Holy B-Class Life

#078

As befitting a high-grade gate, there were quite a few items near the boss. At a glance, there were more than ten.

Among them, Dan Joo-hyuk slowly approached the most eye-catching one.

It was a giant sword stuck majestically in the ground.

It was similar in shape to the one he was currently using. It was a greatsword that required considerable strength to wield, and the handle had an antique pattern.

“……”

For the first time, Dan Joo-hyuk felt a faint sense of caution when faced with an item. He thought it might be dangerous if he grabbed it carelessly.

However, after glancing at his skill window, he instead raised the corner of his mouth.

He then unhesitatingly reached out and grasped the sword’s handle.

“Ugh.”

As soon as he made contact, electricity sparked from the handle. It was strong enough to make his hand hurt.

Ignoring this, he continued to grip it. Fierce electrical waves burst from Dan Joo-hyuk’s hand as if in a battle of wills.

Soon, the sword calmed down. Only then did Dan Joo-hyuk call up the item’s status window.

Somehow, he had a good feeling about it.

[Corrupted Hero’s Greatsword SS]

The hero who protected the dimension finally fell to corruption after the death of the lover who sustained him.

His once firm beliefs are now tools for magnificent destruction and conductors of beautiful screams.

Until the whole world burns.

*The item has been exposed to death energy for a long period.

*It is cursed.

―The sword chooses its own master. Those unqualified who grasp it will have their minds stolen by the sword.

“Hah……”

A short sigh escaped. Throughout reading the status window text, a deep smile lingered on Dan Joo-hyuk’s lips.

It was the world’s first SS-grade item.

He didn’t know if he had received the sword’s acknowledgment or what, but he was still in his right mind for now.

Even skimming the long item status window, there were numerous performance options. It wouldn’t be destroyed in any existing gate, and it had high strength stat bonuses. Quite appropriately for him, it also significantly increased the attack power of fire-based skills.

Dan Joo-hyuk swung the sword at the shell left by the monster. Now it made a proper impact on the shell that previously only got scratched when imbued with Yoon Pa-ran’s skill.

There were quite a few additional options too. Things like the sword’s power being affected by fame or infamy, or defense increasing when protecting someone.

“Nice.”

This sword alone made all the trouble worthwhile. And now that he had survived the Tsar’s shenanigans, all that was left was to turn the tables on him.

As he was about to swing it some more, something occurred to him and he put the sword away. Then, with expectant eyes, he scanned the floor.

What he was looking for was quickly found. It was shining white alone among various items.

“……”

Dan Joo-hyuk slowly approached and picked up a pair of pants.

The fluttery fabric hung long between his hands.

[Forgotten Last Saint’s Pants (+) S]

A relic of one who sought to save the world until the end.

Filled with respect and love.

It was an item that formed a set with Yoon Pa-ran’s tunic obtained recently.

It was as good an item as the greatsword Dan Joo-hyuk would use. Especially given the nature of set items, combining them would likely unlock quite promising performance.

With a rather pleased expression, Dan Joo-hyuk examined the item from various angles. The curses and options in the status window were similar to what he had discovered before.

However, the (+) mark next to the pants’ name bothered him.

“Hmm.”

Then Dan Joo-hyuk discovered something interesting inside the pants.

There was something strange attached to the inside of the pants’ crotch.

“……”

He pulled it out with his fingertips and examined it for a while.

Made of strings, it seemed to have a structure that could fit two legs. However, it was difficult to understand its proper function, raising questions.

“Ah.”

Then he suddenly realized.

That it functioned as underwear.

“……”

Without realizing it, one hand touched his mouth. He couldn’t help but laugh at the underwear’s outrageous appearance.

Surprising.

He had guessed from the text in Yoon Pa-ran’s status window and the nature of his skills, but this was quite a radical form indeed. If there really was a god, they were clearly more twisted than himself.

“Hmm.”

As Dan Joo-hyuk fingered the underwear, he felt a strange unevenness at the end. Curiously examining the connection to the pants again, it looked like it could be separated.

However, no matter how much he felt it, it wouldn’t separate. It seemed to be an integral structure with the pants from the start. After all, he had never seen a case where two items came out combined.

But why did he keep getting the feeling that separating it was the right thing to do? Dan Joo-hyuk narrowed his eyes and glared at the (+) mark.

Then he suddenly thought of Yoon Pa-ran’s skill.

Just in case, he infused [Sacred Energy] into his hand.

“Ah.”

Surprisingly, the underwear separated with a snap.

Then the status window for the detached underwear properly appeared.

[Forgotten Last Saint’s String Underwear S]

A relic of one who sought to save the world until the end.

Filled with respect and love.

“Haha.”

Without a doubt, it was the most astonishing sight he had ever seen.

Holding the pervert-like underwear in one hand, Dan Joo-hyuk bowed his head deeply and laughed. After letting out a laugh mixed equally with incredulity and amusement for a while, he finally raised his head.

“Whew……”

Refreshingly running his hand through his hair, he reconnected the underwear to the pants. Then when he tried to detach it again with just his bare hands, it wouldn’t come off. The status window didn’t appear either, as if it had been attached as a set from the beginning.

It was clearly a structure that could only be separated with [Sacred Energy].

“That’s good.”

He couldn’t understand why it was made to be separately detachable.

However, it wasn’t a bad situation. According to the contract with the Tsar, he could legally take only two items.

This way, he could take both the sword and the entire pants set without any problem. Incidentally, he could also backstab the Tsar. He could just pretend not to know about the item name with the (+) mark.

Ridiculously, considering only the perverted aspect, this underwear alone was an extraordinary item.

For example, wearing two pants items overlapped wouldn’t allow one to enjoy both effects. Therefore, the fact that this didn’t overlap with other parts alone gave it great value.

Moreover, the underwear’s own grade and options were good. It meant he could aim for one more performance enhancement compared to others.

Of course, it was problematic that it was made only of strings, more suitable to say it encircled rather than covered the crotch. To make matters worse, there was even a list of bizarre curses.

“Hah……”

As another chuckle escaped, Dan Joo-hyuk awkwardly rubbed his chin.

Thinking about how Yoon Pa-ran would make a fuss over that underwear, he was already too excited to bear it.

He would surely get very angry. He might even curse while furrowing his fine brows deeply. But considering the item’s performance, he would definitely wear it at least once, closing his eyes tightly. He seemed to have his own greed for equipment after all.

The smile gradually faded from Dan Joo-hyuk’s face as he recalled Yoon Pa-ran along with the structure of the underwear.

“……”

Perhaps because he had been fighting for several hours already, an immense thirst overwhelmed him.

With a serious expression, he recalled Yoon Pa-ran’s pale face. It was a face he had recalled countless times throughout this gate expedition.

Now he felt unable to let Yoon Pa-ran go. He didn’t want to miss this interesting wind that Yoon Pa-ran brought to his life.

He tapped the handle of the newly acquired greatsword with his fingertips. With such tangible benefits in this situation, he needed to monopolize Yoon Pa-ran even more.

He belatedly regretted including a clause about terminating the contract in the agreement. It was a clause he had included intending to naturally wrap things up later if his interest cooled, but now it seemed Yoon Pa-ran might use it as an excuse to end the relationship first.

His gaze now fell on Yoon Pa-ran’s item. As an S-grade item, it would cost quite a bit for Yoon Pa-ran to wear it.

Using that as leverage, should he revise the contract? As Dan Joo-hyuk was thinking of various things, his eyes sank darkly.

“Ugh, uh……”

A painful groan was heard from the floor.

“Ah.”

Only then remembering the existence of the suspicious man, Dan Joo-hyuk slowly approached him.

The man had been unconscious from the shock of being thrown earlier to knock away the stone fragment. Having only confirmed he was unconscious and then ignored him, Dan Joo-hyuk had hardly allocated any attention to the man’s existence.

“Hmm?”

So only after getting close did he realize that something was off about the man’s condition.

“Ugh, uuuh……!”

The man was shaking all over with his eyes rolled back. Blue veins were writhing on his temples, and his complexion was as pale as a corpse.

The seemingly dying appearance alone wasn’t surprising. He had handled him quite roughly from the start, thinking it was enough just to keep him alive.

“Ugh, ah, uh……!”

More problematic was the man’s struggle to prop himself up on his arms now.

Earlier, he had definitely drained the strength from his limbs to prevent movement, so how was he moving?

It didn’t seem like the man had regained consciousness and taken a potion. To begin with, he hadn’t treated his arms carelessly enough to allow him to take out a potion.

Above all, the man’s struggles were those of someone on the verge of death, rather than showing the effects of a potion.

To find the cause, Dan Joo-hyuk busily examined various parts of the man. Then his thoughts turned to the stone fragment on the floor.

To that damned stone fragment that was right up against the man’s body.