episode_0309

‘hmm···.’

Perhaps the reason why I kept touching my cheek as if I had been bitten by a mosquito was because Reiko’s reaction was so unexpected.

It had already been a while since Reiko’s soft and moist lips left my cheek, but it still felt like her lips were touching my cheek.

‘This is so…’

I wasn’t expecting anything like this.

Is this Reiko’s own encouragement to not be attacked by zombies?

“Hmm, hmm!”

Is it because I literally received a gift I never expected?

The corners of my mouth kept itching, and it was quite difficult to control it.

Oops!

That was actually why I put a little pressure on both hands and then hit my own cheek with them.

It felt like it would stay like this forever if I didn’t stop it from becoming mushy.

After using the pain like a kind of seasoning to correct my slackened mind, I opened my inventory and immediately started arming myself.

First, I put on the hunter armor that I had ripped off or received as a gift from Rahee.

Starting from protective underwear to what is called a suit among hunters.

It had been quite a while since I had put on full-fledged armor like this, so the pressure I felt all over my body was quite unfamiliar… but I couldn’t help it.

There was no other worst-case scenario than that of being unlucky and getting infected during a battle while staying as usual.

‘Still, I’m glad it’s the right size.’

But this bitch Rahee… how do you know my size…?

A thought suddenly occurred to me, ‘Hmm…?’, a question formed in my head, but I quickly put it away from my mind.

It will not be too late to think about that question gradually after solving the problem that is right in front of you.

I quickly put away what had been occupying my mind for a moment and finally pulled out the sword from my inventory.

It was not a standard sword that I usually wielded randomly, but a sword specially prepared for me by Cao Cao of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms worldview. It was pulled out from the inventory, scattering a sad light everywhere.

In that way, I held the sword tightly so that I could swing it at any time, and spread out the spirit that I had temporarily withheld…

‘under···.’

What was supposed to be three grew to four in just a moment.

No, it’s not the alumni association president of some special entity. When I was looking for it, I couldn’t even see the snout, so it’s from somewhere that they keep crawling out like this.

Thanks to this, even though it was new, I was confident.

Even if it got caught, it was stuck wrongly.

It seems that the unidentified female monster I saw earlier is a real queen among zombies.

So then, what is it that such a being carries so preciously within its body…?

What, the king of zombies?

“···King.”

Since this was happening anyway, it seemed like it wouldn’t be a bad idea to get rid of the guards who were running now, and then also get rid of anything that might grow into a big problem in the future.

Because like the demon lords in fantasy novels, I don’t have the noble hobby of quietly sitting on a throne and waiting for the other person to finish growing up.

Of course, to do that, the first thing to do is to do something about the guys who are running now.

‘Huh?’

Has another person increased in the meantime?

I was in the habit of using my surplus time to go on reconnaissance, so if I hadn’t done that and just sat on the trailer and kept running the radar, there would have been a disaster today.

When there were not one or two, but five of these supposed special entities, what people commonly call tension began to run down my spine.

As if there was some way to detect my location, I felt hundreds of figures running straight in my direction, so I closed my eyes for a moment, and that was why I jumped off the ground and climbed up the tree.

Then, he started moving from tree to tree, trying to keep his presence as low as possible… What was originally a very weak guess soon turned into certainty.

“···That’s right.”

I was wondering how these bastards could pinpoint my location so accurately, but it was all just nonsense.

I heard somewhere that some animals use that method to determine the location of their prey. Perhaps they have inherited that ability?

Looking at it, it doesn’t seem to be the ability of the female-type entity I saw earlier… I think it’s the ability of one of the two guys who first showed up…

So which is the right answer, slim or long?

The two who had appeared first in response to the queen’s call were placed on both sides of the scale and weighed. After briefly licking their lips, they left their seats and began to approach the group of zombies, which had become much more chaotic than before.

‘Hey…’

There are so many.

Have all the zombies around come flocked in?

Every place I could see was crowded with zombies, so much so that I couldn’t help but think about it.

In the meantime, what was a little creepy was that I couldn’t see any of the zombies who were presumed to have been women in their past life, and there were only cubs who were presumed to have been sinful men.

Is this also the ability of the female-type entity we saw earlier?

If that were the case, it was completely understandable that he was quiet when I approached him earlier on my own, but when I showed up with Reiko, he suddenly became angry as if he had pressed the trigger button.

Maybe… the female-type entity in the example feeds on none other than ‘women’ like itself.

That’s why the sex ratio of zombies has become so similar to a men’s bathhouse.

I quickly scanned the surroundings, filling my mind with the information I had at hand or through inference through the sights that caught my eye.

And as a result, I was able to see with my own eyes the actual appearance of special entities that I had only seen in person.

‘Just looking at that guy, it looks like his tongue is his main weapon…’

That guy has something that looks like a poison pouch under his chin, so I guess he’s going to attack by spitting at the enemy.

All of them had very distinctive features, so I was able to get a rough estimate just by looking at them… but the problem was that the long-haired guy was on one side of the 50/50 odds.

At first glance, the skinny friend looks similar to the stalker we dealt with in the city where the Arisugawa family was located, so even so, what on earth is that bastard…?

Unlike the other guys who had such distinctive features that you could just sense them when you looked at them, Giljjuk’s friend had almost nothing special about him.

They are different from ordinary zombies except that they have suspiciously long heads and long bodies, their skin is gray-white unlike ordinary zombies, and unlike other zombies that have a high loss rate, their bodies are intact without any of the common scratches. I guess it’s not there at all.

Just looking at it, it looks like that guy is a radar guy…

‘···Let’s catch it first.’

You’ll find out when you catch it.

Maybe it could be a one-tool that has the ability to detect the location of prey through vibration.

I used my tongue, which was slightly sticking out of my mouth, to moisten my lips, which had already become so dry that they were almost squirming, and gauged my relationship with the guy.

And then… the moment confidence sprouted in my heart, I jumped towards the guy, holding my sword tightly.

Seaaa!

‘Gotcha!’

Kyaaa!!!!!!!

“···Huh?!”

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Exciting… Exciting…

My heart was pounding at a beat I had never felt before.

As the saying goes, this was the first time.

It wasn’t her business, but someone else’s business that made her feel so anxious.

Actually, if you think about it, it was something that could not be helped.

That’s right… It was clear that if Su-hyeon, that is, were to be attacked by zombies here, her fate would not be much different from his.

No, it might be fortunate if it stops at that level.

In the worst case scenario… the zombies, who were not satisfied with Su-hyeon and her alone, could have spread their magic to the family members waiting behind them.

And the moment that happens… the long-running history of the Arisukawa family will also come to an end.

Although Reina still remains, what a woman can do on her own in this world is very limited.

So… I had no choice but to fold my hands and pray.

I hope that the man survives safely among the zombies.

In fact, that was the reason why he obediently responded to Soo-hyeon’s shameless request, which he would not have even bothered to hear under normal circumstances.

Kyaaah!!!!!!

“Phew···.”

It must have been at that moment when I was nervously clenching and unclenching my hands while listening to the occasional sound.

Thump thump!

Someone was knocking on the door that I had told them to block by knocking over furniture or something, as it would be difficult if zombies broke in when they were not there.

For a moment, I was inwardly shocked by that, but I suppressed the trembling of my heart and asked towards the tightly closed door.

“Da, is it you…?”