The Dying Pseudo-Ragged King
A special situation has occurred.
The sleeping Pseudo-Ragged King appears.
The Pseudo-Ragged King's snake tail, still heavy with sleep, has bitten the Pseudo-Ragged King's thigh.
The Pseudo-Ragged King's poison resistance is weakened from the monster rat it ate yesterday.
The Pseudo-Ragged King is poisoned.
The Pseudo-Ragged King is slowly dying.
What the hell is this now.
I stared at the cascade of notification windows that had suddenly flooded my vision.
The Pseudo-Ragged King was the ruler of this zone. The Black Pillar Alliance managed the area, sure — but only because they'd negotiated with the Pseudo-Ragged King for a share of its dominion. That was all they had.
Normally the Pseudo-Ragged King doesn't show up unless the conditions are met.
It had appeared while completely ignoring the requirement of one million accumulated Life Points. Even if the tally was already close to a million, this was absurd. This was a flat-out violation of the existing rules.
Luck 490… strong enough to override the rules themselves?
I thought it over for a moment.
If it's slowly dying… then it's not dead yet. The fact that these system windows are showing up in front of my eyes makes it pretty clear Luck is the cause… Should I track down the Pseudo-Ragged King and finish it off?
Killing the Pseudo-Ragged King would give me dominion over this zone. Even if I didn't manage it personally, holding dominion meant a steady monthly haul of AP.
The catch was making an enemy of the Black Pillar Alliance. There was no way they'd casually hand over one of their cash cows.
"Haaahnn…. Number 62…."
The pink-haired woman, Li Mei, drifted right up into my face. After all that desperate fleeing, the sight of her closing in like this pulled a smile onto my lips before I could stop it.
Li Mei's nose twitched. She was catching my scent. I didn't particularly reek of sweat, but my whole body was soaked through, so who knew what I smelled like.
Whatever it was, Li Mei didn't mind. If anything, she swallowed hard, looking like she was into it.
"Haaa…. Number 62. Don't you want to touch my body?"
Li Mei leaned her upper body forward, putting her chest on full display. The sweat-soaked pink cheongsam was thin enough that her skin showed clean through. Her large, round breasts and stiff pink nipples were plainly visible — in a way, even more obscene than bare skin.
"I can touch?"
"Of course. Absolutely no one else is allowed… but if it's you, Number 62, you can touch me anywhere you want. No — please touch me!"
Her eyes shone with anticipation as she said it. Turning her down after a plea like that would just be rude.
I gently cupped one of her breasts with my right hand. It was a little larger than my palm — soft, yet springy. Her hard, erect pink nipple made its presence thoroughly known.
"Nngh, aaaah…!"
Li Mei's waist, still slightly bent forward, began to tremble. Her pink lips parted and a thread of saliva slipped free. Her lower body shook violently.
Plip.
The sound of a droplet hitting the ground. I glanced down and found a wet mark on the earth beneath her legs.
Sweat?
I didn't think so. The timing of her reaction and the spot where that droplet fell were far too precise.
"Hhk, haaaah…. Number 62… my body's so hot. I need your help."
"My help? I don't have any ability that cools people down."
"Please touch me more. Please…. I'll do anything. I can't hold it in."
Li Mei clung to my arm and begged. It was similar to an aphrodisiac-induced heat, and yet different. She was looking at me with an expression that genuinely seemed like love.
Charm and Fascination, no doubt. The effect was supposed to last half a day, right? The stacking is pretty severe right now… it might run longer than that.
Since there was no telling when it would wear off, the only sensible move was to enjoy the situation while it lasted.
I gently stroked Li Mei's damp cheek.
"Aaaah…."
That alone made her tremble all over with pleasure — something closer to mental ecstasy than physical.
"You said you'd do anything, right?"
"Yes, yes. For you, Number 62, I can do anything. I'll even lick your feet."
"My name is Seong Yujin. Call me Yujin."
"Yes, Yujin."
Li Mei's lips worked silently. Listening closely, I could hear her murmuring my name under her breath.
I stuck my tongue out toward her. Her pupils wavered. After a brief hesitation, she rose onto her tiptoes and sucked on my tongue. The sensation of her lips pulling at it was surprisingly fresh.
"Schlp, mmph. Schluup…."
I reached out and ran my hand over Li Mei's waist. Narrow. Sliding lower, I found an ass even larger and firmer than her chest. I gripped it hard.
"Hnnngh?!"
The Pseudo-Ragged King is slowly dying.
The Pseudo-Ragged King curls up to recover and falls back into sleep.
The Pseudo-Ragged King is tormented by nightmares.
My brow furrowed.
"Eek?! D-Did I do something wrong?"
"No, of course not. You were sucking my tongue just fine. Something interrupted us for a second, that's all."
The Pseudo-Ragged King is slowly dying.
The system seemed to be telling me to hurry up, find the Pseudo-Ragged King, and kill it.
If I kill the Pseudo-Ragged King, I have to deal with the Black Pillar Alliance. I barely have any intel on them, so taking them on alone would be rough even for me…. Wait. Who said I have to face them alone?
I fixed my gaze on Li Mei. She alone was already an officer of the Black Pillar Alliance — low-ranking among the officers, sure, but still.
"Li Mei. You said you'd do anything, right?"
"Yeees. If you told me to die, Yujin, I'd die."
"I'm not going to waste you like that. Instead, you're going to be my personal cock-sleeve. Offering up that pussy of yours for me."
"I-I'll offer it! I'll offer it right now!"
Li Mei cried out. She looked ready to strip off the cheongsam on the spot and spread herself open.
"From now on, you're my personal cock-sleeve."
I flicked a glance at the corner of my vision.
Time Remaining: 7 minutes 11 seconds
It would be best to finish off the Pseudo-Ragged King before the Amulet of Great Fortune ran out.
"Li Mei. The Pseudo-Ragged King just appeared. You know where it is, don't you?"
"The place it spawns is fixed. Over there."
The spot Li Mei pointed to was a hill not far from where we stood. Another stroke of luck, maybe — it wasn't distant at all. At a full sprint, three minutes would get me there.
I looked at Li Mei with heated eyes. Part of me wanted to pin her down right here. She clearly wanted the same thing.
Finish the Pseudo-Ragged King first. Five minutes, tops.
Li Mei took the lead and guided me toward the hill. Her ass swayed with blatant invitation. I swallowed hard and forced the urge down.
The Pseudo-Ragged King comes first. Once that's handled, I'll fuck her as much as I want.
The Pseudo-Ragged King lay sprawled atop the hill.
A lion's head and a goat's lower body. The tail was a snake. Its true name: Chimera — the monster out of Greek myth. The Chimera was asleep, poisoned by a bite from its own snake tail. Just as the system had said, it seemed to be thrashing through nightmares; it did not look well at all.
Time Remaining: 3 minutes 48 seconds
Ordinarily the Pseudo-Ragged King was a monster I couldn't handle alone — but under the influence of Luck 490, the story changed.
I summoned Hwaryeonbido into my grip, and Li Mei beside me jumped in alarm.
"Yujin! That's the Pseudo-Ragged King — the ruler of this entire zone! Taking it on alone is way too dangerous! The Pseudo-Ragged King has the power to command every monster here! At the very least you have to clear the other monsters first before you face it!"
Clear the trash mobs first. That was the orthodox strategy for this zone.
"No. Right now is the perfect window."
I trusted Luck 490. This whole situation had only come about because of that luck in the first place.
I closed in on the Pseudo-Ragged King. Even sensing my presence, the monster stayed asleep — and I swung my blade. Suddenly the Pseudo-Ragged King yawned, jaws cracking wide open. The sword carved through the inside of its mouth. Its tongue split; its uvula was pierced.
"GROOOOOOAAARGH!"
The Pseudo-Ragged King's eyes flew open as it roared. The sound was so loud the surrounding trees shook.
It raised one foreleg to swipe at me. I sprang back at once. The swing threw it off balance, and it toppled onto the ground.
"KIIIIIIIIIIH!!"
As it fell, it happened to crush the snake of its own sleeping tail underneath it. The snake thrashed in panic — and bit straight into the thigh.
The Pseudo-Ragged King is poisoned.
The Pseudo-Ragged King is dying rapidly.
The snake and the lion's head both flinched in shock. From the look of it, the bite had been a heat-of-the-moment accident — not deliberate.
Panicking, the Pseudo-Ragged King tried to scramble upright, only for its legs to tangle, sending it crashing back to the dirt.
KRRAAA-BOOOOM!
A bolt of lightning dropped out of a clear sky and struck the Pseudo-Ragged King. It screamed without a sound.
This luck is almost too good.
KRRAA-BOOM! CRACK-CRACK-CRACK!
This time I dropped the lightning myself. Ten brilliant blue bolts came down in a clean, satisfying cascade. The Pseudo-Ragged King convulsed — and died.
The Pseudo-Ragged King has died.
You have obtained dominion over Area 4,344 — Ragged Laboratory.
Title granted: Laboratory Director
All stats permanently increased by +1.
Acquired 50,000 AP.
Combat Recovery (A) has ranked up to Combat Recovery (S).
As ruler of the Ragged Laboratory, you will receive 33,000 AP every 30 days.
And just like that, another zone under my control.
Area 406, Mountain of the Setting Sun — 25,000 AP every 30 days.
Area 8,111 Hidden Zone, Underground Pyramid — 13,000 AP every 30 days.
Area 2,350, Moon's Hunting Ground — 50,000 AP every 30 days.
Area 4,344, Ragged Laboratory — 33,000 AP every 30 days.
Those four were the main ones. On top of that, there were five more zones I'd claimed while operating as the Heavenly Demon — desert zones.
Nine zones total under my dominion. Combined monthly AP: 210,000. Put simply, I was rich.
Feels pretty damn good.
It wasn't over yet.
An item had dropped where the Pseudo-Ragged King had been. A fang larger than my fist.
A fang? For a Luck stat this high, that's a garbage drop.
It looked like a crafting material at a glance. Disappointed, I picked it up.
◈ A fang of the Chimera.
◈ Steals one of the target's biological traits as a skill.
Jackpot!!
A massive hit. The item I'd written off as a rock was actually a jackpot drop. I carefully stowed it in my inventory. I didn't have a use for it yet, but it would come in handy someday.
"Yujin. Congratulations on becoming the ruler of this zone."
Li Mei threw herself into my arms. I pulled her body against mine in return. She was soaked in sweat, but holding her wasn't unpleasant in the slightest.
"I need information on the Black Pillar Alliance."
"What kind of information?"
"Everything you know. You can tell me, right?"
I asked while stroking her thigh.
"Hnn. Of course. I'm your personal cock-sleeve, Yujin. I can do anything you want."
"Good girl. Let's hear it, then."
I stroked Li Mei's pink hair. Softened by satisfaction, she told me everything she knew about the Black Pillar Alliance.
The effect of the Amulet of Great Fortune has ended.
The Amulet of Great Fortune's effect ran out midway through. No backlash of misfortune came crashing down in the wake of such enormous luck.
"…I've told you everything I know about the Black Pillar Alliance. Now give me my reward."
"What kind of reward do you want? Money?"
"Oh, come on…. What reward would a cock-sleeve want? Put your cock in my virgin pussy, Yujin."