Chapter 10 – Show of Arms (1)

Show of force (1)

Lower – lower –

Excited breath continues to come out of your mouth.

Following the first day of the zombie apocalypse, where I attempted a reckless escape, I was out of breath for quite some time.

“… Close it.”
“Yep!”

The sound of the iron door closing was heard while I was sitting down on the roof floor, catching my breath.

I stared alternately at Koh Goh, who ran quickly to close the iron door, and at the zombie corpses scattered on the floor.

A change in mindset changes quite a few things.

A typical example was the change of daily routine from a search for survivors with a focus on safety to a continuous zombie hunt to collect only points.

[Strength: 14 -〉 15]

[Remaining points: 5 -〉 0]

Thanks to that, the strength stat of a teenager who was extorting 5 points has already passed the midpoint.

Tring-!

[Strength: 15] [Agility: 10] [Intelligence: 1] [Scepter: 2]

The stat points that have been changed to the level of the beginning.

Among the solid stats that were full just by looking at it, the only stat that stopped at the beginning stood out.

[Intelligence: 1]

It was a stat I had no intention of raising in the future.

I slowly got up and grabbed the leg of one of the strewn zombie corpses.

A zombie corpse that gently swings its arm and flies into the pile of zombies.

Any physical activity that involves muscle strength.

In particular, the influence of the strength stat is absolute when it comes to killing zombies.

Now I feel desperately that the higher the strength stat, the easier it becomes when dealing with zombies.

There was absolutely no reason for me to give up the strength stat.

Plus agile.

As long as I don’t have a gun or a ranged weapon, melee combat is a must to kill zombies.

Seizing the opportunity for a preemptive strike during that melee was not an option, but a necessity.

Fights are always won by leaps and bounds.

The agility stat, which had an absolute influence on the first bread, was also a stat that had no reason to give up.

In this way, as long as you have already invested in strength and agility, which can be collectively referred to as physical stats—

I couldn’t afford to invest even a stat called intelligence, which at first glance looked like a mental stat.

Choice and focus.

I had already made the decision to go all-in on my physical stats before becoming a so-called ‘japkae’.

Especially now that I found out that the kind of ‘mana’ required to cast a skill called ‘kingdom’ is not intelligence, but a separate stat.

“… So what do you say?”

Took-!

A dry question thrown by throwing a zombie corpse into a pile of corpses.

It was an out of the blue question without a word to refer to, but the person being asked understood it perfectly.

“I am confused about what to vote for. They said they were divided into those who said they had to go outside to find food and those who wanted to wait for the rescue team even though it was dangerous.”
“Cute.”

How can you vote even at a moment like this?

Indeed, they were like democratic citizens who were born and raised in democracy.

“So what was the voting result?”
“There are still more people who want to wait for the rescue team, but I don’t know. The student council said they would vote again tomorrow.”

Took-!

I tossed the last corpse into the pile of corpses and lightly brushed my hands.

Looking at Goh Goh, who was holding on with his back leaning against the iron gate, he let out a small smile.

Koh Goh-hoon hurriedly ran to me at the gesture to come closer.

“The student council doesn’t seem to like the voting results very much?”
“I think it is because there is not enough food. In the first place, the only thing to eat on the way is the canteen in the basement.”

Well, in the first place, library and food are very distant words.

The only place you can be 100% sure that there will be food there is the canteen in the basement of the Central Library.

“Did you say club juniors?”

Koh Ji-hoon nodded as we reconfirmed the existence that brings us honey-like information.

“Yes. I am a junior in the chess club. Because that bastard is the High Queens bone marrow-“
“You’re not blatantly asking questions, are you?”
“Ay~”

Koh Goh-hoon gives me a mischievous smile as I interrupt the small talk and ask for sure.

“You don’t have to worry. Because that bastard has a very~ similar personality to mine.”

Gojanghun made a duck snout with his right hand and waved it loudly in front of his mouth.

“He’s the kind of person who likes to talk about me, I mean, hehe—”

Well then, you don’t have to worry.

I nodded and moved to the back of the roof.

It is the exact opposite position from observing the zombies that are always overflowing in front of the main gate of the College of Humanities.

I slowly looked up at the large-looking library, a little further behind the College of Humanities.

A modern design that no matter who sees it, you can brag to the neighbors saying, “We spent some money here.”

In other words, rather than being practical, I paid attention to the 6-story building, which seems to have put effort into architectural beauty.

“Here it is.”

Koh Goh, who hurriedly followed me, handed me black binoculars.

It was very useful at a moment like this as it was taken carelessly from their philosophy and department during the course search.

The panoramic view of the library illuminated through the binocular lenses.

Among them, I watched the zombies wandering around the library like ants, and the second floor, where all the blinds were drooping.

“I thought they were gathered on the second floor, right?”
“Yes, they said they were gathered in the humanities library.”

… Middle 2nd floor.

How do I go in there so that rumors that I entered safely and quickly…

Also, I had no intention of hijacking a vehicle and putting on a self-destruct show or simply breaking through the center.

The guys on the second floor of that library right now are literally hedgehogs.

If something tries to enter from the outside, whether it’s a human or a zombie, the whole body will be rolled up and erected from the thorns.

I put on my binoculars and looked at the smoking area on the right side of the library.

There are zombie corpses strewn about a little dirtier than the rooftop of the College of Humanities where we are now.

If you pull your binoculars up just a little bit along the seemingly abandoned zombie corpses—

“… Second floor.”

A second-floor window that is believed to have thrown out a zombie corpse enters.

A second-floor window open at an angle and a ladder abandoned in the corner of the smoking area.

Charrrr!

As soon as I see a ladder that seems to have been abandoned while landscaping a tree, the sound of a pruner lingers in my ears.

That crazy old man, whose face I couldn’t even remember now, stopped me while I was doing the landscaping.

I took my eyes off my binoculars and carefully scanned the distance from the College of Humanities to the library.

Get down to the back of the College of Humanities with the emergency escape rope that you have been working hard on so far.

And breaking through the small forest road that is both an uphill road and a walking path–

Arrive at the library smoking area located next to the Teachers’ College.

Enter through the open second-floor window through the abandoned ladder over there and encounter the survivors on the second floor…

The more I run the simulation in my head, the more holes in the sloppy plan.

However, I couldn’t think of a plan to quickly and stealthily enter the second floor of the library.

How much stats do I have to earn here to arrive safely?

There didn’t seem to be enough time to relax like that.

According to Goh Jang-hun, the situation where voting for food search is repeated—

Besides, it was a sign that the student council, which held the initiative, was in favor of the food search.

They’ll be looking for food soon, and you never know when that group of survivors will collapse.

Even if you get bitten by just one of them during the search, the contagion will be instantaneous.

“… Er— Mr. World.”

A small voice that I hear while calmly continuing my worries.

When he turned his head and made eye contact with Koh Hoon, Koh Hoon opened his mouth with an awkward smile.

“The reason you even want to go to the library is that- is it related to your ability?”
“…”

Without answering the cautious question, he stared into Goh Goh’s eyes.

Koh Goh-hoon, who is trembling violently but does not avoid his eyes.

It was like an unspoken promise to hear the answer.

Well, the time with Koh Goh-hun is short, if only short-

Quite a lot happened in that short amount of time.

In particular, it was a kind of assistant who was closest to my test on the status window–

Of course, you must have intuited that I am a little different from the average human.

Anyway, the more you take the stats, the more you realize it like an awl in your pocket.

I had no intention of hiding it, so I nodded my head in affirmation.

Koh Ji-hoon nodded in my affirmation and bit his lip.

“… It is difficult.”

It was a low tone that was quite unfamiliar to Goh, who maintained a fairly bright tone.

Goh Goh, who was watching the library with me, smiled bitterly.

“The more and more time passes, the more likely it is that I will become a burden.”

Wow!

Zombie corpses piled up like a small hill in the corner of the rooftop and a bunch of zombies on the ground.

Koh Goh, who was staring at the library a little far away past them, whispered as if muttering.

“Even if I think about it, taking me with you isn’t going to be that efficient.”

Just as I judged Goh Koh to be smart and not a bastard who would stay in an inn anywhere—

Goh Koh also seemed to have made his own judgment about what kind of person I am.

In particular, Koh Goh-hun must have thought more carefully because he had to please me.

However, I was a bit surprised in a different sense than that.

It was more surprising that Goh Goh, who looked so quick-witted and clever, was making weak noises.

No matter what, I am a college student after all.

Even the guys who seemed special were all immature guys who hadn’t fully matured.

I don’t know since when I reminded you of that fact, but a small smile lingered on my lips.

Rather, it was a very good factor for me.

“Who said that?”
“… Yes?”

He smiled softly at Koh Goh-hun, who let go of stupid questions.

Hometown Hoon freezes his body in surprise at my sudden shoulder strap.

I didn’t feel too good doing light skinship with a man who wasn’t a woman, but-

Apart from that, right now, this moment was so much fun.

It’s a unique feeling that I can’t find words to describe other than it’s fun.

He smiled as he desperately felt the omnipotent feeling that he was sitting on top of Goh Goh’s head.

“Carrying you around is efficient for me, eunuch.”
“…”

My smiling face is projected in his trembling pupils.
I laughed softer and whispered softly.

“You want to live just like now, don’t you?”

Cheap, eat, sleep like a human without worrying about zombies

In this fucking reality, I’m at least human.

“Is not it?”

Koh Goh-hoon nodded quietly at the soft question.

I tapped him on the shoulder and continued talking.

“Then do as you are now.”

Just like now

“Okay?”
“… Yep.”

Koh Goh-hoon nodded vigorously as if he understood clearly.

Tring-!

A new message is updated on his face.

[The positive factor in Go Jang-hun’s obedience factor is updated.]

[Factors: ‘strong’ trust in the leader, ‘strong’ fear of violence.]

[Ko Jang-hoon ‘strongly’ and ‘obeys’ you.]

[Scepter: 2 -〉 4]

The message window changed from weak trust in the experienced to strong trust in the leader.

Goh Goh, who now obeys me more strongly, and the increased kingship.

It was an achievement achieved in a few short conversations.

It is clearly felt that it becomes more and more mastery and natural.

To dominate someone, to dominate someone—

Koh Goh Hoon-

And-

I smiled while looking at the central library and tapped Goh Jang-hun on the shoulder.

I walked back to the iron door on the roof and took out the iron pipe I had put in my inventory.

“Open the door.”
“… Yep!”

I flicked the iron pipe while watching Goh Goh, who hurriedly overtook me and ran to the iron gate on the roof.

After several days, the smell of rotting corpses already vibrates throughout the rooftop area.

Burn the corpse, or solve it, but—

It didn’t have to be.

Tomorrow.

Whatever happens tomorrow, enter the library.