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I am not your enemy (4) ― Beoman-ro, Gwangmyeong-si, Gyeonggi-do

Keekeeek!

Their shouting was getting closer and closer.

No, it was more accurate to say that we were approaching them.

“The religious leader ordered—! Drive out the devils—!”

Kang San stared at the paladins who had already run away.

“Support your juniors! The lead is maintained mainly by brothers who joined late―!”

Their white armor sparkles in the sunlight as they run without fear.

And another white flower, not the sunlight that bloomed on their bodies.

Mana.

An absolute law that divides ordinary people from awakened people and a medium for supernatural abilities.

Doo doo doo doo!

Kang San looked down at his hands, feeling the waves crashing against the ground.

A hand where nothing exists except for the wind to pass through his hand.

chin-!

A blue water bottle magically lands in his hands.

Rather than being a simple blue light, it is something special that spreads brilliant brilliance in all directions.

[Mana Recovery Potion]

It was his own strength that he had managed to obtain in the world.

Pong!

A cheerful sound that rings as soon as you open the cap.

Kang San quickly removed the cap and drank the mana recovery potion.

A cool sensation traveling down the esophagus and a familiar feeling of fullness filling the entire body.

Kiiing—!

With the sound of operation, a sense of omnipotence rises, as if you can really do anything.

Therefore, Kang San naturally surrendered himself to that feeling.

Sooo!

He simply kicked the floor, but a headwind of a different level than before hit his face.

“Kill them all—! The leader himself protects us!”

Before I knew it, the backs of the Holy Knights were right on their tails―

Keekeeek!

It was clear that the zombies that recognized themselves were screaming and shaking their hands.

and-

The One Mind Salvation Church leader is watching over us.

‘… … Sana. Are you sure you’ll be okay alone?’

A thought that suddenly appears in your mind without you even realizing it at that moment.

Before getting on the train, the old man looked at himself with a worried face and whispered.

‘San-ah. There are certain facts that you cannot help but come to know as you go through life.’

‘Young Master… … .’

‘… … Sana. Are you sure you’re okay? ‘You can’t always choose the right answer.’

Correct and incorrect answers.

Kang San shook his head quietly, erasing the old man who was looking at him with pitiful eyes.

The purple pupils slowly become clearer in the blank space where the old man’s face disappeared.

‘It won’t be that late. Just go first and tell me what I have to say and then rest.’

‘… … Is there anything else I need to pay attention to?’

‘Yes, none. Just speak and act normally. Well, I don’t think the leader will be fooled by Kang San’s acting.’

‘How can you be sure of that?’

‘well… … . ‘Because you’re a big fan of the cult leader?’

He even erased Seongju’s pupils, whose exact intentions he still does not know.

chin-!

All that was left of him was a spear taken from his temporary inventory.

Pop!

Kang San erased all the thoughts that were disturbing him and focused on the feel of the spear in his hand.

“Kkisss—!”

I focused on the difficulties that were right in front of me.

“Dumble~!”

Kwaang-! Kwaang-! Kwaang-!

The leading Paladins and the front row of the waves collide violently.

The mace stuck through the zombies’ heads and into the floor, and the unresolved power spread out in all directions like a wave.

Damn it!

Stirring waves accompanied by a sudden shaking of the ground.

The Holy Knights did not miss that moment and struck down the heads of the zombies that were following them.

“Pull out the devil bastards! Kill them all!”

Spattering rotten blood and the shouts of paladins cutting through the waves.

The zombies, which numbered in the thousands at best, allowed the knights, who numbered less than 50, let alone 100, to break through.

The dark clouds were slowly being split by white light.

Keekeeek!

Even though the distance between them was rapidly decreasing, the zombies were unable to surround the Paladins.

Whether it’s excessive power or speed that can never be captured.

The paladins dominated the space in some way more skillfully than the zombies.

‘… … That’s the Awakened One.’

And that was ‘Mana’.

An unrealistic treasure that enhances strengths or compensates for weaknesses.

Only when that existed could we talk about ‘power’.

The power of the new world, not knowledge and money, was that.

Kiiing!

The will expressed from deep within the heart accelerates mana.

‘World – a world where everyone becomes stronger -‘

As the leader said, the world is one where everyone becomes stronger.

It helped everyone who paid the point tax to use mana.

However, mana cannot be recovered in areas other than the world’s influence area.

It is to become an ordinary person again, but there is no way.

Just like he did earlier, all you have to do is fill the unfilled mana with ‘items’.

“kkieeek―!”

The zombies that the Paladins were unable to deal with were running toward them with both hands outstretched.

Kang San calmly took a breath and kept an eye on them.

Overcome any shortcomings with mana.

[Understanding Weight Lv.9]

“kkieeek―!”

The upper body of a zombie attacking you with rotten eyes shining with nothing but appetite.

The red color that completely fills the upper body.

Weight is strength.

With the help of Mana, Kang San was able to see that all of the zombie’s strength was concentrated on the zombie’s upper body.

Whoa!

I hit the guy’s lower body, which was filled with blue instead of red, as if lightly sweeping the floor.

The zombie fell to the ground with a thump, just as it had stretched out both hands towards itself.

Pow!

And the red light of the spear, with all its power concentrated into one point, pierces the guy’s head.

“kkieeek―!”

The extra waves rushing to surround you belatedly.

Kang San quickly took a step back and widened the distance between them.

‘It’s not just limited to combat – a man must know when to go in and when to go out.’

‘I don’t know why, but is it because I’m in a mood for a slightly dirty joke?’

‘okay. If you notice something like this, it means it’s time to get out quickly, chuckle-‘

The hardships of a world that can never be said to have been fun.

Even in the midst of that hardship, the memories that still sparkle help Kang San’s next actions.

‘If you missed it-’

Cracking- crackling-

Stupid zombies struggling in the vacuum they suddenly fell into.

Kang San quickly moved his legs and narrowed the distance between them.

‘When I go in—!’

Whoa!

In order to instinctively control its movements, it punches the zombie’s upper body, concentrating its strength on its lower body.

Then, after smashing the head of another zombie on the floor with a skilled stab, he quickly glanced around.

‘Excitement, immersion, flow. Neither of those emotions are very useful in our battle. Always look around. ‘You always have to find a point where you won’t be surrounded by them.’

Usually, that was the old man’s fire.

Warm flames that always made sure there were no blind spots.

There was no old man’s warm fire here, but there was a slightly different fire.

“It’s gone! Damn it! Wow!”

A white light that frantically devours the surroundings like an uncontrollable fire.

Kang San used them as a breakwater and moved to a space with as few blind spots as possible.

“kkieeek―!”

He attacked their blue space like water and pierced them with his red color.

He continued to distance himself from them and used his lack of strength against their weight.

Although they cannot compare to the Paladins running rampant in all directions, they continue to fight while protecting their own territory.

However, Kang San was neither satisfied nor reassured by that.

There was no way the huge colony I saw on the hill would end like this.

Easy, Normal, Hard―

The mission in the world gave adventurers one piece of advice that was deeply engraved in their bones.

As the difficulty increases-

“Crraaa—!”

Variants increase.

A particularly clear roar even on an already crowded battlefield.

thud-! thud-! thud-!

A lump of flesh running toward them as they cut through the waves, shaking the earth.

‘… … steroid.’

Hexagonal hand-to-hand combat tanks, which made it easier to find shortcomings, were approaching.

“Where is this fleshy little devil from—!”

A paladin roars as if attacking the steroids that continue to charge furiously.

Kiiing!

The bright white paladin split the zombies and raised his shoulders sharply.

Cuuu!

A cloud of dust spread out from the point where the steroid collided.

The collision, accompanied by a loud impact sound, did not determine who was superior or inferior.

Kang San hurriedly looked closely at the entire body of the steroid that had blocked the Paladin’s charge.

‘… … there is. one animal.’

A bizarre lump of flesh that appears and disappears faintly on the shoulder of the steroid.

A zombie bird was attached to the steroid’s shoulder.

“This bastard—!”

“Crrrraaaa—!”

Steroid and Paladin both continued their combo after the collision.

A mace flew towards the steroid’s head from the opposite side of the shoulder that was hit, and a large fist flew towards the paladin from the other side.

“… … Breathe!”

However, the mace heading towards the steroid’s head quickly deviates from its course.

A paladin suddenly stumbles on his legs and a fist lands squarely in his direction.

Whoa whoa!

With a deafening sound, the Paladin flew backwards, sweeping the floor.

thud-! thud-!

“Crrrraaaa—!”

A steroid that roars by hitting the ground as if celebrating victory.

The guy’s shiny eyes turn to the paladin lying unsightly on the floor.

The cocky prey barely escaped a fatal wound, perhaps because he prepared in his own way at the moment when his fist was stuck.

“Crraaa—!”

“Heyeeee—!”

At that moment, a cheeky shout resounds that offends Steroid, who is stamping his feet to finish off the Holy Knight.

Steroid-red eyes reflect from the paladin to the brown-skinned adventurer.

‘… … steroid.’

Kang San quickly thought back to the strange situation from before.

The red color that was clearly concentrated on the mace suddenly moved to the paladin’s legs.

Is it because I suddenly shifted my center of gravity and my posture collapsed?

It was said that the Holy Knights currently at the forefront were inexperienced junior knights, so that possibility was not entirely out of the question.

A fatal mistake that occurred at a critical moment.

“Crraaa—!”

However, thoughts do not last long.

Steroid, having found its cheeky prey again, lets out a roar that shakes the ground.

Kang San slowly caught his breath and made eye contact with the guy.

‘The most important pattern to keep in mind when dealing with steroids-‘

pattern.

The words I whispered unconsciously brought an untimely smile to my face.

‘Honestly, I don’t understand people who call themselves adventurers. It’s a pattern. We’re not playing a game right now. So many adventurers die every day, so why – why can’t we just talk about it that way?’

‘It’s easy to understand and easy to remember. There’s a good reason why so many people do it. When you listen to it, aren’t there times when it feels as amazing as playing a game?’

‘… … It sounds like you’ve played the game.’

‘of course. Didn’t I tell you I was an early adopter? ha ha ha-‘

An annoying variant that appears from fairly low to high difficulties.

Even such steroids have a specific pattern obtained through countless sacrifices of adventurers.

“Crraaa—!”

A steroid who waves his hand roughly towards his surroundings while looking at himself from quite a distance away.

Steroids always start a throwing pattern at enemies that are a certain distance away.

Boom! Boom!

Ordinary zombies flying fiercely through the wind.

Kang San carefully avoided the throw and waited for his time.

“Crraaa—!”

A steroid that stares at itself like a loach and starts constantly throwing zombies around it.

Kang San kept his distance from the zombies that were constantly being thrown at him.

“Crrrraaaa—!”

And with nothing more to catch around, Steroid slams his grotesquely large fist into the ground.

widely-!

This was the moment Kang San had been waiting for.

Quickly, it slightly lowers its body’s center of gravity and rushes toward the creature, cutting through the wind.

Steroid, who was breaking the ground and making a throwing object, laughed and quickly retrieved his fist.

Steroids, he’s smarter than a zombie.

He uses deception to lure his enemies, and he also knows how to protect his own weaknesses.

Second pattern on steroids.

“Crraaa—!”

After throwing, there is only one fist that is extended to the enemy that attacks you.

One protects his head and the other slashes at approaching enemies.

Kiiing—!

Kang San stares at the guy’s bright red fist, assessing his remaining mana.

The desire to attack and defend at the same time inevitably creates loopholes.

Crack!

It changes direction in an instant at close range.

The rush that hit the front of the steroid wraps around him and moves to the back of his head.

Pot!

Jumping power is somewhat lacking for sudden direction changes.

The distance was not enough to stab the guy in the back of the head in a straight line.

But behind the poorly defended steroids, there is not just one option.

Even if it wasn’t the steroids in the back, it was enough to kill the zombie bird attached to the guy’s back and shoulder.

“… … Brother, oh oh!”

Soon, Seotaesan will come here.

Sooo!

A thick red light gathers at the tip of the spear.

The tip of the spear, flaccid and flying towards the zombie bird, becomes increasingly stiff.

and-

phut-!

It hits the air and releases a tearing sound.

‘… … ‘What!’

Kang San opened his eyes wide and was astonished at the strange phenomenon that occurred before his eyes.

Red dyes the upper body of the zombie bird.

The zombie bird stayed in the air for a moment as if avoiding a spear, then safely landed on the steroid’s shoulder again.

“Crraaa—!”

Kang San hurriedly kicked the man’s waist to avoid the man’s fist, which started to intercept him belatedly.

Coo!

“Keuuch―!”

I was unable to keep my body’s balance due to the hasty dodge while holding the spear straight out.

The situation is that the ball is spread out on the floor and the mana is slowly showing its bottom.

I needed time to recover my posture and drink [Mana Recovery Potion].

“Crraaa—!”

Of course, that guy didn’t seem to have any intention of giving me that time.

Buuu!

The guy threw the ground he couldn’t throw before at him with all his might.

I quickly jumped to the right and saw the ground breaking violently.

Coo! Coo!

“Crraaa—!”

And waiting for Kangsan facing the hill was a huge red thing.

A red fist fills his face.

However, even at that moment, Kang San did not give up.

‘right left… … .’

He just stared at the guy’s fist, thinking about what he should give up.

If you don’t give up, if I don’t give up… … .

I repeated this to myself countless times-

Sooo!

As the sound of the pounding sound hits my ears so violently, I lose strength in trying to give up on the left side.

A red light spreads across the blank, blank eyes, as if a death that cannot be resisted is approaching.

─────.

However, the fist that attacked him did not come any closer.

─────.

Before I knew it, Kangsan’s fist stopped at close range.

The cries of the paladins, the howling of the zombies, the sound of the ground breaking, and the sound of their heads breaking.

In the sudden silence that doesn’t ring anything, the red color in the steroid’s fist slowly spreads widely.

The red color spreads widely from the fist and stains the entire body, pressing down on the creature as if it were weighing him down.

The red coloring its entire body quickly moved to its short, thick neck.

and-

Fuwaaa!

Rotten blood pouring from the neck of the person who was immediately separated from the body.

Patter!

Faced with an unseasonable red rain, Kang San raised his head with blank eyes.

And there-

“… … What is that?”

There was a salvation leader.

***

Patter!

Rotten blood mercilessly staining his handsome face.

It felt great to see him looking up at me with an uncharacteristically dumb expression, but now wasn’t the time to feel that way.

I felt very uncomfortable watching Kang San’s entertainment party like this.

The exact center of a city-level colony.

I reached out my hand to the strange guy who had been making suspicious movements from before.

Knock knock!

As if resisting or responding.

A cheeky hand held out along with the hand I held out.

They aimed at each other, but there was only one thing they were drawn to.

Grumble!

I mercilessly tied up his entire body and looked carefully at the guy who was dragged in front of me.

Strange skin that flutters as if wearing a wide white robe.

I looked at that white, cloth-like skin and caught a glimpse of the religious uniform I was wearing.

“… … Ha.”

With a laugh that came out spontaneously at the absurdity, I released the telekinesis binding the guy’s arms.

Grumble-

The arm of the man who gained freedom is pointed not at me, but at other zombies chained to the ground.

At the same time, it is a touch that only I who exercise telekinesis can feel.

I felt like all the zombies were trying hard to turn their backs.

“… … Telekinesis.”

He interrupted the attack by grabbing the paladin’s leg, and easily evaded Kang San’s sharp blow by lifting the zombie bird.

Giving orders to the zombies all at once was a manifestation of the telekinetic power I was all too familiar with.

‘brain.’

Rather than looking at the unpleasant mutant quietly staring at me while giving an order, I naturally thought of the mutant at the airport.

‘We are one.’

And even the single sentence that was printed instead of an explanation when killing that guy.

Fuwaaa!

[You have defeated the mutant.]

[Acquire 3000 faith.]

[Failure to acquire knowledge about variants!]

“… … Tsk!”

When I saw the new variant with its head detached and rotting blood dripping, I clicked my tongue vigorously.

Fuck, why do we fail to acquire knowledge at times like this?

I swallowed a curse and looked down.

Kang San is looking at me with trembling eyes, and the Holy Knights are kneeling with emotion.

And the extra members of the colony were struggling to somehow turn around and run away.

I thought to myself as I looked at the guys who were tapping their hands.

Those guys aren’t just waves.

[You have witnessed a city-level colony!]

They are a colony named by the system.

A colony that knows and can practice the concept of ‘retreat’, either primitively or professionally.

Those guys-

I slowly turned my head and looked towards the north of Gwangmyeong City.

Even here, the clearly shining ‘Heavenly Shield’ was clearly visible.

Those guys charged towards paradise even after seeing such a large protective shield?

no-

Hehehe…

I whispered as I looked across Gwangmyeong City, where I couldn’t see anything.

“… … Was the attack correct in the first place?”