Jang Ho-cheol, head of the Gangbuk Alliance, frowned when he saw the young man who suddenly appeared.
‘Who is it?’
It was the first time I had ever seen him.
Jang Ho-cheol thought for a moment and then noticed Kim Hong-young next to the young man.
“Hongyoung, who is this person?”
Hongyoung came out in confusion and said.
“that… “That is the person who came with Team 3 yesterday.”
“Third team leader?”
Hocheol looked at Minjoo. Minju nodded.
Hocheol remembered what Minjoo reported last night.
“oh! “Are you the one who killed Bang Jin-ho?”
At that moment, the people in this room began to murmur. The look in his eyes that seemed like he was looking at a strange person just a moment ago has changed into a look of goodwill.
However, Team 1 leader intervened in the conversation between Kang Min and Ho Cheol as if he didn’t like something.
“Just the two of us killed a muscle zombie? Does that make sense? you! Do not lie! “Does this place seem like a joke?”
When the first team leader shouted, Minju stood up. She said as she walked out next to Kangmin.
“What Kang Min said is not a lie. “Don’t ignore him.”
Minju was wearing plain jeans and a t-shirt, but everyone’s eyes could not be taken off her.
“… No, group 3. It’s not that I’m ignoring it. “You know how much we sacrificed to kill one muscle zombie.”
Minju nodded.
“At that time, it was because I had never dealt with muscle zombies before. It’s different now. And think about who Kang Min killed.”
At that moment, Group 1’s eyes wavered.
“no way.”
“I guess I remembered something. He has Bang Jin-ho’s ‘shield’ skill.”
“No matter how good your shield skill is, you’re weak! “A muscle zombie would disappear with just one punch?”
Minjoo nodded at the words of the first team leader.
“that’s right. If Kangmin was ordinary, it would have been like that. But Kangmin is a genius.”
“cloth… re?”
Everyone in the room, including the first team leader, widened their eyes. The meaning of genius has become so special in today’s world.
“I… “A person is a genius?”
Minju turned around and said.
“Kangmin, show me.”
At Minjoo’s words, Kangmin stepped forward and created a shield in the air. Three shields appeared in the room.
“Oh my god, there are three shields!”
“Three? “Am I seeing something wrong now?”
“That doesn’t make sense? “It’s only been a few days since Jinho Bang died, right?”
“That’s right, it’s been less than a week. But you’ve already developed your skills that much?”
“This doesn’t make sense even if you’re a genius!”
Everyone in the room looked shocked and murmured.
Kang Min thought it was time to step out.
“You said earlier that the shield would disappear in one hit, right? However, this shield can block about 15 attacks from muscle zombies.”
The CEO said in surprise at Kang Min’s words.
“Is that real? Does that mean that with 15 attacks per shield, you can block more than 40 times?”
“you’re right. “The head of Article 3 will testify about everything.”
When Minju nodded, everyone’s eyes widened. If this were true, it would be huge.
What makes muscle zombies difficult is that due to their enormous attack power, even if they are blocked, a person will be greatly shocked.
However, if you block it with a shield, people will not be shocked.
The 1st team leader looked at Hocheol with an urgent expression.
“CEO, if this is true, there is a high chance of success!”
But Hocheol shook his head.
“It’s hard even if what that young man said is true. Did you look outside? There are too many regular zombies. “The density is twice what it was before the gate opened.”
Hearing Hocheol’s words, Kangmin came forward again.
“There is a way to do that too.”
“what?”
Kangmin laid the shield floating in the air on its side and stopped it about 20cm above the floor.
And he stood on top of the shield.
Kang Min stretched out his hand towards Minjoo. Min-joo held Kang-min’s hand and stood on the shield.
Hocheol was the first to shout when he saw that.
“oh my god! “This is ridiculous!”
Perhaps the 1st team leader did the same, coming closer and touching the shield with a trembling hand.
“Is this possible?”
The first team leader stood on one of the empty shields. He hit the shield with his foot and found it solid.
“With this ability, you’re practically invincible! “You can go wherever you want!”
As the first team leader shouted, everyone in the room looked excited.
“With this ability, you can go to the gas station and back without having to fight zombies?”
Kangmin shook his head at the words of the first team leader.
“I want to do that too, but it’s not a panacea. The moment someone other than me steps on the shield, its durability is reduced. Then you won’t be able to summon your shield for 24 hours.”
In response to Kang Min’s words, Team 1 leader asked again.
“How much can I use this shield?”
“Right now, five minutes is the limit. Of course, if durability decreases after fighting zombies, it becomes even shorter.”
Everyone had sad expressions. But the atmosphere was different from before. Something heated up.
“Representative, this is possible.”
Hocheol also nodded at the words of the first team leader.
“Yes, the chances of success are high at this rate.”
Hocheol approached Kangmin and held out his hand.
“My introduction was late. My name is Jang Ho-cheol, and I am the representative here. “He used to be the chief of Gangbuk Police Station.”
Only then did Kang-min realize that the gray jumper Ho-cheol was wearing was a police uniform. His jumper had four Rose of Sharon flowers on the shoulders.
Hocheol introduced Kangmin to everyone and then spoke to Kangmin.
“No shame, but please ask me a favor as soon as you arrive.”
“I understand what you are asking. That’s what I set out to do. I do my best. However, I also have a favor to ask.”
* * *
14:00. It was when the sun was the hottest of the day.
– We’ll lure the zombies from the direction of the city. You guys go in the direction of Mt. Opae.
Jang Ho-cheol attacked the zombies on top of the container along with the people inside the base.
As zombies gathered in the direction of the city, nine people jumped from a container in the opposite direction, toward Mt. Opae.
“run!”
At the words of the first team leader, the nine people ran down the Opae Mountain trail with all their might.
There were zombies on the trail, but there weren’t many of them, perhaps because they were lured. The group went forward, killing zombies.
The problem occurred when we almost got to the settlement.
“The muscle zombie is chasing me!”
Kangmin looked down and saw two animals chasing him.
“You can avoid it if you go down quickly!”
Kangmin shook his head at the words of the first team leader.
“There will be another muscle zombie down there. “You have to kill me and go.”
“Okay, everyone gather in formation! “We will protect Choi Kang-min as much as possible.”
At the words of the first team leader, everyone surrounded Kang Min.
Kangmin summoned shields and placed two at the back and one at the front.
Before I knew it, two muscle zombies came 3 meters ahead.
“Kaaaaang!”
Min-joo and Team 1 leader each rushed towards the muscle zombie. Kangmin walked closer to the middle of the two people.
The muscle zombie in front of Minjoo swung his right arm, and the muscle zombie in front of Group 1 ran as if he was going to push it away with his body.
Kangmin summoned a shield in front of the two people.
– Boom!
– Boom!
Two impact sounds spread everywhere.
A message appeared saying that durability had been reduced, but Kangmin clenched his fists.
‘I blocked it!’
It was my first time stopping two zombies at the same time.
And then the attack began.
It was the democracy that moved first. Min-joo, who had already worked with Kang-min, seemed to have expected this to happen, so he swung his sword at the same time as the zombie threw his fist.
Minju’s knife cut the zombie’s head.
– Snip.
2/3 of the muscle zombie’s neck was blown off. The power of democracy has not yet been able to cut off the head of a muscle zombie in one fell swoop.
“Move!”
Kangmin summoned a third shield, held it with both hands, and struck the zombie’s neck.
– Bang!
The zombie’s head fell off and a message appeared.
Kangmin looked to the right without looking at the message. There, I saw the first article with a spear stuck in the muscle zombie’s left eye.
The spear had penetrated his brain and was sticking out of his head. A normal zombie would have died, but the muscle zombie was tenacious.
The muscle zombie stretched out his arm and tried to grab the first trillion. At that time, the shield moved and blocked the zombie’s hand.
“It’s time!”
At Kang Min’s words, the first team leader quickly took out his spear and stabbed him again.
The spear went through the muscle zombie’s right eye, shattering the rest of the muscle zombie’s brain, and came out.
Only then did the muscle zombies stop. Team 1 leader looked at the muscle zombie lying on the floor with a blank expression.
“You can catch muscle zombies this easily?”
That was the same for the trillion people around us.
“That shield skill is completely fraudulent?”
“Even though Bang Jin-ho has that kind of skill, he only used it to kill people?”
“No, I think that person named Choi Kang-min is a genius.”
People here were whispering when they saw the dead muscle zombie.
A message appeared in front of Kangmin’s eyes.
Even though I didn’t kill it myself, I received 10 points.
‘As expected, muscle zombies are sweet.’
Kangmin looked around. I saw zombies coming from all directions and people fighting them.
A total of 9 people were seen, including 6 people with 1 trillion won, 2 people with 3 trillion won, and Kang Min.
Among them was Seungcheol, who was currently carrying two 10kg bags of rice on his shoulders.
One large person worth 1 trillion won was also carrying two 10kg bags of rice. It was all food to be exchanged for oil.
The party killed all the regular zombies nearby.
… …
Even if you didn’t kill them yourself, you got points if you contributed to killing zombies.
Of course, the points gained were less than directly killing them, but because there were so many zombies killed, the points were increasing at a very fast rate.
‘It’s a good thing you came out!’
There were fewer zombies on Opae Mountain than on the road. Moreover, most of the places where zombies appeared were walking trails.
‘It feels like I’m riding a bus in this game.’
When Kangmin looked excited, the first team leader came up next to him.
“I think I know why the 3rd team leader said that. “This is a reward.”
Team 1 leader handed two small, black stones to Kang Min.
“what is this?”
“I don’t know the identity. However, they only appear when you kill muscle zombies, and both appeared. There is a saying that if you have this, your abilities will improve. “It hasn’t been confirmed, though.”
Kangmin looked at the black stone for a moment and quickly put it in his pocket. He killed the muscle zombie, but before he knew it, zombies were flocking in from everywhere.
“Zombies are coming.”
Team 1 leader smiled and responded to Kang Min’s words.
“This is easy.”
It was Group 1, also called the most elite. They may not know muscle zombies, but they had no hesitation in killing regular zombies.
“It’s roughly sorted out. Everyone forward!”
At the words of the first team leader, people began to move at a fast pace again. After running at full speed for about 10 minutes, I saw a residential area.
After Team 1 cleared out the zombies in the alley, everyone climbed to the rooftop of the nearest residential area.
Only then did everyone breathe a sigh of relief.
Step 1 was a success.
* * *
The reactions of those who first rode the shield were all similar. The majority were scared.
But compared to fighting zombies, this was nothing.
After moving for about 10 minutes, we reached the main street.
When I looked down from the rooftop, the four-lane road was full of zombies. But the destination was right in front of us.
– Beon-dong gas station.
Containers surrounded the front of the gas station.
“Is it there?”
Team 1 leader nodded at Kang Min’s words.
“Yes, that’s where that invincible guy is. By the way, Mr. Kangmin. “How much durability is left?”
“I think I can use it for about 3 minutes.”
“3 minutes, hmm.”
Team 1 leader was thinking about something and asked Kang Min.
“I can only hope that I still have some durability left when I go back.”
The first group leader said those words and took the people down to the first floor.
As soon as I left the front door, I was swarmed by numerous zombies.
Everyone gritted their teeth.
“10m! All you have to do is go 10m! Everyone advance in close formation! “Kangmin, don’t use a shield unless it’s an emergency!”
The nine people began to move forward at a fast pace, with Kang Min at the center.
As soon as the group appeared, numerous zombies began to rush towards them.
“Hehehe!”
“Keuuuung!”
It took 1 minute to move 1 meter. The problem was that as time passed, the number of zombies increased and their movement became slower.
The harder people fought, the more dangerous situations became.
Fortunately, Kang Min used his shield to save them, but it was becoming increasingly difficult for Kang Min as well.
The point that stopped for a while started to rise again.
As I killed a lot of zombies, my points started to increase significantly. However, the durability of the shield gradually decreased proportionally.
“There are now 5 meters left!”
The first team leader continued to encourage the people. But there was no end to zombies, no matter how many times they were killed.
People are starting to get tired little by little. The shield durability was less than 30 remaining.
‘I can’t help it. There is only one hope.’
There was no other way now. I had to level up. Fortunately, everyone had a lot of combat experience and was killing zombies at an incredible rate.
Before I knew it, the number of points I had reached 199. 1 was not enough. Remaining durability is 5.
It was then. Kang-min blocked Min-ju with a shield, and Min-ju’s sword cut off the zombie’s head.
Kangmin clenched his fists as a message appeared in front of him.
– Points held: 200.
It had finally reached 200 points.
Kangmin immediately leveled up his ‘shield’ skill.
The durability, which had less than 5 remaining, has now reached 400.
‘With this, I can protect people without worrying about durability!’
But the message did not end there.
Kangmin’s eyes widened.
‘hearthstone? And strengthening skills?’
I didn’t know what it was, but there was no reason to hesitate when it was said to be strengthened. Kangmin immediately pressed the YES button.
Kangmin’s eyes widened.
‘Sharp as a knife? Besides, 2m?’
At that moment, something that would solve the current situation occurred to Kang Man’s mind.
“They’re all tight to me! Closer than a close formation!”
Kangmin shouted. The group came close to Kangmin’s body.
“Do something!”
Minjoo shouted.
“Try to stop the zombies!”
Kangmin shouted and laid his shield aside. The edge of the shield shined sharply.
‘If only those shields could rotate quickly in a 2m radius!’
Kangmin imagined three shields rotating around him.
Then the shield began to move little by little. It started moving slowly at first and then faster and faster.
‘Ugh!’
But the faster he moved, the more Kangmin’s head hurt. If I missed the movement of the shield even for a moment, it seemed like it would stop.
Before I knew it, blood was flowing from Kangmin’s nose.
But Kangmin did not give up. The shield began to spin faster and pass by the zombies’ necks.
Still, the zombies got closer and closer. The zombies’ necks widened further.
Then there was a moment.
– Puhak!
The heads of nearby zombies rose into the sky and a wind of blood blew up.
