episode_0257

The fire burned happily.

Burning a mountain isn’t a good thing, but what can you do?

If we don’t do something about it, we won’t be able to restore this area in the future.

So, I had no choice but to be super strong.

And if I remember correctly, there is also something called slash and burn, right?

There was also a way to farm by deliberately setting fire to the mountains.

I didn’t think the problem would get any bigger if I started the fire like this.

“When it gets bigger, well, you have to think about it then.”

Yeah, I’ll have to go and think about it then.

I wonder if there is a better way other than starting a fire.

Even though I swung the baton as hard as I could, it was obvious that only a scratch was created.

There’s probably no way to do that physically.

What can we do if we bring in Noh Chang-hoon and Kang Si-woo?

… When I thought about it again, it didn’t seem like there was any way.

After all, those are plants too.

And the plant anchored its body through its roots.

You wouldn’t know if it had roots spread out in all sorts of places.

If I thought it was just a regular tree, digging it up seemed like a good idea.

Well, I’ll have to try it later if I have the chance.

I had no intention of going back there now.

No, there will be no need to go there in the future.

Because I plan on burning it up.

There was no hesitation.

Let’s think simple.

Anyway, in the fall, the wind blew so hard that the pine trees would hit each other, causing a fire.

I thought it was because I saw some pine trees on the way up.

Wouldn’t it be strange if a fire broke out one day due to negligence in management?

It would have been nice to start that fire now.

And if you leave it behind, you never know when and where Margrave will start an uproar again.

In times like this, it’s better to burn everything down to the roots.

So, I picked up a nearby burning piece of wood and threw it roughly toward the ridge.

Is it because there was a lot of straw piled up around it?

The piece of wood that seemed to have been extinguished began to burn fiercely once again.

Moreover, the wind was blowing at the same time.

It wasn’t like a southeast wind, but it was okay.

Because the wind will spread the embers to other trees.

“Okay, now there’s only one thing left, right?”

If it were me in the past, I would have stupidly continued to light the fire.

But now I know for sure.

It’s obvious that if we keep lighting a fire here, we’ll all be roasted, so we need to run away quickly.

Still, just in case, I picked up some burning twigs or pieces of wood.

I thought it would be quite efficient to throw it somewhere where there was no fire on the way down.

And I wasn’t wrong.

Perhaps because it was winter and it was dry and there were a lot of dead leaves underneath, the fire burned very well.

It was so strong that I wondered what would happen if I urinated at night.

That’s why, there’s a saying that if you play with fire, you’ll pee.

If that were true, I thought I would have a hard time.

Well, that’s probably not possible.

“Hey, you ride well!”

As I was going down, I glanced up and saw that the area around the summit was already turning red.

Perhaps trying to light the fire properly had an effect.

If a fire like that were to break out in a dry winter with strong winds, it could practically be considered the end.

So, I felt relieved and looked down.

Now all that’s left is to go down the mountain and fight some more damn bugs… All you have to do is go back.

If I had done this well, I could have said it was an easy victory the next time I came.

Anyway, each bug isn’t that strong.

The annoying thing about those bugs was that they clumped together.

Of course, kids who come together like that are bound to succumb to overwhelming power.

If it were Noh Chang-hoon or me, we could just push through.

It may take some time for the students, but it won’t be a big problem.

Do only bugs gather together? Survivors can also unite.

So, as long as you are careful, there will be no problem.

Then, it can be said that there are no problems around Busan… All that’s left is to consolidate internal affairs and then advance to Seoul.

Seoul is… Honestly, it was hard to say it was a safe place.

In the first place, the population of Korea itself is concentrated in the metropolitan area.

Since everyone is already a carrier, when a survivor dies, they become zombies.

With the zombie virus continuing to mutate to survive, it was virtually hell.

There was a description that it wasn’t an uninhabitable place, with plants changing so much… Still, it would be hell.

Every day, nobles and mutants are pouring out, and there’s no way it’s going to be okay.

Still, it wasn’t scary.

Because now we are restoring the surrounding area faster than in the original work.

Besides, I’m not the only one going to Seoul, right?

So I thought it would work out somehow.

“… Huh, it’s funny to me too. I’m still worried about the few months left.”

It was also funny to be afraid that everything would work out somehow.

It was no exaggeration to say that the happy ending had already been decided.

It won’t matter what enemy awaits you in Seoul.

If the three of us and other people come together, we can overcome anything that comes our way.

So, that was the moment when I decided to just focus on what I was doing now.

“… No.”

A drop of water fell on my cheek.

The ominous signs did not end there.

Because water droplets continued to hit my arm as the wind blew.

“Does this even make sense!”

I was so unfair that I couldn’t even get angry properly.

There’s no way it would make sense to start a forest fire and then suddenly it’s going to rain.

Besides, it wasn’t just a shower or anything.

When I looked up at the sky, it seemed like they were just trying to pour down hard.

The fire wouldn’t go out, but it was obvious that the momentum would subside for a while.

Of course Margrave won’t die either.

Thanks to this, I felt like I was going out of my mind.

Because I didn’t know what to do in this situation.

Still, I didn’t feel unfair or anything like that.

The sky must have sided with the zombies today.

I have nothing to say because I have saved my life like that.

Still, I couldn’t do anything about it.

If it had ended properly here, the rest would have been much easier.

“Really, consider yourself lucky… ”

I didn’t hesitate to descend.

When things went wrong like this, it wasn’t a bad idea to revisit the situation from afar.

And there isn’t just one thing to worry about.

It was better than hesitating and making things worse.

I was thinking like that as I was coming down the mountain… It was very nice to see.

Because there was a fire on the mountain and the bugs went crazy.

I don’t know how they had the means to put out the fire, but it was amazing how busy they were.

It seems like hundreds of them are flying in flocks. Is there a clever way to do this?

if there is… It seemed like a bit of a pain.

Will Margrave come out in perfect condition?

Honestly, it didn’t seem like there was a chance at all.

When things turned out like this, I felt like I was going to die of injustice.

Even if it’s not raining.

Yes, even if it hadn’t been raining, it would have been very nice to see by now.

Mabrave would have burned to death along with that mountain, and I would have returned in good spirits.

You may have had a hard time fighting the bugs, but it’s better than Margrave.

So I was really disappointed that it rained.

Especially since the forest fire seems to be weakening.

If you think positively, it wasn’t a bad thing.

Since it was raining and there was a fire nearby, it seemed like all the bugs’ attention was focused on that.

So the way back was very comfortable.

I encountered ants and bees a few times, but they didn’t care.

They probably thought that controlling the group was more urgent than fighting the intruders.

So I also turned off my attention to bugs.

It seems like it’s a foregone conclusion that Margrave isn’t dead, so there’s no reason to fight, right?

It would be better to save your strength rather than use it for no reason and end up in trouble later.

So, without hesitation, I continued retreating to a safe place.

And after walking for several tens of minutes, I stopped for a moment.

I guess I needed to think about what to do now.

The situation was a little ambiguous.

The best thing was to stay nearby and observe that.

I needed to know at least what was going on with Margrave.

But it was like telling him to kill me if he was nearby.

Before you can run away, bugs will chase you.

If we fight like that, it will be over when Margrave comes.

Still, returning to the original base was a bit difficult.

Because I need to be able to see how things work.

As expected, there was only one option to choose in this situation.

What is it?

Since my head is bad, my body has to suffer.

You’ll have no choice but to remain alert until something happens.

And if things start to get a bit bad, you can run away.

Fortunately, there was still some food and such left, so I thought it would work out somehow if we reorganized.

There’s a place to rest nearby, right?

I guess I could spend some time at the county office, stay still, and then run away.

The county office is a short walk from here.

I think there was something in there where you could lie down and relax.

I thought it would probably be a good idea to rest there for a day or so and see what the situation was like.

If you think the fire will last a little longer, go back to base.

If you don’t want to last long… I’ll have to check it out properly here.

So I turned straight to the county office.

I wasn’t able to properly search the inside earlier, but I thought it would be a good idea to take this opportunity to search properly.

Even if I can’t do it, I have to stay for at least a day, so if I have something to use, I should use it. is not it?