Chapter 118: The Final Round Begins [R-18]

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The next morning.

[The final round will begin in 600 seconds.]

A single system message sent the inn into an uproar.

I had a feeling the third round would be the last, and it turned out I was right.

I happened to be in the shower with four of the girls.

Hena, Hilaria, Brigid, and Isolde.

We’d had sex all night, and once the bedsheets were soiled, we’d done it wherever we could—on the windowsill, the table, the floor. Eventually, the floor and the bed became a field of condoms, so we’d moved to the shower for our final bout.

Hilaria, who had declared she wouldn’t let me sleep, was now panting in my arms as I had my way with her breasts.

I must have heard her declare, “I’ll never mess with you again,” at least ten times, but I kept going.

I never knew I could go on for so long, but it had been a truly wonderful night.

I was grateful to my girlfriends, their pussies soaked wet all night as they slid them up and down my cock.

“It’s morning, girls.”

I gave them a moment to catch their breath.

One by one, my girlfriends, who had been sprawled out in the lingering afterglow of our sticky, wet sex, gathered below my cock.

As if giving thanks to my erection, they each gave it a morning kiss.

It wasn’t something I ordered them to do.

Hena had simply approached and planted a peck on the head of my cock, and everyone else had followed her lead.

“Let’s do our best until the very end.”

Confidence is key for a man, they say. It was true.

When such beautiful girlfriends kissed my cock in obedient fascination, sending me looks of adoration—of respect and love—I couldn’t help but feel a surge of power myself.

I was in a position where I had to take responsibility for them all.

This girl and that girl, they all relied on me.

And because of that, I held immense status and power over them all, which made it as fun as playing on a playground.

I think that’s where my drive to become stronger, to achieve more, and to push further comes from.

To become the father of ‘many children.’

This was the final round of the exchange event, and I couldn’t afford to lose.

I stepped out of the shower, rummaged through my inventory, and quickly finished my preparations.

I put on my school uniform, equipped a shotgun shell belt and a pistol holster, and attached a suppressor to my Glock instead of a compensator.

I had a feeling this would be an all-out war.

My main weapon was the 「Benelli – Moonlight」.

My current masterpiece.

I was out on the main floor, steeling my resolve for the next round in the cool breeze, when the innkeeper, Grania, came out into the courtyard and bowed her head respectfully.

“Did you enjoy your time at our inn?”

“I did. The eel was delicious, too. It’s a shame I have to leave without having breakfast.”

“For you, Sang-hyeok-nim, I have prepared a special lunchbox.”

A lunchbox?

I took the box from the kind innkeeper, Grania.

Whoa. It’s heavy.

How many tiers is this thing? One, two, three… It has to be nine tiers.

“Not even newlyweds get this kind of treatment, Grania-ssi.”

“I will be waiting for our next meeting.”

I placed the lunchbox in my inventory.

“See you again.”

Bow.

Grania bowed her head deeply once more.

A moment later, I felt my body being moved and held my breath.

A forced teleport?

Serena, Stella. I hope they didn’t oversleep and are properly prepared…

As I worried about my younger sisters, I found myself outside again.

A surprisingly warm breeze greeted us.

[Round 3: Rebel Siege]

The finale of this medieval fantasy exchange event was a castle siege.

With a great shwoosh, a catapult launched a massive boulder toward the fortress.

I’d been dropped right into the middle of the front lines. Blue-armored rebels were swarming toward the castle walls.

“Charge! Drag out the false queen of the Empire!”

“Only the true queen, Isolde, is the monarch of the North!”

[Rebels – Breach the castle, and escort the True Queen to the 「Queen’s Room」 in the innermost part of the castle.]

[Imperial Army – Protect the Imperial Queen, 「Nakamori Yuuna」, suppress the rebels, and defend the castle.]

Nakamori Yuuna?

I’d thought the total number of participants in the exchange event seemed low compared to when we first entered, even accounting for dropouts.

When I’d checked the leaderboard, there weren’t many noteworthy names besides Quintia.

So there was an elite Imperial force that had been playing through the opposite scenario.

And their leader was Yuuna.

The objective seemed both simple and difficult.

“Orabeoni!”

“Stella?”

It seemed Stella had found me in this chaotic mess.

“Where are the others?”

“Over there!”

Just then, where Stella was pointing, Hilaria raised a blue flag high and shouted.

“Rebels! Gather here!”

Among the people who gathered at her call were many familiar faces.

First, Hena.

“Sang-hyeok~!”

I pulled Hena into a tight hug.

Brigid and Serena were on the Imperial side, so of course they weren’t here. They would be defending the castle.

“Sang-hyeok-seonbae!”

“Seonbaenim!”

It was the first-year squad that had been with me from the start, Isolde and Sarika.

Countless rebel NPCs had gathered under Hilaria, who had been promoted to “General.”

Hilaria approached me, a chunk of iron too large to be called a greatsword resting on her shoulder, and said, “Husband. According to the scout’s report, there are three main entrances into the castle.”

Straight to the point, no preamble.

I quite liked that.

But why was she consulting me?

Was I naturally the commander?

Everyone was looking at me.

“Uh, and?”

“For your information, the Imperial forces have overwhelming superiority on the northern side. The Sword Saint’s daughter is there.”

The Sword Saint’s daughter… Quintia.

She was one to watch out for.

“Kibelle is defending the east. With her defensive abilities, it’d be tough to break through even if we attacked all night.”

“Then is the south our only option?”

“The problem here is that the gate is too thick and the walls are too high.”

“Isn’t there a secret passage or something?”

[Activating 「Insight – Red」.]

Nothing.

It seemed this time, we had no choice but to break through head-on.

The rebels’ morale was high since we had the “Crown,” and it seemed we were set up to have the absolute advantage against the Imperial NPCs.

But our opponents were desperate, too. We had to play the key roles.

“Hilaria, you can climb any wall, right? Can you open the gate for us from the inside?”

“Hmm. That was the first thing I thought of, but look over there.”

Hilaria pointed to the top of the castle wall.

Beneath an Imperial flag flying high above where the archers were firing, a mage was on a rampage.

“Kim Sang-hyeok!! Where are you!”

“…”

It was Dihrit Ade, who had become a monster out of his obsession with me.

“An A-rank mage general is guarding it. Even if we somehow open the gate, we’ll all be in danger. Are you okay with that?”

“I am not okay with that…”

Fighting an A-rank mage who held the high ground on a castle wall was a suicidal act.

I was pondering which option was better when…

“Huh?”

Where did Stella go?

“Stella!?”

I frantically searched for my cute, blonde-haired little sister.

I found her near the thick southern gate.

Isolde and Sarika were shocked.

“What is she doing by herself?!”

“We have to bring her back!”

The next moment, with a roar that seemed to tear the sky apart, the southern gate was struck by a crimson bolt of lightning and blown away.

We could only crouch as the ensuing shockwave and the ground-shaking vibrations washed over us.

“Destroying the gate only gives 80 points?”

Haha.

This girl… she really couldn’t give a damn about teamwork.

But well done!

I shouted to everyone.

“Isolde, Sarika! Cover Stella. We’re going in with her!”

We just have to match her pace!

Thanks to Stella’s move, the rebel NPCs began pouring through the southern gate.

A baptism of blazing fire rained down on them from above.

“Stop them! Stop them at all costs!”

Whoa.

Did he get a general’s buff or something? Was his fire magic always that wide-ranged?

Dihrit Ade. He was truly desperate. He must be seething with venom after I so easily snatched the crown from him.

This is fun. Let’s do this.

“Wait! I’ll counter magic with magic… Kyaa!”

Stella tripped on a stone and fell.

“Target the mage!”

Just as the Imperial NPCs saw their chance and charged at Stella, a storm swept across the ground.

Shwoooosh…!!

“Stella, these are Sang-hyeok-seonbaenim’s orders. We’ll cover you!”

“I got a good weapon from that hot springs condom picture, too!”

“I-I don’t need help from you guys!”

Blasting my shotgun into the torsos of the advancing Imperial NPCs, I said, “What about my help?”

“Ah, Orabeoni! How was it? My magic.”

“It was the best. Let’s just go for a speed run. Why drag this out?”

That Sword Saint’s daughter on the other side is scary, though.

“Shall we go see Yuuna? Hena!”

“Okay!”

She must have been upset being forcibly separated from us. My dungeon wife.

How should I soothe her?

She’s probably pouting up a storm, right?

I fired my shotgun, cutting down the swarming Imperial soldiers and pushing the front line forward.

The gate was gone, but the Imperial mage unit and Dihrit Ade’s fire magic were unleashing incredible firepower.

“Hilaria! Go raise some hell so the rebels can get in!”

“How much?”

“As flashy as possible!”

As if thrilled to finally become the “General” she’d longed to be, Hilaria swiftly kicked off the castle wall and shot upwards.

Fireballs rained down on her, but she deflected them with her ink-black greatsword and launched herself into the air.

Then, she clung to the wall with just three fingers.

“Don’t let her climb up!” Dihrit screamed.

But Hilaria dodged every spell and flew up the tens-of-meters-high wall.

“I’ve returned as a general, too!”

“Ugh! It’s that crazy bitch.”

“Let’s have a showdown, general to general. Don’t run away this time!”

“What showdown! Don’t follow me!”

“Hah!”

KABOOOM!

Hilaria slammed her greatsword down on the castle wall. I thought a bomb had gone off.

The moment the magic stopped, the rebels swarmed through the southern gate all at once.

I mixed in with a group of rebels and entered the castle grounds.

An incredible number of Imperial soldiers swarmed to confront us.

“Hila! Where’s the main tower?!”

“Over there!!”

I checked the direction Hilaria was pointing.

[Activating 「Insight – Red」.]

It’s pretty far. On top of that, the inside of the fortress is a complex maze, like a dungeon, and it feels like there’s another wall inside the main one.

I have to find the shortest route to Yuuna.

There were no secret paths from the outside.

But now that we were inside, there were over sixteen routes that could serve as back doors.

My eyes stung a little as I used my Red Eyes to scan the map.

Ugh.

The skill doesn’t consume mana, but keeping it on continuously is a strain.

In any case, I have to get to the 「Queen’s Room」 as fast as possible. The longer we’re pinned down here, the more trouble we’ll be in.

To get to a back door…

“Seonbae! Where are we going?”

“Eleven o’clock.”

It was the direction from which a massive wave of Imperial soldiers was pouring in.

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Translated By: Meher (RaidenTL)

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