Chapter 61
Chapter 61
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Translator: True Detective
Chapter: 0
Chapter Title: The True Boss Appears
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"Hold on to anything you can, everyone!"
Ku-gu-gu-gu-gu.
The pirate ship we were riding looked like a mere ant.
A colossal something that had been staring up at us from the ocean depths gradually churned up massive waves, beginning to reveal its form above the surface.
"This shaking...! No way, is it that thing?!"
"Captain! At this rate, the ship's gonna flip!"
"Damn it, I know! I'll take the helm myself!"
Captain Roger grabbed the ship's wheel as the pirate vessel started losing balance more and more.
She then handled the 18th-century-style pirate ship like it was some modern warship, skillfully surfing the waves and narrowly avoiding sinking.
"Captain Roger, you're amazing!"
I gave her a thumbs-up, having literally come back from the brink of death.
But Captain Roger shook her head at me, as if to say it was too soon to relax.
Seeing the ghost crew frozen in fear around us, I turned back with growing anxiety myself.
"...Fuck."
It was a sight that left nothing but curses on my lips.
A serpentine beast towering straight up to the heavens stared down at us—a monster that made even the kraken from fairy tales seem cute.
"Jörmungandr...!"
"Is that the name of this floor's boss?"
"Yeah. For the record, I named it myself. Look at it—you can tell it's worthy of the name, right?"
Fair enough. Its sheer size was already overwhelming.
This thing made the 63 Building look tiny by comparison.
Its length was roughly... 1,000 meters? 2,000 meters?
Anyway, could the concept of "defeating" even apply to something like that?
Right at that moment.
You're the First Man to Spray Semen on Me!
📍 Description: Jörmungandr has been devouring semen discarded into the sea through the toilet for three straight days already. Repel the beast now in heat!
⏰ Success: 200 points, Deep Layer Escape
🎁 Failure: Get Raped
Levi assigned me this quest.
...Wait, hold up a second.
Jörmungandr was eating semen dumped into the sea through the toilet?
"Uh, Captain Roger?"
"What's up, lad?"
"About the toilet we use on this ship... does it connect straight to the ocean?"
"Yep! These days, ships talk about storing waste separately or incinerating it onboard, but as you can see, my 'Mary Sexon' was built back in my era!"
"......"
"Damn it, anyway—that Jörmungandr bastard. It never woke up unless someone went into the sea. Why the hell did it suddenly open its eyes?!"
The reason Captain Roger had stopped me—knocking me out when I tried to jump into the sea, thinking this was the 12th floor.
It was apparently to avoid waking the floor boss that reached all the way to the sky.
And even Captain Roger, who feared it deep down, had awakened because of me...
It was all thanks to my insatiable libido, jerking off 3 to 5 times a day in the toilet.
"Captain Roger, I'm sorry..."
"Hm?"
"I think that thing showed up because of me..."
"What?!"
We might die any second, but I just confessed my mistake straight up.
Expecting her to drown me in the sea for being so reckless...
Yeah, right.
"No, this is the captain's responsibility for not properly managing her crew."
"C-Captain Roger...!"
"This is my first time carrying a male crew member, after all. Lately, every time I went into the toilet, there was this oddly enticing scent, so I was masturbating like crazy. Never dreamed that was the reason."
Captain Roger readily forgave me.
No, more than that...
"Lad. Or was it Yongchan?"
"Ah, yes. Captain."
"Next time you want to drain your balls, don't use the toilet—come to my cabin."
"...Pardon?"
"Just shove it in my mouth instead. Then it won't get found out by beasts like that."
"Ah..."
She even suggested a solution(?) to prevent this from happening again.
Flick. Flick.
"For the record, in pirate circles, I was the champion who always won the Semen Beer Chugging Contest by downing 8+ shots in one go."
"I-I see..."
"So no matter how much you cum, lad, I can savor it all."
Captain Roger made a circle with her fingers and kept flicking it in front of her mouth like she was sucking a dick.
...I felt like I should object to something, but it actually seemed like a solid fix, so I just nodded along.
Besides, "next time" was hypothetical anyway.
"Grrr..."
"Hm?"
"Huh?"
"Kraaaaaah!!"
Meanwhile.
Just as we wrapped up our debate on semen disposal.
The serpentine floor boss—aka Jörmungandr—lowered its pointed head from the clouds right down to the sea in front of our pirate ship and let out a roar.
Its entire body covered in blue scales, with slit pupils, it stared intently from the ship...
Right at me, the one who'd brought this premium event—semen—to the boring deep-layer server devoid of anything but ocean. Its tongue flicked out repeatedly.
"Just to be sure... this ship doesn't have a reverse gear, does it?"
"Nope... It's a sail-powered vessel from the start..."
"So we're fucked?"
"...Pretty much."
If it just opened its maw and charged, we'd end up as monster chow.
But it wouldn't do that, at least not right away.
Because the quest failure penalty wasn't "death"—it was "get raped."
I didn't know how it'd fuck me with that body, but one thing was clear: it couldn't kill me.
This "female snake" had tasted my "semen flavor"!
So, just like the Alligator Warrior or humanoid slime from before, it'd surely try to capture me alive.
And sure enough.
Slurp.
"?!"
If it'd charged with its head, the whole ship would've been smashed and we'd die instantly.
Instead, to grab just me, it whipped its long serpentine tongue toward us in a flash.
But.
Slash.
"Grk?!"
"Captain Roger!"
"You dare touch my crew?!"
Captain Roger casually deflected the supersonic tongue flick with the sword at her waist.
Its unexpected speed had me about to activate my neural enhancement module, but as expected of a great pirate.
Thanks to her, I could breathe easy for a moment.
"You little monster punk, acting all cocky just 'cause you tasted some cum."
"Grr..."
"Hands off the semen beer from my ship. This guy's mine!"
"Kshaaaaah!!"
Captain Roger.
Your lines aside, everything else is badass.
She aimed her blade at the serpent's head, bigger than her own ship.
Meanwhile, realizing it couldn't easily snag me, it seemed ready to get serious now.
Crack.
"Open your..."
"Mouth?"
It obviously wasn't about to swallow us whole.
Jörmungandr retracted its wounded tongue, then gaped its maw as wide as possible.
Wondering what the hell, we all watched.
"Ssss..."
"Huh?!"
"What...!"
From deep in its throat emerged a slightly smaller version of Jörmungandr than what we'd seen so far?
That mini-Jörmungandr started gaping its maw again, just like before.
"Ssss..."
Like it was adjusting its size.
Emerging from its mouth like a shedding snake, around the sixth time...
Now shrunken enough to coil around our pirate ship several times, Jörmungandr apparently decided that was good.
Ssssh!
"It's coming!"
To rape me, it lunged straight forward.
"Tch, encounter!"
Bang bang bang bang bang!
Snakes are cold-blooded and weak to heat, or so I'd heard.
So I loaded Fire Shot accordingly and pulled the trigger right at its approaching head...
Whoosh. Whoosh. Whish.
What the hell was that movement?
"No way, is it dodging the muzzle flash?"
"Damn it, Yongchan, duck!"
With absurd reflexes, Jörmungandr shook off all my bullets like cookie crumbs.
Then, heart shapes gleamed in its slit vertical pupils.
Clang!
Captain Roger swung her sword, barely saving me from being swallowed.
But even that...
...Crunch.
"It... won't budge?"
What kind of durability is this?
Cracks started forming on Captain Roger's blade instead, caught between its pointed fangs.
Clang!
"!!"
"Fuck!"
Staring at the blade shards floating in the air, were we about to tour the serpent's guts next?
"Stop."
...Just when I thought we were goners.
Halt.
"Jörmungandr stopped...?"
The beast froze right in front of me.
Seeing this, Captain Roger—who'd lost her sword—clenched her fist but ended up just looking dumbfounded, unable to grasp the situation.
And I, watching Jörmungandr obey my "command"...
Realized the identity of that familiar, reliable power.
"No way?"
I turned toward the familiar presence I'd sensed.
"I even called your name... why'd you ignore me and just leave?"
"Ah...!"
Back when I first entered the dungeon.
The presence mixed in with the bounty hunters—I hadn't noticed it then, too focused on the strong ones.
But down here in the deep layer, where the only people were on this pirate ship, there was no missing it.
She must've followed me through the lakeside portal. Even after drifting solo in the deeps for three whole days, Princess Lee Gok was smiling at reuniting with me.
"Glad to see you're looking healthy, Yongchan."
"Lee Gok!"
I'd unexpectedly reunited with an ally in this deep layer.