Chapter 50 – The Queen Hunt (2)

Cracks began to appear in all directions, starting with the top of the head that had been shattered by the hammer.

Awesome!!

Like a true ant, the queen’s head split, with two hook-like teeth, but her brood was not yet dead.
What I broke was just a hard shell like the one wrapped around his body.

Dudududuk-

The shattered shell falls and the red eyes on its head, which has been turned to the side to avoid the bullets, stare at me.
Eyes full of life to the point of being terrifying.

“Keeeee!!!!”

A scream erupts, a head turns toward me, and wide open hook-like teeth attack me floating in the air.
The momentum and size of my torso made it seem as if I could lightly split it in half.
However…

“What are you doing, you bastard!!”

Wheeik!!
Kwajik!!!

My knee, soaring through the sky, lifted the queen’s chin and slammed her left fist down into the face of the guy facing her above, with his chin lifted naturally.
To be precise, towards the creepy guy’s red eyes.

Pooh!!

I can see how big his eyes are, as if my fist is being swallowed up, and I get stuck in his eyes.
But this isn’t enough.

Woowook!!!

My left fist, which had been thrust in even deeper, reached almost below the elbow, and I opened my fist and went through his head.
Fuck! Isn’t this the brain?!

“Keeeee!!!!”

The queen screamed again and shook her head wildly to get me off, and I, who somehow managed to hold on by bending her left arm hard, struck her mace in her right hand once again.

Poop!!!

A mace stuck between the eyes.
It seems that there is no shell on the face.
But more important than that now is that the queen is still not dead.
This fucked baby, it’s so persistent!

Suwook!!!
Widely!!

I wanted to put an end to it, but I pulled out my left arm that was stuck in my eye and threw my body backwards while pushing the guy’s chin with both feet.
Because one of the queen’s front paws came swinging at me dangling from her head.

Shiiyik!!!
Gee profit!!!

Wow, that was fucking close.
A torn T-shirt and blood dripping across his chest.
I don’t think the wound is very deep, but I don’t think it’s a wound to be laughed at.

Doo doo doo doo!!!

With the sound of an approaching helicopter, Kim Hyeon-jun, holding a pistol in his right hand and a dagger in his left, approached me.

“Don’t look behind me, get out of the way.”
“Are you worried?”
“Isn’t it obvious? You could kill that bastard with a chance of being struck by lightning and then being struck by lightning again.”
“… Are you worried about me and not me?”
“Then why am I worried about you? Are you out of your mind?”

The shell on the hard side of the head was also broken, and even one of the eyes made an asshole.
If this happens, there is a high possibility that he will focus on me, a dangerous enemy that can kill him, and he may naturally show a gap in Kim Hyeon-jun.
And Kim Hyeon-joon with a pistol can kill the queen enough.
You can’t just set the table and pour it into someone else’s mouth.

“Hey! Excuse me!”

Swish!!

Kim Hyeon-jun hurriedly turned his head to the side at my urgent shouts and gestures, and my hand stretched out.

Widely!!

Like a hawk, I snatched the pistol from his hand and ran forward, raising her rifle at the queen.

“Keeeee!!!”
“Aren’t you pecking anymore? Then search!”

Bang bang!!!

It was shot with the left hand, not the right hand, while running, so the accuracy rate was terrible.
Of course, it didn’t miss because it was such a short distance, but the two bullets were stuck in the lower part of the muzzle, not the upper part where the brain was likely to be.
Then, instead of finishing the attack with a downward slash as before, it attacks me with its two forelimbs, like a praying mantis.
You change your style in the middle of a fight?
It seems like a minor change, but the changed queen’s fighting style is much more demanding.
If you swing like that without finishing the attack with a slash, it’s much easier and faster to take the second action, so it’s not easy to approach him.
Of course, it is possible to shoot from a distance, but it is impossible for me to avoid the two front legs that are swinging and put a bullet in the guy’s head, although it may be possible for Kim Hyun-joon in the back.

“You stupid child! The success of the operation comes first!!”
“Don’t worry. Because it was decided that I would kill that bitch.”

Shiiyik!!!

The front legs of the queen falling obliquely towards me.
Fed up, fed up you stupid bitch

“Is it the same pattern all day?!”

Whoops!!

Stepping back slightly, the mace hit the queen’s front leg with precision.

Kaang!!!!
Quaggagak!!!

With a loud sound, the forelimb, whose trajectory was changed by the mace I had swung down, dug into the ground and was deeply embedded.
And another forelimb that falls over my head.

Kwak!!!

“Whatever!!!”

Caang!!!

Twisting my whole body, my front leg, which collided with the raised mace, bounced upward, and my knee couldn’t overcome the impact and broke.

Thud!!

I sat down on my buttocks awkwardly.
However, unlike the one who lost all means of attack, I raised her left hand toward the queen, who looked down on me arrogantly with her one remaining eye.

“Fucked, do you want to?”
“Keeeee!!!!”

Tang Tang Tang Tang!!!
Fluffy!!

The last shot missed due to the recoil that was getting worse, but the first three shots hit the top of the queen’s head exactly, causing blood to spurt.
Then the queen who staggered her massive body.
Then, raising her body, I approached the queen and pulled her trigger without stopping.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!!

One step at a time.
Very carefully, as if not going to miss a single step.
Eventually, when I arrived in front of the Queen…

Coo!!

The heavy queen’s body and head fell to the floor.

“In the middle of the day… In the middle of the day… “

Even at the moment of searching, the queen gasps while spouting sounds she doesn’t want to hear.
I lifted the muzzle of her gun, which was full of heat, and pointed it at her queen’s head like a crush, and fired a word at the queen, who was staring at me with terrifying red eyes.

“There is still one step left.”
“Ah… “

Taang!!! Bang bang!! Bang!!!

“… Sorry, it was on your feet.”
“… “

The Queen’s voice that can no longer be heard.
But the eerie eyes of hers, all red, without pupils, seem to be still looking at me.

“Fuck, I feel bad.”

Poop!!!

Even the left eye of the guy who was almost on the floor was blown out with a mace, and I turned around with a relieved mind.

“Operation Success.”

Swish-

A message window popped up in front of me along with a handgun flying towards Kim Hyun-jun in a graceful parabola.

[Acquire the attribute, Hard Skin (D).]

“Yes!”

Yes, there is a high probability that something like this will happen, so how can the success of the operation be a priority?
Even if I fail, killing me is the priority.
So where do you want to check it out?

『Tough Skin (D) – Defense +10%, Pain Suppression +10%』

Defense and pain suppression… Aside from defense, what is pain suppression?
Damn, it’s useless.
Anyway, the steel muscle also has 10% defense, so is this a 20% increase now?
Isn’t this going to become a golden river later?

“Target down. Operation end. Return quickly.”
– Roger.
“Oh, are they still alive?”
“Don’t say things for granted. But what did you get?”
“Don’t say things for granted. Do you think I can tell you that?”
“… “

Doo doo doo!!!!

The wind blowing through the broken windows accompanied by the loud sound of propellers.
Kim Hyeon-jun, who stared blankly at me for a moment, turned around after checking the images of his men running inside as he fired his gun.

“Go back.”

The operation to remove the queen ended by moving to the window and throwing themselves out of the building one by one and clinging to the net basket that came down from the helicopter.
Of course, I can’t say it’s completely over yet.

-Captain Kim! How did it go?!
“Succeeded in removing the target.”
-What about the zombies?! It looks like the zombies are chasing the helicopter from here, but can you observe the movement towards the shelter?
“I don’t see any movement like that. Rather, apart from the zombies chasing the sound of the helicopter, the zombies in the distance are scattering in a different direction from the memorial and shelter.”
-Ha… Thank god. My guess is correct…
“Borrow this.”

Snap!

Stealing Kim Hyeon-joon’s radio, where Dr. Yeo Eun-jung’s voice was playing, I changed the channel and contacted James Lee, who was waiting for me.

“Ah! Ah! Can you hear me, Oba?”
– I hear you.
“Are you ready?”
-Yes, the preparations are over. But the Queen Zombie Removal Operation? If there was such a thing, we could help too…
“I already killed him. So it just goes away.”
-Then what do you ask for?
“Please proceed as planned. But you’re not still in the shelter, are you?”
– It can’t be. 30 seconds before arrival.

Doo doo doo doo!!!!
Doo doo doo doo!!!!

There are two helicopters floating in the sky right now.
Two helicopters, one flying towards the shelter and one toward the memorial.
Kim Hyun-joon asked with a frown when he noticed an American helicopter flying at a higher altitude than the one transporting us.

“What are you up to?”
“You decorate? I just prepared a plan B in case you didn’t know.”
“Plan B?”

There were two risks in this queen removal operation.
The first risk is failing to remove the queen, and the second risk is that even after removing the queen, zombies invade the shelter to create a new spawning ground.
I just prepared a plan B for those two situations.
Of course, rather than Plan B, the US military is reluctant to directly hand me coins, so I’m just trying to get coins in a different way.
Besides, it’s hard to see zombies gathered together so beautifully.

“Then please open it now.”
-All right.
“Hey, see the pilot and ask to go back to the memorial.”
“What are you trying to do?”
“I know when I see it.”

Shrugging my shoulders, I returned the radio to Kim Hyeon-jun, who picked up the radio, stared at me, and ordered the pilot to turn toward the memorial hall.
As long as you don’t land, it’s not dangerous even if you go back.
And from the US helicopter side, what I asked for to prepare started pouring down.

“What are you dropping… “

Tuk-tuk-tuk-

Drops of water suddenly started splashing on the face along with the pouring objects.
Water droplets began to splash not only on me, but also on the faces of Kim Hyeon-jun and other soldiers who were hanging from the net.
It’s not exactly water, but oil droplets.

“Sniff sniff! Gasoline..?”
“Are you thinking of starting a fire right now? Whoa… No use. It doesn’t matter if it’s simply to reduce the number of zombies, but you can’t get coins by burning zombies with oil.”
“Have you tried it?”
“Of course.”
“Hmm.. Is it?”

Even if you kill zombies by setting fire to oil, you cannot acquire coins.
But I’m not trying to kill you by setting fire to it.
Because the way I definitely acquired the coin, it was just upgrading that way.

“Don’t worry. Fire is an ignition device, and it will blow hotter.”
“What the hell are you going to do?”

As if I had finished my work, I reached out my hand to Staff Sergeant Kim Ji-hoon when I saw an American helicopter making a great turn around the memorial square and returning to the shelter.

“Give me the gun.”
“Second, why is the gun…”
“Do you have bullets?”
“There is, but… “
“Then give it to me.”

Widely!!

I snatched the rifle from Sergeant Kim Ji-hoon’s hand, put my left arm between the nets to secure my body, and lowered the muzzle.
Towards 15 3kg propane gas cylinders that the US soldiers had thrown and sprayed gasoline on them.

“If it catches fire, it should come out right away. It would be difficult if I got caught up in an explosion and fell.”
“Wait a minute! That’s…! If that explodes at the same time, the helicopter could be involved… “
“So if you don’t want to be left behind, tell them to move quickly.”

Taang!!

“One foot will be right.”

Ride on and on!!!!

An indiscriminate rampage started with a single gunshot that rang out.
Then, the propane gas cylinder hit by the bullet spun around and suddenly burst into flames.
Fun year!!

“Raise your altitude! You have to raise your altitude!!”
“We must escape! Escape!!”

The pilot, who was radioed in by the desperate cry of Kim Hyeon-joon and the soldiers, began to move away from the plaza, raising the altitude of the helicopter.
But there is no need to run away so quickly.
Just because it catches fire doesn’t mean it explodes right away.

“Poem, is it a failure..?”
“Hey, you! If you’re going to do something like that, you should have told me in advance! We almost got caught in an explosion!”
“Okay! It’s a shame it failed! At least we could have all died! Because of you!!”

A failure?
No.
It’s a fact that I learned while popping butane gas, but just because the leaking gas catches fire doesn’t mean the gas cylinder explodes right away.
In order for a gas cylinder to explode, heat is continuously applied to heat the cylinder, which causes the internal pressure to increase or explode the moment it reaches a certain temperature.
Of course, this is just speculation based on my experience, so it may not be a scientific fact, but if you’ve been engulfed in flames and heated up for such a long time…

Aaaaa!!!!!

“Wow!!”
“What, what?!”
“Uh… “
“Hwiyu~~ It’s hot!”

Damn, this can’t compare to butane gas?!
It was an explosion as if some kind of missile had fallen.
A wind so hot that the helicopter, which had moved some distance from the plaza, shook, and a mushroom-shaped column of fire soared as high as we are now.
And the black smoke that covers the sky.
Hehe… After all, the bomb is cool!

“How is it? Do you like it, Captain Kim?”
“… “

Seeing that you can’t even open your mouth, you must have been surprised enough to get sick of my surprise event.

“It’s strong..”
“Why?”
“How many coins did it cost to prepare that?”
“I didn’t spend my coins, but 942 coins.”
“… You are stupid.”
“What?”
“Check it out. How many coins did you get from that explosion?”
“What bullshit? That’s it, of course… Fuck, what is this?!”
“Stupid.”

When I checked the information window that popped up in front of me, I couldn’t contain my astonishment.
Fuck, I’ll just ask for 500 coins like I did with the Joint Chiefs of Staff!