The Hunter, the Goblins, and… (4)
The Hunter, the Goblins, and… (4)
#
"Shh. Quiet. One more is coming."
Once more, I cast Silence and Haste, then drove my blade into its throat before it could scream.
-Kk-euk!
The first one hadn't been the only one that looked like that. The second was the same.
[Dungeon #1052]
[Type: Goblin (Humanoid) / ???]
[Monster Status: ▼]
[Normal: 10]
[Rare: 00]
[Boss: 00]
[Irregular Entity: 39]
When I opened the information window, the Irregular Entity count had fallen by exactly the number I'd killed. That meant some of the remaining irregular entities were half-goblins like these, while the rest were...
Reni trembled as she gripped my hand tightly. When I felt something and looked back, Yuri was clutching the hem of my clothes and shaking too, apparently frightened.
...But this was a problem. Now wasn't the time to be comforting each other.
If the two of them got caught...
...No.
"You two, go back."
"Huh?" "What?"
"I told you earlier—this isn't a joke. You could end up in danger."
"N-no. It's that dangerous... I can't send Yoo-jin off alone."
"Yeah. I'm scared too, but I'm the one who brought you here, so it's my responsibility."
Reni was still trembling, but her expression was firmer than I'd ever seen it.
Hmm... what should I do? While I agonized over it, Reni squeezed my hand tighter, as though she would never let go no matter what happened.
"...Fine. But you can't stay glued to me like this. Walk a little apart."
"Okay..."
"Alright..."
"And if I tell you to run, run without looking back. I can handle myself. Understood?"
If things went south, I could just set fire to everything with Holy Fire and run. The Holy Fire couldn't hurt me. But if I used it recklessly, those two would get burned. In that case, I was better off alone.
"N-no!"
"?"
Reni's voice was quiet but firm. When I looked at her, her eyes seemed ready to overflow. Why was this priest suddenly getting so emotionally invested again?
"You can't do that! Even if I die, I'm staying with Yoo-jin!"
"Y-yeah! Me too!"
I had no choice but to call it out.
"You too?"
"Ah, no. That's just, you know, a figure of speech..."
Yuri floundered. She was the type to get swept up in the moment and act first. With that face and figure, she was still a scatterbrained klutz... What an entertaining woman.
I couldn't help snorting with laughter.
"Nothing's going to happen. Let's go."
#
Nothing unusual happened. The goblins only looked strange; they weren't particularly strong. Their intelligence seemed low too.
I mean, the way they were skulking around, they were clearly a patrol, but they were just wandering around getting picked off one by one.
If you were a patrol, you go in pairs, right? One gets attacked, the other runs. That was how you raise the alarm. These guys had zero fundamentals.
Then again, how did they even know the concept of a patrol? I couldn't make sense of them.
Some carried primitive clubs made from wood and stone. They had probably broken branches outside the dungeon and fashioned the weapons themselves.
"This is kind of different from what I imagined..."
"Yeah..."
With everything going so smoothly, Reni and Yuri seemed to relax too. After all that buildup, even my tension began to fade.
"I thought since they were weird goblins, they'd be super strong or something... but they're nothing special..."
"...!"
Nothing special? Yuri's words made my skin crawl.
So many contradictions. They could start fires and make tools, but they were this stupid?
No way. There was definitely some other special entity. Something acting as a boss or a leader.
Was this a trap?!
"Wait a moment."
I stopped the group and thought it through. The map showed no hidden rooms, so nothing should be able to break through a side wall and attack us. We only had to watch the path ahead.
The next concern was combat strength. I couldn't protect everyone at once.
"Yuri. You take the next goblin."
"Huh? Can I?"
"Yeah. When I give the signal, shoot. But you have to kill it in one hit."
"I'll try."
Before long, another one appeared. I whispered to Yuri.
"I'll apply Silence first. Shoot then. Aim for the throat."
"Got it."
Yuri drew the bowstring in one smooth, flowing motion. Her expression was the same calm one she'd shown before.
"Alright... now!"
-Kyaeng!
The arrow lodged in the thing's neck. But it didn't go down—it just clawed frantically at its throat. The spine hadn't been severed.
-Kk-euk!
It tried to scream, so I rushed in and cut its throat. Looks like I was right.
"How was that?"
Yuri looked pleased with herself. She leaned forward and gazed up at me as though waiting to be praised, but...
"Good job. But..."
"But?"
"Your skill isn't the problem. It could still move after an arrow hit its neck. These things really are tough."
I had only been killing them in one blow because my stats were high. If these creatures escaped outside, ordinary people would certainly be killed or seriously injured. It would be dangerous if one got close to either of the women.
"Yeah..."
Yuri deflated a little, and Reni did too. I hadn't expected that from Reni.
"Let's move a little further for now."
….
-Thwack! Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!
"Wait. You hear that?"
"Yes."
"It's coming from over here."
A large chamber always lay at the end of a dungeon's main passage, but the sound wasn't coming from there. It came from a small room before the chamber.
Yuri pointed toward that room.
-Thwack! Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!
It sounded like something being struck.
...No. It was not the sound of a blow. It was unmistakably flesh slapping against flesh. Which meant...
Those goddamn goblins. Something that should only have happened in novels seemed to be happening in reality. They had kidnapped women and... Even tearing them limb from limb wouldn't be enough.
I turned around with a grim expression.
"Reni. Yuri. Both of you stay here. I'll go see."
"No. I-I also have a duty to check as a priest."
Reni was trembling, but she didn't back down.
"Y-yeah. I'm responsible for bringing you here too. I can't leave you to handle this alone."
Yuri was the same. A scatterbrain inside, but she still had a sense of responsibility. I liked that.
"...Fine. But whatever happens, don't scream."
The three of us moved forward, bodies trembling slightly.
-Kk-oreuk! Kk-oreuk! Kk-oreureureuk! Kk-ureureureue-e-ek!
The goblins' filthy moans echoed through the room. Could these disgusting creatures feel pleasure too?
"...It's right ahead."
Beyond the corner, the sight that came into view was—
an old man violating a group of bound goblins.
"What the—"
'Fuck!'
#
An extremely shocking sight! I felt like I'd fallen into a nightmare that denied every value I'd ever held in my life!
"Hrk."
A curse almost burst out reflexively, but I barely swallowed it down. I couldn't afford to be caught here.
Still, what kind of crazy son of a bitch was this!
H-how could a human do it with a goblin?
"Kk-euk... kk-eureuk..."
I bit my lip, swallowed my groan, and assessed the situation again.
Yeah. I wasn't seeing things.
The goblins were tied up in a row with their legs spread. From between those spread legs, a white fluid was dripping...
'Fuck!'
It was a sight beyond revolting.
The man violating the goblins was tall and leanly muscular, with long white hair and a long white beard streaming behind him.
And then...
'No, fuck?!'
My lower body swelled of its own accord.
My alter ego had risen. This couldn't be happening.
What? I couldn't process the abrupt change.
Why was my cock standing up? Don't tell me it was because of that sight. Really?
No. This couldn't be.
To think I was some lunatic who got aroused by goblins. This couldn't be happening!
'Die! Just fucking die, you goddamn Johnson bastard!'
This dick of a bastard! No, since it was literally a dick, that wasn't quite right. Then what was this thing? It was my dick, but it wasn't my dick. Dick-stalt collapse. I couldn't make sense of anything. Why the hell was this happening to me? Was I really some lunatic who got aroused by goblins?
Wait. What about the others?
I forced my head to turn and looked at Reni and Yuri. Reni's face was the dark red of a tomato that had stared into the abyss, and Yuri looked nauseous. No, not just nauseous—she was dry-heaving...
No!
'Hold it in! If you throw up here, we'll get caught!'
'Urgh...'
'Turn your head away and breathe deep. Don't look this way!'
'Ugh... o-okay.'
After warning Yuri, I looked at the revolting scene again. Whitebeard was still completely absorbed in thrusting his hips.
'How in the world could something like this...'
As I reeled from the shock, Whitebeard suddenly turned his head as though he had noticed something.
Had he detected us? I quickly whispered to Reni and Yuri.
'We have to get out of here. It wasn't a person who was captured, so it's fine.'
The goblins were the ones tied up, not Whitebeard. I hated even imagining it, but he was probably responsible for creating the half-goblins.
'Let's go back. This is beyond anything we can handle.'
'Y-yeah.'
'Uu-urgh... let's get out of here fast.'
We kept completely quiet and hurried out of the dungeon.
#
"I never dreamed I'd see something like that..."
"I know... they say everyone has different tastes, but still, a goblin..."
While Reni and Yuri talked, I sank into thought. Something was on the verge of coming back to me, almost surfacing in my mind.
I was definitely forgetting something.
"So, what do we do now?"
"Should we... capture that person?"
The two of them turned to look at me, and their eyes suddenly went wide. Then shock and horror surfaced on their faces. All the color drained from Reni's face, and Yuri started backing away.
Why were they acting like that?
Yuri, trembling, pointed a finger at my lower half.
And at the end of it, my member was swollen to its limit...
Ah.
"H-hey, y-you... that... your pants... that..."
"Y-Yoo-jin? D-d-don't tell me..."
[A Sex Warrior Respects All Tastes (E)]
Oh, Goddess whom I revere.
[Description: A Sex Warrior will come to respect a wide variety of tastes.]
You goddamn bitch.
Sparks flew from my fingertips.