Chapter 138 – 138. Even if You Don’t Meet Them, They Go and Kill You.

Approximately 7 hours after Kang In-ho and his companions entered the forest, gunshots and screams rang out from various parts of the forest, and fighting between survivors began in earnest.

Fighting with death and death was in full swing here and there.

Everyone understood that in order to escape alive, they had to take someone else’s life.

Therefore, the moment you encounter another person, the battle begins.

Humanity and compassion have long since lost their place.

Because there was no one who wanted to die in such a gloomy forest.

This is not a suicide spot in Japan.

Survivors entered the forest to survive.

That’s why they shot at each other and swung their swords.

As you move toward the center of the forest, you will inevitably encounter other survivors.

Because it is a labyrinth designed that way.

Cheolpuk..

As time passes, the red blood poured out by the dead adds to the forest.

As death becomes more prevalent, the rewards provided by the forest become even higher.

The more survivors die, the greater the reward to those who survive.

“This start..”

And here, there are three men who barely survived.

The team’s leader was Philip, the blunt Andre, and the youngest, Usher.

“Ha. Ha. Did you get bullied?”

“I don’t know…”

“Is everyone alive?”

“No, Patrick and Pablo crossed the river..”

“Damn.”

“Ugh.. Smelly and dirty Russians.”

“No, what the fuck are you bringing Mosin-Nagant with you..”

“Patrick is dead..”

The battle between the British, who entered the labyrinth in a group of 5, and the young Russian soldiers, consisting of 10 people, ended in victory for the Russian soldiers.

The three people who managed to escape and survive looked around anxiously to see if the Russians would come after them.

“I can not see. “It looks like you got lost somewhere else?”

“Well, the gunshots rang out like that, so there’s no way the animals would stay still.”

“Thank goodness it didn’t come towards us.”

“I see… No, but how on earth did those rotten commies find us first?”

“I guess there was a sniffer dog there.”

“Wow. It hurts..”

“This kind of blood… “Just hold on to a little, Usher.”

“Yes..”

“Andre. “For now, we have to hide ourselves.”

“I guess so. But there’s nowhere to hide… “

“Excuse me. Do you see that?”

“Huh? Uh… That is.”

At Philip’s gesture, Andre finally noticed the existence of a building a little far away.

Although I couldn’t see much of it because it was covered by the trees, I could vaguely see the roof and chimney.

“It’s a house, right?”

“Why is there a house like that in the forest?”

“Let’s go in and rest for a while. If you smell blood and become attracted to an animal, there is no answer.”

“Yeah, yeah..”

The two took Usher, who was having difficulty controlling his body, and entered an unidentified abandoned house.

-Kkiik..

“Hello…?”

“Holy shit, Andre! Haven’t you even seen a horror movie? “If you say hello to an empty house, a ghost will come out.”

“Oh, sorry.”

“Whew. Usher, what about your arm?”

“I don’t have any strength. Sigh..”

“Oh no, blood is no joke!”

Philip sensed that Usher’s condition was quite bad. Usher, who had a bullet in her arm, was growing feverish. She was not in a good condition in many ways.

“First of all… Usher, lie down on the sofa over there. And Andre, use tweezers to pull the bullet out of Usher’s arm and sew it up with thread. We also disinfect. “You can do it, right?”

“Of course. “What is the ointment for treatment?”

“Let’s just use that now. It should get better by today. If it gets infected or dies … We may have to cut off her arm. Ah, here’s antibiotics.”

“Okay..”

After giving orders to his companions, Philip laid Usher down on the sofa placed in her living room.

Since Patrick, who had wound healing skills, died, he had to heal his wounds with the items and medical supplies he had as much as possible.

If you don’t treat it as quickly as possible, you may have to abandon your companion.

“Damn, is there anything useful?”

When André, who had put a gag on Usher’s mouth her her, fearing that she might bite her tongue in pain, was pulling out the bullet from her her arm her her her, Philip took out the Astral Sword and looked around the line.

I planned to kill Ji Bakryeong by cutting him up right away if he came out from hiding.

However, no matter how long I waited, not a single bug, let alone a ghost, came out.

Philip, who soon discovered that no one was in his house, turned to his companions and said,

“Andre, since there doesn’t seem to be anyone in the house, I’ll take a look and see if there’s anything useful. “After treating Usher, you search the first floor.”

“I understand.”

They had already been through the simple labyrinth several times, so they had become accustomed to farming.

This is because when you search through drawers or storage spaces in places like this, you always find items that may be helpful for survival.

Therefore, as soon as Philip judged that there was no one inside the building, he began farming.

“Now, wait a minute. Philip… Give me a lantern and go.”

“Oh right. Here. “For the magic gemstone, use the one you picked up earlier.”

“Okay.”

Usher, left alone in the living room, trembled with fear and fed magicite to the lamp.

A soft light spread throughout the living room, preventing the undead from approaching. In response, Andre closed her curtains to prevent the light from escaping.

“No reaction to light. There are no ghosts in the house.”

“Thank goodness. Then I go up.”

After confirming that there were no spiritual beings inside the building, Philip immediately went up to the second floor.

Andre will soon sew up Usher’s arm and start searching her house.

“Three rooms.”

Philip came up to the second floor and opened the door right in front of the stairs.

“Kollock. Cough..”

The room was full of dust, no matter how long it had been closed.

“It’s a study.”

Philip entered the room.

The bookshelf was filled with books written in an unknown language.

After looking for a while to see if there was a book that could be of help, Philip checked the statue that was placed on the desk.

[Minerva’s Golden Owl Statue: When destroyed, you can acquire the skill ‘Skill Exchange’. If you sell it to a store, you can receive 50 old gold coins.]

[Skill Exchange (A)]

[Effect: You can exchange the skills you own with the skills of others.]

[Handicap: Each time you use skill exchange more than 5 times, you will receive 1 cursed skill.]

“Oh…!!!”

Philip, who had already entered the store through the purple gate, was filled with joy and packed the owl statue into his bag.

It is an item worth a whopping 50 gold coins. Moreover, even if you don’t sell it, you can even acquire a skill called skill exchange if you destroy it.

I was a little concerned about the cursed skill item, but…

[Golden Seal (A)]

[Effect: Up to 3 skill handicaps or penalties can be sealed.]

[Handicap: This skill’s handicap and penalty cannot be sealed.]

[Penalty: If you return a skill that used a Golden Seal to its original state, there is a 50% chance that the skill will be deleted.]

Philip’s skill was truly a golden seal.

Originally, it was used for Patrick and Pablo’s skills, but since both of them died, two slots were empty. Therefore, the skill exchange penalty could be erased.

“Also. This was a hidden farming location. If only I could find more places like this..”

Philip began rummaging through the desk drawers and cabinets with more enthusiasm.

If I could just find more farming buildings like this spread out in the forest, I would be able to get out of the forest with a huge profit.

Moreover, I felt that if more items that give this kind of skill were released, three people would be able to gather enough skills to hunt other survivors and escape from the forest.

A small spark of hope ignited in Philip’s heart, which was tinged with despair.

It was then.

-Quaaaaa!!!!!!!

A scream was heard from downstairs.

It was Andre’s voice.

In response, Philip instinctively crawled under the desk in the study and hid.

‘Fuck, fuck..!! Could it be that the rotten Russians have already come this far?’

-Tap. Step by step.

Soon the sound of someone walking up the stairs was heard.

Philip quickly checked the magazine of the submachine gun he was carrying in front of him.

‘Fuck… We don’t have enough ammo.’

The situation was not good. At this, Philip shook his head vigorously.

‘No, wait… I didn’t hear the gunshot. If it were Russians, they would have started shooting outside the building without thinking… Are they other people? Shit. I’m going crazy.’

As Philip thought, the person who entered the building was not Russian.

‘If you jump out the window…’

If the area around the building was already under siege, there was no way to survive even if you jumped.

No method. The chances of survival are infinitely close to zero.

Accordingly, Philip continued to use his head to survive.

‘Would we be able to communicate? If there is someone who can speak English..’

After letting them know that you have an incredible support skill called Golden Seal, you could hand everything over to them and beg for their lives. There seemed to be no other way than that.

-Kkiik.

When Philip finished preparing to clean his mouth, the door to the study where he was hiding opened.

The other person was quietly standing in front of the door and looking around inside.

There is no sign of leaving. Philip realized that his opponent had identified him and first expressed his intention to surrender.

“Ha, surrender!! I want peace. Stretch, peace! Peace! We Other World! Please Don’t Kill Me!! Please!!”

Philip shouted like crazy. He revealed his will to live without filtering and continued to talk using easy English words so that even non-English speaking survivors could understand the story.

However, there was no answer.

Gradually, the fear of death became more intense, and Philip’s voice became damp, as if it had been filled with moisture.

“Ugh… I, I have the Golden Seal! Keeping me alive will definitely help! You can erase skill penalties for up to three people! Will it help? So please, please save me..”

Philip cried and prayed.

Then, the person who was quietly standing at the entrance to the study finally answered Philip.

“What are you talking about, you fucking Yankee?”

The person who entered the study was Kang In-ho.

He swung his sword in the direction the voice was coming from.

The desk where Philip was hiding split in half and Philip’s head exploded.

******

“Are these three people all?”

[I see.]

Kang In-ho snatched the bag from the dead white man, took the awakening stone, dragged his body down, and threw it into the living room on the first floor.

About 20 minutes ago, while searching for survivors, he found a trail of blood, followed it and arrived in front of the building where the British were hiding.

So, after hiding his presence, he went in through the back door and blew off the head of Usher, who was lying on the sofa, and then slit Andre’s throat from behind while he was looking for something to eat in the kitchen. . .

After killing the two people lightly, as if killing a baby mosquito, he also killed Philip as if it was natural.

“Exchange with reward box.”

Then, I sacrificed three awakened corpses and received a green reward box.

Kang In-ho felt even better because he met them after almost 7 hours.

It was just the right skill transfusion as I was slowly growing frustrated with not being able to kill the skill pouch (survivor).

“Oppa, are you done?”

“Uh. There was nothing special. Everyone come in. There are items in here, so let’s farm them and go.”

At Kang In-ho’s call, the group waiting outside the building came inside.

Everyone was waiting outside in case he missed a survivor.

“Let’s see..”

Kang In-ho, who left the building farming to his companions, first checked the newly acquired awakening stones.

“Hey, fuck..!!”

[Golden Seal (A)]

[Effect: Up to 3 skill handicaps or penalties can be sealed.]

[Handicap: This skill’s handicap and penalty cannot be sealed.]

[Penalty: If you return a skill that used a Golden Seal to its original state, there is a 50% chance that the skill will be deleted.]

[Flame Bullet (B)]

[Effect: Consumes calories to fire a fireball forward quickly and strongly through the index finger.]

[Penalty: Each time you fire a bullet, the temperature of your hand increases. If you fire more than 10 shots in succession, you may suffer burns.]

[Body Strengthening (C)]

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

[Handicap: Stacks only up to 3 times.]

These skills were possessed by Philip, Usher, and Andre, respectively.

I wasn’t impressed with the physical enhancements that Andre dropped, but the skills that Usher and Philip dropped were quite good.

I planned to give the flame bullets to Kim Hyun-ah and eat the golden seal myself.

“I’m tired..”

In particular, the fact that he had obtained another golden seal made him feel so happy that his hair stood on end.

‘Acquire it right away..’

He acquired the skill by crushing the awakening stone dropped by Philip.

[Golden Seal (S)]

[Effect: Up to 8 skill handicaps or penalties can be sealed.]

[Handicap: This skill’s handicap and penalty cannot be sealed.]

[Penalty: If you return a skill that used a Golden Seal to its original state, there is a 25% chance that the skill will be deleted.]

“This is it.”

The existing limit of 3 has been increased to a whopping 8, and the penalty of having a skill deleted with a 50% chance has been reduced to 25%.

Kang In-ho immediately erased the penalty of spiritual and physical robbery.

As a result, there are a total of 3 skills whose penalty has disappeared due to the golden seal.

These were the summoning of dark spirits, bullet weaving, and spiritual and physical robbery, respectively.

Now you won’t have to lose your hair anymore.

Hehe..”

Kang In-ho opened Philip’s bag with a big smile.

That’s how she discovered Minerva’s golden owl statue in her bag.

“Huh!!!!”

Kang In-ho got scared and fell back.

The successful hunt for survivors in 7 hours made his heart pound.

‘This is it. This is real farming and real sex.. Fuck..!!’

It was a moment where Kang In-ho’s thought that stealing the survivor’s bag was the worst thing was proven once again.