Chapter 54
Chapter 54
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Translator: crow
Chapter Title: Hunters
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Entering the zombie world, I gave the ability awakener bracelet I'd brought from the original world to Ji-a.
"Whoa! Bro, what's this?"
Ji-a's mouth curved up to her ears when I handed her the fancy-looking, high-end bracelet.
"It'll cut down on your mana consumption when you use telekinesis."
I'd gone ahead and bought the expensive one, but with a price tag over a billion, I had no comeback if someone called me a sucker.
It was pricey, sure, but among the expensive gear, this was on the cheaper side?
Awakener equipment could run into the hundreds of billions.
It almost felt like they were ripping people off with the line that awakeners make bank.
I had mana stones piled up in my inventory, so it wasn't exactly a burden.
But my senses from back when I was scraping by as a civilian hunter hadn't fully worn off yet.
Made for women, it had a simple yet sleek design.
The design was simple, but her reaction sure wasn't.
Ji-a was beaming from ear to ear.
"Haven't seen that bracelet before?"
Suji, munching on pizza, casually asked Ji-a.
With her arm propped up on the table while eating, it was bound to catch the eye.
"Oh? This? Hehehe."
Ji-a let out a weird giggle.
"What? Don't laugh like that, it's creepy."
Suji flinched at Ji-a's expression.
And at that look, both Suji and Chaewon seemed to guess something, their faces turning sour like they'd eaten shit.
"Suji sis, curious? Chaewon, you curious?"
"........."
Chaewon pretended not to care, ignoring Ji-a and tearing into her pizza.
"You are curious, right? Chaewon?"
Ji-a was dying to brag.
"........."
Chaewon tried to ignore her to the end, but Ji-a clung on persistently.
Ji-a looked unusually happy for some reason.
...
After eating, I lounged on a bench in the rooftop garden, staring blankly at the clear blue sky.
Food coma?
Hunting felt like a drag today.
'Skip it for today?'
Times like this, rolling around in bed with Ji-a wasn't a bad idea.
"Mister, whatcha doing?"
While zoning out on the rooftop, the kid came up to chat.
Chaeyoung, was it?
And next to her, Kang Hana, who seemed to have become friends already.
"........."
"Mister, how do you get so tall?"
Chaeyoung asked with an innocent face.
"........."
"Whoa, mister's hands are huge. Right, Hana?"
-Nod.
Hana nodded quietly.
And together with Chaeyoung, they fiddled with my hand.
Dirty from playing in the dirt, probably.
"........."
"Yeah!"
For some reason, the kids started climbing all over me.
Hana on my lap, Chaeyoung scaling my arm toward the summit.
"........."
"Whoa! So high~"
Chaeyoung was thrilled, hugging my head from atop my shoulder.
Hana bounced her feet excitedly on my knee.
"........."
"Mister, what's that?"
"........."
"How do I get strong like you? Sis says eat well. Can you show me that magic trick where stuff pops out?"
Chaeyoung chattered away on her own.
She used to be a bit scared of me before...
"Oh! Kids, don't bother Un-ho bro~."
Ji-a showed up right on cue.
Not a coincidence... I'd messaged Suni, obviously.
"We're not bothering him! He looked bored, so we were playing with him."
"Oh really? Well, this sis is bored too—wanna play with me?"
Ji-a scooped Chaeyoung off my shoulder as she spoke.
"I wanna stay with mister... but okay."
Chaeyoung answered with a regretful look.
"Aww, thanks. Chaeyoung and Hana are such good kids."
"Why do you cry every night, sis? At first I thought it was a ghost. Sis said you're Ji-a sis. Are you hurt?"
At Chaeyoung's question, Ji-a's face flushed beet red in panic.
"Th-that's... Kids, wanna float?"
"Yay~ Yes! Do it!"
As Ji-a levitated the kids with telekinesis and led them away, I let out a sigh without realizing.
"Phew... Guess I should go hunt."
I was starting to feel like prey was running low.
After all the culling I'd done, it was only natural.
'Kept the kids safe and wiped out nearly everything.'
A decently large river cut through the city.
Today, I planned to cross the bridge and head beyond.
That side had an even bigger cityscape.
Chaewon's survivor camp was supposed to be over there...
...
I crossed the bridge over the river, but the scenery didn't change much.
Apartments and shop buildings everywhere.
Until now, I'd focused on clearing corrupted beings around the base, so I hadn't come this way.
But there weren't as many corrupted beings as I'd hoped.
More than around the base, sure.
C-rank and above were still rare, though.
Animals posed more threat than zombies...
Maybe head to the mountains instead of the city?
Planning to hunt around here for a while, I set up a save point on the roof of a decent four-story shop building.
And while picking off the occasional low-grade corrupted being, I spotted something interesting.
"Block it!"
-Thud.
A burly guy blocked a giant zombie's attack with a huge metal sheet.
"Now! Attack!"
Several awakeners were hunting together.
One body-enhancement awakener restrained the zombie's movements.
The others charged in with weapons, striking the zombie.
They moved in sync, smoothly cornering the giant zombie.
-Thud.
The battered giant zombie collapsed.
One guy hefted a massive axe and split its head open.
-Crack.
Then extracted the mana stone inside.
'.......Total... hunters.'
From the practiced moves, this wasn't their first or second rodeo.
This world had gone to shit not long ago.
Already farming mana stones? Quick adapters.
Did they even know how to use them?
"Let's head back. Move it, you lot."
At the awakener's words, the ragged folks behind started packing up.
Porters.
Or supporters, in other words.
Reminded me of the early days back home.
Stirred up old memories—or PTSD.
"Fuck..."
They loaded the corrupted zombie corpses onto carts and left.
Those filthy bodies good for anything?
Not my problem, anyway.
Chaewon's survivor group?
Or another one.
Hard to check without bringing Chaewon.
Not much compared to what I hunted, though.
"Tch... Competition's picking up."
...
After a round of intense sex, Ji-a, who was clinging to me, spoke up.
"Bro, I've been thinking..."
Ji-a glanced around suspiciously for some reason.
"......?"
As if afraid someone might overhear, she leaned in close and whispered in my ear.
"I think... maybe I got my superpower from making love with you."
"R-really?"
Sorry, Ji-a, but I already knew.
Still, I decided to keep quiet.
"Shh!"
"...?"
"Keep your voice down, bro. Someone might hear."
Ji-a was the woman I'd been with the most.
I hadn't spelled it out for her.
But she knew my bodily fluids had a positive effect on mana.
Having steady relations with me and being a telekinesis user, she'd picked up on it keenly.
She'd pieced together her own theory based on that.
Ji-a said it proudly, like it was a brilliant deduction.
"Bro, this is a huge secret. Got it?"
"........."
Her cute antics brought a smile to my face unbidden.
"Bro, this isn't funny. If the other girls find out, they'll devour you."
I thought that didn't sound half bad.
But Ji-a's worry was unfounded.
No one would believe without experiencing it themselves.
And even then, admitting it wouldn't be easy.
A normal person wouldn't link awakening from sex to the act itself.
Even if I told them, they'd call me a perv or crazy.
"No need to worry about that."
"Huh?"
"Imagine telling Chaewon right now. What'd she say?"
Getting my point, Ji-a blushed.
"St-still, we gotta be careful... You're too hot, bro..."
Me, hot?
Never thought I was ugly,
but calling me handsome felt off too.
Looking at her face, she seemed dead serious.
I sucked on her plump lips as she spouted cute nonsense.
"Ahng. Mm. Chu. Chu."
Naturally, she spread her legs.
I slipped between them with ease, shoving my massive cock into her tight hole.
-Squish.
That tiny opening stretched impossibly wide, welcoming my glans first and then the shaft.
Her glans raced through slick flesh, kissing her womb entrance.
"Haah! So full!"
Her smooth legs instinctively wrapped around my waist.
I thrust from above.
-Squish. Squish. Squish.
"Haah. Ahng. Ahng. Aah. Bro, feels so good."
She threw her arms around my neck and sucked my tongue.
"Bro. Hng. Mm. Chu. Slurp. Chu."
Her face flushed, expression melting.
The face of a perfectly aroused, cute female.
"Haah! Haah! Bro. Un-ho bro. Haaang."