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“Wow. You are truly amazing! Didn’t Hyunseong neutralize nearly half of the monsters? I didn’t know magic was this great.”

“I just got lucky.”

“Isn’t it okay to not be humble? Of these, I think Hyunseong oppa is the strongest. Oh, is it okay if I call you oppa? Speak a little more comfortably. For some reason, I want to call him that, Hyunseong oppa.”

After the hunt, while taking a short break, Kim Ji-won chatters next to me. There was no malice, so I dealt with it roughly.

I see Sarah next to me slightly lowering her eyebrows. There’s something he wants to say, but he’s hesitating, and he looks like a puppy asking you to open the door.

“Hmm, it’s a bit like that now. Because I’m more shy than I thought.”

“…Ah! You can do that. Well, anyway, wouldn’t it be easy to talk and relax as we go along? Hehe.”

Kim Ji-won calmly and naturally accepts my rejection as if nothing had happened. I don’t think this is a skill that has been used to catch one or two men. Even in our world, high-ranking hunters seem to be quite fascinated, if this is the case.

In fact, if it got to this point, unless I was a eunuch, I would have skipped over it and thought that good things are good things.

‘If it were me before I started dating Sarah.’

Seeing my refusal, Sarah’s eyebrows slightly rose again. After confirming that, my heart felt a little more at ease.

I want to have a big family. But that definitely doesn’t mean I want to bring just anyone into my family.

This means that he doesn’t want to hurt Sarah’s feelings by having a relationship with someone who just wants to have fun with her body.

And this girl, it seems like there’s something there. Something…

“Hyeonseong! Everything has been sorted out.”

“Are those who were injured okay now?”

“It’s okay. Oh, I think Ga-ryeong and I will soon be level 10. I checked my experience and it’s pretty quick.”

Choi Min-su, a member of our group, came to report to me on the current situation.

Fortunately, Sarah and I. And thanks to the performance of Choi Min-soo and Kim Ga-ryeong, there was no damage despite facing three digits of zombies.

Of course, there were people over there who showed some good moves. Han Se-ra’s parents, who showed martial arts and magic respectively, Kim Ji-won, the assassin who is hanging out next to me, and several gangsters who are good at using swords.

‘At this level, the firepower of the D-class hunters’ party will be strong.’

Each individual’s military power is a bit lacking, but the number of pages is large. It seems that I have reached a level where I can easily defeat the boss monsters of the D-class dungeon gates. As I become more familiar with strategy and tactics, I think even more will be possible.

“When you are ready, tell others to stand up. This time, I will personally come forward and conduct the search.”

“Yes, I understand. everyone! I think you need to get up soon!”

The gaze of the gangsters and the people who had looked at them with dissatisfied eyes for a while had changed considerably.

“That person is really strong… It wasn’t just on the outside that I was strong.”

“Fuck, I thought it was just fashion muscles, but it turns out that I actually developed them in real life. What is that person doing? Is it special forces or the National Intelligence Service or something like that?”

“It would be better for him to lead us… ”

“Now that I think about it, you said it was part of 702-dong, right? In any case, it’s just us… ”

The sounds coming from all over the place are mixed with the enemy’s young gaze and many friendly gazes.

I paid no heed to such things and walked diligently towards the medical school site, leaving the work to Minsu Choi and Garyeong Kim.

* * *

As expected, there were many people in the medical school grounds.

No, to be exact, there were a lot of zombies that were people.

“As expected… Even though it’s the weekend, it’s a university hospital. There must have been thousands of people left.”

I lightly patted the shoulder of Sarah, who had sad eyes.

I’m familiar with this scene because I’ve seen it a few times in the archives and in dungeons, but it’s not at all like this for Sarah.

No, rather, I would say that a heart of steel ends with a bitter expression and a frown.

“Woo-eup… Wow… !”

It’s normal for Kim Ji-won to feel nauseous like that. I was like that too at first. Because the zombie smell is disgusting.

Not long after the apocalypse, the faint smell of corpses beginning to decompose permeates the air. Even though it takes a while for the body to turn into a corpse and start to smell, it is summer and the temperature is high. By now, you may be starting to smell it.

“Ugh… Maybe it’s because it’s a hospital, but the smell seems to be stronger for no reason… .”

“Oh my god… I thought the hospital would be somewhat okay. We were actually safer… ”

Everyone is in shock, but there is no time for sentimentality. No, if you give it time, it will only increase your confusion.

In times like this, it is better to give orders and do what needs to be done without thinking.

“Okay, everyone. From now on, we will deal with the zombies as before. Since you’ve done it once, I believe you can do better this time.”

Everyone was looking at me like it was some kind of bullshit, but there was no time for that.

Kraaa–!!

“Damn, it’s coming this way!”

“I don’t think I could hear anything until just now… !”

Zombies’ sense of being alive varies from individual to individual. Sometimes it’s sight, sometimes it’s smell, hearing, touch… Varies.

It was just bad luck that we got caught.

“Sera! Stay by my side!”

“I understand, oppa!”

“Choi Minsu! Ga-ryeong Kim! I leave the rest to you!”

He didn’t listen to the answer and ran forward.

Grrr!!

To save at least one more person.

* * *

It now took less than 20 minutes to deal with the group of zombies gathered in front of the university hospital.

“Heo-eok, heo-eok… I did it. I did it.”

“What is this? It’s no big deal, right? No, have we become stronger?”

Of course. Because there were no special zombies here just now.

The zombies at the university hospital were much weaker than the goblins and the mixed group of special zombies we had just fought. It wasn’t difficult to quickly subdue it.

The vacant lot that had been filled with the screams of zombies suddenly became quiet, and the rest of us were about to head back to the liberal arts college.

“Professor Minsu Choi? You’re right, professor!!”

“This voice… What is it, Professor Park! Why are you here! You’re not on duty today… ”

“No, my wife was on duty yesterday too. So I hid from the zombies. How could Professor Choi be here…? !”

Suddenly, someone called Minsu Choi from inside the building and stopped him.

Like Minsu Choi, this person who was thought to be a doctor was also covered in blood all over his body. Judging from the traces, it was clear that he must have been in a desperate struggle with zombies for a day.

“I survived thanks to the teachers here. My wife is with me.”

“Oh, oh, I thought it looked unusual, so maybe it was a special forces unit dispatched by the government… ”

“Not really. Still, he is much more trustworthy than the special forces dispatched. My name is Hyunseong Park.”

As Choi Min-soo introduced me, I responded by bowing my head appropriately. My fellow doctor looked disappointed, but still thanked me.

“Thank you for saving me. My name is Young-Hoon Park, a surgeon who is Professor Min-Soo Choi’s junior.”

“What happened here? Are there any other survivors other than Park Young-hoon?”

There is “. And maybe the hospital… Huh… !”

According to Younghoon Park, the situation at medical schools and university hospitals was worse than expected.

Everyone was confused by the sudden appearance of zombies, and it seems they were just busy hiding without being able to respond properly.

“I succeeded in escaping with a few people to another small building, but there are many more people who were unable to evacuate in time.”

“Who survived? Are there any more survivors?”

“I saw other professors, students, and nurses sending out requests for rescue. There’s a high probability that he’ll be alive, but it’s already full of zombies inside… ”

“Oh my god… Professor Park. Is Mi-sook in there too? I think he said he was on duty today… ”

“I remember that head nurse Lee Mi-sook also joined the group of people who sent a rescue request that I mentioned earlier. I clearly saw it while I was running out.”

“Oh my god, oh my… Maybe I like this… !”

I felt sadness in the sight of Kim Ga-ryeong stamping her feet.

She said she also worked as a nurse at this university hospital… It seems like there are many people who know me like my husband, who is looking at me with sad eyes right now.

“How can I do this? ”

“More than that, we are here to find Nahee, honey.”

“I know. But we can’t just ignore this situation.”

“Yes, but… ”

The two couples were in confusion, unable to do either this or that.

In times like this, it would be better for me to quickly sort things out.

“Wouldn’t it be better for you both to help the survivors here?”

“Yes, yes? Stand, teacher. Then what about finding Nahee… ?”

“I will search quickly with just me, Sarah, and a small number of people. I think it might be better that way.”

Searching for people on a large scale may cause anxiety among survivors inside the university building. It’s hard to feel goodwill towards people who walk around with weapons.

Therefore, in this case, it would be better to naturally approach with a small number of people to reduce vigilance.

When I explained this, Choi Min-soo and Kim Ga-ryeong were convinced and took the photo out of their arms and handed it to me.

“This is a photo taken with my family. If you show this, Nahee will be less suspicious.”

“If Nahee does not listen to the teacher, please tell the child this. If you don’t want to be caught urinating because you were scared after watching a horror movie in the first year of middle school, listen to your teacher right now!”

uh… Wouldn’t it have been better not to mention that for the sake of your daughter’s honor, Ms. Kim Ga-ryeong? Why tell such a story to a man who lives outside…

Anyway, I was handed the photo and this time I moved towards the group of Han Se-ra’s parents to recruit people.

“What? Help this hospital? Hey, did you know that the story keeps changing? It would be difficult if they unilaterally tried to exploit us according to their circumstances like this.”

“This is a hospital. Also a university hospital. In case of an emergency, it is a place where high-quality personnel, who are like extra lives, are alive and where you can acquire related equipment.”

“There are healers anyway, so what’s the use?”

“What if the healers are unable to move properly? The healers there right now wouldn’t have been able to properly heal the zombies from earlier. If it weren’t for our side’s Kim Ga-ryeong’s treatment skills.”

“Kkkeut… ”

Perhaps it was difficult to refute these words, but gang leader Han Dong-seok frowned and closed his mouth completely.

Kaylee Bright, who was still, smiled.

“My future son-in-law is asking me to do it, so of course I have to cooperate. Then, people who are related to Korean universities and who are good at finding people can be sent along with their prospective son-in-law, right?”

“Yes. For the rest of us, we would appreciate it if you could do your best in the rescue effort together with others here. However, we must always focus on the safety of our current personnel. There is no need to overdo it.”

“Okay~. Okay, my future son-in-law. I went with Jiwon. The two of them took this opportunity to become a little closer. Got it?”

* * *

I, who was in charge of giving permission to the leaders of the two groups, quickly headed to the site of Hankuk University’s College of Liberal Arts with Sarah and the people who would be with us.

“So, all I have to do is find this junior in the photo? She’s such a beauty. How can I not be scouted at my company?”

“ is said to be a member of the school’s cheering squad. It is said that there is a high probability that they are wearing clothes related to the cheering squad, so it would be a good idea to ask people wearing such clothes about their whereabouts.”

“I understand, Mr. Hyunseong~. Sera, can you also move with Hyunseong? I also want to become strong like Sarah.”

“Uh… Shouldn’t you ask your brother about that? I don’t think it’s a problem I can do anything about… ”

“It doesn’t matter if you move. Since we were planning to move three people at a time anyway, it would be okay for them to join us. However, you must strictly follow my instructions.”

“Yes~. Don’t worry, Mr. Hyunseong.”

Divided into groups, we quickly searched around the College of Liberal Arts.

“First of all, this is the College of Economics and Political Science. It is closest to the student center, and many political and economic seminars are held here, so there is also a large banquet room.”

“The scale is small. I’m glad we were able to search quickly.”

Unfortunately, we found only zombies in the first place we searched.

We gave them quick rest and immediately moved on to the next location.

“Next, I will go straight to the student center. There’s a high probability that there will be most people here, so I’m nervous… ”

The moment Jiwon Kim was trying to explain to us,

Shhh!

My ears caught the distant sound of an arrow flying through the air.

‘Wind chime.’

Still, since they are part of our group, I have to take responsibility for their safety.

After calculating the direction, it seemed like it was simply a threat to bury it into the ground nearby.

Phew!

“It would be good… Wow?!”

“Are you an enemy?”

“Wait for now, Sarah. Because it seems like a threatening shot.”

I turned my head towards the place where the arrow was fired.

And there was a beauty with a yellow ponytail looking at us with indifferent eyes.

“…Who are you, everyone? Which university do you belong to? We’re sorry, but the student center no longer accepts people carrying weapons. I would appreciate it if you could step aside.”

The woman, who was dressed as if she were cheerleading and was still aiming at us with a bow, had a face that was identical to the photo that Choi Min-soo and Kim Ga-ryeong had given us.