Chapter 87 – That’s How It Came to Be

Inside a dark passageway full of dust.
Ha-jin, who had lost her mind due to her lost stamina, injuries all over her body, and most of all, the shock of the fall, struggled to open her eyes.

“Cadet..! Am I still alive…?”

Hajin thought she was dead, even when she lost her mind.
That’s also because, falling down the dark passageway, every time I caught something in my outstretched hand to live, I lost track of what I was holding and continued to fall due to the falling kinetic energy.
Of course, the continued actions slowed down the fall, and Ha-jin wouldn’t have opened his eyes again if he hadn’t completely slowed down once in the middle of falling on top of the monster he was holding on to with one elbow bone stuck in the wall.
Of course, she didn’t know.
As she fell, she lost her mind thinking that the monster she was holding on to had collided with the floor.

[Purchase a basic flashlight (30 coins).]

“Eh… How many of these are you buying?”

Click-

The moment Ha-jin, who bought a flashlight to look around, presses the button on the back with her thumb.

Doo!

“Aww!!!! What the fuck, what!!!”

When she saw the monster’s elbow bone standing upright right in front of her eyes, she stepped back, pushing off the ground with both feet in a fright, realizing that something was wrong with the action.

‘Why is my ass so uncomfortable..?’

Swoop-

A flashlight going down, and a scream erupting again.

“Wow!! Hey, how did this happen…?”

What Hajin was sitting on was the corpse of a monster with the back of her head completely blown off and only her face remaining.
Yes.
Ha-Jin spent the night with the corpse of a monster that absorbed most of the shock of her death while she passed out.

“You… You’re dead, right?”

Back-
Wow-

As she reached out and poked her monster cheek, her blown head, which was attached to her floor, fell slightly, making an unpleasant sound.

“Ugh…”

Confirming that her monster was dead, Ha-jin rubbed her finger on the monster’s cheek and shuddered at her, then hurriedly raised her body up and lightly touched the shiny exclamation mark downward with her finger to confirm.
Although she doesn’t even have to do it by hand, it’s enough to think or say that it’s mandatory message confirmation.

[Attributes can be acquired.]
[Choose one of the four characteristics.]
[Blood Madness (?), Strong Body (C), Fighting Spirit (C), Hunter’s Eye (C)]

“Eh?”

Ha-jin tilted her head at the message window that appeared in front of her for a moment, then looked back and forth between the message window and the monster’s corpse on the floor and smiled.

“Heh heh… Did you have it?”

Ha-jin learns that she is in a situation where she got the characteristics in return for killing the monster.
However, except for the fighting spirit she now possesses, all of these qualities were new to her.
However, one characteristic among them caught Hajin’s attention.
Blood Madness, a talent with a question mark in parentheses where it should have been rated.

“Hmm… Do you want to Character check, bloody madness. Oh!”

Ha-jin, who checked the characteristics in case of doubt, saw her happy face with the message window that popped up.

“What’s this?”

『Bloody Madness(?)-All stats increase through slaughter (except luck), loss of self, and body transformation. 〈 Stat increase: +0, Progress: 0%〉』

Through the description of the madness of blood, which has no grade itself, and its characteristics, Ha-jin learned that the identity of the monster was not a monster by nature, but an ordinary person by birth.

“So you’re saying that hunting with this trait will make me look like this freaking bastard? What, do you have all this?! Go away!”

Hajin blew the message window with her left hand.
It is good to have strong power and survive, but the precondition for survival is that you must have ego and rationality in the form of a human being.
Therefore, the characteristic of blood madness is a very attractive and good characteristic if there is no loss of self and body transformation, but Ha-jin decided to give up the madness of blood without hesitation.
Probably not just Hajin, but almost everyone else will make the same decision.
Rather than surviving as a monster, I’d rather just survive as myself.

“Then shall we check the rest?”

『Hunter’s Eye (C) – Track the target through the traces left.』

“Fuck, I’ve been following you like this… Dog-like traits..! Get out of here too!”

『Strong Body (C) – Defense +20%, Pain Suppression +10%』

“Hmm… Does this appeal to you?”

Currently, Hajin only has a 10% defense increase attached to the D-class attribute Steel Muscle.
A trait that would be nice to replace with a tough mentality that reduces all resistance and physical strength consumption, but in a situation where there is only one choice, the trait that Hajin chose is her fighting spirit, a trait she had previously possessed.
Since the number of attributes is limited to 4, it was advantageous and efficient for her to have at least one more attribute of a higher rank.

“I will do it with a fighting spirit. Give me your fighting spirit.”

[There are overlapping attributes.]
[You do not need to select the attribute to replace.]
[Acquire the characteristic, Fighting Spirit (C).]
[Duplicate attributes evolve.]
[Acquire the characteristic, Physical Awakening (B).]

“It is enough to just show that you have acquired only one physical awakening, and it is complicated… Attribute check, physical awakening.”

『Physical Awakening (B) – Strength +20%, Speed ​​+20%, Stamina +10%』

Ha-jin’s eyes widened as she confirmed the information about the awakening of the body that appeared in front of her.
Because she had a bigger rise than I thought.
At most, she thought she would only get a 10% rise, as she progressed to higher tiers as she had been doing so far, but she was surprised to see that her strength and speed rose by 10% each, a whopping 20%, double her expectations. I couldn’t help it.

“Fuck, awesome!! Yes, I killed this monster, and it’s worth it to get this much! Fuhahahaha~”

Ha-jin, who was kicking the head of the monster on the floor and laughing out loud, then confirmed his information.

『Name: Kang Ha-jin (27)
Height: 183 cm Weight: 77 kg
Attributes: Strong Mental Power (D), Agile Movement (E), Steel Muscles (D), Physical Awakening (B)
Coins: 839
[Strength Lv.20] [Agility Lv.22] [Stamina Lv.16] [Luck Lv.10]』

“Hey, great… How much did you get?”

Ha-jin, who checked the message window that turned off notifications for coins exceeding 800, found out that she killed the monster and acquired a whopping 725 coins. Squat down on the floor turned sideways.

“Heh heh… Thank you, you freak. And I’ll put this to good use.”

After purchasing a jigsaw, cutting off the monster’s right arm and disassembling it, Ha-jin retrieved one elbow bone and looked around, not knowing that the other bone and left arm were tucked up high, then opened the closed door next to it and slipped into the underground parking lot. Came out

“However… Is it night or morning?”

Ha-jin tilted his head as he confirmed that the watch on his wrist was pointing to 9 o’clock, and excitedly brandished his newly acquired weapon, exited the underground parking lot and started running.

“Ah, sir… I’ll just follow the road… Isn’t this here?”

As soon as he got out of the underground parking lot, he checked the bright sun and realized that another day had passed since he was chased by the monster. Instead, I chose to go down the alley, the shortest street, and as a result, I got lost.
However, as if by some fate, a horde of zombies appeared in front of Ha-jin, who had just escaped to Itaewon-ro, the main street. I was moving somewhere fast.
Ha-jin, who turned his head to the other side again, met the eyes of the man who was closing the door he had made on the stairs leading down to Itaewon Station.

Jerk- jerk-
Jerk- jerk-

Ha-jin and the man stared at each other with their eyes wide open.
In order to grasp the situation for a moment, Ha-jin stared at Ha-jin, who was dressed in rags and covered in blood, to see if he was a monster or a human.
In the meantime, the corner of Hajin’s mouth went up.

Ssik-

“Oh, Mr..!”

A person
He also looks very dangerous.
The man, who knew from experience that humans could be more dangerous than zombies or monsters, quickly tried to close the iron plate door he was holding in his hand.

Snap!
Fire!! Coo!!!

The door that had been closed by Ha-jin’s hand, which came in between the cracks in the closing door, opened wide as if to greet a guest.

“Who, who… “
“You don’t need to know?”

Whiiik-Seokkuk!!!

After closing the door again to prevent the zombies and the man who had been decapitated by the swinging bone knife from entering, Ha-jin entered the subway station. Instead of the 30-coin flashlight he had, he picked up the lantern the man had put down on the floor and moved on.

“Whiyu~ Did you even clean up? It’s also neatly done.”

So far, the subway station that Hajin has seen with her eyes is literally covered in blood.
The smell of blood splattered on the floor, walls, and even the ceiling stung my nose, but here in Itaewon Station, there was no bloodstains or even a disgusting smell.
It’s just that wherever Ha-jin steps, bloody footprints are left behind, and the foul smell from her body spreads everywhere.
Ha-jin, who was moving while marking the territory, went deeper by raising the shutters that came down in the middle, and after a while, encountered 8 men who were just about to go hunting.

“Fuck, what is that?!”
“Are you a human or a monster?”
“If you see him holding a lantern, is he human?”
“But what is that? Is it a bone? Is that a knife?”
“What are you?! How did you get in here?!”
“Hmm… I don’t see any guns. Then let’s die I need to get stronger.”
“Crazy bastard..!”
“How dare you say this place!!”
“What are you all doing?! Kill that bastard!!”

The words of a declaration of war to die first came out of Ha-jin’s mouth, so the men rushed without hesitation and brandished the weapons in their hands.

Poof! Whiik!! Shhh!! Whoo!!
Swish – Swish – Swish – Swish –

A tired voice flowed from Hajin, who neatly avoided the attacks that came from all sides of her by moving around to an empty space.

“Hey, I’m in so much pain… Can’t I just die? No. Just give me a coin. I’ll decide whether or not to kill him based on his characteristics.”
“Shut up, you asshole!!”
“Ah… Just because the coin is different…”

Wheeik!!!

Ha-jin’s right hand moved quickly as she grabbed the ax that fell like it was splitting the top of her head, and the bone knife she had been holding loosely with her right hand, torn from piercing the monster’s eye with a piece of glass.

Squeak-

The right arm of a man flying round and round in the air while holding an axe, and a scream emanating from it.

“Kwaaaaa!!!!!”
“Youngho!”
“This bastard!!!”
“Under… Bothered…”

At first, he was just going to kill them all, but as soon as the men rushed in, Ha-jin, thinking that he should share his characteristics with not only Minseo and Juha, but also the people in the shelter, changed his plan slightly.

Pooh!!
Awesome!!
Toouk!!
Awesome!!

It doesn’t kill, but renders it incapacitated.
Stab a thigh, break a leg or arm, and cut off one of the limbs of men who are rebellious or quite rebellious.
It’s more troublesome than killing them, but after rendering all eight men incapacitated in a short amount of time and staining the pristine subway station with blood, Ha-jin turned his head toward the booming shouts.

“Stop!!!!”
“Ah… There’s another… Hey, if you have more, go and bring them all.”
“You cheeky bastard..!”

At the sight of his subordinates being messed up, Park Seung-woo, who had gritted his teeth, rushed at Ha-jin, holding a large battle ax with blades on both sides, which was only seen in games.

“Does that look expensive? If you give it to an otaku kid, he’ll love it. How much is it You should get half price.”
“Don’t be lazy!!”

Seeing only the speed at which she rushed in, Ha-jin relaxed a little, but at the sight of the battle ax swinging at her, her face instantly disappeared.

Tadat-
Whoaaah!!!!

A tremendous sound resounded in front of her face, as if tearing the air, and Ha-jin, slightly narrowed her eyes, thrust her right hand forward, raised to the side of her face, and stabbed her with a bone knife.

Caang!!!

With a gauntlet-like iron glove on his left hand, he pulled out a battle ax stuck in the floor that bounced off the bone knife and attacked Ha-jin again. .

Whoa!!!

Another failed attack, and unlike the previous one, Ha-jin, who avoided the attack while bending down, quickly dug into Park Seung-woo’s arms and stabbed a bone knife into his abdomen.

Snap!!!

Park Seung-woo quickly lowered his left hand and grabbed the bone knife, but Ha-jin still had one more attack left.

Whiiik-Peouk!!!!

“Ugh..!!!”

Ha-jin’s left fist stuck in his side and Park Seung-woo’s distorted face.
However, it was not Park Seung-woo who would end up with just one punch, and he clenched his teeth and slammed his head back.

Whiik!!!

“You ignorant bastard..!”

He bent her neck to the side to avoid being hit directly on the forehead, but Ha-jin’s face was distorted by the forehead imprinted on her right shoulder.
But once again, with Hajin’s fist pierced into his left side, his body bent and Park Seungwoo’s hamstrings, which were pushed aside, caught Hajin’s left foot, which was swung as if he was facing Eater.

Dump!!

Park Seung-woo’s right leg bent weakly with the knee touching the floor.
But at the same time, along with the twisting waist, she came swinging her right arm holding a battle axe, and Hajin also swung her right hand holding her bone knife to the side.

Awesome!!

Just like the man whose arm was cut off by Hajin a while ago, Seungwoo Park’s arm was also cut off and flew to the side with the battle axe. Hajin’s left fist then turned to the side and struck Seungwoo Park, who was distorted in pain.

Quick!!!
Took! Took! Tududuk-

His body hit the floor and slid for several meters, and Hajin nodded his head as he moved slowly.

“Admit. If I hadn’t caught that monster, I’d have suffered quite a bit for you. May have lost But what? Because I am stronger.”
“Aaaaa!!!”

Park Seung-woo, who stood up screaming as if he could not admit defeat, charged like a buffalo with his half-remaining right arm dangling. Cut off

***

“Well, that’s how it turned out.”
“Whoa… Then you should have come to the shelter first! Don’t the people who care about you even think?! You stupid bastard!!”

Ah, Kim Hyeon-joon This bastard is getting more and more nagging.
I avoided Kim Hyeon-jun, who clung to me and nagged at me, and collected the coins when I checked the characteristics of the ones I still had alive.

But are these guys just running away?