Chapter 137: Milk Road Maker
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 137: Milk Road Maker
The moment Guwon used Holy Ground Proclamation, every orc within its range charged toward him. Even the orcs who had been fighting other adventurers ignored their attacks and rushed at Guwon.
Normally, this would cause a huge fuss about kill-stealing, but I guess it’s fine in a situation like this.
Guwon activated Saint’s Touch and instantly dispatched the swarming orcs.
Without fail, they all fell flat on their backs, putting on a fountain show of white liquid.
The spray was so intense that it even splashed onto the nearby adventurers, but they didn’t even think to dodge. They just stood there, mouths agape, staring at Guwon.
Hmph. Was I too cool, taking care of them in an instant? They can’t even take their eyes off me.
To be honest, I couldn’t look away either.
Seeing a group of pretty women standing with their mouths open as a white liquid was sprayed on their faces, I couldn’t help but have some… inappropriate thoughts. No. This isn’t the time for that.
Guwon felt the urge to linger a little longer, but he decided to restrain himself.
A sight like this wasn’t something you saw every day, but achieving my goal came first.
Besides, once the battle was completely over, not just these people, but everyone would be looking at me with that same gaze of admiration.
Alright. Rather than enjoying this single moment, let’s press on to enjoy the future.
From this moment on, I become a legend!
After that, Guwon tore through the battlefield, destroying orc formations wherever he went.
He would rampage across the battlefield, taking down Transcendent Species until his essence was running dangerously low, then return to Diana to recover.
Since Diana hadn’t been providing combat support, she had plenty of mana, and Guwon’s essence was restored in an instant.
As he continued his rampage, felling his umpteenth Transcendent Species, Guwon suddenly realized the sounds of battle around him had quieted.
He casually dealt with the orcs charging him under the influence of his holy ground and looked around.
The area was covered with the corpses of orcs who had been showered in white liquid.
The number of orcs still on their feet could be counted on one hand, and even they were being finished off by the other adventurers.
Is it finally over? Just how long have we been fighting?
He checked the time and saw that it was already getting late.
We had started fighting almost immediately after breakfast, which meant we’d skipped lunch and fought all day long.
I hadn’t noticed until now, high on the thrill of battle, but the moment I became aware of it, I was struck by a ferocious hunger.
I wanted to drop everything and go get something to eat, but Guwon endured with an iron will.
No matter who you ask, I’m the star of this battle.
The main character can’t just disappear to eat before the fighting is even over. That’s just not right.
In the middle of a field of orc corpses that had died in bliss, Guwon spread his arms wide, tilted his head back toward the sky, and struck a dramatic pose.
Take a good look. This might be your last chance to ever see my face.
Then, he cracked his eyes open slightly to survey his surroundings.
Everyone was ignoring him, busy carving out Magic Stones.
…Right. Everyone’s just trying to make a living. I guess carving out Magic Stones is more important than praising the person who won the battle.
Still, it was clear that Guwon was exuding an aura of dignity that made it difficult for anyone to approach him.
As proof, not a single person came near him to collect Magic Stones.
And that was despite the fact that there were even Transcendent Species corpses lying around him.
For now, Guwon decided to go with the flow and started gathering Magic Stones himself.
The feeling of his dirtied body becoming clean with each stone he carved out was always a refreshing experience.
Even after he had collected all the Magic Stones, the adventurers still kept their distance.
I could feel their gazes. I could feel them staring at me from all directions. But not one of them seemed to have any intention of approaching.
In fact, with every step Guwon took, the sea of people parted like the miracle of Moses, maintaining a set distance from him.
Damn it. Did I go too overboard?
According to my plan, I should have been surrounded by countless beautiful female adventurers by now, all singing my praises.
So this is the kind of problem you run into with relationships when you’re too outstanding.
Guwon felt like he could understand Diana’s feelings a little.
Diana, who could make people swoon and stutter just by saying her name, must feel like this all the time. I should be a little nicer to her from now on.
But that resolution didn’t even last a few minutes.
“Oh. You’re here.”
Diana’s cheeks were puffed out as she chewed on something, raising a hand in greeting.
“What are you eating?”
“Desert Lizard skewers. They sell these now, you know. The world has certainly changed. I never would have imagined something like this back when I first built the teleportation circle here.”
Please stop talking like that. It just makes you sound more like a grandma.
No, more importantly…
“Where are they selling them?”
“In the village, of course. Where else?”
“What? When did you go to the village? What about the Magic Stones?”
“What are you talking about? You know I don’t carry things like knives!” Diana said, puffing out her chest proudly.
“You have magic! Wind magic!”
“Everyone is working so hard to carve out Magic Stones. Wouldn’t it be too crass of me to just sweep them all up with magic? Are you telling me to do something like that for a bit of pocket change?”
Ugh. She’d argue her way out of anything.
Guwon gave up on winning an argument with Diana.
“Don’t be so angry. I bought one for you, too. Eat this and cool down.”
Diana held out a skewer as if to placate him.
You think this will make me forgive you? You could have at least waited for me to get back so we could eat together. Just you wait until we’re in bed later.
Well, I’ll eat it for now.
Guwon took a bite of the skewer and looked over at Sara and Leia.
Sara instantly hid one hand behind her back and tried to look nonchalant.
Wipe the sauce off your mouth before you try to act innocent.
When Guwon continued to stare at her, Sara held out the pouch hanging at her side.
“I-I did carve out the Magic Stones.”
At least Sara had a conscience.
That was a relief. It would have been sad if she, who actually had a knife, had just been eating without collecting any stones.
Still, the fact remained that she ate before I got back.
And what hurt Guwon’s heart most of all was that even our angel, Leia, hadn’t waited for me and had started eating her skewer first.
Of course, Leia didn’t have a knife, nor could she butcher a corpse with magic like Diana. And even if she did have a knife, I couldn’t imagine her using it to carve up a body. Still, she could have waited a little while to eat.
Leia’s ears and tail drooped as she wore an apologetic expression.
“I’m sorry… I… I was just so hungry…”
Come to think of it, Leia did eat a surprising amount for someone with her looks.
No, if you consider that everything she eats goes straight to her chest, maybe she eats an amount perfectly befitting her appearance.
In any case, seeing her with her ears and tail drooping like that, Guwon’s resentment washed away as if it had never been there.
Right. It happens. She must have been starving.
Especially since the more Leia eats, the bigger her chest gets. I can’t let her skip a single meal. In fact, this was the right thing to do.
“No, it’s fine. You did well. What’s the point of starving here just waiting for me? It’s better that you ate first.”
“See? What did I tell you? I said it would be fine if we put Miss Leia forward.”
He could hear Diana whispering to Sara beside him.
I can hear you, you know. She’s so damn cunning.
But just as Diana said, if I said anything to them now, it would be like I was scolding Leia, too.
It’s amazing how she can act like this after what I did to her last night.
Is that also a kind of wisdom that comes with age?
“So. How was it? My fame must be spreading far and wide by now, right?”
“Ah…”
At Guwon’s words, the three of them simultaneously averted their gazes.
“What? What’s wrong?”
“Ah, w-well. At the very least, your name will be widely known, won’t it?”
It was a suspicious reaction.
Guwon wouldn’t find out the reason for their attitude until that evening.
After fighting to our hearts’ content all day, we decided to rest for the night instead of hunting any further.
Even after entering the village, I could feel eyes on me from all directions.
Everyone seemed to be looking at Guwon and whispering amongst themselves.
But whenever I looked toward the source of the murmuring, they would all hastily look away and pretend to be busy.
And when we entered the inn where we were staying for dinner, a loud voice greeted Guwon.
“Oho! He’s finally graced us with his presence! Everyone! Make way for today’s hero!” a burly man with a cheerful face shouted, clapping his hands with all his might.
At the same time, sharp whistles echoed from the crowd.
Every adventurer in the inn’s first-floor dining hall was looking at Guwon and welcoming him.
The problem was, most of them were men.
There were a few women smiling as if they found it amusing, but the vast majority were men.
Were there always this many male adventurers here? It felt like there was nothing but guys.
“Here, here. Come over and tell us a tale of your valor.”
The man who had first shouted led Guwon to a table in the center of the dining hall.
“What tale? You’re adventurers too, you must have seen it all.”
“Of course we saw it with our own two eyes, but we have no idea how you did it. How in the world did you make that Milk Road?”
The man spoke, acting strangely familiar as he slung an arm around Guwon’s shoulder.
Get off me, you sweaty bastard. When did we get close enough for you to act so friendly?
“What? What road?”
“The Milk Road! The Milk Road! Bwahahaha! Whoever came up with that name is a genius! The Milk Road! Everywhere you went, a path of semen was made! Bwahahaha! Do you know what your nickname is now? The Milk Road Maker! The Milk Road Maker! Bwahahaha! An adventurer who’s only on the 2nd floor already has a nickname! I’m so jealous I could die!”
Hearing that, Guwon slowly began to grasp the situation.
God damn it. This isn’t a hero, this is a total gag character.
“The sight of those tough women just standing there blankly, getting covered in orc semen. How did you do it? Why don’t you share your secret? Bwahahaha!”
“…Should I show you?”
“Huh? What did you say?”
“Should I show you how it’s done?”
“Ooh! I was just kidding, but really?! But I’m not into making other dudes jizz their pants… Hngggh!”
“This is how you do it, you bastard.”
Guwon activated Saint’s Touch and lightly brushed away the man’s hand from his shoulder.
Needless to say, the man clamped his thighs together and collapsed to the floor.
“See? Like this. Now. Feel it. With your whole body. How is it? Think you get it now?”
“Heuk! Haah! Wai-! Stop! Hiiik! Gyaaaah!”
The man, who had been twitching every time Guwon poked him, turned pale after just a few touches.
“Look at this bastard, his face is already white and he’s barely cum a few times. With that kind of stamina, how did you even level up enough to get here?”
“P-please stop. You’re really going to kill him.”
Sara, who despised men, couldn’t just let him die and tried to stop Guwon.
Come to think of it, the guy was now lying face down, only twitching when touched, no longer even making any pained noises.
That’s what you get for acting up when you don’t know your place.
“Anyone else curious?”
Guwon said, glaring murderously at the surroundings. The gazes that had been watching with amusement just a moment ago vanished in an instant.
Everyone desperately turned their heads to avoid making eye contact with him.
But this wasn’t nearly enough to quell my rage.
After all that hard work all day, all I got was the stupid nickname ‘Milk Road Maker.’
“You looked curious earlier.”
“N-no! Of course not!”
“No, you looked curious. Should I make a milk road with your milk, too? Huh?”
“H-hiiik!”
When Guwon shoved his face into one of the guys who had been snickering earlier, the man frantically avoided his gaze and waved his hands in denial.
“That’s enough. You shouldn’t tease those weaker than you so much.”
Diana chided him gently, but Guwon couldn’t bring himself to stop.
“No. I can’t let this go. Right. It seems you guys are under the impression that this only works on men. Should I prove that it works on women, too?”
Guwon said, this time approaching one of the few female adventurers in the dining hall.
Just then, he felt a light impact on the back of his head.
“So you were just pretending to be angry, and this was your real goal all along!”
What the hell? What’s with her all of a sudden?
I was just going to use Saint’s Touch on that female adventurer over there…
“Huh? N-no! I wasn’t trying to sexually harass her! I was just trying to clear up the misunderstanding like this…”
“Hyaaaaaaaaaah!”
Why would I sexually harass a less attractive adventurer when I have you guys?
Feeling wronged by the misunderstanding, Guwon lightly touched the female adventurer.
As the woman instantly reached climax, Guwon regained his composure and looked around at the adventurers.
“See? It works on women like this, too…”
“What do you think you’re doing, sexually harassing someone so brazenly?!”
“No, really, wait, hey, it’s a misunderstanding!”
But Guwon’s excuses were useless.
Truly angry this time, Sara’s full-force palm struck Guwon.
Sara’s agility must have been overwhelmingly higher than his, because Guwon couldn’t even dodge and had no choice but to take the hit.
Ugh. That stung down to my very bones.
Her main job is an archer, so why does she hit so hard in close combat, not just with a bow?
By that point, the other adventurers seemed to have decided that Guwon’s party was a dangerous group to be avoided.
The atmosphere in the dining hall did a complete 180 from the earlier uproar. Now, the only ones making a scene were Guwon’s party.
The other adventurers kept as far away from them as possible, silently focused on finishing the food in front of them.
Their expressions clearly showed their desire to finish their meals quickly and escape from the dangerous group.