Chapter 161: The Death Collector [R-18]

‘Huh?’

It seems there’s still a lot I don’t know about this world.

Even after I started working like the President’s sidekick.

Even after the payments for defeating villains started showing up in my Hero App.

“That was delicious.”

After we finished our hearty meal, Evangeline was the first to leave for home.

Surprisingly, she also had a chauffeur and a luxury car waiting to pick her up.

I’d sensed from the way she spoke that she was no ordinary person, but she really was a rich young lady from a completely different world.

“See you again, Sang-hyeok. If you ever want to eat something tasty, just let your big sis know, okay?”

“……”

The most delicious thing is probably… Evangeline’s breasts…

I waved my hand, thinking such thoughts.

“Get home safe.”

Now, I was alone with the President.

Should I ask her to go for a second round? My palms started to sweat a little.

How could I get closer to her naturally?

“Um, President… Should we go for a drink, just the two of us?”

“No.”

…Urk…

I swallowed a bitter taste at Isabella’s flawless, firm refusal.

Please! Just give me a romantic plotline with the cool beauty President!

[Lucky Pervert ON! Pretend it’s a mistake, slip it in, and smash that pussy♡ A cool beauty onahole, just for you♡♡]

‘Aargh. Not that.’

That was En-chan for you, trying to slip in some perverted viral marketing like a drug dealer stuffing narcotics into my sleeve.

More than turning the Student Council President into a perverted onahole…

I want to date her.

I want pure love!

I want to know more about the President!

“…Why?”

It got to the point where I was grabbing her as she tried to leave, just to ask.

“…Why won’t you have a drink with me?”

“Because I made a mistake last time.”

“A mistake…?”

Was she talking about when she acted all cute with me?

“Well, I don’t think it was a mistake.”

“It shouldn’t have happened. I… am an S-rank Hero. I can’t show a disheveled side of myself just anywhere.”

“You can just show it to me.”

Aaargh.

I’d just dropped a bombshell that was practically a confession.

It’s so obvious I haven’t dated many women!

Isabella looked at me with cold eyes.

“…Kim Sang-hyeok…”

“I’m sorry. I’ll stop messing around.”

I knew my place and backed down.

“I’ll give you your stamp, so just hand over the calendar.”

I took out my special attention student calendar…

“I’m going to call you in and work you hard tomorrow, too. Be ready…”

As I was swallowing my disappointment, Isabella stared blankly at the calendar.

“Isabella?”

“……”

She muttered to herself as she looked at the remaining empty spaces.

“…There aren’t many left.”

“You’re right. Once my time as a special attention student is over, my hero activities will be over, too…”

“……”

Press.

[Very Good]

Isabella stamped the calendar.

“I worked hard today, so please give me two more.”

“…!”

Isabella, who was usually so generous with her stamps, clutched the stamp tightly and shook her head.

“N-No.”

“…Huh? Why? Then just one more.”

“No. Just one for today.”

“You were always fine with it before.”

“…Anyway, no.”

…Tch.

I want to meet the President on equal footing, not as some special attention student.

It looks like she won’t be stamping these last seven squares so easily…

“We ate a lot, so do you want to go for a walk?”

“I have to get back to the student council room.”

“What’s wrong with a short walk?”

I said, as if trying to hold on to the workaholic President.

“Let’s stay together a little longer.”

“…What’s so fun about that?”

I almost said it was fun as hell.

How could it not be fun walking side-by-side with the cool, silver-haired, busty Student Council President?

Look! This is my girlfriend! (She’s not.)

My mood lifted as I walked, as if showing her off.

Me, daring to walk with the Student Council President by my side, only to satisfy my own base desires.

I’m definitely not cut out to be a great villain.

“…Are you really going to quit being a hero? Even after saying all that.”

“I didn’t mean it. I don’t think someone like me could ever be a role model for children.”

“……”

What the. I thought the sun was setting when we came out, but it’s already getting dark.

I thought it was lunch, but I guess it was dinner.

I’d been working so frantically…

“You’re the real hero, President.”

“I’m not that great of a hero.”

“Anyone can see you’re a great hero. You’re cool, too…”

“That’s how it might seem.”

Is she saying that’s not the truth?

“Even if you have a secret villainous side, I’ll understand.”

“I have no such thing.”

“Tch…”

Like maybe she’s secretly an idol on the side.

Even without a backstory like that, Isabella is captivating. Could there be a heroine better suited for the roles of Hero and Student Council President?

“Ah. There’s one thing I’m disappointed about.”

Having run out of places to go, we ended up walking down an alleyway.

Since the crowds around us were thinning out, I decided to bring it up.

“Aren’t we officially master and disciple? Why don’t you treat me like your disciple?”

“…That’s.”

Isabella started to say something, then stopped.

In a slightly cold tone, she said, “A guy who’s about to quit being a hero doesn’t need to know.”

…Mmm.

The conversation just got cut off so unnaturally…

But it makes no sense to pretend to be a hero just to seduce Isabella.

“Should we head back soon?”

“Yep.”

Huh?

Someone was walking toward us from the other end of the alley. It was a beautiful woman, dressed in black from head to toe.

I’ve seen plenty of black-haired heroines, so you might wonder what’s so strange about that, but the contrast with her clear, white skin made her seem even darker. Her hair was black, her eyes were black, and…

The form-fitting suit that covered her from neck to toe was also black.

Her whole vibe just screams ‘suspicious individual,’ doesn’t it?

Her clothes also looked strangely like a full-body suit of armor.

“Zenobia. What are you doing here!”

Isabella couldn’t hide her surprise.

Is it someone she knows? Zenobia?

That suit… it looks like Isabella’s masterpiece.

[Black Devil Suit]
[A full-body integrated weapon made by mixing all sorts of magical beast steel. A tremendous amount of magical beast steel is required to use it properly.]

“Why so surprised? After all the snooping you’ve been doing, you should have expected I’d show up.”

“…Kim Sang-hyeok. Get back!”

“Is she a villain?”

The woman armed in the Black Devil Suit let out a dry laugh.

“You don’t know who I am? I thought I made a rather flashy debut… You’re like a resident from another world.”

“She’s a villain!” Isabella declared.

“You’ll be no help. Run, now!”

Was it because I couldn’t accept her words that I’d be ‘no help’?

Or was it because I didn’t like the idea of running away and leaving Isabella behind?

I stood there, my feet rooted to the spot.

“Kim Sang-hyeok!”

“You treated me to an expensive meal. I can’t just leave.”

“Haha, you’re not scared of me?”

“Kuk!”

Where did she go?

The moment I thought I’d lost sight of her, I saw Isabella, in the middle of transforming, clash with her.

The shockwave sent my body flying.

And…

Just before my feet touched the ground again, Zenobia was behind me.

Stab!!

“Keuk!!”

I coughed up blood. At first, I couldn’t understand what had happened.

A black, hard arm, reminiscent of a demon’s, was sprouting from my chest.

She had pierced me cleanly from behind.

“Haha.”

The woman in black twisted only the corners of her mouth, letting out a sound like someone forcing a laugh while watching the most boring movie in the world.

“You should introduce me properly. I’m not just any villain, am I, Isabella?”

“Kim Sang-hyeok!!”

Shhhlick.

The arm was pulled out with force. I didn’t even feel any pain. My brain, realizing the catastrophic crisis, had pumped out adrenaline to its absolute limit.

The strength drained from my limbs, and I collapsed.

“But Isabella, is he really your disciple? He’s pretty weak.”

Isabella clashed with the woman in black once more.

In my current state, I could barely perceive that a battle surpassing the speed of sound was taking place—a battle I couldn’t even watch.

Ruuuumble. The ground shook.

“So desperate to push me back, are you? Think you can? You can’t use a full-body masterpiece with just that much magical beast steel.”

Thwack!!

Isabella tumbled violently across the ground.

“Didn’t your big sister teach you that?”

“…Keuk… Huk…!!”

‘She’s strong…’

Isabella is no match for her…?

Even if she hadn’t fully transformed, the transformation itself takes less than a second. In that brief instant, the black-clad bitch who struck Isabella in the solar plexus…

…stomped on the head of me, who couldn’t move from being pierced through the torso.

“Don’t feel too bad. You heroes started it first.”

“Cough… luck…”

“It’s impressive you didn’t die instantly. I ripped out your heart along with your ribs.”

“Keuk… Hahk…”

What.

No wonder I can’t move…

A pool of my blood was growing darker on the ground.

None of this feels real… Who would have thought this would happen after having a meal with a pretty heroine?

En-chan… help me…

I couldn’t even make a sound anymore.

“Kim Sang-hyeok… Kim Sang-hyeok! Stay with me!”

Isabella shouted as she lay collapsed. It looked like she was wailing.

“Don’t die! Stay conscious! I’ll save you somehow!”

“And how will crybaby Isabella do that?”

Thwack! Pow!

What followed was a one-sided beating.

An S-rank Hero was being helplessly beaten.

The woman in black was just that strong.

“Isabella. Did you forget? I am your misfortune.”

“Kim Sang-hyeok has nothing to do with this! He’s not my disciple! Let him get treatment…!”

“Really? Seeing that look on your face, like you’re about to cry, I don’t think so.”

“…Zenobia!!”

Click.

A mask covered Isabella’s face. Zenobia, likewise, donned the final piece of her transformation suit, a mask, and a black light emanated from her eyes.

From the aftershocks of the ensuing fight, my body took the full brunt of the ground’s vibrations, feeling as if I were being beaten all over.

Keoheok. I’m dying…

The wound is already fatal, and my consciousness is fading…

“You were nowhere to be found when I was looking for you, hiding for five years, and now you show up!”

“Well, I was curious, wasn’t I? I just had to come and see what could make you, who always lived on the run with such a grim face, laugh so joyfully.”

“Kuh!”

The difference in power was obvious.

Zenobia didn’t move a single step, parrying everything Isabella threw at her as she desperately tried to push her back.

She’s too strong!

“Kim Sang-hyeok! Stay with me…! Hic… Kuh…!”

“Your breathing is all over the place. Are you okay?”

“Shut up!”

“Is your disciple on the verge of death bothering you that much? Should I kill him for you?”

Seeing Zenobia about to stomp on my head with her supersonic speed,

Isabella threw her body over mine.

CRACK!!

“Keuk!!”

“If you don’t move, I’ll break your spine.”

“Stop… it… He’s… different from you.”

“How is he so different? I’m not curious at all.”

A merciless stomping rained down on Isabella’s back.

This was the first time I had ever been this angry.

“Your suit is about to break. Are you going to die in his place?”

Even as she was being stomped on the back and coughing up blood, Isabella didn’t move.

“One~~, two~~.”

In the minimal grace period she had to move, Isabella left her last words.

“Thank you for calling me a cool hero, Kim Sang-hyeok.”

[Mommy Erin, while taking care of her child, urgently checks the situation.]

[Saintess Erin’s Recovery!]

Huh? My wounds are all healed.

Completely fine now, I hugged Isabella and rolled to the side.

Tumble, tumble.

“?”

For a moment, Zenobia couldn’t comprehend the situation and just stared at me blankly.

“How… did you heal?”

I held Isabella’s body tightly.

She was terribly injured from taking those hits for me…

Can’t this be healed?

“Saintess! Please heal my wife, too!!”

[Erin hesitates for a moment.]

“Please!”

[She says she will help out of silver-haired heroine solidarity.]

Yes, it worked!

I could see Isabella, who had been struggling to breathe, relax her expression.

Thank you for coming, Saintess, even while you were taking care of your child.

‘…’

Wary of me, who had just displayed an unknown healing power, Zenobia didn’t approach.

‘A life-or-death crisis.’

[Activating the Power, 『Rule of Immortality』]

One of my special boons, a power I was using for the first time, activated.

Ch-ch-ch-chink.

With the sound of moving chains, a mysterious beauty appeared beside me.

Zenobia jumped back in shock. It was the first time she had shown such a reaction.

She was just suddenly there… What is this?

[A Death Collector appears due to the Contract of Immortality.]

Death… Collector…?

The woman called the ‘Death Collector,’ wearing a blindfold and dressed so revealingly it was embarrassing, stood there with her long, light-violet hair cascading down.

I called it a “blindfold,” but it was more like a pair of goggles from a sci-fi series, made of a hard material like an insect’s carapace.

Her outfit was close to a high-leg leotard, revealing almost all of her butt and legs.

What in the…

The atmosphere suddenly turned into an eroge…!

“…What kind of power is this?”

Even Zenobia seemed to recognize immediately that this was some kind of ‘power.’

“Healing comparable to an immortal. A summoning power that calls a humanoid subordinate. Both are abilities that only an SS-rank hunter should possess…”

“If you were so curious about me, you should have just asked.”

I had a god at my back. And I was justifiably furious.

[The Death Collector awaits your command.]

I had a gut feeling.

This was a broken ability.

If she weren’t Isabella’s sister, I would have just told it to kill her.

But since they’re family, I figured there must be some story behind this.

Like a prerequisite quest I must have skipped.

Isabella’s family history.

Just killing her feels a bit off.

‘Though, judging by what she’s done, just killing her would be letting her off easy.’

I want to do something to her that’s worse than death.

This is the first time I’ve ever surrendered my body to a feeling like this.

“I’ll raise the output by about 30%.”

“For starters, punish her about three times as much as she hurt Isabella!”

The moment my command was given,

the Death Collector’s kick flashed like lightning and slammed into Zenobia’s solar plexus, sending her tumbling across the ground like a ball.

“Keuk!”

Amazing…!!

[Instruction insufficient for adequate collection.]

[Additional collection required.]

Zenobia already looked like she was out of the fight. She was collapsed on the ground, coughing up blood and trembling.

“What, this is impossible…”

[Stress index converted. Collection of 999 deaths required.]

“Wait a minute! You’re going to kill a thousand people? No way.”

This power was insane, wasn’t it?

I grabbed the Collector and stopped her.

“Hold on! Collector-chan!”

I held on to Collector-chan, who looked like she was about to commit mass murder, and tried to calm her down.

“Isn’t there another way?”

The moment my attention was diverted.

Zenobia appeared behind me!

Just like the vile villain she was, a sneak attack, part two…!

Honestly, I was caught off guard. I never imagined the injured woman could move so fast.

“Even if the subordinate is strong, if I kill the main body!”

[The Death Collector takes the damage instead.]

[Converting stress index.]

[Updated.]

[Collection of 2,383 deaths required.]

“……”

There wasn’t a single wound on my body. Zenobia’s arm passed right through me as if I were a ghost.

What the. Am I invincible?

“What…!?”

The 『Rule of Immortality』…

‘To think it was such an incredible power…!’

Alright. Let’s do this!

“Don’t kill her, just beat her until she wishes she were dead!!”

Collector-chan moved like lightning.

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Translated By: Meher (RaidenTL)

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