Chapter 21
Chapter 21
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 21
Chapter Title: Mistake (2)
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I deliberately shattered the lantern.
On the surface, it looks like I'd dropped it after getting bitten by a Poison Rat.
A rat bite doesn't hurt at all.
Poison? To me, who's reached E-Rank Hunter level, it was nothing.
"M-My arm's numb. Please 'Cure' me."
Truth be told, it was bullshit.
It hurt less than before, sure, but the numbness was slowly creeping in.
I snapped to my senses and immediately approached Lee Eun-seo to beg her for help.
Lee Eun-seo cast 'Cure' on herself first, then detoxified me next.
"...Cure!"
"Ah!"
The poisoning lifts.
As the poison slowly faded, my senses returned to normal.
The texture of the breast I'd groped earlier.
And Choi Da-eun's lascivious moans.
My hands and ears remembered it crystal clear.
'The aphrodisiac was definitely kicking in.'
I'd only given it a light squeeze, but Choi Da-eun had moaned like I'd rammed my dick into her.
Vivid enough to give me a raging hard-on.
Right after, I took a kick to the gut and rolled hard across the sewer floor, but I'm good.
Because I'd gotten that reward upfront.
More thrilling than groping her in the Taming Room.
Why's that?
Same tits, but why does touching them in real space feel so much better?
'...Because there are other people around?'
It's not just me and Choi Da-eun alone.
We're with the Training Team 4 crew.
The terror of possibly getting caught by them—that thrill amps up the pleasure even more.
Choi Da-eun, freshly molested by me, shoots a glance at Training Team 4.
Worried they'd spotted something weird like the aphrodisiac, she anxiously gauges their reactions.
She looks utterly terrified, which gets me rock hard.
I harass Choi Da-eun through the Taming App.
Beyond the taming process, I'll infiltrate her real life.
Just imagining it has my heart pounding.
"Fuck, I told you I'd kill you if you fucked up... Couldn't hold it together for one goddamn second?"
"......"
As the situation calmed a bit, Choi Da-eun glared daggers at me.
She cracked her neck side to side, making ominous sounds.
Crunch crunch.
What the hell did I do wrong?
I couldn't make sense of Choi Da-eun's reaction.
I hadn't expected the Poison Rat to lunge out of nowhere.
It chomped my arm, and I inevitably dropped the lantern.
Is falling back to guard the rear in the pitch dark a crime?
Choi Da-eun clenched her fist and swung at me.
Arm extended straight—a textbook straight punch.
Smack!
"Ugh!"
"Grit your molars, dumbass, or you'll knock your teeth out."
"T-Telling me after you hit...!"
"Shut the fuck up. You almost got the whole team killed! Still got tongue to flap?"
"Hup!"
Choi Da-eun kicked me next.
Calf kick? Low kick? Whatever—packed with enough force to snap my shin.
Couldn't run even if I tried.
Swollen legs forced me to raise guard right there on the spot.
Thud, thunk!
"Hng!"
Choi Da-eun's fist drilled into my gut.
Punch slipping through my guard—enough to rattle my soul.
Her speed was insane.
This is true C-Rank Hunter power?
Useless bitch can't do shit in the Taming Room...
But right now, she's dancing like a butterfly and stinging like a bee.
'B-Bearable!'
My stamina stat had shot way up.
Not the old Park Sun-woo, whimpering F-Rank scrub.
A man who could hit E-Rank anytime with just the promotion exam.
The growing Park Sun-woo.
Thud, thud, thunk!
"Euk, hng!"
"Fuck... me... this goddamn dog!"
Uppercut, right hook, left jab, knee strike, high kick, roundhouse.
Back kick?
Smack!
"Keurk!"
The instant her heel sank into my solar plexus, I couldn't breathe.
Am I gonna croak like this?
Need to fuck Choi Da-eun more before dying—thoughts like that flooded my head.
My body floated up, slamming into the wall.
Somehow lifted my head to look ahead, and there was Choi Da-eun dusting off her palms like she'd vented perfectly.
'I'll rape her. Just wait till we get home...!'
After wrapping this hunt and heading home, I'd rape her nonstop from then on.
"What're you staring at, you pussy bitch? Eyes down."
Choi Da-eun caught my glare.
She strode forward in one step and reared her leg back.
"Fucking..."
And unleashed a full-force kick.
At what?
"Don't you dare glare!"
My groin.
Thunk!
"Aaaaaaaaagh!"
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"S-Seems like she's taking it out on him."
"Shh, don't open your mouth and give her an excuse."
Even among Training Team 4, whispers started.
Watching Choi Da-eun act rougher than usual, opinions split on whether it was just venting.
But no one voiced it aloud.
Choi Da-eun held queen bee status in Training Team 4.
Not like it was them getting beat anyway.
No urge to step up, no sense they should.
"Ugh, sob."
Did his balls burst or something?
Park Sun-woo clutched his groin, tears and snot streaming down his face.
His wails sounded like a beast's howl.
Choi Da-eun grinned wide, looking refreshed somehow.
They prepped to move out.
Pulled a new lantern to replace the busted one and lit it.
Forced Park Sun-woo to his feet and shoved the new lantern into his hands.
Park Sun-woo sniffled as he took it.
Seemed more intact than expected.
'What the? Didn't burst?'
To Lee Jin-seong, Choi Da-eun had kicked with full sincerity.
Dead set on pulverizing that bastard's nuts.
Yet he looked fine.
A situation Lee Jin-seong couldn't wrap his head around.
'Guess she didn't really mean to kill him.'
Sure, she talks about killing, but probably never serious.
Otherwise, she wouldn't dial back her strength even in a moment like this.
Lee Jin-seong built up more of that inner rapport with Choi Da-eun today too.
Dead set on seeing his rabid-dog team leader in a positive light somehow.
'...What? Why's he fine?'
Separate from Lee Jin-seong's conviction, Choi Da-eun was flustered too.
She'd clearly kicked with every ounce of power.
So why wasn't Park Sun-woo's dick smashed to bits?
Should be a bloody mess needing 'Heal'—why not?
Choi Da-eun had trampled Park Sun-woo while thinking of the masked man.
Every time her nipples perked up from the aphrodisiac, it pissed her off.
Plus, Park Sun-woo had groped her tits.
She was dead serious.
Serious enough to think she'd lost control in the heat of the moment and fucked up big.
"Let's move out for now."
No time to dick around in the sewers.
She could think while walking, so Choi Da-eun led Training Team 4 forward.
Park Sun-woo trudged ahead, shoulders slumped.
Training Team 4 slowly pushed deeper into the sewer dungeon.
Squeak!
A swarm of Poison Rats revealed themselves.
More than before—they mobbed up and attacked the hunters.
"Kyaaak!"
Lee Eun-seo let out a scream.
The Poison Rats leaped straight at her.
Even with tank Park Sun-woo supposed to block, they were all slipping through.
She was struggling as best she could, but...
"Agh."
Choi Da-eun clutched her throbbing, aching head and grimaced.
Swept her bangs back, forcing down the bubbling rage.
Veins bulged stark on her pale forehead.
No major fuckups so far.
Even Choi Da-eun wouldn't bitch about raw incompetence.
A level 10 hunter missing a level 1 monster? Absurd.
But missing a level 100? Inevitable.
The Poison Rats' numbers were overwhelming.
Too many for one F-Rank tank to hold.
Total party wipe?
Not quite.
To Choi Da-eun, this was a hurdle Training Team 4 could clear at their level.
So she held back, just observing.
'...I'm not seeing things.'
Still a retard.
Park Sun-woo is still a maggot.
But he'd definitely grown.
Park Sun-woo's stats were way higher than last hunt.
Proof: he was holding his own amid the rat swarm.
"Aak, Park Sun-woo! Block something! Pull some aggro!"
"What can I do if I can't! I'm trying my best here!"
Lee Eun-seo shrieked piercingly.
Beside her, Lee Jin-seong blocked Poison Rats.
Thrusting out his own forearm to take the bites instead.
"Fuck!"
One Poison Rat clamped onto Lee Jin-seong's forearm.
He bashed its head hard.
The gutter rat chomped a solid chunk of human flesh before crossing the rainbow bridge.
"Eurgh!"
Park Sun-woo swung his shield.
Three Poison Rats charging him smashed into it and tumbled across the floor.
Right near the rear line, including Lee Eun-seo.
"Kyaaaak!"
Lee Eun-seo got bit on the ankle.
Boots on, but zero defense gear—fangs sank right in.
"Eun-seo!"
Lee Jin-seong loosed an arrow.
True to F-Rank form, accuracy sucked.
Too agile a target in that Poison Rat...
His skill fell way short.
"Ugh!"
Clang!
Lee Eun-seo dropped her lantern.
This time, she fucked up before Park Sun-woo.
Park Sun-woo's lantern now the sole light source.
Poison Rats swarm toward him.
"......!"
Choi Da-eun kept watching Park Sun-woo's moves.
Park Sun-woo handled the Poison Rats with skill.
As if declaring all his earlier fuckups were pure theater.
He danced a flashy tango with the rat pups.
One by one, they started dropping.
'Finally, this bastard's acting human!'
Ignoring the prickling in her nipples as best she could, Choi Da-eun teared up, moved at the thought that she'd made him capable.