My On*Hole Academy [EN]: Chapter 67

Chapter 66 – Shark Dissection and Tasting

The interior resembled an aquarium.

The map itself was underwater, but instead of feeling dark and threatening like the real ocean, it was an underwater dungeon where sunlight brightly illuminated everything.

Walls that didn’t look like caves restricted our movement, and star-like, sparkling corals that resembled stalactites in caves pleased our eyes.

The Sea God must definitely be a woman.

Even the *mise-en-scène* [the arrangement of scenery and stage properties in a play or film]—the overall plan of stage setting, lighting, etc.—was completely different from the place I went with Stella.

“…It’s pretty.”

Heena and Yuuna looked around, seemingly impressed.

“This is the prettiest dungeon I’ve ever seen.”

I, on the other hand, was nervous.

Even if it’s a dungeon like a date course, it’s B+ rank. It wouldn’t be strange for anything to pop out.

‘Kushina, you’re reliable at times like this.’

I thought she was just a lousy villain when she splattered jelly during my Persona Excretion martial arts in the middle of a residential area. The calm and dependable demeanor she’s shown so far naturally makes me imagine what she was like when she was an academy student.

“There’s a monster ahead, Master.”

Yuuna seemed a little nervous as she looked at the fish-man covered in green scales.

“It’s a Green Fish-man. They fight much better than Blue Fish-men, so be careful.”

Green Fish-man?

Is it called that because its scales are green?

It lunged at us much more aggressively than the Blue Fish-men.

“Duck your head! It’d be even better if you covered your ears!”

I immediately pulled out my Glock.

“No, bullets won’t pierce its scales. I’ll handle it!”

Damn it, as Yuuna said, the bullets bounced off the green scales. Is the gun a useless weapon then?

At least against a B+ rank monster, a Green Fish-man, it might be.

‘But!!’

If there’s Persona Excretion.

If it hasn’t completely nullified the impact, I can deal a critical hit.

I moved forward, closing the distance, and unloaded all the bullets into the approaching Green Fish-man while kneeling on one knee.

Bang, bang, bang, bang!!

The slide is pulled back at an incredible speed.

Kim Sanghyuk’s ultimate move!

「Persona Excretion Full Burst」!!

When the bullets ran out, I took out the Python and fired that too.

“Giek!? Boogiek!?”

“Excrete quietly!!”

The Green Fish-man collapsed, excreting jelly, just as it got close to us.

“…You defeated it with a gun? A Green Fish-man?”

“Become an Onahole…”

[Green Spiky Onahole (Handmade)]

[A high-quality fish-man onahole that tightens as if the inside is rotating]

[Clamping Force B Durability B Warmth D Responsiveness B][Persona Not Collapsed (100%)]

[You have collected an onahole of a B rank or higher monster for the first time]

[Green Fish-man Onahole Collection Complete]

[Stamina + 3]

[Strength + 3]

[Agility + 3]

[Skill + 3]

[Magic Power + 3]

“How is it?”

“…When did you grow up so much? Kim Sanghyuk!”

“It’s all thanks to the monster buff our darling gave me.”

“Eek! What are you saying!”

Yuuna blushed and playfully punched me in the side.

Pow, pow.

Where’s the next area?

“Sanghyuk, over there…”

Heena pointed to the ceiling with her Catalpa Bow Staff.

About 6m high, there was a tunnel leading to the next area.

Do we have to climb the wall?

I think I can, but what about our ladies?

I feel like it’ll be harder in order of breast size.

“What should we do…?”

“How about putting everyone in Master’s onahole inventory and Master climbing up?”

“Okay. Kushina, let’s go in.”

I put Kushina in my Ona-inventory.

“Should we go in too?”

“Let’s look for another way.”

I’d like to keep putting heroines in the onahole inventory as a last resort.

Perhaps my feelings were conveyed. Yuuna searched around without saying a word.

“Heena?”

Heena was just staring at the tunnel.

She seemed to be trying to do something with her Catalpa Bow Staff.

“…A new spell. Should I try it?”

Is it a levitation spell or something?

We stared intently at what Heena could do.

Heena’s boobs are crazy!

“……”

“……”

Nothing happens.

Heena pressed the staff tightly against her large chest and hung her head.

“I… If you keep staring… I’m too embarrassed to do it……”

“……OK.”

I quickly wrapped my arm around Yuuna’s shoulder and took her to the corner.

“Looks like Heena’s going to do something.”

“Yeah. Heena has to earn her keep too, since Sanghyuk raised her.”

“You’re pretty strict?”

“Of course. A squad where one person is holding everyone back can’t be a good squad. I’ve seen it enough to be sick of it.”

A squad where one person is holding everyone back.

I get a clear sense of what that feels like.

But did Heena hold us back in the first dungeon? She did better than me.

Just because she only showed a timid and gloomy side at the academy, doesn’t mean she’ll be like that in the dungeon too.

I learned a lot about Heena’s bright side while dating her at home, and I also know that she always has a sincere and hardworking attitude. She’s definitely not the type to freeload.

Heena will show us.

“…Done!”

Yuuna and I exchanged glances and immediately ran towards Heena.

I wondered if she had used some kind of levitation magic to get to the tunnel… but.

[「Insight・Crimson」Activated]

[Void Stepping Stones]

[C-grade Support Skill]

[Creates stepping stones with magic power. Duration and hardness are determined by magic power, weight is light]

Heena had created stepping stones that we could gradually climb up.

Amazing?

“Amazing! Heena!”

Yuuna recognized its value and immediately praised her.

“T, this kind of thing is nothing special……”

“Nothing special my ass!! Magicians usually only learn attack magic and focus on DPS… Ahem. Wait. Let me try again.”

……DPS.

I knew what the perception of magicians was.

“Nothing special! It’s a skill in the magical craft system that is widely helpful in dungeon exploration. Magicians who can do this are welcomed in squads!”

“…Really?”

“Our squad won’t need climbing gear anymore, so how much lighter will our load be.”

“…Hehe.”

Heena smiled shyly.

Sweeping her bangs back was the right answer. I can see Heena’s pretty green eyes and lovely face better.

“Should the heaviest one go up first?”

“I, if one person goes up at a time, it’ll probably be okay……”

“Duration is 2 minutes?”

We need to hurry.

I nimbly moved to the tunnel hole.

Yuuna follows too.

“Heena, jump!”

“U, uh!”

Heena was slow and climbed up one step at a time, even though she made the stepping stones herself. Then, at the end, she almost fell because she was late, but…

“Heena!”

I grabbed Heena’s hand and hugged her.

Tightly…

“S, Sanghyuk……”

“Goal in.”

“…Ehehe…”

I pat her head as if to praise her for doing well.

“You can come out now. Kushina.”

“You’re busy flirting, Master?”

“Now we’ll be busy fighting.”

It looks like a boss room at first glance.

In the center, a house-sized pink star coral was literally sparkling like a star, and behind the star coral was something much larger than the Green Fish-man…

A shark giant over 4m tall.

There were two of them.

One was carrying a giant harpoon spear like a siege ballista [a powerful crossbow used in ancient times], and the other was carrying an anchor to secure a ship on his shoulder, and the pressure was no joke.

“They’re Blue Shark Giants… This won’t be easy.”

“Are they B+ rank?”

“Yeah. They’re tough opponents even for three A-rank entry-level hunters.”

Yuuna fiddled with the *Hwanggis* [escape items]—escape items—she had taken out of her inventory.

“There’s also a way to give up here and leave.”

“But the rewards seem to be considerable? Seeing that those two are guarding it.”

Kushina pointed to the giant star coral.

Certainly.

“They said that special monster buffs also come out in this dungeon. It’s worth a try.”

“……”

But Yuuna still had a thoughtful expression.

“Let’s give up on this one. Someone might get seriously hurt.”

“Is that the leader’s decision?”

“Yeah. Even if Kushina and I go out first, it’ll be too much to mark those two [to keep their attention].”

That’s the estimate given by Yuuna, who works solo in B-rank. You can probably assume it’s correct.

She believes that Heena and I’s combat abilities are currently not enough to handle them.

It’s hard to accept that Yuuna, who has much more experience than me, has put her foot down and said it’s impossible.

Do I want to eat the monster buff? Because I have to sell onaholes to the devil merchant to make money?

Well, that’s a reason, but…

Implicitly, Yuuna is saying 「Kushina and I are okay, but Heena and I are in danger」.

“Yuuna. You said it. A squad where one person is holding everyone back can’t be a good squad.”

“Knowing how to avoid danger is also a condition for a good squad.”

“What if there’s no need to mark them?”

“Huh?”

“What if you two could fight to your heart’s content?”

Yuuna blinked.

She doesn’t seem to understand what I’m trying to say.

“Can you fight if you don’t have to protect me and Heena?”

“I can fight, but…”

“Then let’s do it. Heena can’t back down like this either. Right?”

Heena nodded repeatedly.

“I don’t want to be the reason you can’t…”

“This isn’t that kind of problem. Once those things start attacking, this tunnel won’t matter either. They’ll chase us like crazy all the way to the area we first came to.”

“……”

A muscular shark monster over 4m tall…

Holding weapons that could easily crush people?

That’s a little scary.

“It’s also my fault. I don’t have a skill that has enough stopping power to stop the Blue Shark Giant.”

Kushina also raised her hand.

“I don’t either. I can only draw their attention for a moment.”

“So, if it sounded like the magician and gunner were holding you back, that’s a misunderstanding.

It doesn’t make sense for a magician who can handle those things in an instant to be with a swordsman of my level.”

“There’s a way to escape to a place where they can’t chase us.”

Everyone looked at me.

The hint is Heena’s skill.

“The ceiling.”

I pointed to the underwater ceiling that surrounds us like an aquarium.

“Using Heena’s Void Stepping Stones will make it much more annoying for the Shark Giants.”

I explain the plan.

In the dome-shaped space centered on the giant star coral, we first create stepping stones in a staircase pattern and Heena and I go up first. Then, we create another Void Stepping Stone on top of that…

We stay in the air until our magic power runs out.

During that time, I can support Kushina and Yuuna, and the two can fight while only thinking about themselves.

This was the best strategy I proposed.

Yuuna rested her chin on her hand and started thinking again.

“Heena. How long does the stepping stone last?”

“I can’t use attack skills… but if I squeeze out all my magic power, about 5 minutes…”

“For one?”

“I’ll have to try it, but if it’s thick enough for two people to climb, it’s better to assume it’s 3 minutes…”

Since we have to climb up to a height of 8~9m, there’s no magic power left. Ultimately, the amount of time we can last in a high position is about 6 minutes.

“6 minutes…”

“In the worst case, I’ll put Heena in my Ona-inventory, and I’ll run in a straight line along the tunnel. That’ll buy us up to 8 minutes.”

“It’s worth a try?”

Kushina said.

“Since Kushina is also here. Maybe…”

“The really good squad I’m thinking of is like this. Something you couldn’t do alone, you can do while everyone elevates each other.”

“Master is pursuing ideal teamwork.”

“It’ll actually be easier.”

I gave Yuuna the onahole buff.

“Ah…!”

“I think a sword will work better than fists. Right?”

“…I, it’s onahole treatment. This.”

Yuuna blushed, but nodded slightly as if she accepted it.

“It’s a necessary situation. I can’t help it.”

「I’ve decided on this onahole」

Yuuna, who received the onahole buff, has the strength of a current A-rank hunter.

“What about me? Master? I’m an onahole, but I don’t have an onahole buff…”

“Assist Yuuna. Don’t you have anything?”

“I do have a line-of-sight stealing skill, but…”

“Perfect.”

“…Heeing.”

Don’t worry. I’ll run to you right away if anything happens.

…It’s a little hard to say that kind of line to an onahole in front of two girlfriends, so I cut it short.

A real man shows it with actions. Hmm.

“If the table is set like this, there’s no choice but to do it now.”

Yuuna drew her sword.

“I’ll do a sword dance once. Let’s all eat shark cuisine together.”