I Am the Only Non-Returner

23 – Shelter Battle

When I put Kahi down and came out alone again, many monsters were still covering the shelter.

But since there are no monsters attacking the shelter other than the shield soldiers and spider beasts, clearing it is only a matter of time.

In one line, monsters were seen fighting each other, and three Corrupted Beasts attacked the Spider Beast at the same time, engaging in a fierce battle.

When I saw that, I made eye contact with Euncheol, and when I put my thumb up, his mouth moved up to the point where it caught his ear.

I synchronized with the sphere again and finished the work, checking on other people in front of me.

I especially focused on Eunchae.

Eunchae must have run out of stamina, as she looked blankly at the situation outside, and her expression looked very anxious.

Then she suddenly adjusted her posture as if she had decided to do something.

She had a vague idea of what she was going to do, but she just left it alone.

Eunchae placed her hand on her sphere and fell down, using two more burnt feet until the veins from her hand to her shoulder swelled to the point of bursting.

I had one foot out from behind beforehand, and when Eunchae fell, I ran over to her at once and caught her while protecting her head.

The veins on her face were bulging, but soon returned to normal.

Next to her, the uncle looked at Eunchae with pity, then looked at me and nodded his head.

I lightly lifted Eunchae and carried her to her room, laid her down, and looked at her for a moment.

He was such a small child. I can’t say she’s very short since she’s over 160cm tall, but when I see her, both Eunchae and the slightly taller Kahi look tiny.

When I placed the back of my hand on my bright red cheeks and forehead, I felt quite a bit of heat.

Of course, it will get better if you rest, but for a moment you wonder if you should buy a potion and give it to him.

“Umm… Uncle…?”

“Yes…”

I didn’t bother to ask why I was overdoing it.

“··· You can’t abandon me… I’ll really do anything…”

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Eunchae must have regained her senses for a moment and fell asleep again.

Why do you throw it away? Useless worries…

You must be anxious. Even if my friend Kahi acts like that…

I looked at her face for a while out of pity, and suddenly I thought that her cheeks with less fat were really cute, so I gently rubbed her cheeks with the back of my hand without realizing it.

It’s so soft… Soft.

But soon I came to my senses, quickly released my hand, and left the room.

In a moment.

Silver Dog (Lv.7) (10)

Stamina: 44(+3)

mana: 166(+3)

Strength: 32(+2)

Agility: 31(+2)

Shelter Daejeon is finally here.

People gathered around the sofa one after another, as if they had roughly sorted out the messages in their heads.

Contribution

Shin Ga-hee (Lv6)

Nae Na-chae (Lv4)

Yoo In-soon (Lv4)

Jeongseohak (Lv3)

Kang Ha-eun (Lv3)

Hyuna Kim (Lv3)

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As expected, Kahi performed overwhelmingly.

Contribution is starting to increase.

I took down the boss monster alone, so in a way it was natural.

Is it because I caught the boss monster without a field battle?

People’s expressions were very bright.

In particular, the three new obstetricians and gynecologists must be realizing that their choice was not wrong.

Among them, Suji Han had moist tears around her eyes.

Maybe I don’t have to step forward at this level? I hope it’s not such a weak idea.

Because Kahi and Eunchae hadn’t woken up yet, we decided to take a short break.

“··· Shelter director, do you have time to talk separately?”

“Let’s go to the rooftop.”

I was already going to talk to Hyuna.

When I went up to the rooftop, Ha-eun’s mother and Ha-eun were holding a caterpillar side by side.

When I asked them to leave for a moment, they placed one caterpillar on my shoulder and went down.

This is not the Ginyu Special Forces…

-4P

-4P

-4P

-4P

It seems like the sucking power is getting stronger.

Yes, our goal is to grow up well, so that you can wipe them all out, and we can play an idle game. Cheer up!

Lulu and Lara are looking at you intently.

The look in the caterpillars’ eyes somehow told me to be quiet while eating, so I tried to turn off my inner thoughts for a moment.

-4P

-4P

-4P

-4P

“There is something I want to buy in preparation for the shelter war.”

“Are you a master of hand-to-hand combat?”

“··· So, you were thinking about it?”

The eyes widen slightly as if unexpected.

Well, Ha-eun is not even half of it.

“Yes, the reason you asked to talk separately was because you were the only one receiving point consumption, so you called me because of the possibility?”

“···That’s right.”

Anyway, Hyuna is the only one who is purchasing the characteristics, so she must have taken into consideration the possibility that others would react if they found out. You may have experienced a similar situation in the first round.

I thought about it for a while, but came to a conclusion quickly.

“The shelter war is everyone’s business, so I think it would be better to open up and talk about it.”

“Is that okay?”

“I can think of a few people who would be grateful if I could go instead.”

“Hmm… I understand.”

“Thank you for telling me. I’ll go down first.”

Hyuna muttered while looking at the shelter going down the stairs.

“··· That guy’s mood has changed a bit.”

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Resident Hyuna Kim has requested to purchase a hand-to-hand combat master (lower level). Do you agree? Y/N

-3000P

Points held: 873,001

As expected, when Hyuna Kim decided to leave Shelter Daejeon, everyone agreed to spend points without complaint.

‘From now on, I need to pay attention to people other than those with clear positions.’

People except Shin Ga-hee, Jeong Soo-hak, Kim Hyun-ah, and Nam Eun-cheol will feel anxious. If we continue in that state, we may cause problems.

Actually, except for Eunchae, the position is the most ambiguous. Among the three new obstetricians and gynecologists, director Ahn Eun-hye.

The trait of playing with the corpse was a trait of no use to Ahn Eun-hye, who did not engage in field battles.

Since the mana is decent, the average contribution will continue to increase.

“No one has applied yet. hahahaha.”

“Oh uncle, don’t you know that if you say something like that, you’ll get a call right away?”

“Khahahahaha, I see.”

“Did you just wait for the previous episode?”

When I asked, Uncle 6 thought deeply and nodded her head.

Is there any need to wait?

This is a problem that I only realized now. The people at our shelter are all gentle and kind, which is great, but it seems like only passive people have gathered there. Of course, I almost chose it, so I guess it’s my fault.

So the country must also be proactive.

“Hyuna, can we start right away?”

“Anytime”

‘Shelter Daejeon.’

Shelter battles take place in two ways.

Team Battle – The team that randomly retrieves one of the memories of the large or higher level demon beast that was killed and kills it the fastest wins.

Daejangjeon – One representative from each team comes out to decide the winner.

‘Team Battle’

Team Doggyi is the team with the first clear record of Stage 10 and cannot apply for team competition.

Umm-

‘Daejangjeon’

Randomly matches opponents for battle. Do you agree?

I agree.

Searching··· ··· ··· ···

Search failed.

Do you want to try again? Y/N

‘Retry’

Searching··· ··· ··· ···

‘Is it because the stage isn’t over yet?’

So, if we match now, it means that we will meet a pretty strong opponent.

Searched.

Suggest conditions to Team Lingling.

‘Oh my… It’s been a while, Linglin? It was so strong from the start, but this…’

But I can’t bear to wonder about it.

The team that stayed in the top 3 with me from the beginning.

What kind of abilities do you have?

“I got matched, but I must have been a little tough.”

I heard that if you lose this match, there will be no physical damage, but you will suffer mental damage.

“If it’s the person I’m currently matched with, of course it’s going to be strong. It doesn’t matter.”

Okay. I walk to my limit.

You can bet up to 1000P per stage, so 10,000 points is the maximum bet limit.

A match request has been sent to the other party.

Waiting for response ··· ··· ···

The other party agreed.

Select which players among the resident population will participate in the battle.

“Hyuna Kim”

When I shout out her name, Hyuna Kim’s shoulders start to tremble.

That tremor is probably not caused by fear.

The grand battle between Kim Hyun-ah (Puppy) and Wi Karyun (Lingling) is about to begin.

All properties are activated.

Kim Hyun-ah’s body and the huge sword on the ground began to be surrounded by blue light.

Kim Hyun-ah lifted her sword lightly with one hand, and her posture seemed very stable.

From what I heard from Kahi, he was a member of the Korean Kendo Association and participated in international competitions.

“Fighting, sister!!!”

“Come and destroy my sister!!”

“Hyun-ah Kim, fighting!!”

“Cheer up, Hyuna!”

“aaah, noona! Please come out with a one-shot!”

Going~~~~!

Listening to the cheering of the shelter people, Kim Hyun-ah nodded her head and disappeared in an instant.

The competitor will be summoned to the stadium.

Hyuna Kim (Lv.6)

Stamina: 76(+38)

mana: 166(+83)

Strength: 54(+27)

Agility: 62(+31)

It even shows the stats.

Really crazy abilities.

A characteristic specialized only for versus.

If you enter battle with that ability, the effect of being a close combat master will increase by an additional 10%.

I was immersed in the stadium screen that suddenly appeared in my mind, and there was only silence in the shelter.

Only the huge amphitheater was lit in the darkness.

Soon, Hyuna Kim appeared holding a great sword, and on the other side, a young man with yellow hair appeared holding two slightly longer daggers.

I couldn’t guess the opponent’s abilities just by looking at the weapon.

The man was bouncing around in place, showing light footwork.

Kim Hyun-ah held his greatsword firmly with both hands and aimed it at his opponent.

It was a sword that I couldn’t even hold properly in the shelter, but now it seemed to be no problem at all.

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Beep!

With the start signal, Kim Hyun-ah ran forward at incredible speed.

The speed was far beyond human limits, and with acceleration, the horizontal sword was aimed at the side of the man who had rushed to the right.

Jjung-!

The man who blocked Kim Hyun-ah’s attack by overlapping a pair of daggers with blades that were quite long enough to be called daggers flew in the other direction for a long time.

And as if not giving her any time to rest, Kim Hyun-ah rushed straight towards the man.

The man turned around and ran away in a hurry.

The man also had quite a high agility ability, and his movement speed was like that of a nimble cat, but Kim Hyun-ah was much faster than that, coming in advance to his movement line and swinging her great sword.

The man took Kim Hyun-ah’s sword again, rolled backwards several times, and flew away.

It was surprising how Kim Hyun-ah’s movements were captured.

That’s how much Kim Hyun-ah’s physical ability was beyond common sense. It feels like it’s running at double speed all by itself.

But the man stood up again, retreated hesitantly, and started running away again.

‘Why do you keep running away? What are the characteristics?

He kept dodging by zigzagging, and although his evasion skills were amazing, as his speed gradually slowed down, I could see him taking damage from Hyuna Kim.

The man on the other side whose shield density has noticeably faded.

Kim Hyun-ah must have thought she had to finish, so she took a short breath and quickly continued.

Chaeng! Empty! Tsk-!

Phew!

In the end, the man, whose strength was exhausted, was pierced through the thigh by Kim Hyun-ah’s great sword.

Just when the man thought the only thing left to do was to shout surrender, the man’s body suddenly began to swell rapidly.

“W-what is that…”