Chapter 183
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 183
Chapter Title: Your Skill's Insane? (2)
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Kang Hana's pregnancy had failed, but having already gone through it with Han Semi, I now saw failure as completely natural.
Rather than settling for a mere taste of pregnancy, I'd put the sperm to work strengthening her womb for the next attempt. I whispered into the ear of Kang Hana, who was clinging to me while pretending not to notice, feeling my dick still twitching inside her.
"It's a promise, right?"
"..Wha..t.."
Her quivering reply came out in a pitiful whine. I could tell she remembered everything clearly, so I hugged her tight to keep her from bolting and kept moving my dick, which was still wriggling deep in her pussy.
"You know. It's a promise? The three of us with Hyeji."
"....If Hyeji says she's crazy about it? I'm not selling myself out. If she comes to you on her own wanting in, then fine. But give it to me first."
"Sigh. Not sure I trust you on this."
"Ugh, seriously? I swear on Mom and Dad."
"Why drag Dad into it? He's not even your real one."
My original plan had been to have the three of them compete over the Fountain of Abundance—who could serve me best to satisfy me the most—with me judging subjectively to divvy it up. But things had turned out this way, leaving me no choice but to hand it over to Kang Hana.
I'd at least gotten a promise from the Hunter Association to consider equipment support positively.
More importantly, pitting my wives against each other like that could accidentally create rifts between them.
It was too much like those clichéd gallery-style divide-and-conquer tactics.
It might be fun, and they all got along great now so it probably wouldn't blow up, but if resentment built up over time, it could deepen into real emotional divides and cause problems.
I couldn't make everyone perfectly happy and buddy-buddy forever, but at least I could avoid stirring up that kind of mess myself.
In the end, I gave Kang Hana the Fountain of Abundance and extracted one more promise.
"But next artifact round goes to Sua and Hyeji first, then you pick after, got it?"
"Fine."
I couldn't help but stare, dumbfounded, as she boldly slipped the ring onto her left ring finger.
"Why put it there?"
"Why not? It's from my husband. Where else would it go?"
"....."
Kang Hana grinned slyly, wiggling her hips as she teasingly thrust her ring finger toward me.
Her pouty, resistant expression when she played hard to get was cute enough, but this delinquent-like mischievous vibe was straight out of my high school PTSD highlight reel—equally hot.
I flicked away my dick, which was stirring back to life, and shoved Kang Hana aside.
"Ack! What the hell. No more?"
"What? You want seconds?"
"Well... pregnancy failed anyway... and you've still got plenty of cum left!! We didn't even do it in the dungeon."
"True, but that's it for today. Got an experiment to run."
Kang Hana pouted and mumbled.
"Don't wanna then. Wasn't like I wanted to anyway... it was just for the pregnancy..."
"Don't mumble to yourself. Go wash up and get ready. We gotta check something."
I smacked her plump, prone ass and got ready to head out.
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I hastily rounded up the Kang Jik guild members.
No requests until next week, so they'd all come rolling out of their homes.
"Where we headed, bro?"
"Hyeji, you look all dolled up."
"...Thought it was a date and got cute... but it's a dungeon?"
"Dungeon date's still a date."
Yi Sua showed up in baggy gray sweats, a puffer jacket, and a hat pulled low. Im Hyeji had gone all out getting ready—maybe I'd called them too suddenly.
"Doesn't matter. C-rank anyway."
We strolled into a nearby C-rank dungeon like it was a walk in the park, wandering around.
Spotted monsters, torched them with Yi Sua's embers, and slowly gathered the corpses.
About a dozen or so?
Everyone's clothes got filthy dragging them into a pile, but hey, hunters—they didn't complain about a little dirt.
Well trained.
Even if I hadn't trained them myself, if these girls had whined about something like this, my macho ass might've reacted poorly.
"What's the plan?"
After piling up nearly 30 monster corpses and taking a breather sitting nearby.
Finally, time to answer.
"Take a look. See what I picked up."
Mana resonated from my balls. The mana from the infused A-rank mana stone seeped out of its shattered frame and activated.
A burst of light.
Gloomy, ominous mana shot out, soaking into the clustered corpses.
"...!"
The invading dark mana burrowed into the corpses, devouring and sucking them dry as it spread downward, carving a massive magic circle into the ground.
It happened in an instant.
Maybe 2-3 seconds tops?
The magic circle, spanning nearly 20 meters and looking eerily familiar, immediately evoked memories of Mars, making everyone flinch.
These girls hadn't died back then, but recalling the chaos reminded them just how monstrously powerful the late Ri Heiyan must've been.
That's what they'd think.
Splash-!
Surpassing mere similarity, crimson-tinged ominous mana surged up from the circle, seeping into us atop it.
And then it appeared.
Blood Offering activates the 'Enhancement' Magic Circle.
For 15 minutes, Stamina and Mana rise 1 rank. (Max SSS)
For 15 minutes, all skills rise 1 rank. (Max SSS)
For 15 minutes, Mana triples.
For 15 minutes, Stamina recovery increases 5x.
"Whoa.."
It was like getting a taste of what those S-rank monsters must've felt on Mars—turning into rabid SS-rank beasts foaming at the mouth and charging like mad dogs.
Chances like this didn't come often in life.
Sharing the emotions of speechless monsters, no less.
Even I could see why Ri Heiyan had gathered 150 people and slaughtered them wholesale—from her perspective, the payoff made perfect sense.
My wives seemed to feel the same.
"Bro... this is..."
"....Triple SSS... Mr. Kang Jik. I'm a triple SSS-rank hunter now."
"What the hell is this.."
All three were speechless, hands over mouths as they stared at their applied buffs.
No buff like this could exist in the world.
Even temporary, 15 minutes wasn't short by any means—and hitting the SSS cap was something you only got during Resurrection, which lasted a measly 5 minutes.
This Blood Offering circle gave a full 15.
"Just need enough blood?"
I'd come to test it knowing this, but the shock made it hard to think ahead.
If it were infinite uses, I'd be basking in this high right now.
But no.
The Blood Offering Magic Circle had limits.
The mana in the mana stone containing this skill.
In other words, you could use the 'Skill Awakening' skill mixed in that mana until it ran dry.
Sure, the A-rank mana stone's mana had ballooned inside me thanks to efficient management and various effects, but that one use had burned through a full fifth.
Meant about 5 uses per A-rank stone.
Without good mana control, it'd vanish after 1-2 tries—this skill guzzled mana like crazy.
"Bro, is this that thing? From Mars, the one that hunter used..."
"Yeah. Somehow ended up in my hands. Crazy, right."
"How can Mr. Kang Jik use it?"
"Dunno. Chinese guys seal skills into mana stones to carry 'em. Absorbed it, and now I can. Until the stone's mana runs out, anyway."
"Whoa...."
My genius little brain kicked into overdrive the moment I saw it, spinning up another hypothesis.
"But hey, what if... I gave this mana to you guys instead?"
"...!"
"...?"
"You mean... we could use it?"
The mana holding the Blood Offering Magic Circle skill was straightforward.
Just regular A-rank mana stone mana, infused with that one skill—like banana milk flavored with banana.
You could taste the banana flavor until you drained the carton. Same deal: use the skill until that infused A-rank mana was gone.
Which naturally led to wondering—couldn't I mix that mana into semen and impregnate a woman with it?
Theoretically, no reason it wouldn't work.
But the problem was pregnancy complications.
"Feels sketchy, so not keen on testing it on you right away."
Stored in my balls, my SSS-rank reproduction ability kept any impure skills locked down—no leaking, no corrupting my body, no chaos inside.
But if it went into a woman's body and caused other changes?
What if it didn't quietly absorb into her mana pouch but got sucked into her womb, screwing with her skills?
Strictly speaking, the system called mana stones impure mana too.
Ruining perfectly raised SSS-rank abilities and skills would be a nightmare in its own right.
So I shelved the hypothesis as just that—a hypothesis.
"Weird for you to use anyway."
Could spark dumb awakening controversies too.
"Later, snag some woman to impregnate for experiments."
"..."
"..."
"Mr. Kang Jik. That wording's a bit much."
"..."
Either way, I couldn't hold back my itchy mouth until after the test.
I looked to the sky and mused.
To Ri Heiyan, the faceless pleb from Mars, SSS-grade beggar.
"Your skill's insane. I'll sweep up every last one from B-rank stones and your buddies' stash and put 'em to good use!!!"