Chapter 27 Do Ro-rang (1)
Do Ro-rang (1)
Chapter 28
Do Ro-rang stood in the wreckage of the Main Building's first floor, laughing like a maniac. The air around her seemed to grow heavy the moment she arrived.
It was as though the world itself rejected her presence.
Inhuman.
No other word fit her so well.
I'd never imagined the warning about a 「Formidable Threat」 meant one of the Tower's front-line fighters would appear here.
'Crazy, fucking hell...'
We were in serious trouble.
"Ihihihihih."
An absolute disaster.
"Hihit, kkeuhihih, kkihihahahahahaha."
I'd hoped never to hear that laugh outside the game.
"Ihihihahaha!?"
The half-dark elf's shoulders shook with glee. Her eyes, showing white on all sides, were wild with anticipation.
If I could have, I'd have shut her up myself.
But I was nowhere near strong enough to take on that lunatic.
『Status Window』
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Name: Do Ro-rang
Level: 55
Height: 159.6cm, 39kg
Race: Half-Dark Elf
Title: Genius of Unexpected Actions
Class: Butcher
Gender: Female (114)
Origin: Lagrande Village.
Sexual Experience: 2921 (537 men)
Measurements: 76 - 54 - 79
Status: Mental Disorder (Manic)
+Stats
[Strength 492][Agility G-][Stamina 524][Mana 523]
+Abilities
[Blood Adjustment]
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「Blood Adjustment」.
「Blood Adjustment」 was a Noun-Type Ability. Its scope sounded narrow, but it could modify almost anything involving blood.
One of her stats had already crossed into letter-grade territory: 「G-」 meant her Agility exceeded a thousand.
'She's supposed to be on the fifth floor. How are her stats this high already?'
Do Ro-rang was powerful enough to rank among the Tower's top thousand fighters.
And her skills were no less frightening.
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+Skills
[Butchery (Hero) - Very Dangerous]
[Crisis Reversal (Hero) - Very Dangerous]
[Blood Magic (Rare) - Very Dangerous]
[Mana Manipulation (Rare) - Very Dangerous]
[Three-Dimensional Movement (Rare) - Very Dangerous]
[Acrobatics (Rare) - Very Dangerous]
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Two Heroic-grade skills. Most people could spend a lifetime in the Tower without obtaining even one.
And my own stats?
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Name: Park Si-hyun
Level: 21
Height: 185.7cm, 83kg
Race: Human
Title: One Who Receives Sincere Love, Hunter of the Wild
Class: None
Gender: Male (20)
Origin: Republic of Korea
Sexual Experience: 7 (1 woman)
Status: Dumbfounded
+Stats
[Strength 122][Agility 134][Stamina 121][Mana 113]
+Abilities
[Read]
[Seize]
[□□□□ (verb)]
+Skills
[Optimal Progression (Unknown - 35%)]
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My numbers were roughly triple those of the original protagonist at this stage, even with optimal development.
"Ihihihi?"
Even so, I couldn't imagine winning a straight fight. I simply hadn't had enough time to grow.
I asked 「Read」 for a way out.
『Win Probability - 3.7%』
『Escape Probability - 8.9%』
『Conclusion - Use everyone else as bait and escape!』
It was an escape using bait.
Just as I swallowed hard,
Ding-
『Do Ro-rang's Affection Level 17/100』
「Erogenous Zones - Armpits, Womb, Anus, Thighs, Neck, Nipples」
「Tendency - Sadism (S)」
「Preferences - Huge cock, Rape」
「Sexual Fantasy - NTL, Killing the Partner After Sex」
「Arousal - 37%」
「Conquest Point - Might be possible if you survive?」
Conquest information on Do Ro-rang popped up.
At seventeen, her Affection Level suggested she regarded me as little more than an object.
'Oh, come on. Is that really what matters right now?'
I dismissed the window with an irritated gesture.
Then I forced myself to assess the situation.
'How am I supposed to handle this?'
We were new players who'd barely entered the Tower. She was the equivalent of a veteran beta tester wandering into the beginner zone with endgame gear.
If she decided to attack, we'd be slaughtered.
"Ihihi, huh?"
Do Ro-rang's laughter broke off. Her glassy eyes roamed across the room.
"Ah~ Anybody here got a 「Verb-Type」 ability? That's who I'm here to rescue, you know~"
Her eyes widened as she grinned.
"Something like 「Repels」 or 「Weakens」. Anybody~?"
No one answered. We all knew instinctively that she was lying.
One look at her was enough to make anyone keep their mouth shut.
"Huh? No one? But I heard there were all kinds of promising little gems here. That's weird~"
Her unstable gaze swept over us again.
"There should be someone..."
Her smile remained, but her eyes steadily darkened.
"There has to be. Right? Hehehe..."
The laughter alone made my skin crawl.
'Damn it...'
I didn't need 「Read」 to understand what she intended.
Verb-Type Abilities were exceptionally versatile. Unlike narrowly defined noun abilities, they could affect many different situations, making their owners dangerous even to seasoned fighters.
That was precisely why Do Ro-rang wanted to identify them first.
...So I have to find them myself? If I'm not careful, could I end up dying?
She meant to eliminate anyone who might threaten her.
Eh, it's fine. For now, I'll just carve up any one of them?
She was treating the people here as prey she could pick off whenever she pleased.
'What do I do?'
Anyone who'd played the game knew how dangerous she was. Like Park Ha-rin, she was impossible to predict—and just as willing to kill without warning.
Now she was looking directly at us.
Do Ro-rang ran her tongue over her lips and curled a hand around the knife at her waist. As the crowd went still, her gaze met mine.
...W-what!?
Her eyes widened until the whites showed all around them.
There was a reason for that.
『「Censored Ability」 is adjusted by 「Optimal Progression」.』
I possessed an ultimate ability more powerful than anything else when it came to the opposite sex, and through 「Optimal Progression」, that ability produced even stronger effects.
The effect was immediate.
Ding!
『Do Ro-rang's Affection Level rises to 53 / 100.』
『Do Ro-rang falls into a state of heat.』
The result was so shocking that even I was surprised. An Affection Level of 50 was a figure where, as long as the circumstances cooperated, theoretically you could even fuck her.
'Moreover, the one in front of me is Do Ro-rang, who despises humans. Despite such conditions, her Affection Level rose this much...?'
"Oh, oh!? Hey, for a human, you're looking pretty damn fine? You're way sexier than the dragonkin or orcs?"
Do Ro-rang's face lit up, and she rushed over to me. Then, gazing at me with an aroused look, she placed her hand on her hot pants.
"Looking at you, my pussy's itching so much I can't stand it~ You're gonna fuck me, got it? Then I'll spare your life. As a special favor."
As if all her ominous menace had been a joke, Do Ro-rang's atmosphere abruptly turned lewd.
As if my opinion didn't matter, Do Ro-rang stuck her butt out behind her and began grunting as she struggled to peel off her tight hot pants. The people behind her let out startled sounds.
Although the view was blocked from where I stood, the people behind her could see her purple-hued ass and her dripping wet pussy, which is why they had made those startled noises.
"Huh? What are you doing? You're not taking yours off? I said I'd fuck you, didn't I? I said I'd let you have my pussy, right? Why aren't you taking it off? Are you trying to reject me right now? Are you calling me a mongrel? You're rejecting me right now......?"
I stared up at her, momentarily at a loss as her mood turned dangerous again.
Professor Jang Hye-jeong, the professor nicknamed Poodle, the student council president, and the other survivors were all watching us.
Basically, this crazy woman was saying she wanted to have sex in front of so many people.
Reading Do Ro-rang's unfocused eyes, I could tell she meant it.
'...Seriously, do I really have to have public sex here?'
The lives of everyone here might depend on my next decision. I could barely think straight.
Before I could decide—
"Park Si-hyun!"
Kang So-eun dropped into view, her long brown hair streaming behind her as she leaped from the third floor.
Every head turned toward her. Then a sudden gust of wind stole everyone's attention.
Whoosh!
Golden light flared in So-eun's eyes. A current of air caught her feet and slowed her descent.
Thud!
She landed with scarcely a sound, bending her knees as the force of impact dispersed. Her 「Control」 ability had neutralized the momentum of her fall.
I hadn't realized she could handle it with such precision.
『Status Window』
Name: Kang So-eun
Level: 17
Height: 166.3 cm, 45 kg
Race: Human
Title: Bride of Purity (Absolute Immunity to Mental Interference)
Occupation: None
Gender: Female (20)
Origin: Republic of Korea
Sexual Experience: 7 (Park Si-hyun <Sole Immutable Partner>)
Measurements: 82 - 56 - 87
Status: Composed
+Stats
[Strength 42] [Agility 49] [Stamina 39] [Mana 75]
+Abilities
[Control]
+Skills
[Calm Leadership (Rare)]
[Primordial Force Control] (Pending Acquisition <Myth>)
Her status was impressive: unusually high stats, and a Myth-grade skill on the verge of awakening.
But she'd arrived at the worst possible moment.
'Do Ro-rang is a broken character we absolutely shouldn't be facing right now...'
Do Ro-rang, looking displeased, hitched up her hot pants with a flick of her fingers.
Sniff. Sniff.
She flared her nostrils, eyeing Kang So-eun with a knowing smirk.
"Aha~ So you're the one this guy's been plowing?"
She clapped her hands together in a crude, mocking gesture.
"Your pussy reeks of his cum—like, violently. How many loads has he dumped in there?"
"......"
Both my and Kang So-eun's expressions froze in an instant. The shocked gazes of the crowd bore into us. Kang So-eun's eyes widened, unable to hide her fluster.
But there was no time to explain.
Shiiing—
Because Do Ro-rang had already drawn her dagger.
"Haa...♡ Perfect."
Do Ro-rang's sexual fantasy was NTL—stealing another's lover.
In other words, like a female mantis, she'd kill the male after sex.
Right now, the relationship between me and Kang So-eun was the exact kind of twisted fantasy Do Ro-rang would adore.
「Do Ro-rang's Excitement Level - 87%」
"Human woman? When your precious lover is dying beside you, getting milked by another woman's cunt right in front of you... what kind of face will you make? I can already—"
Do Ro-rang gnashed her teeth, licking the flat of her dagger.
"I can already feel it...! Aren't you excited too...!?"
The moment her eyes gleamed with arousal—
Kiiing—
『Reading a fragment of the future.』
A burning pain seared through my vision as a possible future unfolded: So-eun's severed limbs flying through a haze of blood.
I recoiled. The vision shattered, and I was back in the present.
『Optimal Progression is being applied.』
Fear triggered my ability before I could think. Even the pain of my fall receded as my focus sharpened.
At that instant, Do Ro-rang lowered herself to spring.
—First, I'll sever their limbs...
Her intention flashed through my mind. I knew her likely path and the angle of her attack.
Knowing wasn't enough. She was so fast that I'd be lucky to draw my pistol, much less aim it.
However.
『Optimal Progression Application - 35.7%』
Heat surged through me as my reflexes accelerated.
I drew as Do Ro-rang lunged. Somehow, my eyes kept pace with her.
I aimed where the prediction said she'd be, led the shot, and squeezed the trigger.
In my heightened perception, the gunshot dragged on and the bullet seemed to crawl through the air.
For a split second, disbelief flickered in her eyes. And in that moment, I stole her power.
『You have stolen Do Ro-rang's 「Strength 79」.』
『You have stolen Do Ro-rang's 「Agility 201」.』
『You have stolen Do Ro-rang's 「Stamina 75」.』
『You have stolen Do Ro-rang's 「Mana 86」.』
Her movements slowed noticeably, but her shock lasted only an instant.
I fired again and again, spreading eight shots across the routes she might take to evade me.
Yet—Do Ro-rang smiled.
Tat-tat-tat-tang!
Her dagger struck every bullet out of the air. Metal flashed; fragments scattered.
"Ah! So you're the gemstone?"
She abandoned So-eun and focused entirely on me. I charged to meet her.
"Then let's see what that fancy ability of yours can really do!"
Our wrists collided—her's brimming with exhilaration.