episode_0022

“Kahah…Kuhuhuh…”

Pacol could not even properly resist and fell to the ground after being struck by Leos’ chain sword. Even though I was aware that I had to respond, I had no talent to block the merciless long-distance attacks.

Leos collected all the useful items from Pacol’s corpse and placed them in his inventory, then walked towards the distance where he had pressed the record button.

‘It was filmed properly.’

Seeing that his face and back were shown, he went through an editing process to prevent his identity from being revealed as much as possible, and completely removed his voice. After going through several stages of alteration to the point that Even if Hericia and Bendict saw it, they would not be able to guess that it was Leos, Leos slowly began to remove the bodies one by one.

“You eat so well.”

When the body was thrown away, monsters instantly gathered around and started eating it, like a pack of wild dogs that had found food.

‘Are they eating because they’re hungry, or are they just attacking because they hate humans?’

What even Leos didn’t know was the reason why monsters were hostile to humans. All monsters unconditionally attack humans. Some mutants may act a little differently, but most monsters bite, attack, and eat anything close to them, even if it is a corpse, as seen now.

To say that they eat for survival does not show the same interest in other animals and plants as humans do, and seeing as monsters do not eat each other, one can only assume that it is because of hostility rather than for survival.

‘Isn’t it meaningless to think about it? ‘It’s a problem that can’t be concluded anyway.’

To find a clear answer to why monsters attack humans, the only way to know is to listen directly to the monsters. But how can you ask people you can’t even communicate with?

After slowly confirming that all the corpses had been eaten, Leos began to slowly move to the secret shelter.

‘There’s no one around now. It felt a bit unreasonable, but it was something that could not be helped.’

A group of marauders who called themselves Drelf. Not only did they reveal that there was a safe zone, but they also shared its location, so it was obvious that this place would receive a lot of attention.

Because it is located in the center of the Red Gate vortex, it would be absolutely impossible for those who were far away near major cities to get through from the beginning and get here, but on the contrary, those who have been in the vicinity since the Red Gate incident occurred can easily come. It was also a place.

It wouldn’t be a problem if a few people gathered, but as information spreads through interrunners, everyone in the vicinity could come here. This is true even if you just look at the interrunners right now.

[But is it true that the safe zone is in the center? I don’t think going out would be a good idea, but since it’s in the center, I think I can move around once.]

[Are there no monsters in the safe zone? If I hold out there, the empire will come to rescue me…]

[They say the looter went to a safe zone, so doesn’t that mean people similar to him are gathering?]

Leos also agreed with that statement. There is something called the broken windows effect. If someone throws away trash in a clean public space, it soon becomes a large trash dump. One wrong person causes a terrible snowball.

If the perception that the safe zone was a space for looters began to build, there was a high possibility that other looters would flock to this area, and if they were not careful, an unprecedented situation where they allied with each other could occur.

The way to stop it was very simple.

[LEO]

[Title: Certification]

[Text: Predator.avi / From now on, I will kill all the looters I see and certify them. Avoid it on your own.]

Leos did not upload a photo this time, but took a video of the battle scene. Although it was provocative, it was nonetheless enough to leave a clear impression on people. As expected, the reaction was fierce.

[Fuck…what is this? LEO damn is strong]

[Wow, the fight is like something out of a movie. Does that make sense?]

[If you look closely at the video, there are a lot of corpses next to it.]

[ㅁㅊㅋ What a bad bunch of looters. [I wanted everyone to die]

[LEO is the Galaxy from now on.]

While there was a positive response, there was naturally some negative public opinion as well.

[This is a bit scary]

[LEO, are you going to kill ordinary people if they go near the safe zone?]

As the murdered person was a vicious predator, there were not many opinions defending him, but those who viewed Leos’ strong response with self-deprecation. However, there were very few such people, and most of them began to praise Leos.

[KAR is a dog. He killed a number of inter-runners, and it looks good.]

[This is justice. From now on, I will click recommend on every post LEO posts [ㅇㅇ]

[Everyone, let’s show some firepower]

In an instant, public opinion began to form, and even Leos’ previously posted articles began to receive merciless recommendation bombardment. The list of top 10 popular posts began to be filled with posts by Leos, and Leos looked at it and posted a post.

[LEO]

[Title: Do not touch ordinary people who come near the safety zone.]

[Text: Instead, the predators will pick off everything they see, so know that. Even those who do useless things are killed. And some people keep commenting, so don’t try to get along. Because I go alone and don’t go with anyone.]

Wow, is LEO protecting us?

ㄴ I came here after watching the video. If someone this strong protects you, doesn’t that mean the looters can’t come?

ㄴ I’m near the safe zone, can you please accept me? I can really do anything.

ㄴ LEO says don’t beg for help, you idiot. Shut up and take whatever information is given to you.

ㄴ Why do you speak so harshly;

Leos checked the comments one by one and slowly began to look around.

‘I fight for them?’

It was ridiculous. Since the safe zone has been identified anyway, it is impossible to stop people from gathering here. The next best option is to at least prevent the marauders from coming here, or more fundamentally, to prevent them from getting close to the bomb shelter.

‘Human Shield’

When ordinary people begin to flock here, they can quickly understand the situation through the screams of looters or comments posted on the interrunner, and can respond flexibly when a problem arises. In a word, they can be used as humans who can play the role of living, moving human CCTV.

‘This is better. If I hadn’t posted like this, only bad, powerful people would have flocked to the safe zone.’

The more the weak come together, the better. Because they will act as air raid shelters to protect against marauders.

-Kkiik

When Leos opened the door of the bomb shelter and entered, Bendict repeatedly clapped and welcomed Leos.

“Brother! I saw the video! Why didn’t you tell me that you fought so well? This is my first time seeing you use that chain sword!”

“Of course you’ve never seen it, because it’s an item only used to kill people.”

Leaving behind Bendict, who was laughing immaturely, Hericia spoke in a worried voice.

“Leos… People will flock to this area from now on, so what should we do if friction arises… ”

“I have to kill him. It’s natural. In this situation, you have to keep killing someone in order to survive. All the weak guys who couldn’t do that would have already been killed by someone else’s sword.”

“…”

Hericia was about to say something but then nodded.

“That is correct. Most of the people of the empire didn’t trust Leos to begin with, right? People at Leos Gallery might not know…”

Leos asked Hericia if she remembered something.

“What is Leos Gallery Manager doing?”

“Ah! I exchanged comments with that person, and it seems like I followed Leos’ advice well and found some food. I heard you left a comment saying thank you, but didn’t you see it?”

“There are so many notifications that I can’t check them all.”

“Ah…I guess so. By the way, all of them were listed as popular posts this time. How many points have you accumulated?”

Leos went to the Internet Explorer site and checked his remaining points.

[Current points held: 11,777P]

Eventually, he muttered with a faint smile.

“Advanced artifacts can finally be produced. As long as you have this, you don’t have to be scared even if there are a lot of people.”

*

“Queuuu

A man groans in pain in a cave. Enas shouted, urgently stopping the bleeding on his arm with a bandage.

“Please be patient! Because I am doing my best to heal with artifacts…!”

“Don’t abandon me…please…I can recover quickly…”

“I won’t throw it away. Why would you abandon a fellow colleague?”

The members of the Gatekeeper Management Center, who managed to escape from the mutant Minotaur, urgently found a nearby cave and hid there. However, most of them suffered terrible damage and were rendered unable to fight.

Belin muttered in frustration in the corner.

“Why…it can’t be like this…it shouldn’t be like this…”

She was completely dazed with a pale expression, as if something was wrong. Enas urgently asked the others.

“Does anyone know anything about the mutant Minotaur?”

“…”

“We don’t know…Leos wouldn’t know.”

At what someone said, Enas flinched and looked at Belin. Belin just laid his head on his knees and remained still.

“Don’t worry about me.”

After Belin gave permission, Enas spoke.

“Leos…Leos definitely killed that monster once. I’m sure it took less than a minute, but how on earth…”

“At that time, the two heads didn’t attack at the same time…”

“No. Even when he attacked like that, Leos killed him without any hesitation.”

Former disciples of Leos who don’t know what to do. They looked at the ground in despair for a while and muttered.

“If we keep going like this, we’ll all die… Even if we go outside, if we run into him, we’ll be annihilated… Why not just contact him… ”

“Contact me…?”

When Enas asked, Belin spoke.

“Try contacting Leo…if I do, he won’t answer…if it’s him…he’ll definitely know how.”

At that moment, Enas looked at Belin, who was in a state of confusion, and made a mysterious expression.

“Belin, didn’t you say that even mentioning Leos’ name causes pain? But why…”

At that time, Kozaric quickly answered on his behalf.

“Because it’s a life-threatening situation! Wouldn’t Belin have a bigger feeling that he doesn’t want to die? Enas. Since you were friendly with Leos, please contact him. I might receive your call.”

“…”

Enas looked at the distance and then slowly entered Leos’ unique number.

‘…’

After holding her breath for a moment, she looked at Leos’ unique number and pressed the call button.

Please, I hope he will accept it.