Chapter 105
Chapter 105
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 105
Chapter Title: Cleanup (5)
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"Looking at you all, it seems like this is what you need."
A glass vial filled with a red liquid sat in the palm of my hand.
Han Yu-ra's eyes shook violently at the sight of it.
She threw herself toward me, grabbing for the potion.
Her reflexes, honed as a national archery champion, synergized perfectly with the Tower's boost to agility. Her hand sliced through the air toward the potion.
It was the kind of speed that would have sliced off a normal person's nose right in front of their eyes.
But I'm no normal human.
Just as Han Yu-ra's hand swept over my palm...
I stored the potion in my inventory. It vanished like a mirage without a trace, and her hand naturally cut through empty air.
"...!"
Han Yu-ra froze for a moment, unable to process it, then belatedly realized it was the same ability I'd used at the base to store and retrieve items. She yelled at me.
"What trick is this?! Hand it over right now!"
"Hey now, you can't just grab for it without paying. Where are your manners, Yu-ra? Did you sell them off?"
My nonchalant reply made her brow twitch.
"Don't act like we're buddies and talk down to me! And payment? I've paid plenty—your life as payment!"
She ground her teeth as she spoke, readjusting her bow in front of me. Her eyes gleamed like a beast's.
"If I'd wanted to, your heart would've been pierced by my arrow already. I've spared your life until now. That's payment enough."
She wasn't wrong.
Back at the start of the raid, before I had 【Threat Detection】... If Han Yu-ra had decided to kill me and shot an arrow at my heart with all her power, maybe someone else would be standing here instead of me.
Of course, that assumes the arrow would have hit me.
"Wow, Yu-ra's grown up so much? Joking around with me like this."
My mockery flushed her face red with anger. As if she wouldn't tolerate any more insults, she drew an arrow from the quiver on her back.
The muscles in her drawing arm were taut. The arrowhead was aimed precisely at my forehead.
"Does it sound like I'm joking?"
"Whoa, this is scary stuff."
I exaggeratedly raised both hands in surrender in front of her. There wasn't a speck of tension on my face. In truth, I was enjoying this situation.
Because watching Han Yu-ra desperately cling to her pride amid her comrades dying left and right was quite the spectacle.
'This is fun. In just a few days, she's learned how to really get mad. Or is it because her face and figure back it up? Why does she look so pretty even when she's pissed?'
I felt like a moviegoer immersed in a 3D film, savoring Han Yu-ra's stellar performance.
"I'm not joking—I'm shooting!"
Her voice trembled with desperation.
"Yeah. So go ahead and shoot."
"...!"
My provocation made her pupils shake wildly. She bit her lower lip hard enough to draw blood any second.
I stared straight into her eyes and sneered.
"See? All talk."
That was the moment.
The hesitation vanished from Han Yu-ra's eyes.
Ping-!
A sharp whoosh cut the air as the arrow left her fingers, flying straight at my chest.
'Oh? She's actually shooting?'
I let out a short exclamation in my mind.
With dynamic vision several times that of a normal human, I could slice even a brief moment into seconds.
The vivid red trajectory in my vision. The path of the projectile shown by 【Threat Detection】.
No matter how high my stats were, Han Yu-ra's stats—buffed by Pellios's 395% boost—weren't something to ignore.
At least in terms of agility, no summon of mine could beat her right now.
And no matter how fast my reactions, dodging an enhanced arrow flying right at my face with pure physical ability would be incredibly tough.
So I decided not to dodge at all.
"Wh-what the hell!?"
Han Yu-ra's eyes filled with shock. It was only natural. The arrow she'd fired point-blank hadn't even touched my body.
"Fun. Didn't think you'd actually shoot."
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ Clap. Clap. Clap.
Genuinely impressed by Han Yu-ra's guts, I applauded heartily.
"Wow... Gotta give you credit for the nerve. National team isn't for just anyone."
She snapped out of it at my mocking praise, her face etched with deep bewilderment.
"What? I shot it right in front of you... and it missed?"
She muttered in disbelief, then nocked another arrow, drawing her bowstring even more carefully this time, aiming dead at my heart.
"Whoa, straight for the vitals now? After all the bond we've built? Trying to end it so easily? Scary, scary."
"Shut up—!"
Ping-!
But the result was the same. The arrow flew toward me... then suddenly vanished as if it had never existed.
My calm reaction narrowed her eyes.
"You... You used that item storage ability, didn't you? That's how you blocked my arrows! Right!?"
"?"
'That's a pretty clever guess.'
"Then try blocking this!"
With deft movements, Han Yu-ra drew three arrows at once, nocking and firing them in rapid succession.
The three arrows launched almost simultaneously, tracing different paths. Heart, throat, forehead. Perfect shots at vital points.
But the result was the same.
"What... What trick did you pull!?"
She cried out in anguish. The archery skills she'd devoted her life to no longer worked on me.
'Not as long as I have Warp.'
"Wanna know? Sure, I'll tell you."
I smiled leisurely at her and pointed up at the sky with my finger.
"Up?"
Confused by my gesture, she asked.
"Look up."
Reluctantly, she raised her head to the sky. Clear blue expanse. Peacefully drifting clouds. Nothing unusual.
That was the moment.
Something fell from one point in the sky. It was an arrow.
"An arrow?"
Han Yu-ra frowned at the reflected light on the arrowhead, unable to grasp what was happening.
The first arrow she'd fired was accelerating toward the ground at over 200 km/h—maybe more—thanks to warp and gravity.
"...!"
Her eyes widened as she realized the danger. Instinctively sensing it, she tried to dodge, but it was too late.
The falling arrow's speed far exceeded what her body could react to.
It pierced straight through one person.
Just not Han Yu-ra.
"Gaaahhh!"
"Hyeok-jin!?"
Han Yu-ra whipped her head around in horror.
The arrow from the sky had embedded in Hyeok-jin's left knee.
Ah, "embedded" isn't quite right. The arrow's destructive power was enough to shred Hyeok-jin's frail flesh to pieces.
It punched a hole through his left knee and slammed into the ground. The moment his left calf broke free from his brain's control.
"Kim... Joo-hyuk!"
"Whoa, whoa, why the death glare? I just adjusted the direction a bit."
Normal people don't think arrows come back like boomerangs.
That was her mistake.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ "Oof, that looks painful. With your knee like that, walking might be tough from now on."
But I wasn't worried about that.
In a world with magic, prosthetic limbs exist too, right? Hyeok-jin should even thank me for the chance to upgrade to a sturdy steel leg.
No money for a prosthetic?
Hmm, then press X to pay respects.
"Kim Joo-hyuk...!"
"Why did the arrow I shot at you hit Hyeok-jin!?"
Han Yu-ra grabbed my collar, shaking me in agitation.
"Who knows? Maybe the heavens helped me out."
"Are you messing with me!? Cut the crap and give me the potion now!"
The moment she got close...
My hands seized the top and bottom of her clothes.
"!"
Before she could react, I tore her clothes off like paper.
Riiip—!
With that, her national-treasure K-cup breasts and her firmly toned, massive ass were exposed.
Sweat beaded on her pale skin from the intense movements moments ago, and her enormous breasts heaved heavily against gravity.
Slosh— Slosh—
The pink areolas and shyly erect nipples held the potential to turn any adult man into a baby.
"Ah...?"
A short gasp escaped Han Yu-ra's lips at the sudden exposure.
Her brain hadn't caught up yet.
"Ah, I've missed these titties."