Chapter 1194

<Chapter 1194>

I dashed to where Ha Seung-hee was, dragging the corpse along. With Stormbreaker in her possession, she’d be fine—but who knows what could happen if we wasted time? Ha Seung-hee was an E-Rank Hunter. She *was* a hunter, but hunting monsters wasn’t really her thing. Her true passion? Business. There was no way she could take down Alrax, a D-Rank Boss Monster, all by herself.

“…That’s what I thought.”

But when I returned in a hurry, I found Alrax lying defeated on the ground, and there she stood confidently before him. His purple bodily fluids were smeared all over the Stormbreaker armor.

“Senior, this armor is amazing! If only it could be mass-produced and sold… It would spark a revolution in the hunter world!”

“This armor belongs to me. And there’s no one out there who can replicate it.”

“…200 billion won. How about it?”

“Not for sale.”

I snapped my fingers. The armor that had been protecting Ha Seung-hee disassembled itself, flew over to me, and transformed into a staff. Ha Seung-hee stared at Stormbreaker with greedy eyes.

No matter how much she wanted it, there was no way I’d hand over Stormbreaker. If money was the issue, HB-1 alone would bring in enough profits through proper channels. Besides, there are plenty of other ways to make money.

As I set the corpse down, I noticed an empty glass bottle rolling around on the floor.

“…You didn’t actually use HB-1 on Alrax, did you?”

“One of the reasons I chose this dungeon was because of Alrax. I needed to test whether it would work on plant-type monsters.”

“Good thinking. What were the results?”

“It didn’t have any effect. It fell onto the ground, but since there were no plants growing there, nothing happened.”

“HB-1 works on plants, not soil. Pouring it onto barren ground is just wasting it.”

“Yeah, that makes sense.”

“Thankfully, it didn’t affect the plant-type monster.”

“That’s fortunate. Though, more testing will be necessary. But tell me… Did you figure out who this guy is?”

I shook my head.

“He committed suicide after swallowing poison before we could interrogate him. He wasn’t ordinary. He likely belonged to some criminal organization. This was definitely a commissioned job…”

Ha Seung-hee’s gaze faltered as she looked at the corpse. Unlike me, she wasn’t used to seeing dead bodies.

“…We need to find out his identity. Can you help me strip him?”

“I don’t have a hobby of undressing men.”

“Alright. I’ll do it myself then.”

“I hate the idea of my girlfriend stripping another man.”

In the end, I ended up removing the corpse’s clothes. His body was far from clean—covered in scars—and there was nothing on him that could identify him.

Ha Seung-hee eventually collected samples of his hair, blood, fingernails, etc., placing them into a box. She also took pictures of his body using a camera. I gave her the wooden flute too—it probably wasn’t just a regular one.

“Why are you taking his hands? Do you have a weird hobby or something?”

“This isn’t the time for jokes. I’m going to have experts analyze these samples to gather information.”

“So not exactly scientific methods, huh?”

“I love science, but sometimes magic is simply more convenient than science.”

With everything roughly cleaned up…

Ha Seung-hee pulled something out of her bag—a red seed.

“…What are you planning to do?”

“A test. Originally, I intended to try it on a monster…”


“Was about to do it on an animal corpse… but humans are animals too, after all.”

Ha Seung-Hi paused while sprinkling the red seeds onto the corpse. After biting her lip, she resumed spreading the seeds.

“Could this be a flower that grows by feeding off corpses? …I’m sure I learned the name of this flower in university.”

“Blazeta.”

“That’s right! That was it.”

“It’s a flower that grows from monster or animal corpses. Its petals can be used as herbs. Each petal is worth 250,000, and each flower has 13 petals.”

“Expensive flower.”

“It’s also notoriously difficult to cultivate. It’s said to be impossible to grow by human hands.”

Seung-Hi sprinkled HB-1 onto the red seeds atop the corpse.

The seeds began to germinate. Dark crimson roots wriggled out from within the seeds and burrowed into the corpse’s skin. A total of 32 seeds had germinated, their roots competing fiercely as they sucked nutrients from the corpse, which rapidly withered into a mummy.

Out of the 32 Blazetas, only 20 managed to take root. The remaining 12 were outcompeted due to insufficient nutrients extracted from the corpse.

Red buds formed.

The 20 Blazeta flowers drained the life force from surrounding plants as they blossomed fully.

“We’ve succeeded.”

With a somber voice, Ha Seung-Hi began collecting the Blazeta flowers one by one.

After completing a few more tests, we exited the dungeon. At the entrance, association employees who had been standing guard immediately straightened up upon seeing us.

“…”

Seung-Hi quietly glared at the association employees before turning away and beginning to leave the dungeon. I followed behind her and asked,

“Aren’t you going to report this to the Association?”

“I don’t want to make this public. It’ll just attract unnecessary attention. I want to keep information about HB-1 as secret as possible.”

“If that’s what you want, fine. We should head back to the hotel and rest now.”

“Senior, I apologize, but there’s an urgent matter. We need to figure out the identity of the guy who attacked us.”

“You don’t have to handle that personally.”

I placed my hand on Seung-Hi’s shoulder. She showed no signs of backing down.

“…Alright. But let’s stop by the lab first. It won’t take more than an hour.”

“That long? Heh… I’m really looking forward to your ‘estrus dance,’ Seung-Hi.”

“…What dance?”

“Estrus Dance.”

“I’ve never heard of such a dance. Is it some new trend…? You seem to be thinking strange things again. I don’t dance like that. I’m not a stripper.”

“Not a strip tease, an estrus dance. Where you get all worked up and grind on my dick with your dancing.”

“I will not perform any vulgar acts like that.”

We got into the car.

I sat in the driver’s seat, Seung-Hi in the passenger seat. My right hand naturally began caressing her thigh.

“Hmph. Seung-Hi, when you take something, you must give something in return. Give and take. You know that well.”

“That issue is already settled. Hunter achievements. I’ll make sure to properly credit you.”

“That’s different.”

“You agreed to help me.”

“I agreed to protect you. To be precise, dealing with that flute-playing guy was already my responsibility. It’s fine since it was something I had to do anyway. But entering the lake wasn’t supposed to happen today. Do you know how pissed off I was having to go into that lake?”

“But we didn’t even fully enter it. Just your foot went in.”

“Still, if you’re gonna use me, you gotta pay the price. Estrus dance. I’m counting on it.”

“Go dream about it.”

Seung-Hi firmly turned her head away.

She might actually not perform the estrus dance…

‘If I use Hebel’s stimulant… it’d be tough. With the HB-1 replica complete, it wouldn’t work anyway…’

If Hebel’s stimulant doesn’t work… there are other things we could trade.

•••

After finishing our business, Seung-Hi and I headed to the hotel.

We booked the Presidential Suite at one of Korea’s top-tier hotels. From the window, we could see the entire Seoul night view.

We showered together in the bathroom and came out wrapped in robes. We took a sip of the prepared wine each. Perhaps due to what happened earlier today, Ha Seung…


Ha nae’s eyes widened as she downed the wine without hesitation.

“Seung-Ha! Show me now. Your ‘heat dance.'”

“Are you serious? I already said I don’t do that kind of dance.”

She glared at me like she wanted to kill me. She really didn’t want to do it, huh?

There was no other choice. Time for a deal.

“If you do the heat dance… I was going to give you this… Don’t you want it?”

I picked up the prepared item with my fingers. It was a golden thread nearly 1 meter long.

Curiosity piqued, Ha Seung-Ha approached and stared intently at the golden thread.

“What a pretty color… This isn’t just an ordinary thread, is it? Something feels off about it…”

“It’s elf barley hair. Extremely elastic. Worthwhile as magical material, but especially perfect for bowstrings.”

“…This isn’t something ordinary, is it? I should probably check it out. But wait… Elf barley hair? Never heard of such a thing… No, hold on. Barley hair…? You don’t mean… Could it really be what I think it is?”

“Most likely. Too long to call it pubic hair, so we call it barley hair. Not bad, right?”

“YOU’RE INSANE!”

Ha Seung-Ha jumped back in shock. She glared at me and asked.

“Elf… Is this REALLY elf pubic hair… I mean, body hair?!”

“It’s real elf pubic hair.”

“Don’t lie to me. There’s no way elves exist!”

“Elves DO exist. How do you think I got the Hevil catalyst?”

“…Is the Hevil catalyst also from elves?”

“Well, similar.”

Frowning, she came closer again. Though clearly reluctant, she grabbed the elf barley hair and examined it, pulling on it.

“Do you think this has as much value as the Hevil catalyst?”

“Not quite, but it’s definitely something unique to this world. Definitely worth researching. Surely you’re not refusing to study it just because it’s elf pubic hair?”

“…No matter how I think about it, it doesn’t seem as valuable as the Hevil catalyst…”

“Figuring out its value is your job. Who knows, you might hit the jackpot while researching.”

“…”

Her expression turned serious. Mentioning the Hevil catalyst paid off.

‘Hevil catalyst is an extraordinary item that changed Ha Seung-Ha’s life.’

There’s no reason why this elf barley hair wouldn’t have similar potential.

“…Fine. I’ll do that ‘heat dance.’ Thinking about it, maintaining my pride in front of a senior is kind of strange anyway. I’ve already done all sorts of vulgar things… What difference would dancing make?”

“Good. Wise decision. If you do the heat dance, the barley hair is yours!”

“…So what exactly IS this heat dance?”

I leaned close to her ear and whispered the details of the heat dance. The explanation took 20 minutes. It dragged on because she shouted “I won’t do it!” four times during the explanation. Each time, I convinced her by bringing up the Hevil catalyst.

The smartphone on the table started playing a slow, sticky beat.

Ha Seung-Ha began dancing. With sensual gestures, she removed her gown to reveal her naked body. Her thighs spread wide like crab legs, exposing her prominent mound. Even closed tightly, her pink slit looked beautiful.

She raised both hands behind her head and danced, opening her mouth wide like performing fellatio, sticking out her tongue. She tilted her chin up and moved her head side to side.

While strip dances have some elegance, the heat dance discarded all pretense. It was the ultimate vulgar dance expressing pure sexual desire.

“Penis, penis, penis…!”

Ha Seung-Ha shouted with a red face. I chuckled evilly, and she shut her eyes tight with shame.

Approaching me, she swayed her hips while dancing. Excited by the dance, her womanhood became wet. The droplets clinging to her labia splashed onto me.

Her heat dance ended. I lifted her onto the table and thrust my penis inside.

“HHHAAAAAAANG!”

Listening to her cries, I enjoyed our holiday. No, not a hotel staycation, but a BOcation.