Episode 119. Survival Exam (12)

The first-year cadets gathered around Kim Young-han.

The so-called Kim Young-han team was already over 50 people.

“Hey, is that really the same first-year we’re with?”

“… Don’t ask me.”

“You’re still 3rd place in the 1-on-1 duel, though.”

“I told you I’m not 3rd place.”

Kim Young-han was astonished watching Nam Daeun’s movement speed.

‘I really couldn’t have won….’

The surprise attack I planned to use if I reached the finals was blocked by Lee Hoyeon, and I thought it was a shame… but what a shame.

If I had met Nam Daeun, the finals might have ended in 3 seconds.

“How in the world did our handsome guy win against that…?”

Kim Young-han seriously pondered whether Lee Hoyeon could be caught just because cadets were gathering.

But soon, Nam Daeun finished hunting and approached.

“Good work.”

“Here. Points.”

“Yeah. Thanks. I’ll transfer the contact permits I got from there.”

Kim Young-han transferred the contact permits that allowed communication with the outside to Nam Daeun.

‘Transfer all contact permits to me.’

This was Nam Daeun’s condition for joining the team.

Kim Young-han recalled his first conversation with Nam Daeun.

‘You only need contact permits with the outside?’

‘I have enough points. I don’t need them.’

‘… Fine. I’ll give you all the contact permits. Take the points too. Still, the distribution has to be fair.’

‘Do as you please.’

Even now, I don’t quite understand it, but seeing her gather an incredible amount of 5-minute contact permits to communicate with the outside for over an hour a day, it seems she has someone important outside.

‘Is it a boyfriend?’

Since she gathered contact permits by catching every monster she saw even before joining the team, it’s probably a boyfriend or family.

“I’m going.”

Nam Daeun took the contact permits and disappeared somewhere.

“She always does that. Where is she going?”

“She’s probably going to make a call. Leave her be.”

Kim Young-han didn’t understand Nam Daeun’s actions, but he didn’t try too hard to understand.

It felt like he might get hurt if he dug too deep unnecessarily.

*

“Finish him!”

At my shout, Alice, who had darted between the Wood Giant’s legs, swung her sword.

Kugugung-

After about 10 minutes of fighting, we defeated the boss monster.

It was a giant made of wood called a Wood Giant.

The vines extending from its hands and feet made it an annoying monster.

Naturally, I didn’t use my full strength. There was no need to waste energy on unnecessary things.

Knowing Nam Daeun was around, most of my strength had to be saved for emergencies.

“Phew. Nice shot.”

“Yeah.”

Alice approached, brushing off the dirt and grass from her sword.

Perhaps because her body was in good condition, her expression looked good.

‘… She’s definitely gotten faster.’

It seems my mana massage is effective, even if it’s only been a short time.

To get the points for defeating the Wood Giant, I scanned the code attached to the back of my head.

[Wood Giant Defeated! You have earned 80 points]

• Boss monster processing reward.

• We will give you one opportunity to contact the outside.

• This opportunity is transferable.

“Ah, this again?”

I don’t know why these contact permits for the outside keep appearing so much.

They didn’t appear in the original work.

“Do you want to use it?”

“If you offer, I’ll take it.”

I transferred the contact permit to Alice, stretched, and sat down on a nearby rock.

Alice was swinging her sword through the air.

Ever since I gave her the mana massage, she always trains like that during her free time.

It’s a very good sign that she’ll look forward to my massages even more. It’s naturally good that Alice’s combat power is increasing.

The survival exam had already entered Thursday.

More than half the exam period had passed, so the ones who were supposed to be eliminated should have been eliminated by now.

It should be the time when cadets who can at least read others’ mana and prepare for ambushes remain.

But strangely, many people had survived, so there were still plenty of prey.

For example, the duo approaching us right now.

They haven’t noticed our momentum at all.

Before I knew it, I signaled Alice, who had stopped training and was hiding behind a tree.

Alice understood my signal, drew her sword, and prepared to pounce.

As the duo passed in front of them, we moved simultaneously.

‘Flame.’

Flames erupting from the ground targeted the cadet following behind, and Alice, leaping out from behind the tree, slashed the back of the startled one.

“Kuaaak!”

The cadet whose back was slashed fell straight to the ground.

“W-what the!”

Alice ignored the remaining one and slashed the fallen cadet’s smartwatch.

The cadet’s body teleported away. It was quite a large wound, so it must have hurt a lot.

The remaining one, upon seeing us, seemed to give up almost immediately and lowered the sword he was holding.

“Shit. If I’d known I’d run into these guys, I should have joined Kim Young-han’s team….”

However, what the male cadet muttered sparked my curiosity.

“Wait a second, Alice. Hey, what did you just say?”

I stopped Alice’s sword, which was about to finish off the male cadet, and asked the muttering guy.

“W-what?”

He seemed flustered by the situation where I suddenly stopped to ask a question instead of finishing him off.

“You just mentioned Kim Young-han’s team. What is Kim Young-han’s team?”

The male cadet’s expression brightened slightly. He seemed to have seen a glimmer of hope for survival.

“You don’t know yet? More than half of the remaining people are in it, and you, the person involved, don’t know? This is quite big information, if I tell you, will you let me live?”

“Yeah. I’ll let you live.”

“R-really?!”

After that, I heard about Kim Young-han’s team.

Initially, people without food banded together, and then, centered around Kim Young-han, they started gathering one by one, saying, ‘Let’s stop fighting and go steal Lee Hoyeon’s food!’

That has now become a massive group of over 50 people.

I’m genuinely dumbfounded.

‘That foxy bastard, Kim Young-han.’

The goal of ‘me’ is probably just a pretext; he probably just needs a large group of people.

That guy Kim Young-han isn’t that stupid.

He’s gathering points by selling me out. To survive until the end, the more people the better, and if everyone survives together in the end, Kim Young-han, who is collecting points on behalf of everyone, will receive a lot.

But why is Nam Daeun there?

“W-well then, can I go?”

“Yeah. Go safely.”

The male cadet began to watch my reaction after finishing his story.

I waved my hand and saw off the cadet who had been sitting down.

The cadet, hesitating whether to believe me or not, got up and slowly started backing away, only to have his smartwatch slashed by Alice.

“You said you’d let me live! You bastard!”

“I let you live. Alice killed you.”

If I let him go alive, he’d just join Kim Young-han’s team or something. Why would I be crazy enough to let him go?

The male cadet teleported away, babbling incoherently, leaving just the two of us in the forest.

“I’m sorry. That I happened to be targeted.”

Alice is innocent, but she’s going to have to fight alongside me because of me.

No, wait. I’m not guilty either, right?

“If we induce small-scale guerrilla warfare, we can definitely win.”

Alice is right. Actually, if Nam Daeun weren’t around, the two of us could defeat about 20 people.

If I went all out, I think I could handle about 20 people by myself… or maybe not?

Of course, they said over 50 people have gathered already, and with Kim Young-han and Nam Daeun there, a head-on confrontation is impossible.

So, what should I do?

The answer is simple: just seduce Alice.

Anyway, on the last day, cadets below a certain level will all be eliminated.

We just need to run away until then.

Kim Young-han’s method of gathering people by selling me out seems smart… but knowing the future, I can only call it foolish.

“Forget it. Let’s not worry about it until we run into them.”

When we meet them, we’ll deal with it then.

Of course, I’m saying this confidently because Alice is here; if we actually meet them, I’ll run.

No matter what, how can we possibly beat 50 people?

“Yeah. So, is it possible now?”

“Ah… I’ll set up the tent.”

Her slightly flushed face asking me the favor was our signal.

Alice sent a signal requesting a mana massage.

Since she exposes her back for the massage, we set up the tent even in broad daylight.

I wonder if the professors wouldn’t get suspicious about this, but it’s fine.

They aren’t the type to pry into cadets’ private lives, and besides, I have nothing to hide, so what does it matter?

Alice went into the tent first.

A moment later, when she called me in, I opened the tent flap and entered, only to see Alice lying in an unexpected pose.

Until now, she had taken off her top, covering her chest and stomach with her clothes. Then she sat with her back exposed, turning her head.

I expected it to be the same, but this time she was lying down fully dressed in her cadet uniform, with only the lower part of her uniform lifted.

“… Alice?”

“I-I wanted to try receiving it on other parts too. To see how effective it is.”

“I see.”

Alice was covering her face with both hands.

Seeing her red cheeks and ears peeking through, she seemed incredibly embarrassed.

‘Her belly button is cute too.’

She had smooth abs without any fat, and a cute belly button.

Her breasts and pussy, the most important parts of a woman’s body, weren’t visible, but this alone was sufficiently sexy.

Looking at Alice lying there with her face covered, it felt like admiring a work of art.

“Alright, let’s begin.”

This time too, I wanted to slowly caress Alice’s body, but it was daytime and time was limited.

However, there was an advantage.

The stomach area makes it easy to stimulate the area right below.

The mana spreading from my hands was divided equally between her stomach and her pubic area.

Half stimulated the mana circuits in her stomach, and the other half touched her pubic area and uterus.

“Haaap….”

Alice clamped her mouth shut with her hands, suppressing her moans.

‘I just need to make sure they don’t find out it’s fake.’

If news were to spread that a man was fiddling with his daughter’s body under false pretenses, the head of the Iris Guild wouldn’t stand idly by.

I might even get a contract killer sent after me.

The Iris Guild is that terrifying.

“Hgeuk… J-just a moment.”

“Ah, okay.”

Lost in thought for a moment, I accidentally failed to control the pleasure I was sending to Alice.

★ Heroine Status Window

[Alice]

• [ Affection: 41 ]

• [ Lust: 62 ]

• [ Appetite: 30 ]

• [ Fatigue: 41 ]

Current state: The massage… Is it normally this refreshing?

Alice’s body was glistening with sweat.

Seizing the moment, I spoke.

“Do you feel like your body is getting a bit hot or anything?”

“Haa… A little. I think I might.”

“Then you must be the type who responds well to it. I was like that too.”

For now, I continued the conversation, throwing out a plausible lie.

“R-really?”

“Yeah. Even if you feel strange, just accept it. Because I can make sure you don’t get hurt.”

I don’t know if she trusts me, or if she’s just that desperate for a cure, but she’s listening intently.

Matching her earnestness, I continued to talk, doing my best to lower Alice’s guard.

“Hgeuk….”

This time too, I only stimulated the mana circuits in her stomach, not working on other areas.

Meanwhile, I didn’t forget to gently infuse mana into her uterus below.

“Haa, ah… Hup….”

‘It’s kind of fun watching her reactions.’

The sight of her holding her breath, trying not to show she felt good when I subtly flowed mana was amusing.

“N-now, wait. That’s too low.”

“Oh, sorry. I got too focused.”

I pretended it was an accident and moved my hand towards her pelvis, but of course, it failed.

What a shame.

For now, since she has no resistance to my massage, should I be satisfied with this?

Now, I just need to gradually expand the areas.

I don’t know how far this survival game will go… but she’ll be looking for me even after we get out, so it doesn’t matter.