‘Shield strike?’
Along with the message, two transparent shields appeared in front of Kangmin.
The method of use came to mind right away.
‘Oh my god, this is an attack skill, right? ‘I can swing a shield!’
Until now, I had only defended myself with a shield, but now I could attack. However, attacks had to be made directly while holding the shield.
‘Where is this!’
Kang Min placed one shield in front like now and held the handle of the other shield with his right hand.
The handle could be freely moved wherever Kangmin wanted. Kang Min moved the handle to the end of the shield.
The shape of the handle could also be changed at will. When the handle was changed to a stick shape, Kangmin looked like he was holding a huge ice cream.
‘I don’t feel the weight. I think I can swing it well enough.’
Looking at the helmet, it seemed like it wouldn’t last long.
“helmet! Wake!”
Kangmin shouted loudly and jumped towards the muscle zombie.
“Kaaaaang!”
The muscle zombie looked at Kangmin and kicked his leg.
– Boom!
The shield blocked the muscle zombie’s legs, and Kangmin swung the shield he was holding with his right hand.
– Pow!
The front of the shield hit the muscle zombie’s face.
The muscle zombie stumbled. She was so shocked for a moment that she lost her grip on the helmet.
<'Shield Strike' was successful.>
Kangmin, who came down to the floor, opened his eyes wide.
‘The effect is incredible!’
It made no sense in common sense.
‘If you think about it that way, this transparent shield itself doesn’t make sense. Even this world itself.’
The muscle zombie was losing his mind. Now was the opportunity. Kang Min swung his shield again.
– Pow!
The muscle zombie crashed into the wall and tumbled down the stairs.
Meanwhile, Kangmin quickly took his helmet and went up the stairs.
“hey! are you okay?”
When Kangmin tapped the helmet, the helmet nodded weakly.
“a little… rain… Is?”
Hearing Helmet’s words, Kangmin looked down the stairs.
The muscle zombie that fell to the first floor grabbed the regular zombie next to it. The muscle zombie’s mouth ripped open and chewed up the regular zombie’s arm and swallowed it.
“They’re eating other zombies!”
“no… … . Stop it… Hey, you have to do it. If you eat a zombie… Wounds regenerate… “It’s okay.”
Kangmin’s eyes lit up. Helmet seemed to know a lot about muscle zombies.
“Then I have to kill you.”
Helmet stood up against the wall.
“You have to cut off that guy’s head to die. “Nothing else will work.”
Kangmin looked at the muscle zombie. If you had to cut off his head, a sword would be better than a shield.
“I will stop that guy. You cut off his head. “Can you do it?”
Helm nodded.
“Kaaaaaaaa!”
Before I knew it, a muscle zombie was screaming on the first floor. It seemed like a whole zombie had been eaten, but the severed arms were coming out little by little.
‘I do not have time!’
A muscle zombie came running up the stairs after seeing Kangmin and the helmet. About halfway through, he came running vigorously and swung his right fist.
Kangmin held his shield forward.
– Boom!
The shock was great, but it was bearable.
‘Did leveling up not only increase durability but also defense?’
I was curious, but there was no way to know because the information was not displayed in the status window.
And it wasn’t important right now.
“Watch your step!”
The helmet behind him shouted.
Muscle zombies also attacked with their feet. However, the shield used for attack was immediately changed to defense and blocked.
“Kaaaaaaaa!”
The muscle zombie whose attack was blocked screamed in frustration.
It was then.
“Block my way!”
The helmet behind Kangmin rushed towards the muscle zombie.
The sword on the helmet flashed all the way down to the muscle zombie.
In an instant, the muscle zombie’s right arm fell to the ground.
“Kaaaaaak!”
The muscle zombie screamed in pain and kicked his foot towards the helmet.
A shield blocked the front of the helmet. Helmet glanced at Kangmin, then jumped up and struck the muscle zombie’s neck with his knife.
– Zech.
But the knife could not come out of the throat. This was because the muscle zombie twisted its body to the other side the moment the knife cut its throat.
The knife cut halfway through the neck and entered the chest.
The wounds would have killed a person, but he was not a muscle zombie. The muscle zombie instead hit the helmet with his head.
“Aaaah!”
The helmet flew back.
Kangmin opened his eyes wide.
‘Head-butting? Muscle Zombie: Isn’t that just a strong zombie?’
Even when regular zombies were attacked, the pattern was obvious. It just approached humans thinking it was food.
But muscle zombies were different. Like a human, it attacked using every part of its body.
Although fear came over him, Kang Min’s fighting spirit was boosted.
‘Both arms were cut off and half of the neck was cut off. Now is your chance!’
The thought was short. Kangmin immediately jumped towards the muscle zombie.
– Boom!
A muscle zombie with both arms cut off could only use its legs. Kang Min, who blocked his legs with a shield, swung another shield.
– Pow!
The shield hit the head exactly.
<'Shield Strike' was successful.>
The severed neck widened further due to the impact.
The muscle zombie seemed to know that death was imminent and tried to run away.
‘You can’t run away!’
Kang Min made all his shields offensive and swung them.
– Pow!
The muscle zombie stumbled. Now the neck was almost off.
“die! “You monster!”
Kang Min swung the shield with his right hand with all his might.
– Pow!
The shield came out on the other side.
The zombie’s body stopped and the muscle zombie’s neck fell to the floor.
“Heh… nucleus… … .”
Kangmin held onto the staircase handrail and let out a rough breath. It was so hard that I wanted to lie down like this.
But I couldn’t. As soon as the muscle zombie fell, zombies started coming in through the front door one by one.
Kangmin pulled the knife out of the muscle zombie’s body and climbed back up with all his might.
The helmet was standing up and shaking. The helmet was cracked, probably due to the headbutt a little while ago.
“I killed the muscle zombie. “What should I do now?”
Kang Min said as he gave me a knife in his helmet. He thought the helmet might have some kind of solution.
“What about regular zombies?”
“Come here now.”
“Then the second floor is wrong. “You have to go up to the 5th floor.”
Helmet said those words and tried to walk. But he stumbled because he hurt his head.
“Pick up!”
Kangmin shouted, carrying his bag forward.
“It’s okay, I can walk.”
“If you take that step, the zombies will catch you! hurry!”
Helmet hesitated for a moment and eventually placed himself on Kangmin’s back.
‘Ugh! ‘It’s heavy!’
I thought it would be light because I thought it was a woman, but it was quite heavy, probably because it had a sword and a helmet.
‘Keu!’
Kangmin began to jump up with all his might.
* * *
Zombies were chasing me from below.
Kang Min did his best. Climbing up one floor at a time was as difficult as it was during his military days.
‘I start working out right away when I get home!’
I barely got to the 5th floor without being caught by a zombie.
“It’s room 503!”
I entered room 503 at the words of the helmet.
As he stood in front of the door, the helmet came off Kangmin’s back and he put the key in the door. All other places had keypad type locks, but this house was the only one with a key.
Helmet opened the door, went in, and operated the alarm clock on top of the shoe cabinet.
– wake up! wake up!
When the alarm went off, Helmet threw the watch sliding on the floor in the opposite direction of the hallway.
“Get in quickly!”
As soon as Helmet said Kang Min went inside, Helmet came in and carefully closed the door.
– Click.
The helmet rested against the front door lens hole. But I couldn’t see it because of the broken helmet.
“Eight.”
He took off his helmet and put his face to the lens.
Only then did Kangmin, who was behind her, see her back with her helmet removed.
My hair was down to my shoulders and I was covered in sweat.
‘No, you were wearing a helmet until it got to that point?’
I thought that if it were me, I wouldn’t be able to do it out of frustration, but considering that I survived the muscle zombie’s headbutt attack because I was wearing a helmet, I didn’t understand it.
“Luckily the zombies don’t come this way. “The inducement was successful.”
Helmet’s hoarse voice was heard.
Only then did Kangmin realize why Helmet had thrown the watch.
‘Did you even think about luring the zombies during that urgent situation?’
When I thought about it, it seemed like I didn’t have an alarm clock for nothing.
‘Everyone was ready.’
Kang Min seemed to have discovered a glimpse into how they were able to survive until now.
Kangmin looked back. He could see the neat interior. It looked like he had been using it recently.
“Is this your temporary shelter or something?”
Helmet, who was still looking through the lens hole, nodded.
“I have to do this to survive. “Isn’t it like this where you were?”
Kangmin hesitated about how to answer.
‘The world I live in is not a world of zombies, but a world of money and war.’
Kangmin looked around roughly.
“Well, it’s similar. “Where we live is the same.”
“Yes, there is no choice if you want to survive in a world like this.”
Kangmin hesitated and spoke at Helmet’s somewhat bitter words.
“Thank you for saving me.”
The helmet paused slightly at Kangmin’s words.
“I can’t live with debt. Thanks to you, Seungcheol survived. “This is the reward.”
“It couldn’t have been easy in a world like this. “I will definitely repay you for this later.”
“In a world like this, such promises have no meaning. “Still, it’s not bad.”
Helmet said that and turned around.
The hair fluttered slightly and a face appeared in the helmet.
A round forehead and thick eyebrows, a pretty face with double eyelids, a sharp nose, well-proportioned lips and a sharp jawline.
At that moment, Kangmin’s mouth opened.
Standing right in front of me was a woman who was pretty enough to slap Miss Korea.
She was so pretty that Kangmin couldn’t take his eyes off her for a while.
Then Kang-min thought that he had seen the woman in front of him somewhere.
‘what? ‘Have I ever seen such a pretty woman?’
It wasn’t. I’ve seen quite a pretty girl before, but she didn’t deviate much from everyone else’s standards.
I have never seen someone so different that I thought they were the same person as the woman in front of me.
‘Are you an actor or an idol… … .’
At that time, someone passed by Kangmin’s head.
‘no way!’
I couldn’t recognize her at first glance because she wasn’t wearing makeup like TV, but it was clear.
“one… Democracy?”
* * *
Minju frowned.
I saw a dazed man in front of me.
‘You recognized me.’
The helmet was already broken and could no longer be used.
‘really! This is why I didn’t take my helmet off.’
The cool-headed look he showed yesterday was nowhere to be found.
“Isn’t it Han Min-ju?”
Minju sighed heavily. He knew from countless experiences that even if he said no, he was useless.
‘Besides, I know very well what they want.’
Minju answered, tightening the hand holding the knife.
“That’s right, my name is Han Min-ju.”
Minju looked straight into the man’s eyes. It looked similar to the men I had seen countless times before.
‘Don’t disappoint me. I worked hard to save you, but I don’t want to kill you.’
Most men who saw her face tried to like her.
The purpose was obvious. It was his own body.
The person who tried to gain favor was the nobleman. There were countless people who tried to break it with force.
The world became a zombie, and powerless women had no choice but to rely on men to survive.
‘I almost lived like that too.’
Minju, recalling old thoughts, bit her lip and slightly held out her sword. If the man tried to make a fuss, he was going to cut him down right away.
However, Minju’s brows furrowed at the man’s unexpected words.
“really? Minju Han? “You mean Han Min-ju from Pink Dream?”
The man shook his head and continued speaking.
“Nonsense! all… you! “How are you alive?”
“What are you talking about? How are you alive? “So you’re saying I should be dead?”
The man looked very confused at Minjoo’s hoarse voice.
“ah… no. Sorry.”
The man left those words and sat down on the living room sofa.
He seemed to be thinking about something with his hand on his forehead, but it was strange that he would occasionally glance at himself and be surprised.
‘What is this?’
It was a completely different reaction from the reaction other men showed.
‘I’m relieved that they don’t see me as an object of sexual desire, but I feel strangely uncomfortable.’
The man felt as if he was seeing a ghost.
‘It’s uncomfortable, but it doesn’t matter.’
Minju thought it was fortunate that he didn’t kill the person he worked so hard to save.
Minju went to the master bedroom and took out the ‘walkie-talkie’ from the corner of the closet.
“This is Article 3. Here is Article 3. Can you hear me?”
The answer came immediately.
– sister! are you okay?
I heard Sammy’s voice.
“Yes, I’m healthy.”
It wasn’t healthy. Her whole body ached and her head was still pounding.
– Ugh, sister! What if I just run away! Do you know how worried everyone was?
“I’m sorry, Sammy. “But I didn’t have time.”
– The more it happens, the more we have to go together! It was my sister who always told me to move with her!
“Sorry. “I will definitely do that from next time.”
I heard Sammy sigh in relief at Minjoo’s answer.
– By the way, sister. Did you save that person?
“Yes, we’re together.”
– thank god. sister. Just wait a moment. We’ll go rescue you.
Minju responded firmly to Sammy’s words.
“No, never come. This is the ‘red zone.’”
Red areas meant places you should never go to.
– yes? Aren’t there just zombies?
“There’s a huge green monster. “There are a lot of muscle zombies.”
– I think that’s enough to attract zombies. It might be a bit dangerous.
“No, it might not work. “I’m not sure, but I think the green monster can move zombies.”
– yes? Nonsense!
It made no sense. Until now, the only way to deal with zombies was because they moved on their own.
If someone were to lead the zombies, it was the same as saying that they would not be able to survive.
“So, stay safe until I contact you again. “You must never go outside.”
– sister!
Sammy shouted, but Minjoo immediately turned off the radio.
When I went out into the living room, I saw the man sitting on the sofa, still looking like he was thinking about something.
‘It doesn’t look dangerous. ‘I’d rather it continue like this.’
Minju went to the veranda, leaned down, and looked outside.
Countless zombies were running in all directions. This alone was grim, but it was still familiar.
There was a separate problem.
Minjoo looked at the middle of the playground.
There were zombies lying there and a huge green monster sitting on their backs.
Although it was quite a distance, Minjoo’s eyesight improved greatly after ‘that day’. The reason I came to this officetel was because I spotted Kang Min running away from afar.
Looking at the playground, I saw a green monster shouting something and swinging an ax in the sky. Every time it was swung, black smoke came out of the axe.
The appearance was exactly similar to that of the shaman in the movie.
Black smoke entered the bodies of nearby muscle zombies. When the green monster pointed the axe, the muscle zombies moved.
‘I didn’t see it wrong.’
The orc seemed to be moving the zombies using some kind of magic method.
It became dark before my eyes. If this were true, they didn’t know that they would have to fight against the ‘army’ in the future.
“driving me crazy. What should I do next?”
Lament poured out without me knowing.
It was then. I heard a voice from next to me.
“Would you like to talk about that? “How will we survive in the future?”
The man said, handing me a water bottle.
Minjoo’s eyes wavered. What the man handed me was a bottle of water that I hadn’t seen in months.
* * *
Kang-min was truly surprised when he realized that the person in front of him was Han Min-ju.
‘How are you alive?’
Clearly, in the real world, Minjoo Han committed suicide. That was undoubtedly true.
‘Is the history of the world I live in different from the parallel world?’
It couldn’t have been that way. If that were the case, civilization and paper money would have been different.
‘First and foremost, my house shouldn’t have been mine.’
But it was the same. The luggage in his room and the warehouse were the same.
‘It’s definitely the same world. Except zombies.’
Kangmin didn’t know how on earth this happened.
Of course, I thought that since it had become a zombie world, most people would have died.
I thought the majority of people alive in the real world would have died here. But I couldn’t even imagine the opposite case.
‘There isn’t too much information about this place.’
It was clear that there had to be a reason. And that reason must have been very important to Kang Min.
‘Certainly, your father is alive here, right? Mom is?’
My heart was pounding. If my parents were alive somewhere, I had to find them at all costs.
Then suddenly Kang Min realized that he had forgotten the most important thing.
‘Oh my God, then what happened to me in the parallel world?’
