Devoured everything with an S-rank predation ability-Chapter 43: EP. How About a Draw? (18+)

This has become a common everyday occurrence in these times.

The opponent gritted his teeth while crying.

"Fuck, think about it! What kind of bullshit is this? People are dying. What game? Did some ghost who couldn't play games possess us?"

"You're saying things the Celestial Horse Demon King wouldn't like."

"It's the truth! Why are we doing this? Why do we have to do it? Why do we have to kill each other?! I'm tired now. What game or survival when I can't even protect the person I love!"

He wailed as if pleading.

I sighed briefly.

He's not wrong, actually.

The world changing like this is ultimately the Celestial Horse Demon King's fault.

'I said to ruin it, but surely it's not my fault?'

More than that, his words about not being able to protect someone he should protect sounded quite familiar. I don't need to look far.

I shrugged.

"It can't be helped, the world is like this."

"Is that all you have to say?"

"I'm not a god. I can't change the current situation. Isn't that why you've given up too?"

"Haah... You're satisfied with this?"

"Of course. I can't tell you how happy I am that the world has become like this."

I smiled purely.

Rather, the opponent was so shocked by my appearance that he even hiccupped.

"What?!"

"Isn't it? I've lived half my life like a doll. Without a soul, without emotions. But now that it's become like this, every day is happy!"

"Are you out of your..."

"I'm in my right mind. That's why I'm talking to you like this. See, I feel so alive!"

In reality, no one ever looked at me.

Not teachers, not classmates, not passersby, not neighbors, no one.

But now, it's a world where people who only look at me appear in droves just by walking down the street or bumping shoulders.

If this world isn't heaven, what is?

"Only weaklings whine like that."

"You crazy bastard!"

The opponent spat as if disgusted.

I smiled calmly. Well, what else can be done.

"If you can't do it, I'll finish it for you."

"Wait! How about... we make it a draw? Huh?"

The opponent begged with a desperate face.

So this was his goal in the end.

I tilted my head and wagged my index finger. Is he joking?

"No way. That doesn't make sense."

"There's no law saying we can't have a draw, right?"

I don't know what nonsense this is.

Does he think this is WFC or a soccer match?

To make it a draw by colluding with each other.

I sighed and approached. No point in talking.

At that moment, the opponent's face changed. In the blink of an eye, he pulled out a harpoon and stabbed my abdomen.

"Hm?!"

"Hehe, heheheheh! You idiot, did you actually believe my acting? Hyaa, playing with people's hearts really is the best in these times!"

The guy who was wailing about losing his loved one was nowhere to be seen.

He smiled with satisfaction and licked his lips.

I asked such an opponent.

"It was all a lie?"

"Of course. Kukuk, there's even an idiot who believes this. Sorry, it was an act!"

"Sorry, it was a shadow."

What I understood while using my shadow ability was. If I can melt into shadows.

I thought I could transform parts of my body into shadows too.

And it succeeded like now.

I lightly swung a shadow blade.

Half of his neck was torn and he fell backwards.

I finally smiled as the opponent grasped his neck with both hands.

'This bastard, looking at his status window he's even Go Uk-hee's close associate.'

I pointed at my solar plexus. It had darkened like a shadow.

"Where you stabbed, it's a shadow."

"Uruk, what...?"

"Where are you looking? That's just my afterimage?"

"Keuruk? Th-that kind of skill... Keuruk, must be expensive?"

"Yeah, I picked it up on the way."

I finished cutting his neck and cleared it.

After killing him, a refreshing euphoria filled my whole body as if I had drunk carbonated water.

"Haah, this is it, this."

I exhaled a long breath.

I received a total of 50,000 points.

I really couldn't let my guard down.

You never know what kind of guy will pop out from where. But isn't this the charm?

As there are those who fly above those who run.

Since I can see status windows.

I felt great fun in each of these variables.

After the game ended, I returned to where I originally was.

It was a bit away from the one-room.

'Should I go back. Hm?'

As I was about to go back, I saw a light flash briefly from a nearby private house.

I tilted my head as I looked closely, wondering what it was. It was strangely familiar.

'But is there a private house in a place like this?'

Now that I look, it seemed like a hastily constructed medieval building.

After watching for a while, I figured out why it looked familiar.

'Ah, that's right. If you turn here and go a bit further, there's a building like this... This is the place shown in the setting I saw before?'

The place shown in the setting I got after killing the muscle guy. It was right there.

I marveled.

I headed straight there.

'I'm lucky. What's waiting? A dungeon? An item?'

I carefully examined the front gate.

Adhesive bombs were scattered at odd angles.

Even self-proclaimed experts adapted to the Desire League would probably fall for this.

But it doesn't work on me.

I cleared them one by one with shadow tentacles and opened the door to enter.

The interior was very dark. I don't know how large the area is.

I moved while buried in shadows.

This way I was safe no matter what I stepped on.

Looking around the first floor, it was a complete mess overall.

There wasn't much.

So what's left is the second floor.

As I was about to go up, I heard a slight presence from above. If I hadn't been focused, I would have mistaken it for the sound of wind.

Deolgeok.

I stayed still, wondering what it was.

I hid behind cover and took out my club, about to pounce right away.

After about 30 seconds.

Deolgeok.

Wondering what it was, I went up while buried in shadows. I saw a figure crouched on the stairs.

That figure was going down with a deolgeok sound while listening below.

One stair at a time, one by one.

'This guy is quite careful. At least he's cautious.'

Han Il-hyun (30)

History: Originally ran his own business. His only younger sister has become a zombie and is imprisoned.

Skill: Tailwind Step

But looking at his status window, there wasn't much. I needed information so I appeared behind him and pointed a gun.

"Huk?"

"Hello, stay still as I have something to ask."

"...Are you going to kill me?"

"Maybe?"

"Can't you spare me?"

"Is there a reason I should? What, do you have someone to protect?"

"...I have a younger sister. She's old enough to enter high school now, but she became a zombie."

I glanced at the second floor.

There was a room that had been giving off a subtle presence since earlier.

So that was it.

I saw a figure struggling while tied up with clothes in the opposite room.

There was nothing special. It's everyday life.

"It's a common sight in these times."

"For you. But not for me. After our parents passed away, I've lived only looking after Kyung-hee. There's nothing I haven't done! I absolutely, absolutely can't lose Kyung-hee!"

"Even if you die?"

The opponent nodded.

That nod seemed to contain sincerity.

But then, something amazing happened.

『Desire Side』

◆Unfortunate Male Lead

-Objective: Help the man trying to save his zombified younger sister.

-Reward: 50000 DP, Random Stat +8

A quest suddenly popped up. I laughed silently seeing that.

'Well, if there's a main quest, there should be side quests too!'

The compensation wasn't bad.

But how should I help?

'There wasn't a potion that turns zombification back to human among the items.'

But I do have one method. A similar method.

"I'll lower the gun but I'll kill you if you act up."

"...Alright."

I lowered the gun.

The opponent got up and looked at me.

I answered with a smile.

"This seems like you'd believe in fate?"

"What do you mean?"

"Do you hope your sister's condition will improve?"

The guy's face changed immediately.

"Wait, is that possible?"

I just nodded. Of course the opponent was suspicious too.

"No way, who are you?"

"If you're a player too, you'd know. There are as many diverse skills and items as there are all kinds of people."

"...What? Then could it be?!"

"Ah, don't misunderstand. I'm not a healer. Just... think of me as an alchemist."

An alchemist who erodes women and changes their hearts.

A more precious and excellent ability user than turning lead into gold.

The opponent's eyes widened as if they would pop out in surprise.

"Th-then is it possible? Can our Kyung-hee get better?!"

"She can't fully recover from being a zombie. Even the Celestial Horse Demon King can't do that. But, I can improve her condition."

I happened to have one potion left.

It was a reagent bottle filled with semen. The liquid sloshed inside.

The opponent swallowed dry saliva looking at that. I had perfectly captured his attention.

"That is...?"

"A purification reagent that contains all my knowledge. I even tamed one zombie to be docile with this."

"Please!"

The man suddenly shouted and knelt before me.

He cried out desperately.

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"Pl-please give me that... I'll do anything!"

"I don't intend to sell it for free either. Give me one thing you cherish most."

"Something I cherish...?"

The opponent tensed up.

This was the right move in the current situation.

If told to give up what they cherish most.

Usually people give something as important as their own life or an amazing item.

Of course, something like a bank account full of money would be the worst.

Money is meaningless in this era.

The opponent stepped back.

"Wait, wait a moment."

The opponent quickly went into a room and came out. He handed over something like a pocket watch.

It did look like a watch that would have been extremely popular in the past.

'Let's take it since there are NPCs who like this kind of thing.'

This could lead to another mysterious trade?

I pocketed the pocket watch and went to the room where the younger sister was.

"Keuheueu!"

The younger sister wailing like a beast. I held up the reagent bottle.

"Feed it to her?"

"Yeah."

I grabbed the younger sister's chin and forcibly fed it to her. She drank it all while struggling. It was amazing.

Just in case, the opponent asked.

"It really works, right? Huh?"

"Wait and see."

The younger sister who had been rampaging.

She seemed about to break free of her bindings by force and run out.

The bed creaked continuously from how much she thrashed about.

Then she suddenly stopped when she saw me.

And blankly stared up at the ceiling.

The opponent swallowed a gasp.

"Could it be?"

"I calmed her down for now. Looking at the stages, she just entered the initial stage."

"Is she okay?"

"Wait. Kyung-hee, you see that person there? He's your older brother so don't attack him. Stay still."

The younger sister nodded as if it was a lie.

At that sight, the opponent cheered as if he had scored a goal in the World Cup finals.

"Aah, no way, aah! Kyung-hee, Kyung-hee! Euhuk!"

The opponent rushed to embrace her.

I stepped back further and watched the siblings.

What an unfortunate pair of siblings.

"Then I'll be going. Well, I'll come back if research progresses."

"Thank you, thank you so much!"

I collected the quest reward as I left.

[Gained 50000 Desire Points (DP)!]

[Gained 8 Intelligence Stat!]

My intelligence went up. Nice, nice.

I returned to the one-room in a good mood.

Just as I opened the front door. Suddenly Ivy wailed in the darkness.

"Euhuk, uwaaaaaa!"

"...Ivy?"

I hurriedly ran to her.

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