Chapter 44 – 44. Friends in Crisis

I traced the traces of my companions again from Building 101.

‘Bloody footprints… They went this way…’

The group’s goal today was a camping supplies store near the studio apartment where Ayun lived. Since they were planning to build an oil stove there, they probably went that way.

I roughly knew the direction. In addition, there were footprints that appeared to be Junho’s uncle, so it was possible to clearly infer the direction the group was heading.

‘The bodies of zombies that have just fallen… They must have fought here once…’

It’s nice that I can’t talk to myself because I have a gag in my mouth. Instead, trace observation was activated so intensely that we tried to identify all useless traces. What should I say? Should we just say that our eyes naturally follow the traces left behind by humans?

‘Hmm.. I dusted it off here too.. Did you leave this behind on purpose? Hmm…’

Following my companions was more fun than I thought. There were traces of resting in between, and I also noticed stores that looked like they had been robbed spontaneously.

In particular, it seems like an electronic cigarette store was swept away for some reason… Is there anyone in our group who smokes?

‘Youngsik may have asked you to rob him..’

Or maybe they just picked it up because it would become valuable later. If you look closely, you’ll see that I’ve been smoking cigarettes at convenience stores too. We didn’t necessarily pick it up with the intention of smoking it, but we picked it up in advance because we thought someone who would be joining us might smoke later.

In the future, I thought it would be good to use it for trading since cigarettes themselves are a product that is likely to run out of stock. It’s a good idea to stock up on favorite items.

‘Huh? What is that?’

After following the footsteps of my companions for a while, I found corpses that were not zombies.

Those were five boys wearing Dongyeong High School gym uniform.

They had just died, so zombies were eating their bodies.

I hid behind the car and observed the traces of dead bodies more closely.

‘Traces of cuts or burns.. The group caught and killed them.. It looks like they were ambushed.. Judging by the fact that they showed no signs of resistance and fell helplessly, it is highly likely that they were all non-awakened .’

Ayun would have taken it down and the rest of the party would have taken care of it. I’m glad that everyone seems to be getting along well without me. No, wait…

‘But… Why did they send only five people? Even as a non-awakened person. Why… Make it easy to catch and kill…’

A question suddenly occurred to me as I was observing the corpses from afar. They must have realized that there is a group of awakened people in this neighborhood. But why did they only send five people here? There is something about this.

‘There’s no way he was sent to die… Right? Yes, those guys are bait released to find us so that they can silence us.’

It is highly likely that bait was released and observed from afar to check whether or not there was a group of awakened people. After killing many awakened people, it seems that there are definitely people with the ability to maximize vision.

‘The companions may be in danger…!’

I sped up the chase some more. According to what I observed from traces, it’s been less than an hour since I left here, so if I run now, I should be able to catch up with my companions within 10 to 20 minutes.

I should have given him at least a pistol. I hope everyone stays safe.

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Kang In-ho’s team without Kang In-ho was hiding in a five-story commercial building.

The reason they hid in this abandoned building was no different. They were now being chased by the bullies from Dongyeong High School.

Baek Ayun used reason detection to pinpoint the locations of enemies.

“Haa.. Haa.. It’s there too.. Collock. Collock. Damn..”

We are much closer than before. The distance was gradually narrowing. Baek Ayun broke into a cold sweat at the thought that their location was revealed to them.

‘There are detection-type awakened people like me over there… They’ll all be flocking here soon… I should have gotten a pistol from Inho oppa… ‘

As she thought, those guys also had detection-type abilities similar to Baek A-yoon’s sense of reason. Thanks to this, the location where Kang In-ho’s group was hiding was almost accurately detected.

As Baek Ah-yoon’s expression began to rot in real time, Sae-yeon Yoo, who was watching, asked.

“We’re surrounded, right?”

“Huh. Cough… Judging by the fact that the distance is getting shorter… I think there’s someone over there who has detection skills like us. It’s slow, but it’s definitely getting closer..”

Baek Ah-yoon barely answered Yoo Sae-yeon’s question while coughing repeatedly. Since I was constantly using the sense of reason, I couldn’t stop coughing.

‘There are a lot of them.. How many of them are awakened? If In-ho oppa was here, he would be so excited that he would dance… ‘

Baek Ah-yoon thought of Kang In-ho, who was not present. How great it would have been if Kang In-ho was here. If he had the skills he had, he would have been able to get out of the current situation more easily. She missed Kang In-ho. There was nothing to be afraid of as I watched him casually kill his enemies his his his …

However, there is no Kang In-ho here. I had to overcome the current crisis on my own. Baek Ayun had no intention of being easily captured by those human horse breeds. He would rather die fighting.

“What about Sue? There must be a lot..?”

“The number is approximately thirty. If more than half of them are awakened… We are virtually finished.”

In response to Kim Hyuna’s question, Baek Ah-yoon shook her head and predicted a not-so-good future. Thirty men are getting closer and closer to the shopping center where they are hiding.

The situation was not very good.

At Baek A-yeon’s realistic words of her, the expressions of her companions of her also darkened.

“Damn…”

Even Baek Ayun, who always laughed for no reason due to the hunting order penalty, couldn’t laugh now. Even her her penalty her her her, which always made her laugh out loud, has not been activated now.

This is because I was already quite mentally stressed.

‘If I had found the guy and killed him… Wouldn’t the situation have happened like now… ?’

Baek Ah-yoon thought that the situation would have been a little better if he had detected the spy sooner. Of course, this wasn’t her fault.

Let’s go back in time, about an hour ago.

The group first encountered the Dongyeong High School patrol team of five people.

At this time, as soon as Baek Ah-yoon discovered the five patrol members, he rushed in and surprised them, quickly knocking them down, and Park Young-sik and Han Jun-ho, who followed, put an end to their lives.

Okay, so far so good. They thought they were just a scouting party looking for them.

But the real thing was somewhere else. When the group was catching and killing Dongyeong High School’s five-member group, there was one bully from Dongyeong High School who was hiding in the distance and watching them.

In the first place, one observer was planted and five useless insectivores from Dongyeong High School were sent out as sacrifices. To find out the awakened people in this neighborhood.

No matter how cautious we were, there was no other way as they began their search, even throwing bait. It would be absurd to say that this is Baek Ayun’s fault her her her.

In the first place, there were awakened people who were observing beyond the range of reason detection, so there was no way for her to find those people.

Anyway, the guy who was watching them from afar quickly returned to Dongyeong Island. He informed the leader, Won Min-sik, that a group of six awakened people was wandering around.

And only then did the awakened people inside Dongyeong High School who were on standby come out and hunt Baek Ayun and the other five.

“What should we do now…”

“If any of them have guns…”

Everyone in the group became afraid at Han Jun-ho’s words. No matter how good the ability is, in the end, the guy with the gun wins the fight.

“First of all, I need to prepare as much as possible before coming here. Sister, take out the soju.”

“Soju?”

“Huh. Toilet paper and lighter too.”

“Oh, you want to make a Molotov cocktail…?”

Han Jun-ho immediately realized what Baek A-yoon was trying to make.

“I know because I made some in my old days. That’s not enough. It would be nice to have some gasoline, rubber, and soap. Take out the gloves first.”

At Han Jun-ho’s words, Yoo Sae-yeon took out the items one by one that she had blindly placed in her inventory. Soon, Molotov cocktails began to be manufactured on the fourth floor of the building.

For some reason, Han Jun-ho was skilled at making Molotov cocktails. Then Han Seung-hee looked at his father and asked.

“Dad, did you do a demo before?”

“What? No, nothing like that. “It’s just like a magazine.”

“For that matter… You’re good at making it?”

“Uh huh.. I said no.”

Seunghee Han didn’t know much about her father’s past. He just knows that he is an ordinary civil servant. I don’t even know what kind of public servant he is or what he did.

Soon ten Molotov cocktails were made. Han Jun-ho vigorously wiped the oil from his hands and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

“First, you guys go up to the rooftop and protest as much as you can. I’ll kill those who come up as much as I can. Cough..”

“Ah, Ayun.. But..”

Yoo Sae-yeon holding Baek A-yoon’s hand.

Baek Ah-yoon squeezed Yoo Sae-yeon’s hand.

“It can’t be helped.” Because I am the strongest here… My brother left it to me. Even if I get a little sick… Everyone can’t abandon me… ?”

Her words she eventually made Yoo Sae-yeon burst into tears.

“Ayun-ah.. Ugh.. Ayun-ah, I’m sorry..”

“Sister, don’t cry. Haha… It’s not like I’m dying. Let’s kill all those thugs quickly and go home..”

Baek Ah-yoon held the ax tightly.

Due to the penalty of the hunting order, if she kills a human other than the designated target, her spirit will be broken. Every time she killed five people, she became a little more maniacal.

[Hunting Order (S)]

[Effect: Stat rewards are given when hunting a being designated as prey.]

[Handicap: If you reject or ignore a command, no new command will be issued for 5 hours.]

[Penalty: If you kill a human other than prey, you will become maniacal for every 5 people you kill.]

I had already suffered from mania twice, but there was nothing I could do.

She was in a situation where there was no answer right now unless she went crazy after taking the nerve accelerant.

“Then..”

Baek Ah-yoon and his companions prepared for a full-scale battle.