Chapter 113 – Merchal Zombie
“Please save me…”
As soon as the woman, who did not seem at all surprised if she died soon, found me, she begged me to save her life, as if grasping at straws.
Survivor.
I am a survivor.
But why is the survivor here and in this condition? As I thought about it again and again, it felt like I was struggling to survive each day with the little food and water left, waiting for the day when I would run out and die.
However. That’s why the escalator connecting the 5th and 4th floors is so clean.
There are zombies everywhere right below, but you left the entrance open without any protection? Also, if you go up one floor through the entrance, there are living humans, but zombies don’t come up?
“…”
My intuition seems to be correct.
There is definitely something here.
“Please, please…” “Save me…” Please save me… “
This woman was also very thin because she could not eat anything, but rather than begging for her life because she was starving, she saw something and was begging me to save her with a very frightened face because of that something. Little by little, the speculation that seemed absurd was gaining strength. .
Above all, even if they say they are helping now. Since I hadn’t eaten for a long time, I felt like I wouldn’t be able to eat even if they gave me food.
So, even if you try to help, you don’t know what might be here right now, so you don’t have time to help in a carefree manner.
That’s why I mercilessly slapped the woman’s hand away.
“Ah, ah…”
I shed tears at the thought of being abandoned, but if I had given up here, I would have already died and turned into a cold corpse.
“Oh, no… No… Don’t go… Don’t go… “
She didn’t give up until the end and was trying her best to get closer to me by crawling across her floor with her helpless body in order to catch up with me as I was moving away.
But even for a moment. Soon, I collapsed, probably from exhaustion.
Looking at her chest growing and shrinking repeatedly, it didn’t look like she was dead yet, but it was obvious that she would die soon anyway.
It can’t be helped.
If I had been able to save it, I would have saved it, but I wasn’t a man big enough to grab a hopeless person by their ankles and drag them out of hell, so I gave up.
By the way.
As it was difficult to find other survivors or even other zombies on the 5th floor, I kept my guard up and began to carefully look around.
Still, as if I had just met a survivor, there seemed to be many other survivors here and traces of them were visible here and there.
Also, traces of a fierce fight with something were visible.
Blood stains, broken marks, etc. I fought hard, but it seemed like I had been defeated in the end because I saw bright red human blood everywhere, not the rotten black blood of zombies.
A question arises again here.
Then what is that woman?
How on earth did she survive?
A time when I was constantly filled with curiosity.
Someone who can answer my questions.
No, I met a mutant zombie.
“…”
A zombie with red muscles visible, sitting at a table, putting food on a bowl, and eating with a spoon, just like a human.
The name of this mutant zombie, as the zombie encyclopedia called it, was Merchal.
Her characteristic feature is that she has no skin, so her red muscles are exposed as she is, and she has superior physical ability and intelligence compared to humans.
Above all, she it was a growing entity that she could learn.
Those mercial zombies didn’t seem much different from humans now, perhaps because they had already learned enough.
Rather, I should say that it is more like a human than a human.
When Merchal Zombie spotted me, he gently put down his spoon with a surprised look on his face.
Despite discovering survivors, a calm reaction that was not driven by instinct.
“Where… Are you… Oh, did you come… Me… Yo… ?”
“… ?!”
Although it was very inarticulate, the Mercal Zombie spoke clearly, and I opened my eyes wide and looked at the Versal Zombie blankly.
I knew from the encyclopedia that he had good intelligence, but I never dreamed that he could even speak human language.
This is a situation where you might really have to risk your life.
Without letting go of his tension, he tightly gripped the sword in his right hand, and similarly aimed the gun at the merchal zombie.
As my strength level increased, it was no longer strange to shoot a gun with one hand.
Anyway, she was able to shoot right away, but she hesitated for a moment due to the unusual sight she was seeing for the first time.
Merchal Zombie must have sensed my hesitation and continued speaking with a smile on her lips.
“Let’s not fight… Let’s fight… For no reason… We’ll only cause big, big… Damage to each other… All, all…”
Perhaps instinctively sensing that the situation window had gone far beyond human limitations, Mercal Zombie seemed to want to resolve the issue peacefully with me.
Is this really okay?
If it has already grown to that level, I think it would be right to deal with it now, even if it means overdoing it.
Also, I didn’t want to take on the task even if it meant risking my life.
I’m already overwhelmed with Seo-ah and Seung-i, but I can’t wait to die fighting for the world.
I felt like I could never do something like that.
“Well… No matter how destroyed it is, what can we do if it’s like this… ?”
Even if the balance patch was wrong, it was very wrong.
At this level, it would be normal for a few people like me to be able to see the status window. I’m still alone and it’s almost bringing tears to my eyes.
“Three… The natural order of the world… Is… This… Thing…”
A mercal zombie who suddenly acts according to the order of the world.
As it was obvious that he didn’t want to fight with me, I naturally let down my guard.
Despite this, Merchal Zombie still had no intention of fighting me.
“Do you want to eat it… Do you… Do you… ?”
The universal zombie asked, gently pushing the plate she was eating from in front of her.
What on earth was he eating? I looked at the plate.
The meat was full of fresh blood, as if it had just been slaughtered.
But I frowned when the meat somehow looked like a human arm.
“Is it a human arm?”
Merchal Zombie nodded her head, saying it was the correct answer.
It was also human flesh.
Even though their words, thoughts, and actions looked like humans, they were zombies, enemies of humans who made humans their staple food.
“Then what is that woman out there?”
A woman who was still alive.
I thought she was terrified and possessed by something about her, and it must have been this guy.
But I don’t know why they released her.
What, free-range breeding? Is that so?
“I ran away… Because I tried to hit him… So I punished him… I punished him… “
They say she was punished because she tried to run away.
She added that all she had to do was wait for the day to be eaten, but since she tried to escape, they released her in a place with nowhere else to go other than the 5th floor and did not give her anything to eat and just. . Watched her.
I guess that’s why she was so hungry, and that’s why she’s still alive.
“Then are there other people?”
“Yes, yes…”
Merchal Zombie stood up from her seat with a smile on her lips.
She then disappeared for a moment right behind her, and then she came out, bringing other survivors with her.
The number is seven.
There are five women and two men.
They were all suffering from hunger, but they were struggling to survive each day, as if they were not at the point of complete death.
As a zombie, you have to eat human flesh, so it looks like she only gave you the bare minimum to eat.
“Ah, ah… Please save me… “
The woman who was dragged out by the merchal zombie looked at me and her eyes grew bright.
Did she glimpse the possibility of escape?
However, other than her, others did not react at all because they judged that I could never defeat Merchal Zombie.
I guess he is too. I have far surpassed human physical capabilities and have knowledge beyond that of a human, so how can I possibly win on my own?
Even if you have a sword or a gun, you are already certain that there is no chance of victory.
It’s a little sad.
The sight of someone completely giving up on life without any hope.
“Woman, woman… Three, three… I can give you… Two… “
Merchal Zombie tried to make a deal with me.
Rather than fighting, the purpose would be to avoid a fight with me by giving me three women.
“…”
I don’t know how many more humans are alive in the world, but it really seems like a human being to try to avoid a fight even by giving them food that is like a delicacy.
“Ah, ah… Please save me! Now, I’ll be good! I’ll do whatever you ask me to do!”
“Please choose me! I can do whatever you want…!”
“I’m still a virgin! I have no experience with men!”
The five women began to appeal themselves to be selected as one of the three people I could select.
To be honest, other than the advantage of being a woman, there was nothing else like appearance or body.
However, they didn’t seem like women who would become as pretty as Seo-ah and Seung-i if they gained weight.
I would say it’s a little better than average at best.
“Water, of course…” “Men too…” It works…”
Only then did the two men’s eyes become brighter when they heard that they could choose a man instead of a woman.
A total of seven people raised their voices to be chosen by me.
It was a truly troubling situation.
Fight, or choose the three people suggested by Mercial Zombie and escape.
If that’s not the case, why don’t you give points to Mercial Zombie without anyone else receiving them?
Honestly, the third option seemed meaningless.
Even if you get points, you don’t seem generous enough to show mercy to food.
That’s why.
