Baiting the Scum

"A gangbang?"

Men were lingering outside the convenience store's shutters.

They were armed with crude weapons: iron pipes, kitchen knives, and golf clubs.

Hearing them babble about skills, it seemed they were Players too.

I activated my Prey Search skill to inspect their profiles.

"Ha."

Reading through the text, I let out a hollow laugh.

Was it just a coincidence that only trash crossed my path, or was the world simply overflowing with garbage?

Every single one of them was a piece of trash that deserved to die.

Lee Jihye, who had been watching my reaction from behind, asked ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠in a small voice,

"Is... is someone outside...?"

"Yeah. We're fighting, so get ready."

The battle strategy was the same as before.

While Lee Jihye used her provocative body to distract the men, an invisible me would take them down one by one.

I commanded Lee Jihye.

"Temporarily disable the shelter's barrier so they can get in."

"W-what? Why?!"

Lee Jihye protested, balking at the order to disable the safe shelter barrier.

It was a common-sense reaction, but I shrugged and brushed her resistance aside.

"Why else? To lure them inside and kill them. Just pretend you're about to get fucked, and when I give the word, deliver the finishing blow."

"W-wait a minute!"

I placed a finger over Lee Jihye's lips to silence her.

Shhh—

My body turned transparent as Cognitive Interference activated.

Immediately after, regardless of her own will, Lee Jihye deactivated the shelter's barrier.

Bzzzz—

As the shelter functions deactivated, the protective barrier surrounding the convenience store vanished.

The restroom and shower stall connected to the storage room disappeared, and the electricity powering the refrigerators and lights cut out. At that exact moment—

Rattle—

"Ah, it's open."

The bastards lingering outside pried open the shutters.

They grinned from ear to ear as they stepped into the convenience store.

"Look for food."

"Holy shit, there's a mountain of food here."

The first thing their eyes locked onto was the shelves overflowing with food.

"Any canned food? Grab the whole-wheat crackers too."

"Water! Check if there's water in the fridge!"

As they eagerly stuffed food into their bags, their gazes eventually landed on Lee Jihye, who stood trembling in the middle of the store.

"What the? It's a chick."

"Are you alone?"

Her deeply exposed cleavage and torn skirt.

On top of that, she was an office lady dressed in a highly provocative outfit, complete with high black heels.

She possessed a face and an incredibly sexy body that you rarely came across.

She was the kind of woman with a top-tier body you'd only see on social media—someone they wouldn't even dare make eye contact with under normal circumstances.

An existence far out of reach for average guys like them. But in this apocalyptic world, things were different.

Whether a famous celebrity or a wealthy third-generation chaebol heir, without the power to protect themselves, they were nothing but females.

Just sexy meat holes waiting to be fucked.

With sinister smirks, the men closed in on Lee Jihye.

"Hey, who goes first?"

"Me, obviously."

Park Jonggu, the one with the Barrier Deployment skill, licked his lips and stepped forward.

"Oppa's going to show you some love first. Come here."

"G-get away...!"

Even amidst her terror, Lee Jihye took a step back, playing the role I had assigned her.

She shrank back, trembling like a leaf.

"This bitch is playing hard to get. That makes it more fun."

Park Jonggu cackled, shoving Lee Jihye's shoulder and knocking her to the floor.

"Kyaah!"

Losing her balance, Lee Jihye tumbled to the ground. She tried to scramble back up, but the other two were faster.

Lee Jaeseong and Choi Yeongho rushed in with sneers, pinning her arms down with their knees.

"Let me go! You bastards! Let go of me!"

Lee Jihye screamed and thrashed wildly, but she couldn't overpower the grip of grown men.

"She's got some fight in her."

"Relax. You'll feel good soon enough."

Park Jonggu straddled Lee Jihye as she lay pinned to the floor. His rough hands shoved her skirt up.

At the same time, Choi Yeongho grabbed her ankles and pried her legs wide open.

"Kyaah!"

Her defenseless lower half, completely devoid of panties, was laid bare before their eyes.

"This perverted bitch isn't even wearing panties?"

"No! Let go! Fuck!"

Lee Jihye thrashed her head wildly, screaming.

She writhed desperately to escape, but her limbs were firmly pinned by the three men.

Her struggles only fueled their desire for dominance.

Huff.

Park Jonggu exhaled a ragged breath and violently yanked down his zipper. His hideously engorged, veiny cock popped out, dangling in the air.

"Damn, look at how wet you are. Oppa's going to give you a good, deep pounding."

Park Jonggu pressed his lower body flush against Lee Jihye's crotch.

In utter despair, Lee Jihye squeezed her eyes shut.

Just as the tip of his glans was about to touch her intimate crevice—

BANG—

A gunshot echoed through the convenience store.

"Gah...!"

Park Jonggu, who had no idea of my invisible presence, coughed up a mouthful of blood and collapsed onto the floor.

"Sh... Shield..."

The bastard belatedly tried to activate his barrier, but his stomach had already been blown open; the wound was fatal.

"J-Jonggu-hyung!"

"What the hell! Who is that?!"

Whoosh—

The guy holding the fireball and the one with the arrow panicked, looking around wildly.

But they couldn't spot my invisible form with the naked eye.

I drew my expandable baton and swiftly slipped into their blind spot.

CRACK—!

First, I slammed the baton into Lee Jaeseong's right elbow joint.

With the sickening sound of splintering bone, his arm shattered and dangled uselessly.

"Aaargh!"

As his arm broke, the flame of the fireball gathering in his palm flickered out.

He rolled on the floor, clutching his broken limb.

"W-where is this bastard?!"

With two of them disabled in the blink of an eye, Choi Yeongho desperately tried to fire a Mana Arrow into the empty air.

Twisting my body to dodge the trajectory of his skill, I brought the baton down hard on his wrist.

THWACK!

"Aaaargh!"

As his wrist bone shattered, the arrow he was aiming went wild and harmlessly struck the ceiling.

BANG—

Next, I delivered heavy blows to their remaining arms and legs, breaking their limbs so they couldn't move.

"Ughhh..."

With their limbs shattered, they squirmed on the floor like insects, groaning in agony.

Breaking bones with a mere expandable baton would normally be incredibly difficult, but thanks to the Fracture Strike skill, it was effortless.

Only after completely neutralizing the enemies did I deactivate Cognitive Interference and reveal myself.

"Whew."

A flawless victory.

My plan had been to shoot the shield-user before he could activate his barrier, then beat the rest into submission.

However, because I couldn't kill them instantly like before, it took a bit more effort.

I could have intervened while they were in ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠the middle of raping Lee Jihye to make it even easier, but...

'There was no way I'd let other bastards gangbang my female slave.'

I had no desire to share a tunnel with some other filthy prick.

As I casually walked out, resting the blood-stained baton on my shoulder, the bastards shrieked at me.

"You motherfucker!"

"You cowardly piece of shit!"

I smirked, stepping heavily onto their squirming torsos.

"Cowardly? Where is there room for cowardice in this world? Besides, it's your fault for letting your dicks do the thinking instead of keeping watch."

"Fuck..."

Well, it just meant that the gangbang trap using Lee Jihye's sexy body had worked perfectly.

Having easily subdued the three of them, I handed the baton to Lee Jihye, who was trembling in the corner.

"Here. You deliver the finishing blows."

"What...?"

"I've prepped them for you. Now smash their heads with your own hands. You need to steal their skills."

If I killed them, all I'd get was 300 points, and their skills would evaporate.

In that case, it was far more efficient to let Lee Jihye land the final blows and absorb all their skills.

After all, as long as Flesh Subjugation was active, her skills were practically mine anyway.

At my instruction, ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠Lee Jihye's face turned deathly pale.

"No... I can't kill them! How could I kill a person..."

"Kill them."

At my cold command, the Flesh Subjugation skill took effect.

The power of the skill forced Lee Jihye's limbs to stand up.

"Ah, aaah... No! I don't want to!"

She wept, struggling desperately to resist.

But contrary to her will, the baton in her hand was raised high into the air.

Soon, the baton swung down toward the crown of the fallen man's head.

THUD—! CRACK!

The baton struck the man's skull.

At the horrific sensation vibrating through her hand and the splattering blood, Lee Jihye shrieked.

"Kyaaaah!"

Regardless of her will, she swung the baton wildly.

After finishing off Park Jonggu, Lee Jihye crushed the skulls of the other two crawling nearby.

Looking at the notification window floating in the air, I nodded in satisfaction. Barrier, Mana Arrow, and Fireball.

From a mere meat hole who only offered her body, she had transformed into a highly versatile combatant.

Now that she had a barrier, I could use her as a meat shield without any worries.

"Sob... hic..."

Having taken human lives, Lee Jihye clutched her blood-stained hands and sobbed hysterically.

She looked up at me with bloodshot eyes, pouring out her resentment.

"You... you made me a murderer! You son of a bitch!"

I shrugged and replied.

"So what? They were going to gangbang you anyway. Doesn't it feel good to beat them to death?"

"But still...! Me doing it with my own hands is different!"

"Then how long do you expect me to kill for you? You have to get stronger if you want to survive. And thanks to this, you got some skills."

Afterward, I explained the limitations of skill slots to Lee Jihye, showing her how this was far more beneficial than me taking the kills.

"...Fuck."

Though Lee Jihye understood my explanation logically, she couldn't contain her anger, finding it emotionally impossible to accept.

Leaving her to her thoughts, I stripped the clothes off the dead men and tossed them to her.

"Want to wear these? You said you wanted new clothes."

"Fuck off. That's disgusting."

The clothes worn by the vile men who had tried to violate her.

She clearly had no desire to wear blood-soaked garments looted from corpses.

I shrugged and threw the clothes away.

After that, I dragged the corpses outside and dumped them on the main road.

Grrr—

Smelling blood, zombies began to gather.

Hummm—

I reactivated the shelter function before they could swarm the convenience store.

The lights flickered back on, and the protective barrier hummed to life.

"Alright. Shall we prepare for the next excursion?"

Though we had clashed with unexpected intruders, our original goal was to head to the Stadium and secure a healer.

Fortunately, thanks to the recent battle, Lee Jihye had acquired defensive barrier capabilities ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠and offensive magic, significantly boosting our overall combat power.

There was no reason to hesitate. We would set out immediately.

'But before that... '

There was something I had to do.

I had spotted a rather useful function while carefully examining the slave management tab in my status window.

I smiled, looking at Lee Jihye's blood-splattered office attire.

"Hey. Take off your clothes."