[Episode 09] Assemble (3)

‘Damn it.’

Baek Seung-yeop has been in a bad mood all day since yesterday.

‘It’s gone!’

When I woke up, the cheap spear bestowed by Kim Jae-hyeon and the oak spear I had luckily obtained were gone.

In addition, the confiscation of all hard-earned property. When you wake up, all your hard-earned money is gone.

It wasn’t just him who went through that.

“You guys are gone too?”

“uh. When I woke up, everything was gone.”

The twins with him, Moon Ji-hoon and Moon Sang-hoon, had their weapons and all their property gone.

Moon Ji-hoon said in an annoyed voice.

“As I looked into it, there were quite a few people who had been through this. But do you know what those people, including us, have in common?”

“What?”

“It means that you didn’t go when the military scribes were summoned at the front gate, sir. Even the ones who went there and came back seem fine.”

Moon Sang-hoon sighed loudly next to him and regretted it.

“Oh, I should have just left then.”

Hearing those words, Baek Seung-yeop immediately grabbed Moon Sang-hoon by the collar and said,

“So you’re saying it’s my fault? uh?”

“Oh, no, that’s not it…”

“Fuck, you guys agreed! You said that following orders like that is an idiot. Right or not?!”

Moon Sang-hoon answered with a lot of fear.

“No, that’s right. I’m sorry, Seung-yeop.”

“Tsk.”

Baek Seung-yeop clicked his tongue and let go of Moon Sang-hoon’s collar.

He knew too.

It was Kim Jae-hyeon who took the weapon from them. But I couldn’t be angry with him.

In the first place, there was a point that the cause was over there because they were wrong first, but rather, to be honest, it was because they were afraid of Kim Jae-hyun.

‘May be kicked out.’

There was only one such case.

Rumor has it that he was caught trying to touch a minor and was kicked out, but the offender was found dead on the street shortly after.

He was killed by goblins.

‘If I disobey, so will I.’

In fact, being kicked out of this place would be like a death sentence, so I couldn’t even imagine going against him.

So, he takes his anger out on the idiot Sang-Hoon Moon.

‘I should have run out of the fucking underground parking lot.’

It wasn’t clear yet, but I heard that all those who went hunting at the timing of the giant’s appearance were not punished.

Those who were forced to go to the front gate were all lucky enough to escape punishment.

When the giants attacked, it seemed that he would not have been punished if he had fled outside the apartment complex rather than the underground parking lot.

‘It sucks.’

What made him even more angry was the presence of his younger brother, Baek Seung-min, who responded to the call to the front gate.

He was given a pistol by Jaehyun Kim.

With an honest heart, he wanted to steal the gun right away, but he did not know what kind of disaster he would suffer if he dared to touch the item that Jaehyun Kim himself had given him.

Now, it was a situation where I had to keep an eye on my younger brother in every corner of the house.

“ha. How did it come to this point…”

However, Baek Seung-yeop still did not know.

What you’ve been through so far is just the beginning.

He did not yet know how the men who were labeled as ‘punished’ by Kim Jae-hyeon would be treated later in the survivor group.

Also.

“quest”

Quest Content: Goblin Hunt. (0/20)

Time limit: 24 hours 00 minutes 00 seconds

Reward: A small amount of experience.

Failure Penalty: 1 minute of excruciating pain.

‘······ What else is this? Excruciating pain?’

They didn’t even know what responsibility they would have to take in order to live in this safe zone from now on.

***

primeval vitality.

It is one of the A-class skills possessed by Oh Eon-ju, and it was the ability to rapidly increase regenerative power in proportion to the increase in wounds.

‘I never thought the 100 reliability reward would be the skill the target has.’

Right away, this skill didn’t help.

I wasn’t going into battle, and unless I was out of the house, there was little chance I’d get hurt.

However, it was worth noting that the skill was obtained as a reward of 100 reliability.

‘Moon Byeong-ho’s reliability is approaching 100. If Moon Byung-ho’s awakening ability is obtained…’

Teleport.

It was a skill that allowed you to move to a place with a secure view.

‘After activating the outpost, what if I use teleport with the eyes of the absolute?’

In theory, if you have enough mental strength, you should be able to move there.

‘I’ll have to raise my spirits.’

It seemed that from now on, rather than skill proficiency, mental strength should be given as a quest reward.

Only then will I be able to strengthen my mental power as a daily quest reward.

Oh Eon-ju, who had stopped crying by then, spoke with a determined expression.

“Jaehyun. Send it now. I will personally rescue Jaehyun’s family.”

“Now?”

“Yeah. Originally, the operation should have started yesterday, but I know the day was delayed because of me. Thank you for giving up your valuable time. I want to repay you for your consideration.”

I was grateful for the words that accurately penetrated my thoughts, but at the same time I was a little embarrassed.

“Did I show a lot of impatience?”

“no. It’s just because I think I would have been impatient if I was in Jaehyun’s position. Everyone’s family is the most important law.”

Although it was an imperfect method, perhaps it was thanks to meeting Siwoo once, instead of the blazing anger, solid trust dwelled in her eyes.

“That’s why I know all too well how valuable a day Jaehyun gave me is. Thank you again.”

Oh Eon-joo’s sincere gratitude made him smile.

“Thank you for your understanding. Then, please wait in room 2901 with Ha Dong-gun’s party. I will come down soon.”

“Yeah.”

There was a reason why they didn’t immediately depart for Seomyeon Station.

‘Because of the giant, some of the tracks at Seomyeon Station collapsed.’

Not only the subway tracks, but most of the basement of Seomyeon Station was in a state of being smashed.

It was a natural result since that heavy-bodied giant ran amok.

‘I’ll have to dig a new route.’

For him, Seo Ye-jin has been diligently managing mice since yesterday.

I knew that I had secured an approximate route thanks to searching all day from yesterday.

‘The eyes of the absolute.’

When I focused my eyes on Seo Ye-jin, she was immediately moved to the mouse who was sharing her senses in real time.

‘Well?’

The mouse’s condition was a little strange.

– Squeak!

It was running away as if being chased by something, but the size of the mouse seemed bigger than most small dogs.

「Tame giant mouse (Lv. 7)」

As expected, the name of the mouse seen through the eyes of the absolute was different.

‘It’s evolved.’

As Seo Ye-jin was registered as a vassal, there was a new ability called evolution, and it seemed to be influenced by it.

“Ugh!”

There were beings eagerly chasing the evolved giant mouse.

Unfocused eyes, wavy limbs, bodies covered in blood all over.

“Zombies (Lv. 11)” “Zombies (Lv. 13)” “Zombies (Lv. 11)” “Zombies (Lv. 9)” “Zombies (Lv. 9)”

Dozens of zombies were chasing after the mice.

– Take it!

Zombies swarmed from all sides, not just from behind the mice, and thanks to this, an encirclement surrounded the mice was naturally formed.

The mouse stopped and looked around.

The zombies crowded so tightly that there was no hole to escape from.

If he was small, he would have had a chance to escape somehow by relying on the darkness, but because he had evolved, there was no suitable place to escape.

It was ironic.

‘It’s over.’

It was the time when I was thinking about using a gas explosion to wipe out the zombies rather than killing mice meaninglessly.

The giant mouse, which had stopped walking, started running at full speed towards the zombies.

I wondered if he was going to attack as a last resort, but he soon twisted his body into the gap between the zombies’ legs and succeeded in breaking through the siege.

‘Five.’

It happened that there was an exit, and the giant mouse eagerly ran up the stairs.

At that place.

[5 Nampo]

I saw a signboard that read Nampo Station Exit 5.

‘Somehow I’m used to it.’

I couldn’t recognize it because it was too dark, but this was the place where the Busan Gwangbok store was located.

‘I was wondering where all those zombies came from.’

It was a Saturday weekend.

There must have been a lot of people in the department store, and if zombies appeared, they would have spread very quickly.

There must have been quite a lot of people in the underground shopping center, and it was obvious that a catastrophe had occurred.

‘Given the fact that he gave up on going to Jagalchi Station and went up, it sounds like the situation is the same with the subway tracks.’

At that time, I was seriously thinking about whether I should give up the route from Jungang Station to Jagalchi Station.

-Jjiik-!!

A monster appeared in front of the giant mouse.

Smooth skin and menacingly protruding teeth.

It was a shark.

「Land Shark (Lv. 23)」

Wrong!

A giant mouse was hit by the teeth of a land shark without a chance to use its hands.

Along with that, the eyes of the Absolute were also forcibly turned off.

‘·······.’

It didn’t bode well.

The distance from Nampo Station, where the department store is located, to the main house is only a few kilometers.

However, the fact that such a dangerous guy was roaming around meant that there was a high possibility that such monsters were also roaming around the main house.

‘I have to hurry.’

I stopped at room 2402 and took Seo Ye-jin to room 2901, where Ha Dong-gun’s party was waiting.

“hello. My name is Seo Ye-jin.”

Ha Dong-gun Bati and Seo Ye-jin knew each other, but it was the first time they introduced each other like this.

It was because there hadn’t been a rush in the meantime because of this or that that happened suddenly.

“Nice to meet you. It’s called Ha Dong-gun.”

“My name is Gayoung Kim!”

“My name is Eonju Oh. Nice to meet you.”

Since they already knew that it was Seo Ye-jin who handled the mice, they quickly became close.

In particular, Kang Duk-soo showed great interest in Seo Ye-jin.

“My name is Kang Deok-soo! i look forward to!”

“yes.”

“You are so pretty!”

“Go, thank you.”

After saying hello so lightly, I spoke to them.

“We will start the operation meeting in earnest. As everyone knows, the appearance of the giant made it difficult to pass through Seomyeon Station.”

Due to the giant’s footsteps, Seomyeon Station was completely in a state of disrepair.

“However, it is regrettable to give up the subway line as it is.”

It was because the area near Seomyeon Station was destroyed, but the road from Beomnaegol to Choryang Station was intact after that.

As a result of checking using Seo Ye-jin’s mice, it was possible to use it as a free pass because there were no monsters there yet.

“Therefore, our first goal is to break through the route to Beomnaegol Station.”

I looked at Seo Ye-jin and said.

“Seo Ye-jin will explain from here on.”

“Yeah.”

Seo Ye-jin took out a crumpled A4 paper from her bosom and spread it out on the living room floor.

There was a map drawn by Seo Ye-jin herself.

Kang Duk-soo made a fuss.

“Wow, you drew so well!”

“···thank you.”

weird.

From my point of view, it seems to be at a slightly better level than elementary school vacation homework.

Anyway, Seo Ye-jin pointed to the map and continued her explanation.

“This is our apartment. And this is Jeonpo Station. And here is the destination, Beomnaegol Station. The recommended route is like this, moving along the main road.”

There were relatively few monsters on the big roads.

Even if you were to face it, you could know in advance, so you could be fully prepared.

‘And now, a tolerable group of monsters won’t even be an opponent to Ha Dong-gun’s party.’

Before carrying out the giant hunting operation, he poured money and raised the level of Ha Dong-gun’s party members to the maximum.

It was to make it a little easier to deal with the giant.

Thanks to that, everyone had reached level 30 now.

Now, among the vassals, the only ones lower than level 30 were Choi Hyeong-jun and Yoo Hye-rin.

“Here is a spot to be careful before arriving at Beomnaegol Station. There are Orcs operating in Homeplus as their base, and it is estimated that there are at least 500 of them.”

Ha Dong-gun asked Seo Ye-jin’s words.

“Isn’t there a need to bump into it?”

“you’re right. After all, our purpose is to enter Beomnaegol Station and use the subway tracks.”

“I think there are monsters in Beomnaegol Station too.”

Ha Dong-gun’s point was correct.

“There is nothing to worry about. Although there are a lot of them, it’s just goblins, so I think we’ll have to sort out the ones we run into and quickly enter the ticket gate.”

Seo Ye-jin pointed to the map again and continued her explanation.

“Once you enter the subway tracks, you will be able to reach Choryang Station without any obstruction. The problem is from the next station, Busan Station.”

Kang Deok-soo, who heard about Busan Station being half-destroyed by a giant, trembled and asked.

“So, does that mean that the giant is also at Busan Station?”

“no. There are only traces of the giant’s rampage, but it seems that the giant has already left. I think this is the same guy who came to our apartment yesterday.”

“That’s good, then.”

Seo Ye-jin’s explanation softened the hardened expressions of the people.

“Anyway, Busan Station is in a state of destruction just like Seomyeon Station, so you have to go up from Choryang Station and then cross it from above. You don’t have to worry about being near Busan Station either. There are almost no monsters, probably because the giants ran amok. But from now on, I think it would be better to find another route other than the subway line.”

“Why?”

“Because there are a huge number of zombies filling the tracks. You will probably have to waste quite a bit of time dealing with them.”

Seo Ye-jin muttered with a dark expression.

“As long as you don’t have the ability to annihilate monsters in a confined space, this route will be rather negative.”

At her words, Ha Dong-gun, the whole party looked at one place.

“to?”

Yoo Hye-rin, who suddenly received everyone’s attention, said in embarrassment.

“I-I’m not going out any more…”

For a moment, when everyone looked disappointed, Hye-rin Yoo changed her words.

“I did, but Mr. Yejin.”

Yoo Hye-rin spoke to Seo Ye-jin in a trembling voice.

“That···. I-I think my abilities can be of some help…”