Th-That’s not it.”
I tried desperately not to look at Mev, but the very clear, refreshing sound continued.
“Hngh… hngh…”
It was accompanied by a voice thick with tears. I suddenly felt like a very bad person, like I was the one who had been tormenting Mev. I swallowed hard, and just like that, the situation quietly came to an end.
*
Mev, having performed a grand christening of the new tent, was still wiping the scene of the incident, her voice choked with sobs. Choi Seulgi, who had finally grasped the situation, was still looking at me with suspicion. She might believe I wasn’t that much of a scumbag, but seeing is believing, and she couldn’t quite trust my words.
“Stop crying.”
“But… but… hngh.”
“Well, you didn’t soil yourself, so isn’t that okay?”
“Ugh-hngh…”
Hurt by Choi Seulgi’s words, Mev hung her head, the very picture of a Green Skin who had lost something precious.
“They say people display incredible power when cornered… so that’s what that was earlier.”
“Hmm… definitely… Mev, has anything changed about you? The Spirit King…”
“I-I’m not sure either… I was just trying to summon a normal spirit, but this huge thing appeared, and I was surprised too. I heard something whispering in my ear… but I was too out of it to hear properly… Should I check now?!”
“.......................”
“Ah! Chieftain, I think I received a new ability from the God of the Battlefield. The ‘Surefire Shot’ I had before is gone, unfortunately… but I think I got a better one. Hehe.”
Mev’s previous unique ability was ‘Surefire Shot,’ which drastically increased the probability of pregnancy. It hadn’t been of much use recently anyway, so getting a new ability was certainly something to celebrate. As I looked at Mev quietly, she slowly began to speak.
“It’s an ability called ‘Cornered Fairy’… Hehe, it says I get stronger and smarter the more I’m cornered. It’s an amazing ability, right? I guess my efforts paid off.”
“Definitely…”
“It is pretty amazing.”
It was a good ability, if you wanted to call it that. But calling it a reward for her efforts seemed a bit of a stretch. I couldn’t help but think it was an ability born from her intense desire to escape a crisis. If the word ‘crisis’ was interchangeable with ‘biological urge,’ its use might be limited. But if it was affected by what Mev felt was a crisis, it could be considered an off-the-charts ability.
[Cornered Fairy]
[Any form will do. The more one is driven into a corner or crisis, the more all stats will rise in proportion to the danger.]
That was a rough summary of the description. The fact that a Spirit King popped out when she was just trying to summon a normal spirit proved how effective this ability was.
Most likely, the reason she was able to dodge the dagger I threw was due to the massive boost in her stats.
For Mev, this was probably a fear greater than any threat to her life, but I couldn’t help but feel that her path forward would not be a smooth one.
An ability that awakens when cornered or in a crisis… I could somehow see her future.
“Well, it seems useful. Though we’ll have to experiment a little.”
“E-Experiment?”
“Why? You don’t want to?”
“Th-That’s not it. But… it’s not going to be like today, right?”
“No, so don’t worry. And you worked hard today, Mev.”
Seeing Mev’s anxious face, I patted her head once before turning to Choi Seulgi.
“Seulgi, what brings you here all of a sudden?”
“What? Is that all you have to say?”
Her expression instantly crumpled. If I were Mev right now, my stats would be maxed out.
“I’m sorry.”
Apologizing was the safest option. Choi Seulgi sighed and began to speak.
“Haa… I know. I understand, but I was just upset. In that life-or-death moment, another woman’s name came out of your mouth. Wouldn’t you be angry if you were me?”
I probably would be. I might be as angry as if someone called out another person’s name during sex. As I briefly hung my head, Choi Seulgi spoke again.
“It’s fine. I was being a little petty. Anyway, I didn’t come here to say anything. Just try on the cloak I gave you. Quickly.”
“Huh?”
“You were busy with your weird stuff, so you haven’t checked it out properly yet, right? Hurry up and try it on.”
“Ah… okay…”
Her intensity was quite something. I didn’t know if she was that confident in her gift or if she just wanted to see me wear it, but I immediately turned my gaze to the cloak she had given me. Anyone could see it looked majestic. If Seulgi was this excited, its stats must be extraordinary.
I reached my hand toward the cloak, and a flood of information began to pour into my mind.