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Awakening (2) – Hanmaeum Apartment 1st floor stairs

There was no exact answer in this situation.

There were a variety of effective skills, and choosing them was a matter of individual preference.

First of all, I have to confess, the ability I most wanted to have was ‘brainwashing’.

He liked ‘brainwashing’ to the extent that he even dreamed of a detailed plan to brainwash a taxi driver and create a world where celebrities, models, and idols would be free when he arrived in Seoul.

“Kkiss!”

However, looking at the zombie babies coming at me regardless of whether the zombie next to me was skewered to death or not, brainwashing was of little use in the current situation.

What are you going to use for making these bastards miserable?

Of course, the ability I wanted that was appropriate for the current situation was ‘telekinesis.’

[You have used the skill creation right.]

[Telekinesis Lv.1]

[Interference with objects through will. As the skill level and affecting stats increase, more objects can be interfered with more strongly.]

From the moment the system message came up, I was able to naturally learn how to use the skill.

Even though I have a third hand that I wasn’t using, I feel like I can use it at any time.

“Kkiss!”

I used ‘telekinesis’ on the zombie that came right in front of me.

First, resources for using skills.

I felt some of the mana in my body disappearing.

Next, the target to use the skill on.

A zombie leaps towards me with longing eyes.

Lastly, the results that came from it.

The body of a zombie stopped in the same position it was running at.

The teeth of the man who had stopped just a few centimeters away from the bridge of his nose were chattering in disappointment.

I focused my attention on my defenseless exposed neck.

Squeak-

With the zombie’s neck torn as if it were tearing paper, he hurriedly moved to the next staircase.

Kkkk!-

A howl that still resonates enough to make the hallway tremble.

The skill level and mana were still too low to deal with that large number of zombies one by one with ‘telekinesis’.

Efficiency and effectiveness were important.

It’s been a while since I got to the next floor, but the hallway on the next floor was suddenly filled with zombies.

I felt like I was an idol at a fan signing booth.

It’s not just the women’s whistling screams.

“Keee!”

Although it greets me with a scream that clearly tells me something is wrong.

A wave of zombies rushing towards me again.

Among them, telekinesis was applied all at once to the zombies that were running at the forefront.

Instead of completely controlling the situation like before, I applied the brakes on the bridge with the intention of pushing back moderately.

Uddangtangtang-

The leading zombies collapsed, blocking the path of the zombie wave.

They continued to advance, stepping on zombies falling like dominoes.

“Keee!”

Even if I had to crawl up the stairs, I stuck my spear into the heads of the zombies who were trying to catch my ankle and moved straight to the next floor.

‘How many have you killed so far?’

[Points: 109]

The points I originally had were 69 points.

You get 5 points for every zombie you kill.

‘I caught about 8 fish.’

There were 8 while going up from the 1st floor to the 3rd floor.

I counted the hordes of zombies starting to come back up into the snow.

It was still so crowded that my eyes couldn’t take it all in.

‘There are at least 50 left.’

Our apartment was on the 15th floor, which was the top floor, so if we followed this cycle, we had plenty of room to spare.

Plus, there are points that are more interesting than expected.

After all, RPGs are about hunting.

Shut up and hunt was the royal road.

I need to make some points soon.

First of all, skill… .

‘… wait for a sec.’

Did I receive my first achievement reward related to the skill?

“System! Why isn’t the first achievement for the skill given?”

[…] … .]

Seeing the silent system gave me the shock of being hit on the head.

Fuck you! It seemed like someone had accomplished the first skill achievement before me.

‘how!’

Why did I create a skill with the skill creation ticket I received as my first achievement? I’m not the first person to achieve the achievement?

This was a situation that made no sense.

anger! Unbearable anger rushed through my entire body.

I don’t know what route it is, but while I was achieving my first achievements in the stats and store section, someone even took away my skill rewards because I didn’t have enough mana.

“Who is it! What kind of bastard! Ceee haircut, my flower length!”

“Keee!”

“Shut up! You point wrappers!”

Puck- Puck-

After hunting zombies in the same way as before, I moved to the next floor and opened the skill window.

[Telekinesis Lv.1 -> Telekinesis Lv.2]

[Do you want to pay 100 points?]

“What a dog! Dogs are expensive!”

Even for me, who almost monopolized the rewards in the beginning, I had to spend all my money to raise a level.

It was only after looking at the skills that I realized that the stat compensation I had received earlier was not that small.

Fuck, is there anything else?

I have no choice but to strictly follow the maxim that once you save something, it becomes shit.

[You have paid 100 points.]

[Telekinesis increases to Lv.2.]

[An unknown power resides in you.]

“From now on, stop using that unknown power or anything. Because I’m crazy!”

[…] … .]

“I asked you to show it briefly earlier, but does the status window have to tell you everything one by one? Huh?”

[…] … .]

“Are you sure? What do you think? Fuck! If this is going to be the case, why do you need a skill creation license or something? It’s also a reward from major achievements such as ‘First Kill’, so why isn’t it unique?”

[…] Humans have talents given to them from birth. The system also named them ‘skills’.]

“… So, are you saying there were people who originally had the skill?”

[Only superpowers such as ‘telekinesis’ do not necessarily fall into the category of ‘skill’.]

“… Then why didn’t I have any skills?”

[…] … .]

Keekeeek!

“Shut up! You bastards! We’re talking about something important!”

I thought as I cycled one more time on the 9th floor and moved to the next floor.

No, yes.

Let’s say I was inferior among humans and had no skills that could be called skills.

So who gets the first skill achievement reward?

Didn’t the awakeners awaken at the same time?

What kind of awakening or what the hell is starting!

“Answer! Even if I talk to myself, you know everything!”

[…] … .]

“Answer.”

[…] … .]

“Daaeaeaeaeadadap! This guy!”

[…] … I decided it was a reasonable question. I reply. There is no initial achievement in the ‘skill’ category. This is because, as the Awakened One guessed, there is a problem with fairness.]

So, you’re still saying I’m the best.

“Whew, I was surprised.”

My head, which had been overheated, regained its normal temperature in an instant.

There was no intention of giving up the lead to anyone else.

This is especially true when the first achievement is half monopolized.

It was my own paradise that I had barely found.

Strength was needed to maintain this paradise.

There is a famous line from ‘Spider-Man’.

‘With power comes great responsibility.’

No matter how much I thought about it, it just sounded like bullshit to me.

I thought differently.

‘With power comes great pleasure.’

You could only have fun if you had strength.

Until this world came into existence, that power was money.

Now it is this ‘system’.

See, thanks to the stats and skills gained through this system, this cycle of killing zombies was so easy.

The only thing I’m worried about is that the tape part of the ‘improvised kitchen knife spear’ has started to become tattered due to overuse in a fairly short period of time.

Moreover, perhaps because I used a kitchen knife that wasn’t sharp enough to begin with, I felt like I was now stabbing with the strength of my wrist rather than the blade.

“Let’s see how strong the skill that took my valuable points is?”

Just one step up and you already have 100 points.

I don’t know what the level is, but more points will be required to advance to the next level.

[Telekinesis Lv.2 -> Telekinesis Lv.3]

[Do you want to pay 200 points?]

‘also.’

The required points start to double.

The harder it is to upload, the greater the return should be.

When I reached the stairs to the 11th floor, it was clearly visible that the number of zombies had increased.

Now, only a group of zombies, numbering less than 10, were following me without giving up in the long chase.

“Fuck, thinking like that makes me feel like I’m Uehara’s kid.”

If you get caught, the problem is not that you will be eaten, but that you will be eaten.

There was no need to go to the top floor.

I was confident that it could end here.

I pulled back my right hand holding the spear and threw it out like a javelin with as much force as I could.

Straight stairs.

A javelin throw from a top-down position.

It was structured so that even if you threw it into the asshole, you had no choice but to get hit.

Asshole juice-

With the sound of the wind blowing, the spear left my hand and shot out like a beam of light.

Powok-

I focused my telekinesis again on the spear stuck in the middle of the zombie’s forehead.

Although a much smaller amount of mana had disappeared than before, I intuitively knew that it could interfere with objects more strongly.

The spear stuck in the head automatically popped out and hit the head of the zombie running right next to me.

And the spear sticking out, splashing blood, hit the zombie behind it again and again.

All I had to do was steadily telekinetize the spear and move away from the zombies as they approached.

Cheonggrang-

My first small zombie wave came to an end as soon as the cleaver, which had no more targets to stab, fell to the ground.

… To be honest, it wasn’t that brutal of a fight.

Although it is partly due to the stats that swept away the initial rewards and the telekinesis of Lv.2.

The biggest thing was that I fought where I wanted and how I wanted.

Guessing the extra mana I could clearly feel now, it seemed like I had about 10% left.

If I had met those crazy bastards in a wide space instead of in a straight line like this… .

The battle would have been completely different from what it is now.

The adhesive had all worn off and I used my telekinesis to levitate only the kitchen knife from the wobbly kitchen knife window to the bedside.

This was a performance that could be covered with naturally recovered mana.

Holding the handle of the rolling pin where the kitchen knife had fallen, I quietly observed the devastation I had created.

We had to prepare for a situation where a zombie that we couldn’t completely kill might reappear.

After looking at the zombies with rotten blood gushing out from the holes for about a minute, I was convinced that they were definitely dead.

“Wow, you’ve done it perfectly twice.”

Surely he won’t come back to life three times?

The first hunt ended with a light sigh.

After the hunt is over, of course-

“Happy farming time!”

It’s harvest time.