The Master of Strength

“…”

Myeonghu simply stared as the woman approached. The sight of a woman who cared not for her nakedness was truly enchanting.

‘Is it the pride of her perfect body?’

She doesn’t seem to be at all affected by the fact that she wasn’t wearing anything, so he could only attribute it to her pride stemming from a perfect body.

She finally stepped out of the water and he could see her in full. Her clear, deep set eyes, cute nose, cherry red lips and pearl white skin which would have any man eating out of her hand.

“Well…”

It was then that she opened her mouth for the first time, but  Myeonghu saw only her rosy pink cheeks.

“I‘ll blush if you keep staring at me like that.”

Her breath appeared flustered, as if she had just realised the absence of her clothes, covering her breasts and private part with her hands.

‘OMG, I should control myself!’

Her suddenly gaze dripped with a venomous danger as their eyes locked and a pink heart came flying towards him.

‘A flying heart!’

He couldn’t help but smile. Although he knew that it was only virtual reality, it felt so real so he was happy just seeing one come from a beautiful girl.

“…Umm?”

However he soon realised that something was off.

“What?”

The heart flying his way wasn’t an illusion as it slammed into him.

Pak!

[For the next 20 seconds you can no longer control your character.]

[For the next 30 seconds, -30% Magic defense.]

[For the next 30 seconds, -30% to all Resistances.]

‘…’

He was completely speechless. Despite not moving, his body was gradually pulled towards the woman against his will.

“Good!”

She shouted with smile, not at all appearing shy any longer.  As she got closer I was able to get a better idea as to her identity.

‘Shit! It’s the friggin Nine-Tailed Fox! Just what are these developers trying to pull!’

The woman was for sure the infamous Nine-Tailed Fox. Of course he was still checking out her body again, but he was also surprised to learn how much damage he had taken from the heart.

‘30,000?’

He had only been hit by a single heart and 30,000 health had flown out the window. Regardless of how low his defense was, that was still quite unbelievable.

“Hohoho”

It was at that point that nine white tails appeared behind her.

‘Just where did those tails come out from?’

He couldn’t understand where the tails came from because he had never seen them while she was bathing. Ignoring his surprise, she sent out a shiny white plasma ball his way.

Suuwook!

It passed right through him, causing significant damage.

‘40,000! That’s insane!’

It was a huge number, but he could hear a whirring sound come from behind him as the white plasma ball passed through him once more, and back into the woman’s chest.

‘A combined 80,000 health….’

If he took into account the previous heart, he had suffered a total of 110,000 damage, so he quickly checked his remaining health.

‘Just 80,000….’

It was only then that he grasped the gravity of his situation, but he was still unable to control his character. Since there was nothing he could do, he could only watch and enjoy the view.

Suk! Suk! suk! …

Nine pale white flames appeared over each of her tails.

‘I think it’s truly over now.’

He thought to himself as he watched the dangerous balls of fire the size of his fist. He instead chose to focus on the nice view.

‘She’s really beautiful.’

He thought that it was quite the strange situation, faced with death, but also such beauty.

“Why?”

The Nine-Tailed Fox glanced at him. Myeonghu was once again speechless upon seeing that perfect face, but her next action was truly unexpected.

Hug

She drew him in, bringing his face into her bosom.

‘Is this paradise?’

His face which was buried in her chest began to feel a burning sensation.

It was at this point which he managed to regain control of himself, but he truly didn’t want to move, enjoying his current position. A few seconds later she thought to herself.

‘Now that he regained control of his body, why isn’t he trying to save himself?’

In the end Myeonghu decided to do nothing. Despite it being virtual reality and her being a monster, it was still a very nice situation.

“Is it because you finally realised that you have no hope?”

This snapped Myeonghu awake as he took a look at his status.

‘Ugh!’

Myeonghu finally forced himself out of her chest and took the chance to examine his health.

“Wait, was that even an attack?”

Despite just being drawn into her chest, his previous 80,000 health had been whittled down to just over 20,000.

“Aren’t I just about to die?”

Staring back at the monster’s face, he instead shook his head.

“It doesn’t matter anymore.”

One of the nine flaming tails flew over and smacked into him.

As the fire hit him, he instinctively checked his vitality, despite knowing that the damage couldn’t have been too high or else he would already be dead.

‘Shit!’

He couldn’t help but curse seeing that he only had 500 health left. Almost 20,000 damage with a single strike. Although it was lower than both the Heart and the White plasma, one had to keep in mind that it had 9 of these fiery tails.

‘That’s a total of 180,000 damage…’

Unless you had a health of at least 190,000, forget the White plasma, just the nine tails were enough to finish you off.

Myeonghu let out a sigh knowing that the next attack would end his life.

“It was worth it though.”

He muttered to himself as he stared at her some more. He had no regrets, in fact he wouldn’t mind dying in this way a few more times.

“Come on!”

He shouted out bravely, after which another fiery white tail approached.

Pak!

[You have died]

As his vision quickly began to darken

“Ha… so it was like that.”

Myeonghu chuckled to himself as he stepped out of his capsule. He knew that he would die someday, but had never expected to go out like that.

“It was truly great.”

He thought to himself as he recalled his first death. That breathtaking perfect figure and fraudulent damage.

“…ha”

Remembering the time he spent buried in her chest made him feel all warm and fuzzy.

“I really need a drink of water.”

He left his room and made his way to the kitchen, where he got himself a glass of cool water. Upon returning to his bedroom, he heard a deep sigh come from his mother in the adjacent room.

“Yes I know about the 200 million won. Of course I will pay it back, I am so sorry. ”

He had grabbed the doorknob, about to turn in and enter the room to ask her what was going on, but after hearing her sigh he decided against it and returned to his room.   

“Just what am I doing here?”

He felt pathetic since he had been playing a game this whole time while his mother had been going through such difficulty.

“I need to make some money.”

He said to himself as he sat down in front of his computer.

‘By selling all the items I can get what, 200,000~300,000 won? After that let’s get a part time job.”

He had decided to sell off all his items as well as the capsule. Quitting the game and instead finding a part-time job. Having made up his mind to support his family, he logged in the official Legends website in which one could auction off items.

“…Huh?”

Upon entering the site and seeing the ‘Legendary’ section, he couldn’t help but become nervous. At the top of the board there was a request stating to buy a Magic Iron Sword, but the problem was the amount of money.

“200,000 won?”
It was a lot of money, and it wasn’t the only request either.

“Could it be some bug?”

He hit refresh, and although the request for the Magic Iron Sword disappeared, it was replaced by others.

“Was it some glitch?”

He clicked next page and was shocked by how many requests there actually were.

“Insane…”

He couldn’t believe that there were so many people willing to buy Magic weapons for hundreds of thousands of won.

“What about the sales….”

He switched to the sales section and couldn’t contain his surprise. The truth was that magic items were being sold at a much higher price than seen on the request boards.

“Just what the hell is going on?”

He moved his cursor and clicked on the completed sales section.

“…”

He was simply speechless upon checking out the completed sales section. There indeed had been some magic items sold at these prices.

He clicked refresh and within such a short time, five new items were added to the list.

“Common Staff 50,000 won, Magic Black Iron Sword 900,000 won, Greaves of the Brave 300,000 won…?”

These were transaction which had already been executed, not some farfetched prices.

“Ha ha”

If Magic items were sold for this much, he could only imagine what his Rare or Unique items might sell for.

He continued to search the sale prices as his excitement grew.