Chapter 245: Strengthened by Paying with Cash [R-18]

『Devil Merchant』

Like a mirage appearing to someone wandering the desert, Devil Merchants would slyly reveal themselves when a hunter was at their most desperate.

They were beings who would sell a hunter the exact item they needed most at an exorbitant price before vanishing.

You couldn’t just beat them up for being annoying, either.

[Goblin King][Devil Merchant]

[The one who commands the beastly kin 『Goblins』. His power, which once stood against the gods, is comparable to that of an SS-rank Hunter.]

Because he was strong as fuck.

Having matured enough to grasp just how powerful an SS-rank Hunter was, I thought to myself,

I’m glad I didn’t even think of trying to rob him.

I had a rough idea from the description I saw with Insight, but…

Normally, a conversation, let alone an equal transaction, would be impossible with such a transcendent being.

If this were the Universe’s Domain, the Devil Merchant would be a black hole that sucks in even light. The fact that he was smiling so amiably was actually terrifying.

But we were united by onaholes in the Universe’s Domain!!

Hold it right there, Mr. Black Hole.

It might be a hole, but it’s a completely different kind.

“Now then!! Be it strength, magic power, or agility! I will sell anything for the sake of our great onahole collector, Kim Sang-hyeok-nim! Just tell me what you desire!”

The word “onahole” possessed a mysterious power; attach it to a fearsome being, and they instantly became manageable.

From “The Goblin King who defies even the gods” to “The goblin ahjussi who likes onaholes.”

“First, I’ll buy her magic power.”

I pulled Hena over and stood her in front of me.

The stats sold by the goblin ahjussi were top-tier!

“How much would you like to purchase?”

“Two hundred!!”

“Hooooooh!? So much!”

“Hic… S-Sang-hyeok… I… I can’t afford all that, even if I take out a loan…”

“Heeheehee, do not worry.”

The Goblin King started grooving, all excited.

“With a physique like yours, there are plenty of ways to pay it back…”

“Ahjussi, if you don’t speak politely to my friends, I’m not selling you any onaholes.”

“Aigoo!! My apologies!”

“Physique…?”

Hena realized what the ahjussi’s sexual innuendo meant and covered her chest with her arms.

“Ngh! No. Only Sang-hyeok is allowed.”

I hugged the resolute Hena tightly.

“You’re not going into debt. I’m buying it for you. Do you know the fastest way to get stronger?”

“What is it…?”

“Paying with cash.”

It was a truth that hadn’t changed, before or after my transmigration.

The fact that money is king.

“My magic power… Kyaa…!!”

“Please remain still!”

Hena’s magic power rose dramatically. I could feel the amount of mana unconsciously flowing through her body change in an instant.

“How is it?”

“355…”

Isn’t that even higher than Stella’s?

“Good. You did well.”

“B-But I just received it… Ngh… This feels like a cheat… My conscience is pricked…”

“Show me a happy face.”

“I love it so much! Sang-hyeok!”

Hena threw herself into my arms.

You won’t find a boyfriend like me anywhere else.

Yuuna was pretending not to expect anything, but she was looking at me with eyes full of anticipation.

“Now, should I buy my stats?”

“Ahem! Hem!”

Yuuna let out a dry cough.

“What about me?”

“You’re already strong, Yuuna. Hena needed the help, but…”

“Ah, right…”

Yuuna seemed ashamed of her expectations and gave a somewhat lonely smile.

“Sorry, sorry! That was shameless of me…”

Seeing that look made my heart ache, and I immediately grabbed her hand and pulled her over.

“I’m kidding. Of course I’ll buy you some.”

“Ah… Ah!”

“Why did you just accept that and move on?! Do I look like someone who would openly discriminate against you?”

“Ah… Just what you’ve bought so far is… more than enough… And it’s not like it costs just a penny or two.”

Goddammit.

How could I not buy it for her after that?

I hugged Yuuna tightly and ruffled her hair.

“I set the stage for you to get angry, and you just had to be cute!”

“Ah… Aheut. How could I get angry? I’m not that shameless…”

I’ll buy it.

I’ve made up my mind.

“I’ll make you an S-rank Yuuna.”

“Ah…!! Ah… Hehe… I really found a great guy…”

Yuuna looked up at me from my embrace.

“Make me your S-rank girlfriend!”

There’s no way I can let Yuuna, who even modified my child, face any danger.

Let’s get a power-up here and now.

I purchased 100 points for each of Yuuna’s comprehensive stats, inflating her weight class.

Strength 100, Agility 100, Stamina 100, Dexterity 100.

I upgraded all four of her basic stats.

Yuuna’s eyes went wide as she checked her rising stats.

“Wait a minute. What are you doing…? My base stats are different from Hena’s. If you buy this much…!”

“That is correct. With the coins Sang-hyeok-nim currently possesses, you cannot purchase that many stats.”

I whipped my head around to face the Goblin King.

“Is that okay with you, ahjussi?”

“Hm?”

“I think I’m going to earn quite a lot here. Is it okay if I sell all of it to another merchant?”

“…Haha. I can’t just give away stats for free, you see. This is… quite a rare commodity. Though it cannot compare to Sang-hyeok-nim’s onaholes.”

“Half price.”

“…”

“…”

I cut the price down coolly.

I knew I couldn’t get them for free, but it wouldn’t be hard to find another merchant willing to sell to me at half price.

At that, the King’s expression grew a little complicated.

“Hmm. Allow me to ask one thing, Kim Sang-hyeok-nim.”

“What is it?”

“You should already possess the power to overcome this domain, so why are you so fixated on raising others?”

It seemed the Goblin King could see it.

Which god’s powers I had been granted.

Yes, I possessed the power to overturn even a difficult domain.

Though the condition was a fatal injury, once I called her, it was game over. I had the reliable Jingsu-chan.

And there was Lucky Pervert, which could manipulate reality and turn any enemy into a sacrifice for some kinky sex.

If you just asked whether I could do it or not, the answer was yes.

The problem was that the method of handling things wasn’t very clean.

“To use those, I have to be prepared to throw a lot away.”

That’s how the perverted-ass goddess designed it.

If I call Jingsu-chan, I become a sexual harassment machine obsessed with tits and pussy, and I have to constantly placate the busty, high-leg-leotard-wearing beauty in real time…

And as for Lucky Pervert, I’ll spare you the details.

“My girlfriends will do even better if I give them a push. I’m just trying to shorten the time it takes for them to get to where they were always meant to go.”

It’s the same as paying with cash for a game character.

Ultimately, it’s about shortening the time it takes to do what you could have done anyway.

That’s the core of it.

“I just happened to get stronger a bit too quickly. So we’re just matching our pace to walk together.”

“Hooooh… In other words.”

The Goblin King grinned.

“You are a romanticist, Kim Sang-hyeok-nim.”

“…”

…I’ve never been called that before.

A romanticist? Am I?

“You do say the right things sometimes… Mr. Devil Merchant.”

Yuuna smiled shyly.

Hena smiled along with her.

Why am I a romanticist?

“Me? Why?”

“It’s not romantic if you have to say it out loud.”

Why is it romantic?

Why do you all know and I don’t?

What’s so special about powering up my girlfriends?

“???”

“I will trust in the romanticist Kim Sang-hyeok-nim and take a bit of a loss myself. I will give it to you at half price. Only for that woman’s enhancement.”

“Tch…”

“Therefore, you only need to pay 8,600,000 Coins.”

“I’ll just buy about 50 agility.”

“1,200,000 Coins.”

Purchase complete.

[Coins Possessed – 1,865,955]

Like the tide coming in and out.

All that money was sucked away, but it was worth it.

“Let’s meet again, Sang-hyeok-nim! You must stay safe until then.”

“See you again, ahjussi.”

Strength『214』(Codex Bonus +58)

Agility『182』(Codex Bonus +58)

Stamina『131』(Codex Bonus +85)

Dexterity『195』(Codex Bonus +100)

(Hidden) Magic Power『10』(Codex Bonus +6)

(Hidden) Charm『999』

(Hidden) Credibility『0』

I checked my status window.

I had supplemented my agility, which was relatively lacking even with the codex bonuses.

I couldn’t feel it immediately, but…

“My body feels lighter.”

“My magic power has increased so much.”

The two of them were marveling, feeling the changes.

Well, I did spend a lot of money…

Now, shall we see what happens?

「Insight – Red」

Activate…!!

As soon as I found a miner, we dashed toward it.

Galactic Miner found.

“Kyaaak! Please save me!”

There was even a civilian who hadn’t managed to evacuate!

「Onahole Enhancement」!!

“Yuuna!”

“Okay!”

Yuuna shot forward like an arrow and kicked the Galactic Miner.

She wasn’t kidding when she said her body felt light.

I was impressed watching her practically fly through the air to land the kick. I could even see the building’s windows tremble from the impact of her kick.

While the miner was down…!

“This way!”

I rescued the female civilian.

“What were you doing, not running away yet?”

“I’m sorry! I’m so sorry…! I thought if I just held on, things would go back to normal, but then a monster came through the window… hic…!”

“It’s okay now.”

The female civilian grabbed my arm and clung to me.

This feels like it has some ulterior motives.

“Help me! Hold me!”

“Ah… yes. Please calm down. We’ll finish this soon…”

I patted her back, soothing her.

In the meantime, Yuuna was facing off against the miner, which had gotten back up.

She was smoothly buying time, dodging its mining beams or deflecting them.

She was much more composed than before.

“Hena! I’ll dodge on my own, so you can shoot!”

“Are you sure?”

“I’ve got this! Fire!”

It was a call that showed Yuuna’s confidence.

Fire, even if I get caught in the attack range!

Hena, the magic user, also trusted Yuuna, so she could act immediately.

Wooooong…!!

Magic power concentrated on a single point.

It was a [Void: Shotgun] created through the exact same process, but the atmosphere was different.

The shotgun blast Hena fired didn’t just tear through the barrier; it blew off half the miner’s torso, killing it, and gouged a chunk out of the ground.

Yuuna held her position until the last second, moving away only when she was sure the miner couldn’t dodge. The attack landed perfectly thanks to their coordination.

Huh?

There’s nothing left to excrete.

“Ah…”

Hena sighed.

“Now I can’t make it cute… I need to control my power.”

By making it cute, you mean turning it into an onahole, right?

That sounded kind of terrifying.

Yuuna returned, sheathing her sword with a smile.

“Hmph. As expected, S-rank is the realm of superhumans. I’m starting to see things I couldn’t see before, you know? With the buffs, I feel like I’m flying.”

“That’s right. Please rest assured. We’ll escort you safely to where we’re going.”

“Th-Thank you, you strong hunters…!”

We protected the civilian and returned to the base camp, where we saw Vice President Evangeline’s Angel One squad rescuing the injured.

There are more people who couldn’t evacuate than I thought.

The right thing to do is to flee quickly, but it’s hard for anyone to just abandon everything and run from the place they lived.

Evangeline looked extremely busy.

“We’ve rescued one disaster victim, Seonbaenim.”

“Ah, Sang-hyeok-gun! Well done.”

I slipped out of the temporary medical container, and Yuuna looked surprised.

“Heek. There are three times more people than when we first got here.”

“You’re right.”

I could see Eirin-noona was busy with reception duty, too.

Several more broadcast vans had arrived.

I also saw the weather forecaster, Im So-hyun, who had gone out for the “Deep Area Survey.”

“You’re back soon?”

“Ah. The deeper parts were a bit hard to break through.”

“So-hyun. Do you know him?”

“Hm? Ah… Just a C-rank hero.”

I’m B-rank, though?

It seemed I was the only one who knew that, so I decided to keep my mouth shut.

The man who came out from beside Im So-hyun was a large cameraman with a fierce expression.

“Why is an academy student in a place like this?”

“Ah. I’m a hero.”

“Hmm… You’re C-rank, though.”

“I can still pull my weight.”

When I said that, the staff members who were moving broadcast equipment started to laugh.

“Hahaha!”

“He’s a funny one.”

“Right? He’s not just handsome, he’s good with jokes, too.”

It’s not a joke!?

Being treated like a kid is something I only want when I’m getting a breastfeeding handjob.

The weather forecaster, Im So-hyun, smiled gently.

“Onahole Man. Keep up the hard work. But don’t go anywhere too dangerous.”

“…”

Yuuna’s eyes were sparkling.

“The weather forecasting agency is so cool…”

“…I don’t understand at all why the weather agency is acting so high and mighty…”

“Huh?! The competition to become a weather forecaster is insane! They only accept S-rank hunters.”

“Really…?”

So, the weather forecaster Im So-hyun was a strong and pretty hunter. Originally…

I acknowledge she has the right to treat me like a kid.

No, in the eyes of people on the front lines, I probably just look like a kid.

Especially if I’m doing quests picking up scraps on the outskirts.

“We’ve gotten stronger. Let’s go to the deeper parts.”

“Should we?!”

Yuuna didn’t particularly try to stop me by saying it was dangerous.

“You guys want to test your overflowing power too, right?”

“Yeah!”

Even Hena agreed.

“Alright.”

Let’s make it our goal to get an interview from the weather forecaster!

We went to Eirin-noona, returned our existing subjugation quest, and accepted the 【Deep Area Survey】 mission.

“Hunter-nim, the danger rank for this mission has gone up significantly. There are also reports of new entities being discovered inside…”

“That’s why we’re going. Please. Receptionist-noona.”

“Hmm… You weren’t injured during the miner subjugation quest, and you even rescued a civilian… Understood.”

In truth, since we had received a request from the government, we didn’t need an official quest from the Hunter Association.

We could just barge into the deeper parts if we wanted.

Even deeper than the deep parts.

All the way to where Isabella was.

But.

Let’s take it step by step.

Isabella, honestly…

The fact that I pinned her down and had sex with her would remain one of the few legends of Onahole Academy, but in terms of actual power levels, the gap between us was just too vast.

It would be better to meet her confidently after narrowing that gap, even if just a little.

“It’s starting to get dark, Sang-hyeok.”

“Mm.”

I could see the hunters who had gone outside returning.

「Insight – Red」

In that darkness, only my red eyes glowed.

“Let’s go.”

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Translated By: Meher (RaidenTL)

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