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    When I thought I had mastered the basics to some extent, the first thing my martial arts teacher Jo-in taught me was not how to defeat an enemy, but how to protect my body.

    He then explained that Uicheonmu was originally a martial art born on the battlefield, and since the battlefield is a place where life-threatening things are everywhere, it makes sense to learn how to protect one’s body first.

    Thanks to you, I said to Join, ‘Join Punch! That was the time when I got hit the most with ‘Join Punch!’.

    Thanks to going through such a physically difficult time… I have long since developed the habit of always covering my body with energy to protect myself from any possible danger.

    In a way, it could be said that it was thanks to that.

    I was able to withstand the opponent’s counter punch with such exquisite timing that I can’t explain it other than that I was aiming for it without being knocked down.

    Of course… the price was not small.

    Biii.

    “kk···!”

    As a guy who is presumed to have the ability to detect the target’s location through vibration, his means of attack must have been related to that, as a tinnitus rang out in my ears and I felt a sudden feeling of dizziness along with a feeling of nausea.

    Closing my eyes tightly and shaking my head quickly was a struggle to escape from that feeling.

    At the same time, I felt a little dizzy.

    Even though I was protecting my body with internal energy, it was like this, and I couldn’t even imagine what would have happened if I had just been hit with my bare body.

    If I see my tinnitus ringing non-stop like this right now, I wonder if at least my eardrums have gone out.

    It must have been at that moment when I was thinking the same thing.

    I felt like something was running down the side of my face, so I put the back of my hand towards it and saw something dark red.

    “Ha, Mr.··.”

    As soon as I take care of all the bastards here, I have to go pick up Reiko, who I hid in the mountain cabin, but I really won’t do anything…

    How long has it been since you got hurt like this?

    What was certain was that something was constantly bubbling inside.

    However, there was no one who could indulge in that feeling.

    As I was standing still and shaking my head, the special entities gathered from all over, probably because they saw that I was not in a good state and started to attack me all out.

    “If the kids saw the injured person, they should have protected them, but they cowardly let it go.”

    So, it’s okay to be a zombie.

    Tsk, he clicked his tongue lightly, kicked off the ground, jumped up, and climbed up the tree again.

    As soon as I did that, the guy who was wearing that kind of pouch under his chin spit out an unidentified liquid and covered the place where I was standing just moments ago.

    Cheeek!

    First of all, whatever that bastard spits, he shouldn’t be hit.

    At best, it only took a few drops, but it melted and created holes in these thick military boots.

    Is it like melting anything that comes in contact with it, regardless of its type or material?

    I quickly climbed the tree, packing the newly acquired information into my head.

    But my target was still Giljjjugi.

    I wanted to quickly deal with the other guys first and blow off the head of the last remaining guy, but considering the attack method he showed me just now, I could have targeted the other guys first and ended up getting hit by another unexpected blow.

    So… it may be a bit difficult, but we should deal with that bastard first.

    ‘···I should try using that.’

    As soon as I thought about that, what suddenly came to mind was a ‘means’ that I used once in the world of Romance of the Three Kingdoms as if it were a lifeline, but the aftereffects were so severe that I had to seal it away.

    After thinking about it for a while… I quickly left the scene and took out my cell phone from my pocket.

    It was an old smartphone with a built-in hypnosis app, not the one I use in real life.

    Then, he turned on the screen that appears during hypnosis… fixated his eyes on it and started making suggestions to himself.

    -Eliminate all enemies within a 100 meter radius.

    As soon as the hint of such content was engraved in my mind… my vision blinked to pure white.

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    “Hoo-eup… Huu…!”

    What happened?

    I even remember taking out a tool called self-suggestion that had been kept sealed away since I used it once in the world of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, with the intention of putting an end to the zombies that came in droves.

    My body was hot.

    My entire body was filled with heat, as if I had inhaled an entire fireball.

    In addition, his breathing was so intense, as if he had sprinted several kilometers with all his might… you could see his chest heaving loudly every time he took a breath.

    Thanks to that, I put everything else aside and focused only on catching my breath… and belatedly, the surrounding scenery began to fill my eyes.

    The surrounding area was full of corpses with their heads blown off, their arms broken, and their bodies completely torn apart.

    The things leaking out from them were spreading a fishy smell everywhere, reminiscent of red rusted iron.

    ‘Special entities…’

    Has everything been searched?

    It seemed like that if you just looked at the scenery that was immediately visible.

    That’s because among the corpses scattered here and there, there was one that boasted an incredibly long tongue like the toads I had seen, one that was slim and flat, and one that had a pouch under its chin.

    The long-haired friend who had struck me with an unexpected blow was now lying at my feet with his body split in half.

    As I was looking at it, I became curious again.

    I wondered how on earth he went on such a rampage that everything around him became such a mess.

    Even if the elephant got angry and ran wild, I don’t think it would cause this much of a mess.

    Of course, it wasn’t just the surrounding environment that became a mess.

    Because my body was in a lot of trouble.

    Is it because Lee Seong, who would have originally played the role of holding the reins, was temporarily pushed to the back burner?

    Bruises were all over his body, as if he literally did not spare his body and only moved to destroy the enemy.

    There wasn’t a single joint that didn’t ache.

    Thanks to this, even though I was suffering from aching and sore feelings, one good thing was that, apart from the fact that my body was colorfully painted, there were no zombie bite marks that were noticeable.

    This is the result of thoroughly checking every nook and cranny(?), so at this rate, you don’t have to worry about being infected.

    ‘by the way···.’

    It’s just a pain in the back…

    Now that the zombies have been cleared out, I have to go pick up Reiko and deal with that female entity as well.

    My joints were creaking so much that the desire to just get rid of them all and rest kept rising in my chest.

    Still… I have to do what I have to do.

    Finally, I took one more deep breath and lifted my feet, which felt particularly heavy today, or rather at this moment, from the floor.

    After taking my feet off the floor, I was once again worried about whether I should deal with the female entity first, or pick up Reiko first… But before I could finish worrying about what started like that, my feet were already heading towards the mountain cabin where Reiko was. there was.

    So, when I finally stood in front of the mountain hut, the tinnitus that had troubled me earlier recurred again.

    Beepeee

    ‘Oh, really…’

    Isn’t this really a ruptured eardrum?

    “Da, is it you…?”

    In fact, that was why I couldn’t respond in time to Reiko’s voice that came from beyond the tightly closed door.

    “Hmm, that’s right. Now that everything is sorted out, let’s open the door.”

    “···.”

    Why is there no answer?

    “Really… Suhyeon, is that you?”

    A voice full of suspicion, albeit slightly.

    As soon as I heard that voice, I realized it.

    The reason why Reiko, who I expected to know that once the situation was resolved, would open the closed door, run quickly and throw me into my arms… ❤️, was acting like this.

    ‘but···.’

    In a situation where female-type monsters that carry something in their wombs, like pregnant women, exist, there is no law preventing the existence of special entities that hunt by imitating the voices of specific humans and using them to lure others.

    In that sense, I need to make sure that I am the one on the other side of the door before I can open that door and go out.

    How should I confirm this?

    After thinking about the authentication method for a while, a thought suddenly crossed my mind and I took out a remote control from my inventory.

    And then I pressed the button there…❤️.

    “Ahhhh…! Well, the person you are is really…! Even in this situation…!”

    A very excited voice came from beyond the wooden door, as if asking me if I had ever suspected my identity.

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    “Da, your body…”

    “Ah… you don’t have to be so scared. These are all caused by hitting something like a tree, and I’ve never been bitten by a zombie.”

    “You’re not saying that right now…!”

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