Chapter 93 – A Clash of Fate (3)
Clash of Destiny (3)
It is a sight that still evokes innate disgust.
I frowned at the zombie wave in the center from the rooftop of the Social Sciences University.
A long line united by the successive explosions of the variant ‘balloon’.
A collection of countless black dots that even evoke the optical illusion that they are wriggling like earthworms when viewed from a distance.
Kieheh-
I furrowed my brows more deeply at the vaguely audible screams of the men from a fairly far distance.
However, this time it wasn’t a grimace of disgust.
The zombies that had been scattered all over the university gathered together in such a gruesome way that the occupation of the university gained momentum.
On the contrary, because they were united like that, the occupation of the South became much easier.
And that point came to me as a grievance that I couldn’t easily get over.
The floor of the humanities college, starting with a canteen on the rooftop where it was difficult to catch a single zombie.
From the six-story library, the colleges around it and the south side of the university.
In a way, it was a very natural growth and expansion, but somehow it continued—
I couldn’t shake the thought that something was guiding me in that direction.
I recalled the updated messages when I completely occupied the library and when I killed the pretender called the Dark Army.
Have more people, more territory, more troops.
And-
Currently, there are a total of two pretenders remaining at Banseok University.
… Competition or war.
Something was very openly leading to a clash with another pretender.
So if you expand your territory like this, it’s very natural-
Pole- pole-
“…”
Rough scratching that suddenly interrupts calm thoughts.
I quietly turned my head and looked at Jang Deok-gu, who was standing next to me.
A stupid face with a blue swollen forehead and a dirty hand scratching his pants like a habit.
Took-!
“Do you really want to take that off?”
“Uhehehehehehehehe!”
He shuddered and collapsed on the floor at the whispered words, wrapped around his shoulder.
Keek- keek- keek-
A gesture of coughing at a hurriedly hung sare with his eyes wide open enough to let his eyeballs come out.
“…”
The guy, who was hurriedly arranging his breathing, hurriedly struggled with his arms and legs at my eyes looking down at him without saying anything.
Jang Deok-gu desperately gets up again and wraps himself around my shoulder.
“Oh, no! I’m sorry, manager–!”
I quietly put my eyes on the guy’s face, which was stained blue like a bruise on my face.
After the already obedient guy forcibly watched me sorting out the dangerous mutants and zombies on the apple stand, he lowered himself into a more low-key position.
Took-! Took-!
Jang Deok-gu, who shakes as if electrified whenever he taps his shoulder.
“Are we here to play?”
“… Oh, no, the director—!”
“Looking at it from above, I brought it to see if it could find bugs better, and this kid is scratching his own pepper.”
“…”
“Why? Are you getting bored?”
Took-!
An iron pipe wrapped around the hand resting on his shoulder.
“…”
Deokgu Jang shook his head with cat-like eyes at the new lump of iron that was touching his shoulder.
Naturally, the atmosphere became more threatening and the face was much darker and crumpled.
Deok-gu Jang shook his head faster and faster to the extent that his cheeks trembled at the worsening situation.
… Tsk!
Rather, it was more damaging to see that bastard’s face.
I kicked the roof of my mouth and turned my head to the front again.
“Quickly put up some insect power or something and catch the queen bee to give you the antidote, you bastard.”
“… Uh- to raise my exclusive stats, it would be better to go to the grass rather than to a rooftop like this-“
“…”
“Hey, I’ll try my best, Director!”
Jang Deok-gu turns his head in fear at my eyes, which are gradually getting thinner.
I quietly stared at Jang Deok-gu, who turned his head around every second as if asking for recognition.
As he said, staying on the roof like this was not a very efficient method.
In the first place, this place was also for me, not him.
A place to constantly remind Jang Deok-gu of rank and fear.
Until this work was completed, Deokgu Jang was the subject of my very special care.
“…”
I still looked at Jang Deok-gu, who moved his head wildly, then stared at the zombie wave again.
In any case, once you finish occupying the Apple Hill, you will have secured all the major buildings on the south side.
If that happens, the next target will definitely be that zombie wave.
I can’t go over to the north side of the university without leaving that zombie wave unattended.
Tring-!
This time, the outside noise interrupts my thoughts.
However, this time it was the notification I had been waiting for.
A message updated after the Tribute of Obedience that earned 1 point.
[You have secured a territory whose threat level has decreased below a certain level.]
[Your New Territory: Banseok University College of Social Sciences]
[Kingdom: 305 -〉 330]
The system’s declaration that it had secured the last remaining college on the south side of the university.
A satisfied smile escaped from his lips as he felt the sense of accomplishment of reaching his goal.
Wooooo! Wooooo!
As if celebrating the complete occupation of the South, the sudden sound of a celebration cannon.
… But, quite understandably, it wasn’t a celebration.
“… Balloon.”
“… Yes?”
Eh eh eh!
The roar of the zombies immediately fills the void left by the loud roar.
Du-du-du-du-du-!
I narrowed my eyes at the foot clouds of zombies that started to ring the university in an instant.
The zombies that separated the South and North sides were being torn apart on both sides at once.
“And, Director, what is this now—”
“Shut up.”
I blocked Jang Deok-gu’s fuss in advance and continued to observe.
Doo doo doo doo!
The long line, crowded like a swarm of ants, disappears in an instant.
The grittiness that I recalled a moment ago tickled my throat again.
Wooooo!
After the zombies dismantled the barrier at the signal to gather elsewhere, a suspicious roar resounded shortly after.
This time it was north of the university, not west and east.
… Quaang-! Kwaaang-!
I continued to stare at the epicenter of the sound at the subtle roar that echoed in succession after the loud roar.
Thud-!
“Director-!”
Park Tae-ha rushes in, pushing back as if breaking the iron door on the roof.
I quietly pointed my finger at Park Tae-ha, who was breathing heavily with a reddened face.
“Go back to the library right now and gather all the kids.”
“… Yes!”
I nodded and stared at the seat next to Park Tae-ha, who hurriedly answered while swallowing dry saliva.
“…”
Rolling around with anxious eyes—Jang Deok-gu, who is preoccupied with keeping an eye on it.
I can’t leave this kid alone in this sudden situation yet.
Besides, it has some pretty important abilities, so it would be much safer to have it next to me.
“Keep your head down, Deokgu.”
“… Yes?”
“If you don’t want to be left behind, lower your head, bastard.”
A voice growling at a sudden change.
Jang Deok-gu, clearly feeling the unusual atmosphere, hurriedly lowered his head.
Chin-!
I grabbed Jang Deok-gu’s neck tightly and kept my sight in the north where the roaring sound was still pouring out.
Things were changing very suddenly, and the reason was probably-
It was highly likely to secure the College of Social Sciences, the last college in the South.
After that, the balloon’s rally signal and the roar of the northern side sounded.
These were the pieces of clues that must be grasped before figuring out the cause and effect of this.
Took-!
I was grabbed by the neck and jumped over the roof railing with the swinging Jangdeokgu.
Whee ae ae ae liquid-!
The Banseok Church and its surroundings where zombies disappeared after a long time.
Thud-!
“Khehe-! Kek-! Kek—!”
I lifted Jang Deok-gu, who was wriggling like a squid touched by fire in the aftermath of the landing.
Wedge love liquid-!
“Eupuuuuu-“
I ignored the groaning noise of Jang Deok-gu, who was speeding along the road, and moved his feet faster.
A space that used to be the dividing line between the south and the north that passed in an instant.
And the four-lane central road that followed.
Kihehehehehehe!
Bang-! Kwaaang-!
The more I went back down the road I had broken through with Cha Ha-yan on my back, the clearer I could hear the roars that had only been heard in the distance.
Took-!
An arts college in the north of the university that is getting closer and closer.
As the exterior of the building, still familiar to me, got closer, so did the origin of the sound.
“Kieh!”
With the zombies running on the road in front of the art college-
Kwaaang-! Quaang-!
Several vehicles knocking down the zombies.
I swung around at the half-destroyed cars and uprooted roadside trees that lined the road.
Zombies under a dented vehicle and blood slowly spreading on the road.
“Die-! Die, you zombie bastards!”
Also, the roar of humans against the zombies that vehicles and roadside trees could not catch.
Waaaaa
I grabbed my blood-soaked weapon and quickly scanned the survivors as they attacked the zombies.
Coo-! Whoa!
Large crowds I haven’t seen outdoors since my search party.
It appeared that the survivors were largely divided into two groups.
While looking at the survivors, who were somewhat left-leaning, a small sense of difference crossed my mind.
Among the survivors, foreigners of different races stand out.
A woman with a familiar face wielding a sword at the forefront of the foreigners.
Blonde hair fluttering in all directions at the sudden change of direction, and pure white skin that stands out with dark red blood.
My eyes widened spontaneously at the blue pupils that were only looking at the approaching zombies.
… Linnea.
Before she could even close her eyes, which had widened at the unexpected appearance of the High Queen, Linnae…
Kwaaaaang-!
A large vehicle that was rammed like a hammer by the zombies that were running towards her.
My gaze automatically turned to the right as the vehicle was blocking Rinnea.
───────.
The central road entered a lull after the last zombies rushed at Rinnea.
Took-!
The man on the right turned his head at the sound of footsteps that pierced the silence.
“Kkeuk- keuk- Cough- Cough-“
A loud reaction from Jang Deok-gu, who threw forward after landing.
The man’s gaze focused on Jang Deok-gu, who hurriedly grabbed the back of his neck and staggered around.
“… Deokgu Jang?”
A man floating in the air as if fixed in the middle of the sky.
The eyes of all the survivors who took a moment to catch their breath, starting with his brainstorm, gathered at Jang Deok-gu.
The survivors, startled by the sudden appearance of Jang Deok-gu, unite again.
A wealthy man at the head of them glared at Jang Deok-gu and slowly raised his hand.
“I wondered where he escaped, and in a place like this—”
“Keuk-!”
Iron Puduk-!
A rough hand pulling back Jang Deok-gu, who seemed to be the man’s target.
He stared at the man in the air, blocking Jang Deok-gu, who fell down ugly.
“…”
The man hesitantly raised his hand and met my gaze.
The leader of a group with quite a few combatants.
Aside from the fact that he is the holder of this ability that seems so destructive and exceptional—
Very occasionally, intuition comes that is far more accurate than reasoning.
The last remaining competitor at Banseok University.
“Yours. True name.”
He murmured in a small whisper as he gripped the metal pipe again.
The guy who looked down at me with his two calm eyes responded.
“… It’s you White is the kidnapper.”
As if he didn’t need my answer, he raised his hand again.
His hand twitched—and at the same time my knee lowered slightly for a leap.
Tring-!
At that moment, a light notification sound echoed in my brain.
[The last remaining pretenders in Banseok University met each other.]
[A collision of fate occurs.]
[The conditions necessary to unlock the War for the Throne have been met.]
[One. Incompatible fate holders will encounter each other.]
[2. Most of the contested areas will be under the influence of the pretenders.]
As I quickly scan through the long message, his eyes narrow at the same time.
[Fight for the Throne is unlocked by meeting the necessary conditions.]
[The power level of the remaining pretenders in Banseok University is currently being updated.]
[University North Side: Nam Do-yoon & Linnea (Temporary Leader of the Dormitory Area) Alliance]
[University South: Han Segye]
A map of Banseok University suddenly printed out in front of you.
Black light painted on the south side and white light painted on the north side based on the zombie blocking line that has now disappeared.
Tring-!
[The first battle for the throne, ‘Capital Battle’ is unlocked.]
Ugh-!
A clear operation sound resonated in my ears along with the message that Skirmish was unlocked.
The black crown was slowly descending on the raised head following the movement sound.
Took-!
A black crown that gently lands on my head and a white crown that lands on Nam Do-yoon’s head.
[From now on, you are the king of the black army.]
[The person on the other side is the King of the White Army.]
South and North divided into black and white.
[Announcement of victory conditions for the first battle for the throne, ‘Capital Battle’.]
[Announcement of victory conditions for the first battle for the throne, ‘Capital Battle’.]
The message on the status window flashes twice as if to emphasize it and brightens my view.
Immediately after the second message, a new line of message flashed.
[Last King Standing]
In that short sentence, the eyes staring at each other’s crown, regardless of who said first.
The last message was printed to me as I looked at the shining white crown above Nam Do-yoon’s head.
[The last king standing is the owner of the new city.]
[Before the white army-]
[Defeat the opposing king.]
Fate crash.