episode_0015

Now that we had decided on our destination, it was time to set off.

“Lara, how is the road condition?”

I don’t know!

In response to my question, Lara, who was checking the situation on the street outside the alley, bobbed up and down.

It meant that it was okay to go out.

‘…Seeing it like this, I can feel that the apocalypse has arrived.’

Cars parked haphazardly on the road, as if to express the urgency of when the apocalypse had just begun.

The sidewalk and the buildings lining it were stained with blackened blood stains, and there was no sign of human presence anywhere on the street.

Only 8 days.

The scenery of the city that I saw in just eight days, not ten days, was so different from the scenery in my memories.

“It’s miserable. To the point where everything humans have accumulated feels fleeting.”

It wasn’t just me who felt this sentiment.

Seulbi, who saw the street scene over my shoulder, also couldn’t hide her bitterness, which didn’t suit her cold personality.

I don’t know!

“Yes, you are right Lala. Now is not the time to indulge in leisurely sentimentality.”

As Seulbi and I could hardly get out of our thoughts, Lara woke us up by shaking her body.

I raised the tension by adjusting my weapon and sent Lara the intention to keep going.

Roll around!

I roll around like a ball and walk slowly behind Lara, who is leading the way.

I checked to see if there were zombies or not, and walked carefully so as not to attract the zombies’ attention, so I could now barely cover the distance that would normally take 5 minutes in over 10 minutes.

What’s even more frustrating is that the zombies didn’t even show their noses.

If I had seen even one animal, I would have felt a little reward, but since I didn’t see a single one, I wondered if I had to go to this lengths.

“Don’t let your guard down. It seems like all the zombies on the street heard the commotion at the hospital and went there, but the zombies inside the building will stay where they are.”

If those zombies found us and started yelling, our lives would be in danger in an instant.

Seulbi added, making the relaxed atmosphere tense.

“Then should we just hunt the zombies inside the building?”

Originally, the plan was to only hunt zombies wandering on the streets by luring them to a nearby location and not hunt zombies inside buildings.

There were many places to hide inside the building, so you never knew when or where you might be surprised by zombies, and there was a high chance of meeting other survivors.

Since I didn’t know how Seulbi would react if I met other survivors, I wanted to avoid meeting other survivors as much as possible until I was strong enough.

But that didn’t mean I could walk all the way to my destination without hunting at least once.

As expected, our destination, or more precisely, the woman I was targeting, would be in an apartment complex about 30 minutes away from here, if my prediction was not wrong.

When the apocalypse began, most people avoided going out and stayed at home because of the pandemic.

Considering that, the probability that the apartment complex was infested with zombies was as high as that of a hospital.

Of course, there will be that many survivors.

So I needed to be strong enough before arriving at the apartment complex.

Even if you take the risk of going into the building.

“Do you want to go inside the building?”

The moment I made that decision, Seulbi asked a question with a puzzled expression on her face.

When she nodded her head, Seulbi’s expression suddenly distorted.

He already took the risk of going out into the street, but when he had to take the risk of going into the building, he seemed to explode with frustration.

But even for a moment, she seemed to remember my situation and gave me advice with a deep sigh.

“If you really want to go inside the building, I recommend going into a building with a clean exterior like this.”

Seulbi pointed to a building that happened to be passing in front of him.

The exterior of the building was intact, unlike other buildings with blood stains and broken windows.

“Why?”

“At least it means people didn’t run into it. If people had escaped inside, the exterior wouldn’t have been left behind by zombies.”

“That’s correct. Then, let’s go inside this building.”

“Check the door carefully before entering. It looks like a restaurant, but in the case of restaurants, they often hang a bell or device at the entrance to signal that a customer has arrived.”

“…”

“Why are you looking at me so blankly? You’re not going in?”

“No, thank you.”

“Hmph! Don’t get me wrong. Because it’s not for you. If you die, I will be in danger, so I have no choice but to help.”

At first glance, it was a line that a tsundere girl would say, but Seulbi was not that kind of cute girl.

She was a very sassy and cool-headed woman, and of course she meant those lines as well.

Still, I liked Seulbi much more than the tsundere girl.

The reason is, of course, that it tastes much more like rape!

“There is nothing. Okay, Lara, let’s go in.”

I don’t know!

Fortunately, there was nothing hanging on the restaurant door.

I immediately opened the door and went into the restaurant.

There was nothing to worry about because I had checked through the glass window that there were no zombies around the entrance.

‘Kitchen, bathroom?’

‘Let’s go to the kitchen first.’

If there were people in the restaurant when the apocalypse occurred, there was a high probability that they would run away to enclosed places such as the bathroom and kitchen.

Considering that, Seulbi and I went straight to the kitchen as soon as we entered the restaurant.

Ugh

The prediction was correct.

In the kitchen, a woman zombie, presumed to be the restaurant owner, and two uncle zombies, presumed to be customers, were loitering around happily.

‘Let’s take care of each one.’

‘The kitchen is small, so it would be better to lure them into a fight.’

‘sympathy. Lara, please do me a favor.’

I don’t know what to do

Lara nodded as if asking to be left to her own devices and headed toward the kitchen.

Seulbi and I hid on either side of the entrance and waited for Lara to lure the zombies in.

Softly, softly

Lara entered the kitchen, hid herself in a corner, and pulled out her long tentacles.

Then, he gently waved his tentacles in a position that was barely visible to the zombies.

Huh?

The zombies wandering around aimlessly in the kitchen tilt their heads when they see the tentacles.

They were perceived as enemies, but the perception was so weak that they seemed to be worried about what to do.

For your information, based on what I’ve observed over the past 8 days, zombies only show hostility towards humans and summoned animals, but for some reason, it wasn’t that strong towards Lara.

It’s just my guess, but maybe it’s because he looks so weak and has nothing to eat?

Draw it

The zombies, who were worried over and over again, eventually fell prey to Lara’s lure.

Lara led the zombies out of the kitchen.

And the moment the last one came out of the kitchen,

Puff puff!

Before I knew it, the tentacles, the tips of which were dyed black, had been stabbed into the head of the leading lady zombie.

The rest of the zombies stopped moving for a moment due to the sudden attack.

puck! Sigh!

Seulbi and I didn’t miss the opportunity and swung our hammers and spears and smashed the heads of the zombies we were assigned to.

After confirming the kill just in case, we went straight to the bathroom and killed the two zombies hiding in it.

“Phew~. Well done everyone.”

“We will continue to do this from now on.”

I don’t know!

Having successfully completed our first hunt outside, we gathered momentum and immediately set out to find another building.

“It’s a bit much this time.”

“I’ll leave everything to Lara except for two. I saw earlier that the black tentacles were very powerful. But what is the name of that technology?”

“I don’t know either. Except that it is a technology that applies skill-change.”

I don’t know!

“Lara, what? Would you like me to give you a name instead? Um, spiny tentacles. Let’s simply call it a spiny tentacle.”

Thanks to Lara’s performance, we were able to finish the hunt there smoothly.

Afterwards, we repeated a similar process several times.

I was able to hunt zombies that were incomparable to when I lured them to a convenience store and hunted them one by one, and thanks to that…

-Tiring! You’ve hunted a lot of zombies. One point is given as a reward.

“Oh. Earn points.”

“Me too. It’s definitely faster because you took the risk.”

In just a few hours, I was able to get 1 point, and Seulbi, who still had few points, was able to get 2 points.

“Hmm, I’m worried. Should I enhance my healing with points? Or will my skills blossom?”

“Wouldn’t it be better to save money for now? So far, thanks to Lara’s full body suit, there is no chance of getting hurt.”

As the hunt continued smoothly, the atmosphere around us became more comfortable.

Thanks to this, mistakes were made and physical strength consumption was also greatly reduced.

It seemed like everything was going to be okay.

But I must not forget.

In times like this,

“Huh? Ugh!”

Cheer up!

Wow!

“Minsu!”

Danger comes suddenly.