Interrupting Sex Means Death
[Slave No. 1 has reached Level 10. From now on, the situations desired by the slave will be reflected in the Slave Quests. The timing for quest unlocking is undecided.]
The conditions to proceed with the quest were met, but I still didn't know when it would open.
[To properly use the Protection of Water skill, equipment is required. Since you have accumulated enough points, please use the Artifact Shop.]
The system was recommending shopping. It was letting me know the timing when armor was needed.
I opened the Artifact Shop from the status window.
This is a shop where you can purchase artifacts using the Master's and slave's points. The artifacts available for purchase vary depending on the shop grade.
Categories: [Core] [Weapon] [Armor] [House] [Medicine] [Food] [Clothing] [Entertainment]
Previously, it only went up to House, but the Medicine, Food, Clothing, and Entertainment categories had been added. Seeing the lock icons attached, it seemed they weren't unlocked yet.
When I opened the Armor category, a new menu popped up.
▶ Water Shield 2pt
▶ Water Barrier (Unavailable for Purchase)
▶ Water Bunker (Unavailable for Purchase)
▶ Water Field (Unavailable for Purchase)
[As your level and skill grade increase, the unpurchasable armors will unlock in sequence. You must sufficiently increase the proficiency of the purchased armor to properly use the next armor.]
Just like the Weapon category, I could only buy one. When I purchased Water Shield, 2 points were deducted and the status window's artifact list was updated.
Points: 16pt
■ Artifacts:
— Water Attribute Core (F)
— Water Slingshot
— Water Shield
Like the slingshot, the shield also had no grade.
[Armor artifacts are affected by the proficiency of the slave using them rather than their base performance. As the slave becomes more accustomed to using the armor, the defense range and success rate will increase. For reference, the armor can protect not only oneself but also other slaves or the Master.]
The system gave supplementary explanations regarding the shield.
"It's a shield. Is it mine? Or Master-nim's?"
Having snapped out of her post-climax daze, Jiyoung spoke while looking at the status window. Even as she spoke, she grabbed my pillar and slapped it up and down, tak-tak. She was preheating it so we could enter round 2 at any time.
"It's yours, but it says you can also protect other slaves or me."
The corners of her eyes curled prettily. She was rejoicing that her usefulness was increasing.
When I took it out of the inventory, it was a circular shield made of water. Since water could coalesce like a bead, there was no reason it couldn't take the shape of a shield, but when I tapped the surface, it made a metallic clanging sound.
"It's all water, but it's incredibly hard."
Jiyoung touched it all over in wonder. I didn't know how much it could block, but even when pressed with force, the surface didn't budge at all. It meant it was that solid.
"Try moving it back and forth just like moving a Water Ball. Focus your mind."
"Yes, Master-nim."
Rather than lifting it or strapping it to an arm like a real shield, it operated by moving automatically whenever she thought of the position to block in her head.
She couldn't change its position quickly yet, but once she raised her proficiency, she'd be able to reduce the delay just like with the Water Ball.
"Once you get used to it, they say the shield's size gets bigger and its movement speed gets faster too. Let's practice it together with the Water Ball."
Once we have a defensive measure, we can efficiently block attacks pushing in from multiple directions simultaneously. Before heading into actual combat, I should work her hard so she gets as used to it as possible.
[By steadily accumulating EXP, the Master and slave have reached Level 10 simultaneously. As a reward for diligent leveling up, the Awakening Rewinder artifact is granted.]
'Awakening Rewinder?'
[There may be slave candidates who have already awakened. While most awakenings are helpful for survival, there may be awakenings that consume one's life. In such cases, you can reset the awakened state with the Rewinder.]
'There are awakenings that consume life too?'
[While it is normal to grow skills through levels, EXP, and proficiency, there are also skills that require using the awakener's vitality. If a slave candidate has awakened with such a skill, it must be reset before their vitality is depleted and they die.]
I had never heard of this kind of awakening before my regression. Since there was no way the system would lie, if something like this happened to a slave candidate, I had to revert it as quickly as possible.
Of course, it wasn't like the system would just let a slave candidate die without any countermeasures.
*****
The opportunity to deploy the shield in actual combat came faster than expected.
Jiyoung and my morning routine was to eat and enjoy morning sex before heading out to farm.
Today, I woke up earlier than Jiyoung, so I didn't get a blowjob. That's why she was currently sucking hard down below, preheating for round 1.
Chureup... jjok, jjyuwap... haa♡
Jjo-op chyu-up, jju-up jjup chureup
Should I cum in her mouth, or facial? While I was pondering this, a strange sound began to be heard.
Someone was approaching this way from outside the entryway. It wasn't just one or two people. At a low estimate, there were at least ten or more.
They were bastards tightly bundled with bottomless malice, dread, terror, twisted desires, destructive instincts, and unpleasant emotions.
As the distance closed, voices began to be heard.
"What's that?"
"Looks like vinyl plastic?"
"Fuck, think before you answer. What crazy bastard wraps a house in vinyl?"
"Is that a house?"
"You can faintly see it. Looks like a cottage. Go tear it open."
"Yes, Squad Leader-nim."
'Squad Leader?'
They were calling out a rank. As expected, an organized group with a hierarchy was being formed outside. From how they spoke, nine times out of ten, they were a band of looters.
"Jiyoung-ah, hold on a second."
Jiyoung, who had been sucking deliciously, opened her eyes wide and raised her head.
"By any chance, did I suck it weirdly?"
"No, no. It felt fucking amazing, but someone's coming this way. And not just one or two."
In the past, she would have trembled, but Jiyoung was now a battle-hardened veteran who had awakened and hit Level 10. Not only had she smashed more than a few zombie heads, but she had also dealt with knife-wielding looters rampaging around several times.
"Are they bad people?"
"Seems like it."
She picked herself up with a firm expression.
"Let's kill them all."
I smirked and said.
"To think the words 'let's kill them' would come out of your mouth."
"They're people who came to raid Master-nim's and my sweet home. It was feeling really good, so anyone who interrupts my sex with Master-nim deserves to die."
"Alright. Let's go out and kill them all."
"Yes♡ Master-nim."
Just as Jiyoung said, I had no intention of leaving alive the bastards who interrupted our pleasurable time.
*
I grabbed my aluminum bat and went out through the back door. I kept my ears open as I walked, and all sorts of noises were coming from the front gate.
"Fuck, it's tough as hell."
"Move aside. Let me try."
"Squad Leader-nim. This thing doesn't even stretch."
"Don't we have a longer knife?"
I approached until they were in sight. Roughly 20 people. About half of them had an aura blooming from their bodies.
It was the same form of aura as the bastards whose heads I cracked along the national highway. They were bastards who took the drugs I saw back then.
They spotted us first.
"Huh? There are people over there?"
"Looks like they came out of this house. No need to tear the vinyl. Catch them!"
With the shout of the bastard called the Squad Leader, the bastards with blooming auras sprang forward first.
They held a wide variety of weapons, including knives, hatchets, iron pipes, and scythes modified into hooks. There was even a bastard holding a riot shield he had gotten from who-knows-where.
"Jiyoung-ah, balls."
"Yes! Master-nim."
Water surged from Jiyoung's palm and coalesced into the size of a fist. A Water Ball settled into striking range.
I firmly readjusted my grip on the aluminum bat resting on my shoulder.
The bastard who rushed in first raised his knife. Matching the timing, I swung the bat with all my might.
Kkang!
With an absurd sound, the Water Ball flew at a terrifying speed and struck the bastard's face directly.
Peo-eok!
Along with a bursting sound, red blood splattered in all directions. The bastard whose head was crushed beyond recognition fell backward.
"Wh-What?!"
"A b-b-bomb! That bastard has a bomb—!!"
While the flustered bastards hesitated, Jiyoung floated 3 Water Balls in succession. Lightly stepping forward, I swung the bat toward the next Water Ball.
Kkang! Kkang! Kkang!
With peok, peok sounds continuing like a medley, the heads of the three bastards charging from behind were smashed to pieces one after another.
Among them, one fast bastard dug into the flank and thrust his knife. It was at a distance and speed I could easily block, but Jiyoung was faster.
"Master-nim—!!"
Before the knife could touch my body, a transparent circular shield blocked my side.
Ching!
A sharp friction sound rang out as if stabbing an iron shield, and the blade bounced right off.
"A sh-shield?!"
My bat dug relentlessly under the flustered bastard's chin.
Ppagak!
With his jawbone shattered, the bastard's body flew up into the air.
I tapped the ground, tak-tak, with the aluminum bat dripping with blood, preparing for the next turn at bat.
Standing behind me, Jiyoung floated a Water Ball with a haughty expression. Even I had to admit, it was awesome teamplay.
*
Except for the Squad Leader sprawled on the ground, I killed all the bastards with blooming auras. A few bastards who seemed like ordinary people screamed and ran away as soon as the fight started.
"Kkeueuk... What the fuck kind of bast... Aaaargh—!!"
I forced my fingers between the Squad Leader's fingers, interlocking our hands. Then, applying force, I snapped them one by one.
It was a torture method that the Commander bastard favored before my regression.
"8 fingers left. Just tell me where you came from and why. If you answer, I won't kill you."
"You expect me to believe th... Kkwaaaargh!!"
"7 left."
By the time I broke the 5th one, he confessed everything.
Cheongun University, the awakener who produces capsules, an organization that seized an entire college building, and an unidentified entity in the university square—it was all necessary information.
'As expected, there was an awakener.'
Now that I had confirmed the existence of the awakener, it was time to decide how to handle them.