## Chapter 36 – (4)
Having successfully joined the party, I was slowly looking around the inside of the building.
Only four people in a fairly large commercial building in a busy area.
As spacious as it was, the emptiness with only four people made it feel eerily creepy.
That’s why the other three said they usually only lived in the math academy they attended.
“Still, it’s a little reassuring that you’ve joined us, Oppa!”
Soyoon smiled affably and nudged my side.
Soyoon had a very bright personality and was very sociable.
She was the complete opposite of Sua.
You could say she was like a puppy.
Minhyuk was more like…
He had the personality of a protagonist.
He was righteous and kind, but he would occasionally say things that gave me chills.
“You seem to be good at handling other weapons, do you have any other weapons?”
“…No.”
I couldn’t help but avoid Minhyuk’s gaze, as if he knew about the existence of weapons in my inventory.
I felt like he could read my mind if our eyes met.
“How is it?”
“There’s nothing here.”
All I could find in this building were countless books, chairs, and desks that were meaningless.
It was good for recording something, but it was the worst for survival.
If I had started a quest here, I might have fought the zombies in a bloody battle without even being able to make a decent weapon.
In that sense, the protagonist was definitely different.
To make a spear out of an umbrella in a place like this and hunt zombies.
“This is it.”
There was a back door in this building.
I heard that they hunted zombies here and bought food from the store.
There were fewer zombies at the back door than at the front door, but there were still many.
About 20 or so.
It was an impossible number for just three people, but if I joined them, the story would be different.
“That’s right! If you’re here, Oppa, we can definitely—”
“…It won’t be that easy, we’ll only be a hindrance.
Soyoon said excitedly, but Sua answered calmly.
I agreed with Sua’s words.
It was more difficult for me to fight while protecting three people than fighting alone.
Besides, there were only about twenty zombies now, but if we made noise during the battle, the zombies scattered around the front door and the downtown area would swarm in anyway.
Even if I gave it my all, there was no guarantee that I could protect the three of them.
It seemed difficult to move without making noise.
If we made a mistake and made a noise after leaving the building, or if a zombie got close and heard even a small sound, it would be over.
The risk was too great to try.
“That’s right…we need to think of a more specific method.”
Minhyuk also agreed with Sua’s words and fell into thought.
In fact, I couldn’t think of any brilliant ideas either.
It didn’t seem easy to move while protecting the three of them.
The protagonist is the protagonist for a reason.
Minhyuk suggested an idea.
“What if we lure them away little by little?”
The story was simple.
The idea was to lure the zombies that react to sound away from the academy building little by little using sound.
“But how?”
“There are a lot of desks here, so we can break them down and make a ladder. And then we can use that ladder to move to the next building.”
“To the next building?”
Minhyuk answered Soyoon’s question.
In fact, he said that he had thought about this plan before.
But he couldn’t carry it out because.
There was no guarantee that there would be no zombies in the next building, and the risk was high because he had to make noise to lure the zombies.
But then I appeared.
“Wait, isn’t that too dangerous?”
“Huh? That’s right… But if it’s Hyung— No, I’m sorry. I said something unreasonable.”
“No. It’s okay.”
Sua, who had been silent, scolded Minhyuk instead.
At those words, Minhyuk retraced what he had said and was embarrassed himself.
But, I actually felt that Minhyuk’s plan was 괜찮게.
First of all, I didn’t think I would lose in a fight with zombies, and as expected of a downtown area, the buildings here were close together, and even the height of the buildings was similar.
If we could make a ladder, it didn’t seem difficult to move to the next building.
Unless a better plan came up, it was a plan worth trying.
Of course, everyone was not actively speaking out because my role in this plan was so dangerous.
“Okay, let’s do it.”
“R-really? Are you okay, Oppa?”
“Yeah, I’m okay.”
When I agreed to the plan, we divided our roles and began to flesh out the plan.
“Then Minhyuk and I will make the ladder.”
“I’ll hunt the zombies around here.”
“…I’ll go with you.”
So, we were divided into a team to make the ladder and a team to gather points and procure food.
I honestly preferred to be alone, so I told Sua to join the ladder team as well.
“No, I have to keep an eye on you. …And it’s better if I’m not between the two of you…”
Sua trailed off, as if there was something complicated going on.
It was strange.
Sua was clearly the one dating Minhyuk, but she was following me for the sake of the two of them.
I wanted to subtly ask about the relationship between the three of them, but Sua was still on guard.
I felt like I could only hear it after showing her some trustworthy 모습.
“Here you go.”
Sua handed me a jungle knife.
It was natural since I had to fight zombies.
She handed me the jungle knife, pretending to be calm on the outside, but her hand was trembling.
I wondered if she was afraid of me for mercilessly taking down the zombies.
Or if she was worried that I might retaliate.
She was almost pitiful.
She was scared on the inside, but she volunteered to be the one to watch over me instead of the other two.
She was deep down, but at the same time, she had a slightly foolish side.
I accepted the jungle knife.
I felt like energy was surging through my body just from that.
It was time to earn points.
When I opened the back door, there was an iron staircase leading down outside, and zombies were staggering and bumping into each other below the stairs.
Originally, the three of them would tap the iron staircase with their fingers and lure only one or two zombies towards the stairs to hunt them.
Of course, that had nothing to do with me.
I walked down the stairs with the jungle knife in my hand.
Just that made a banging sound on the iron staircase.
Grrr.
The zombies gathered, making a low, phlegm-filled sound, and I swung the jungle knife diagonally at the zombie in front.
I felt it last time, but if I hit the head straight or attacked too deeply, it was difficult to pull it out again, so I came up with this method.
It was a method of crushing the head using the weight of the jungle knife instead of cutting.
The zombie whose head was crushed in one blow fell backwards and pushed the other zombies away.
Taking advantage of the momentum, I knocked down the zombies in succession.
“…”
Sua was also speechless and stared blankly at this side.
The zombies around me gathered at the sound of the jungle knife and the zombie’s head colliding, but I broke through the zombies before they could even surround me.
The speed at which I dealt with the zombies was faster than the speed at which the zombies advanced.
I took down the zombies like a machine, and just when I had almost taken down all the zombies gathered at the back door.
That moment came.
“The zombies at the front door are coming too.”
“Okay.”
For a moment, I thought about fighting them, but the number of zombies coming up was unusual.
Unfortunately, I decided to stop here.
I didn’t want to gamble.
I only smashed the heads of the zombies blocking the way to the stairs, quickly climbed the stairs, and ran into the door.
Then Sua, who was waiting, calmly closed and locked the door.
Without stopping there, Sua quickly ran to the front door and strongly knocked on the door on the front door side, making noise.
Then I heard the sound of many zombies heading towards the front door again.
“Hoo…”
“You worked hard.”
“You worked hard…you did.”
Sua answered, taking small breaths.
Then there was a moment of silence.
The silence felt longer because it had been so noisy until just now.
“…It ended really early.”
“Really?”
“Yes, really. Thank you. For hunting for us.”
I was a little touched to be praised after being so wary.
Of course, even if she praised me with her mouth, she still seemed to be very wary of me, judging by the way she kept her distance from me while talking.
“I thought you were just going to leave.”
“Why?”
“…This plan. It wasn’t like Minhyuk. It’s too harsh of a plan for you.”
“…”
“No matter how well you fight, to go alone to the roof of the building and lure the zombies…”
If Minhyuk had a fault, it was that he was the protagonist.
Like a protagonist who would survive to the end, Minhyuk was trying to actively use me.
Because that would be the best way to survive.
But Sua didn’t seem to like Minhyuk’s plan.
“…Tell me why you’re helping us. If there’s anything I can do, I’ll do anything.”
“…”
Sua was still suspicious of me.
She looked like she wanted me to have some ulterior motive.
Looking at that 모습, I used a skill after a long time.
[Fortress : Sacrifice]
A fortress that I had never seen before was written on Sua.
