chapter 30
wave(3)
[The wave has started.]
A terrifying creature came through a blue portal.
Gray skin like ash.
red bloodshot eyes.
Strangely long legs compared to the body.
It was an Alpha Zombie Runner.
Meanwhile, a man knocked on the tightly closed glass door of the mart.
bang! bang!
The people in the mart didn’t even dream of the man’s cry of being frightened and screaming.
“Please, open the door…”
People inside the mart were busy taking carts and blocking the entrance despite the man’s cries.
“You guys are still human!”
Bang!
A man who keeps knocking on the window.
“What if it breaks like that!”
“No, you’re going to kill us all! Just go somewhere else, you crazy bastard!”
The people in the mart shouted.
“Joe, it’s a zombie!”
Perhaps guided by the sound, a runner spotted the crying man and approached.
“Hey, go away! please···. help.”
The man who made eye contact with Runner’s pants started to get wet, but the door to the mart didn’t even dream.
“why···. it’s me. I haven’t cursed once in my life, but this is too much… f*ck!!”
Runner’s long tongue flicked, his face cracked open, and the hideous tentacles came out, bit the man’s neck, and lifted him into the air.
The man’s body squirmed for a moment, then the movement stopped.
Cheeky!
The man’s body fell to the floor with his neck half ripped off.
Unfortunately, Runner flicked his tongue and knocked on the glass door with both hands, but Yuri didn’t even dream.
The Runner, who changed his strategy, climbed the wall and climbed toward the open window on the third floor.
The man’s fingertips from Runner’s bite bounced off, and he got up in an instant and started banging his head against the glass door.
thud!
thud!
Meanwhile, the situation inside the mart was no different from outside.
Runners came through the portal in the food section and the open window.
“Sah, save me…”
Screams and screams could be heard from all directions.
-Uh…
-That’s…
It took less than 30 minutes for the 300 people who had fled into the mart to become zombies.
***
I stood in front of the car and waited for the Awoken to return.
“Come on up.”
Everyone went up, and only the man with a toned body was left.
*Suho Lee Lv 3.
[Job]: Gladiator (rare)
[Skill 1]: Tough Skin (Premium)
– The skin is hardened.
– Stamina +2.
[Skill 2]: Ares’ Blessing (Normal)
– Increased morale.
[Ability level]: Normal.
-Strength: 3.9, Agility: 3.2.
-HP: 7.1 (+2)
It’s been a while since we met, but he wasn’t a bad person when you see that he took care of the elderly and the weak in times of crisis.
“Do you have anything to say?”
“Yes, I wonder why they want to protect us.”
“The name?”
“I’m Suho Lee.”
“I am not as altruistic as Suho Lee. It’s just that it’s what I need.”
“If you are not altruistic, do you really need to take the risk here to protect us?”
Unlike a moment ago, Lee Soo-ho’s face was full of disappointment.
“Isn’t it fast enough to grow by yourself if you have the skills of an iron man?”
If you look at my growth, it was right.
“I don’t have time, so I’ll talk briefly. I will build the strongest fortress in the world here to end the apocalypse.”
It’s a priority compared to my shelter, but it’s not a lie because it will absorb this place over time.
“Is that possible?”
“Perhaps.”
I took out the villain detection ring and handed it to Suho Lee.
“Isn’t this a villain detection ring? If you give me this, Iron Man will…?”
It was natural for Suho Lee to be surprised.
This is because the Villain Detection Ring is difficult to obtain in the beginning and is very expensive as it is a must-have item for Villain detection.
However, for me who has a reset, get an accessory and turn it until ‘Detect Villain’ appears.
Of course, it will cost coins, but if you can save everyone here with just one ring, that’s more profitable.
“I have something else.”
“Then, write it well and return it.”
“You don’t have to give it. Instead, please take good care of the people here.”
“All right.”
Hard-spoken, short hair.
“Are you a career soldier?”
“Is it noticeable?”
I knew it.
I nodded.
“Before the sun goes down, I’m going to the J Mart in front of Exit 1. So get people ready.”
“All right.”
Seeing as he doesn’t ask why, he seems to know Runner well.
Runners are hard to see at night due to their dark skin, so if you deal with them outdoors, you will inevitably suffer casualties no matter how much you protect them.
So, get inside the building before the sun goes down and hold out.
J Mart is the only place where this amount of people can enter and endure.
I confirmed that Suho Lee was going up and retrieved the car and the wall.
‘Hey, take care of the people.’
– Roger.
He sent a telepathic message to Black, who had already climbed among the people.
The number of zombies Lim Ji-tae, who has changed to Black, can control at once is five.
This includes runners.
There is also a ring that can detect villains, so Sema station will be safe.
I just need to clear the road to J Mart.
Increase the slayer buff from 30% to 44% using crystals and check my information.
*Seo Kang-jun Lv 6.
[Job]: Beginning Alchemist (Myth)
[Unique Skill]: Grade enhancement.
[technology]:
-Special decomposition (hero), telepathy
-Essential Decomposition (Advanced), Summon
– reset (rare)
[Ability level]: Normal
-Strength: 7 (+2), Agility: 10 (+3)
-HP: 13 (+1)
[Attribute Resistance]: Normal
-Fire +10, Water +10, Lightning +10
-Poison +10, Light +10, Dark +10
The current zombie infection rate is 20%. Immunity increases by 2% per 1% poison resistance, so even if you get bitten by a normal zombie, you won’t become a zombie.
The problem is the runner, but it doesn’t matter. Even if the runner is fast, he won’t be faster than me with the slayer buff.
When I came down through Exit 1, the street was already like hell.
Blood splattered everywhere.
A pitiful scream that can be heard incessantly.
People being attacked by runners.
‘Let’s hurry up.’
Touch the necklace to unlock the perception barrier and get a sense of the situation.
[Agility has increased by +2.]
A runner was seen biting a man in a public parking lot.
*runner
[Rating]: Advanced
[Classification]: Zombie-Alpha
[Skills]: Wall climbing, quick feet.
[Description]: It is the most common alpha zombie, but it has 100% infection power despite its weak strength.
[Abilities]:
-Muscle 2.3, agility 3.1, stamina 1.0
[Related Collections]:2.
insignificant abilities.
“Hey!”
As I shouted vigorously, the eyes of the zombies around me were all focused on me.
I saw how many people I had eaten, and the runner, whose body was covered in blood, found me and rushed at me.
With a terrifying scream, he quickly closed the distance with me using his long legs.
‘It’s fast.’
Shortly after closing the distance, the guy’s face split in half, revealing a hideous tentacle with dozens of sharp teeth embedded in it.
Tentacles stretched out in an instant and flew towards my neck.
‘slow.’
I swung my sword from bottom to top, then slammed it down with all my might towards the top of his head.
widely!
I could feel the resistance of my bones as I rode the blade, so when I applied more strength to the hand holding the knife, the guy’s body split in half.
[The slayer buff has been activated.]
[Ability has increased by 10%.]
Go straight to the zombie eating human organs.
Awesome!
Unlike before, there was no resistance whatsoever.
[Ability has increased by 1%.]
An endless stream of zombies and runners.
But it didn’t matter.
I screamed again and ran into the middle of them.
Each time the sword was swung, the zombie’s neck fell one by one, and instead of getting tired, the body grew faster and faster due to the slayer buff.
After slicing up zombies gratuitously, he arrived at J-Mart before he knew it.
Cut the throat of a runner trying to bite a woman.
“Sah, save me.”
She backed away, looking even more frightened than when she ran away from Runner, and bumped into the glass door of the supermarket.
‘why?’
As I approached to help the woman, I saw my reflection in the glass door.
Flesh clinging to tangled hair.
A face covered in black and red blood.
Plus the disgusting smell of blood.
I couldn’t tell if I was a monster or if the monster was me.
“I’m not a zombie, I’m a human.”
“ah···. yes.”
The woman who heard me cleared her chest and sighed.
“Are you alone?”
“Yes, my family is all dead.”
“Rest in peace for the deceased.”
The woman’s face was a mess with smeared mascara.
“wait a minute.”
<blink>
I used Blink to enter the building and open the locked door.
“Come on in.”
When I locked the door again and went inside, it was dark compared to the outside, probably because the electricity wasn’t on.
check the time.
6:10 in the evening.
If you hold on for another 50 minutes, it will be 7 o’clock and no more portals will be created.
– I miss you.
-That’s it.
Judging from the sound of the zombies, there seems to be no survivors inside the building.
“Hey, hey. I followed you, but the building is full of zombies.”
The woman stared at me and at the door, unable to move.
bang!
A runner knocked on the glass door, and a startled woman ran next to me.
‘Hey, how’s the situation there?’
-Good. I’m taming 4 runners and cleaning up the surrounding zombies.
‘Who is injured?’
– Not a single one.
‘Then leave the Runner behind and come here alone.’
– Roger.
“Wait a little.”
“yes.”
The woman still couldn’t make eye contact with me, perhaps because she was afraid of me, and after a while Black arrived.
“Hey, protect this person.”
“All right. Leader.”
“You will be safe here with this man.”
“Yes, Thank you.”
The woman looked at me and stuck right next to Heuk, who had turned into Lim Ji-tae.
‘Shall we start tidying up?’
I started cutting through the zombies that seemed to be moving underground.
***
I cleared the space in front of the escalator going down to the basement and took the car out of the inventory.
“Please stay here for now.”
I let the woman into the car and approached Black.
“Hey, here, please.”
“All right.”
Go upstairs and remove all the zombies on the first floor and go up to the second floor.
“Wow, that’s a lot of dirt.”
After killing about 200, I don’t know how many after that, but I think I caught 300 even if I couldn’t.
“It seems to have been roughly sorted out.”
After picking up the items that fell on the floor, I came down to the second floor, took some comfortable-looking cargo pants and a few white cotton tees, and went down to the basement.
“Isn’t it all right?”
“Yes, chief.”
Go to a place with living water.
When I tore up the glowing slime card and placed it in one place, the surroundings became brighter.
“If I go on like this, I’ll get shot.”
That’s how terrible my face was.
“I need to wash up. Change your clothes too.”
He opened the lid of the bottled water and poured the water over his head.
fillet!
Zombie flesh fell to the floor with a disgusting smell.
After washing my face with water and brushing off the flesh from my clothes, I felt like I was going to live a little longer.
After adequately washing and changing clothes, it was already past 8pm, so we hurriedly moved to Sema Station.
<blink>
“Oh, iron man, when did you come?”
“Now.”
“Have you been okay?”
Looking around, I saw a lot more comfortable people than before, lighting candles and leaning against the wall.
“There are a few more people.”
“Yes, about 20 people have increased.”
There are about 80 people on the roof.
According to the setting of the game, if 100 people gather, a high-grade fortress will be built, and if more than 500 people, a rare-grade fortress will be built.
Then, at least up to the 3rd wave, if there is no pincer attack from the villains and bosses, it can be sufficiently blocked.
After that, you will need to upgrade the awakening and towers and walls with excellent skills, but that’s something to think about at that time.
“let’s go. J Mart.”
“It’s still night, isn’t it dangerous?”
“It would be more dangerous to light a candle here.”
“That’s true, but there must be a lot of zombies in J Mart too, is that okay?”
“It has already been cleaned.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes, let’s go.”
The road to the mart was not difficult.
After I took the lead and sorted out the zombies and runners once, the Lee Soo-ho family moved with the people.
***
People who arrived at the mart’s basement cleared the zombies to one side and lay down on the far side of the escalator.
“You worked hard. Iron man.”
“Lee Soo-ho suffered, too.”
“no. It’s hard work, iron man did it all.”
“Then, I’ll sleep well, so wake me up if anything happens.”
“Yes, get some rest. During the night watch, we will take turns standing.”
I washed it properly with bottled water, got into the car, and reclined the chair.
‘Black, turn into fog and check if people are well in the shelter.’
– Roger.
Since there are only 3 people in the shelter, there will be no zombie portals, and even if there are runners passing by, it will be no big deal because they will be killed by the zombie tower.
After a while, Black returned and changed to Lim Ji-tae again.
– Everyone is safe. There are no runners around.
‘I’m glad, then I’ll sleep, so please help me with the defense.’
…
…
Goo!
I woke up to the sound of the ground shaking as if it had been an earthquake.
Check your watch.
It was a little past 3:00 in the morning.
“Shouldn’t we go outside?”
“Is it tonight?”
“I’d rather just die here than get bitten by a zombie…”
Frightened people were restless as objects fell and the ground continued to shake.
“no way···.”
[The population of Osan City has reached 50%.]
[The shelter enters the safe zone.]