episode_0011

“I also became this strong by killing several awakening individuals. But now, the zombies are getting stronger, and other awakening individuals are also getting stronger. It’s becoming harder for me to survive alone, you know? Hehe… So, what I’m saying is that I needed a group like mine.”

A clean-cut man looked at me with a slightly suspicious gaze in response to my words.

“…So, are you saying you’ll join us?”

“Yes~ And you don’t have to be on guard. You are 8 awakening individuals, and I am just one. No matter how strong I am, a group needs at least 4 members.”

“So, you also needed a group… Alright, we are now one group. You are with us now.”

As the clean-cut man spoke, people emerged from the rooftops and alleyways, surrounding me.

“It’s a condition for joining the group. Tell us about your awakened abilities and stats.”

“Well, first…!”

Thud!

Approaching the timid-looking man with an explosive skill, I drew a knife from my waist and deeply cut his throat, then proceeded to create holes in the abdomen of the man with a mental weakening skill.

– Acquired 22,500 points.

– Acquired 17,000 points.

“Phew~ Just as I expected, right?”

“Damn it…!”

“You bastard!”

Although I needed to deal with the individuals possessing explosive and finger-gun skills first, their positions were unfortunately opposite, so I couldn’t take them out at once.

Bang!

Thud-

“Huh…?”

Nevertheless, I awkwardly demonstrated a powerless attempt to block my attacks with the shield of the god I had used in advance, still being at level 3.

“Oh, I feel so embarrassed~”

Dodging the axe attack by bending my body and using the beard to block the thrown weapons, I applauded the man with the beard who skillfully defended against four thrown weapons flying towards him. Then, I used the power of the god to return the weapons to the villain who attacked the man with the beard.

Thud!

– Acquired 18,500 points.

“Ugh…!”

The man who met his end by the thrown weapons he had launched fell with an undignified sound.

Thud!

After using the beard as a shield and avoiding the flying fists, I extended the knife towards the villain’s vital spot.

– Acquired 16,500 points.

– Acquired 12,500 points.

“Phew…”

“Gulp…!”

Having swiftly killed the transparent track awakening individual and the steel skin awakening individual, I collapsed and looked at the clean-cut man and the man with the beard, raising my guard.

Thud!

The finger-gun awakening individual who was fleeing from behind was finished off by the thrown axe, silently falling to the ground.

Acquired 15,000 points.

“The points are so sweet~”

Ignoring the clean-cut man who looked terrified at me, I approached the still-fallen man with the beard and used a skill to heal his wounds.

“Ahh!”

Finally, I cut all the Achilles tendons of the beard and prevented him from walking, then approached the clean-cut man who was watching me.

“Where is your hideout?”

With a kind expression, I asked, and perhaps due to the contrast between the slaughter I had just shown, the man was even more frightened and bowed his head towards me.

“P-Please, p-please spare me…”

“If you tell me the location of your hideout, I might spare you~”

“T-The hideout is, uh, it’s a big house next to the playground!”

“Shall we go together since lying will get you killed?”

“Yes, sure!”

Just in case, I borrowed up to three skills, but even if I hadn’t borrowed them, I followed the man who guided me with a slight regret for using the faith that was already used.

“Hey, um…”

“Oh, yes, sure!”

“If that guy with the beard is too heavy, should I just cut off his legs? Then he’ll be a bit lighter.”

“Oh, no. I-I’m light.”

“But why are you stuttering like that? Hurry up and bring him before I cut off your legs.”

I pretended to be lost in thought for a moment while looking at the leg of the man with the beard, who couldn’t make any sound and drooled, with his mouth covered.

“Hmm~ No. You might die if I cut off your legs, how would I do it?”

When I said that, he looked at me with a face that seemed to say, “What are you talking about, you just killed six people like killing bugs,” but when I looked at him with a smiling face, he quickly bowed his head and trembled.

Key-

“Oh! You keep your appointments well.”

At the perfect timing, a zombie appeared in front of us, and I used my skills to make the beard bite him.

– You have gained 26 points.

I watched the beard, whose body was being infected, along with the clean man who cleanly chopped off the zombie’s head.

Thump thump-

The glowing stopped silently, and the entire body of the beard, which had changed like a zombie, used the skill.

Thanks to the tip, after using the skill for about a minute, I saw the beard’s original skin return instead of the dull gray skin of the zombie and organized my thoughts.

“When a person turns into a zombie, it takes 3 to 4 minutes. If an awakened person infects a lot of people or zombies, they awaken to the first, second, and more stages.”

It was just a speculative guess without evidence yet, but I cautiously confirmed that my thoughts were probably correct.

“Are you okay? Were you very surprised?”

After infecting and treating the zombie, I asked if he was okay, but he didn’t answer properly and looked at me with eyes that hadn’t surrendered yet, so I easily gained points by cleanly chopping off his head.

– You have gained 19,000 points.

“Zombies give fewer points when they become zombies, right?”

Nod! Nod!

I smiled at the guy who desperately nodded his head to survive and ignored me while whistling softly, checking the remaining time of the skills.

’40 minutes…’

It was enough time to arrive at the hideout, kill everyone, and go to the rendezvous point.

‘I told them to go to the nursing home if I’m late, so it should be fine, right?’

Slightly worried about the remaining four people, I followed the man and suddenly found myself at the hideout the man had mentioned.

“Here we are.”

“Keep guiding me.”

The place called the hideout was a rare large detached house in Seoul, and the walls were securely covered with iron bars. The man familiarly took out the key from under the flowerpot, opened the door, and we entered the yard.

“Could you explain roughly?”

On the first basement floor, people are kept captive, and among them, the pretty women are brought to the second floor to be made into slaves. The useful awakened people or men become part of the group and stay on the first floor. By the way, the leader lives alone on the third floor.

“Thanks~”

Chak-

– You have gained 23,000 points.

As soon as I aimed the knife at the clean man, 20 sturdy men who were coming out into the yard all rushed towards me.

“You bastards!”

People here seem to have learned that using profanity during a fight can make the opponent scared and give them an advantage, so they continued to attack while swearing.

“If you’re trying to hurt my ears, you might consider it a success.”

Swish-

Dodging the flying swords and projectiles with ease, I casually avoided the bald man’s attack coming from the front, sidestepped, and slashed his throat.

– You have gained 3,000 points.

“Splurt….”

“We shouldn’t let the leader escape, so let’s finish this as quickly as possible, shall we?”

Initially, I didn’t use all my abilities just to play around, but in this situation where the leader might flee, it’s best to break through quickly.

Vroom-

Thud! Thud! Thud!

– You have gained 2,830 points.

– You have gained 2,700 points.

– You have gained 3,200 points.

Using the power of the gods, I flew the three swords I brought and precisely stabbed the heads of the charging men, and the swords naturally fell out, piercing the heads of the men next to them.

“Ugh, ahh!”

Thud!

– You have gained 3,200 points.

Utilizing the power of the gods, I took down 20 people in less than 30 seconds and quickly ran towards the third floor while maintaining the shield of the gods.

Thud!

As I kicked the door open, I could see a man sitting casually on a chair.

“Welcome.”

Seeing through his forced nonchalance, I checked his abilities to match his rhythm.

“I might kill you, so why are you so relaxed?”

[Lv_10 Domination]

Feels superior to others in the eyes of others.

Thinks it’s natural to command others.

Makes others want to be dominated.

Shocked by an ability that seemed like it came out of an adult comic, I briefly considered what it would be like if I became his disciple and gained that ability. However, I concluded that it wasn’t a huge benefit, so I decided to kill him.

“If you have that kind of power, it would be a waste for you to join me. Let’s grow our influence together.”

“Influence…?”

“Yes! In this changed world, being above everyone else and dominating others! Becoming that kind of existence.”

“Is that so…?”

Seeing me slightly agree with his proposal, the man couldn’t hold back and passionately appealed,

“You want that too! Making women your slaves, putting others under your feet, and ruling from above! And there’s a virgin with a huge… butt…”

After listening to his speech for over 5 minutes, I started to get bored and decided to end it there.

“Domination? Rule? Conquer? What sounds good? I like those things and have become strong for them.”

“Well, we could…!”

“But I can handle those things on my own.”

“W-what…?”

Without finishing his sentence, the man fell dead on the spot, leaving behind a rather pitiful figure, not the leader of a large group, and giving me points.

– You have gained 30,000 points.

“Still, dying can be helpful to me, hehe.”

Having used all the points earned from defeating Awakened individuals and ordinary people evenly on strength and magic, I could see the satisfying number 50.

“Now I need to really increase my physical abilities.”

Determined to raise my physical abilities from now on, I went down to the first underground floor to check on the slaves that the man with the Domination ability had.

“Ugh…!”

People on the stairs were surprised to see me coming down.

“W-who are you! T-today is a day off!”

The woman, with wide eyes and trembling body, spoke sharply.

“What are you looking at!”

Perhaps because they saw the people who would become my slaves, they immediately reacted to my slightly provoked expression as they looked at them.