SS1 11.2 - Smoking Skull

  After breakfast, Bae In-nu went to the range right away. From the look in her face, I could tell she couldn’t wait to become intimate with her new firearms. Ariel wanted to go with her. She was eager to master firearms as soon as possible, but I forbid her.

  For now, I wanted to let Bae In-nu had the chance to study her new weapon system undistracted. As for Ariel, her firearm training could wait until the wolforcs joined us. Most of all, I had more important mission for her.

  In the terrace of our quarter, I put down a massage bed I just bought and asked Ariel to sit on it together with me. Then, I briefed her on her mission.

  “This is massage gun,” I said as I showed to Ariel a piece of grey massage gun. “It will help you overcome sore muscle.”

  “We can drink Healing Potion to fix sore muscle,” Ariel casually said.

  “Yeah, but other than help your body to relax, massage will also give you cozy feeling,” I happily explained. “Healing Potion doesn’t give you that.”

  “Okay.”

  “Now, I will teach you how to properly use massage gun.”

  “Mhm.”

  “I will also teach you how to do ear cleaning, and after that we will help each other out with massage and ear cleaning.”

  “Okay.”

  The used of massage gun was very easy. Hold the device with firm grip and slide the massage ball on target muscle for about 30-60 seconds, 3-4 times, and let it do the work to loosen your muscle fibers. You didn’t need to apply additional pressure. The device’s mechanism already generated sufficient force.

  One thing you had to remember was, you couldn’t apply the massage gun on bony parts of the body and always kept double attention on tender spots. Other than that, you couldn’t use it on neck, eyes, directly over the heart, inner groin, directly behind the knee, and reproductive organ.

  Ariel absorbed my explanation with ease. After that she applied the massage gun on me right away, starting from the palm of my feet. The sensation was superb. It was much better compared to when I applied the massage gun on my own.

  No wonder my parent couldn’t stop themselves from enslave me to become their personal masseur. My Mom started it when I was five. Every evening, she would ask me to give her massage using massage gun, starting from the palm of her feet, and then go up to her calf, thigh, back, shoulder, arms, and finally her palms. She would ask me to do it about 4-5 times a week. In return she would help me clean my ears.

  She learnt this trade from a Thai worker who worked at nearby farm. In Thai tradition, they called it inter-family service. It meant giving nice treat between family members. It could be between parent and children, sibling and sibling, or husband and wife.

  My mother then applied it to me. After she passed away, my father continued this tradition. Now, I applied to Ariel. I guessed it’s true. Apple didn’t fall far from its tree.

  “Berg, how is it?” Ariel suddenly woke me up from my reminiscent.

  “It’s superb. You do it right.”

  “Okay,” Ariel sounded very happy.

  A moment later, she switched from the palm of my left feet to the palm of my right feet. As I said, the sensation was superb and so cozy. I couldn’t help but become sleepy.

  ‘Fueheheheeeh…. I can’t get enough of this,’ I happily muttered.

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  “…erg.”

  “…”

  “Be-eeerrg….”

  Someone gently shook my shoulder, but my eyes were too heavy to open. I just wanted to continue my happy sleep. It seemed I fell asleep when Ariel gave me a massage. Now, I didn’t want to get up. Then, I felt something touch my butthole and I couldn’t help but had cold sweats drenched my forehead.

  RAAARRRRRRR!!!

  Without prior warning, I suddenly felt an intense pressure and heavy vibration assaulting my rear end. My feet instantly strengthened to its toe while my eyes wide awake. I immediately checked my surrounding with eagle eyes and found Ariel stood next to me.

  “It’s not Ariel,” Ariel warily said.

  I then moved my gaze to Bae In-nu who sat next to my butt, and she gave me a sweet smile while her hands firmly holding the massage gun.

  “It’s me,” Bae In-nu said without lifting the massage gun from my butt.

  “Stop it,” I sternly said.

  “Sure.” Bae In-nu immediately turned the massage gun off and put it in the massage bed. “It seems you still virgin on the rear.”

  “Of course I’m,” I firmly replied. “I’m 1000% straight.”

  After another smile Bae In-nu said, “Let’s see, how long it will stay that way.”

  “I’ll kill anyone who makes an attempt on it,” I said as cold gleam flashed in my eyes.

  “Well, that’s for later,” Bae In-nu calmly said. “For now, you have guests and please wipe your saliva clean before meeting them.”

  I immediately turned my gaze to the other side of terrace. I found Torrak casually sat in a chair while enjoying a cup of tea. Next to him, six wolforcs stood with ramrod straight back. They had head, thick neck, and tail of grey wolf. I couldn’t see their torso, but their fingers were green and had sharp nail like orc.

  Their combat outfit was simple. It consisted of black track suit, black combat boots, leather armored vest, leather arm protector, and leather shin protector. Their weapons were sheathed double-curve bow in the back, and short sword, dagger, and quiver full of arrows in the waist.

  They were about 185 cm tall and their body built inclined to the lean type, but it was clearly visible they had decent explosive power and endurance. And after I gave them another careful glance, I think their head was a little bit too chubby for a wolf. They looked more like Alaskan malamute, but it was not a big deal. What matter the most was their combat potential and not their look.

  After wiping my saliva clean I immediately came over to Torrak, and Ariel put a chair for me right before him.

  “I thought you will come here after the lunch,” I said as I sat down on the chair, “like you mentioned in your message.”

  “Berg,” Torrak casually said. “Right now, is after the lunch.”

  I immediately checked my watch and found it was 13:15. “I see. It’s fully on me. Sorry for making you wait.”

  “Well, it’s good to see you enjoy your time,” Torrak casually said.

  “Yeah,” I said before turning my gaze to the wolforcs. “Are they wolforcs who will join my team?”

  “They are.” Torrak then pointed his finger at the wolforc one by one, “From the most senior to the most junior, T 0-1, T 0-2, T 0-3, T 0-4, S 0-1, and S 0-2. They all are D-rank.

  They used to carry mission together as a team and this is one of the main reasons why among demi-human hunters they have the highest monster kill.”

  I nodded and said, “And if I accept them. I have to name my team Smoking Skull.”

  “You also have to use the patch I sent you along with my message,” Torrak firmly replied. “You can use whatever combat outfit you want, but you have to put that patch on it.”

  “Okay.”

  “And this is just a friendly reminder.” Torrak’s expression turned drop dead serious as he continued, “If in three months Smoking Skull doesn’t deliver the expected result, we will disband it and starts the investigation to find out how we lost W 0-1.”

  “Understood.”

  The expected result that Torrak talked about was 5000 low-rank kills or 300 mid-rank kills. Honestly, this target was a bit too low. If everything went according to my plan, I would clear it with ease.

  “Are you sure you can deliver the expected result?” Torrak asked while looking at me straight in the eyes.

  “I think I can,” I said before trying to confirm one thing, “It’s just that, we have hundreds of hunter operates around Karmen. What if I can’t find enough targets?”

  “That’s not possible,” Torrak firmly said. “Even if you wipe out all low-ranks and mid-ranks in Sidra Forest, Sherem Forest, and Kubran Valley, high-rank monster in Mount Shangar will send replacement to occupy those three dangerous zones in no time.”

  “I see,” I happily said. “In other words, I don’t need to worry about lack of prey.”

  “Exactly.” Torrak then got up to his feet. “And if you manage to maintain Smoking Skull under your command, you will get another three slots in your servant list and you can pick anyone from our detention center or from anywhere else.”

  “I see.”

  “Well, if nothing else, let’s put these wolforcs on your list of servants and complete the handover.”

  “Roger.”

  After completing the handover, Torrak immediately returned to House of Hunter. As for me, I brought everyone to the range. I wanted to form the team formation right away. The faster I completed this part, the faster I could let Bae In-nu to conduct basic training drill and helped me shaping our hunting skill and teamwork.

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