Golem (2)
“The blood of the Chosen clan is required to wield it…”
“The Chosen clan. It’s just a boy, right?”
“Whether it’s Chosen clan or not, the only person on the 1st floor who can use the Trident is that boy. No matter how I look, it only points to the boy.”
In the novel, Yoo Dahui had awakened to this fact after repeating it tens of times.
“I guess I should go check on Moses.”
We headed toward the boy training by the lake. This round we didn’t meet him, but since we’d cleared the middle stage, I assumed he’d guide us to the next part naturally.
After hearing the same old story I already knew, I handed him the Trident.
“What’s this?”
The boy asked, gripping the Trident.
It was a massive weapon that didn’t match his small frame. Yet he held it without any trouble at all.
“Because he’s the Chosen clan.”
Normally, a spear light enough for the little boy Moses to swing wouldn’t be this heavy. Still, he looked perfectly at ease.
“Split the lake with that.”
“With this?”
“Yeah. The Angel told me to find the five blue pillars, right? I’ve already found them and removed the seals. And this is what I brought back. If it’s got any use, isn’t it the power to split the sea?”
The Angel spoke directly to the boy who wanted to cut the water.
It made perfect sense that this could open a path through the sea.
“I’ll try it.”
The boy gripped the shaft tightly and thrust the Trident toward the lake.
Just like always, he let out a meaningless shout.
“Huaaaaaah!”
“Oh. It worked.”
Blue energy gathered at the tip of the Trident and shot toward the lake. The water began to quake and split open.
“Wow…”
The bottom of the lake came into view. But the crystal at the center was nowhere to be seen.
So this lake was out. Damn.
“Tsk…”
I wished it had split in one go. Too bad luck wasn’t on our side today.
Still, we might be stuck here again in the next round. Every time we regressed, the crystal’s position shifted in some weird way, so we had to check all five lakes every single time.
“The bastard who wrote the story on top of the God sure did a number on us. What can we do?”
“Dr… finally…”
The boy was so moved he started crying. After all that lonely training, of course he’d break down.
Of course, without the Trident it was impossible.
The boy needed to find the crystal and permanently claim this power.
“Do you have anything else for me to help with? What did the Angel say exactly?”
“The Angel said that once I can split the lake, I’ll naturally be able to split the sea.”
Sodahui had quietly kept track of the details, so in a way it was correct.
“I confirmed that there’s a 20% chance the crystal is in the lake the boy trains at. After seeing it, Sodahui would split all the lakes again the next time she restarted. And she’d randomly pick one out of the five to keep.”
“But it’s pretty tough. Splitting the sea doesn’t look easy at all.”
The boy’s expression wasn’t great. Splitting even a lake with a fake Trident was hard enough. He’d need to recover his stamina for at least a day before he could try the next lake tomorrow.
I had no intention of rushing him.
I answered softly and promised to return soon.
“Ah. I’ll come back tomorrow or the day after. Let’s split another lake too. How about it?”
“I’m fine with that. I just need to hone my strength until the Angel sends me back to the original world anyway.”
The boy said it with a determined smile. His eyes were shining with hope, so his spirit was overflowing.
We said goodbye to the boy and headed back to the First City.
Even though we’d finished everything, the sun was still high in the sky.
Even if we’d been a little late, the return trip had been lightning-fast. Normally it would take a while to clear the Temple of the Sea—long enough to risk our lives and grow strong enough to rub against the Sea Dragon statue.
But thanks to Elena, we’d saved a lot of time.
Even with this much, I wouldn’t regret inviting Elena over.
If we’d had a little more time, we could have explored the Third City and had a taste of the Golem raid.
Too bad.
“Elena. Thank you so much for helping today. Thanks to you, we finished early.”
“It’s nothing. Actually, I should be thanking Dahui-nim. You took on such a difficult request…”
At Dahui’s greeting, Elena gave an awkward smile.
That difficult request was the promise I’d made to help Dahui and me have sex while she watched.
Dahui’s eyelids trembled lightly.
“…Friday, right?”
“Yes. If there’s anything else you need help with, please let me know anytime. I’ll do my best.”
“No… it’s fine.”
This was Elena’s trap. I knew it too.
When she grabs my hand, who knows how much more she’ll make me do?
“I’ll see you on Friday. See you later.”
Despite the perverted words, Elena bowed politely and left.
She hadn’t really changed—she just had a weird taste.
“Thinking about it, I haven’t touched her ass for a while now.”
When I first met Elena, I’d used a vibrator to train her ass for anal play.
I’d turn it on and tease her every time. But lately, I hadn’t touched either the vibrator or her ass.
“Sigh…”
I had to work carefully to avoid suspicion.
I needed excuses ready in case it got caught.
Tricky problem.
There was the option of dropping Elena, but Pluto’s slave system made it impossible to give her up for the sake of the harem, right?
Yeah.
We returned to the hut and rested.
Naturally, we ended up hugging each other. Before I knew it, I was hard.
This was just biology. Whenever I touched Dahui, it happened naturally.
So I wasn’t particularly eager for sex.
But Dahui was.
“R-really? Already?”
“Yeah.”
She stared straight at my erection and took my cock in her hand.
She showed zero intention of letting go.
I pleaded with her. The blood had rushed in and swollen my cock, but my mind was as lust-free as ever.
“Just once. I’m dying here.”
“No way. You’re already hard.”
“This is your—”
Before I could finish, Dahui stripped off her clothes.
Her plain underwear looked expensive. Her beautiful figure shook my eyes.
But I didn’t want to insert. It wasn’t sexual attraction—it was pure beauty.
Honestly, I was terrified of her mouth and pussy.
“Tomorrow. Let’s do it tomorrow. Okay? Just one day, please.”
I wasn’t some raging hornball who’d go into heat if I skipped one day.
I wonder if my sincerity got through.
Dahui began dressing again.
“Yeah. Every other day. That works, right?”
“Th-thank you…! So overwhelmingly grateful…! Even saying thank you to my dick. Look at this.”
Brother even thanked Dahui.
Tap—tap—
Dahui giggled and grabbed my cock.
I couldn’t dodge the sudden squeeze.
I tried to pull away before she grabbed my balls, but it was useless.
With a sigh, I asked, “Why?”
Dahui licked her lips and looked at me.
“I can’t hold back anymore. I want to do it.”
“Huh? You said you’d wait until tonight…”
“Yeah, I did say that. But this isn’t my fault. You’re the one who made my dick smell bad in front of me.”
Shit…
“Just be a good girl and suck it. Got it?”
“A-ah…”
Dahui tightened her grip and yanked me closer.
There was nothing I could do. I was pulled right into her mouth.
Churp—churp—
Dahui began sucking my cock like it was her favorite candy. She licked it deliciously, tasting it with her mouth and then her pussy, before squeezing out every last drop.
Only when I was completely spent did she finally let go.
“Thank you for the meal, Mr. Kim Jinwoo.”
Slap—!
Dahui smacked my ass.
Feeling her tender touch, I could finally sleep.
The next day.
We set out with our exhausted bodies.
Today we had to find another lake to split.
I ran into Elena.
She was with Elysha.
“Good morning, Dahui-nim. I hope you rested well.”
“I did. How about you, Elena?”
“Me… well, as you can see, I’m perfectly fine.”
Standing behind Elena, Elysha stared at Dahui with sharp eyes and tossed out a comment.
“Dahui! You look so much healthier. Your cheeks are so smooth.”
“Probably because I ate something delicious and slept well. I feel refreshed and lighter than yesterday. Nice, right?”
“Yeah? What did you eat? I want some too.”
“Ah… no…”
I couldn’t even butt in during this normal meeting.
This situation was too complicated.
“I can’t keep going like this…”
Whether I used the estrus or found something to grow my stamina, I had to do something.
Deleting the estrus was impossible, so the only option was to grow my stamina and beat Dahui.
Unfortunately, there was no stamina-related magic in Black Magic.
Even if there was, it would only be hypnosis, sensitivity control, and teasing. That wouldn’t be a real victory.
“The answer is sex techniques.”
Their insane stamina from orcs or the endless desire from goblins were powers I couldn’t steal.
But sex techniques I could learn.
If I had a master, I could learn them.
“Let’s go up to the 2nd floor.”
There were no martial arts humans on the 1st floor. There might be on the 2nd.
I should explore the 2nd floor while I was at it.
I called Dahui aside and whispered to her.
“Today, ask Elena to take you to the 2nd floor.”
“Huh? Already?”
Dahui looked surprised, as if it were too soon.
Her eyes held negative feelings.
She still wanted to stay on the 1st floor.
“Why? We can go and come back.”
“That’s a bit… vague.”
I couldn’t figure out her hesitation.
Anyway, the 1st floor boss Golem wouldn’t give stars even if we killed it.
We could just rush through it without a problem.
If we didn’t get stars, it didn’t matter—we weren’t at the end.
We could come back to the 1st floor and try again.
Dahui said, “If we go to the 2nd floor, the starting point changes. That’s the problem.”
“Ah…”
Dahui didn’t want to leave because the starting point would change.
Changing the starting point meant fixing our past history.
“The starting point only changes at 5th floor… How do I even explain that?”
“What a goddamn mess…”
Dahui would never leave the 1st floor until she felt ready.
For a regressor, the most terrifying thing was an unchangeable past.
“Wait a second?”
That fear of a changed starting point was only from a regressor’s perspective.
From my side, I was just riding Dahui like a luggage.
Starting point or not, what did it matter?
“Dahui.”
“Hm?”
“Then how about I just check the 2nd floor alone?”
“What?”
Who did the starting point fix around?
It fixed around real regressors like Dahui.
If Dahui stayed on the 1st floor, the starting point remained the same.
It meant I could go to the 2nd floor without issue.
“You know what a regression is, right? Whether I live or die after you die doesn’t matter. I’ll still regress.”
“I get it…”
“If we assume you’re more important in the regression, then the starting point should depend on your position too.”
“…Yeah…”
Dahui was already thinking about it. She’d pondered regression more than anyone.
There was no way she wouldn’t understand.
“If I’m staying on the 1st floor, where I am doesn’t matter, right? Whether I’m here or anywhere, I’ll regress from the 1st floor. Under the assumption that I’m dead.”
That logic sounded far more reasonable than the stupid “starting point only resets at 5th floor” setting.
“Do I really have to see the 2nd floor right now?”
“Huh?”
Dahui looked at me with gloomy eyes.
Her slumped shoulders looked pitiful for some reason.
“We can go together later. Why so soon?”
“I want to save time too. Isn’t it better to try while I can?”
“I don’t mind saving time… I can go slowly.”
Dahui sighed deeply.
“I just don’t want to be apart from you.”
“Ah…”
“I don’t want to be apart even for a day. But still…”
Dahui swallowed what she was about to say.
I was curious what she’d almost said, so I unconsciously used mind-reading.
My head hurt like it was splitting.
“You made this offer thinking about me, didn’t you?”
“I’m the one who’s tough.”
“Even though you’re not a child, you’re throwing a tantrum about not wanting to be apart?”
“Dahui, send me off coolly! Then we can clear the Tower of Struggle faster, right?”
“Yeah, just hold onto me with your wish.”
“Mind-reading has been deactivated.”
Dahui’s thoughts were rushing in.
Looking ahead, she had finished thinking and was giving me an embarrassed smile.
“Go ahead. One day is enough, right?”
“……”
“Two days? Three days might be tough…”