#33. Results (Part 1)
A new day had broken.
Pluto's Hand
On the soft bed, Yu Dahui slept soundly beside me, fully dressed for the first time in ages. “Did you wake up?” I said as I stepped out into the living room. Isilia sat on the sofa in her pure white dress, looking utterly uncomfortable but with no intention of changing.
I slipped into the bathroom, quickly washed up, and came out with water poured over my hair. “Good morning…” Yu Dahui blinked at me with sleepy eyes. Blink, blink. I remembered she had gone to bed early last night. Why was she still so drowsy? I naturally headed back into the bathroom.
“Huu, after washing I’m suddenly wide awake,” Yu Dahui said in a refreshed tone as she patted her damp hair dry. She tilted her head back, letting her long hair hang loose, then furiously rubbed it with a towel. After that came the hairdryer. A scene I had seen countless times in the womb, so I was used to it.
“Should I go catch some monsters?” Yu Dahui asked after she finished getting ready.
An awakening event, so of course she was excited like that. I understood perfectly. “Before that, let’s do a test first.”
“A test? Ah, that one?” Yu Dahui frowned as she realized the test late. In this context, the test meant checking whether Isilia would remember the 19+ intimacy session that was required to pass the Submission Oath.
“What did Isilia see?”
“My horns, you, and me getting it on.”
“Horns, huh… Do you really have to say it like that?” Yu Dahui complained.
But there was no word on her lips that sounded as good as “horns.”
“But when I think about Elena, don’t you think just exposing my chest would be enough?” Yu Dahui poked the sofa with her finger and questioned me.
Among the three options—horns, sex, and chest exposure—the lightest one appeared to be chest exposure. Yet…
“That would involve public exposure, so depending on the person it might be harder than horns.”
“…Hah. I’ve been trying so hard not to swear, but right now I almost want to.”
Yu Dahui let out a sigh and shot me a look that said I was a hopeless loser.
“We need to build it up step by step. Once we figure out where the sweet spot is, it’ll make things easier later.”
“So?”
“Today’s the first time. Let’s just start simple with a handjob.”
Yu Dahui pressed her lips tightly shut. She had so much she wanted to say but was forcing herself to hold back.
“…Take off your pants. I’ll give you one hand.”
Yu Dahui waved her hands as if to tell me to sit on the sofa. I lowered my pants and obediently sat down.
Yu Dahui took out some gel from her inventory and gently wrapped her hand around my cock.
“You had gel with you too?”
“…Shut up.”
When Yu Dahui and I have sex, I had never used it. Yet she was carrying it around. Isilia said.
“From morning, are you two about to have sex?”
“…Did you hear the story with your ears closed? It’s because of you that I’m doing this, so just watch Kim Jinwu properly.”
Yu Dahui spat out the words like they annoyed her to the point where she had to say them.
The words hit me hard. Slap, slap, slap, slap—before I even realized it, my orgasm was right there.
“Hey, I’m about to cum.”
“Already? You’re in heat?”
“It’s not that… I don’t know…”
“Wait, just a second… Mmmph!”
I grabbed Yu Dahui’s head and pulled her down to my lower abdomen. The moment my cock touched her lips, her mouth opened without hesitation.
Puff—squelch!
Yu Dahui took my glans into her mouth and swallowed the semen with her lips. Her face was scrunched up in concentration as she stared at me.
“Mmm, mmph!”
That turned me on even more, so I unconsciously pushed my cock deeper into her mouth. Yu Dahui tapped my thighs, telling me to stop. When I didn’t, she grabbed my ass and matched my hip movements. Squelch—squelch—
“Ah… Dahui…”
I didn’t force her throat open. I simply came deep inside. Glug, glug—
Yu Dahui pulled back from my cock. Still holding it in her mouth, she swallowed the rest of the semen. After emptying her mouth, she spit out my cock and panted heavily.
“Puhah! Jin… Jinwu…! If you do that suddenly, what am I supposed to do!”
“Sorry… I got so suddenly horny I couldn’t help it…”
“You could’ve said something… Have I ever not taken it? If you just ask, I can do everything…”
Yu Dahui wiped away the teary eyes that had welled up and stood up. She headed to the bathroom with her toothbrush and toothpaste. While she was deep in thought about the handjob, she had completely forgotten what was most important.
“Isilia, clean up the Wang Gohan bunch later.”
“What does that mean…?”
“When you see this, kill him and wait. Got it? Then I’ll give you one shop point.”
“Shop?”
Isilia didn’t care about what he said at all. Instead, she was interested in the shop.
“What’s the shop…?”
“It’s like a coin you get when you do good things. I give it to you myself.”
“What do you get for collecting it?”
“You already know, you’re just asking to be annoying… When the shop fills up to a hundred points, I’ll release you from the Submission Oath.”
Isilia hesitated over her words. She seemed like she wanted to say something. I already had a rough idea, so I even gave her the Mana Oath.
“R-really?!”
Isilia looked overjoyed like a little kid.
“As long as I don’t give you the shop, it’s over.”
Bound by the shackles of the Submission Oath, the initiative was always mine. This fact could never be changed no matter how much Elena or Isilia tried. Besides, the moment I regressed, I would forget all the shop points I had already received, making the oath meaningless.
Yu Dahui came out of the bathroom. “It’s finished now, right?”
“Yeah. We can check it later.”
“Then let’s head to the Eastern Cliff Cave. To earn a 3-star.”
Yu Dahui looked happier than she had at any point before. Becoming a 3-star meant getting one step closer to clearing the Tower of Struggle. For Yu Dahui, who only cared about clearing, this was the happiest news.
Outside the house, I climbed onto Isilia’s back as she transformed into a dragon.
—Giving a dragon your back is a big deal, but what about the shop…?
> You have received 1 shop point from Isilia.
> Isilia: Yes! Let’s go!
> Isilia: Hold on tight!
—Yes! Let’s go!
Yu Dahui hugged my waist tightly with both arms at Isilia’s words. Her soft breasts pressed against my back. Flutter—!
Isilia flew up into the sky. The cold wind whipped around us, but it wasn’t unbearable. Looking down from above at the island, I saw Green Worm, Walking Tree, Metal Worm… Players were already battling monsters from dawn all over the place. I spotted players aiming in our direction as well.
The farther east we went, the wider the sea stretched. The vast, open horizon brought a sense of peace to my heart.
—Here. A cliff connected to the eastern sea. Below it lay a cave with a strange landscape and an eerie atmosphere. When Isilia changed back to human form, she fell like a meteor. Thanks to her increased physical stats, it was safe enough.
When Isilia entered the enormous cave she called home, a chilling voice echoed.
The Black Imugi appeared, rolling its yellow eyes as it glared at us.
“Who’s there…?”
“The 2-floor elite monster, the Black Imugi.”
Yu Dahui shouted proudly. “I’m here to catch you!”
🏛 Type: Cave
⚔ Difficulty: 2★ Elite Monster
📍 Floor: 2
💀 Boss: Black Imugi
“You came to catch me? Just some human girl? Did you think I was easy?”
The Black Imugi uncoiled and shot toward us like lightning. The moment I was swallowed, I would die without moving. ‘Of course, only me.’
Yu Dahui’s body specs from yesterday were already overpowered. Among 2-star players, there were barely any she could wrestle. She could easily defeat the Black Imugi alone.
Yu Dahui charged at the Black Imugi. “Jinwu, stay close!” She shot out blue sword energy and moved without hesitation. ‘It’s right that she catches it alone… If I don’t step in, the scene will look weird.’
Coming to defeat an elite monster and only watching would be abnormal. No matter how strong Yu Dahui was, helping was the right thing to do. ‘When I regress, I’ll make Elena answer and listen. Then we’ll each play solo. First, I need to get strong enough to catch the Imugi. It will take time. I might even be on the 3rd floor by then. I don’t know what I’ll be doing.’
“Tsk.”
Hiding the fact that I knew was uncomfortable in a world where everything was a novel, and I couldn’t tell Yu Dahui. It was no ordinary discomfort.
“Swoooosh!”
The Black Imugi spat its breath. Maybe because it was in front of a real dragon, the breath looked like a yawn.
“What?”
Yu Dahui ignored the Imugi’s poison breath completely. Still, it was a 2-floor elite monster… ‘Could it be… me too?’
Act and reality were different. Things that seemed easy to read in a novel felt overwhelmingly painful in reality. I inhaled the Imugi’s poison breath and savored it like a cigarette.
“Cough, cough!”
My insides were burning. Damn, how could it be so disgusting? The pain was on a completely different level from chemical warfare. I took out a potion from my inventory and chugged it in one go, then charged at the Imugi.
“You humans can’t defeat me!”
The massive Imugi, the size of a golem, whipped around inside the cave. Each time it twitched, it felt like a giant whip was lashing out. The ground shook violently.
“Pluto’s Hand is activated.”
I poured out all the life force I had stockpiled yesterday. Twenty black hands rose up around me, and I threw the weapons I had stored in my inventory at the Imugi.
├─ Tier 1:Summon invisible telekinetic hands ✓
├─ Tier 2:Increase in number and strength ✓
└─ Tier 3:Pierce through defenses with raw force ★
“Do you think a bunch of bugs can handle me?!”
“Still itches like hell, doesn’t it?”
Twenty players with strength level 30 were swinging weapons around. Since I couldn’t see them, I couldn’t knock them down either. This was the only thing that could scratch my nerves.
“Thrust!”
“Pluto's Mark is activated.”
“Kyaaaaak!”
Among the weapons flying all around me, I slammed my sword into the Imugi’s body. Bam—!
“Cough!”
If I hit the wrong spot, I would be slammed straight into the cave wall, but in my heightened state, it didn’t hurt much. I could endure it.
“I’ll kill you!”
The Imugi opened its mouth wide and rushed toward me. The sight of a massive snake slithering along the ground was horrifying.
“Want to help?”
“No way!”
I rolled on the dirt floor while dodging, shouting. Yu Dahui was steadily dealing damage to the creature. It was only a matter of time until the Imugi died—it was an inevitable result. Dividing up the contribution like that would be a stupid decision.
“If you give me just one shop point, I could help too.”
A hollow laugh escaped me. The shop was just a fun game. Isilia was seriously craving it. In other words, I could just give commands without the points.
“I don’t really feel like spamming commands, but…”
I ignored Isilia’s words and rushed toward the Imugi. The Imugi, covered in blood from Yu Dahui’s attacks, was putting up its final struggle.
“Soon I’ll become a dragon, yet I’m being toyed with by a mere human…!”
The Imugi’s role was to serve as awakening material for players. It lived here every day, curled up with the same self, waiting for players.
“Just die already.”
The Imugi, filled with rage and hatred, collapsed.
Yu Dahui pulled her sword out of the Imugi’s corpse.
The body turned to black ash.
Effect:No items left.
Result:All loot destroyed.
[You have defeated the Black Imugi.]
[‘Black Magic Lv.24’ ▶ ‘Black Magic Lv.25’]
[Condition for Awakening (3★) not satisfied.]
Yu Dahui must have gotten the same message. Her reaction came instantly.
“What?”
Yu Dahui walked over to Isilia. “Isilia, you’re not awakening?”
“Huh? Why?”
“Why, I mean. You should know, right?”
“I don’t know everything either? We’re both ‘players’ in the same way.”
Isilia arrogantly lifted her chin. “I woke up the moment I caught the Imugi. And I only told you what you asked me to, right? Is that my fault?”
“Still, the ‘awakening condition’ line came up.”
Interrupted by Yu Dahui, I tossed in a light hint. “If you satisfy some condition, you can awaken like Isilia. Let’s think slowly. We can come back later.”
“Awakening condition… What is that? How do I find out?”
“Let’s head back first.”
The Black Imugi’s corpse had turned into black ash. Nothing could be taken.