Chapter 65
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Translator: True Detective
Chapter: 65
Chapter Title: Sensing Dexterity
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7 Channel.
In this world overrun by gate monsters, the last survivor Yoo Hyun-min was quietly staring at just one spot.
While gazing from the rooftop of a relatively intact building for a long time, someone approached him from behind and spoke.
"What weird pose are you pulling again?"
She was a beauty with a neat bob haircut, giving off a refined impression that she could handle anything sharply and efficiently.
The beauty chided Yoo Hyun-min, who had been staring at the same spot for hours already, then added a single word.
"Dear."
At that, Yoo Hyun-min withdrew his gaze and returned to his usual demeanor.
"Ah, Yeo-eun. You're here?"
"Yes, I am. Were you watching those 'existences' you mentioned before?"
"Yeah. I need to catch Raistal for my little bro."
For reference, the beauty called Yeo-eun was the android from 4 Channel that the Castaway had given him before.
Yoo Hyun-min had named the android Yeo-eun and made her call him "dear."
"Little bro means Kim Min-ho from 2 Channel, right?"
Yeo-eun replied like that, then stared in the direction Yoo Hyun-min had been looking for a moment.
"As expected, I can't see anything with my eyes. But since it's you saying it, dear, I'll believe you."
"It's not about seeing with your eyes. It's about feeling their energy."
In fact, Yoo Hyun-min was sensing the energy of a monster thousands of kilometers away.
No, more precisely, he was sensing the energy of specific monsters rooted in this world—all of them.
"Not easy."
Yoo Hyun-min recalled the worst monster he had faced in the desperate gate before: the Fire Dragon King.
'Even thinking about it now, it was a miraculous catch.'
The reason he thought of the Fire Dragon King was that there were five similar ones in this world right now.
In short, he could tell that this world had fallen because five more desperate gates had appeared.
'Well, two of them are in the ocean, so no chance of running into them.'
The remaining three were a different story.
As long as they stayed quietly in their own territories like now, there would be no issue...
"To catch that monster called Raistal, you need to move far away, but the problem is that those existences will move too, right?"
"Exactly. Honestly, I could win in a 1-on-1."
The problem was that there were five similar ones.
No matter how much it was Yoo Hyun-min, he couldn't guarantee victory against two.
"You think another one will interfere during the fight."
"Of course it would. With five similar ones around, how annoying would that be."
Ironically, even Yoo Hyun-min himself found the presence of these monsters quite irritating right now.
"If just those two on land beat each other up, it might solve everything."
In any case, for that reason, he hadn't been able to send the Raistal heart for days already.
"Can't keep hesitating like this."
If he hesitated and something happened to the Castaway, he'd be in trouble too.
Starting with meals, if the Yeo-eun by his side ever broke down, there'd be no one to fix her.
"Might have to push it and head out far."
As Yoo Hyun-min was thinking that,
Castaway-nim has requested a 1:1 trade.
He saw the 1:1 trade message from the Castaway, which came at least three times a day.
Yoo Hyun-min casually accepted the 1:1 trade, and soon the Castaway asked for the usual meal menu.
Hyung. What do you want for dinner?
Anything. If it's hard to pick, just give me what you and the Hero Party are having.
Then pig's feet and bossam set. That's what we're having for dinner today.
Just thinking of pig's feet and bossam made Yoo Hyun-min's mouth water.
Modern Item Purchase is seriously OP. You can buy and eat whatever you want right away.
But it doesn't help with combat power at all.
Try having just combat power. Unless it's overwhelmingly superior, you can't do shit.
That was exactly Yoo Hyun-min's current situation.
If he could win against all five monsters at once?
He'd tear through the whole world without hesitation to find Raistal.
Anyway, I'm boosting the Hero Party's power right now. With the Awakening Stones from 3 Channel.
Those let you boost ability power with bloodstones or something?
Yes. Can lift a total of 6.4 tons now.
'6.4 tons...'
Yoo Hyun-min thought in terms of the hunters here.
'C-rank level.'
The moment he concluded it was C-rank, Yoo Hyun-min finally nodded.
In truth, before the world fell, Yoo Hyun-min—a Korean ranker—didn't even consider D-rank and below as people.
'Still just C-rank.'
That was the moment he resolved to find Raistal, whether it provoked them or not.
When are you properly heading down into the labyrinth?
Ah. Heading down right now. New person joined this time.
The moment he heard that, Yoo Hyun-min's unique intuition kicked in.
'The new joiner is a woman too.'
And quite the beauty, like the Hero Party he'd seen before.
He wanted to check who it was, but figured he'd just feel jealous the moment he saw.
'While I'm here in a staring contest with monsters.'
Fortunately, he had Yeo-eun by his side now.
She had all sorts of functions, befitting a cutting-edge android.
Anyway, sending the pig's feet and bossam.
Soju too.
Got it.
In any case, after receiving pig's feet and bossam from the Castaway, Yoo Hyun-min decided to go look for Raistal tomorrow if possible.
Munch munch—
After handing over pig's feet and bossam to Yoo Hyun-min hyung from 7 Channel, I finished showering after the group.
Then, back in the tent, I laid out pig's feet and bossam just like hyung, and everyone ate heartily...
Munch munch—
"...?"
I watched Sirien stabbing a forkful of pig's feet and bossam and devouring it without pause.
The Hero Party ate a lot too, but Sirien seemed to eat at least 3 or 4 times more than them.
"Castaway-nim. Aren't you staring at the chief too much?"
As I was watching Sirien's eating show again, Tipina, the fox beastkin sitting nearby, said.
"Ah. She eats so well, I couldn't help it."
"Beastkin normally need to eat a lot when young to grow properly."
Tipina nodded at my response and explained.
"But the chief fled into the labyrinth at prime growing age and hasn't eaten properly until now. Probably a rebound."
Was that it?
"So if she eats a lot now, she'll grow?"
"Probably. Just needs sufficient meals and sufficient combat."
Sirien needed meals and fights to grow, it seemed.
'Not like some alien warrior race.'
In any case, I'd thought her face looked youthful before.
If it was because she hadn't fully grown yet, I needed to help.
"Sirien. Try this too."
I bought a rare steak cooked via Modern Item Purchase and gave it to Sirien.
"...!"
Naturally, the moment she saw the meat, Sirien speared it with her fork without hesitation and chomped down on the steak too.
'Probably ate 20 servings by herself?'
The thought had barely formed when Sirien finally set down her fork, belly full.
"Wah! So~~~ full. Thanks, Castaway."
"No big deal."
"But this isn't free. Should I go catch a monster or something?"
She seemed to want to catch a monster to earn points.
"It's fine. We're heading properly into the labyrinth now. Points will come quick."
Plus, 2 Channel item sales, 4 Channel liquor auctions, and points from Yoo Hyun-min hyung.
Even spending like this, points kept rolling in, so no matter how much Sirien ate, it wasn't an issue.
"Still feels bad."
Sirien said it felt bad, but her tail was swishing happily behind her from eating so much.
I hadn't known what kind of beastkin Sirien was at first, but seeing the swishing tail from behind gave me a guess.
'Tiger tail?'
Unlike her snow-white hair, the tail had faint stripes.
The moment I thought it looked like a tiger's tail, Tipina gave the correct answer.
"She's a White Tiger Clan beastkin."
"Really?"
"White Tiger Clan beastkin have a reputation for combat prowess across generations. The chief too. You'll be shocked when you see it later."
I had no idea, but it seemed to mean they were good fighters.
'Elisicia recruited her just to fill the party's gaps, so she must be skilled.'
And only Sirien, no one else.
That alone left no doubt about her skill, and today she even got an ability from the Awakening Stone.
'Got [Strength Wave] that triples strength too.'
Elisicia had said 23F was the limit before.
With this power, we could definitely go deeper.
"Time to clean up and sleep."
As Elisicia spoke, I finished by dumping all remaining containers into the gallery's 'Point Supply'.
'So convenient.'
No doubt I'd use this ability for life.
In any case, after buying beds for Sirien and Tipina to sleep on, I placed mine in the empty space opposite.
"Sirien and Tipina, sleep here."
Tipina turned to confirm there were three beds and asked.
"Where will you sleep, Castaway-nim?"
"Me? Well..."
I hesitated for a split second without thinking, then answered honestly.
"Sharing a bed with Elisicia and Rubyel."
"Aha. Makes sense when you think about it."
"Makes sense?"
"Can't have you getting hurt."
Rubyel had said something similar before.
"Then I could sleep with you and the chief?"
"Pardon? No, that's..."
With that, Tipina eyed me intently, then smiled with her eyes.
"Kidding. Good night, Castaway-nim."
Tipina then headed to the new bed with Sirien.
I watched her for a moment, then lay down on the bed with Elisicia and Rubyel.
"Yawn~ Castaway. Gallery again?"
"Yeah. Just a bit, then sleep."
"Got it. Night."
Rubyel closed her eyes after that, and next Elisicia spoke to me.
"Good work today, Castaway-nim."
"You too, Elisicia."
Elisicia looked at me with a gentle smile, then closed her eyes to sleep.
'Oh, right.'
As soon as both fell asleep, I recalled telekinesis and pondered briefly before using it anyway.
After activating telekinesis, just like before, I slipped hands under their onesie pajamas to fondle their breasts.
"...!?"
But the skin sensation was incomparable to before.
Probably because Dexterity was applied at the same level 20 as telekinesis.
'Whoa...'
On top of that, my telekinesis now had four hand shapes.
Using them to grope both Elisicia's and Rubyel's breasts at once, the sensations flooded in simultaneously.
'Thought it'd be twice as good with four hands, but...'
In reality, with Dexterity added, it was at least 4 or 5 times better.
I was lost in admiration inwardly, mindlessly fondling their breasts nonstop,
when
"Mm."
Rubyel suddenly let out a small moan and slowly opened her eyes.