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However, there was something different now. While before I focused on using my strength to quickly slaughter zombies,

now I had a deeper understanding of the flow of mana and divine power, and I had also made various attempts to use mana and divine power more efficiently.

Shwoong- Pussh- Pupupupuk!

Key!

Previously, I used a mix of mana and divine power to use my abilities, but now I could envelop divine power around the mana used, increasing the output while also saving the energy wasted meaninglessly in the fusion process of mana and divine power.

– Acquired 214 points.

– Acquired 300 points.

– Acquired 250 points.

– Acquired 220 points.

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Ignoring the rapidly increasing messages, I continued to move forward, searching for any curable zombies or perhaps survivors who had not yet been infected and were still alive.

As I moved forward, concentrating on the energy of the beings around me, I felt a familiar energy.

“A mutation…?”

The moment I uttered those words, I sensed 99 mutated zombies rushing towards me, with one mutated zombie behind them.

“Run!”

Crackle-

As soon as I sensed the presence of 100 zombies, I tried to send ten people, including Jang Cheon-su, to a new world using my abilities, but Jang Cheon-su, who roughly understood the situation from my expression and actions, grabbed my hand and earnestly pleaded.

“Heavenly One. I must record your actions and inform others, especially in times like this.”

“In that case, there’s no choice. Just make sure to hide well from the zombies.”

“Thank you!”

Excluding everyone except Jang Cheon-su for the sake of faith, the Heavenly One used the Shield of God on Jang Cheon-su, who was hiding between buildings, and prepared for battle against the 100 zombies rushing towards me.

Woong- Woong- Woong-

Key!

The first zombie that ran towards me was a giant with a height exceeding 3m.

Pussh- Pussh!

Controlling five knives, I tried to attack the vital points like the neck, heart, and head to deal with the tank-like zombie, but it blocked my knives with its crossed arms and charged towards me.

Kwaang!

Dodging the giant fist flying towards me, I swung my knife at the zombies following behind.

Key!

Pusshush!

Among the six zombies following the tank-like zombie, four were not as strong and fell to my attacks without being able to defend themselves. However, one of the surviving zombies reacted by teleporting behind me and attacking, while another strengthened its body to block my attacks and charged towards me.

“Darn!”

Hwoong!

As the zombie in front of me teleported and disappeared, I bent my body low and dodged to the side. Since I had sensed the ability of the mutated zombie from when I first felt its presence, predicting its teleportation and moving accordingly was not a difficult task.

“Argh!”

However, soon enough, ordinary zombies approaching from a distance began to join in, gradually causing me some damage. Amidst this, it was truly fortunate that I had resistance to contamination and a means to heal myself, so it was just a matter of depleting my strength.

Key-

Swiftly swinging my arms and hurling knives at the approaching zombies, I took their lives without concern for my own safety, skillfully dodging the attacks of the zombies rushing towards me with each gesture, taking their lives one by one.

‘The only weakness of the will of God.’

With just a single gesture, hundreds of zombies were decimated, attacking at unexpected times and places, using unconventional methods to launch one-sided attacks. The only weakness of the divine will that enables such attacks is that the person wielding that power cannot exhibit precise movements when their mind is not focused.

“Just like this!”

At this moment, with hundreds of zombies rushing towards me, I had no room to divert my attention elsewhere as not only regular zombies but also mutant zombies sporadically launched attacks, making it even harder to concentrate elsewhere.

Therefore, I could only use two short swords to provide minimal support and couldn’t execute any additional attacks beyond that.

Swish-

The zombie that dodged my sword by tilting its head slightly couldn’t avoid my knee that followed, resulting in its head shattering and leading to its demise.

Taking advantage of a slight opening in my defense, a zombie falling from the air was swiftly dispatched by the two short swords controlled by the divine will, slashing its neck from both sides as it fell powerlessly, taking down the zombie that was rushing towards me.

Swish-

Swiftly cutting down dozens of zombies, I failed to notice the zombie sneaking up on me for a surprise attack. As a result, I couldn’t prevent it from breaking my arm.

In a moment of panic, I reached out with an unstable posture to slash the zombie’s neck, but dozens of zombies swarmed me, rendering me unable to move a muscle.

“Ugh…!”

Despite the zombies trying to bite, claw, and do all sorts of things to me, the zombies surrounding me hindered each other’s movements, creating a strange situation where they interfered with each other.

However, as the frustration of being bitten and pressed down by numerous zombies increased, and my body sustained more injuries, I managed to push everyone away using the divine shield and divine will combined, freeing myself soon after.

Swoosh-

Crack-

Thud!

The zombies, even as they flew around, inadvertently became obstacles to each other, breaking the necks of the still-living zombies and sacrificing themselves to block incoming attacks, leaving me with unintended benefits.

Although there were a few curable zombies among those I killed and those killed by zombies, in such a complex situation, trying to cure even one of them might have led to my death, so reluctantly, I had to give up on them.

Squelch!

With the ground covered in so many corpses that the asphalt was barely visible, I had to display exceptional balance and coordination to prevent slipping and falling or losing balance due to zombies lying down like corpses grabbing my ankles to disrupt my combat.

Thud- Swish-

However, among the zombies barely surpassing D-grade 30 in abilities, there was no one to stop the celestial being who enhanced their D-grade 90 abilities with C-grade magic and divine power to fight even more fiercely.

Casually slicing through the approaching zombie’s neck, raising my leg high to strike down the zombie next to me, dealing with another zombie by stepping on its shattered head and leaping over dozens of zombies’ attacks, dodging them.

Blocking long-range attacks with the divine shield, I plunged back into the midst of the zombies with a short sword in hand, unleashing a frenzy of attacks. The zombies surrounding the celestial being vanished into the afterlife in an instant.

Crack-

The zombie that was attempting to bite into Cheonsangil’s arm was struck in the head by the arm that was stuck in the front zombie’s head, causing it to lose its life instantly.

Fending off the zombies attacking from all directions with flashy footwork, Cheonsangil calmly wielded his sword, decisively ending their lives. His heroic and savior-like appearance, judging evil like a judge descending upon the world, possessed such a power that inspired hope.

However, as the endless horde of zombies gradually depleted his strength, Cheonsangil realized he needed to uproot the root of the problem, glancing briefly at a particular zombie.

“The problem lies with that one.”

The first zombie he encountered was a second-stage mutant zombie, serving as a commander who could enhance the abilities of the subordinate mutant zombies by about 50%. Removing the head would make things easier, but it was guarded by five zombies, each awakened with abilities to protect the head like guardians, defenders, barriers, shields, armor, and more.

Following that, there were zombies with abilities to directly attack me with explosions, arrows, elements, and weaken me with curses, shackles, seals, chains, hindrances, and zombies providing buffs such as reinforcement, blessings, support, morale boosting, shouts, healing, and victory aura to zombies fighting in close combat, assisting and protecting each other, bringing about positive effects to each other.

After pondering all of this, I briefly wondered if this could naturally occur, but the more pressing matter at hand quickly pushed that question out of my mind.