The holographic screen floated before my eyes, smeared with my own blood. A golden notification pulsed in sync with my heartbeat, announcing either my imminent death or my absurd glory.
[Congratulations! You have unlocked the Hidden Skill: Divine Depravity.]
[Effect: EXP Multiplier x10,000.]
[Activation Condition: Perform an act of "Pure Indecency" in front of a higher-ranked enemy.]
"You've got to be kidding me," I wheezed between coughs.
Facing me was the tutorial zone Boss: a three-meter-tall Blood Orc, sniffing the air with savage disdain. We were in the depths of Gangnam Station, transformed into a labyrinth of black briars. Around us, the corpses of other novice Hunters lay scattered like ragdolls.
I was just a porter. A "No-Rank" with no future. And yet, this system had just handed me the key to becoming a god—under one humiliating condition.
The Orc roared, raising its stone axe. The foul stench of its breath burned my face. In the observation stands above, guild cameras were filming the massacre. The entire nation was watching.
An act of indecency.
I glanced at the screen. A "Perversion Gauge" had appeared. It was empty. If I did nothing, I'd end up as minced meat. If I did it, I'd become Korea's most powerful pariah.
"Hey, fatso!" I shouted, struggling to my feet.
The Orc paused, startled by my audacity. I grabbed the waistband of my standard Hunter trousers. My fingers were trembling.
"Take a good look at this. It's not in your strategy manual."
With a sharp tug, I dropped my pants and my underwear, exposing my pale moon to the monster's face and the millions of viewers on the national stream. The silence that followed was louder than the Boss's roar.
[Act of Indecency detected: "Legendary" Level.]
[Multiplier activated. EXP x10,000 in progress...]
The Orc stood frozen, axe mid-air, its expression utterly bewildered. The system hadn't taught it how to handle a human flashing their backside in the middle of a deathmatch.
Suddenly, an explosion of golden light enveloped me. The sensation was indescribable. It felt as if an ocean of pure lava was flowing through my veins. Every fiber of my body tore itself apart only to be rebuilt stronger, denser, more divine.
[Level 1 -> Level 15]
[Level 15 -> Level 42]
[Level 42 -> Level 68...]
The notifications blurred into an unreadable wall of text. My muscles swelled beneath my skin. My vision grew so sharp I could see the pores on the Orc's hide.
"My turn," I said, my voice vibrating through the dungeon walls.
I didn't even use a weapon. I took a single step forward, shattering the concrete beneath my boot, and threw a simple punch. The impact didn't sound like crushed flesh; it was a sonic shockwave.
The Orc's torso literally exploded. Its remains were blasted against the far wall with such force that the very structure of the dungeon trembled.
[Boss Eliminated.]
[EXP Gained: 50,000 x 10,000 = 500,000,000.]
[Current Level: 99 (Zone Cap Reached).]
I stood there, panting, my ass still in the breeze, in the middle of a crater of total destruction. Silence returned, broken only by the crackle of magical flames.
"Kang Jin-Woo?" a feminine voice whispered behind me.
I spun around, forgetting my state of dress. Standing on a pile of rubble was Park So-Hee, the "Ice Queen" of the Baekho Guild. She was the country's most famous S-Rank Hunter, a woman in her thirties of cold, authoritative beauty, clad in leather armor that traced her curves indecently.
She wasn't looking at my face. She wasn't looking at the Boss's corpse. Her eyes were fixed, with a disturbing intensity and a glimmer of uncontrollable hunger, on what I had just exposed.
"I have never seen... such power," she breathed, stepping forward, completely ignoring protocol.
She stopped inches from me. Her black silk-gloved hand rose toward my face, but her eyes remained lowered. A strange, almost predatory smile stretched across her red lips.
"You are mine, little Hunter. I'll buy you, no matter the price."