episode_0024

“It’s faster to go up this hill! Come here.”

Choi Min-soo, who is in charge of providing directions, has a bright voice. Ms. Kim Ga-ryeong, who is next to her, is also unable to control her expression due to the joy of going to rescue her daughter.

And my surroundings were also full of people smiling, at least with facial expressions.

“My daughter, does she have a different view of men than her mother? I didn’t feel that way when I saw you yesterday, but did you decide to date in the meantime?”

“Well, that… That’s true… ”

“Could you make a space for me to talk with my future son-in-law later? Mom needs to take care of things to prevent scandals before the wedding announcement, right? Do you understand?”

“Gyeo, marriage… !”

Kaylee Bright, who had a smiling face and was flirting with Sarah next to me as if she had never been in a confrontation with this side, was acting condescendingly.

Sera was blushing in a different way than before, as if she was not used to this type of talk.

Nearby, Sarah’s father, Han Dong-seok, the leader of the gang, was the only one frowning, but it was none of my business.

Meanwhile, the area next to me was overflowing with people trying to impress me.

For example, this woman who secretly touches my forearm with her palm, covers her mouth, smiles, and tells me things I like to hear.

“Oh, so Hyunseong, you went out of your way to save someone you don’t even know?”

“Rather than stepping forward, I do it because it’s something I have to do.”

“Still, it’s great! I thought he only had a handsome face, but it turns out he has a handsome heart too?”

Did you say Kim Ji-won? I heard that Kaylee Bright was an actress who graduated from Korea University among her company, so she was the person I assigned to exchange information with in advance.

As expected from her job as an actress, looking pretty and pretty is an image that would be quite popular with men. In fact, Kaylee Bright boasted that, excluding Sarah, she was the best actress in their company.

Sarah, who was next to me, secretly turns her eyes this way. From what I heard, it seems like they were quite close friends…

Kaylee Bright quickly noticed this and stopped Sarah without much notice.

“Oh my, Seraya. You shouldn’t put too much pressure on your future son-in-law. If a man tries to catch her too much, he will become repulsive and quickly get tired of that type of woman?”

“Oh, no… Well, it’s not like that… ”

“As you know, social life is important, right? Right now, you can understand that Ji-won is getting a little closer to her future son-in-law, right?”

“……”

Sarah looks at me with slightly depressed eyes.

I guess there’s something about the fact that I wanted to have a family in the past that I’m thinking to myself…

Even though I felt bad for Sarah who was watching me even though I couldn’t do anything, I decided to stay away from Kim Ji-won who was approaching and prioritize my own work.

I’m also a guy, so it’s not bad to talk to a pretty girl. No, honestly it’s good.

Still, now I’m on my way to voluntarily entering the zombie’s den. You must refrain from the thought of turning your head into a flower garden for joy.

“Not much to say. Rather, I would like to talk about the topography of Korean universities.”

“Could you please listen to Mr. Hyunseong’s story a little more and then tell me? I’d like to hear more… P..”

Sarah’s expression softened a little when she saw her looking troubled.

Kim Ji-won’s appearance, slightly sticking out her mouth and flicking her tongue, gives off a very neat and sexy look. If that’s the intention, it works quite well. It attracts a lot of attention. The men around her also chuckle at Kim Ji-won’s actions.

After speaking lightly, she quickly answered my question as if nothing had happened.

“Korea University’s buildings are divided into the College of Liberal Arts, College of Science, and College of Medicine. The College of Liberal Arts is the largest because it has many important buildings along with the arts and physical education departments, and the College of Medicine is located on a hill along with the university hospital. And across from there is the site of the College of Science.”

According to her, this university seems to keep quite a distance between sites depending on the type of university. In between, there are shops and bars used by students and residents. Wow, it’s a very unusual structure.

“The hill we are heading towards now is the road that leads to the medical school. And from there, I plan to head straight to the College of Liberal Arts. The site is rather large, so you may have some trouble finding it.”

“Jiwon Kim, do you think there will be some people on the university grounds?”

“The day the world turned strange was a holiday, so there may not have been as many people as usual, but since it was the day after the university festival, there must have been some young students attending the after-party. And there will be many graduate students remaining in graduate school. Because those people were the ones who never left graduate school. Oh, of course, there will be some people at the medical school where the university hospital is located.”

It seems like it is normal for graduate students around the world to go to university without weekends or holidays. How can these things be the same?

Anyway, our final destination is the site of the College of Liberal Arts where Choi Min-soo and Kim Ga-ryeong’s daughter, Choi Na-hee, is located.

Among them, it is expected that Nahee Choi will be in the student center, where there are the most people… Can not help it. We need to get through it as quickly as possible.

While I was devising a rescue plan by combining and comparing the information provided by Kim Ji-won and Choi Min-soo in my head, I heard a sharp warning sound from the front.

“It’s a zombie! A zombie has appeared!”

Haaaa—awk!!

From the slight tremors of the ground, I could feel that a formidable number of zombies were approaching.

Choi Min-soo, who is in the lead, runs to me and reports the situation.

“Hyeonseong! It’s a zombie! however… It seems a little different from regular zombies!”

“What do you mean?”

“It’s fast! It seems like he’s running towards us at almost the speed of a human!”

“Have you ever seen a zombie with a red body?”

“Yes! As you said, I saw a zombie with red muscles all over!”

Fortunately, it doesn’t seem to be very difficult.

I assumed the special zombies that had appeared and gave instructions again to the people in the correct camp.

“Everyone, please defend the position I mentioned before leaving! Protecting the healers must be a priority! Healers, don’t rush forward out of greed for experience points. I will provide you with as much as you need later, but for now, you should consider taking care of yourself as your top priority!”

“Yes, I understand, sir!”

Healer Kim Ga-ryeong answers loudly in a firm voice. Even though she answered alone, no one looked at her strangely.

Among the healers, or even considering the entire population, no one would dare to have animosity towards Kim Ga-ryeong, who was one of the highest level healers in the first place. The same would apply to Choi Min-soo, who is level 9.

“Level… We are now level 3. When are you posting this? Ugh… ”

“Excluding the captain and executives, that’s the highest level, man. My eldest brother is also level 5 now, so… ”

Stories about levels are heard here and there. Well, after learning that zombies can be fought to some extent and that they can become stronger through levels, their perspective on zombies must have changed a lot.

From an object of fear to an object of hunting.

Feeling a tense atmosphere of anticipation rather than fear, I pulled out a sword that was hanging as a decoration at a hardware store in the mall.

Sreung…

The material and finish were very well made for a decorative sword, so I decided to use this instead of the weapon Serah prepared.

“…Tch. Even if only guns were available… ”

I can hear Han Dong-seok clicking his tongue when he sees my sword. I don’t know why, but it appears that the pistol he was carrying was unusable. I think that’s why he feels jealous when he sees the sword I use.

It’s a bit surprising to see so much regret for gunpowder weapons, which in this dimension are no different from the old world. Ah, even if you don’t have magical power, it’s still threatening enough.

However, I knew that gunpowder weapons would eventually have their limits without magical power, so I thought nothing of this matter and led the surroundings again.

The cries of the zombies have now become closer, as if they are screaming from the side.

“Sera and I are moving forward. As for the rest of you, please act as you please. Unless it’s really important, you’re probably used to receiving command from people who are used to it.”

“Hey, is it okay if I and Se-ra go along with Hyeonseong? Even though it looks like this, it’s level 4. It will definitely help!”

“Unless the boss says otherwise, just do what Jiwon Kim wants.”

“Thank you, hehe. Even if it’s not as much as Sarah’s protection right now, you’ll protect me too, right? I trust you, Hyunseong.”

“……”

“Oh, of course Serra too. Please take care of me, sister?”

Sarah and Jiwon Kim follow behind me as I run out. Judging by his quick steps, Kim Ji-won may also have awakened to the ranks of assassins. I think that would be similar to the movement that Sarah showed at the same level.

Krahaaa!!

Familiar looking zombies are running towards me.

Unlike ordinary zombies, the zombies that run at you with all their might have a different spirit than before.

“Sera! Again, leave the rest to the people behind you! Make sure to protect yourself first and foremost!”

“I understand, oppa!”

Just before the zombies, which were easily over three digits in size, started running towards me,

Grrr!!!!

The fireball that was shown to the thugs occupying the front of the store earlier was created and flew toward them, emitting intense heat.

Kwaaa!!

Kiheee!!!

｢***! **? ****! **!!」

Hwaryeong, who is invisible to others, opens her hands wide and bounces around in the air. It seems like he enjoys seeing the corpses of zombies burning in the fire he threw.

It was like a puppy asking for praise, so I expressed my gratitude to Hwaryeong in my heart and quickly moved my sword.

‘Wind chime!’

Suddenly!!

Thanks to the wind chime, the faster sword strike cleanly decapitates the zombie, and the decapitated zombie gradually slows down and soon stops moving.

However, the tip of my sword did not stop running even after decapitating the zombie.

“Sera! You take care of the rest!”

“Okay! Thank you, brother!”

As a result of cutting off their heads, I no longer need to be wary of these guys, whose skin hardness is not much different from the reinforced zombies I used to know.

All that’s left to do is slaughter.

‘Suryeong-ah, Jiryeong-ah. Please!’

When I conveyed the image in my head to Suryeong and Jiryeong, the two spirits fell from my body and created a pit and a trap by filling it with water.

with a plop!

Kihee–?!

You can hear the screams of zombies running and falling into a suddenly formed puddle of water. This will be enough to eliminate the people fighting the zombies in the back.

Of course, there was one person who would not be pleased with my performance.

Khuuu—!!

‘You’re here, Alpha.’

The one with red skin who was shouting threats at me was ‘Alpha’, the commanding entity among the zombies.

Seeing as it hasn’t turned dark red yet, it doesn’t seem to be ‘High-Alpha’, which means it is highly intelligent and can even communicate with people. That would be at the level of a C-grade dungeon gate boss monster, so it’s a bit scary.

Still, this level is not much different from the Goblin King I caught before. If they had to deal with Alpha without me, they would have had to suffer quite a lot of casualties.

Kwaaaang!!

As the red arm hits the ground, the dust forms a fog and obscures vision.

As if targeting this situation, a red arm burrowed through it, aiming for my head.

No, exactly where my head was.

Whoa!!

Grrr?!

I look away at the zombie, who is probably confused because he has no feeling in his hand.

After quickly dodging with the help of Pungryeong, I ran forward again and tried to catch the alpha zombie.

The alpha zombie noticed my advance and tried to confront me again with its large body.

But his intentions were not easily realized.

Cough?!

“This bastard, how dare he target my brother?”

From afar, Sera’s anger can be heard as she casts a skill using the newly acquired power of shadows.

Did you say shadow bind? It is said to be a skill that binds the movement of the target’s shadow.

This is an ability unheard of even in the world I was in. Moreover, in terms of usability, it can be said to be truly endless.

It didn’t stop my movements, but it was enough to hinder the movements of Choi Min-soo and Kim Ga-ryeong.

I easily dodged the red fist of the alpha zombie, which was noticeably slower than before.

“Sera! You make sure to finish off the neutralized guys! Because it doesn’t seem like there’s anything wrong!”

‘Hwaryeong, wind chime.’

After summoning Sera, a gust of flame filled my sword as I summoned two spirits at the same time.

The gust of fire radiated mysterious light and heat and cut into the thick back of the alpha zombie.

Grrr!!

Kyahaaaa!!

The alpha zombie fell down with the sound of flesh burning where its back was cut. Even though his body probably doesn’t feel pain, he’s shaking like an insect on the floor.

“Sera, take care of it.”

“Thank you, oppa.”

Sera gave Alpha Zombie his last breath while looking at her with more gratitude than before.

Suddenly!

Now that this side was settled, I looked back to leisurely observe the rest of the battle.

“There! Watch out behind you. I’ll stop it, haaa-ah!”

“If you are injured, please come here!”

In the back, the voices of Choi Min-soo and Kim Ga-ryeong, who are active among everyone, resound. Inside, the embarrassment and weakness that were there before were reduced to the point where they were almost invisible.

I couldn’t help but feel happy at the sight of the party members clearly becoming much stronger than before.