Chapter 358 – 358. Spy From the North

After tying up the distraught high man with his tentacles, I examined his appearance.

‘The high-ranking dead… Actually, after taking the backward NPCs and putting them in the dead… Aren’t they playing a survival game…?’

It was safe to say that there was almost no explanation about the high-ranking officials in the update notice. It just said that the dead with human-level intellect would crawl out, so enjoy it in moderation and search for it.

So I thought that even an intelligent zombie with the strength of a field boss would crawl out, but in reality it was an NPC wearing the mask of a dead man who was incomparably stronger than a zombie cub.

To be honest, this is almost as strong as Killian or Dantae. To what extent is this, if you’re an Awakener around level 15 who grew up through a normal process, not an irregular one like me, you’re saying that even if 10 or more people attack you, you’ll be robbed and scoured.

Wouldn’t it be difficult for ordinary people who didn’t take sensory stats to respond promptly to his movements?

Yeah, this guy I’ve now captured was really damn fast. In addition, every time I used a skill, he found out like a ghost, and he avoided all of them with a probability of over 90%.

‘Maximum level of evasion.. He’s a real madman.. If I had been a bit slower.. Or this bastard was faster.. I might have been half dead too..’

Since each other’s speed was almost the same, I was able to catch it with this much damage, otherwise I was a little dangerous.

Of course, no matter what, I would have won without fail with Paimon, but I would have been more seriously injured. For example, an arm was blown off or something like that.

Anyway, since he’s captured, I’m going to drag him to the base and find out how to get him back to his sanity state like before.

‘This is enough to contemplate this guy, and from now on it’s a real problem…’

The problem is not different. If there are hundreds of these guys around… The problem is that humanity has no future.

‘If three or more of these guys gather together and attack me… My head and body will be separated…’

This is my honest impression right now.

The strongest Earthling on the current planet is none other than me. There is no doubt that this is a story approved by the gods at the court.

Therefore, I, who can be said to be the strongest human on earth, will be able to stop it if several monsters who have struggled for a while start roaming around and robbing survivors…?

‘Absolutely impossible…’

Unless it’s a large group of awakeners with the same level of strength as me, it’s almost certain that all normal awakeners will die.

In the first place, it would be better to see that these monstrous dead were sent up to the surface to filter out the gossip.

“Zerakiel. Are you listening?”

[Hmm.. Huh..?]

“No, I almost died… I was sleeping…?”

[What?

“Ah, no..! If I’m as loose as you are, I really fall behind..”

[Hmm.. Is that so.. So? Why did you call me?]

“Ah, well… I have a question.”

[Inquiry.?]

“Yes. That… It’s nothing…”

It is virtually impossible to get information about her from her original self. That’s why I didn’t ask Zerakiel any in-depth questions.

The other time, when I asked something, he said that if he answered the question, he would be penalized, so he refrained from asking questions even more.

However, since this is an ‘inquiry’ about a direct update, I wonder if it will be okay. Yes, it is an inquiry, not a simple question. It can be seen that she wore her hair slightly.

At this, Zerakiel smiled and asked Ernie to tell us what he was asking.

“Um, high-ranking people like this guy… How many are coming up here? It’s not in the notice. I am not missing information. I have to tell you this. Right?”

[Hmm.. Is that so…? Hehe… Let’s see… Um. I think I can tell you this much.]

“Oh oh..!”

[Huh.. Looking at it, I think about 25 high-dead people will come up every week.]

“Yes? 25 people a week…?”

[Huh. According to the setting, there are about 100 people per month. If you divide it into 4 weeks, you get about 25 people a week. For reference, it is forbidden to disclose who is coming up, where they are coming from, the summoning location, or the characteristics of individual dead. Therefore, what I can tell you is that during the week, about 25 high-ranking officials are summoned at any time in an unspecified place.]

“Wow.. Yep. Thank you, Zerakiel.”

[Whoops… Since I consulted with a kind customer… Massage 1 hour later…]

“Yes..”

Information obtained under the condition of giving Zerakiel a massage for an hour.

I couldn’t get any more advanced information, but where is this? I can say that Zerakiel’s value is very high because he easily obtained information that idiots like me who are not monitored by the operator could not have known.

This is also why you should be friendly with bureaucrats.

‘Hmm.. Twenty-five people a week.. There may be more or less.

First of all, 25 high-ranking dead people come up randomly during the week. It also seemed to be summoned to an unspecified location.

This means that from the first day of the update, I ran into a high man who, by luck or bad luck, there are only 25 people in the world.

‘If the High Dead is summoned in the middle of our stronghold, it means that hundreds of slaves will die that day…’

Even from this week, 25 people will come up steadily. It meant that if it was not dealt with quickly, the high-ranking officials could be pushed like shit, build a group among themselves, and hunt the living more systematically.

This really got a little tricky. Difficulty broke through what Earth’s atmosphere.

‘This actually… Means that the survivors must unconditionally form a group to oppose the high-ranking dead…’

Moreover, it meant that those who still hadn’t caught a field boss and hadn’t passed level 15 should just die.

From now on, the minimum survival level is 20. You must be level 20 to be able to face the High Dead, and a fight with the High Dead will be established only when more than 10 ordinary level 20 people gather.

That’s crazy The mind goes blank. I feel endless malice. The operators are crazy. It openly entered the Goro City of mankind.

“Whoa…”

[Master… For now, taking the rest of them… Moving quickly… Judging from the master’s endless power of misfortune… There could be all the high-ranking people in this land.]

“That’s right.. A high-dead wave… Just imagining it makes my brain tremble.. Haa.. Shit…”

Looking back at my apocalypse life, which did not go smoothly as Paimon said, I must quickly return to the base and prepare. Surely something will happen.

Yeah, I can’t just skip it Even words become seeds, as you just muttered, on the day when the coordinates are stamped at Hyoseon Girls’ High School and high-ranking officials come in droves… You may have to abandon the base.

If strong people like Hilde and Mer battle the High Dead at the base, the whole area could be devastated.

‘Suddenly I feel impatient…’

First of all, I checked if the signal was working, and then I left a notice as a guild message through the guild manager, Yu Hye-ji.

Roughly, the high-dead people are Killian, Dan-tae, or the dead NPCs of that level, and general Awakeners are impossible to fight, so if you find a strange dead, you must run away unconditionally and save yourself.

He also posted all the information he had heard from Zerakiel. Now this information will be delivered to the US East Camp.

Please note that this information should be shared as quickly as possible.

Because rapid information sharing and collective intelligence are among the greatest strengths of humans.

‘I’ve dealt with this roughly… There’s Hilde and Mer at the base, so there won’t be any random robbing…’

Now, you can enslave the two captured survivors yourself, buy items from the merchant, and go back quickly.

Since he is a merchant, he probably has information about the Catacombs.

Once you receive a catacombs request from a merchant, one from Ayla, a jeweler, a drug dealer, a slave dealer, Killian, who became a temporary poacher, and a peddler who will soon come, a total of 18 people can enter and exit together.

It’s possible because all merchant NPCs said they would divulge information about the rumors.

Of course, if you take out that many combatants, the base will be dangerous because of the high-ranking people or the people from the pantheon who may come looking for an opportunity, so you should take them to the catacombs.

First of all, I approached the two survivors who were being chewed by the wolves Harin called.

“Master, I did a good job!”

“Okay. Harin did a good job.”

After stroking Harin’s head and prickly ears, Harin, who was becoming a full-fledged puppy, thanked the wolves he had summoned and dismissed the summons.

Then, the two wolves, who were chewing on the survivors like chewing gum, spit out the two survivors who were half-swallowed in their mouths and returned to their territory.

“Aww…”

“S-Please help me… Please… Help me…”

The two Awoken, covered in wolf saliva, crawled on the floor and begged for their lives. Both seem to have completely lost their will to fight.

Well, the wolves the size of vans chewed up and spit it out, so it’s worth going out of your mind.

I’m going to have to push this a little harder and get my soul out of it completely. I don’t have time to torture you, so I’m going to take my mind off it and stamp it as a slave.

“Hey!! What are you guys Why are these fucking North Koreans in Seoul now? Uh? This is Korea!!! These puppies!!! Where do things without passports creep in!!! Don’t you know it’s not unified yet!? You guys are spies!! That’s right spy!!! Report me!! Uh!!”

I kicked the fallen guys and yelled at them.

How dare spies roam around Seoul when unification has not yet happened? This is unacceptable

“Ah, no, wait..!! Ughhhhh!!!!”

“Ooh, we’re not spies…! Kuheo.!!!”

“Are you not a spy? Then what is it? Why did you come down You guys came down to play Survivor Ginpai right now, right? That’s right.”

When I kindly asked why I had come all the way, the two of them looked into each other’s eyes for a moment and then confessed their reason for rushing down to South Korea.

“That, that’s what it is!! The North had no choice but to come down because there was no food..!”

“I came because the land of South Korea is richer!!”

“Yeah, that’s right!! My wife and children are starving at home..”

“Is your wife and children starving? Then you’re going to hunt around Panmunjom in moderation, so why don’t you come all the way down to Seoul? Do you guys have a plan? That’s fucking suspicious, you fucking spies. I don’t believe in espionage.”

“Then why do you ask…”

I pulled out my sword and pushed it toward the South Korean operatives who were trying to argue.

I’m not such an idiot as to believe the words of a cub I met for the first time today.

And I don’t believe anything the non-slaves say. Truth always accompanies pain.

You can’t trust the words of others unless you make them slaves and order them to pour out their hearts.

“Now then, who do you want to surrender first? Those who quickly swear allegiance to me won’t look bad. And to the one who succumbs first, he prepares a delicacy with meat side dishes. A pup who succumbs late is infinite torture without 26 hours of sleep.”

“This, this…”

“Are you crazy…”

The two North Korean spies looked at each other and then shouted almost simultaneously.

“Submit!!!” “I surrender!!!”

“Hey!!! Ryu Yi-sam!!! Don’t follow my words!!!”

“What are you saying!!! Comrade Lee Chae-wook!!! I said surrender first!”

“Ugh..!! Look at this!! Ryu Yi-sam!!! Why abandon allegiance to the motherland!!! Keep your integrity to the end and die!!!”

“OMG!! Take it away!!! What has my country done for me!! And I didn’t give in first!!!”

At last, the two North Korean spies started to hit each other’s faces as best they could while lying face down on the floor.

He reacts extremely violently to the sound of torture. Have you ever been tortured in North Korea? I don’t know, but it didn’t seem like these two guys came down simply to get food.

“Comrade pagans!!! Please save me!! I have a new wife and a wife and children!!!”

“Aww!!! Me too!!! My little girl is now six years old!!! If you save me, I will be loyal to you!!!”

“Huh…”

In the end, the two of them succumbed to me after beating each other.

They gave in almost simultaneously, so I decided to give them a ‘joint second place’ spot. Where did the number 1 go? First of all, there is no 1st place. Because this was a game with no winners from the start.

‘The Mangwijeon class… It’s perfect..’

These are sacrifices for the awakening of the Dark Wheel, but we cannot just release them peacefully. These two will be turned into women and dedicated to the Dark Wheel. It’s a wife and child, a nabal, and it’s something that doesn’t know me.

Maybe their children will get another mother… But that’s not my business.

“Okay, I got all the stigmas… So, what are you guys really coming all the way to? You want to kill me? What did you do at Manguijeon? Seeing that you guys have animal ears… It looks like they’re connected to the world tree. Right?”

“Ugh.. That’s right..”

“Even though I didn’t want to… I had no choice but to feed my offspring…”

“Hmm.. Is it? Then tell me what the situation in North Korea is like now.”

It occurred to me that something might have settled in the north that I hadn’t been paying attention to.

So when I asked the two, I was able to hear a rather shocking story.

“Huh… You bastard world tree…”

There is already a new government in the North. It is said that the people of North Korea gathered under the name of the world tree and created the new Workers’ Party…

How do you feel when you hear this? There was no hope, so I gave up my hands and came down to South Korea.

“Because the cubs of Mangwijeon feed well.. They all swore an oath of loyalty..?”

“Yes.. A government that gives food well is a good government..”

“Her…”

I’m already having a headache because of the high-ranking dead, but I think it’ll be a bit busy if the Mangwijeon faction is established in the North.

‘I have to rob all of Gangneung, Busan, and Gwangju before being robbed by the high-ranking dead.. And there are players from the Mangwijeon camp all over North Korea…?’

Real slaves never run dry. To the point where I felt like I was being made a slave.

“For now, both of you follow me.”

“Yes…”

“I-over there…”

“What.”

“That… Torture…”

“For now, put it on hold. Shut up and follow me If you say more, the torture will be extended for three days.”

“Hee-ik…!”

“Muh, a scary South Korean comrade…”

Afterwards, I approached a peddler who was sitting in a corner of a half-collapsed department store.