Chapter 134 – 134. Peace Is Not Free
When the battle started in earnest and the situation went unusually, the engineer and the plant farmer hid in the broadcasting room. As befits the most important figures in Hyo-seon Girls’ High School, they were protected much more strictly than others. Also, they weren’t very helpful in actual combat.
Moreover, the external turrets they believed in were all destroyed by Mer’s hand, and the tree roots were in a state where control was taken away by Kang Hee-seon, so unless the enemies entered the building, they had no way to do anything about it.
The class they had was a top-tier class in terms of building a camp, but they had no actual fighting ability. In the end, their weakness was that they would suddenly become helpless when their main base was penetrated by external enemies.
“Senior Jiyeon… What should we do now… Looking at it… The teachers and other seniors… It seems like they are all dead…”
“Me too… I don’t know… What should I do…”
Outside, the screams of dying people echoed every minute. You can’t hide here for the rest of your life like this. They had to choose
Even if you don’t even know how to fight, you will fight to the end to keep your loyalty. Or quickly surrender and side with the invaders in proving their usefulness.
Jeong Ji-yeon, an engineer and a senior at Hyo-seon Girls’ High School, proposed to Joo Joo-hye, her junior and a plant farmer. Jeong Ji-yeon was a woman who thought very realistically. She also had strong survival instincts.
“I-I want to stick over there…? Senior… Are you saying you want to betray all of your school friends… And teachers?”
“Well… It can’t be helped. The people here are already doomed. But with our abilities. We can be promised good treatment by the invaders. Honestly, non-Awakened who crawled into the school and did nothing but play and eat. I didn’t like them… All of them would have died right away if it wasn’t for us?”
Jeong Ji-yeon didn’t like non-awakened people from the beginning. What do weak and stupid people who have no abilities want so much?
The selfish look of the players asking for something or going out to the city center to get something made me disgusted. As a result, Jeong Ji-yeon became weak and felt hatred from non-awakened people who were of no help to the group.
What Jeong Ji-yeon hates the most is underdogs. The weak are by no means good people, but the stupid teachers at this school have always preached that the helpless non-awakened are weak and helpless, so they are pitiful and need help.
It was not like the non-Awakened teachers who tried to teach as if it was natural. That’s why Jung Ji-yeon thought to herself all the time. She says that if it wasn’t for her, she’d be ignorant of the topic and would have been searching for it in an instant.
Before the destruction, it was very pitiful to see non-Awakened teachers still trying to teach them just because they were teachers. She thought that the old people were talking about her without understanding the subject.
As time passed, Jeong Ji-yeon grew tired of it. So are the teachers who stupidly shout out humanism, as well as the non-awakened who applaud their words. She always wondered if it would be better if all the stupid talkers died.
The work of the Awoken continued to increase as the unhelpful and useless Non-Awakened added to the group. Jung Ji-yeon suggested that the person who would soon be abandoned should be abandoned. Her proposals have always been rejected and ignored.
In the end, the hatred of the non-awakened in her heart reached its peak.
‘I’ve always thought that it was right to rule and rule the idiot-like non-Awakened bastards as slaves who are asked to do chores, of course. Maybe.. This is..’
As Jeong Ji-yeon, who believes that the school should be governed by the law of the jungle, now might be a golden opportunity. Awakeners who came in from the outside. They must have been wild survivors returning to the logic of power.
This is a good opportunity to realize that awakened people are given preferential treatment and that non-awakened people have to crawl to the bottom on their own. She thought.
“Inhye-ya, let’s not overcomplicate things. Let’s think only of ourselves. There’s no reason for us who have the ability to suffer anyway. We’ll be safe. It’s the other guys… The players will survive. So now this stuffy broadcasting room After we get out of here, let’s join the people over there. If you ask them to accept us, they’ll accept it.”
“Sir, senior… I didn’t see that…”
“Ha.. Hey. Don’t keep making trash. You have no choice but to go under those people anyway! Can’t you see the situation outside? It’s over!!”
“Yeah, but..! I have friends here.. I, I!”
-Quaang!!!
While the girls were chatting about their future plans, Lee Eun-ji, who had been walking around blocking the turret’s scrap bullets with her wheel and turning the campus into a mess and breaking all the limbs of the players who attacked her, came into the broadcasting room.
“Were you here? You guys are the… Engineers? And the kids who planted tree roots on that wall? Right?”
“Uh, how did you do that?”
“I caught a few people and cut off their fingers, so they got drunk? You said you didn’t even know how to fight and begged for help? Haha! From what I’ve heard, everyone here seems to have survived thanks to you… They sold your position with two fingers. Okay. Fingers don’t matter. I understand.”
At Lee Eun-ji’s words, Joo In-hye put on a desperate expression and sat down. On the other hand, Jeong Ji-yeon, an engineer, immediately knelt down and begged her.
“Oh, you are right!! I-I’m an engineer. I made all the turrets over there and… Well… They’re very useful. Lord, you can’t kill me… Please…”
Following Jung Ji-yeon’s words, Eun-ji nodded her head. Eunji Lee then stuck her head out of her window, announcing that her engineer had been secured and that the turrets on campus had stopped working. Then she asked Joo In-hye, who was still in a hurry.
“Good. Are you there?”
“Uh.. I.. I.. Uh..”
“If you don’t answer quickly, I will have to hurt you a little bit. And my Juni oppa… He’ll harass you worse than me. Let’s just go easy, my friend. Huh? We’ll be seeing each other face to face from now on.”
Eunji Lee said with a smile. There was a strange thorn in her smile. Also, her insignificant life flowed out of her body. Overwhelmed by such a vicious energy, Joo In-hye stuttered her words but couldn’t stop, and she began to introduce herself in fright.
“Yes.. Yep.. I, I am a plant farmer.. Lee, my name is In Hye Joo.. I, I am..”
“For a moment. I don’t need a detailed introduction. Do it in front of the master got it?”
“Lord, master…?”
“Okay. Is the owner There is one person who will serve you in the future. That person is very scary… Cruel… And he kills without a fight. You know, keep your head down. You must obey unconditionally. Because you both look pretty cute. If you take care of yourself, you won’t bother me too much and you’ll treat me well. Got it? Do I have to trust my sister and obey her? Shouldn’t you resist? If you rebel… It will hurt a lot…”
At Lee Eun-ji’s advice, Jeong Ji-yeon and Joo In-hye nodded as if possessed. In the eyes of Lee Eun-ji, who is half-human and half-factor, there was a strange ability to charm people. The two high school girls met those eyes and accepted Eunji Lee’s words as if they were the truth.
“Well then, I’ve given you all the advice I could give you… Let’s get out.”
After convincing her, Eunji Lee led her children down to the first floor. While Lee Eun-ji was persuading them, the school sweep was over. Perhaps the combat situation had completely ended, and Hyoseon Girls’ High School was silent. Only intermittently could be heard the screams of a woman. Joo In-hye felt that the scream sounded like teacher Yoo Hye-ji’s voice.
Soon, when they arrived on the first floor, hearing a woman’s pleading screams, all the survivors were sitting in a row on the first floor porch with their hands on their heads and kneeling on their knees.
And some players and a few non-awakened people who rebelled to the end were beheaded as an example. Mainly talkative non-Awakened teachers or old and powerless subjects, what they hoped for were filthy survivors.
“Uh. Here it is Is it them?”
“Yes! These guys are engineers and plant farmers!”
“Nice job, Eunji. Okay, let’s see…”
Jeong Ji-yeon and In-hye Joo casually looked at Jang Jo-joon, who was pulling out her sword stuck in Hye-ji Yoo’s body.
Yu Hye-ji was already in a state of disrepair, and she was in a state that was no different from half-dead. Yu Hye-ji, realizing that Jo Joon’s skill was a skill that could give her orders like a guild list, endured and endured to not give in to him.
After her body was hacked up and burned by Lee Joo-ha’s fox fire several times, Yoo Hye-ji had no choice but to give in to Jang Jo-jun. Her conviction to protect her students and her determination to never surrender the school to the hands of the wicked were of no avail in the face of the pain of cutting her flesh and the torture of fire.
In the face of pain beyond the limit of human firm will, it just collapsed like a sand castle.
“Ruler. Guys. Come here.”
“Higuk… Seo, senpai… Ooh, what should we do… Mister… I’m scared…”
“Shh. Inhye-ya.. Just.. Keep your mouth shut.. Just follow me.”
After Jeong Ji-yeon died, she approached Jang Jo-joon, who was sitting on Lee Seon-jae, who was trampled on by the dead.
-Gulp..
Extremely nervous, Jeong Ji-yeon swallowed her dry saliva. The man in front of her was blurry, as if a filter had been put on her face. That alone was scary enough, but the women standing behind him all radiated a bloody energy, creating an even heavier sense of intimidation.
To Jung Ji-yeon, Jang Jo-joon’s harem members were like yakshas who climbed up from hell. Jang Jo-joon is King Yeomra.
“Hmm. Okay. Who is the engineer?”
“I… I am… I am an engineer..”
“Oh. You are an engineer Do you have very great abilities?”
“Yeah.. Yep..”
“Here. Your teacher… His name is… Yes. Can you see Hyeji Yoo?”
“Yes, yes… Bo, I see.”
“This is what happened after this person screamed that he didn’t want to give in to the end. My friend, shouldn’t we rebel and lose our strength like this? I’m tired too. It only takes a day or two to do this. If you often beat people to pieces all day long, it’s stressful. Is this? So… Yes, what’s our friend’s name?”
“Ji Ji-yeon. Jeong Ji-yeon…”
“Yes, Ji-yeon. Will our Ji-yeon surrender to me? I’m only asking this once. Think about it before answering.”
Jeong Ji-yeon struggled in her pain and her eyes met Yoo Hye-ji who was rubbing on her floor. She pondered and asked to answer, though she did. She had only one option to answer. It was clear that rejection would be worse than death.
At that time, thinking that Jeong Ji-yeon was worried, Jang Jo-joon grabbed Yu Hye-ji’s hair and whispered in her ear.
“A teacher. Do you want to see more children suffer? You must have seen the archers get their fingers cut off earlier. Tell me quickly Tell me to surrender.”
“Huh… Hey, guys… Uh, give in quickly. It’s useless to hold on.. Come on, like the teacher.. Don’t hold on.. Guys.. Come on.. That’s the way to live.. Teacher.. Believe..”
Haha. So, have you heard? This is the teacher’s final instruction. Gotta listen. I can’t listen to this sincere advice twice.”
Jung Ji-yeon closed her eyes tightly. The invaders were much crazier than she thought. Of course, there was no way or strength to rebel against them. It has already been dragged to the front of the enemy commander. As a non-combat job, all Jung Ji-yeon could do was surrender. She lowered her head.
“Okay, I’ll give in.”
“You made a good choice. Nice Listen well. Isn’t it Soo-kyung? There’s no such thing as cutting off a finger while running out like you. She doesn’t get stabbed with a knife while fighting like Ji-seon. Right? No answers!!”
“Keuheop.. I’m sorry.. Kuheuk..”
“Whoa, it’s okay. Now, Ji-yeon, come here and get on her knees. That’s right.”
Joo In-hye, who was watching Jeong Ji-yeon’s kneeling back, wanted to sit down and cry, bursting into tears at any moment.
The emotionless eyes of a man with a blurred face and the women standing behind him, and the heads of those who were laughing and chatting until yesterday rolling around on the floor. As a fragile woman, it was not easy for her to accept anything properly.
The whole situation was just terrifying. Seeing those who devastated the base and engulfed the school in one morning… And less than 4 hours later, Joo In-hye had to feel an indescribable fear.
“Uh.. Sister.. Gee, really… Are you really going to give in…?”
“I’ve already given in. And Inhye-ya, there’s no other way. You have to decide quickly too. I… Will… Follow this man’s words… Because that’s the only way to live right now. I don’t want to die here. I live. I want to. In-hye, you too… Decide well. You have to rebel… Because there is nowhere to run.”
At Jeong Ji-yeon’s words, Jo Joon smiled brightly. It’s a wise decision. He smiled, hoping that everyone here would make such a wise decision.
Soon, a slave brand was stamped on Jeong Ji-yeon’s forehead.
For reference, I really liked Jeong Ji-yeon’s remarks from the point of view of Jo Joon, who was doing a kind of exaggerated performance to easily subdue those who knelt on the first floor.
“Come on there. You come here too let’s finish it quickly The body also needs to be removed. We are busy.”
“Huh .. Black .. This bastard .. I killed people so … Why are you so casual.
“Yes, yes. I’m right. Come here quickly I’m starting to feel the limits of my patience.”
“Huhhhhh”
Ju-hye Joo cried and she approached Jo-jun. Soon she too fell to her knees and, without a proper protest, she was branded on her forehead. All of the most important figures at Hyo-seon Girls’ High School became slaves.
“Ha.. Players to the left. Move to the right of the unawakened. If you open your mouth while moving, it will kill you right away. Move fast right now!!”
Jang Jo-joon, who enslaved all of those who could be considered the most important force in Hyo-seon Girls’ High School, separated the people gathered on the first floor.
Non-Awakened people can be easily captured and killed, but it was better to enslave Awoken people as quickly as possible, so I thought of separating them on purpose and enslaving them first.
“Okay then. Players follow the order and step forward one by one. If you make a fuss or rebel, you will be killed. If you don’t want to get your head pulled out by Dyurahan like those cut off heads over there, listen carefully. Then you won’t die like those idiots.”
Dead bodies left in one place. Dullahan shouted bullshit that he should be strangled and pulled out all the heads of the corpses, so there were no dead people who were revived as zombies.
Anyway, looking at the dead bodies without heads, the Awakeners of Hyoseon Girls’ High School accepted their fate. Relieved that the situation is better than non-Awakened people who have no ability at all.
And the non-awakened, who had no ability but enjoyed peace, became the true lowest-ranking slaves of Hyoseon Girls’ High School as of today, and their status was downgraded to preliminary offerings.
This was an appropriate course of action for those living in the world after destruction.
