Chapter 187 – The Monster’s Purpose (1)

Hooked!!!

“Quaaaaa!!!!!”

As the monster’s thigh-pierced legs lifted up, a desperate scream erupted from the mouth of the guard suspended upside down in the air.

“Youngchul!”
“No! I just have to go!!”
“Keeek!!”
“Kieek!!”

The guards dragging a stopped colleague and the monsters shouting at each other as if having a conversation.
And after a short conversation, the monster that captured one of the guards turned around and started to go back, and the rest of the monsters continued to chase the guards.

“Here!!”
“Run this way!!”
“No. 3!!”
“No. 2!!”
“Park Ji-hoo!!”
“This is it!!”

When they saw No. 2 and No. 3, which they thought they had lost in the process of running away, hope came to the two guards even though they had just lost another colleague.
However, unlike the elongated legs that sprouted from their backs, the monsters running with thick hind legs that were as long as their short forepaws on their chests had no intention of letting go of the guards.

“Keeek!!”
“Keeeee!!!”

Two monsters screaming and rushing at the sides of the guards running as if encircling them.

“No!!!”
“Aww!!!”

Pooh!!
Kwajik!!!

No. 1 and No. 4, who ran in an instant from the place where No. 2 and No. 3 shouted to come this way, in the opposite direction of the guards, stabbed the monster with sharp knives and hit the monster’s head with a heavy iron bat.
No. 1 shouts at the guards who blinked their eyes blankly at No. 1 and No. 4, who instantly dealt with monsters that they could not deal with alone.

“Run fast!!!”
“Ah!”
“Oh, thank you! No. 1, No. 4!”
“Eh… Hey, No. 4. Is this how the captain feels when he sees us?”
“The king mantis!!!”

Puck puck puck!!!

“I like the mantis! Characteristics good! Evolution points accumulated again! Puhahahaha!!!”
“… I’m getting more and more crazy… Hehe…!!! Rage! Give me your fury!!!”

[Duplicate attributes acquire evolution points.]
[Acquire Attribute, Rage (B) +2.]

『Rage (B) – Strength +30%, speed +30%, stamina consumption +30% when entering rage state』

“Puhahaha!! One left!! Mantis!! Where is the praying mantis?!”
“… Madman.”

Numbers 1 and 4 are looking at each other like crazy people.
Meanwhile, Ahn Tae-jin, who led the guards, was on the roof of a building that was the escape route.
In a way, it can be seen that he abandoned the guards he brought with him and fled alone, but that is not simply why Ahn Tae-jin left the guards alone.
There was something I had to check, so I went up to the rooftop as if I was avoiding myself first.

“Here… What’s over there?”
“What do you have?”

Ahn Tae-jin hands over the binoculars in his hand to No. 5’s question.
He couldn’t confirm No. 5 because he didn’t know exactly where An Tae-jin was looking, but An Tae-jin confirmed that the two guards the monsters had taken without killing them went into the same building.

“That building… Here. Ah Yuna.”
“Yes.”
“You take this map and return to the shelter. And tell Hajin and the captain. The place I marked is the home of monsters.”
“Aren’t you coming with me, uncle?”
“I’ll follow right after with the kids. Go first.”
“Hmm… Yes, got it. Be careful~”
“For a moment!”

At Ahn Tae-jin’s urgently resounding cry, No. 5 looked back and asked with a face full of annoyance to tell him at once.

“Why again?”
“Tell me this. The purpose of the monsters is not to kill people, but to capture them. I must tell you!”
“… All right.”

Ahn Tae-jin’s face was so serious that No. 5 had a curious expression on his face, but No. 5 crumpled up the map Ahn Tae-jin gave him and put it in his pocket.

Kwaaaaa!!!!
Piyung!!!
Chin!!!!

An arrow hit the roof of a relatively low building on the other side of the road, and the rope was connected from rooftop to rooftop, and An Tae-jin tied a knot to make the rope taut. After hooking it up, I jumped off it.

Tsuuuuu-

Ahn Tae-jin confirmed that No. 5, which quickly crossed the road while sliding down the sloped rope, had safely reached the rooftop on the other side, and then turned around and ran into the open roof door.

“Vice-captain!”
“Yeongchul got hit too!”
“I know. First of all, everyone suffered. A rope is connected to the other side of the road, so take it and cross it. But what about the kids?”
“That is… “
“Hunting…”
“You’re hunting right now?! These crazy kids..!! Since No. 5 has just departed, you guys hurry up and follow it!”
“Ah, I see!”
“Be careful!”

Tadada dat!!

Ahn Tae-jin, who was quickly running down the emergency stairs to send two guards and pick up the elementary school special forces who were hunting in this situation, faced a monster that the elementary school special forces missed at the bottom.

“Kurereureu..!!! Meh eh eh!!!!”
“These…! Do I look like a hogu!!”

Hey profit!!!
Awesome!!!

***

Hmm… It seems that the roads diverged.

“When did the vice-captain leave?”
“I think it’s been about 30 minutes.”
“It’s 30 minutes… Hajin Kang. I guess we should go.”
“You go~”
“Now is not the time to joke around. It could be a dangerous situation if we don’t start right away.”
“Hey you idiot. Don’t turn your eyes away just because someone is in danger, think about it first. Didn’t she see that woman’s body earlier? That ripped snout is just the size of that fucking monster.”
“… Right…”

No further explanation was needed.
We had already guessed that the little monster would act as a detector for the monsters as we returned to the shelter, which meant that the shelter’s location was already exposed to the monsters.
If we go to rescue Ahn Tae-jin and the four guards right now, the lives of dozens or hundreds of people could be in danger.
Of course, an 8-meter iron barrier protects the shelter, but it is unknown how effective that barrier will be against monsters.

“Hey, by the way… The commandos also went with us.”
“Elementary school special forces?”
“Yes. I don’t think it’s been officially followed… After the vice-captain left, he asked me to open the door, saying he was going to hunt right away, so I opened the door. And he hasn’t come back yet.”
“These bastards…! When I told you to stay calm, you couldn’t stand it and crawled out again?!”

Although he disobeyed my instructions and acted on his own, it was a good thing that he had an accident this time.
I also made a character for the monster captain, so if Ahn Tae-jin even has an elementary school commando, at least I won’t fall behind those monsters in vain.

“You tell everyone who is hunting to return.”
“Yes, I will radio right away.”

The 20-year-old boy, who came to the shelter with the president and others, turned around and clung to the ladder leading up to the guard post with a spirited look at Kim Hyun-joon’s order, but he kept his head up and didn’t move. .
No, she didn’t budge.

Took!!!

“Ah… “

A man’s leg falling down the side of the kid.
The leg of a new guard who was standing guard at the guard post installed on top of the barrier fell off.

“Kurrrr..!!”
“Sah, live… “
“That monster bastard..!!”

Tadat!!

Jumping forward and flying over the head of the little boy hanging from the ladder, I stepped on the step of the iron ladder and jumped up, and in just three leaps I reached the top of the eight-meter barrier.
And a swinging bone knife.

Shahah!!!

“Kikki!!”

I’m going to go to the middle of the day!!!!!

One of the two legs protruding from the back is inserted into the body of the guards, and the other leg is a monster that slides down the iron barrier while scratching.

“Kim Hyun-joon!”
“Don’t worry!”

The only monster I could see right now was that one taking the guards with me.
However, having one means that monsters may surround this area.
Kim Hyeon-jun also started running somewhere, as if he understood the meaning of my shout, and I jumped down the barrier.

Whii profit!!!
I’m going to go to the middle of the day!!!!

A monster that accelerates more and more and falls down, scraping the outer wall to reduce the falling speed as much as possible.
Naturally, due to the difference in falling speed, we collided in the air, and I laughed at the monster whose eyes met and cut off the leg scratching the outer wall.

Awesome!!

“Keeeee!!!!!”
“Aaaaa!!!!!”

Screaming louder than the monster, I even cut off my leg that was piercing my side to save the guards from falling down with me.

Coo!!!

I kicked my right foot at the rising dust and the monster that was just falling in front of me an hour later than me, and I stabbed the monster’s stomach with a bone knife.

“Keeeee!!!!”
“I know~ I won’t die that much.”
“Kee!! Kieh!!!”
“First of all, we’ve secured a sample for the old man, and he’ll need treatment soon.”
“Ugh..! Ugh..!!”

I picked up the walkie-talkie from the waist of the security guard who was grabbed by the collar and clutched at the bloody thigh, and I radioed the little boy inside.

“Hey, come out and take me. Don’t forget to take care of the fallen leg.”
-Yes! I’m leaving right now!

Geuggeuggeuk!!!!

A 20-year-old boy who jumped out through the iron door that opened with the sound of a large iron hanging like a bar at the doorway of the shelter sliding, took the guard held by me, quickly went inside and locked the door. I looked back and scratched my head. Was

“Is it smaller than I thought? Where did the rest go?”
“Keee .. !!”
“Kreurreukreukreukreuk..!!!”
“Keeeee!!!”
“Keeeeek!!!”

The monsters we dealt with near the Olympic Bridge looked at me and growled, not rushing at me.
But they are making the wrong decision.
Why?

“If you saw me, you should have run away right away, you stupid bastards.”

Tadadat!!

“Keeeee!!!!”

***

It’s not unconditional, but the hunting time in the shelter is almost fixed.
Twice in the morning and twice in the afternoon.
When the sun goes down, of course, for safety reasons, hunting by ordinary people is prohibited, and when hunting time comes, more than a dozen teams exit the shelter for hunting through four entrances in the north, south, east, west, and west.
It would be safer if many people gathered in one place to hunt, but the efficiency of hunting would be extremely low due to the lack of prey.
Therefore, in order to get more coins and become stronger, the number of people who form a team inevitably decreases, and the risk that increases by the reduced number is borne by the person himself.
Just like now.

-Notify from the control room. All personnel currently hunting are to return to shelter immediately. Once again, the control room informs. All personnel currently hunting are to return to shelter immediately.
“Comeback?”
“Already? How long has it been?”
“About 20 minutes now?”
“Ah… If you do a little more, you can take a nimble one…”
“Really? If you upload this time, won’t you be taking 30?”
“I already took 30~ If I shoot this time, it will be 32~”
“I’m jealous…”
“Hey, so let’s do a little more. You say you’ll be 30 soon?”
“Is that so..? But isn’t it telling you to return because it’s dangerous in the control room?”
“It’s quiet here~ Well, a golem or something like that must have popped up somewhere else.”

People who do not listen to the control room’s order to return.
The characteristics of those who were worried about or refused to return to the control room were clear.
They are people who have just joined the shelter with the president.

Tadadat-
Tadadat-
Tadat-
All over the place-

And unlike them, as soon as the order to return is issued, people run to the shelter without looking back even when they have a dying prey in front of them.

“Hey… It seems like everyone is going in..?”
“Why are people so scared?”
“Even if you let it go, it can’t be helped because they’re not people like us who survived that hell.”
“Okay. Honestly, I don’t think I’ll be scared no matter what happens now. Nothing could be more terrifying than that.”
“Yes. It was a real hell back then… Would you rather have died?”
“… “
“… “
“… “
“Why, why are you…? Aren’t you guys?”

For a moment, the man, who was taken aback by the sight of his colleagues staring at him with wide eyes without saying anything, felt something strange.
Because the eyes of his colleagues weren’t exactly looking at him.
His gaze was directed upwards, toward a higher place.

Swoop-

A man who automatically follows the gaze of his colleagues and raises his head.
And the language of the lost.

“Uh… Uh… That… Uh… “
“Kreurreukreukreukreuk..!!!”

The sharp claws protruded through the man’s belly, his whole body shivering at the monster’s low cry, his eyes looking down at him, and his fearful appearance.

Pooh!!

“Ouch..!!”
“Aaaaa!!!!”
“Aww!!”
“Save the people!!!!”

People who clicked their tongues because they were scared, people who said they would not be afraid no matter what happened, and people who said there would be no more terrible hell all fled without looking back.
Leaving his comrades alone, whose chest was pierced by the monster’s paws.
Of course, the time I wasted ignoring the control room’s orders gave them no time to escape.

“Keeeee!!!!”
“Ah… “

Dump-

A person sitting down on his butt in front of a screaming monster that filled the alley.

“Aaaaa!!! Ahh!! Aww!!!!”

A man screaming in agony and terrifying horror at the sight of a monster’s foot protruding through his back.

Tududuk-

“Keeeee..!!!”
“Oh, oh, don’t come! Backcountry… Oops..! Keck!! Kkeuk..!!”

The man, who hesitated and backed away at the approach of the small monster that poured out of the monster’s mouth like vomit, lost consciousness as the small monster jumped up and attacked his face and shove his body into his mouth, riding down his throat.
And unlike the other captives, the man survived abandoned at the door of the shelter.
Meanwhile, the people who were taken one by one by the monsters were moved into a building, where they had to face a shocking appearance.

“Keep!! Aww!!! Aww!!!!!”

Enemy! Enemy! Enemy!

A monster that eats people alive.
And the two eyes that met the monster turning its head toward itself as if checking its next prey.

“Sah, live… Save… “
“Keeeee..!!!”

Snap!!
Enemy! Enemy!
Wooddeuk!! Wooddeuk!!!