Chapter 214 – How to Get Peace Back

Enemy! Enemy!
Kwadeuk! Kwadeuk!

The sound of chewing up the dead corpses can be heard from all directions.
Among them, the one with the best appetite is by far the head, and the rest are insects that did not participate in this war.
When it was time to eat, it appeared like a ghost and ate it.

Soggy- Soggy-
Pooh!!

“Aww, fuck!! It feels so damn dirty!”

Kwon Joo-hyeok, who was walking erratically, stepped on the puncher’s stomach and took out his leg, which had been stuck to his knee, and brushed it away.
That stupid bastard doesn’t change even if the days go by.
It’s great that it’s really great than that.
How many of these are there?
I can’t pass without stepping on the corpse, so every space my vision reaches is full of dead puncher corpses.
And the reason why stupid Kwon Joo-hyeok and other people are walking among the corpses is to retrieve the corpses of people who have been entangled with the body of the puncher in the middle.

“How many people have died?”
“I’m not sure, but I’m looking at about 50 people.”
“It’s been a long time. Then there are about 120 people left now?”
“That would be enough. Maybe less.”
“Hmm… But what are you doing here in peace? Aren’t you going to help people?”
“… “

At my words, Ahn Tae-jin, who was sitting on the floor and looking around, raised his head and glared at him like he was going to kill him.
Right now, Ahn Tae-jin isn’t sitting peacefully, because her left arm and right leg are broken and she can’t move.
So, she sits next to me and waits for Dasol, who is treating people in more critical situations.

“By the way, are you pretty strong? Maybe you ate some good traits?”
“Whoa… Attributes are also attributes, but it’s because I earned enough coins in an hour that I could have earned by hunting day and night for a week. But do you feel that way? It’s really different from Yeon Ji-sung…”
“How dare you compare these talents? By the way, Jisung Yeon is also a bit fast. If you fight him right now, you will be cut by one minute.”

In the absence of Kim Hyun-joon and Jackson, the presence of Yeon Ji-seong and the Busan duo and their party was quite different.
If it hadn’t been for them, not only about 50 people, but more than twice that number could have lost their lives.
However, due to their presence, people’s damage was reduced to a minimum, and other people, like Ahn Tae-jin and Yeon Ji-seong, are also radiating much sharper and stronger momentum, unlike before the war with Puncher.
Well, at this rate, it’s worth the sacrifice of 50 people.

“Oh right! You forgot to tell me!”
“Aaaaah!!!!!”

When her right foot, which she lifted lightly, touched the back of her limp left hand, Taejin An exclaimed frantically and sprinkled a handful of soil with her right hand.
Of course, the moment the soil was sprinkled, I had already moved to the other side of An Tae-jin.

“Hey you crazy bastard! You said the words!!”
“Then you shouldn’t have answered.”
“You bastard..!!”

I checked the traits to see what exactly the traits were assimilated.

『God’s Flesh (SA) – Strength +170%, Speed ​​+170%, Stamina +20%, Defense +50%, Resilience +50%, All Resistances +50%. No physical damage from attacks. Full immunity to curses and debuffs below level C.』

“Ohh~”

The body of the god whose grade itself was changed to SA increased strength and speed, which were 150%, by 20% each, and 20% of physical strength that did not exist.
The evolution point itself does not apply to the S-class attribute of God’s body, but it can become stronger this way.
So what happens when you get another one of the same S-class? Is it even SS class?
No, now that it’s SA, do you want to become SSA?

“What else..?”
“Curious?”
“Of course not! Did you find out something new again?”
“If you’re curious, just give me 1,000 coins. Then I’ll tell you.”
“… 이 양아치 새끼..!”

Just kidding.
I’m not a bully enough to give you coins for this kind of information.
After I told Ahn Tae-jin what I had learned, I moved to the captain’s wheel.
I have something to say with him.

“Hey, wheels.”
“Tell me… “
“When exactly is your king coming?”
“That… I can not know… “
“Then what about the other kings?”
“Not far away… There is… “
“… How do you know where the other kings are when you don’t even know where your king is? And I can’t feel anything?”
“Not far… We can know… You humans don’t have… Our instinct… “
“Hmm… Well, anyway Let’s ask a few more questions.”

Maybe that’s my real question to ask from now on.
Of course, I’m not sure if I can honestly answer this question.

“How many kings are there, exactly?”
“Near by… Two… And the king… I’m still waking up somewhere… With his army… “
“What kind of sleeping beauty are you? Wake up?”
“… “
“Oh, what happened? So, when the king wakes up, new monsters like you will also appear?”
“We are the king’s army… If there is a king… We also exist… “
“So what if the king dies?”
“If the king does not exist… We too… He doesn’t exist… “
“Oh-ho~ So if you kill the king, it’s over, right?”

If the words of this captain’s wheel are true, it’s much easier to restore the world to normal than you think.
Kill the king of monsters.
Then the monsters disappear and the world regains peace.
No, wait.
Didn’t you say the puncher report was a rebel?

“Then what are these guys? You say you’re a rebel? Do they even have a king? Or does it exist without a king?”
“Rebels… Beings to oppose the king… If the king doesn’t exist… They also don’t exist… “
“I mean… Ah! Then zombies are also rebels?”
“Zombie… “
“Yes, zombies.”
“Zombie… Something… ?”
“… “

Yes, if you can talk 100 percent with this bug kid, that’s weird.
And since zombie is just a name we randomly gave, it’s only natural that we don’t understand it.

“Then why aren’t you with the king? Even if the king isn’t around, will you be born when only the king wakes up?”
“Yes… And we… Waiting for the king… “
“… Do you see you anywhere else besides here?”
“Yes… “
“So, like those punchers, could your king come with hundreds or thousands of guys just like you?”
“Yes… “
“What the fuck! What do you keep doing like this?!”

Hundreds or thousands of cockroaches and a king leading them come here.
Then it doesn’t matter if I get stronger or not.
Why?
If it’s a number like that, it’s no different than saying that you should just search through them all.

“I don’t think this is a problem that can be solved by just holding out here…?”
“King’s food… If you run away… Kill… “
“… “

Perhaps thinking I was going to run away, the captain’s cockroach looks down at me and threatens me.
But who is this bug kid threatening?
The me now is not the me I was a few days ago.

“Kill me? Are you going to die before then?”
“Except you… Everyone is… I will die… “
“… Are you threatening me?”
“Yes… “
“Do you think that kind of threat will work on me?”
“… “

I also raised my head to the captain’s wheel, which was still looking down at me without saying a word, and met its gaze.
Tension flowed between us like that, and after a while…
The threat worked.

Bang!!!

Returning to the shelter, among the people gathered in the conference room, Kim Ji-hoon slams his fist on the table and jumps up.

“Wait a minute, brother! So the king of roaches is coming here with thousands of roaches?!”
“It could be. If you’re lucky, you might come alone. But other kings will arrive first. There are two of them.”
“No, even now… “
“I have to run away right now!!”

Like a soul mate, Kwon Joo-hyeok intercepts Kim Ji-hoon’s words and screams.
And not only Kwon Joo-hyuk, Park Joon-mo, and Choi Ho-il were all staring at me with the same expression as if they were of the same mind.

“Eh… That would be nice, but if you run away from here, you’ll kill everyone. You know that too If they make up their minds and run to it, few people will be able to survive here.”

Unlike the puncher, if you engage in an all-out battle with the wheels, you will lose.
Of course, if we fight to the very end, some of us here, including me, will survive and fight guerrilla warfare and gradually build up strength to wipe out the cockroaches, but most people will die as soon as an all-out war begins.
Even now, there is no change in the number of blacksmith’s wheels, but the number of ordinary wheels is increasing more than it has decreased.
Incidentally, the reason why the bugs ate the corpses like crazy was to break out of their worm form and become cockroaches.

“Are you sure you’re going to get sprained and become a rabbit right now?!”
“… “

Among the Busan duo, Park Jae-won shouted.
How many people here suddenly understood the words of looking for a rabbit and a child?
However, one thing is certain: Yeon Ji-seong understood exactly what he said.

“That doesn’t work. People are exhausted right now. To be honest, my hyungs and I are exhausted.”
“How can you be sulking because of that?!”
“Honey, you are right. If you close your eyes to take a break, the shopkeepers will come back and say that there will be more of them than now, baby!”

Yeon Ji-seong’s claim and Busan Combi’s claim are both correct.
As the Busan Combi said, the number of roaches increases as time passes, so now is the most advantageous time for us to engage in an all-out war with roaches.
However, as Yeon Ji-seong said, people are so exhausted that they can no longer fight, so an all-out war with the wheels is unreasonable.

“Everyone be quiet! It’s up to you to decide anyway. So everyone, don’t raise your voice and give oppa some time to think.”
“Watama… Hey girl We’re not a red group, so we have to follow that person’s words?”
“If you don’t like it, go and fight alone.”
“Hey Boss!!”
“Look, look! Why? Do you have any poses you want?”
“Wow… I’m truly twisted..!”

Certainly got the runaway trait and Minseo became a little more vicious.
If I hadn’t touched other women, I wouldn’t have become so ferocious…
But you said you got one more A-class trait, what is that?
Not only Minseo, but also the people here and other people said that they had one A-class trait or two at most, but I’ll have to check what kind of trait I got.
Even if it’s not my aides, people who will die anyway in the unlikely event of a dangerous situation, it would be beneficial for me to evolve their characteristics first.
Of course I hope that doesn’t happen.

“Hajin, tell me what you think. Everyone is waiting for Hajin.”
“Okay! You must be thinking of something!”
“Brother…”

Not only Camilla and Deanna, but even Ju-Ha look at me, hoping for some groundbreaking idea.
Ah… It’s terribly burdensome.
I have no idea… What to do
Oh, I don’t know! Let’s just think about it as it comes out.

“You said there were two kings nearby, right? Let’s catch them first.”
“… Is that an operation?”

Yeon Ji-seong asks me back with an absurd face.
It’s absurd for me to say that this is an operation.
But there is no other way than this.

“Once the King of Wheels comes, there will still be quite a bit of time left. And before that, the other two kings will come here first. Until then, the roaches will stand by our side and fight together, so let’s use that to make us stronger too. There’s nowhere to run anyway, right? And what if you ran into a king who was leading an army while running away? Or what if the king, who had been fighting the cockroaches and brought an army, arrived here, sided with the cockroaches, and attacked us? So, for now, there is no other way than cooperation. This is our home and this is the Jin of Baesu. There is nowhere else to retreat.”

Inside the quiet conference room.
Did something go well with what I said?