Chapter 175: 31st Floor: Escape
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 175: 31st Floor: Escape
'What are they talking about?'
I could hear the voices of Chroniel and the doctor.
They were above my head, so I couldn't see them. Not wanting to reveal that I was awake, I remained still.
"Why the hell isn't she getting pregnant?"
"Well... we'll have to run a detailed examination to know for sure."
"Detailed? If what you've been doing all this time wasn't a detailed examination, then what the hell was it?"
'A detailed examination? Ah...?'
Rolling my eyes, I glanced around. Unidentifiable machines lay discarded right next to me, and my limbs were spread-eagled, bound to the bed.
"My apologies... This woman's skin tissue is too durable for a proper examination. Would it be alright if I performed a dissection?"
'What?! A dissection? They definitely said they were making me their bride...'
I was happy I’d managed to buy some time, but this is a complete betrayal.
"Tsk... It's hard to restore the body of an S-rank Hero who specializes in physical abilities... Can't you just insert the machine into her vagina?"
There's a huge difference between restoring lost stamina and healing a wounded body. The tougher the body, like mine, the harder it is. It's the same principle as needing a better potion for higher defense.
"Ah... that would require modifying the machines, which will take some time. Is that acceptable...?"
"Hmm... I hate waiting. Fine, let's just dissect her. But keep the incisions to a minimum. You just need to extract the uterus, right?"
'These crazy bastards! What the hell are they talking about!!!'
I have to get out of here.
There's no way I'm having some happy-go-lucky, choo-choo train of a newlywed life with that psycho couple!
But I couldn't make a reckless move.
Chroniel wasn't a problem, but Dimension Cutter was an S-rank Hero who had poured all his stats into attack power. The moment his space-cleaving slash hit me, even I would be in danger.
"I'll help you, so let's get this dissection over with."
That was Dimension Cutter's voice.
'That bastard...'
He was even going to dissect me himself.
Just then, Chroniel must have seen my expression twist, because she approached me.
"Oh my, my darling was awake?"
"Urk... Wait! I'll be good, so let's... let's do the detailed examination slowly!"
As long as that Dimension Cutter guy is gone, I can definitely escape. Time is on my side, so there's no need to rush.
For now, I have to pretend to obey them and look for an opening.
"Hmm... Seeing as you're lying, we'll have to brainwash you too. Let's start by extracting your brain."
"What? No, wait!"
Brainwashing and brain extraction... How could they do something so horrible?!
Wouldn't that count as a death sentence?
"Let's get to it."
Shing.
Dimension Cutter drew his black blade, as if ready to carve out my uterus at any moment.
'Ah, fuck...'
I have no choice. It's a little risky, but I'll have to use my last resort...
Just as I was about to,
"Hm?"
Chroniel and Dimension Cutter suddenly went silent, as if they'd received a message from somewhere. They were clearly concentrating on a voice from their Hero Watches.
"Ah... damn it. Alright, I'm on my way."
"......?"
"You can handle the dissection on your own, can't you, Doctor?"
"Ah...! Yes! Of course, I can."
"Good. Something's come up outside. I'll be right back, darling. Let's go, husband."
Chroniel smiled and waved at me before calling to Dimension Cutter.
"Location?"
"The roof of the Assembly."
"Got it."
A dark light condensed on Dimension Cutter's blade.
'What the...?'
And as he swung his sword through the empty air,
Slice.
Space itself was cut open.
'Huh...?'
A two-meter-high rift opened, like a chaos gate. As they stepped inside, the rift closed behind them.
"What was that..."
"It's Lord Dimension Cutter's signature technique. The sword is mostly for show; his real ability is to slice through space," the man called Doctor, who was standing beside me, kindly explained.
"Huh? Are you allowed to tell me that?"
"We can just erase your recent memories, after all. Hehehe... Now then, shall we begin the dissection? I've been waiting for this very moment!!"
The man called Doctor shed his previously timid demeanor like changing a mask, his face twisting into an arrogant smirk.
It was the look of someone who held my life in the palm of his hand. The expression of a young student sadistically pulling the legs off an insect one by one.
Pure evil.
This guy wasn't some hero with a mission; he just enjoyed dissecting people, playing the part of an omnipotent god who held the power of life and death over others.
"......"
"This Plasma Monomolecular Cutter will take a little time, but I can manage it on my own~ Hehe. Of course, I'll have to listen to your beautiful screams without any anesthesia. Mwahahaha!!! Ah, but before that, maybe I should have a little taste of you myself? Do you have any idea how hard it was for me to calm my erection earlier? If I extract it and clean up afterward, there won't be any trace left. And I can just erase your memory. Hehe..."
He approached the lower half of my body. With a perverted grin, he chuckled as he took off his clothes.
"The strongest one."
"What? You want me to pound you hard? You really are a pervert. Have you ever heard of womb-prolapse sex...?"
Thud.
A round, head-sized metal object fell from the air in front of him.
"Huh?"
"Goodbye."
Vweeeeeeeeeee—!
BOOOOOOOOM!!!!
In an instant, the underground space was engulfed in an explosion.
A massive inferno swept through the basement, incinerating everything in sight.
Fwoooooosh...
*
Crackle, crackle...
A moment later, as the flames began to die down, the sound of someone's bare footsteps could be heard emerging from the blaze.
Visible through the black smoke was a woman with a perfectly curvaceous S-line figure. She was so buxom that her breasts spilled out to the sides even when viewed from the front.
"Phew... I thought I was going to die."
[Light]
A white light shone from above, revealing a naked Lee Do-hee with two large mounds of flesh on her chest, surrounded by the horribly wrecked machines.
The water pipes must have been blocked by the pressure from the explosion, as the sprinklers weren't working, and with no proper ventilation, black smoke obscured the view in every direction.
"Cough, cough...! Hey, you have to send something reasonable!!!"
The explosive was, of course, a sponsored item.
Having seen a grenade sent as a donation before, I had signed a contract with a military contractor.
The company, which was already going under because of the Awakened, sent me a ton of explosives and modern firearms that I could use.
Our lawyers handled the legal side of things, and a manager, a former bodyguard with experience in explosives, was put in charge.
So, this was one of the explosives one of our managers had, sent as a donation.
- Manager: Hehe... You asked for the strongest one;;
"Ahem... I did say that, but I didn't know an individual could possess an explosive that powerful... Is this really legally okay? Anyway, please send something more moderate next time."
The necklace, of course, had also been destroyed.
Being the closest, I had suffered burns all over my body from the explosion, but I continuously used Heal to recover.
'I'm so glad I learned it.'
"Phew... I'll just put on a similar bodysuit and get going."
I put on a black full-body catsuit and started looking for a way out.
Right. It's good that I've regained my strength, but...
"I have no idea where to go. Should I just follow the smoke out?"
Spreading my senses, I detected a complex structure and an endless number of people. At least, every area my senses could reach was packed with them.
They must have felt the explosion here, as I could feel them all moving about in a panic.
And this underground base was much larger than I thought. It might even encompass the entirety of Sector 1.
'No, this might be the true heart of the city...'
With the outside world contaminated by the Great War, when would they have had time to build a barrier? It was highly likely they had first evacuated underground to secure a safe zone.
It felt like some incredible secrets were hidden here, but I didn't have time to uncover them now.
'Let's get out of here quickly. If the ground collapses, even I won't be able to do anything.'
I wasn't scared of that freakish old couple, but hundreds of thousands of tons of earth were a little frightening.
After walking a short distance, I came across corridors where the sprinklers were working and red warning lights were flashing.
Sirens blared loudly, and the signs of human presence suggested they had already seen that I'd recovered my strength and fled.
'No, they're not fleeing. They're probably gathering to stop me.'
And soon enough, just as I expected, figures appeared to block my path.
"That's far enough, Pink Spear!! I, the B-rank Hero Gate Keeper, will stop y—"
Splat!
His face exploded as a pink spear pierced through it.
I charged straight through, mowing down the line of heroes behind him.
"Aaaaargh!!"
"Gahk!!!"
The gray corridor walls were instantly stained red, and blood sprayed like it was coming from the sprinklers instead of water.
It was a shame, but I had no intention of going easy on them. The people here must have had a rough idea of what that freakish old couple was up to. Except for a few I could use as guides...
I'll kill them all.
"Kuaaargh!! S-save me...!"
Shhh...
Spinning my spear in a wide arc, I swept away all the enemies around me.
Against these small-fry heroes, I didn't even need buffs or to channel my divine power. A casual swing of my spear was enough to slice through them like tofu.
They tried attacking me with various abilities, but nothing worked.
My defense was absurdly high. There was no way the attacks of these low-level vil— no, heroes, could get through.
One who turned into a gas-like form was dispersed like an exorcised ghost when I swung my spear imbued with a little divine power, and all mental attacks were blocked.
Only three were left.
I had planned to torture and threaten them into guiding me, but their resistance was stronger than I expected.
'Could it be... brainwashing? Are these guys brainwashed...?'
They wouldn't have done it to all the heroes. It was likely limited to the ones guarding this place or the heroes in Sector 1.
In any case, the unfortunate thing was that my quick escape route was now blocked.
"No choice, then. If I kill them all, I'm bound to find a map, right?"
I moved through the maze-like underground complex as if exploring it.
The defenses weren't as strong as I'd thought.
Perhaps they hadn't anticipated an internal invasion, or maybe it was related to the urgent matter that had called the freakish old couple away. I didn't see anyone A-rank or higher, and there weren't even that many B-rank or lower.
'Dammit... how did I get here?'
I remembered feeling dazed on the way in. Thinking back, there must have been an ability user or an item that messed with my sense of direction and time.
For now, I headed toward areas where I sensed a lot of people.
I killed the combat personnel and tried threatening the civilians, but no one would talk.
I found elevators, but they all only went up one floor at a time. I could feel the designer's shitty intentions.
I even wanted to smash through the ceiling when I saw a passage that only went down. There was probably some kind of rule to it, but when would I have time to solve a puzzle like that?
While wandering, I stumbled upon a space where I sensed a large number of people.
It was where the imprisoned villains were being held.
"Tch, there's no way these guys would know."
They shouted at me, begging to be rescued, but they were still villains. Just because I was hostile to the heroes didn't mean I was on their side.
As I was about to leave...
"Are you Pink Spear? Release me!"
The voice sounded familiar, so I looked over.
"Who...?"
"It's me! The B-rank villain, Bulldozer! You're looking for a way out, aren't you?"
Surprisingly, Bulldozer claimed to have a wayfinding ability.
"I have the power to find entrances and exits. I'll repay you for saving me back then. Take me with you."
"Oh... What kind of ability is that? I thought all you could do was smash things."
"You wouldn't understand, but to me, the earth looks like a ripe woman. I can not only hear the earth's voice, but I can also communicate with it. The reason I destroy roads is that our precious soil is always complaining to me about being suffocated. Do you have any idea how bad asphalt is for the soil!"
"......"
He hears the voice of the earth...
'He really is a lunatic.'
It made sense if I thought of it as an earth spirit...
He even said he could hear the earth's voice without the restraining collar around his neck.
It seemed the ability had completely assimilated with him, much like how I still produced breast milk even with a collar on.
"I'll take off the collar later, so let's just get out of here for now."
Of course, I had no intention of freeing this dirt-fucking psycho.
I ignored the rest of the villains and left.
I saw the Low Kick Villain in a wheelchair looking at me pleadingly, but I ignored him and walked past.
"This way. I know of a secret elevator that leads directly to the surface."
I ran through the underground facility with him.
Since he was powerless, I had to carry him on my back, but he must have truly become a dirt-fucker who saw the earth as a woman, because he didn't touch or even look at my breasts.
I also learned about the current situation from him.
"You're lucky. A bunch of villains just showed up, so most of the heroes are outside right now."
"Villains showed up? They'd abandon their posts over a few villains?"
'No way... it can't be...'
"It's not just a few villains. The S-rank villain Eclipse is said to have invaded Sector 1 with an army of villains. A war is probably breaking out up there right about now."
'Ah, Eclipse... Eli... Eli came...'
Honestly, I had been half in doubt.
Seeing the combat strength of the S-rank heroes in Sector 1, they were definitely not on the level of the Ice Heaven Emperor. She would have known that even better, having fought them two years ago.
But she came anyway.
The reason she came was probably... because of me.
'Maybe I should have listened to Eli back then...'
This made me even more certain.
Eli was the S-rank villain who was the target of this trial...
If she were just any villain, she would have attacked the now-empty Sector 5 after I disappeared, not invaded Sector 1.
'Yeah... she was serious after all.'
Thinking back, what she said then must have been her way of trying to protect me, even if it meant revealing her identity.
'I'm coming. Just wait a little longer, Eli...'
I have to go.
Whatever choice I make there, I have to stand before her.
Even if it leads to tragedy.
*
"We're here."
"Phew... this is it?"
Just as he said, we were almost at the surface. We reached our destination without much interference.
But the place he pointed to was filled with piles of trash, discarded electronics, and old furniture.
'Is this really the place...?'
I swung my spear to quickly clear the garbage pile, revealing a massive hatch.
Bulldozer and I opened the final, thick door.
The door was incredibly thick and heavy.
Creeak... creak, THUD!
Whoooooosh—
As the door opened, a strong gust of wind blew my hair back.
Behind the door was a massive, cylindrical, vertical shaft made of steel.
A hole large enough to fit a soccer stadium was bored straight up and down, and it was so dark in both directions that I couldn't see the ends.
'What the fuck is this...'
Is this what it feels like to see a structure made by a god?
It was too clean and massive to have been made by human hands. It felt horrifying, like an entrance to hell.
"This is the passage to the surface. There are no operating elevators, so good luck getting up."
"You crazy bastard, how am I supposed to just climb this!"
But he didn't answer me. He got off my back, and then...
"Finally, I can be in her embrace..."
"Huh...?"
He fell into the unseen depths below.
Whoosh~
In less than a second, his figure was swallowed by the darkness and disappeared.
"Crazy... If you were going to kill yourself, you could have done it alone!! Goddammit, so this is why you were a villain!!"
I calmed myself and looked around again.
The walls were too smooth and the space too wide to climb. There were no ropes like in an elevator, and not a single foothold.
Trying to climb by stabbing my spear into the wall was an option, but the outer wall was too thick and sturdy.
It wasn't impossible, but it would take a significant amount of time and stamina.
I could fly with Rocket Pussy, but...
'The viewers told me not to do that...'
I'd been warned many times not to do it because it was just too obscene and embarrassing.
That left one option...
"Come forth, Bicorn!!!"
NEIIIIIIIGH!!!
A large black horse burst out of thin air, immediately assessed the situation, and used its skill.
[Wind Storm]
A powerful updraft was created.
I quickly mounted Bicorn's back and ascended.
"Let's go!!! Goodbye to this shitty basement!!"
NEIGH!!!
[Wind Storm]
[Wind Storm]
The skill was used again, and we accelerated.
Defying gravity, we shot upwards through the center of the massive shaft.
We zipped past the huge circular structure like an arrow.
'Eli, I'm coming!!'
The end of the seemingly endless shaft came into view.
"Break through, Bicorn!!!"
I applied a 5-stack buff to both myself and Bicorn and pointed my spear forward. A pink aura surged around the spear, glowing brilliantly.
"Haaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!"
Bicorn used its charge skill, and we accelerated tremendously.
We flew like a single missile.
SHWAAAAAAAAAK!!! CRASH!!!
A streak of pink light collided with the wall.
*
Meanwhile, in Sector 1.
About 500 meters from the Assembly, a full-blown war was raging.
The S-rank villain Eclipse, leading a horde of villains.
Opposing her were the numerous heroes of Sector 1 and two S-rank heroes, engaged in a fierce battle.
The city was already a complete mess, with buildings and roads collapsed. The damage to the city was reaching an all-time high due to villains who were caught in the crossfire or took the opportunity to loot from civilians.
"Eclipse, you bitch, how dare you!!!"
"[Shut up, you filthy hero!!]"
The moment Eclipse and Dimension Cutter were about to clash,
streaks of pink light began to seep out from the ground beneath them...
KRA-BOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
Something burst through the ground!
It was Pink Spear, riding a black steed, with black hair and a black bodysuit.
It was the arrival of the whore on the black horse.