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Chapter 6 Episode 16 – Apocalypse 1

“The empire has collapsed. What does that mean?”

“It’s literally true. In just one week, the empire lost its state function.”

Even though it’s a game, is it possible for a country to be destroyed in a week? Especially since they destroyed the empire that owned the knights, did the awakened Lufia go on a rampage?

“Who did this?”

“St. Mary’s Church. It’s just a guess, but I’m almost certain.”

The word Virgin Mary reminded me of Patricia’s comment. I haven’t finished my work yet.

“A week ago, maybe even earlier. The first ‘Main’ appeared in the southern frontier.”

“Mine?”

“Okay. A grotesquely twisted human being. At first, they just called them monsters, but the Holy Mother Church called them demons.”

“Is it related to monsters?”

“Everything happens. Because they are humans who have been mutated by demonic energy.”

Another name for the Lord of Plague, the Queen of Monsters. Is she not only able to create monsters, but can she also turn humans into monsters?

Perhaps many of the monsters in the East Continent were indigenous people of the East Continent.

‘But what on earth does the plague have to do with monsters?’

Rustling –. Mr. Leger took out a piece of paper from the inside pocket of his coat and unfolded it. Judging by the names written on it, it appears to be a list.

“Mines appeared nationwide. Of course, it occurred in large quantities at Eli, which I manage. This is the list of organization members who mutated into Mine.”

“……There are quite a few. But what is the reason for showing this?”

“You can find out if you look at the back page.”

I didn’t realize it because it was stuck to the blood, but the paper I was given had two layers. When I carefully tore it apart so as not to tear it, I found another list that was almost identical to the list I had seen earlier.

“Isn’t it the same list?”

“Look at the title.”

“Title? … … List of people infected with influenza.”

I compared the two lists. I couldn’t be sure because both of them only listed organization members, but the list of demon mutants was a subset of the list of people infected with the flu, so all the demons were infected with the flu.

“I’m not sure because I haven’t looked at all the data on all demons, but considering that demons mostly appeared in places like slums and hospitals, it doesn’t seem to be related to the flu at all.”

“That’s definitely true. Rather, by arranging it into a list like this, does it mean that you have dealt with all the members of the organization who became mines?”

“Yes.”

Mr. Leger chuckled and stared blankly into space.

“You idiots. So I should have trained a little harder on a regular basis. They couldn’t catch me, so they searched for everything.”

She muttered softly with empty eyes.

Mr. Leger’s organization, the Fresco Family, valued the bonds between other organizations and members of the Danley organization. There is a reason why the name ‘family’ started as a family, but it also contains the hope that people will regard each other as family even after they grow up.

And the list of Mines that Mr. Leger gave me included many members who had been in the family for a long time that I knew of.

The shock must be quite big. No matter how much Leger said he had no blood or tears, he still truly cared for his one person.

But what is important in the current situation is not Mr. Leger’s feelings.

” Mr. Leger, please tell me in detail what happened in the past week.”

I need to know what the hell that bitch Patricia has been up to.

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A few days ago, the day after Zeke collapsed.

“Ha… .”

Mariela, who was reading a report in the deputy director’s office, sighed deeply.

“What is going on… ?”

Niña, a member of the General Affairs Department, asked Mariela with an anxious expression.

“……I’m not sure. First, I think I should ask the Ministry of Information to find out in more detail.”

“Yes. I will contact you like that.”

Niña bowed lightly and left the deputy director’s office. Mariela, left alone, placed the report on the desk and covered her face with her hands.

Humanoid monsters discovered throughout the empire. They began attacking citizens indiscriminately, and were so powerful that local police could not stop them.

According to reports, they were originally humans, and are presumed to have been turned into monsters for unknown reasons.

‘…It doesn’t seem like an issue the management bureau should care about, but the issue is too big to ignore.’

If the director had been there, he would have made a decision. Mariela felt the emptiness of Zeke, who had not returned for several days.

When will it come back? Mariela knew full well that worrying about Zeke was meaningless as we had been together until now, but she couldn’t help but feel worried.

In addition, I had contacted the Holy Mother last night, and I had just heard a report from the banshee that was full of jealousy and complaints that she had not returned yet. I couldn’t help but be even more worried.

match-.

Mariela comes to her senses by loudly slapping her cheek.

Nothing will change if you worry. What you need to do now is to run the bureau without a director without any problems.

To do so, we must not miss even a small incident.

“Pixies going out are Leon, Vir, and Lily. Vir and Leon will return with the director. Since Lily completed her mission successfully, she will return the day after tomorrow, right?”

While I was going through the Pixie documents one by one to see if there were any problems with their management, an alarm suddenly rang.

“…?”

A level 3 alarm that sounds when a problem occurs that requires urgent response from the entire management office. The Ministry of Health’s hotline phone rings at the same time.

“Ministry of Medical Affairs, what’s going on?”

“Marie, it’s an emergency! Patients who were hospitalized developed mutations… !”

ddu-. ddu-.

The phone was soon hung up along with Asha’s urgent voice.

Mariela remembered the contents of the report she had been reading earlier when she heard the word “mutation” before it was cut off. Humanoid monsters that arise from all over the empire.

The management bureau had also forgotten the obvious fact that it was included in one of the various regions of the empire.

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“Kkiing… .”

Ker sitting in front of the door of the isolation room. Just by looking at her limp tail, you could tell how depressed Ker was.

Normally, after having fun with friends, it is time to return with a proud heart and fall into a sweet sleep. However, the tightly closed door of the isolation room had not moved for several days.

Buck beak – buck beok –.

Ker scratches the solid iron door with his fingernails, signaling to open the door. But of course the door did not open. Of course, I could open the door and go out on my own, but since I promised Zeke that I would not leave the isolation room on my own unless it was absolutely necessary, I just held on and scratched at the door.

The snacks I received from my friends have long since run out. Since we hadn’t been fed properly for several days, I had no choice but to fill my stomach with snacks.

There were many toys in the isolation room to play with alone, but compared to playing with friends, they were boring.

“Wow… . Why aren’t you coming? I thought of a lot of fun games.”

In his own way, Kerr thought about why his friends weren’t visiting. The answer is that they don’t play with themselves because it’s not fun.

So over the past few days, Kerr has been thinking hard and coming up with a lot of fun games. Of course, the standard of fun was entirely set by Kerr himself, so most of it was things like spinning a thrown tree branch five times in the air and biting into it, or quickly chewing a hard whole bone of meat with the bone still in it.

“um… . ah! I get it. You don’t know that I created a fun game!”

Kerr finally figured it out. No matter how many fun games you make, your friends won’t know if you don’t tell them about them. Feeling proud of having solved the difficult problem of the century, Kerr diligently created an invitation card in crooked handwriting in his scribbling notebook.

After drawing a pretty picture with coloring crayons, Ker folds it neatly and slides it under the door of the isolation room. She believed that friends who saw her invitation would now open the door to enjoy fun games together.

The problem was that all isolation rooms in the management bureau basically had double doors, so even if an invitation was pushed under the inner door, it would not reach the outer door. Kerr, who had completely forgotten this fact even though he had been in and out of the isolation room several times, climbed onto the bed and lay down with high expectations.

“Heeheehee. I hope tomorrow comes quickly.”

Kerr knew how to make tomorrow come quickly. Falling asleep right away. For Ker, it was a natural fact that tomorrow would come when he woke up.

But the night before going on a picnic, I can’t sleep. Ker also began to have trouble sleeping in anticipation of having fun for the first time in a long time. The longer it went on, the later tomorrow came, and Ker, who became increasingly anxious, decided to relax in order to fall asleep faster.

After running around the isolation room for several hours, Kerr realized that there was a faint, unpleasant smell coming from the room.

“……The smell of blood!”

Ker sniffed and pressed his body against the wall in the direction where the smell came from. As I closed my eyes and focused all my attention on my nose, the smell gradually began to become clearer.

The rich scent of blood mixed with the smells of familiar people. Apart from the smell of blood, there is also an extremely unpleasant and unpleasant odor.

With animal intuition, Kerr knew that his friends were in danger.

“Pyeong, kiing… . What do we do? I shouldn’t go out… .”

Ker is restless. The sun has already set now. Zeke advised Ker that he should never go outside when the sun has set.

However, as the smell of my friends’ blood continued to grow stronger, I began to create my own reasons to break my promise to Zeke.

“If his friends die, Zeke will be sad too!”

All of the management bureau employees are Zeke’s friends. And Zeke’s friend is Ker’s friend. Kerr knew so, and of all people, Zeke was the most important, but his friends were just as important.

“So, this is absolutely necessary!”

Ker made a firm decision and broke down the door to the isolation room.