Chapter 242: Sang-hyeok’s Delusions Threaten the President [R-18]

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“Uh… I think she’s pretty. I accepted because she’s pretty! Your Excellency Go Eun-seo is beautiful!”

“Pfft!?”

The Princess of Korea, Eunseo, did a spit-take at the Onahole Man’s sudden declaration while watching the broadcast from inside a helicopter above Seoul.

“Tsk.”

Ben, the chief of her security detail who was on board with her, clicked his tongue.

“As I thought, this man is not someone the Princess should keep close.”

Eunseo said nothing.

She was often teased that a head of state who was merely young and pretty was useless.

It was nothing new, but still.

‘Why is my heart pounding?’

Eunseo was secretly pleased that Sang-hyeok had called her pretty.

With her long, bluish-purple hair tied back in a half-up style, she was known as the “Princess.”

While the title stemmed from her beautiful appearance, she actually had a much harsher moniker that had been softened after she took office.

Her original nickname from her Hunter days was the “Slaying Queen.”

That is, not a princess, but a queen.

And a terrifying one at that.

Alongside Seridwen Evelyn, the “Empress of the Red Eyes,” she had been one of the two pillars that led the golden age of Hunters.

No, she was still leading it.

One as Korea’s only SS-rank Master Hunter.

The other as Korea’s female president.

‘But I don’t want to just sit around and play politics.’

When she grew tired of smiling prettily at her enemies, she came out here. It was simple—there were only enemies to be killed.

Gazing down at the “Danger Zone” over Seoul where a red haze was spreading, Eunseo pondered.

“What’s the current situation?”

Her female bodyguard, Creda, who was sitting across from her, replied.

“The haze is still spreading. Its scale is growing.”

“Like when the Universe’s Domain nearly devoured Korea?”

“Yes.”

The biggest reason Korea could enjoy its current relative peace was because there had been someone who wielded overwhelming power against the invasions of external gods trying to exert their influence.

The Sword Saint, Justia.

Nearly twenty years had passed since her death.

Seridwen was considered the strongest Hunter in history, but no one knew what would have happened if Justia had been there.

…That kind of talk was bound to persist. She was a hero who had been active during Korea’s most chaotic period.

‘That hero is gone now.’

The retainers of the Universe had only ever exerted their influence in four specific countries, including Korea.

Why had they reappeared so suddenly?

Why now, of all times?

Looking down at the city being consumed by the red fog, Eunseo let out a sigh.

“It hasn’t stabilized yet, so you can’t even think about going down,” Ben said, as if reading her mind.

“I know, Ben. Right now, all we can do is trust the Hunters and Heroes.”

The haze was known to be a phenomenon that occurred when a massive gravity wave passed over the same coordinates.

While the area was unstable, the best course of action was to send in a small number of people to work on stabilization.

If the wave passed by, it was a stroke of luck. If it didn’t, that was when they had to exert their full power.

Stirring things up from the start would get one swept up in that massive gravity wave, never to return alive.

This was precious information learned through bloodshed in the past, so Eunseo was just watching for the right moment to enter.

‘I’m counting on you, Isabella.’

「Don’t you trust me, Your Excellency?」

…!

Eunseo’s cheeks flushed as she pictured the handsome Sang-hyeok suddenly invading her thoughts.

Shake, shake!!

What am I thinking, fantasizing about someone else’s boyfriend!

Her delusion didn’t stop. A shirtless Kim Sang-hyeok approached and pushed her against a wall.

「I wish to guard the president’s bedchamber tonight…」

「O-oh my…! H-Husband! You mustn’t do that!」

It was such an absurd fantasy that even her delusional self was flustered.

“Is something wrong? Do you need the restroom?”

“…No, Ben.”

‘Phew.’

Eunseo sighed inwardly.

‘…Maybe I’m not getting enough sleep.’

…What a seductive man.

Eunseo’s mind grew even more chaotic as she imagined Sang-hyeok smiling with fox ears and a tail.

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[Quest: Defeat the Galactic Miners]
[Deal with as many of the Universe’s retainers, the Galactic Miners, as you can. Reward: 120 Coins per kill.]

After leaving the base camp, we headed toward the location indicated by the quest marker.

Just as they said, the space was distorted. Even after walking for a long time, the same scenery repeated itself. Just as I was starting to feel anxious, fearing we were lost, we spotted a five-meter-tall alien creature wandering by the roadside.

“Wait. Get down.”

Yuuna and I spotted it at the same time and ducked.

Should I strike first?

All I need is for Personality Excretion to land.

“What do you think, Sang-hyeok?”

`Insight[Red].`

There were no other miners nearby.

There was only one alien creature, with pale skin, a height of five meters, and abnormally long limbs dangling at its sides.

And…

‘That thing. It’s protecting its body with mana.’

With my current power, there was no way I could break through its mana barrier and touch its main body with a single surprise attack.

A Moonlight slug round could probably shatter the barrier, though.

‘Let’s not rush. We’ll do this step-by-step with the team.’

`Onahole Enhancement.`

I cast the onahole buff on Yuuna, who would be fighting the miner.

“How is it?”

“Great! I feel a huge boost in power.”

“The plan is: you two break the barrier, and in that opening, I’ll put a bullet in it.”

“C-Can I do it?”

Hena immediately deflated.

Seeing her lack of confidence right before an important battle, Yuuna took her hand and spoke encouragingly.

“Hena! We’re setting this up together. So Sang-hyeok can finish it!”

“U-unh…! A setup… So this is a setup. Right. I learned about this… So Sang-hyeok can shine…”

…

Watching my two girlfriends like this, they were so adorable I wanted to pull them into a hug.

If I’d wanted to hunt with maximum efficiency in Onahole Academy, I could have just left everything to Si-eun and called it a day. I could have become an onahole demon lord, leading an army of onaholes.

But then the Onahole Squad wouldn’t be what it is now. There would have been nothing but a strict top-down command structure, a single commander leading an army of onahole soldiers.

That’s a cool option in its own way. It might even be better for getting stronger.

But right now, I like the Onahole Squad that’s growing with me.

I wanted to nurture these two.

“I’ll do it, Sang-hyeok.”

“Are you sure?”

I gently stroked Hena’s cheek.

Hena squeezed my hand and nodded firmly.

“Yes.”

“Sang-hyeok, what about enhancing Hena instead of me? Her magic would get a lot stronger.”

“I thought about that, too. But if we can’t end it in one shot, it’ll get too dangerous.”

It was better for Yuuna to be stronger, just in case something happened.

“Hena, prepare your most powerful spell. That’ll be the signal.”

“Okay.”

We got as close as we could without being detected.

“I’ll shoot from here.”

Hena stood up and began preparing her spell.

In the taut silence, a maximum-power [Void: Shotgun] was charged.

Yuuna focused her strength into her legs, ready to dash in at any moment.

As the finisher, I was tense, too.

I kept fiddling with the body of my gun, maintaining the tension so I could land the strongest possible attack during the golden opportunity my teammates were setting up.

We waited for a few seconds, crouched down, for Hena to be ready.

Both Hena and Yuuna were in a state of hyper-focus, intent on piercing the mana barrier.

Hena’s trembling stopped completely.

The moment the `Shotgun` blast erupted, I felt it was similar to the weapon I used.

Well, of course it was. It’s a shotgun blast.

The point was, why had her magic taken that form…? I felt a strange sensation when I realized she was only thinking of me.

Fwoooosh!

“Kiiik!!”

The spell Hena fired struck the miner square in the torso.

The mana barrier scattered!

But it wasn’t enough. It wasn’t completely bare. Seen through my red eyes, the creature’s mana barrier was still spread like a thin fog, ready to interfere with my attack.

Worse, the creature spotted us and started charging in less than a second.

“Yuuna!”

“Yeah!!”

Yuuna, enhanced by the onahole buff, pushed through and slashed at the barrier Hena had disrupted with her Ebony Blade.

Slaaash!!

It’s open!

[Tactical Shot Activated]

I aimed the Benelli and held my breath.

They say the beauty of a shotgun is just pointing and shooting, but for this moment, I recalled my memories from active duty…

Erasing all unnecessary muscle movement, I fired right at the center!

Bang!!

“Personality Excretion!”

A slug round!!

The charging miner’s body couldn’t withstand the impact of the S-rank Benelli hitting its unprotected flesh. It collapsed, legs stretched out stiffly as if electrocuted, and tumbled across the ground.

To take a direct hit like that and only bleed a fingernail’s worth of blood… its durability was incredible.

But the jelly was pouring out uncontrollably.

“Hena! We did it!”

“We did? Really?”

Yuuna and Hena hugged each other.

“Kyaa!”

“We did it! We did it!”

Such cute girls…

“There’s still the finishing touch, Hena.”

“Finishing touch? Ah!”

Hena trotted over to the jelly.

“Become an onahole!”

`Become an Onahole.`

Pop!

Hena picked up the object, which had transformed into a plump onahole, and brought it to me with a bright face, like a puppy playing with its master.

“I brought it, Sang-hyeok!”

“Good job. Good girl.”

I found myself scratching under her chin and patting her head.

Hena beamed, looking so happy just from retrieving a single onahole.

“Alright, shall we get paid?” Yuuna said, her eyes sparkling.

Right. The money was what mattered.

As proof of the kill, I cut off the miner’s ear and put it in my inventory.

“We turn the jelly into an onahole and take the husk for parts! Isn’t this a total win? How many bowls of malatang is that?”

“We could probably build a tower with the empty malatang bowls.”

“Let’s gooo!”

By the third one we encountered, our tension had lessened considerably.

Maintaining good focus, we began taking down the miners with coordinated attacks before they could even react.

As long as Yuuna and Hena’s setup went well, I would take out the miner with a one-shot, one-kill Personality Excretion from my shotgun, then murmur softly.

“Become an onahole.”

One, two, three…!

The Onahole Squad found and dealt with twelve of them throughout the morning.

“Phew.”

Not bad form, huh?

“I’m out of mana, Sang-hyeok.”

“Ah. Maybe I should have saved a little for the trip back.”

“It’s proof that we worked hard!”

Yuuna seemed to be in a very good mood.

And why wouldn’t she be, after taking down twelve A+-rank magical beasts?

“Let’s go back and eat.”

We returned to the base camp to get paid.

The busty receptionist, Eirin, greeted me with a smile.

“Hunter Kim Sang-hyeok. Welcome back.”

That deep bow… I want to make her do it just for me, in the bedroom…

“I caught a lot, miss.”

“I’ll process the payment for you. …Wow!”

When I took the miners’ ears out of my inventory, the receptionist’s eyes widened in surprise.

I couldn’t tell if she was genuinely surprised or if it was just customer service…

But as a man, I could say with certainty that it was the kind of reaction that made me want to rush back to the hunting grounds and catch more!

“You’re truly amazing, Hunter-nim! To gather so many in just one morning.”

“Haha.”

“With the quest reward and the spoils, your total comes to 1,840 Coins. I’ll process that for you.”

Should I give her my student ID?

“Yes, it’s complete.”

It’s amazing how deposits and withdrawals work in a place like this where you can’t even use a phone.

Did they enhance the bank’s computer system with magical beast steel…?

I checked the coins on my student ID while having such useless thoughts.

[Essol Academy Student ID]
[D-rank]
[Kim Sang-hyeok]
[Coins Held – 2,678,549]

Hmm. Deposit confirmed…

I divided the shares between the two of them.

“Take 650 each.”

“That much?!”

Yuuna clung to me happily.

“I love our leader!”

“I’m the leader?”

“The one who gives out the money is the leader!”

She’s not wrong.

“Hena, you take yours too.”

“U-unh. Thank you…”

I kept the remaining 540 Coins.

My new balance was 2,677,249 Coins.

Between the reward for subjugating Zenobia, my usual onahole sales, and other things, I’d gathered quite a lot of Coins.

‘I’ll make even more if I sell the onaholes.’

In truth, the total of thirteen Galactic Onaholes were my main source of income.

How much would I get if I sold all of these?

Just imagining it made me happy.

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Translated By: Meher (RaidenTL)

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