Chapter 328 – Phoenix Shelter (1)
〈At some point in the past, Shelter in Phoenix, Arizona, USA〉
Phoenix is the largest city in Arizona and one of the most densely populated cities in the United States.
With a population of about 1.6 million, it is a densely populated city similar to Daejeon in Korea.
Compared to the US population of over 300 million, you might think it is a small number to be called a large city, but the population of Los Angeles, the largest city except for New York, where about 9 million live, is less than 4 million, so if 1.6 million people It was a very densely populated area.
Ride and ride!!!!
Ride and ride!!!!
Ride and ride!!!!
“Oh ahhhhh !!!
Dozens of holes were pierced in the head and chest of the screaming monster from the gunfire that reverberated in succession, and the soldiers who identified the fallen monster quickly moved to the next location.
Tadada dat!!
Thud!!
Starting with the soldier in the lead, the soldiers pushing their guns through the door they kicked in.
Clap!
Clap!
Swish- swish-
After checking the room without any blind spots, the soldiers lowered their guns, and Paul, who led them, announced the completion of the operation through the headset he was wearing.
“Clear.”
-After 5 minutes, move to District 4.
Under his command, Paul took off his helmet and headset, and the other team members took off their guns and other equipment and took a break.
Of course, it was more about rehydration and checking equipment and ammunition than rest.
“Pole.”
Swoop-
One team member approaches Paul and hands out the remaining magazine full of bullets.
“What about the stats?”
“That’s enough.”
They form a temporary team, but they are not really Paul’s teammates.
Soldiers from other units enlisting Paul’s help to secure coins to raise their stats.
Paul was with them as the person in charge of their safety.
“By the way, how much did you and James raise your stats?”
In response to a soldier’s question, Paul, who was just sitting there drinking water without a gun to occupy, opened his information window and answered lightly.
“I am in my mid 40s. James isn’t sure, but he’s probably already in his 60s. Well, it’s only the basic stats.”
“Hwiyu~ It’s amazing.”
“Monsters…”
Paul thinks James’ stats are in his 60s.
And at this time, Ha Jin, who had a duel with Yoon Tae-ha, who had multiple personalities, had 50 stats except for 65 agility.
Of course, it is a figure excluding the death characteristics, but James was also a value excluding the death characteristics, so it can be seen that the growth rates of Hajin and James are similar up to this point, or James is a little more dominant.
Hajin and James have achieved similar growth at the same time.
However, the growth of the two people was widened due to a different event that unfolded in a completely different place.
Ha-jin killed Yoon Tae-ha and gained greater power and grew explosively, and James…
Aaaaa!!!!!!!!!!
“What, what?!”
“What is this… “
“What… “
Poof- Tada dat!!!
With the sudden sound of an explosion, Paul hurriedly got up and ran to the window while the soldiers looked at each other in bewilderment.
And the rising flames and rising black smoke reflected in Paul’s eyes.
“What’s the matter?! Headquarters! Answer me!!”
-Pho… Pho… Pho…
“What is he saying now?! Aren’t you talking straight?!”
-Explosion… The outer wall of the shelter exploded… Monsters… Aaaaa!!!!
Screams accompanied by stuttering words.
And Paul, who immediately broke the window and jumped, started running with all his might toward the Phoenix shelter.
“James! Logan!! Aiden!! Mr..!!”
I changed the channel on my radio and called out the names of James and the rest of the real team, but there was no answer through the receiver in my ear.
In the meantime, I heard an urgent voice.
-Pho… Pole!!
“Amy?! Is there a problem?!”
-The shelter has been attacked! To those who are not monsters!!
“What about James?!”
-First of all, to help the teammates and the defenders…
“Amy! Amy!!! Fuck!!!”
Swipe- Tak!!
Pulling out the microphone-integrated receiver from his ear and throwing it on the floor, Paul pulled out the two military knives he wore around his waist and swung them at the approaching monsters.
Awesome!! Awesome!! Chow!!!
The dismembered body of the monster and the blood splattered everywhere.
And gunshots from behind.
Ride and ride!!!!
“… “
After slicing the monsters, Paul barely stops his body from jumping forward and turns around.
The gunshots heard from behind were the gunshots of the temporary team members who had left behind.
“Shit..!”
It’s even bigger that the shelter was attacked.
There are so many survivors staying in the shelter that it is incomparable to only five soldiers, and there are more than a thousand soldiers.
If you need to save one, there is no need to worry about shelter.
However, the remaining five soldiers risked their lives and came out, and the shelter is guarding over a thousand soldiers, including James and other team members.
So Paul’s choice is…
Tada dat!!!!
It was to save the remaining soldiers.
Paul, who arrived in front of the building he jumped from in an instant, tried to run into the entrance, but his head was lifted before he did.
Because…
Kwaaaaa!!!
“Cheer.. Creeper..!! Kuk..!!!”
“Miles!!!”
A soldier was thrown out of a window Paul had opened and jumped out, with a rope around his neck.
As the rope around his neck tightened tighter and tighter under his own weight, the soldier named Miles struggled.
Still, he is a soldier belonging to the Special Forces, a U.S. Special forces unit.
In this situation, instead of struggling like normal people, I had to calmly grab the upper part of the rope wrapped around my neck and pull myself up to secure my breath.
Yes, a soldier named Miles knew that too.
So he raised his arms above his head.
But the arms raised above his head couldn’t hold the rope.
Because his wrists had already been cut off.
Wow!!
Tadadak!!!
Grinding his teeth, Paul stepped on a car parked on the side of the road and jumped up, leaping once more by stepping on a narrow protrusion on the exterior wall of the building, and in an instant jumped up to where a soldier named Miles was hanging.
And just as he was about to cut the taut rope with the knife in his hand, he met eyes with a man standing by the window with his arms crossed and looking down at him calmly.
“Be careful. He might kill you.”
“… “
Awesome!!!
Paul, who went through his teeth without answering, said with his eyes.
Just wait, and soon you’ll hang yourself the same way.
But before that, the severed arms of a soldier named Miles struck James in the chest.
Puck!!! Puck!!!
Paul raised his head again, looking down at his chest where Miles’ severed wrist touched.
Apparently the man by the window said.
That he might kill you.
It was definitely a reference to Miles, and as the man at the window said, Miles attacked Paul.
“Miles… “
“… “
Paul’s voice trembled with bewilderment.
But Miles, who nodded his head lightly without answering, shut his mouth even more firmly, and a bright light emanated from Miles’ eyes as the pole fell down.
With a loud explosion…
Aaaaang!!!!!
Do-doo-duduk!!
And the explosion was so powerful that the outer wall of the building shattered and powdery debris fell, and of course Miles’ head, which had been holding a bomb in his mouth, disappeared without a trace.
What he left behind…
Tuwook-
Only the headless corpse that fell beside Paul who was sitting on the road…
“Ah~~ It’s a waste~”
Paul, who was waving his fist in the air and reached for Miles’s headless corpse with trembling hands, wrapped his hands tightly in the air.
And…
“Aaaaa!!!!!”
With a furious roar that bursts like an explosion, Paul jumps up the outer wall of the building again and climbs up to the window where the man is.
However, the man who had already disappeared from the window was nowhere to be seen.
However, as his stats increased and he acquired better attributes and stronger powers, his sense of natural energy increased, and Paul could feel that the man who had disappeared was under the window.
“You son of a bitch!!!!”
Kwajik!!!
Faaaaa!!!!
A man crouching under the window appeared as Paul felt as his right foot broke against the building’s outer wall.
And even though the wall that covered his body was shattered in one blow, the man who was not at all shaken turned his head toward Paul who had his back and smiled.
Ssik-
“This is a gift~”
Swish-
Took-
The head of another soldier left the man’s hand and landed on Paul’s chest.
Yeah, the man wasn’t crouching down to hide his body, he was cutting off his head from the corpse of a fallen soldier on the floor.
“Ah! It explodes too!”
“… “
The man’s words reminded him of an explosion, and Paul hurriedly struck his head with the back of his hand and sent it flying. At that moment, a dark shadow was cast in front of his eyes.
“It’s bullshit, you asshole.”
“This dog… “
Kwajik!!!!!
Kwaaang!!!
Paul, who fell to the ground with a fist driven into his face as if he was about to be slammed down, shattered the road with a roar that was as good as the sound of an explosion, and his body was locked.
“Chehehe!!!”
Paul vomited blood from his mouth due to the strong impact from his face and back.
However, his eyes were staring straight at the man falling toward him, and the man’s fists were about to slash his face as he swung the two military knives he was holding in both hands.
Awesome!! Awesome!!
Of course, the clenched fist fell off the wrist of the man who had been severed twice, and Paul, putting the pain behind, stood up to not miss the opportunity and tried to swing the military knife once more.
Of course I didn’t…
Kwajik!!!
The man’s wrist slams down Paul’s face as he is lifted up.
Even though his fist was cut off, he didn’t care and cut Paul’s face.
Without any agitation.
“Keugh..!!!”
Woowook Koo-
A man who presses harder on his wrist stuck in his face.
And Paul found out how the man attacked him without flinching, even though his wrists were cut.
“Sorry, this is not my arm. Were you tricked?”
“You crazy bastard..!!”
“You are the crazy bastard. You hit his dead comrade on the head and cut off his wrists too. Ugh, cruel guy.”
“I will never forgive you… “
Poop!!!!
“Cheuk..!!!!!”
A man’s foot slamming a pole into the stomach.
At that moment, Paul, dizzy from the tremendous pain in his stomach, heard a man’s low voice in his ears.
“Forgiveness is something only the strong can do. So you can’t Because you are weak.”
“Cheer.. Creeper..!!”
“Wouldn’t it be a little unfair if you were treated like this? Then can you check it out?”
The man who still couldn’t escape from the shock applied to his stomach grabbed Paul’s hair and pulled out the body stuck on the road and lifted it up, then lowered it to the floor and sat down in front of him while waiting for Paul to recover.
“Ouch!! Kuck..!”
“Hey, are you pretending to be sick because you’re afraid to fight with me?”
“Kill..!!”
“Oh, you weren’t scared? Then kill me quickly. I’m bored.”
“Ugh..!!”
Paul barely freed his hands from his stomach and picked up two army knives that had fallen to the floor.
And a man who cheers and encourages.
“Right! Well done! Yes, wake up soon!”
“… “
The man, who had no sense of alertness, no tension, no worries or fears, just squatted and cheered until Paul stood in front of him.
Meanwhile, Paul, unable to contain his boiling anger, stepped forward with his left foot and swung his army knife in a low position.
Whii profit!!!!
“Oh~ fast~”
“… “
Paul’s eyes trembled in bewilderment.
Apparently, the man who had been squatting in front of him was squatting behind him and applauding him.
But for a moment of embarrassment, Paul quickly twisted his body and swung the military knife held in reverse in his right hand…
“Hmm… As for the knife, I use it like this.”
The moment he turned around at the voice he heard behind his back, a sharp knife cut into Paul’s chest.
Hooked!!!
A MacGyver knife stuck right through the center of his chest.
It was just an act of humiliating Paul.
However, even if it’s a MacGyver knife with the worst killing power…
Fluffy!!!!
As he stabbed him in the chest, repeatedly pulling out and inserting it, blood leaked out between his tightly closed lips, and his legs gave out, causing him to fall to the floor.
“Hmm… What to do It looks delicious to eat, but… If the boss finds out, I think I’ll hear something else… Okay, let’s go together.”
Snap-
Deed Dede Deuk-
The man, who was about to lose consciousness, grabbed Paul’s hair and dragged it to the Phoenix Shelter, where hot flames and black smoke were rising.