episode_0043

43.

“Fuck! Where the hell are you motherfuckers!”

Lee Seong-han was terrified as he crossed the forest. Behind him, beside him, from all directions, monsters rushed at him to kill him.

“Back off!”

I turned my body backwards.

The machine gun mounted on my shoulder fired repeatedly. I could see the outlines of the enemies. I pulled the trigger lightly.

[‘Auto-battle’ quickly identifies enemies.]

[Indicates the location of the ‘super reconnaissance’ enemy.]

Jiying─

bang

Jiying─

bang!

Jiying─

bang!

The equipment deployed to stop them started working and released flames. The monsters that were chasing them were instantly reduced to black ash and disappeared.

Kwakwakwang!

A red dot rose vertically in the forest and then an explosion occurred.

A bullet filled with magic.

The magic bullet has taken effect.

That’s a powerful explosion magic.

It was so expensive that it was shocking, but it was worth it. There is a reason why things are expensive.

“HQ.Respond! HQ?!”

I tried to connect while running.

Of course, the earpiece didn’t work.

At least internally.

Lee Seong-han looked around.

Is this a jamming signal?

“This isn’t interference?! Damn it.”

I guess I’ll have to think about that after I survive.

Lee Seong-han took out the high-explosive shell belt from the machine gun and prepared the armor-piercing shell.

There were arm-sized bullets lined up. They were so big that it took a while to reload.

[Says ‘Auto Battle’ is ready.]

I know, too.

Lee Seong-han answered in a whisper.

Armor-piercing shell.

What if I get hit by a bullet?

It is a large-caliber bullet that penetrates limbs.

The famous 12.7mm. It’s a machine gun that fires 800 rounds per minute, so how could it be?

He turned around and took a shooting stance. You only get one chance.

“Go.”

As the traits interact, the physical specs increase exponentially.

[‘Auto-battle’ controls recoil.]

[‘Regeneration’ relieves accumulated fatigue.]

[‘Super-Recon’ marks the enemy.]

[‘Fully Competent Hunter’ applies ability correction.]

Lee Seong-han controlled the recoil while firing point-by-point shots.

“Kkikikiki!”

“What, where are you?”

[‘Super-Reconnaissance’ shouts above]

“Up?!”

Raise the muzzle up.

I’ve pretty much taken care of the guys who were chasing me from the ground.

Now it’s the top’s turn.

The tree branches rustled.

The leaves and grass on the branches rustled.

I turned my tactical lights in the direction of the sound.

Tsupat!

A new model, faster than most cars, was approaching him!

bang!

Swoosh.

dump-

“I caught one.”

The monster I had just hit fell to the ground. It was a monkey with armor.

Kkkk!!

Wow!

There was no time to delay.

The crowd kept pushing.

Red imp monkey.

A soul gun created by the crossbreeding of a demon imp and a normal monkey.

He found Lee Seong-han and chuckled happily.

[‘Auto Battle’ finds the perfect firing angle.]

Clink.

Lee Seong-han pulled the charging handle and quickly aimed at the target with the sight.

Starting from the largest group.

They began firing, sweeping down both sides.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Just one step at a time, exactly.

When in doubt, wait as long as possible.

Even if it’s 800 rounds per minute, if you miss the target, it’s a total loss.

I think they all gathered in one place somehow.

He pulled the pin out of his pocket and threw it.

It was a grenade.

“Wow, wow!”

Kwakwakwang!

Fragmentation grenades exploded one after another, turning the surrounding area gray.

Lee Seong-han quickly lay down on the ground. The explosion was so powerful that a crater was dug at the epicenter.

“Ukki… … .”

The largest object fell off a cliff.

The lower half of the body disappeared due to the explosion.

It was an individual close to the epicenter.

A leader who is different from the general population.

All it had was two horns neatly placed on its forehead. The red imp monkeys were absolutely loyal to their leader’s orders. It was only natural that they would panic when their leader died.

“Ugh, he’s dead.”

Lee Seong-han tapped it with his foot.

Because confirmation kill is an important factor.

It was clear that the breath had stopped.

bang-

Still, I fired one shot and blew his head off.

“Wow, woof woof!”

“Gyaaah!”

The imps screamed and ran away without looking back.

It was a few minutes later that everything became quiet.

Lee Seong-han quickly reloaded and prepared for the next engagement.

“I used too much ammo.”

Lee Seong-han sat down, using a nearby tree – one that was relatively intact – as his backrest.

Something is seriously wrong.

I can be sure of that.

I could feel it intuitively.

It was like Kang Jin-young discovering teeth marks.

“… … .”

“Why, why are you like that?”

“Do you want to die? Who said that?”

“Yes?”

Then, he rubbed the deeply embedded teeth marks – Kang Mi-young blushed and ran away – with his hand.

So hard that my shoulder bled.

It was so stinging that I couldn’t stand it.

“Are you a twin? If only your teeth were strong… ”

As soon as he read that thought, Kang Jin-young clicked his tongue.

“Reasonable. Answer.”

“Yes!”

“Let’s be calm. Don’t do anything weird. Never.”

That was when Lee Seong-han was most scared.

Her eyes are as blind as a fish’s eyes, but they turned bloodshot like her sister’s, so I thought she was Kang Mi-young Mk.2. Or should I say purple?

While I was lost in thought.

“Sa,save me─!”

He hunches over. What is it? Is it an enemy?!

A scream echoed from afar.

If you think of the depth of the voice, it’s a man.

And among the practical test takers, there is only one male.

The Blue Dragon Porter. He was the only one who walked around like the sun. What a pitiful guy.

I perked up my ears to listen.

“Close.”

First of all, it is in the 1 o’clock direction.

Lee Seong-han opened his backpack. Since he couldn’t take out that equipment yet, he took out other equipment.

What came out of the bag was a map.

It was hard to read because it was covered in handprints and notes.

He took out his military compass and checked it from time to time.

It was in the direction of ‘Eupnae’. It was quite a distance.

Just in case, I turned on the earpiece. I hoped the communication would be reconnected.

I tried switching between communication channels, but I couldn’t get anything.

The encrypted channels each received from Sister Kang were also the same.

“Please respond rationally here. Over.”

-… … .

Tea ceremony.

It’s full of annoying noise. I feel like I’m going to lose my mind if I listen to it any longer. I’ve disconnected the call.

Lee Seong-han sat down and thought about his next plan.

Where should I go?

My head hurts.

I moved the map using the flashlight as illumination.

Lee Geon-gang took care of it for me.

Something I got specifically just before I entered.

“Your Majesty. The geography of this test site is very complex. You may still be able to use the geography while training, but bring it with you.”

Kang Jin-young intervened from the side.

“Take our optical equipment with you! It will show you great results in night battles. Hehe.”

“Do you want to die?”

“What, what do you want me to do?”

The sisters’ fight comes to mind.

Ugh, I was so anxious because I couldn’t kill him.

I don’t know how you can smile like that these days.

Basasak.

“… … .”

Kills all light and sound.

Did I hear something wrong?

no.

That’s for sure.

Something is approaching.

Lee Seong-han is on alert. Who is it, who is it?!

The bushes moved little by little.

wind?

It’s underground, so what’s the matter? It would be much more realistic if Phantom were to tease people.

It was obvious at first glance.

[‘Super-Reconnaissance’ reports that movement has been detected in the 3 o’clock direction.]

[‘Auto Battle’ prepares to respond.]

Basasak-

“Wow!”

Baladang!

It was a person who collapsed limply in front of the bushes.

That’s a very young child.

He lay there for a few seconds and then got up on his own.

“… … .”

“Huh, huh?”

The little boy looked up at himself.

I couldn’t figure out how anyone could survive in this hell filled with monsters.

He was about the age of a freshman in middle school. He was covered in dirt and various scratches. It seemed like he had been running away from monsters.

“We are gowns.”

Lee Seong-han swallowed his words.

It’s definitely Baek Min-ho’s. It’s for sure. Resident Baek Min-ho. It’s written exactly like that on the name tag. Baek Min-ho isn’t the kind of person who would hand over his belongings.

Are you Baek Min-ho’s daughter?

It was a bit similar.

The atmosphere and things like that.

First, let’s focus on our main job.

“Hey, are you okay?”

“Yes.”

The child raised his head. Although covered in dust, he had a strangely eerie appearance.

‘Sister Kang?’

A chill ran down my spine.

***

“Name.”

Lee Seong-han asked while putting firewood into the bonfire.

I spent a lot of time picking up the twigs that the red imp monkey had climbed onto.

Touch the child’s arm.

It’s as cold as ice.

I quickly handed her a bunch of hot packs, but even this was only a temporary measure.

Hwaaak-

I set fire to the dry grass with a lighter.

We brought some blades of grass and clumped them together, and the fire started to burn brightly.

[I persuade him by saying that ‘regeneration’ will stop if you regulate body temperature.]

[‘Super-Reconnaissance’ is criticized as a ‘child abuser who leaves children in the cold.’]

[The ‘regeneration’ transplant is sweating and panicking.]

Keep quiet. I have something to say in front of the child.

By the way, it’s really cold. I raise my head quietly. I hear a noise from far away.

Is the heating system a joke?

Or has time passed differently while I was here and it’s already winter?

The forest was cold, and it wasn’t something a non-awakened child could bear.

The child answered quietly.

“My name is Baek Ji-seon. I came with my father, but we got separated.”

The boy who revealed himself as Baek Ji-seon had a very cold appearance.

Should we call it cool beauty?

He had a handsome face that seemed both rough and cold, perhaps because he had inherited only his father Baek Min-ho’s DNA.

You must have seduced a lot of men.

Lee Seong-han stroked his chin.

He’s just a kid.

Aren’t you overreacting?

“Is that so?”

Lee Seong-han caught the horse and fell asleep.

It’s not like I lost my sense of smell to the point where I couldn’t smell the unpleasant smell.

‘Is she a succubus?’

There is a high possibility of that.

There are many types of succubi.

It’s a common-sense judgment, especially since you said there are a lot of devil species.

Well, judging from the weak response from [Block] and [Super-Recon], that’s unlikely. It was the dog’s nose that smelled danger.

Lee Seong-han lowered his gun.

However, I adjusted the firing mode to single shot so that I could shoot at any time.

Even if South Korea is trash, rescue forces will come.

I sat down on the floor and was covered in dirt.

Kang Jin-young would hate that. Ugh, just thinking about those sisters makes me feel sick.

Lee Seong-han put the firewood in. It was awkward to open his lips.

“When did you learn how to use a pistol?”

“Since last year.”

“Last year?”

Baek Ji-seon was holding the automatic pistol tightly. As expected, he was well-educated and cherished the gun like a lover.

Gun. Gun… … .

Wait a minute. Is this America? No, it’s South Korea. He touches his forehead.

How could you possibly think of giving a gun to a kid who looks like a middle schooler?! Am I being too delusional?

Lee Seong-han paused and then let out a sigh.

“What is your firearm license?”

“My dad taught me. To be exact, I should say I learned it.”

“Dad?”

“Yes.”

I remembered the Baekjiseon Pass.

“Where is dad?”

“Dead.”

“Hmm.”

hmm?

asleep?

“What about Hunter Kang Mi-young?”

“He’s dead.”

“The supervisor?!”

“He’s dead.”

He just keeps repeating that he’s dead.

This is driving me crazy. They’re all dead? Even those humans. This is ridiculous.

“What happened?”

“… … .”

Baek Ji-seon rolled her eyes.