Chapter 16 – 16. Catch, Kill, Enslave

“What day was it today?”

“Today is Thursday, February 3rd…”

“Shit…”

It’s already 3pm. The sun will set at 6 o’clock, so it’s too late to start doing anything.

But we have to move from now on.

The remaining deadline is only Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, including today, which will end soon.

The moment Monday comes, the zombies will form a group and start rampaging more ferociously.

Before that, you have to write the number.

“The number of sprays remaining…”

“My brother and Harin were left at least once.”

“Eunji unnie is twice.”

“Haa… That’s dizzying…”

It looks like there were many other survivors in the apartment besides us… We have to see that they all die from next Monday. Neither do we. In this dilapidated apartment, the future cannot be planned. The time to leave came so suddenly.

“Brother…”

“Master. What shall we do now?”

“Hmmm…Let me think about it for a moment. Come on both. Don’t worry too much.”

“Yes…”

I hugged Eunji and Harin, who were already terrified, and thought about what would happen in the future.

The notice clearly stated that zombies would swarm in groups to pursue survivors and actively attack them.

Obviously, up until this point, zombies had been a bit of an asshole. But that’s all because of the zombie repellent. Now, starting on Monday, these crazy bastards are running around and attacking people. They are zombies who can run well enough now, but after Monday, they will even do parkour.

‘Haa… It’s fucking difficult…’

I’ve never had a zombie break into my house yet. I didn’t really have much to worry about being attacked by zombies. I believed that the sturdy front door would protect us forever.

Of course, I’ve seen many cases where special zombies break through the door, but I’ve never encountered a special zombie in this neighborhood. I did, but I didn’t expect a balance patch to be made so quickly.

Right now, from Monday night, normal zombies will turn into special zombies in large numbers. They’ll now break down the front door, looking for people hiding. Moreover, there seems to have been an entity that was in command of the zombies among them… The special zombies I looked at on the Internet had the physical strength to smash the front door of an apartment building in no time. And high floors are never safe. Human centipedes will climb up the walls.

These old cheap apartments with no safety devices or anything would almost look like a delicious lunch box in their situation, right?

Should I go to an air-raid shelter prepared by a wealthy person?

It might be better to go to a place where many survivors are gathered.

If the zombies unite and attack as a group, it would be better for the Awoken to unite and fight.

Or run away to some island…

‘Okay, let’s take over the mart…’

Kill or enslave the guys who occupy the mart to make sure you build a defensive line.

At least there will be enough food to eat and die.

‘It would have been nice if this situation had happened after I raised it to at least level 10…’

We’re only level 5 now.

Having to face the infestation of special zombies in such a state that I have never used the skills I have learned yet.

If I hadn’t blown away the three days right after the apocalypse… In any case, time is still flowing and we must move slowly before it delays further.

“For now, it would be difficult without a weapon. I’m thinking about going to the hardware store. How is it?”

“Brother, if you want to go, go right now. Everyone who read the announcement must be on fire right now.”

“I’ll try to do as much as I can for the rest of my days… I think I’d better move right away.”

“Then everyone put on their clothes. Do not use the spray right away, but use it in a more crisis situation.”

“Yes.” “I understand, master.”

Spray should be saved as much as possible now. I wrote it today not knowing that the situation would turn out this way, but I don’t know what will happen in the future. Those who have already used up all their zombie repellents are probably crying by now.

“Good. I packed my bag and…”

“Did you put a patch on your shoulder, Master?”

“Brother, what about wrist guards?”

“I did that too. I’m ready now…”

Eunji and Harin who are worried about my physical condition.

To be honest, I’m a bit tired, but not so tired that I can’t do anything.

One thing I’m worried about is the baseball bat… It’s on the verge of breaking, but I can use it a few more times right now.

You only have to go through the hardware store, so hold on until then.

“I am ready too.”

“Let’s go, Master.”

Eunji and Harin were in a hurry and picked up the newly made cleaver spears.

Although it was covered with tape, it is still not a reliable weapon.

After stabbing a zombie a few times, the tape will come loose and the knife will rattle.

Still, it’s good to have this for now.

“Let’s go.”

Rattle.

Went out Fortunately, there were no zombies nearby, thanks to killing all the zombies around him this morning.

“Whoa…”

This was the first time we had come out without spraying, so we moved forward with extreme tension.

“Uh uh…”

Then, from somewhere, I heard a dark cry peculiar to zombies.

“Chew…”

Harin frowned and looked around her.

However, there is no way you can find a zombie with no heart beating with a heart rate tracking skill.

“Harin, save your mana.”

“Yes, sorry…”

“It’s okay, so let’s keep going…”

My companions nodded and followed me.

I had told them to look around several times before coming out, so both of them were vigilant.

Sensitively reacting to even the slightest sound, I followed him while looking in all directions.

Then something came out between the cars parked on the side of the road.

“Uhhh…!”

“Chew…”

Huung- Perok!

“Whoa…!”

Fuck! Fuck!

A zombie that suddenly jumps out of the side of a car.

I was so startled that I almost screamed, but I gnawed my teeth and hit him.

Looking back, Eunji opened her eyes wide and gulped down her saliva, and Harin saw that her hand holding the spear of her cleaver was shaking.

Both of them look frightened as they are not used to this situation yet. You’ll be fine once you get used to it.

Yeah, at least I didn’t scream.

“Whoa…”

I walked along the sidewalk beside the road toward the hardware store.

Cars parked all over the road and corpses of zombies strewn about. It’s like the survivors took care of them, not us. Or in a state of sleep.

Occasionally, we saw zombies screaming at us from inside the car. It seems that he couldn’t unfasten his seat belt and turned into a zombie. It wasn’t a situation where they were killing each other, so they just left it alone and passed by.

Here and there, zombies are walking around gnashing their teeth or making incomprehensible cries. We lowered ourselves in a state of extreme tension and continued forward. No zombies have found us yet. I thought if I was too nervous, I would get tired, so I talked to Eunji and Harin to lighten up the atmosphere.

“Whoa… It’s a hardware store if you go a little further…”

It happened without any time to speak.

Hwiwoong- Kung!!

Kwajangchang!!!

“Town…!”

“Fuck…”

Something fell on the car in the direction we were going.

At first glance, it seems that a person has fallen…

“…!”

The person who fell was the one who jumped from the roof of the apartment building. She was a woman wearing a dress. Woman…

It seems that he committed suicide because he couldn’t stand the upcoming reality… It’s a situation that’s good enough. Maybe he jumped in a hopeless situation.

The difficulty level will spike next Monday, so he must have decided that it was better to commit than to be torn to death by zombies.

“Damn… Brother… Zombies are coming…”

Thanks to the woman who fell, the ceiling of the car collapsed and was completely smashed.

Also, shards of broken glass are thrown everywhere and the car alarm starts to sound after being hit by a car parked next to it…

“Uuuuu!!!!”

The zombies reacted to the loud noise and swarmed around the car.

“Uuuuu!!”
“Kiaaaaa!!!”
“Aaaaa..”

It is unreasonable to go this way. If the aggro of that many guys is attracted, there is no answer.

“Lord, Master…”

Surprised, Harin grabbed my sleeve. She must have been very surprised to see that there were small tears in her eyes.

Even her eyes were tightly closed and she was trembling.

She deserves to be shocked, as she suddenly witnessed a person commit suicide right in front of her eyes.

“Calm down, both of you. You don’t want to die yet.”

“Yes…”

“No, that’s right… We won’t die.”

Whether or not that woman commits suicide because she can’t stand the future, we just have to go our own way. If you write your mind one by one, your mental breakdown will break.

“Let’s fall over there.”

Thanks to the noise, the widely distributed zombies were concentrated in one place.

We took advantage of that gap and quickly crossed the road and walked quickly to the place where the zombies were gone.

As I hurriedly passed the scene, I glanced sideways to see that the corpse had been pulled down from the car body and the zombies were eating it.

‘Woo-wook…’

Blood gushing out. The guts pulled out and the limbs torn off could be seen plainly without any mosaic.

Harin must have seen it too, and vomited a little. Eunji is covering her mouth completely.

I thought I had developed a tolerance for the gore scenes of breaking zombie heads. I guess it wasn’t completely resistant.

A zombie’s rotting intestines and a human corpse dripping with blood felt completely different.

“It’s all here…”

After leaving the fuss behind, we finally arrived at the opposite side of the hardware store.

The hardware store’s shutters were torn in half. There were also corpses of what appeared to be survivors scattered around. It looks like he came all the way here fighting zombies with his bag on his back…

The total number of dead bodies is three. Two were adults, and one was still a child who looked like a middle school or high school student. Wouldn’t it be family?

“I think they are all dead…”

“Brother, are you going through those people’s bags?”

“It should be. Kill it once confirmed. If it suddenly wakes up and bites your leg, it’s over.”

“… Yes.”

“All right…”

Eunji and Harin nodded as if they understood what I was saying.

We slowly approached the corpses, each holding our own weapon.

I smashed the dead boy’s head with a baseball bat. I ended it with my own hand, as I thought it would be objectionable to break the head of a child who is still young. In the meantime, Eunji and Harin also stabbed the cleaver and finished killing the two men and women.

I rummaged through the bags the corpses were carrying around.

“This man’s bag has clothes and… Is this a jewelry box? Shall I take this?”

“Oh. Take care and take care.”

You may not know cash, but precious metals may be useful.

“Oh, master. Here’s some painkillers and first-aid kits in the lady’s bag. I’ll take care of it.”

“Good. Take your medicine… It looks like you’ve checked everything, so let’s go right in.”

“Yes!”

“Is it so.”

Precious metals and household medicines were taken from the corpses. Other than that, there was nothing else to take care of.

“Whoa…”

Inside the hardware store, there are dead bodies that appear to be the owner A-jae and his wife, who have already turned into zombies. The body of what appears to be his wife was crushed like a crushed beer can in a corner, as if he had been beaten by some kind of Hulk.

“Oooh… Crazy…”

“Fuck… A person… Is crushed…”

“Lord, master… I think I’m going to vomit…”

“Be patient.”

“Yes…”

Items are strewn about, but there are no signs of looting.

Therefore, the fact that that woman was destroyed with such a gruesome appearance was not the work of a human being.

I wonder if something with overwhelming power just attacked this place, smashed it all, killed it, and then left.

Maybe the special zombie got twisted by the sound of a fight between that family and the old man at the hardware store who was trying to get some tools here? All the survivors were annihilated by that special zombie, and the hardware store man and his wife must have died too.

However, a special zombie with enough strength to tear a shutter like a piece of paper and turn a person into minced meat… It’s creepy. It would be terrifying if I ran into anyone.

“…Receive Samgobim”

Puck! Huung- Peruk!!

Fast!!

When he crushed the zombie father’s head, the baseball bat broke at just the right time.

“It was smashed just right.”

Roughly throwing the old man’s corpse out of the hardware store, we grabbed the tools.

“Haa… Shit… Baru…”

I finally found the tool I was longing for.

A thing commonly referred to as a paroo. Aka crowbar. The character in the game held this one and slaughtered the aliens… Indeed, the heaviness is no joke.

If you hit the head of a zombie with this, won’t it be smashed at once? Really got the perfect weapon for zombie hunting.

‘It’s black and heavy…’

While savoring the subtle smell of iron wafting from the crowbar, Eunji took two hammers made of solid iron that looked much stronger than the ones she used before.

“How is your brother?”

“Like a real lunatic killer.”

Hehe…”

When Eunji and I found a special weapon that fits our hands, Harin, who has the highest strength among us, snooped around the tool rack and brought out a 30-inch monkey wrench.

“Oh… Monkey Spanner…”

“Gulp… Zombie Slayer…”

When Eunji raises her thumb in admiration, Harin nods his head and gives him a trusting look.

It’s cute that she pretended to be quite courageous just because she held a monkey wrench while closing her eyes tightly in surprise when she saw her committing herself just before.

“Hehe… That’s cute. Now that we’ve got all our weapons, let’s get some other tools. Eunji, tear off the wrapping paper to reduce the volume of industrial cutter knives there, and put the blades in the bag.”

“Yes!”

“Harin, take the cutter there.”

“Uh… A bolt cutter?”

“Oh that. That’s right.”

It’s infinite farming.

A sturdy industrial cutter knife is useful anytime, anywhere, so you should keep it with you.
You will need it not only when unpacking parcels, but also when torturing people into submission.

Cutters should be used if something breaks.
For example, things like locks or fingers.

“Brother! Shall we bring an awl too?”

“Oh! Awl! Good, good Your hand hurts, so take care of it.”

“Master. Here are the gloves! They are in clumps.”

“Okay, pack everything!”

In addition, I brought several multi-purpose scissors and grafting knives.

Gradually, things piled up in the bag one by one.

The sun was slowly setting as I packed all the tools useful for everyday life, such as nippers, lighters, lighters, and torches on the counter.

Now that you’ve got enough, it’s time to go home.

It was when I was getting ready to leave, looking around the hardware store to see if I had anything else to pack.

Burrung! Boaaaaang!

A motorcycle exhaust sound was heard. That’s several.

“What are you doing here? Looks like it’s already been robbed. What if there are people in the hardware store?”

“What the heck. I have a gun, what are you worried about? I’ll go in first, so Youngchul and Jingu guard the entrance. Hail and Hyeseong, follow me.”

“Yes! Older brother!”

Some gang gathered in front of the hardware store.

Aside from us, humans who read the notice are starting to wander around.

What should I do with these guys? Kill them all? Or will you take me as a slave? If there is an awakened person, let’s only enslave that young one.

Eunji and Harin, who received my glance, prepared for battle.

Harin took off her heavy bag and squeezed the monkey wrench, while Eunji held her hammer in each hand.

The moment the battle preparations were finished, the leader of the gang came inside without fear.

“Yeah. There was a sailor Oh, you have two women?”

The kid who crawled into the hardware store was a guy I knew.

One of the cubs standing guard in front of the mart. That guy has a gun. We must catch up quickly!

“Al-Raqum”

The moment I cast the spell, he let go of the metal pipe he was holding in his right hand and plunged his hand into his bosom.

Because he wants to use his skill, he must be taking out a pistol he captured from the police station and shooting it.

Maybe when he came this far, he was only carrying an iron pipe to kill zombies, but if it sounds strange, you should have taken out a gun first, idiot.

“Oh, no!”

“Rruhe.”

The pistol was belatedly clutched in his hand. I’ve already finished the prostitution.

Pooh!!!

A purple magic circle emerged, and five tentacles stretched out in an instant, entangling the man’s head, arms, and legs.

“Oops!!! Ugh!!!”

“What, what!!! What is this!!! Older brother!”

Eunji and Harin rushed at the two who came after them.

“Huh!”

Harin, who ran out, swung the monkey wrench with all his might, and Eun-ji swung the hammer at the other guy’s face one after another, crushing his nose bone and destroying the clown…

“Fuck!!!”

The two men, who were watching at the entrance, hurriedly got on the motorcycle they had been riding and tried to escape, but Harin, who had learned how to sling a stone, threw objects at them and hit them.

“Keep it off!!!”

“Ugh… Fuck..!”

In an instant, five guys were subdued. Two of them died instantly.

The youngster whose head was hollowed out by being hit by Harin with a monkey wrench, and the youngster who was hammered by Eunji died on the spot.

“Whoa. Let’s see. Harin-ah, bring the two guys outside.”

“Yes. Master.”

I pulled the captive with tentacles toward me. When he tightened his tentacles as if they were going to explode at any moment, the guy who was about to do something sloppy opened his eyes wide and screamed.

“Oops!!! Whoops!!!”

“Why. You thought all you had was a gun? Then you should have put the gun first.”

“Oops… Oops…”

“Eunji, give me an awl.”

“Yes.. Oppa, here.”

“Good.”

He opened his mouth slightly.

“This. You fucking bastards… You guys, my older brother… Kwaaaaa!!!!

I stuck an awl into the thigh of the guy who was trying to say something useless. I’m busy, but what’s up with you? Now, I have to look for Neg-hyung, and the only thing that comes back is an awl.

“Eunji, next.”

“Yes.”

Eunji handed over the awl as if nothing had happened. My actions may be scary, but I can’t help it. Even if you eat weakly, the only thing that comes back is betrayal and knife bread. This has been proven in countless games and movies.

“If you open your mouth before I talk to you, you will be followed.”

“Eup… Uhh… Yes..”

“Were there any Awoken among you? Those who came after you are dead, and those who looked out are still alive.”

“Me… Me! I wake up! Class Warrior! Warrior! Useful! Help me!”

[The opponent has succumbed to you.]

“Aren’t those two Awoken?”

“Yes! The rest of them tremble!”

“Okay. Harin. Kill Eunji and those two bastards.”

“…Yes.”

“I understand, master…”

“Ah, Eunji, before you go, poke an awl into his left thumb.”

“Yes.”

I’m sorry… It hurts too.

Eun-ji stabbed her gently so as not to hurt as much as possible, but she also did not feel pain just because she stabbed her gently.

I knelt down and placed my bleeding thumb on his greasy brow.

Chii profit!!

“Aww!!!”

Smoke rises and the slave’s brand is stamped on his soul.

[The player ‘Park Seong-oh’ has been enslaved.]

“Congratulations on becoming a slave. Park Seong-oh.”

I’m going to have to stir up the mart with this guy.

A good tile to use came rolling in.