episode_0061

The day after blissfully engaging in sexual intercourse with Baek-ryeon and Seol-rin.

After ejaculating several times into Baek-ryeon’s womb, intoxicated with aphrodisiacs, and then Seol-rin, perhaps envious of Baek-ryeon, began clinging to me with coquettishness, time flew by quickly and morning arrived.

Every time I ejaculated once, Baek-ryeon and Seol-rin would reach climax about 4-5 times each, so I was the only one who could maintain my sanity in the morning due to exhaustion.

So, I went down to the first floor alone to eat breakfast, and the owner of this place carefully approached me.

“Sir.”

“?”

His gaze contained irritation and a bit of envy.

“I’m sorry, but… please refrain from such intense activities. It’s disturbing the other guests…”

“Ah…”

I wondered why it seemed a bit quiet this morning; so that was the reason.

The irritated gaze was because of that.

Then the envy is…, ah, is that so.

‘When I first came yesterday, he looked at Baek-ryeon and Seol-rin’s appearance and gave me quite an envious look.’

He’s envious of me being able to hold them to that extent?

“I’m sorry. I don’t know if this is enough to make up for it, but please take this.”

“….”

I quietly handed a gold ingot to the owner.

The owner stared at it for a moment, cleared his throat, accepted the gold ingot, and left.

“….The soundproofing is also a problem.”

If there was a mage, I could put up some soundproofing magic, but all three of us are warrior types who just grab swords and charge….

‘Once the affairs in Yeom Country are settled, the first thing I need to do is find some mage-type party members.’

* * *

Baek River, which precisely divides the borders of Yeom Country and Jo Country.

If you cross this Baek River, all the land beyond is the territory of Jo, not Yeom.

With this river in front of us, the three of us, me, Baek-ryeon, and Seol-rin, were fishing.

“….But there’s something I’m curious about.”

“What is it?”

“Why are we fishing in front of the Baek River?”

“Because I wanted to eat fish for the first time in a while.”

At my words, Seol-rin looked at me with a dumbfounded expression.

“Do you…, really have to do it now?”

“It’s said that even a ghost who dies eating is beautiful. Have a drink.”

“That’s right. In Jo, they say sightseeing comes after a meal. And…, I need time to organize my thoughts. I think Master stopped here for a while considering that.”

“I don’t think that’s it at all….”

She didn’t seem to understand Baek-ryeon’s words, but she seemed to understand that she needed time to organize her thoughts, so she sat back down.

What is it? Why is her reaction different when I speak? Does she want to get punished?

But I’m a generous person, so I’ll let it slide.

Twitch twitch

In the meantime, my fishing rod shook, and I felt a nibble.

“It’s here! A nibble!!”

“Master! Be careful!”

“That’s right! Do it slowly! You keep giving it too much strength and the fishing line will break!!”

Having broken the fishing line several times already, Baek-ryeon and Seol-rin hurriedly approached me.

At first, I didn’t know how much strength to use, so I broke it, but it’s different now.

“I already know exactly how much strength to use, so don’t worry!”

Ggrrrr!

“?!”

Just as I was about to pull with appropriate force, I frowned involuntarily at the force of the fishing line pulling harder than I expected.

What is it? Did something bigger than I thought bite?

I could give it more strength if I wanted to, but if I did, the fishing line wouldn’t be able to withstand the force and would break.

In the first place, unlike reality, the fishing lines here are too weak.

“Damn it, Baek-ryeon! Seol-rin! Grab the fishing rod!”

“Huh?”

“What, what are you going to do?!”

I entrusted my fishing rod to Baek-ryeon and Seol-rin.

The moment they took it, Baek-ryeon and Seol-rin were momentarily flustered by the unexpectedly strong force of the opponent pulling, and almost dropped it, but somehow managed to hold on to the fishing rod.

Splash! Splash! Splash!

“Ugh!…”

“Why is it so strong?!…”

Even as they did so, Baek-ryeon and Seol-rin grimaced and struggled with all their might because of the force of the creature thrashing to escape.

It’s uneasy, but I should be able to endure it to some extent if it’s like this.

Judging that, I took off my outerwear.

“What, what are you doing?!”

“Master??”

“I’m going in to catch it myself.”

Baek-ryeon and Seol-rin, startled by my words, looked at me, but the two of them holding the fishing rod had no way to stop me.

While the two were flustered, I threw myself into the Baek River.

[Exposed to the energy of cool Yin.]

The river’s unique coldness covers my entire body. Just as I thought that, I saw something red in front of me.

[Exposed to the energy of intense Yang.]

[【Yang Undying Divine Art】manifests.]

“!!”

What is that?…

Red…, carp?….

Vrrrrrrrr!!

It’s a carp, but it’s a huge carp.

Moreover, a carp with a distinct red light. It’s absurd that such a carp suddenly appeared here, but….

A large amount of bubbles rises every time it moves.

Then, its gaze met mine.

‘Sorry, but you’ll have to be caught.’

I drew my holy sword.

It’s generally difficult to swing a sword because of the current of the Baek River, but….

[【River Qi】manifests.]

The golden River Qi of dawn entangled around the pure white holy sword.

I swung the sword as it was, with the River Qi wrapped around it.

Kwaaaaaang!!!

* * *

“Wow…, what is this anyway?….”

“It looks like a ten-thousand-year Fire Carp…, but I’ve never heard of a ten-thousand-year Fire Carp this big?….”

Looking at the carp that looked bigger than most adult men, Baek-ryeon and Seol-rin both stared at me without saying a word.

Of course, whether they did or not, I was making a campfire and drying my wet clothes.

By the way, 【Samadhi Fire】 is truly the best for making campfires.

‘Come to think of it, I’ve never used this for combat.’

Thinking that it wouldn’t be bad to use it once later, I looked at Seol-rin.

“More than that, how about it? Can you prepare it?”

“Hmm….”

Seol-rin, who stared at the rather overwhelming size of the ten-thousand-year Fire Carp for a moment, said in an unsure voice.

“There are evil spirits among the spiritual beings that have poison…, I have prepared spiritual beings before…, but this is the first time I’ve seen such a large ten-thousand-year Fire Carp, so I don’t know if I can do it well.”

“Is that so? First of all, it’s better for someone with experience to do it than someone who doesn’t know anything.”

“Hmm…, I understand. But it’s too big…. Baek-ryeon, can you help me?”

“Hmm. If it’s about using a sword, leave it to me.”

While Seol-rin led the preparation of the ten-thousand-year Fire Carp, I waited quietly in front of the campfire for the preparation to be finished.

The sound of the crackling flames was perfect for making people feel dazed.

‘…Soon it will be Jo.’

I don’t know how coming to Yeom Country to find the Giant Root Ring has led to this, but one way or another, I have to resolve what needs to be resolved.

That’s why I came here, but….

Before coming here, the question I felt while fighting the Vermillion Bird in Yeom Hyeong-ok couldn’t leave my head.

‘How did the Red Oni subdue the White Tiger?’

No matter how much the Baek Clan is a tribe of beastmen who inherited the blood of the White Tiger, no matter how good their lineage is, they are still human in the end.

Therefore, it is understandable that the Red Oni can massacre the Baek Clan itself. It’s within the realm of understanding. But a question arises about the fact that the Red Oni subdued the White Tiger.

‘Is the Red Oni that strong?’

Assuming that the powers of the Four Guardian Gods are equal to each other, the power of the Vermillion Bird was quite strong.

It was because the opponent was me, but based on general standards, only a very small number of people would have the power to subdue the Four Guardian Gods.

Above all, the Vermillion Bird I fought had some of its power sealed by the Black Tortoise….

‘No matter how I think about it, it’s strange….’

In the game, the Red Oni is a monster that can be fought, and because it can be fought, its specs are also revealed.

So, if you look at the specs themselves, they’re not low, but they’re not high either.

There’s no way the Vermillion Bird, who showed off a presence similar to the Demon King, would have lower specs than the Demon King…. At least the entire stat would be close to 900, but the Red Oni is not strong enough for the White Tiger of the same level as such a Vermillion Bird to be able to compete.

It has the ability to be defeated sufficiently in the game, and I don’t think it’s possible to subdue the White Tiger to that extent.

‘There’s definitely something I don’t know.’

Something that subdues the White Tiger.

What could it be?

“What are you doing?”

“Huh? Ah…, are you done already?”

Seol-rin and Baek-ryeon, who had already dismantled the ten-thousand-year Fire Carp, approached me.

“But, I don’t know if we can eat this?”

“Why?”

“Because the ten-thousand-year Fire Carp is a spiritual being that contains strong Yang energy. If you ingest it without thinking, it may have a bad effect due to the strong Yang energy. Furthermore, this is a much larger ten-thousand-year Fire Carp than ordinary ones.”

Is that so? Then there’s no choice.

“I’ll just eat it myself.”

“Are you sure you can do that!….”

Seol-rin looked at me as if she was dumbfounded.

I said it sincerely, but anyway, I put the ten-thousand-year Fire Carp prepared by Seol-rin and Baek-ryeon into my inventory.

“Then let’s move on.”

“No, if you’re not going to eat it and just leave, then why did you fish in the first place!…”

“You said you couldn’t eat it.”

“Well, I did say that!!….”

Seol-rin shook her head, looking like she didn’t know how to react anymore, and Baek-ryeon watched her from behind, laughing ‘haha’.

“But how do we cross the river? I thought there would be a boat, but there’s nothing.”

“Hmm. Usually there would be a boat, but…, it seems that most of the boats are not operating because the Seclusion Edict has been issued.”

“Then we’ll just have to cross it.”

“Are you sure? The water looks quite deep, and the current looks fast.”

Do I need to swim? I can just walk on water.

[Using 【Water Surface Walking】.]

“Let’s go.”

“….”

“When did you learn something like that, Master?”

When did I learn it. I learned it when I was trying to defeat the pirates.