Chapter 18 – 18. Simple Labyrinth Strategy Reward

First, I took the green box and went back to the 7th floor.

Then, Junho and his daughter Han Seunghee were waiting for me.

“Are you here?”

“Yes. “Nothing happened, right?”

“Ah.. That’s why the people gathered at the apartment entrance heard the explosion and all fell out. I can hear gunshots and it seems like there are soldiers walking around.”

“Yes? Huh..”

Uncle Junho explained the past seven hours when I was gone. To roughly summarize, it seems that soldiers appeared nearby, and the noise they made attracted all the zombies to escape.

“I don’t know if the soldiers will be safe.”

“Well, it would be nice if we could just take care of all the zombies…”

I’m not sure what will happen. Could it be swept away with a firearm? Will we be swept away together as a heavy burden…

“First of all, we assume the worst and move forward.”

“Worst case scenario?”

“Yes. The assumption is that the army will be defeated by zombies.”

“Ah…”

Uncle Junho nodded his head with a slightly darkened face. He also seems to have anticipated that the soldiers might not be able to overcome the zombie horde.

‘I wish I could win if possible, but…’

First, I left a message to Junho that I would meet him again in an hour and went into Saeyeon’s house with the green box.

Actually, I was so tired that I just wanted to sleep like this, but I couldn’t. This is because I had to quickly go outside and get my things while the zombies were gone.

“But Inho. “What is that box?”

“Oh, this is it.”

I explained the simple labyrinth to Saeyeon in more detail. Beyond the gate was a different dimension, where you could farm various items, and when I told you that I got this as a reward for escaping, Saeyeon was amazed and said it was like some kind of game.

“First of all, shall we move the items in the bag to Inven?”

“Huh. “I will record it as I put it in, so can you take it out?”

“Yes.”

I handed over the lowest level magic stones and drugs farmed in the simple labyrinth to Saeyeon. I saved a few pills so I could use them right away. It would be difficult if Saeyeon wasn’t by my side when I was in a hurry.

“There are a lot of lowest grade magic stones.”

“Haha.. I picked up everything I could see.”

“Aha.”

There were three bags worth of magic stones, so it was quite a lot. I roughly counted and it turned out to be about 130. Although the sizes were slightly different, the color was the same, light green. I’ll have to try lighting it on fire later.

“Well, by the way, sister.”

“Huh?”

“That..”

I told Saeyeon, who was putting the magic stone in her inventory, about Baek Ayun. He said that they met in a makeshift labyrinth and after several incidents, they decided to work together.

“Aha…”

Saeyeon had an expression that was difficult to explain. It was as if she had discovered her boyfriend’s affair… She had the face of that kind of woman.

I felt quite strange, perhaps because I said this with my own mouth.

“How old is she?”

“Uh… I think she was twenty-two.”

“Aha.. Young.. Woman..”

The light gradually disappeared from Saeyeon’s eyes. She seemed very heartbroken that a pale 22-year-old boy was coming to visit her, saying he liked me, while she was 30.

“Hey.. Inho.. When that kid comes.. I…”

Tears formed at the corners of Saeyeon’s eyes her her her. He probably thought that I might be taken away by Baek Ayun. I quickly held Saeyeon’s hand tightly. There is no way I could abandon you unless I go crazy.

“No matter what anyone says, you are my woman. “She just asked me to come to increase my power, so don’t be too anxious.”

“Yes.. Thank you.”

I still felt a little depressed, but the tears had stopped. I patted Saeyeon and checked her survival level.

[Place of Origin: Earth]

[Name: Kang In-ho]

[Survival Grade: 2]

[Physical ability: 6.5]

[Strength: 8][Stamina: 8]

[Vitality: 6][Sense: 7]

[Durability: 5][Resistance: 5]

[Points held: 3]

[Sanity level: 71/100]

[Health level: 55/100]

[Abilities: Steal skill, steam engine, sense of reason, bioelectricity, crushing blow, ability insight]

[Situation abnormalities: muscle pain (whole body), dehydration, lack of sleep]

Unlike before, things have increased significantly. First of all, physical abilities were displayed in detail, and the number of skills increased by five.

‘First of all… ‘

It seemed like I needed to increase my recovery, so I invested 2 points in Vitality. Next, I invested 1 point in senses.

With this, your stamina, strength, vitality, and senses are all 8. Survivability has increased.

“Hey, Inho. “I put it all in.”

“Oh, thank you for your hard work.”

“Huh. Hehe..”

Soon, Saeyeon informed me that she had put all the magic stones in her bag into her inventory. My sister looked listless ever since she talked about Baek Ayun. I hugged Saeyeon from behind.

“Shall we open this together this time?”

“Huh. Good.”

A reward box obtained after conquering the Lesser Simple Labyrinth and Twisted Basement. What kind of reward will there be in this? I hope that they provide the items necessary for survival as much as possible.

-Click.

The moment you open the box, it disappears, leaving only one book in its place.

“Uh…”

“What is this?”

“I see…What book is it?”

It’s a very old cover. There was nothing written on the cover. It was like an old memoir. I picked up the book.

[Survivor’s Diary: An old notebook containing knowledge of the coming disaster.]

It is a book written about the coming disaster. What on earth does this mean? Are you saying there are more disasters besides the zombie outbreak?

I opened the book. The book was filled with letters written in strange characters. It was neither English nor Korean. It seemed like it wasn’t a character created by mankind in the first place.

“Uh..”

But strangely, when I tried to read it, I understood the content. In my head, the characters were translated arbitrarily and read into Korean. First I read the diary. This was truly someone’s journal and survival record.

“Sister. This… Is a diary. Please read it once.”

“Diary? Let’s see… “

I handed the diary to my sister. Saeyeon’s sister read the diary carefully and her impression became increasingly unfavorable.

“Inho.. This..”

“Yes. There are still a lot of disasters left.”

What was recorded in the diary. The first was the disaster we are experiencing now. It was about zombies roaming around, the dead waking up, and soon the world would be covered with the dead.

‘There will be a lot of variants of zombies, ghouls, etc..’

That alone makes me dizzy. Zombies are tough, but they say monsters stronger than them are coming out. However, the problem was what happened next.

“The sun disappears… Eternal winter comes… And demons crawl out from all over the world…”

If the disaster progressed according to the contents of this diary, it was clear that humanity would soon be destroyed. Or, as the diary says, they became livestock for the devils and were reduced to a slave race.

‘Knowledge of the future… This is actually a confirmed prophecy… Soon, the same developments as what was recorded in the diary will occur…’

There are still only zombies roaming around, but it is clear that soon much stronger entities will start hunting humans. Perhaps the zombie running around that Saeyeon saw was the ghoul recorded here. One or two of them have already started crawling out.

‘It’s still tough right now… There’s no answer if the climate is ruined… ‘

The days were going to get colder and colder, and if the sun stopped rising, everything, including farming, would be over. It is clear that the one who hoards as much as possible will win.

I had to gather people to make as companions and supplies before it got colder and darker.

‘If there is any hope for us… ‘

Gate. That was our hope.

******

“Ugh…”

Baek Ayun woke up in the kitchen. This is because the gate connected to the simple labyrinth was created in the kitchen.

“Whoa… Kihi…”

Baek Ayun looked around the empty house and smiled alone. The reason was no big deal. This is because he wondered if the events just before were a fantasy or a dream.

“No. It was real. Kihi… I have to go quickly… “

Baek Ah-yoon soon shook his head to get rid of useless thoughts and stood up, giggling. Now he had to abandon this house and go to Kang In-ho. I wanted to go quickly and be held in his arms before he got tired of waiting and left.

-Rattle.

Then a green box appeared at her feet. It was a reward for conquering the simple labyrinth.

“Oh.. You really give it to me?”

She immediately opened the box. Then the box disappeared, leaving only a single knife in its place.

“This.. Puhup.. What is it, a weapon box?”

Baek Ayun picked up the machete.

[Zombie Slayer’s Machete: A machete whose teeth will not fall out until its durability runs out and it is completely destroyed. Cuts down humanoid enemies more easily.] [Durability: 150]

“This… Is amazing… Haha! “Fuck!”

What came out of her reward box was a weapon that maintained its sharpness until its durability ran out. It was even able to inflict greater damage to humanoid enemies.

[Hunting order.]

[Goal: Kill 20 zombies.]

[Compensation. Strength increases by 1.]

At that moment, her skill, Hunting Command, was activated and a quest was imposed. The target this time was twenty zombies.

“Zombie bastards.. Kihihihi.. Everything has been searched…”

Baek Ah Yoon smiled brightly and packed her bag. Because she wanted to swing the machete and slaughter the zombies as soon as possible.