Chapter 48 – Plunder (7)

Loot (7)

… Her.

A short breath that automatically pops out after perusing the status window message.

I narrowed my eyes and scratched my forehead slightly.

It was the same as when choosing the specialization of ‘Deductive Dominance’.

There was no clear answer.

The two forking roads, where the pros and cons were so clear, only forced me to make a choice.

Tring-!

[Intelligence: 1]

I quietly stared at the only item that hadn’t changed since I first recognized the status window.

Even when I look at my stats, which are still at ‘1’, I do not regret my decision at that time.

No, I’m sure I’m not wrong even at this moment.

The beginning of hell where crazy corpses called zombies cover the university.

Placed in the midst of cannibalistic monsters, all I needed was to push my physical limits.

Running away from zombies running like crazy.

To kill the grotesquely attacking zombies.

The first start where actions, not thoughts, were more important than anything else.

Kkeudeuk-!

But now that I can kill zombies with my bare fists, it was strange that I didn’t have to worry.

It was because, thanks to the gradually increasing demand for physical stat points, there was more room than room.

The reason why I didn’t invest in the intelligence stat even in those moments of agony is–

To be very honest, I haven’t felt the need to shoot intelligence until now.

There was no problem in taking over the library camp even if the growth plan that was set in the beginning was carried out.

However, when I think about expanding my area step by step beyond the teacher’s college, my thoughts change a little.

Knowing that there are so many ‘unknowns’ that I have yet to encounter, I must definitely solve the unknowns that I can solve now.

Didn’t you have the experience of almost losing Cha Seol-hee because of your lack of imagination?

Such a very careful choice of crossroads must be made after tapping the stone bridge.

Tring-!

[Intelligence: 2]

The first intelligence you gained by spending some of your remaining points.

I quietly closed my eyes and waited for the aftermath of my intelligence increase.

“…”

The understanding that it is speed that I felt after taking Agility, the first stat I raised.

The increase in the destructive power of the body itself, which was naturally felt from the raised strength stat.

And what I felt after taking intelligence was-

Ugh-!

I silently looked down at the brilliant golden light that wrapped around my hand again.

A subtle sense that can be known because he is the owner of the ‘royal authority’ that moves naturally like a third hand.

I definitely understood the advantage of the intelligence stat by seeing the kingship shining brighter than before.

‘… Increased efficiency of abilities.’

It didn’t seem like it made the brain itself smarter, but it was a pretty important factor to neglect like a barley sack sewn together.

“… Fuck—if it makes the head smart, I should have taken it a long time ago—”

Even if that wasn’t the case, it was also true that the confirmation of the use of the ‘Intelligence’ stat was too late.

I probably would have invested points into the Intelligence stat much later than this if my specialization hadn’t forced me to make this choice.

Took-!

Annoyed, he picked up the metal pipe again and tapped her on the thigh.

Just because you didn’t need it before, doesn’t mean you won’t need it in the future.

There must be a very clear moment when the efficiency or output of a skill acts as a critical factor in a battle with a being like me.

But-

Even so, the separation between primary and secondary stats should be very clear.

I had already decided a long time ago, and it was a more stupid decision to suddenly change the direction of combat and growth that I was becoming so skilled at.

Tring-!

[Intelligence: 2 -〉 10]

[Remaining points: 9 -〉 1]

[You have selected ‘Shut up and drink’ as the specialization of the tyrant’s skill ‘vulgar dignity’.]

[Crude Dignity Lv.5]
[You are too shallow to be a king.]

[The bonus stat sum of (sceptre × 0.2) is applied to physical stats]
[Everyone watching your actions will feel unpredictable fear and intimidation.]

[Applying Specialization: Shut Up and Drink (Always Hide)]

After choosing a specialization, the body’s latent power bursts out explosively.

In an instant, I lazily closed my eyes at the vitality that stirred my body more actively.

Tring-!

[Strength: 51(30+21)] [Agility: 51(30+21)] [Intelligence: 10] [Scepter: 105]

A physical stat that exceeded ‘100’ in total at once.

When I first came out of the College of Humanities while taking agility stats, I smiled at my status window, which was unimaginable.

Even at this moment, if there is a little dissatisfaction, it is that the multiplier increased by only 0.1, including the selection of specialization, even though I raised it to level 5 at once by spending a large amount of 100 points.

Instead, there was a description of a new skill that said it gave a sense of fear or intimidation, but that was it, and this was this.

Well, at a rough estimate, it seems to be an adjustment considering the stats that literally increase explosively every time the multiplier increases by 0.1—

It made me feel very uncomfortable and twisted, but I didn’t think they would change it even if I said damn to change it.

In addition, the 0.1 multiplier increased to 0.2, and he already obtained a total of 40 bonus stats.

Even with the library at Banseokdae and a camper of about 30 people.

I carefully recalled the countless survivors who would still remain within the Rock and the territory of the university that I had not yet acquired.

The rise of the royal authority had just begun, and the stat pumping to receive that bonus had also begun.

The only thing left is for the growth graph, which has already reached its peak, to achieve a more rapid rise.

“… Nice.”

I left the lecture hall with a very satisfied head.

Tong-! Tong-! Tong-!

The crystal clear resonance of my metal pipe that continues to scream zombies.

Thanks to his already explosively growing physical stats, he didn’t need the help of tools anymore, but he didn’t want to just throw away the blunt weapon he was accustomed to.

Like that, the 2nd and 3rd floors of the new building, including the bathroom.

The impression I got from inspecting every nook and cranny of the new building is that the new building at the College of Education is like a building built to publicize, “Our College of Education is such a great place.”

I swung lightly across the fourth floor, which itself was a huge lounge, and looked up at the last remaining unidentified area.

“… Oh.”

The thick gray iron gate on the roof that feels quite friendly to me.

The rooftop of the new building greeted me with a distinctly different impression from the rooftop doors I had seen so far.

Unlike other iron gates, the rooftop door of the new building was wide open, and there were long bloodstains below it.

Kiik-

I grabbed the open iron door once more and grasped the panoramic view of the rooftop.

As a new building, the rooftop with a terrace structure feels a kind of high-class beauty.

I frowned as I looked at the traces of people overflowing all over the terrace.

Swarms of flies swarming around on something blackened.

“… Fuck-.”

In the midst of turning his head at the filthy scene that made thick swear words come out-

“Kieh!”

The zombies on the rooftop started to attack me all at once.

I narrowed my eyes slightly as I inspected the messy discarded tools and bloodstains around the spot where they were wandering around, saying, ‘Kie-ee-‘.

A wide open roof door and wild bloodstains all around it.

And zombies wandering around in a corner.

Pooh-!

The zombies dying in my iron pipe now are the survivors who could not stand the hunger or wait.

Holders of reckless endings who chose to fight and were infected by it.

“… Her!”

Pooh-!

I slap the head of the last zombie and let out an unbearable laugh.

Tring-!

[You have secured a territory whose threat level has decreased below a certain level.]

[Your new territory: Banseok University College of Education]

[Kingdom: 105 -〉 130]

Ascended kingship and territorial recognition of the system.

However, I was just quietly swinging at the rooftop strewn with corpses.

The three rooftops I’ve seen so far.

And their different endings.

Wheein-!

I walked slowly through the wind and looked down at the railing on the other side of the railing where the zombies had gathered.

You can see the top of the heads of the camp members who regularly line up and carry items from the convenience store to the library.

Looking alternately at the rooftop of the library, which was never open, and the rooftop of the newly opened building, naturally, the rooftop of the College of Humanities came to mind.

My first hiding place and the beginning of everything.

There, he used Gwajam as an obstacle to catch fallen zombies and met Goh Koh.

In addition, even the food in the canteen, which had been piled up quite generously.

“… Ah.”

I let out a shallow exclamation only after the flashback continued to that point.

Whii-i-i-!

The clear wind from the rooftop blowing my bangs with my head slightly poked out and the distance from the ground that seemed quite high.

However, the help of tools was no longer needed.

I jumped over the railing on the roof with a light leap.

The empty space that does not support my feet and the feeling of floating that terrifies the back of my neck for a while.

Wedge love liquid-!

But I continued my fall, staring down without any worries.

The floor came closer and closer to sight, and then—

Whoa!

The floor cracked like a thin cobweb along with thick dust.

“Aww!”

A grotesque shout came from looking down at the bridge, which had fallen from the height of the 4th floor and was perfectly fine.

When I turned my head toward the main entrance of the Shinto shrine, I saw local Hun throwing down the notebook he was holding in his hand and hitting him on the butt.

“And, and, and, the director—?!”

The hometown Hoon, who stomped on his butt uglyly, was abusive.

I looked at Goh Jang-hoon, whose eyes were about to pop out, and the camp members who came out of the convenience store after noticing the commotion.

Koh Goh-hun, who was looking at the campers hurrying to gather in one place, suddenly started to clap.

Pair- pair- pair- pair-

“10, 10 points… 10 points.”
“…”

I naturally frowned at the guy’s joke that I couldn’t understand the context of.

Koh Goh-hun, who becomes a hapjuki faster than anyone else with my expression.

I continued talking to Goh Goh, chining in the direction of the College of Humanities beyond the new building.

“I’ll bring the food I left behind at the College of Humanities.”
“… Ah!”

As soon as I finished my words, his face exclaimed with clear eyes.

Farming for vehicles ordered by convenience stores and farming at new convenience stores.

Perhaps the work of extensively updating the food list will follow, but then it would be more efficient to bring the food that was left in the liberal arts college.

In addition, no matter how much it was stored in the shade of the rooftop as much as possible, it was also the time when the storage method would become unstable.

At that time, I couldn’t think deeply, so I left it around and left the hill of corpses, which bothered me.

“Hehe, don’t worry. I will finish this place wildly.”

As always, he nodded and turned around at Koh Goh’s boastful words.

Well, it didn’t take that long, and if it was Goh Goh, he would finish the job on his own.

Took-!

I can clearly feel the air resistance that hits my face very hard against the footsteps lightly pushing the floor.

I pressed down the noise as much as I could and began to break through the forest path that I had quietly advanced on.

Wow!

A zombie corpse with advanced decay caught my eye.

The memory of ambush the zombie standing in front of the tree was clear in my head.

Wedge love liquid-!

I was running through the forest road very determinedly with agility that was on a different level than at that time.

The forest road between the College of Humanities and College of Education, which naturally ends in less than a minute.

From the parking lot wall where I reached out to Goh Jang-hoon and pulled him up, I glanced at the exterior of the College of Humanities for the first time in a long time.

The appearance hasn’t changed much since then, but the eyebrows start to wriggle without even realizing it.

Sniff-!

The five senses, which have become extremely sensitive, smell subtle smells.

A smoky burnt smell and a savory smell that strangely lingered at the tip of the nose.

In addition, my narrowed eyes found the only piece that changed in the College of Humanities, like finding the wrong picture.

The clothes rope that safely carried me and Koh Koh to the ground was gone.

“…”

I looked up at the rooftop of the College of Humanities, straining my naturally relaxed body.

The long clothes rope that reached the ground broke in the middle and was fluttering in the wind.

A clear black mark on the broken end of the rope.

I took a small breath and bent my knees a little deeply.

Pad-!

A body that protrudes like an afterimage and a foot that first steps on the outer wall of the College of Humanities.

Took-! Took-! Took-! Took-!

I climbed the outer wall as naturally as I climbed the stairs.

After four steps, the two feet landed on the roof railing.

I quickly ran across the roof without even breathing.

After going up to the rooftop, the strong smell of burnt smoke.

In the place where the small corpse mound used to be, there were things left black like ashes and white human bones.

Above all, chairs and tables with food.

Only an absurdly small amount of food was kept there.

And the snack bags left carelessly on the rooftop.

I quietly swung the whole scene.

“…”

Very quietly for a long time.