Chapter 24: Training (1)

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Remaining Awakening Points: 215』

The next morning.

I managed to barely get up, my body sore from back-to-back sex with Hye-eun, and launched the Hunter Lust Management app on my smartphone, but I couldn’t hide my disappointment at the meager amount of points displayed on the first screen.

Over two days, considering I had filled Kang Hye-eun’s womb with my semen a whopping six times, the efficiency was definitely not high.

If anything, the first two sex opportunities with Kang Hye-eun and Cha Yuri were exceptionally cost-effective, but compared to my achievements so far, 210 points from six times of sex was an incredibly meager outcome.

Actually, I had somewhat expected this since yesterday. Whenever I ejaculated, the details of the Awakening Points I gained kept flashing before my eyes.

By the end, I didn’t even have the minimal standards for penetration. Even when only a white heart with a value of 5 or 10 appeared, I half-forcefully rammed my cock into Hye-eun, and being so exhausted, only the thought of ‘get it in and cum’ remained in my head, causing me to miss out on the simultaneous orgasm bonus twice.

The result was 210 points from six times of sex. Even excluding the last invalidated session from the count, it was a low point acquisition rate of around 40 per session.

Considering the first session was exceptionally high, the average point gain from the four consecutive sessions yesterday morning alone would be truly pathetic.

What’s worse, the second-to-last session yielded a base of 5 points with only a 10-point bonus. It felt less like resolving a female hunter’s lust and more like just a session for me to cum.

That was the moment I truly realized that repeatedly ejaculating into the same person was incredibly inefficient.

“Definitely not something worth doing twice.”

Well, the sex with Kang Hye-eun yesterday was more of an experiment than an attempt to earn points anyway.

Thanks to that, I even unlocked two First Achievement Feats, so it wasn’t a total loss.

『Send Target to Climax via Cunnilingus』

『Ejaculate During Sex in Water』

The morning cunnilingus I gave her yesterday earned me a bonus 50 points.

Getting my cock inside her while we were both in the bathtub earned another 50 points.

And I also confirmed there was a ‘Oral Sex Bonus’ under the repeat achievements, so it was a small gain for me, who was disappointed with the meager results.

Of course, even adding up all the points I’ve gathered like this only came to 315 points, which was still a bit short of the 400 points needed to reach Swordsmanship Level 5.

Moreover, due to the aftermath of the consecutive sex sessions, I ended up sleeping the entire rest of yesterday. Honestly, it was surprising that I could even maintain my sanity right now, considering how exhausted my body should have been.

‘Is it because my Swordsmanship increased to level 4, raising my Strength and Stamina along with it?’

As I considered this and looked over my body again, I definitely felt a strange vitality enveloping me, unlike before.

The fact that my body was fine even after having sex with Hye-eun and Cha Yuri alternately for three days straight might truly be a side effect of the Swordsmanship skill I acquired.

…Wait a minute. If just one skill, Swordsmanship, has this much effect, does that mean learning Fire Magic and Healing will also increase my base concentration and recovery rate?

Even if I don’t have an immediate use for them, concentration and recovery power would be immensely helpful not just in combat, but also in daily life.

I had to play solo for a while anyway, just to hide the fact that I was the only male Awakened being. Since it wouldn’t be easy to get help from others when needed, learning skills like Healing, if nothing else, wouldn’t be a bad idea to prepare for unforeseen circumstances.

The moment that thought crossed my mind, I immediately unlocked the two skills I had been putting off, up to level 2. Luckily, I had accumulated enough points.

『Fire Magic Lv. 1 → Fire Magic Lv. 2』

『Healing Lv. 1 → Healing Lv. 2』

…The problem is, it’s hard to gauge the extent of my abilities just by unlocking them.

Recalling that Swordsmanship Level 3 was somewhere between C-Class and B-Class, Fire Magic Level 2 would probably be around the upper ranks of C-Class or D-Class hunters.

Comparing it to the generally known ‘Circles’ for mages, it seemed like the skill level was equivalent to the upper part of 1st Circle or the beginning of 2nd Circle.

And fortunately, I had thoroughly learned the spells usable within each Circle for every magic category back in my school days. There was a time when I thought being a mage wouldn’t be so bad if I couldn’t awaken any combat-related abilities.

I used to think I wasted time not awakening earlier, but now that it was proving helpful, my past struggles felt like a blessing in disguise.

Since I couldn’t exactly cast Fireballs around my room, I decided to figure out the level of my Fire Magic later. For now, I decided to test the most basic healing spell available, ‘Quick Heal,’ on myself.

‘…I feel a little better?’

Just moments ago, I still felt utterly exhausted, my body completely drained, but as soon as I used Quick Heal, I felt my condition improving.

Of course, the ‘muscle soreness,’ which healing magic couldn’t treat, still remained in my body. It felt like pain, but apparently, it was just the process of muscle growth, hence untreatable.

Since Quick Heal showed a definite effect, I decided to use the next level healing spell, ‘Touch of Healing,’ on myself, and I experienced firsthand the feeling of all remaining fatigue vanishing at once.

‘The effect is convenient, but…’

Why do I have this intuition that I’ll end up using this more often for things other than hunting?

As I confirmed my now-stiffening lower body, signaling the complete revival of my metabolism, thoughts naturally turned towards its potential applications.

‘Well, that’s something to think about later.’

Now that my mind and body were recovered, it felt like a waste to just spend time idling in my room.

I needed to test out my newly acquired Fire Magic, after all. It was a bit early, but I figured it was fine to head to the Guild.

‘I guess I took the whole day off yesterday. If I want to grow even a little faster, I need to gain more practical experience.’

After washing away the sweat from yesterday’s exertions in the shower, armed with my new Fire Magic and Healing skills, I quickly made my way to the Hunters’ Autonomous Union Guild.

6 AM. Even though the Hunters’ Autonomous Union Guild operated on a fully flexible work system, it was still a bit early to be heading to work.

At this hour, there were actually more hunters leaving the Guild than arriving. Hunter activities were mostly solo or in small parties, so there was no strict need to work during the day, and quite a few people operated on reversed day-night schedules.

Regardless, I didn’t have anything else to do sitting around at home, so after changing into my workout clothes, I leisurely made my way to the Hunters’ Autonomous Union Guild.

The riverside path in the early morning wasn’t exactly brightly lit for a lone man, but if any thugs decided to foolishly pick a fight, they’d be the ones losing out.

After all, I had already mastered Swordsmanship Level 4, and now I could handle Fire Magic and Healing as auxiliary means. I was confident I could defeat not only ordinary women but even low-ranking female hunters.

And just in case a female hunter genuinely targeted me not for money or goods, but for my body, I could pretend to go along with it after checking her face and estimated point gain, or perhaps seize the opportunity to turn the tables and ‘take’ her instead.

After all, in this world, news of a woman sexually assaulting a man rarely made headlines.

What if an Awakened female hunter was overpowered and ‘taken’ not by someone of the same gender or by someone in power, but by a mere ordinary man? It would be so shameful that people would question if she should even retain her hunter license. Anyone with a brain wouldn’t publicly reveal such a fact.

That must be why Cha Yuri had so earnestly begged me not to mention anything about being saved by me. Of course, I had no intention of bragging about it anywhere.

While my goal was indeed to become stronger after awakening as a hunter, I would never engage in the inconsiderate act of randomly raping any woman I met on the street just to gain points.

My dream was, after all, to save people who died unjustly due to monsters. Becoming a strong hunter was merely a means to that end.

There was no need to make others miserable when I could become stronger without resorting to unethical paths. Hye-eun and Cha Yuri had sex with me because they genuinely wanted to.

…If the other party had wronged me first, perhaps things would be different, but without any consent, just randomly taking anyone was the act of a piece of trash.

Even by the standards of my original world, such behavior was no different from that of a psycho rapist.

That blonde woman walking towards me from the opposite direction was no exception.

Although she had a bright red heart with an estimated point gain of 100 displayed next to her face, I wouldn’t just ram my cock into her and force myself on her simply for that reason.

If I could persuade and convince her to gain her consent for sex, that would be one thing, but I would never force myself on her….

‘W-Wait a second?! 100 points?!’

Startled by a number I had never seen before, I quickly turned my head.

Even Kang Hye-eun, whose first experience with me was her first time ever, had an initial value of 80.

Cha Yuri, who had no prior experience with men, initially had an estimated point gain of 50. Although I raised it to 60 through affectionate foreplay, a value of 100 was on a completely different level compared to the two people I had relations with before.

Just by ejaculating inside her, I’d get 100 points without any questions asked.

Purely from sex, excluding minor bonuses and achievement rewards, the potential Awakening Points were 100.

Just how long had she been holding back? Or was her libido simply much stronger than others?

My instinct screamed that I needed to stop walking and talk to her, but the moment I realized her affiliation, I had no choice but to resume my original path.

‘…No matter how I look at it, messing with someone from the Foundation is a suicidal act.’

The red symbol on the weapon she was carrying was the emblem of the Ariel Foundation, so unfortunately, the best course of action was to pretend I hadn’t seen her and keep walking.

The daughters of major corporations, the children of three-term politicians, offspring of high-ranking public officials, second-generation famous hunters known worldwide, and even royalty or Saintesses from various nations.

The Ariel Foundation was essentially a social club for these ‘Hunter Ladies,’ composed of aristocratic young ladies and hunters of equivalent status.

If I messed with them, it wouldn’t be a metaphor; I could genuinely end my life. Even though the concept of chastity had been reversed in this world, there was an insurmountable power gap between a hunter from the Ariel Foundation and an ordinary man.

If I didn’t want my life to get complicated, forgetting about those 100 points and anything else related to her was the wisest choice.

“…Tsk.”

Honestly, I couldn’t help but feel a sense of