Chapter 538 - 3 Skill to Subdue

While contemplating which new monster to hunt this time, I stumbled upon an esper by chance.

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Trait: Lust (D)

Skill: Subordination (E)

[Subordination: Subordinates the target. The subordinated target cannot refuse commands.

The target may resist subordination depending on their mental strength.

As the subordinated individual grows, the proficiency of Subordination increases.

The higher the rank of Subordination, the higher the probability of subordination.

A total of 5 individuals can be subordinated.

One trait and one skill of the subordinated target can be used.

The trait and skill cannot be used if Subordination is è§￡é?¤.

Subordination is è§￡é?¤ if the subordinated being dies.]

[Lust (D): Slightly increases lust.]

[E-Rank: Pregnancy and Contraception skills are created.]

[D-Rank: Orgasmic Enhancement skill is created.]

[Orgasmic Enhancement: Makes the contacted target more sensitive. 1~5 stages]

The owner of the Subordination skill was a rather fat and lecherous-looking ugly man who appeared to be around 180cm tall. He was panting for breath as if even walking was difficult for him.

The Lust trait was good too, but the Subordination skill seemed like an outstanding and dangerous skill, on par with brainwashing or hypnosis.

A cheat skill with different advantages than Plunder. I don’t have any ill feelings towards the guy, but I started following him, thinking that I absolutely had to take that skill.

Seeing that the skill is E-rank, either he hasn’t awakened for long, or he hardly uses the skill. He doesn’t seem to have any other traits or skills, so subduing him will be a piece of cake.

Perhaps because of his large size, he’s a dull fellow and doesn’t realize that I’m tailing him at all. It seems like he’s plotting something too, as he’s looking around in his own way, but it’s close to a meaningless action.

I followed him like that for about 10 minutes. He entered a building, and seeing him enter confidently, it seemed to be his house.

I was thinking of finding his house and coming back tomorrow to observe his patterns, but since the house is small and located in an alley, I judged that there was a high probability of not getting caught even if I broke in.

Besides, there was no guarantee that I would see him again if I missed him now, so I decided to get the job done right away.

I put down the longsword and wore only a dagger, then carefully tried to open the house door, but the door was firmly locked.

This time, I tried to break in through the window, but I heard a tremendous moan from inside the room.

"Ah... st... stop it! Please, I beg you. Hmmm~!"

"Buheet! You have no choice but to obey me! Quietly become my plaything!"

"Ah~! Stop... ah!"

Anyone could deduce that he was playing around with a woman using the Subordination skill.

"Envious bastard. No, no. I, this wicked guy, will give you the punishment of justice."

Since all the windows were closed, I decided to go in through the front door. I called him with a moderate knock and voice so that it wouldn’t be heard by other houses as much as possible.

Knock knock.

"Hello. Are you there?"

Knock knock.

"Is anyone there? I know you’re there and I came looking for you."

"Who is it? What’s the matter?"

"I’m sorry. I’m a knight of Baron Nobra. Excuse me, but could you open the door?"

"Why would a knight be looking for me... Please wait a moment. I’ll get ready and come out soon."

I could feel the guy’s anxious tone, and even after saying that, he rustled around for a long time before opening the door.

Creak.

"What... no?"

As soon as the door opened, I kicked the guy and sent him flying into the house, quickly closed the door, targeted him, and stabbed his belly several times with the dagger.

"Keuheup! Stop... Keuheok..."

The guy’s breath was cut off. I’ve killed people before, but this was the first time I had planned and intentionally killed someone. My hands were trembling, and my heart was pounding.

[Acquired the trait Lust (D).]

[Acquired the skill Subordination (E).]

I wiped the blood from the dagger on the guy’s clothes and was about to run out when I heard a sound from inside the room.

"Hey! Knight-nim! Please help me!"

I heard the voice of the woman who had been moaning earlier, but since that woman didn’t witness the crime scene, I quickly left the house.

Terry acquired one of the most broken skills so easily. I went outside, picked up the longsword, came out of the alley, and walked naturally.

I think I committed a perfect crime with no evidence or witnesses. The woman who could be called a witness didn’t even see the crime scene.

After coming outside, my hands and feet were still trembling. I didn’t know if it was the trembling of joy or the trembling about the planned murder.

"Haa... haa... How should I use this ability? Hahaha, I feel good!"

???

Thomas was in the same place as yesterday. He’s quite a diligent guy. Seeing him working hard even though he has no ability or talent, I felt proud.

I even thought that if I learned a little swordsmanship, I might be similar to him even without awakening, which added to my regret.

"Thomas, are there any other attribute spirits here? D-grade would be perfect."

"Have you already grown that much? You must have acquired a good ability. I’m envious."

"Haha."

"If you go into the forest and go in that direction, there’s a Sylph who uses wind magic, and if you go a little further, there’s a lake where Undine is. But be careful. There’s a fairy there."

"A fairy?"

"Yes. They use sleep magic, and once you get caught, it’s over. Ah, Salamander, who uses fire magic, is even further away."

"Thank you for the good information."

He’s quite a helpful guy. I headed to the place Thomas told me about and arrived in a slightly deeper forest.

From here, the number of people gradually decreased, and the number of monsters increased, so I needed to be more careful.

There was a high possibility that there would be no one to help if I was in danger.

’No, maybe it’s better if there isn’t...’

If the person passing by when I’m in a crisis is a good person, it’s fine, but if there’s a person with bad intentions, they might try to rob me and harm me instead. Although Terry’s items are so cheap that there’s nothing to steal.

I found a Sylph. It’s a wind spirit in the form of a small girl. She was a fast one, flying around freely. I summoned a stone ball with earth magic and attacked, but she dodged it lightly.

She was small, so it was very difficult to hit her, and she also cast wind magic like a spirit, but after dodging that, there was already a certain distance between us, so it was difficult to catch her.

’Damn it. If I don’t catch that guy now, I won’t be able to use the Plunder skill for 24 hours.’

It was a mistake to target her in advance. I thought I needed to be more careful when choosing the next target, and I decided to break through head-on while taking her magic attacks.

I continued to move forward while avoiding fatal wounds as much as possible, so it wasn’t a major injury, but several wind blades were continuously inflicting wounds on my body, and the damage was accumulating.

But thanks to that, I was able to get within range and slash the Sylph.

"Die!"

Chooshak.

I finally succeeded in hunting a Sylph for the first time. Her body was very weak, so I could deal with her in one hit, but she was a difficult opponent to deal with.

[Acquired the trait Wind Magic (D).]

[Acquired the skill Wind Magic (E).]

My stamina hasn’t dropped much, but my body is already covered in wounds. I judged that it could be dangerous if the damage accumulated, so I decided to choose an easier hunting ground.

’Sylphs are small and fast, so it’s good to have an Agility trait. Yeah, let’s go catch that.’

Nol. A bipedal monster that looks like a hyena of D-grade, with fast speed and sharp claws. It was impossible to ambush because I made eye contact with Nol at the same time while wandering around avoiding monsters.

Since there was quite a distance, I decided to try using the wind magic I had just learned.

"Okay, think of the magic Sylph used."

Shoosh shoo shoo.

When I concentrated and thought about Sylph’s wind magic, a magic circle appeared, and a wind blade was activated. I think I heard it somewhere. This is Wind Cutter!

The Wind Cutter that flew quickly inflicted a wound on Nol’s shoulder, but it wasn’t fatal, so I picked up my sword and went into battle. I don’t have much mana, so I need to conserve it.

Terry, who has many skills, always lacks mana to use. Terry’s sword and Nol’s claws clashed. Terry was at an advantage in terms of attack power, but Nol had the upper hand in speed.

If we went into a war of attrition like this, Terry would definitely be at an advantage, but I judged that too much stamina would be consumed, so I needed something that could quickly end the fight.

After creating some distance from him, I cast magic, but he was prepared because he had already been hit once.

The wind blade covered Nol once more, but he barely dodged it. But that was the aim, and immediately after using the magic, I rushed out and cut off his neck, taking advantage of the brief gap when he dodged the magic.

[Acquired the trait Agility (D).]

"Keuheup..."

Perhaps because I moved immediately after using the attack magic, there was quite a backlash. It seemed like I had suffered internal injuries, as blood was flowing slightly from my mouth.

’Hoo. But since there was a harvest, let’s not be greedy and stop here for today.’

Originally, I was planning to hunt more, but the difference between D-grade and E-grade was clear.

I can easily catch E-grade monsters, but from D-grade onwards, I have to face each one with tension. Still, I was getting stronger very quickly, so I decided not to rush.

The next day, I hunted a Sylph with the Sense trait. As my agility increased and I was able to use the same wind magic as him, it became much easier than when I hunted him for the first time.

[Acquired the trait Sense (D).]

There were hardly any cases where fairies had sleep skills. However, due to the racial characteristics, they used sleep magic, and I almost fell asleep due to carelessness.

’If I had been caught by sleep magic... how terrible.’

After wandering around several times, I was finally able to find a fairy with a sleep skill. I hid and used the Wind Cutter of wind magic to drop the guy flying in the sky, then finished him off with a sword. It would have been quite tiring if I had only fought at close range.

[Acquired the trait Fortitude (D).]

[Acquired the skill Sleep (E).]

[Sense: Senses increase. Magic casting speed increases.]

[Sleep: Puts the target to sleep. The more you use it, the higher the probability of falling asleep.]

Next, I headed towards the lake and hunted the water spirit Undine.

Fortunately, Undine, who has the appearance of a beautiful woman, was nothing special. If you are careful of the magic in the beginning and go into close combat, you can easily subdue her.

Her defense was weak, so she was very vulnerable to close combat, and she turned to ashes after being slashed several times. I felt myself getting stronger and stronger.

[Status Window]

Name: Terry

Race: Human

Age: 20 years old

Job: Swordsman (E)

Trait: Limitless Body (E)

Skills: Swordsmanship (D), Plunder (D), Pregnancy, Contraception, Climax Control

Plunder [1] Trait: Earth Magic (D), Skill: Earth Magic (E)

Plunder [2] Trait: Wind Magic (D), Skill: Wind Magic (E)

Plunder [3] Trait: Fortitude (D), Skill: Sleep (E)

Plunder [4] Trait: Lust (D), Skill: Subordination (E)

Plunder [5] Trait: Sense (D), Skill: None

’The trait window is lacking...’

Unfortunately, the total number of Plunder that can be taken is 5 each, so I erased Earth Magic and Wind Magic, which are magic types, and covered them with Undine’s Mana trait.

[Space is insufficient. Please select a trait to replace.]

[Earth Magic (D) has been selected. Earth Magic (D) is removed. Acquired Mana (D).]

[Acquired Water Magic (E).]

One of the four magic traits is Intelligence, which Salamander is said to have. There was no guy near here, so I had to go quite a distance.

[Space is insufficient. Please select a trait to replace.]

[Earth Magic (D) has been selected. Earth Magic (D) is removed. Acquired Intelligence (D).]

[Acquired Fire Magic (E).]

[Mana (D): Increases total mana amount and mana recovery amount.]

[Intelligence (D): Increases magic attack power and magic quality.]

[The conditions have been met. Would you like to combine Intelligence (D), Fortitude (D), Mana (D), and Sense (D) into Mana Body (D)?]

"Here it comes!"

Having four traits related to the body created Limitless Body. Then I had the expectation that something would happen if I had four traits related to magic in the same way, and fortunately, it worked out well.

[Mana Body: A body with talent for magic. An additional increase effect is given compared to the current grade of Intelligence, Mana, Fortitude, and Sense.]

At first, my mana decreased a lot even if I used magic only a few times, and the power was weak, and the casting time was long, but now the efficiency is quite good.

And perhaps because I hunted with magic, I also had the job of Wind Magician. The joy of growing day by day was indescribable.

[The conditions have been met. Would you like to combine Limitless Body (E) and Mana Body (D) into Heavenly Martial Body (D)?]

’What?’