Chapter 946

EP.946 Part 2 Chapter 9-03

<Gangseo, Near Han River>

“Aaaaah!!”

Su Ri unleashed her fury, clenching her fists.

“Fire Punch! Fire Punch! Fire Punch!!”

She swung her hands ablaze with flames, launching fiery blasts at the charging monster.

“If it’s a punch, shouldn’t you hit it directly?”

“Shit! How am I supposed to hit that directly?!”

“That’s true.”

Fighting alongside Su Ri, the Architect wielded their massive pipe, manipulating the earth at will.

Thud, Crash!!

A sudden earthen wall emerged, smashing into the monstrous worm’s head and toppling it over. The Architect giggled mischievously as they dissolved the wall.

“You should try catching them like me.”

“I use fire attributes! Shit, really!!”

Su Ri swiped at something lunging toward her from the side.

Thanks to the magical gauntlet-like barrier around her hand, nothing stuck to her, but the worm’s head was snapped clean off and collapsed sideways.

“Why are there only these shitty monsters in Seoul?!”

“Have you ever considered how we felt fighting those bastards all this time?”

“…”

The Architect’s nostalgic tone left Su Ri speechless.

“Damn, damn. No wonder it was hard to find data on the Seoul Recovery Operation.”

“It was probably intentionally made difficult to find, but if the data were like this, anyone who wanted to find it would change their mind instantly. However…”

“However?”

“…It seems like more of them are appearing than we originally knew. That Cube thing might be real after all.”

“That Cube Trophies thing, right?”

“Yeah. The more Cube power you use… the more tentacle monsters or sex-related beasts appear. Look at that.”

The Architect pointed toward the Han River embankment.

“Have you ever seen trees like that in Seoul?”

“I don’t know! The only time I’ve been to Seoul was when I came with the Commander, so how would I know?”

“But aren’t you Korean?”

“Are you serious? I’ve spent more time traveling abroad than I have in Korea!”

“You should live like a proper Korean now that you’re naturalized! Tsk tsk.”

“Aaaah, F*cking James Lee!!”

“Who’s that? I don’t know him.”

Crackle!!

The giant tree the Architect pointed at began to shake.

Standing easily over 10 meters tall, the tree twisted violently before lowering its branches toward the ground.

“Oh my.”

Between the branches was clearly visible: a naked woman’s form.

Even the Architect whistled appreciatively.

“If we used wood from such trees to build Korean houses, they’d surely become super popular.”

“Are you crazy?! That’s a monster! Don’t you recognize Ariadne?!”

“I know. But is there any law against building houses out of monster materials?”

“You’re the insane one!”

“Living underground in Seoul for 12 years with creatures like that makes anyone crazy. If I’m still sane, then I must be exceptional?”

The Architect raised their hand toward their followers behind them.

“Some lunatics even took off their pants and charged at those things!”

“…”

Su Ri tightly shut her mouth.

If she kept cursing, she might start feeling self-loathing, so she decided to stop thinking about it altogether.

[Squeeeeeeeak—–]

The monster let out a shrill scream and extended its branches.

The ends of the branches opened up into holes about 3cm wide, oozing sticky sap-like liquid.

“Shit, I hate this.”

“Haha! You’ll get used to it if you keep fighting them, right? Oh, Miss Su Ri. Can you break some buildings while fighting? Especially those apartment complexes by the river.”

“What? Why?!”

“So we can…”

The Architect licked their lips with a dreamy smile.

“…build a riverside hanok mansion there instead.”

“…”

KRAAAASH!!

An apartment building collapsed.

***

<Gwanak, Former S University Site>

“Man, why do we always end up fighting these shitty monsters?”

Hye Ra, temporarily using the name Hydra, was pounding the ground as worms climbed up the mountain, subduing them effortlessly.

“Yuna, what do you think?”

“We shouldn’t fall to creatures like these.”

Standing beside Hydra, Yuna relayed signals from headquarters while coordinating the four routes’ advances, preventing monsters from reaching the summit using S University as a stronghold.

“Right? Now that you’re not just B-rank… no, maybe even A-rank level, you shouldn’t fall to such minor enemies.”

“That’s not what I meant.”

Yuna pointed her staff forward.

The core attached to the staff began to shimmer with golden light, which soon transformed into golden magical arrows scattering in all directions.

BOOM!

The monsters climbing S University exploded upon contact with the golden magic arrows.

They stopped climbing, leaving only their cores behind as they began to dissolve.

“Hye Ra-san, please collect the cores.”

“Sure, sure.”

Hydra elegantly waved their hand, pulling the monster corpses into the ground.

Another monster, opening its maw toward its fallen comrade, wildly flailed its arms when the corpse was pulled underground, leaving it trapped.

BANG!

A K-2 magic rifle fired at the monster.

Blue magical bullets riddled its body with holes, causing it to sink into the ground along with its companion.

“Do monsters try to save each other?”

“Maybe they were trying to eat the core of the dead monster?”

Though opinions differed regarding the monster’s actions, it was clear that whenever a monster died, others would turn their heads toward it.

“They’re scared because we’re holding our ground here. Between the delicious prey on the summit and the prey right next to them, which would be easier to eat?”

“The latter obviously. So they eat their comrades too…?”

“Exactly. Though calling them comrades might be misleading. They’re just fellow living beings. It’s like sharks eating other fish, or fish eating fish.”

“I see.”

Yuna immediately understood Hydra’s perspective.

While others might not fully grasp Hydra’s nature, for some reason, Yuna seemed to understand her well.

“I understand now. Monsters care about nothing but becoming stronger and killing people, right?”

“Correct. But this time it’s different. Their goal isn’t to kill people…”

BOOM!

An earthen spear shot up from below, piercing through several worm monsters.

“It’s to violate people.”

“…I’ve heard similar monsters are running rampant elsewhere too.”

Yuna organized the information received from various locations.

Most units were struggling against A-rank monsters, encountering either single or multiple powerful foes.

These weren’t ordinary A-rank monsters – they were disgustingly vile, truly troublesome adversaries.

Monsters as tall as buildings spraying bodily fluids from what appeared to be genitalia.

Giant walking lotuses swinging long leaves like tentacles.

A creature resembling a leader of the worms, with a penis-shaped head and two wheels wrapped around its torso.

Giant cockroaches over 5 meters long.

There were countless grotesque monsters. If this content were broadcast, it would likely be banned under an even stricter rating than R-19, perhaps R-22.

“Is this what the Commander mentioned as the Cube Trophies rule?”

“At least it’s certain that using the Cube causes these kinds of monsters to proliferate.”

Hydra shook her head in disgust.

“I hate Cubes…”

“Haven’t you used them a few times before?”

“At the time, we didn’t know. Even we wouldn’t want to use something like this.”

“You didn’t know?”

“Back then, it mostly just made people more rape-oriented, or caused subordinates to desire more violent and sadistic rapes, or generally inclined people toward criminal acts.”

“So when that crosses the line, everyone turns into this?”

“Exactly.”

BOOM. BOOM.

A giant monster approached from afar.

Standing on two legs over 5 meters tall with two eyes, it moved using three legs…

“Ugh.”

Correction.

The middle “leg” wasn’t actually a leg.

Though thick and long enough to reach the ground, it was unmistakably “that”.

[Wo…man…]

The monster was searching for women.

Despite being far too large for a person, let alone a head, to fit inside, upon seeing Yuna and Hydra, the monster immediately lifted its third “leg”.

“I already said I don’t want to be caught by things like that. Thinking about having this pure body defiled makes me sick.”

“Hmm. Fighting these things is bad enough, but imagining that thing touching you is truly horrifying.”

Hydra raised her long staff high.

Though dressed as a magical girl, the witch’s hat atop her head gave her more of a witch-like appearance.

“It’s coming! Open fire!”

People on the S University rooftop simultaneously opened fire on the monsters.

No one wanted the monster to get closer, yet it continued moving slowly up the hill despite taking magical bullets to the body.

“Should we just leave it be?”

“Why?”

“It might not be targeting us.”

Hydra pointed toward Gwanaksan’s peak.

“The monsters might know who the real delicacy is.”

“Then we definitely can’t let that happen.”

Yuna grabbed Hydra’s back.

“Please kill it.”

“…”

At Yuna’s vacant gaze, Hydra swallowed nervously.

“…Sometimes I think you’re scarier than the Commander.”

“All monsters that threaten the Commander must die.”

“Then what about me?”

“Regarding you…”

Yuna tilted her head momentarily before smiling.

“Since we’ve had threesome with the Commander, it’s fine.”

“…Yuna.”

Hydra asked awkwardly.

“Do you mean any woman is fine as long as it’s a threesome with you?”

“Yes.”

At Yuna’s immediate response, Hydra couldn’t help but marvel.

“Wow, impressive. Honestly, I might have gone crazy wanting you all to myself.”

“Unless I become capable enough on my own, which I’m not yet. All my abilities come from the Commander’s grace. Therefore…”

Yuna pointed her staff at the monster.

“I cannot forgive anything that threatens the Commander.”

“Aha, so you relieve stress by fighting monsters. Then let me help.”

Hydra placed her hand over Yuna’s, channeling magic power.

“I’ll lend you my magic power. You figure out the rest.”

“Then…”

With Hydra’s borrowed magic power, Yuna launched it toward the monster.

“Ground Pound!”

Instantly.

[Rooooooar!!]

The giant monster dropped to its knees, smashing its head into the ground.