Chapter 101 – 101. The Streets of a Destroyed World Are Quite Dangerous.

Pretense of popularity from survivors heard from afar.

As I got closer and watched, they seemed to be one team.

And one of them entered the gate.

The color of the gate was purple. The purple gate is connected to the store.

This means that the person who went in will buy an item there and come out. So, if you kill all the guys waiting outside and catch the ones that are about to jump out, you kill two birds with one stone.

‘A total of nine people..’

Those waiting for those who entered the store were all healthy adult men, and judging from the fact that they were carrying non-modern swords, they seemed to have been to the labyrinth several times.

“That is…”

“It looks like other survivors. First of all, not all nine people over there will be awakened… But more than half will be awakened.”

Just as I was paying attention to see if there were any awakened people who could cut this to pieces and kill it and steal its skills, just the right people appeared.

And there were as many as ten people, including the one who ran into the gate. It would be nice to kill it and get a reward box or eat stat points.

‘There are no conspicuous firearms… ‘

They were just carrying cold weapons that are hard to find in modern times. Looking at its appearance, it was clear that it had been picked up in the labyrinth, or had been eaten as a reward box.

Of course, they are not ordinary people, but rather members of some kind of Western swordsmanship club, so they may be unique people who have a long sword like that at home…

“That can’t be possible..”

“Huh..?”

“No. Talk to yourself.”

Because of the skill penalty, I have no choice but to talk to myself often, so I told Ji-yeon Kang, Young-seop, and Eun-hye not to react to each other unless I spoke to them openly.

“Okay then… “

First, it’s time to use the newly acquired skills at the mart.

The skill to use right now is presence blocking.

In addition to using presence blocking, he also used a ring of perception inhibition.

Will they be able to notice me, who has erased my presence and even hindered my recognition?

“Uh oh… Oppa, where did you go?”

“W-what…”

“Huh…”

Three people who cannot sense my presence even though I used it right in front of them.

As expected, it has a tremendous effect. No, but isn’t it okay if you can’t find me?

I turned off the presence blocking. I felt a little exhausted, but it wasn’t enough to bother me. It might be different if you use it a little longer.

“Wow.. This is amazing.”

“Uh.. What happened..?”

“It’s the effect of skills and items.”

Anyway, this effect is amazing. Presence blocking alone was already enough, but in addition, I was wearing a recognition-impairing ring, so even though I used it right in front of my eyes, the three people did not recognize me for a moment.

‘Insane performance… If someone like me who uses a ring of presence blocking and perception inhibition at the same time comes out… Crazy ninja play would be possible…’

It seems very dangerous. If you hide without being detected and even stab someone with a knife, you will be helplessly stabbed to death.

‘Of course, the smell cannot be erased…’

If you have skills such as opposite-sex detection, same-sex detection, or enhanced sense of smell, you will be caught right away.

Neither the perception-impeding ring nor the presence blocking device can erase the smell. Well, it would have been a really crazy skill to completely remove the smell. Then it would have been an S-class skill.

“Then I’ll come back.”

“Yes..”

I told Kang Ji-yeon to take her parents and go into a commercial building on the side of the road.

There is no need to fight with the weak when dealing with a dozen armed humans.

‘I even had a gag in my mouth… ‘

Presence blocking was used again. Now it’s perfect except for the smell. As long as there is no one among them with a skill such as enhanced sense of smell, there is no chance of getting caught. They are treated as invisible people. Just don’t make a loud noise.

‘But just in case you don’t know… ‘

After hiding my body for a while, I approached them. I felt like a master of stealth. Even though I pass right by, the zombies don’t recognize me.

Moreover, zombies are naturally dull, so even if it were a human, they should have sensed and discovered my presence long ago, but they still haven’t found me.

They just seemed busy smoking and talking amongst themselves.

“Hey, doesn’t it seem like it’s getting colder?”

“I know. “I don’t think I’ve ever been this cold in my life.”

“That’s right. I think it’s even colder because it’s snowing. Wow… It’s fucking cold. Why isn’t this guy coming out? It’s going to be cold..”

They were talking about the weather while stabbing the corpses of zombies with their knives. The story was that it was too cold. It’s going to get colder soon… But before that, I’ll have to throw you into a warm hell.

“I want to go home quickly.”

“I know. Ah, I’m taking Ayoung with me today?”

“What? “Wasn’t it my turn today?”

“You are tomorrow. Today it’s my turn. “Let’s have some fun too.”

“Madam. I thought it was today. Kabbi.”

Then they started talking about women.

It seemed like he hid the woman in his base and took turns eating her. Well, if you’re going to team up like this and conquer the labyrinth, you’ll definitely have a woman or two with you.

‘It’s a base..’

Come to think of it, up to this point, they had been killing almost everyone in sight, so they were unable to take over the base.

For example, the deserters we encountered in front of the obstetrics and gynecology clinic seemed to have a separate base, but in the end, we just killed them all and were unable to find their base. It’s a waste.

Especially looking at the level of armament these guys have, it looks like they have quite a few items…

‘If it’s nearby, should I raid the base? Oh, fuck. What’s the point of robbing when you’re busy… ‘

I should just kill these guys and go down right away. I have to get to Busan within two weeks, but time is running out.

Rather than her, a woman who says she is Ayeong or something is a good thing. Because all the rape demons that went out are dead and won’t come back. If I could escape on my own, I would be free. Of course, even if you become free, there is no guarantee that you will survive.

Perhaps, in terms of survival, it might be better to provide support and be protected.

-Sereung…

For now, no more thoughts. I slowly pulled out the knife.

Since my presence wasn’t discovered and I couldn’t use ability detection, I had to quickly kill them all without even being able to properly figure out who was an awakened person and who was a non-awakened person.

‘Then… ‘

I immediately summoned the dark spirits, jumped over the car I was hiding in, and hit the head of the guy standing closest.

“Ah.. I really want to do this with Ayoung..”

-Puhwaaaaa aaaaaggggg!!!!!

“Uh..! Ugh!!!”

“Fuck!! What!!!”

When the head of the cub that Ayoung muttered about wanting to eat was instantly detached from her body, she stood there in a daze, waiting for her companion to enter her gate, and the guys went crazy like crazy people.

With this, it can be said that presence blocking and recognition inhibition have been resolved. Because my existence was clearly communicated to them.

Therefore, from now on, we had to take advantage of their panic and quickly reduce their numbers. Fortunately, because there were dark spirits, we were not completely outnumbered.

‘There were four awakened people.’

I didn’t have time to check the details of the skills, but I just figured out who the awakeners were among the remaining eight.

For reference, judging by the skill flowing in, the guy I just killed was also an awakened person, and there are four of them including this guy.

So, out of the eight remaining, only three are awakened.

Kill the awakened people first.

“Off!!”

First, I quickly dove into the guy who was trying to reach out and use a skill at me.

At the same time, he stabbed the guy’s defenseless face with his right hand, which was weaponized as a hand slash.

You may not die in one hit simply by stabbing.

If possible, I want to kill them one at a time.

Efficiently.

Pujajajajajag—-!!!!

So I just used one-point penetration. My nails feel like they’re falling out, but since there’s a fluid treatment, wouldn’t it get better soon if I suck the nails?

Well, it doesn’t seem like it hurts enough to dig up your nails, so you just have to be patient.

Anyway, when the one-point penetration was activated with the weaponized hand, the survivor’s face, whose nose had been crushed, exploded like a balloon.

Blood, flesh, and brain matter splattered everywhere.

A bloody death.

It is not easy to face a death like this.

I think this could be said to be a pretty spectacular death from the dead guy’s perspective.

Anyway, another headless body fell onto the asphalt. With this, the two heads were separated from the body.

There are seven remaining survivors. However, there is no need to worry. Because I have skills exceeding double digits and seven dark spirits.

“Aaaaah!!!”

At that time, the awakened person who had neutralized one of the skeleton spirits rushed towards me. It appears to have combat-related skills. Actually, I was already going to kill him, but I am grateful that he approached me first. Thank you, but…

‘No, thank you, but if you scream, zombies will come..’

I don’t like people who scream. Rather than hating the act itself, I hate it because screaming on the street can turn you into a zombie.

If a zombie gets caught, you have to aggro again and it gets annoying.

I don’t like things that are bothersome.

-Pow!!!

“Ugh!!!”

He threw a blast of wind and made the awakened person who was shouting at him stumble, then cut off his head with a sword.

When I used different skills in succession, the guy looked like he didn’t understand what was happening and fell down with his head cut.

He couldn’t completely separate the head from the body, but he still cut it in half, causing blood to pour out, so unless this guy is immortal, he won’t be able to come back to life.

Like this, if the opponent has a combat skill that looks like something at first glance, it is better to shake him once before he gets closer and quickly take advantage of the opportunity.

It’s dangerous because if a guy with a crushing blow gets close, we’ll have to fight each other to death.

“Ugh.. Hehe!!!”

Soon, the last awakened person who made eye contact with me pushed the dark spirit away and quickly tried to run away.

However, it is not easy to escape from me who can move at high speed.

“Ugh!!!”

“Hehe..!”

His breathing became difficult and he spat out the handkerchief he was holding in his mouth. Then, he immediately caught up with the guy who was running away and plunged a knife into his back.

“Kuuuuu”

I could hear air and blood flowing out of the guy’s mouth. The last awakened person fell to pieces as he roughly pulled out his sword.

“Whoa.. Whoa.. It’s almost done..”

Skills flowed in from the dead. Since I don’t have time to check right now, I decided to ignore it and cut down the remaining guys fighting with the dark spirits one by one.

Because I was ordering them to be captured and not killed on purpose.

Five out of nine were non-awakened, so I thought I’d give it all up and raise my stats. Because my stats were definitely high, I felt like my skill efficiency had improved.

With the combination of increased stats, pumped-up physical ability through physical strengthening, high-speed movement that allows for incredible speed, and muscle strengthening, he was able to show a performance comparable to that of a national athlete.

I feel like I am gradually breaking away from being an ordinary human being. As expected, the stat gangster is the strongest.

“Kwaaa!! Now, wait a minute..!!”

At that time, the screaming survivor came into view again.

“Don’t shout. “Zombies are coming.”

As I said before, I hate people who shout without understanding what is right. So, you have to kill the one who screams first.

-Fuuuk…!! Phew!! Wow!!

I plunged the knife into the back of the man who was screaming on the floor after being hit by the blood demon two more times and pulled it out. Blood is pouring out loudly.

Seeing him lying motionless, I was certain he was dead.

“Ugh… “

“Haa…Haa…”

“Fuck..”

The remaining guys glared at me.

Of the four, two were sitting on the floor without holding their weapons, one was still confronting the skeletal spirit, and the other was bleeding from a cut on the face with a dagger wielded by Song, the necromancer spirit.

“Whoa…”

I lost the will to fight and cut off the heads of the two crying guys, then exploded the head of the survivor who was confronting the dark spirit.

Then, he approached the last survivor, who was covered in blood and gasping for breath, and spoke to him.

“Where is your base? “If you tell me, I will save your life.”

“Damn…Damn…”

“Okay? Then just die.”

“Oh, no. For a moment..!! Hey, I’ll tell you..!!”

-Whoa!!!!

From the beginning, I had no intention of saving him. I asked because I was wondering if I could get some information, but if you don’t want to tell me, it doesn’t matter if I don’t know. I don’t have time to go. What should I do?

“Whoa…”

After sighing for a moment, I checked my skills.

[Body Strengthening (C)]

[Effect: For each survival level, you gain 1 additional ability point to all stats.]

[Handicap: Stacks only up to 3 times.]

First of all, strengthening the body…

This can now be considered a basic skill. Most of the killers have this. It’s probably just a skill that is given one by one over time.

Anyway, as it is the most basic skill, it is simple and effective. It’s not a bad thing since I think I’ll have a lot of uses for it if I save it.

[Freeze Bullet (B)]

[Effect: Coagulates an appropriate amount of water or blood and fires it quickly and strongly forward through the index finger.]

[Penalty: Each time a bullet is fired, the temperature of the hand decreases. If you fire more than 10 shots in succession, you may suffer frostbite.]

“Oh..”

The second person I killed came out with an ice bullet. For some reason, he reached for my face. There was a reason for everything.

For now, I’ll just give this to Hyuna. Then, the frozen bullets will be combined to become Class A. Perhaps the 10-shot limit penalty will disappear.

[Evasive Counterattack (C)]

[Effect: Damage increases rapidly when avoiding melee attacks and counterattacking.]

[Handicap: You must strongly think about using an evasive counterattack for the ability to activate.]

[Penalty: After using it 10 times, one nail will fall out. When using a skill, weapon durability decreases quickly.]

This was a skill possessed by the guy who attacked me after dealing with the skeletal spirit. Looking at the handicap and penalty, it seems to be a skill in the same category as one-point penetration and crushing blow.

The Samjae Sword Technique improves your cutting, stabbing, and blocking skills, so if you use the Samjae Sword Technique along with Crushing Strike, One Point Penetration, and Evasive Counterattack… No one can really stop me now.

As long as you pay attention to its claws, it becomes like a murder weapon in close combat. Honestly, if I touched it, my head would explode, I would get pierced, and I would fire back. Who will catch me? If it weren’t for a gun, I think I could rob them all.

“But this.. Only avoids melee attacks and counterattacks..”

I think this was the reason why I was so embarrassed when I threw the strong wind jet. It is a skill that only responds to the opponent’s melee attacks.

Perhaps, if you collect these and make them S-class, it will not be limited to melee attacks but will change to avoiding all attacks and become open-kill level skills like crushing blows or one-point piercing.

First of all, it may be because it is a C grade, so I should avoid using it as much as possible as it is said that my nails will fall off after just using it 10 times.

[Save memory (A)]

[Effect: You can perfectly remember the things you are trying to remember.]

[Handicap: You will experience headaches as frequently as the amount of memories you have stored.]

“Oh..!!”

This is the skill that the last guy who ran away had. He had the auxiliary skills that were just what he needed right now.

“This is..”

It would be perfect to give it to Saeyeon. They say I get headaches often, but I guess it doesn’t matter because having to remember a huge amount of things causes bigger headaches in the first place.

Moreover, it’s nice to be able to choose the memories you want to save.

In fact, it is safe to say that the penalty of infinite inventory is completely removed from the moment you possess this.

“Nice.”

This completes the skill check. Now all you have to do is trade the corpse and kill the guy that pops out of the store.

“Hmm…”

However, when I looked down at the dead people, I saw that they were suffering from trial and blood.

The streets are all full of blood. Sometimes you can even see pieces of brain, flesh, teeth or eyeballs, so visually it’s so grotesque it makes you want to vomit. It smells like shit.

“Wow…”

Still, I had to retrieve their belongings and items before making any trades with the spirits, so I crouched down with the dark spirits and searched the corpses.

Zombies are approaching, but the blood demons are taking care of them, so it’ll be okay.

-Wow…

At that time, the guy who had entered the store came out again with the gate noise.

“Huh…?”

The guy wasn’t crouching down, so his eyes met mine as I was taking the ring off the dead body.

I immediately took out my pistol and aimed at him.

“Don’t move. If you move, you die.”

“Uh…”

“Shut your mouth.”

“…”

The guy nodded his head and raised his arms up.

The guy who just came out looked very embarrassed. He was quite embarrassed because not even 10 minutes had passed since all of his colleagues were dead.

I first checked his skills

[Store Discount (B)]

[Effect: When you enter the store gate, you will receive a 20% discount on all items.]

[Penalty: To exit the gate store, you must purchase at least one item.]

“He really has all sorts of abilities.”

“..?”

“I’m talking to myself. Goodbye.”

“Uh.. Uh!!”

-Pz!!!!

With this, all 10 survivors were killed.

If there’s anything wrong with these people, it’s that they wandered around dangerous streets on their own.

The streets of a destroyed world are quite dangerous. If you encounter a strange person, you could die.