Chapter 4 - Another Betrayal

Beyond her hazy vision, a faintly burning campfire flickered dizzily.

Her body felt as heavy as lead, and a throbbing pain, accompanied by a sticky, disgusting sensation between her thighs, washed over her in waves.

Lee Hangyeol—no, she who had now become 'Lee Hayeon'—stared with hollow eyes at the translucent system window floating in the air.

It was a horrific reality.

As if rewarding her for her humiliation and pain, this hellish world converted them into experience points and stats, shoving them right in front of her face.

There was no sense of relief in growing stronger. Only a cold dread that her very soul was being consumed by something filthy wrapped around her entire body.

As she stared blankly at the status window, Tayle, who had been waiting in the darkness beside the campfire, swallowed hard and approached her.

Until just moments ago, Tayle had been standing far away, claiming he would keep watch.

Instead of his usual innocent look, his face now wore a bizarre expression—a mixture of uncontrollable lust and impatient anxiety.

"Ch-Chris... so now... it's my turn, right?"

His voice sounded as if he had only recently reached adulthood, his vocal cords not even fully settled, yet it was more hideous and disgusting than any sound in the world.

Hayeon barely managed to turn her head to look at him.

Reflected in her eyes was a starving beast, waiting for its turn.

"N-No... ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠please... stop..."

Hayeon desperately moved her lips to beg, but her voice was cracked and wouldn't come out properly.

At her feeble resistance, Chris, who had been catching his breath with a satisfied air, let out a sneer.

"Hahaha... Tayle, you brat. Just wait a second. I'm still savoring the afterglow. What's the rush..."

It was at that exact moment.

Tayle's expression instantly turned ice-cold.

"Wait? Why? You've had your fun. Now it's my turn."

Tayle's voice was different from his usual innocence; it was laced with suppressed rage and jealousy.

He casually picked up a rock the size of a human head from the ground.

Before Chris could say a word, a dull, horrific sound shattered the silence.

Thud!

With a sound like an unripe watermelon splitting open, red blood splattered.

"Aaaargh!!"

Chris shuddered violently for a moment, then went completely limp.

He didn't move anymore.

Hayeon stared blankly at the gruesome sight, unable to even breathe.

The man who had been violating her just moments ago had died so brutally right before her eyes.

Amidst the flickering shadows of the campfire, Tayle stood holding the blood-stained rock.

A bizarre smile played on his lips.

...Tayle? Did he... just kill Chris?

The young man who had acted like a sweet younger brother until now was gone.

His face was now nothing more and nothing less than that of a predator claiming its prey.

Tayle tossed the bloody rock to the ground with a thud and approached Hayeon.

Though he wore a worried expression, his eyes were chillingly cold.

It was a terrifyingly calculated act.

Hayeon felt it instinctively.

Th-This bastard... is dangerous. Extremely dangerous.

Her body trembled. But she couldn't let him notice.

If she made a wrong move at this moment, she might be next.

She began to act, putting ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠on the most fragile, terrified expression possible to appease him.

"Tayle... It-It was you... Did you... save me? Thank you... Thank you so much..."

Her voice trembled, and tears welled up in her eyes.

But inside, a mixture of disgust and terror was boiling.

Tayle naively fell for her reaction.

"Hehe, I wanted to go first, but Chris was acting so selfishly. He thought he was hot shit... Now it's my turn."

There was no warmth in his words.

Only the whining of a child whose turn had been stolen, and the greed of a conqueror.

...This piece of shit is exactly the same in the end.

Hayeon felt the blood run cold in her veins. She felt pathetic for harboring even a shred of naive hope.

Nausea welled up at the hideous true nature hidden behind his innocent face.

Fine... since things have turned out like this anyway... I won't expect anything anymore. To survive in this world, I have to get stronger. I'll just level up. Until I make every single one of these motherfuckers kneel at my feet... I'll use them.

She made a cold vow to herself. The last trace of warmth vanished from her eyes.

Tayle roughly grabbed Hayeon's slender wrists.

His grip was unbelievably strong.

"Won't I be better than Chris, Noona? He was way too clumsy. I can make you feel much better."

His hot breath brushed against Hayeon's ear.

Hayeon stopped resisting. Her mind cooled down completely, and as if she had become a third party, she began to analyze her own body and Tayle's actions.

This guy... is much more impatient and violent than Chris. He has no technique. He's just the type to rely on brute force. But... why is this goddamn body reacting so easily...?

Completely independent of her will, her body began to heat up again. It was humiliating, but she brainwashed herself into thinking of it as a process of gaining experience points for survival.

Tayle tore further at the clothes Chris had already ripped, greedily digging into her soft flesh.

As his clumsy, rough fingers swept down her inner thigh, Hayeon shuddered in spite of herself.

"Ah...! Noona, your skin... is so soft...! You smell so good, too...! It makes me so mad that Chris got to taste you first!"

"Tayle... wait... ah...! Don't touch... there...!"

As his lips roughly swept down her sensitive neck and swelling breasts, Hayeon tried to resist, but her already heated body refused to listen.

Slurp, kiss, kiss...

Everywhere his lips touched, an electric shiver rippled through her.

Her mind screamed, but Lee Hayeon's body was being consumed by pleasure.

As if he couldn't hold back any longer, Tayle thrust his angry cock between her thighs.

"Noona... now it's my turn...! I'll show you that I can do it way better than Chris!"

Squelch! Thud! Thud! Thud!

"Haaah...! Tay-Tayle...! It's too... big...! It hurts...! No...! Not so recklessly...! Ah!"

Her pussy was already soaking wet from her encounter with Chris, but Tayle's was on a completely different scale of size.

"No...! Stop doing this...! Ah!"

Squish... squish... squish...!

Hayeon gasped at the sudden intrusion of a foreign object and the violent movement.

"Noona... mine is... better, right...? It feels much tighter than Chris's, doesn't it?"

Wearing a satisfied smirk, Tayle began to move his hips, churning inside her pussy, which hadn't even fully relaxed yet.

Slap! Slap! Squish... squish...

His movements weren't as skilled as Chris's, but they were filled with the raw power of youth and clumsy passion.

"Ah...! Ah...! It hurts...! Please... slower... ah!"

"No... I want to feel you quickly...! Every single part of you...!"

"It hurts... I said it hurts...! Ahhh...! But...! It's weird...! Why again...! Ah..."

Hayeon writhed frantically at the unfamiliar pleasure rushing in alongside the pain.

"No...! Please... I think I'm going to cum...! Mnh!"

This bastard... he's just strong...! But... this sensation... is different from when Chris did it. It's deeper, it hurts more... but it's so much more intense. Dammit...! What the hell is wrong with this body!

Every time Tayle's cock stabbed deep inside her, a sensation that felt like her entire body was melting shot up her spine, turning her mind completely blank.

Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!

Her hips bounced in time with his movements.

"Haa...! Haa...! Haa...! Mnh...!"

"Noona... your groans... are so dirty... Let them out... louder...! So other guys can hear...!"

Tayle grew even more aroused by her reaction and accelerated his hips.

Squish! Squish! Squish!

Beads of sweat were forming on his forehead.

"Please...! No... more... I can't...! Ah!"

Without even realizing it, she twisted her hips, taking his ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠cock even deeper.

"No... no...! I don't want to...! Ahhh!"

Dammit... why does this body feel pleasure so easily...! Is it because my Charm stat is so high...! No, this is a curse. Definitely.

Her buttocks bounced along with his thrusts, and her sweet moans only grew louder.

"Haa...! Ah...! Tayle...! Ah...! Ahhh...! Stop...! Mnh...! I'm... I'm cumming...!"

Finally, Tayle let out a beastly groan and poured his entire load inside her.

"Kuaaaargh!"

"Haa...! Haa...! Haa...! Mnh...!"

Along with a pain that felt like her entire body was shattering, an intense pleasure that threatened to burn her brain cells to ash washed over her.

Tayle rolled her onto her side and pulled her close from behind.

She could feel his hot, ragged breathing right against her ear.

A sticky, dense movement, different from the previous violent thrusts, began to probe inside her.

"Noona... you're mine now..."

His voice trembled, drenched in sweat and lust.

"Mnh... mnh... n-no...!"

She resisted, but it only caused her to be held even tighter in his arms.

Squish... squish... squish...

Savoring her body, Tayle moved slowly, beginning to stimulate her.

He nibbled on her earlobe.

Slurp... suck... kiss...

Every time his tongue licked down her outer ear, goosebumps broke out over Hayeon's body, making her shudder.

"Ah...! S-Stop...! It's weird...!"

"What's weird about it? You feel it better when I do this."

He lifted one of her legs, draping it over his arm, and thrust his hips even deeper.

At the sensation of her cervix being crushed by his cock, Hayeon twisted her waist in spite of herself.

"Ah! Ah...! There...! Not there...! Ah!"

"You like it here. Right, Noona? I can tell by how your body is twitching."

Realizing he had found the spot, he relentlessly stabbed at that area.

Press, press, squish... squish...

Hayeon wept and groaned at a sensation she couldn't identify as pain or pleasure.

He licked away her tears with his tongue, wearing a satisfied smile.

"Even the way you cry, Noona... is so beautiful. I want to make you cry more."

Once his leisurely savoring was over, Tayle began to move fiercely, as if unleashing everything he had been holding back.

Slap! Slap! Slap! Thud! Thud! Thud!

"Haa...! Ah...! Tayle...! Ah...! Ahhh...! Again... again... I'm cumming...!"

Hayeon's body reached a climax once more, accompanied by violent spasms.

Her vision flashed white, and she couldn't hear a thing.

Only her own ragged breathing and her wildly beating heart echoed in her ears.

Before she could even regain her senses, a translucent system window popped up before her eyes.

...I even got a skill. Pleasure Adaptation? This is seriously driving me crazy.

Panting with her exhausted body, Hayeon let out a hollow laugh as she stared at the status window floating before her.

Thud!

Right then, with a sudden dull impact, Tayle's body, which had been basking in satisfaction, slumped powerlessly to the side.

"...Tayle?"

Gasping for breath, Hayeon turned her head. Standing over Tayle like a shadow was a man.

It was Luo. In his hand, he held a sword hilt slightly stained with blood.

Luo's expression was blank, but his eyes were as cold as ice.

"Miss Hayeon, are you alright?"

Luo kicked the collapsed Tayle aside, approached Hayeon, and asked in a worried voice.

He took off his outer coat and draped it over her body. His eyes seemed to hold genuine concern for her.

But having already suffered two horrific betrayals, Hayeon couldn't bring herself to fully trust him.

Is this man... also just the same in the end...?

"I... do not engage in such barbaric acts."

Luo spoke softly as he carefully adjusted the torn clothing covering Hayeon's shoulders.

His touch was gentle, and he seemed to make an effort to avoid touching her body unnecessarily.

Hayeon stared blankly at Luo for a moment. His actions and words carried a sense of gravity and reliability that was different from the previous two men.

Is this person... actually different...?

But her guard wouldn't drop so easily. The things she had experienced since falling into this world were far too cruel.

Without a word, Luo tied up the collapsed Chris and Tayle tightly with rope, his movements highly practiced.

There was no hesitation in his hands, as if this were a routine task.

"I will take care of these men. Do not worry about a thing, Miss Hayeon. I will ensure they never trouble you again."

He gathered the usable equipment and some clothes that Chris and Tayle had possessed and handed them to Hayeon.

"Let us head to the city now. This place is no longer safe."

Luo supported Hayeon and carefully helped her up.

His arms were firm, and his body heat was warm. Supported by him, Hayeon took her steps forward, leaving behind the burning campfire and the two men lying like beasts on the ground.

She felt an odd sense of security from his firm arms and serious voice.

Yet, in a corner of her heart, a small but sharp ember of suspicion still remained.

Is this man... also just like the other two in the end...? No, I won't trust anyone anymore. I'll only use them.

Her gaze sank deeper and colder in the darkness. She was no longer a naive victim.