Chapter 49 – Queen Hunt (1)

“Brother!!”

Minseo’s voice resounded, and the two feet that were busy running stopped.

“Is the hunt over already?”
“Hunting is a problem now?! You said you were going to prepare thoroughly!”
“I don’t know, Captain Kim’s son wants to go now.”
“But..!”
“Don’t worry. Even if I die, I will live.”
“I’ll be waiting…”
“Me too!”
“Okay. I’m looking forward to it because I’ll eat it after she comes back.”
“I did that yesterday too…”
“Beast..”

Honestly, I’d rather fuck those American bitches I ran into on the way to see James Lee than them, but it’s not the time yet.
Let’s take care of what’s right in front of us first.

“Ready to depart.”
“Looking at you. But is the queen still there?”
“You must hurry. It’s slow, but it’s getting deeper into the building. But if you leave right now, you can face him as soon as you enter through the window.”
“Okay. Then let’s go~”
“Careful!!”
“Don’t get hurt!!”

Doo doo doo!!!

With Min-seo and Kwon Ju-ha seeing me off, I climbed into the helicopter whose propeller started spinning vigorously and headed for the memorial with a total of 8 soldiers excluding the pilot.

“The operation team is the same as last time. These three will drop us off, take off, and drop the Recus Nets in time for our escape.”
“What is that?”
“Rescue basket with netting.”
“Ah, then it’s easy. Don’t be afraid to pretend you know. Anyway, how are you going to infiltrate?”
“Wear this first.”

With the help of another soldier next to me, wearing what seemed to be a mountaineering belt, I received a brief instruction on how to descend with a rope.

“So you’re saying you can pull the rope with your right hand, adjust the angle, hold the brake and go down? What are you making it so difficult to explain?”
“… “
“Since I understand, tie it up quickly.”
“I’ll go down the rope and tie it up.”

While Sergeant Kim Ji-hoon was checking my equipment once again with a confused expression, I started shopping using the 1,000 coins I received from Kim Hyun-jun, the 500 coins I received from the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the 136 coins I had.

[Purchase Strength Lv.13 (290 coins).]
[Automatically purchases sub-stats (850 coins).]
[The player’s information is updated.]
[You have reached Strength Lv.10.]
[Congratulations.]
[Purchase Agility Lv.13 (290 coins).]
[The player’s information is updated.]

1140 coins flew just by raising strength by 5 levels, and the remaining coins were 206.
Damn, with 1500 coins I can’t even begin.

[Purchase a steel mace (200 coins).]

He finished all preparations for battle while holding the mace that appeared in the air in his hand.
By the way, is it because your strength has risen to 13?
The round pendulum attached to the end of the mace I used last time seems to be heavier, but it feels much lighter.

『Name: Kang Ha-jin (27)
Height: 183 cm Weight: 77 kg
Traits: Strong Mind (D), Agile Movement (E), Steel Muscle (D)
Coins: 6
[Strength Lv.13] [Agility Lv.13] [Stamina Lv.6] [Luck Lv.3]』

Hey, stat balance is the worst.
Strength and agility are the same, but the most basic physical strength for everything is less than half.
Anyway, this fight is short-term, not long-term, and as seen through the heat-sensing camera, he boasts a considerable size, so he invested in his stats focusing on strength rather than agility.
By the way, his strength has passed level 10, but nothing seems to have changed.
As you move, you will learn this naturally like agility.
Obviously something will change.

“Ten seconds before landing, where is the current target?”
– No change.
“I get it. The operation begins.”
– Be careful.

The helicopter, which had descended to a certain height with the interrupted radio signal, did not lower its altitude any more, and four soldiers, starting with Kim Hyun-jun, jumped from the helicopter to the rooftop one after another.
Lastly, it’s my turn.

Tadat-
Doo doo doo!!!

As soon as it landed on the roof floor, the helicopter began to move again, increasing its altitude, and flew toward the shelter.

“Special forces are special forces.”
“I will tie the rope. You’ll do well on your own, but since this is your first time, watch what we do and follow along.”
“Okay. You are also a very broad-minded person.”
“… Excuse me, how old are you?”

I confidently answered Kim Ji-hoon, who couldn’t stand the constant banter and asked me about my age.

“Twenty-seven. You?”
“… It’s twenty-four…”
“It sucked. Damn, I thought there were more than me. Well, since it’s only one seagull, it must be young. Then I must be older than you in the military? If you see me in the future, salute me.”
“It is done.”
“Aren’t you going to answer me?”
“Ready to descend!”
“Hey man! Answer me!”

Kim Hyun-joon grabbed my shoulder as I tried to chase after Kim Ji-hoon, who ran to the side of the other soldiers as if he was running away.

“Operation begins. And there is no reason for Sergeant Kim to salute you, who are not soldiers.”
“Who doesn’t know that? I was just kidding.”
“Let’s play pranks after the operation is successful.”
“… You don’t like the way you talk. It’s like you’re giving orders every now and then.”
“We will launch a preemptive strike right after the infiltration, so don’t jump out and die stupidly.”
“Are you listening to me? I feel bad for talking.”
“Everyone prepare to descend!”
“Hey man! Mr..!”

As if he had learned how to deal with me, he didn’t respond to my words, just said his own words and jumped over the roof railing, following Kim Hyun-joon, who jumped over the roof railing and finished preparations for the descent.

“Descent.”

Tadat-
Tadat- Tadat- Tadat- Tadat-

Kim Hyeon-joon and the soldiers, who flung themselves into the air as if jumping backwards, began to descend downward while stepping on the outer wall with both feet, skillfully controlling the rope with their hands.

“Ahh!!”

Kwak!!!

“Tsk tsk tsk… I knew it would be like that.”
“Hey, Jihoon Kim! I can hear you!”
“… “
“Whoa…”

This is harder than you think.
In the apartment, I was tied to a rope and just gave the rope a rebound like a swing to get into the veranda, but this is much more difficult than that.
Of course, I quickly realized how to do it by adjusting the angle of the rope and the gripping force little by little with an animal sense.

Ride on!!!
Wow Chang Chang Chang!!!

Is it already started?
From below, there was already a gunshot and the sound of glass windows being smashed, and Kim Hyeon-jun and the soldiers disappeared as well.
I chased after them, accelerating my descent a little more, and the moment I entered the broken window.

Wheeik!!

A black object passed by me and flew out the window I entered.

“This lieutenant!!!”

What? Was it one of the military barbarians that flew away?
Before I had time to turn my head to check, I started unfastening the cumbersome belt, and in the meantime, a loud gunshot filled the building.

Valid!! Valid!! Bang bang!
Ride on!!!
Tadadang!! Ride on!!!
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

“Stop shooting! Strong Hajin!!!”
“Yes, yes! It’s all over now!!”

Tadadat-

With the loose belt, he spurred the ground and bounced forward.
Even the zombie who escaped from the laboratory raised his arms to block all the bullets, so it’s only natural that the monster would block the bullets as well.

“Keeeee!!!”

The grotesque cry of the queen zombie, which looks like an ant rather than a zombie, strikes your eardrums.
Fuck, is Lion’s Roar like this?!
I’d like to cover my ears first, but right now I’m not in a situation where I can afford to do that.
This is the second floor, different from last time.
That means it only takes half the time for the zombies to come.
Speed ​​is the key to this operation.

“Watch out for your front paws!”

Hey profit!!!

The forepaws fall at great speed.
It was different from the speed shown by the zombies he had dealt with so far.
Of course, it’s not so fast that I can’t avoid it.

Tadat-
Grasp!!!

A sharp awl-like forepaw thicker than my thighs pierced the floor, and fragments flew in all directions.
Speed ​​is almost equal to me, who has level 13 agility and characteristic quick steps, and when you look at the broken floor, strength is a monster that has an advantage over me.
I’m still not sure because I don’t know how strong my power has become, but one thing is certain, I came here thinking too easily.
I also thought that if I was strong inside, I would be there…

“Kim Hyun-joon! Get out there and stop the zombies!”
“This is me and Kang Ha-jin in charge! You guys defend the stairs!”
“You get out too! This is a cub! “
“It’s impossible for you alone.”

Ride on!!!
That’s it!!
Kagaga River!!

When Kim Hyeon-joon shoots at the head of the queen zombie, whose upper body is slightly raised, the bullet is blocked by covering her head with the front foot embedded in her floor as well as the opposite front foot.
Seeing that he instinctively protects his head, even though he looks different, this monster child, like other zombies, has his head as his weakness.
By the way, the head position is too high!
The big ass, which looks like it has just poured out a zombie egg full of water over there, is attached to the floor, but the height of the head is almost the level of a basketball hoop due to the slightly raised upper body, whether it is to use the front legs or to protect the head. Am.
Realistically, it’s lower than that, but it’s about 2 meters 80 at least.
Anyway, having a head that high means that you have to jump into the air unprotected or climb up on your body to kill him, both of which are too risky.
He’s not a slow bastard, he’s a guy with almost the same speed as me.

“Keeeee!!!”
“Fuck, you made me even more excited when you shot me!”
“Avoid!”

Pak! Pak! Pak! Pak! Pak!

The two forepaws that blocked the bullet fall toward me, not Kim Hyeon-jun, who fired the gun.
While quickly running back and forth to avoid the attack, Kim Hyun-joon hit the gun again as if he was not tired, and the moment his front paws were retrieved to protect his head.

Tadadat-

I, too, closed the distance with the queen, who had quickly drifted away, and tightly gripped the mace in her right hand.

Kwak!!!

What is this?
I can feel it more clearly because it is the power that goes into my hand.
It’s much stronger than I expected.
Would I be able to do this?

Wooooo!!!!
Quick!!!

What the fuck is that noise?!
A sound resounded like armor breaking, and the shell covering its torso shattered.
But it didn’t do any damage.
How do you know?
Because the two red eyes on the head of the guy who fell slightly to the side were staring straight at me.

“Keep hitting!!!”
“Keeeee!!”

Ride on!!!

The Queen’s scream that burst out with my voice, and Kim Hyun-Jun’s gunshot that rang right after.
But what about this child?
Why don’t you cover your head?!

Kagaga River!!!

The bullet, which hit the queen’s head, ricocheted off and landed on me, slicing through her two forepaws.

“Fuck!!!”

Caang!!!
Poop!!!!

The mace he lifted in haste bumped into his front foot, which had fortunately fallen first, and his body bounced backwards, crashing into the wall.
One shot has this much power, but if I blocked both and bounced off, I wouldn’t have been able to get up.
By the way…

“Hehe!!”

As if blood had boiled from the impact of hitting the wall, hot liquid filled his throat and gushed out with a bursting moan.

“Hee-eok, hee-eok, hee-euk..!! Ugh, if it’s fucking ramen…”

Fortunately, it wasn’t blood.
It was just regurgitation of the undigested ramen I ate in the morning.
Thanks to you, my stomach is a little lighter.

“Strong Hajin!!”
“Stop calling! I’m going to fix it!!”

Tadat-
Quaggagak!!!

As soon as I flew sideways, the wall scraped by my sharp forepaws shattered and debris poured down, and I rolled across the floor and stood up, twisting my body and swinging my mace at the queen’s forepaws that followed.
Obviously, it bounced off a while ago because it couldn’t withstand the force.

Caang!!!
Deed Deuk!!!

This time I survived by sliding backwards.
With this, it became clear what kind of power a level 10 strength gives.
The explosive power of an instantaneous force.
Instantaneous power, which can be called concentration or cohesion, can now exceed stats.
Until now, if I had a level 3 muscle strength, the maximum power I could produce was level 3, but now I can instantaneously generate more power than my stats.
That’s the benefit given to me after reaching level 10 strength.
That’s why the strength when breaking his shell and when blocking an attack were different.

“Hour!”
“1 minute and 20 seconds after entering!”
“Fuck..”

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

The interval between the gunshots heard outside became shorter and more numerous.
Perhaps the time they can endure is not even a minute.

“Call the helicopter!”
“Are you giving up?! You should know that if you fail like this, that monster might lead the zombies into the shelter!!”
“Shut up and call the helicopter. I will finish it before then.”

I discovered his weakness in the short engagements so far.
Only those two forepaws can move at the same speed as mine.
Its large body is just as slow as a tortoise, as confirmed by a thermal camera.
Otherwise, he would have attacked Kim Hyeon-jun, who was shooting, or he would have continued to attack after me, who was out of range.

“Is not it? Slow Queen?”
“Keeeee!!!”
“Shut up and give me your coin!!!”
“Why this way..!”
“Shut up and shoot me when I signal!”

I’m running in the direction where Kim Hyun-joon is now.
In order for Kim Hyun-joon, me, and the queen to face each other in a straight line.
A little while ago, the guy apparently turned his head and blocked his bullet with the side of his head.
However, the bullets fired from the front were blocked using the forepaws.
That means that the face, the front of the guy, is a weak part that cannot block bullets.

Tadak! Tadadat-

Arriving in front of Kim Hyeon-jun, I turned and ran to the screaming queen, and as soon as I entered the attack range, he slammed down with his front foot.

Dig!!!

“Whiyu… “

The queen raises her other front foot to attack me again after narrowly avoiding the falling front foot while turning to the side.

“Now!!!”

Ride and ride!!!!

Kim Hyun-jun, who fires his gun as if he is going to pour out all the remaining bullets, and the queen who blocks the flying bullets by turning her head to the side.
And with the sight gone, the front paws fell to my position that he last checked.

Grasp!!!!
Tadat-!

With my forepaws falling behind my back, I narrowed the distance with the queen to 1 meter, kicked off the floor and jumped into the air, concentrating my power beyond my stat limits just like when I first broke his shell.

Kwaaaaa!!!!

“Look around.”

Wooooo!!!!

The mace fell through the wind and struck the queen at the top of her head.

Quick!!!!