Chapter 523

〈 Chapter 523 〉 IF Route, Bad Ending #073

The IF Route is a hypothetical scenario unrelated to the main story.

Some viewers may find it unpleasant, but those who only watch the main story can skip to the next chapter without any issues understanding the content. Please note that character breakdowns may occur.

“I refuse. No matter how much Yoo Sung insists, these materials cannot be exported from New Seoul.”

The firm reply of a high-ranking government official caused Yun Yuhwa to throw his cherished coffee cup to the floor.

KLANG!

Coffee seeped into the expensive carpet. Yun Yuhwa was so angry that he had thrown the coffee-filled cup to the ground.

“Garbage! If you’ve been taking bribes all this time, you should just quietly say ‘Yes, understood’ and follow along!”

Spitting out curses and throwing a tantrum, Yun Yuhwa’s behavior was not much different from the “reckless” image he usually projected. One might even suspect that Yun Yuhwa’s true nature wasn’t reckless at all, as he was completely consumed by anger.

“If the New Seoul route is blocked, find another way through Busan! What are you doing right now?”

Yun Yuhwa’s shout, imbued with magic power, was transmitted to the puppet in charge of distribution. The puppet sitting in the manager’s office had its face turn red as if reflecting Yun Yuhwa’s emotions.

[Uh, boss. Even the black market is closed off now. It seems the government is trying to block humanitarian aid to Seoul altogether…]

[Kyaa, this is terrible!]

Suddenly, one of the subordinates burst into the meeting room without knocking.

[The trailers on standby caught fire! It’s terrorism!]

“…What?”

Yun Yuhwa turned on the news to confirm the breaking report. The trailers of Yoo Sung Motors were engulfed in red flames, burning the stored food and relief supplies.

– Yoo Sung is a group of spies hiding in Seoul trying to send food to communists!!

A fire mage standing on the trailer incited the crowd. His left eye bore a long scar, as if imitating Sun Icheol’s wound.

– No matter how bad the country has become, I’d rather die than see my tax money feed communists! Even if they starve to death…

“Oh no…”

Yun Yuhwa immediately realized who was behind the man burning Yoo Sung’s assets.

Sun Icheol. Not only did he manipulate the Pine Tree Unit, but also his blind followers, attempting to make New Seoul his own kingdom.

“If this continues…the supplies!”

Revenge against Sun Icheol would have to wait. Prioritizing the most important contract was crucial at the moment.

“Scrape together whatever supplies you can! The contract must be fulfilled at all costs!”

Only then could his grand dream begin. Yun Yuhwa nervously bit his nails while receiving reports from various locations.

* * *

“Ultimately, we could only secure half the required amount. The residents of New Seoul had to resort to eating chunks of monster flesh to fill their starving stomachs… Yuhwa-san?”

Phoenix sat in a chair with her legs crossed, looking down at Yuhwa’s puppet with a sorrowful smile.

“…I’m sorry.”

Yuhwa, knowing full well his own fault, bowed deeply from his seat. Phoenix clicked her tongue and twisted her veil.

“You’re not the person I knew. That person wouldn’t have waited three weeks, or even one week, before roasting everyone and delivering them to Seoul much earlier.”

“……”

Yuhwa gritted his teeth internally. Though he possessed everything anyone could want, being compared to his future self was an experience even Yuhwa found hard to endure. And the current Yuhwa was far less capable than his future counterpart.

“The result is clear. I worked hard to exceed the quota and even prepared this special gift.”

Phoenix lifted up a necklace woven from A-Rank cores. The necklace, crafted by connecting dozens of cores with magical threads, was so beautiful that even the usually disinterested Yuhwa felt tempted.

“I originally intended to give this to you, but it seems that won’t be possible.”

“Wait a moment. Customer, couldn’t we extend our contract? Considering the unavoidable circumstances, you could surely give us some leeway regarding the delivery deadline.”

“Yes, I can certainly be lenient about that. After all, you’re someone precious to me.”

Phoenix clasped her hands together and smiled as she tilted her head.

“Then shouldn’t you come in person to apologize? That’s proper etiquette, isn’t it?”

“…….!”

Yuhwa’s puppet froze upon sensing Phoenix’s killing intent. Although Yuhwa quickly severed the magical connection, Phoenix had already traced the source of the magic emanating from the puppet and pinpointed his location long ago.

CRASH!

The glass shattered, and Phoenix flew off at supersonic speed. In no time, she arrived above New Seoul from Seoul and attacked the rooftop of an eight-story shopping building where the source of the magic was located.

BOOM!!

“Kyaa?!”

A blonde woman screamed and rolled off her bed to avoid falling concrete debris. Phoenix grinned upon seeing Yuhwa’s real body, which was busy manipulating the puppet.

“In that case, I’ll kidnap the princess~”

It was unclear who she was talking to, but Yuhwa had no idea. However, Phoenix had already used Yuhwa’s puppet to locate him and carried him off into the sky at maximum speed.

POW!

Different from Yuhwa’s usual color scheme, golden swords rained down where Phoenix had been. Dodging them playfully, Phoenix flew toward her nest in Yeouido and placed Yuhwa on her bed.

“Didn’t I tell you? When the ceiling collapses and someone appears, it’s me.”

“That, that’s not what you said!”

“Hmm? Did I? Then forget it. So, Yuhwa-san, you tried to silence me with just a puppet and lacked sincerity in your apology.”

There was definitely irritation in Phoenix’s eyes.

“Some people went through great lengths, traveling around Baekdudaegan mountain range without rest to gather cores, yet ended up breaking the contract anyway, huh?”

“T, then if you just give me a little more time-”

“There’s no time for that.”

Phoenix whispered coldly into Yuhwa’s ear.

“There are only a few years left until the world ends; how can you afford to relax?”

“Huh?”

“Which means Yuhwa-san will have to work seven times harder than others.”

Phoenix hung the necklace made of cores around the stunned Yuhwa’s neck and added,

“As a monster.”

POKE!

She pierced Yuhwa’s heart with her fingernail.

* * *

“Haa, haa.”

The blonde woman with disheveled hair lay sprawled on the bed, panting heavily. Her wrists and ankles were restrained by gray tentacles like chains, restricting her movements.

“Hmph, hmpf.”

Phoenix, who had bound Yuhwa to the bed, played with a core in her hand while smiling cheerfully.

“One, two, three… Oh, why did I divide it by seven?”

Phoenix clicked her tongue regretfully as she looked at the six monsters lying on either side.

Looking exactly like Yuhwa in face and physique, these monsters differed from the original as they were crawling on all fours, accepting men. These men wore various animal masks.

Huff, huff huff.

One thing to clarify: these men weren’t wearing animal masks but were beastmen created by Phoenix, possessing animal heads.

“How unexpected, turning you into such a monster. Truly.”

“Hyaaa, I, I don’t like this! Please, let me earn money properly…!”

“You are earning money. Core production activities.”

Phoenix stood up as she watched a bird-beastman ejaculate inside the Yuhwa assigned to him. The beastman gently caught the core expelled from Yuhwa’s vagina beneath her belly, which resembled that of a pregnant woman.

Glug, glug!

The core, clearly visible with its green genetic arrangement, was of A-Rank quality.

“Wow, jackpot in the gacha!”

Phoenix clapped her hands joyfully. The bird-beastman scratched his beak sheepishly after successfully producing an A-Rank core from the field of Yuhwa he was responsible for.

“Good job. Pfft. Now you can eat freely.”

“Keeeeyaaaaa!!”

The bird-beastman immediately grabbed Yuhwa’s hips and twisted her body in the air, treating her like an adult toy.

“Huuuuh! Please, Phoenix-sama…!”

Naturally, the sensation was transmitted to Yuhwa lying on the bed. Tears streaming down her face, she pleaded.

“I, I want to earn money using my brain…”

“Your brain is utterly useless right now. Earn money with your body. How could a fool who lost even to Sun Icheol possibly earn money using their brain?”

Phoenix chuckled derisively and ordered the beastmen to ejaculate. Each of these beastmen represented a different attribute and was specifically hunted by Phoenix for their S-Rank status.

“Haha. Mass-producing cores… Feels like using an infinite cheat code.”

“Huuuh, Master, money earned without effort will eventually bring calamity…”

“Shut up. Money is the best, money.”

Phoenix laughed foolishly as she looked at the mattress filled with cores.

“Selling just the cores scattered around this room at dirt cheap prices would fetch over 20 billion won, right? Hmph. Thank you, Yuhwa-san. You’re my cash cow.”

Phoenix rubbed her cheek against Yuhwa’s lower abdomen. Overwhelmed by the affectionate gesture from her master, Yuhwa experienced an orgasm, and her vaginal juices flowed.

“Haa, hyaaa…!”

“Oh my, it’s because of me, isn’t it? Hmm, we can’t lose either.”

Phoenix adjusted her posture while removing her priestess robes.

Earth, Water, Wind, Fire, Light, Darkness. The six attribute beastmen were each producing cores through their respective Yuhwa monsters, yet none of them bore the red hue of Fire Attribute cores.

SWOOSH.

Phoenix transformed into a monster. The overwhelming presence of SS+ Rank caused the beastmen pounding the Yuhwas to stiffen with tension.

[Full strength penetration. That’s why I made you beastmen.]

Phoenix’s blue eyes within her helmet glowed menacingly as she intimidated the beastmen.

[There are many S-Rank monsters on Earth besides you. The beastman who produces the least cores today…]

Phoenix stroked the fiery penis emerging from her crotch and positioned its tip at Yuhwa’s vagina.

[I’ll personally crush their cores and feed them to the one who produced the most.]

“Ki, kiiieeeeek!!”

The six beastmen began roughly pounding Yuhwa as if in heat, ejaculating prematurely and continuously thrusting without bothering to retrieve the cores forming in the wombs.

“Hgghh! Hyuuung!”

The Yuhwas’ bellies swelled as if they were full-term pregnant. Despite the need to extract the cores, the beastmen continued injecting semen without pause.

“Hh, huuu, haaang!!”

The beastmen’s bodies quickly adapted to the swollen size. The simultaneous sensation of pain from the splitting belly and the accompanying orgasm concentrated entirely on Yuhwa, who was leisurely being penetrated by Phoenix.

“Ma, Master… You’re included too! If I fail the gacha with you, you’ll become the prey, huuuugh!”

[Temperamental. Your breasts are too small.]

Phoenix twisted Yuhwa’s small breasts.

[Don’t worry. I won’t fail the gacha.]

Phoenix firmly grasped Yuhwa’s pelvis and smiled confidently.

[When you and I make love, how could the result possibly be just a C-Rank?]

“……♥”

Phoenix was mad with the endlessly produced cores.

Yuhwa was mad with the love given by Phoenix.

“Haa, hyaaang, Master, I love you!”

[Really? Guess what I want to hear. Then-]

“More than money! Even if offered the wealth of the world, I can’t live without Master’s penis!”

[…You bitch.]

Phoenix growled as she twisted Yuhwa’s nipples.

[You should say you can’t live without me.]

“Hh, hhhehe, Master….”

Yuhwa blushed shyly. Though her direction was skewed, her sharp intellect remained as brilliant as ever.

“Master needs to have a penis to give me your semen, huuuh, so I can produce cores, right…?”

[…Indeed clever, Yuhwa.]

Phoenix thrust her hips as she bestowed favor upon Yuhwa.

[Reward.]

“Haaauugh, it’s hot, hyyyyaaak!!”

Phoenix injected her essence into Yuhwa’s womb. Several times hotter than the other beastmen’s, the magical energy tore through Yuhwa’s vagina and entered the uterus, fertilizing the core.

Crunch, crunch.

Phoenix pulled out her penis and stepped back, and soon Yuhwa arched her pelvis upward to expel the core.

Pop.

Phoenix stared momentarily at the D-Rank core resting on her palm. Yuhwa turned her head away, embarrassed.

[Yuhwa.]

“…”

[You were feeling other cocks while I was here.]

“I’m sorry…”

As Yuhwa’s eyes glanced at one of the beastmen behind Phoenix, she glared at the beastmen surrounding her with murderous intent. Though they were still penetrating the Yuhwas, they were undoubtedly mocking her poor performance internally.

[This won’t do.]

Phoenix cracked her neck and stretched her body.

[Yuhwa. We’ll continue until an S-Rank core comes out.]

“Wha? Hh, hhdeet, it’s impossible. We’ve never gotten one yet, hhuugt.”

[Looks like I need to teach you the truth of gacha.]

Phoenix broke the tentacle restraints and embraced Yuhwa.

[Gacha is about rolling until you succeed.]

“Master…”

Having regained the freedom of her limbs, Yuhwa wrapped her arms around Phoenix’s neck and winked.

“Doing this might lead to ruin…?”

[Let it ruin.]

Phoenix tickled Yuhwa’s waist while whispering.

[Even if it ruins, I need to cum inside you right now.]

“…”

Feeling the love flowing from Phoenix, Yuhwa let go of her thoughts.

* * *

[Oh, look how diligently the officers are working.]

Seongju marveled at the countless cores scattered across the Earth.

The seven officers had multiplied the monsters and beastmen so much that the Earth was covered in cores.

[Truly, brainwashing them was a good decision.]

Seongju summoned his magic power.

[They work so hard; let’s reward them.]

BOOOOM!

The cores exploded. Thunderous booms echoed throughout the Earth as it shattered into pieces.

[This level of artistry should please Him.]

Satisfied, Seongju turned his head.

– …

KAPOW!

Seongju was crushed by the interdimensional spirit.

The interdimensional spirit stomped around the universe, grumbling, and entrusted himself to the yellow wind to find the next star to destroy.