The Grey Troll Chieftain
Because of the aftereffects from being fucked so violently, Ruze would rest inside the subspace for the time being. The party decided to proceed through the gate with the original members.
“Kwoooar!” “Greeeek!”
Grey Troll / ♂
Grey Troll / ♂
Grey Troll / ♂
Grey Troll / ♀
Alpha Male has activated against a female monster.
Stats have been enhanced.
This effect will persist as long as the target remains alive during battle.
The enemy has been temporarily stiffened and intimidated.
Thanks to the Alpha Male skill, they made short work of the trolls. The familiars could also take down Grey Trolls of the same rank without much trouble, so the clearing speed was incredibly fast.
“Water Blade.”
The sound of flesh parting cleanly rang out as Serina effortlessly severed a troll’s neck with her magic.
“Kyaaang! Owner’s Flank Kick!”
“Whoa, it’s that same bastard who did it to Ruze and Serina!”
CRACK!
Kar delivered a powerful kick that folded the troll’s sturdy body nearly in half.
“U-um…? Do I have to shout the technique name too?! B-Bind and Throw!”
BOOM!
Briana’s whip coiled around a troll far larger than herself and hurled it through the air. Despite her petite frame, the female warrior possessed terrifying strength.
“This is way too easy.”
If Ruze joined them and layered on her buff magic, the party would be complete.
This really is a C-rank raid team now.
One B-rank hunter whose stats rose to C-rank levels, a D-rank boss-tier magic knight, a mid-boss-tier buffer, and two D-rank support fighters. It was an impressively well-balanced six-man party.
Huh? Yeah… we really do have six people now.
Including Park Jihun and Shin Jiyeon, the total headcount of familiars and humans had reached six—the minimum required for a proper raid party. Of course, they still couldn’t reveal the girls publicly due to rank issues and information control, but knowing he could now form a legitimate six-man team without resorting to loopholes brought Jihun a small sense of comfort.
“Sunbae. It’s the boss room.”
While lost in thought, they had reached the end of the gate. Every troll had been slain and even the mid-boss Ruze had been subdued. Only the final boss remained.
“We’ve gotten so much stronger. That was ridiculously fast.”
Just as he said, the time they had spent ravaging Ruze was probably longer than the actual clearing time. At this rate, he could safely say he had graduated from D-rank gates.
“Has Ruze recovered yet?”
Right before entering the boss room, he remembered the troll he had left inside the subspace and opened it to call her out.
“Yes, I am perfectly fine, Master!”
As expected of a troll’s regeneration. A short rest inside the subspace had been enough; she walked out looking completely normal.
“Haa… haa… You were so intense with me. It took longer to recover than I expected.”
Yet her arousal clearly had not faded. She twisted her body restlessly, drool dripping from her lips.
“Never mind that. You can use buffs, right?”
“Haaah…! Your cold tone… it’s so thrilling…”
Realizing he had acquired yet another pervert, Park Jihun broke into a cold sweat.
Well… as long as she’s pretty, it’s all good.
With his unshakable preference for otherworldly women, Jihun didn’t particularly care how twisted their personalities were. Pretty face and good sex were all that mattered.
Wait, that’s not important right now.
He shook the thought away and asked bluntly, “Buffs and debuffs. Can you use them or not?”
For some reason, speaking to Ruze always made his words come out colder and more domineering. Maybe she enjoyed it.
“Y-yes… I can… My mana has fully recovered…”
She looked delighted. Love juices visibly trickled down from beneath her leather clothes.
This was exactly why he had to stay coercive. Satisfying his familiars’ needs was part of a Master’s duty, after all.
“Tsk. Leaking everywhere like that. I’ll have to put a diaper on you once we’re outside.”
“Heeng~ A d-diaper…?”
Ruze’s eyes glazed over so completely it looked like her pupils might actually turn into hearts.
“S-should I put it on for you? No, I’ll change Master’s diapers for the rest of my life! C-can I lick your pussy while changing it? Haa… haa…”
Come to think of it, they already had one world-class pervert in the group.
“Y-you… earlier…”
Ruze recognized Shin Jiyeon the moment she saw her face. This was the woman who had watched from behind while she crawled pathetically with her ass wiggling, fanning the flames of her shame by commenting on her dripping pussy and lewd behavior.
“Can I call you Big Sis?”
Apparently quite taken with Shin Jiyeon, Ruze pressed her body against her with a completely melted expression.
“Kuhook?! I-I like this so muuuch~!”
It was her first time dealing with such an aggressively affectionate familiar. Shin Jiyeon became so excited that she actually burst a nosebleed.
“Impressive. Making a B-rank hunter bleed like that. You really are something.”
“Kyahaat! The human female is bleeding! Bleeding!”
“…Can we please enter the boss room now, Master?”
“You two! Shin Jiyeon and the new girl! Stop doing weird shit already!”
The situation was finally brought under control when Briana and Serina—the only two relatively sane members present—stepped in.
“Krta! Katur!”
“Fuck!”
The moment they stepped into the boss room, the boss’s roar was answered by Park Jihun’s curse.
Since the mid-boss had been the lovely Ruze, he had half-expected the final boss to be a beautiful female chieftain as well. Maybe he would finally get to enjoy a proper gate harem sandwich with grey trolls on both sides.
Park Jihun had been brimming with anticipation.
But reality was utterly merciless.
The Grey Troll Chieftain Tulak had not evolved into a humanoid form at all. He was far larger than the others, with an even more grotesque appearance. It was as if he had poured every ounce of power that should have gone into evolving into increasing his size and raw stats instead.
Alpha Male has activated against a male monster.
Stats have been enhanced.
Due to the target being male-type, the stat increase is only half as effective.
Strength: 61 → 97
Agility: 63 → 100
Stamina: 61 → 97
Mana: 53 → 84
This effect will persist as long as the target remains alive during battle.
And of course, it was a male.
“Ruze?! Tutar bati!”
“He’s furious, asking why Ruze is with us.”
Once again, Briana the translator diligently interpreted the unintelligible growls. The general message was clear: Why are you over there? Did you submit to humans? Traitor bitch. Are you abandoning your tribe? Most of it was rage at Ruze’s betrayal.
“Hmph. Pathetic piece of shit. Females naturally follow superior males. Worthless male scum.”
Woooong—
Jihun spoke while wrapping his sword in aura. Facing a male meant less mana than when fighting females, so it felt slightly heavier, but thanks to all his training and real combat experience, he maintained the smooth flow without difficulty.
Since the bastard was an ugly troll and a male on top of that, there was no reason to keep him alive any longer than necessary.
“Ruze. Buff me. And don’t forget the debuff on that fucker.”
“Yesss, Maaaster…”
At his command, Ruze happily cast her support magic.
“Shaman’s Blessing. Haste.”
Shaman’s Blessing has been applied.
All stats increased by 10%.
Haste has been applied.
Speed increased by 10%.
It was the complete opposite of the slow and curse he had suffered before. His abilities rose, and his body moved faster. Conversely, the enemy Tulak would now be suffering the exact debuffs Jihun had endured earlier.
“Kieeeeek! Tarta! Tubika!”
The troll kept roaring about traitors and how he would kill them all.
“Briana. That bastard’s too loud.”
“Yes, Master.”
Briana swung her whip. It wrapped around the rampaging monster’s mouth with a sharp crack.
“Khup?!”
The shaman’s blessing and haste had not been cast on Jihun alone. The true power of a buffer lay in raising the entire party’s strength at once.
“Haat!”
Briana yanked the whip coiled around the chieftain’s head. Though his massive size and superior strength kept him from falling, the debuff had lowered his stats enough to make him stagger forward, losing balance.
Kar didn’t miss the opening.
“Kyaaang! Fall over, you ugly pig!”
THUD!
She dashed in and swept the staggering leg out from under him. The giant lost all strength and collapsed.
“Kueeeek?!”
BOOM!
The nearly three-meter-tall grey behemoth crashed to the ground.
“Water Bind.”
SPLASH!
Serina’s magic instantly shackled the fallen chieftain’s arms and legs.
“Kuaaaaak!”
Suddenly knocked down and bound so he couldn’t move, the boss began thrashing wildly. But the combination of slow and curse kept the water bindings from breaking.
“Bosses usually have high regeneration, right? I’ll finish you in one cut.”
Jihun leaped onto the creature’s back and slashed straight across its exposed neck. Even with aura, the hide and muscle were far tougher than a normal troll’s. The wound wasn’t fatal. Just as he expected, the neck began regenerating almost instantly.
“Haaat!”
SLASH! CRUNCH!
But the chieftain was completely defenseless—face-down, bound, and unable to resist. It could only endure several more strikes from Jihun’s blade.
Eventually…
Thud…
The monster’s severed head rolled across the floor.
You have cleared the D-rank Gate ‘Grey Troll’s Forest.’
Cleared by subduing the mid-boss instead of killing it.
Achievement unlocked. All stats permanently increased by 1.
The gate was cleared with surprising ease.