Chapter 211 – Coexistence

People said he was crazy when he said he had made a temporary peace agreement with the cockroaches.
They shouted that they had to run away from here right away, and there were people who just risked their lives and waged an all-out war.
But to my surprise, nothing happened between us and the cockroaches for the past three days.
No, something happened.
Like that one you see over there.

“Sah, save me!!!”
“Leave this!! Let go!!!”
“What are you just watching?! Save us quickly!! Wow!!!!”

Three people, bitten by cockroaches, screaming on top of a barrier.
However, no one who was looking at me, including me, ran to save them.
Because it didn’t have to be.

Whiz!!!!
Susssss

One jumped off the barrier with its wings spread eerily, and the other two climbed down the barrier as if it had climbed over the barrier, dropping the people who had come in their mouths safely inside the shelter.
Yes, those cockroaches are bringing those who escaped back to the shelter.
On the first day after the peace agreement was signed, some people, including Park Jun-mo, believed me and returned to the shelter, except for those who came back to help us.
However, most of the people who just ran away by themselves, arguing about a peace treaty with the monster, returned to the shelter in that way, or have yet to return.
Well, either they were lucky enough to escape the cockroaches completely and found a safe place, or they were unlucky enough to escape and die.

Susssss

“Hey, how did this happen…?”
“I just brought it.”
“… “

One of the three people who had been staring blankly at the cockroaches that had just put them down and went away muttered a question, and a passer-by in response to that question threw out a word really casually and just went on his way.
Of course, it seems that I didn’t understand why I stupidly blinked my eyes.

“Did you hear from Vice-captain Jun-mo Park that day that you signed a peace agreement with the monsters?”
“Yes… I did hear…”
“That’s why I didn’t kill him and brought him back. From their point of view, did they catch the runaway livestock and put them back in the pen? Well, that’s what it is, so don’t worry about it. Ah! And don’t even think about running away again. If you see that you have been caught like this, you will be caught again anyway.”
“… “

People who were close to the three of them stared at Kim Ji-hoon, who was talking so calmly, and started to explain again, saying the same words in different words.

“Tsk tsk… I don’t know how to speak dirty once.”
“Because it’s really hard to believe that you can coexist peacefully with monsters like this.”
“That’s right. I still can’t believe it…”

Juha and Minseo defend the three people who are making stupid faces unlike me.
However, Lia, who is sitting quietly next to him, tilts her head as she stretches.

“What’s the matter?”
“That is… Would it be right to let those cockroaches really think of us as food and keep them alive?”
“What are you talking about?”
“I wonder if the cockroaches aren’t confident in fighting for their lives with us, so they’re buying time to build up their strength like us.”
“You said you saw it in a dream? Then you won’t know.”
“I’ve only seen you get beaten up by monsters and then taken away.”
“… Didn’t it hit you that much?”
“It was very right…”
“Under! When has your dream ever been perfect? Don’t you think that just because you saw it in a dream, it’s all real?”
“A strong negative is a strong positive… “
“… “
“All right… I’m assuming I didn’t get hit too much…”

Lia takes a step back from me, who keeps her mouth shut and stares at me.
However, Lia’s words are not completely wrong.
It’s true that cockroaches are buying time just like we are buying time.
For us to be strong, those cockroaches needed time to wait for their king.
By the way, he’s the king of cockroaches… It seems that there are other monster kings besides those kings…
Oh, I don’t know!
First of all, let’s put out the fire that fell on our feet.
No matter how many monsters you have, no matter how strong they are, the important thing now is to be strong enough to wipe out those cockroaches.

***

Fondant~ Fondant~ Fondant~ Fondant~

I am sitting on the banks of the Han River, throwing pieces of sidewalk blocks that I broke with my fist into the river.
It’s not like I’m relaxing, and I’m not out on a picnic.
I’m fishing now
And other people who have emptied the shelter and flocked to the Han River are eagerly hunting Todd, a frog monster that is full of people around them, and one beast is fighting a war of nerves with cockroaches for no reason.

“Tsu-tsu-tsu-tsu..!!!”
“Tsuuuuu..!!”
“Kurrure..!! Kheheh!!!”
“No! Weir!”

A mouse the size of a rat fearlessly runs to a place full of monsters and screams.
Yeo Min-jung, who was only looking around for fear that she might be attacked by her appearance, was startled and chased after Lee Da-sol. .

“There are many here! So you yield!”
“Kreur…”
“Yes, yes, oh my goodness~”
“Kreu~ Kreu~”
“… Driving me crazy.”

I shake my head when I see Lee Da-sol scratching his back and saying, “What on earth is that cute?”
But at that moment, I felt a certain presence.
And after a while, the sleep that started to be a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of.

“Come! Is this right?”
“Brother!!”
“Hajin-ah!!”
“Brother!!”

I heard my voice calling from three different places.
Joo was the first to call me, then Kwon Joo-hyuk, and finally Kim Ji-hoon.
Besides that, almost everyone else looked at me and their eyes twinkled, and in particular, from No. 1 to No. 4, they were hiding, divided into two on either side, with billboards covering their bodies from unknown sources.
Well, no matter how much they covered their bodies, their sixth sense, their characteristic, had already grasped all their movements from the moment they came running from afar.

“Brother! Do you have it?!”
“Kwon Joo-ha! It’s my turn this time!”
“What are you talking about?! Brother! It’s my turn this time.”

There is only one reason why these three are staring at me anxiously and shouting, and why the elementary school special forces are pushing the signboard that is increasingly covering their bodies.
It’s just to have that guy’s characteristics.

Fuwaaaaa!!!!!

A gigantic serpent that rose up in an instant, dropping water like Niagara Falls.
In the meantime, the A-class traits that could be obtained through the Serpent were all strength, and the rest were B-class traits of higher grade or higher.
But coincidentally, the serpent I caught the other day had another A-class trait, and a fairly good trait, and all seven people gathered here are aiming for that trait.
Oh, there are 8 of us now.
Minseo, you pretended not to be so cunning and then you were aiming for it.

“Eat whoever eats it. I’m just… “
“Kiyaaaaa!!!!!”

Tadat!!

“I’ll catch this bastard.”

Jumping into the air, I raised a fist that was insignificantly small compared to his massive lower jaw.

Wheeeeei profit!!!!
Kwajik!!!!
TOO!!!!!!

The serpent’s teeth, which sprouted arbitrarily from the fist raised up in the lower jaw, interlocked with each other, and the head bounced up.

Woe!!!

The body that rose slightly at an angle flew over the face of the serpent, who was looking up at the sky in an instant, and I pulled the rope once more and landed on the guy’s face, slamming my right fist down.

Kwajik!!!!
Fuwaaaaa!!!!!

The body of the Serpent, who had been plunged into the water that had sprung up in a huge splash, floated to the surface with the waves spreading in all directions, and at the same time, the weapons of eight people rushed at each other, turning the back of the Serpent’s head into a rag. .
Who really ate the makta?

“Kyaaak!!!!”
“Aaaaa!!!!”
“No!!!!”
“Shit!!!”
“Fuck!!!”
“It’s you?! Is it you!!”
“It’s not me! Fuck! Who is this!!!”

Screams and swearing echoed here and there.
And gaze towards one person.

“I’ll change it to runaway and instantaneous acceleration.”

Joo-ha, who was already exchanging attributes, responded with a smile at the gaze that was pouring toward him, then landed on the back of the serpent’s head and hugged me tightly.

“Thank you, oppa~ hehe”
“Thank you, I am more grateful. If you eat, give me a coin.”
“Chi..! Are you going to do this meanly?!”
“Yeah, it will be like this. Give me everything.”
“Death!!”

Life is give and take.
No matter how much you order, nothing is free.
Of course, stealing Juha’s coins like this will drastically reduce the speed at which Juha gets stronger, but it’s much more beneficial for me to become stronger than that.
And since I got A-class attributes, it shouldn’t be such a big loss.
For your reference, anger, a trait Juha acquired, is the same trait Kim Hyeonjun also possesses.

『Runaway (A) – Strength +30%, Speed ​​+30%, Stamina consumption +30%. When enraged, Strength +80%, Speed ​​+80%, Stamina +30%』

Normally, it consumes a bit of stamina, but anger is a great attribute that can be considered as the upper or highest level among the A-rank attributes that I have identified so far.
There’s no time limit and no cooldown, so it’s a great trait that always activates when you’re mad.
That’s why they got their eyes wide open and ran like crazy.
Anyway, they keep getting stronger in this way, so can I just raise my stats?
Rather than this, just securing one more S-class is the way to become much stronger…

“Hmm… Should I leave alone like Kim Hyun-joon or Jackson?”

After confirming that the cockroaches were keeping the peace negotiations in order, Hyun-Jun Kim and Jackson left last night.
He didn’t run away, but just left somewhere, saying that he would come back stronger, like the hero of a martial arts novel who gets stronger while wandering around.
Of course, it wasn’t long before cockroaches surrounded and prevented them from going, but they were communicative in their own way, so they left with a few guards accompanying them.
Wait, then I can go somewhere else with a few guards like that and just kill them right?
Then you’ll be able to match the S-class traits right away, right?
No, those clever cockroaches can’t be that lax.

“We are… I kept my promise… You also… Keep… “

The guy who made peace with me three days ago is demanding that I keep my promise, accompanied by hundreds of cockroaches.
In addition to the peace negotiations, we made one more pact, which was that the cockroaches would not kill our prey, zombies or other monsters, but we would hunt them down and hand over all the remaining corpses.
Perhaps, just as we kill living monsters to gain coins and gain traits to become stronger, perhaps those guys are getting stronger or breeding their species through the corpses of monsters.

“Who said what?”

The body of the dead monster was just stinking garbage, so we made concessions by flying to the riverside without regret, but that bastard doesn’t seem to have any intention of conceding.

Dub-seok-duduk!!
Enemy! Enemy!

The head that eats the back of the Serpent’s head while glaring at the cockroaches.

“Kreurre..!!”
“It’s just a lot, so can’t we share it? He’s also your cousin in a way. Family is called family.”
“… “

A monster that just stares at my head without replying to my words.
It was the same with Mentis, but Head hates the monsters that have recently started to appear, and monsters also hate Head, and are quite wary.
Looking at this reaction, it seems like he’s a guy with a bit of a head, but…
Is it because I haven’t grown up yet?
I mean it’s of no use.

“Stop eating and get out of the way. I made a promise to them.”
“Kurrrr!!! Coheheh!!”
“… Okay. I’ll give you some of my blood. Are you okay?”
“Khhh! Khehehe!!”

At my words, the head flew towards me without hesitation.
Why does that bastard like my blood so much?
Anyway…

“No, you bastard!!!”
“Kheung!!!!”

Poop!!!

I kicked off the flying head and blew it away, flapping my wings and flying to eat the back of the Serpent’s head.

“Hey, can’t you hand over a few kids like you to me? It keeps growing anyway.”
“… “
“Let’s see what’s going on. No, do you seriously think about it? If I kill you and become stronger, your king will have more delicious food~”
“… On food… Do you mean feeding… “
“Okay! That’s it! You’re smart~”
“Refuse… “
“Why?!”
“… “

A monster that shuts its mouth again.
What a waste.
If I had been a little more stupid, I think I would have passed it.
However… What is this unpleasant feeling that I felt a while ago?
Quite unpleasant…
I turned my head towards the north, which was quite unpleasant, and after a while the monster next to me turned its head in the same direction as mine.

“Come… “
“Who? Your king?”
“Keep it… Your life… Self… “