26. I’ll Give Myself to You. (2)

“Hiss!”

I swung with all my might.

The blade, dripping with blood, pierced the forehead and cleanly severed the skull.

Crack!

Like a watermelon splitting, blood slowly gushed from the severed head.

The decapitated head fell to the ground.

I immediately turned around.

The horde of human beasts, their heads spraying blood, staggered and fell in slow motion, like a scene captured in a split second.

I bent down and pushed off the ground.

Blood droplets and streams splattered against my body.

It’s time to end this.

Acceleration.

[Auto-Cast: Acceleration]

The enhanced physical functions from the Physical Enhancement buff strengthened various parts of my body.

Running was one of them.

The scenery around me blurred as I moved.

With each step, a store flashed by.

A fountain appeared in the distance and vanished in an instant.

It’s enough.

They can’t see me now.

Thud.

I stopped and shook my sword to the sides.

At that moment, the acceleration ended.

Roar!

Boom!

A deafening roar and howl, like an earthquake, echoed through the air.

The human wave collapsed like a poorly stacked set of dominoes.

Squish!

Blood finally dripped from the shaken sword.

I immediately sheathed the sword and drew my bow.

Swish- Click.

I had performed this action countless times.

I could sheathe the sword without even looking at the scabbard.

After quickly drawing the bow and an arrow, I knelt on one knee.

In a place with a ceiling, aiming slightly upwards adds more tension to the bow.

I subtly raised the bow and drew the string.

Whoosh-

Thud.

The arrow, released at incredible speed, pierced the head of a human beast.

I immediately drew and fired another arrow.

Whoosh- Thud.

The speed at which I fired arrows.

It’s getting faster.

With each passing day, the time it takes to draw and release an arrow is decreasing.

The transparent circle in front of my eyes has become second nature.

Thud.

Swoosh-

The arrow pierced another head.

As I watched the human beast fall like a broken doll, I reached for another arrow.

A vibration sounded.

I stopped and looked down at my pocket.

The vibration continued.

It wasn’t a message.

It was a call.

“Phew.”

I put down the bow and answered the call.

It was So-hyeon.

That’s strange.

So-hyeon and the others should know what I’m doing. If there was news, they would usually send a message.

A call?

I swiped the screen to answer.

Damn, there’s a bloodstain on the screen.

“Hey, So-hyeon. What’s up?”

So-hyeon spoke urgently.

“Bro! Hurry up! Hurry!”

Her voice was alarming.

I pushed off the ground and stood up, sheathing the bow on my waist.

“What’s wrong? Why are you like that?”

“Bro, hurry, hurry!”

It’s really serious.

I’ve never heard So-hyeon like this before.

Then someone else took the phone.

It was Jeong-seo.

“Seong-hun. You need to come quickly. Now, I, ha… hurry, okay?”

…When both women are this urgent, it’s definitely not a normal situation.

I turned and said,

“Got it. I’m on my way.”

I hung up and ran towards the exit.

The remaining human beasts.

There weren’t many left.

We were almost to the subway.

Once inside the subway tracks, there might be even more. Maybe a swarm.

If so, I might reach max level again. I had been sweeping the underpass for the past few days.

Plus, I still had 33 arrows left.

I had brought one in and fired it, then picked up the arrows I had fired over the past few days.

It’s a shame.

The subway is right in front of us.

The women must know what I’m doing, so what could have happened?

I emerged from the underpass and looked around.

Nothing.

It was quiet and calm.

Just like usual.

Looking in the distance, I saw people gathered on the rooftop of the large mart.

They were gesturing and shouting something.

It sounded like they were calling my name.

I ran back to the large mart, and Mr. Hoon, who was on guard, opened the shutter for me.

Whirr-

“S-Sir, sir!”

“What’s wrong? What happened?”

“U-Up, up, up there, sir.”

Mr. Hoon’s face was pale.

What the hell is going on?

I nodded and walked towards the elevator.

The ride to the 10th floor felt unusually long.

I was anxious, even though I didn’t know what was happening.

Why are they acting like this?

Ding-

The door opened.

I immediately ran up the stairs to the rooftop.

Our people.

And the newly arrived men and women.

They were all lined up at the rooftop railing, looking into the distance.

Ye-eun, noticing my arrival, gestured urgently.

“Bro, Seong-hun bro! Hurry, quickly!”

People were looking at me.

Their eyes were all…

So-hyeon and Jeong-seo gestured for me to join them, making room.

I went over and looked into the distance.

“What’s going on? What…”

I couldn’t believe my eyes.

…What am I seeing?

A wide road.

Dozens, hundreds of vehicles, overturned or abandoned, stretched far into the distance.

There was a dark cloud in the middle.

But it wasn’t a cloud.

It was heads.

The road was filled with a mass of black, writhing creatures, slowly advancing like a giant black spider with countless legs.

…A zombie wave.

“…Damn.”

I had only seen it on YouTube before, never in real life.

It was several hundred meters, maybe kilometers away.

But it wasn’t a great distance.

The mass was writhing and squirming, pushing and shoving, moving like a single organism, consuming the road, buildings, and the city.

It was too far to hear.

The sound of glass shattering.

But it was definitely happening.

The zombie wave was approaching buildings.

Human beasts were jumping from the windows of tall and low buildings, shattering glass as they fell.

The scale was unimaginable.

Hundreds of thousands, maybe millions.

It seemed like it could cover the entire world.

I stood there, overwhelmed by the zombie wave.

This is beyond what I can handle.

Hundreds of thousands, millions of human beasts.

A zombie wave that could cover the entire city…?

…It’s impossible.

…Wait.

“…What’s that?”

At the forefront of the zombie wave.

There was something.

A person.

A woman, it seemed.

The woman was riding a bicycle.

And in one hand, she held something red.

It was too far to see clearly.

But I soon realized what it was.

The woman on the bicycle was holding a megaphone.

She was pedaling frantically and shouting at the top of her lungs.

It was too far to hear clearly.

Only a faint, rumbling sound reached my ears.

…I know who it is.

The female cockroach.

This bitch…!

“O-Oh, bro…”

So-hyeon called me in a frightened voice.

Ye-eun, So-eun, Jeong-seo, Jun-hyuk, Tae-young, and everyone else were looking at me.

And at the zombie wave.

“…Aah…”

A gasp.

Thud.

Looking to the side, I saw Grandma had collapsed.

“Grandma! Grandma!”

Ye-eun and So-eun were shaking Grandma, but she only groaned and didn’t wake up.

She had fainted at the sight of the zombie wave.

I grabbed Tae-young’s arm and pulled him.

“You, take Grandma downstairs.”

Bloodstains were left on Tae-young’s arm.

But he didn’t seem to mind.

“Yes, hyung.”

He nodded and walked over to Grandma.

I turned and walked to the edge of the rooftop.

This spot offered a direct view of the road.

As I walked, I drew my bow.

Swish.

I drew an arrow with my other hand.

Jeong-seo, realizing what I was about to do, asked in surprise.

“Seong-hun, it’s impossible. How can you… It’s too far.”

I clenched my teeth and said quietly.

“Don’t worry.”

I stood at the edge, nocked the arrow, and raised the bow.

A transparent circle appeared in front of my eyes.

The black wave.

The massive zombie wave.

And the crazy woman on the bicycle, riding frantically.

The circle didn’t glow red.

I slowly raised the bow.

The circle followed.

The circle’s range was about the size of a plate.

If the target moved out of this range, I couldn’t hit it.

I raised the bow higher.

Almost to a 45-degree angle.

…The circle moved out of range.

“…Damn.”

I looked around.

Everyone was watching me.

I didn’t care if they were watching.

I should have killed her long ago.

A foolish sense of mercy had caused this zombie wave.

I should have killed her when she came at me with a knife.

Grinding my teeth.

The crazy bitch.

I need to hit her head and kill her.

Right now!

.

Near the vegetable garden.

There was a chair.

A wooden chair, probably brought from the calligraphy school.

It seemed they had placed it there to rest while tending the garden.

I immediately walked to the garden and picked up the chair.

Tae-young, Ye-eun, and So-eun hadn’t gone downstairs yet. They were watching me.

They wanted to see what I would do.

Without saying a word, I passed them and walked to the edge of the rooftop.

If I were on the ground, I would have accelerated and run over to decapitate her with my sword.

I might have been able to return with only 14 uses of acceleration, but emotionally, I would have rushed over and brutally killed that crazy female cockroach.

But I can’t do that now.

Even waiting for the elevator would be a waste of time.

Thud.

I placed the chair and climbed on it.

…Damn, the stance isn’t right.

I placed one foot on the rooftop railing.

Now it’s better.

I raised the bow, nocked the arrow, and drew the string.

Whoosh-

The transparent circle appeared in front of my eyes.

It didn’t glow red.

I slowly raised the bow.

The circle followed.

It still wasn’t aligned.

I kept the bow drawn and positioned the crazy female cockroach at the bottom of the circle, waiting.

…Not yet.

Not yet.

The loud sound of the megaphone.

It carried faintly on the wind.

Die-

Die-

You bastard-