Chapter 37 – Erosion Zone Practice (4)
– Tadadang!
Gunshots rang out in succession in the colony, where the heat still lingered.
Here and there, charred orc corpses were strewn about like garbage. Between the smoky wind, a strong smell wafted through.
There were a few Orcs who survived the intense bombardment.
Of course, because it was at the level of breathing, the Romeo team leisurely looked around and confirmed the kill.
“These are gross things. If you let it go for a while, it will grow to this point.”
Sergeant Ahn Tae-joon spat out while skillfully reloading.
“It looks strong.”
He nodded and replied.
Ordinary humans would have been burned without a trace, but there were many things that kept their shape relatively well.
“Yeah, even these things were a big problem in the early days of the gate scandal. Even if only a few run out, massacring ordinary people is not a big deal. Now, the erosion response protocol has been established and it is possible to deal with it.”
Perseok. Frowning his brow, Sergeant Ahn Tae-joon stepped on the burnt remains.
“Kurrure…!”
While walking for a while, a growl was heard and something suddenly swung around.
Counterattacking the heavy ax that came in the line of death, he threw out a chapter containing his experience as a blood magician.
Red eyes glistened on the face of a huge, half-burnt orc, nearly 3m tall.
Thud-
At the same time as my palm smashed the orc’s axe, the wind from Cheon Ha-yeon shattered the orc’s head.
The body of the orc, whose head was missing, fell to the ground.
“Thank you. This guy must have been the boss.”
Sergeant Ahn Tae-joon took out a single stick from behind and stuck it into the orc’s heart.
When he pulled out the rod that had pierced his chest, something like a purple jewel glittered at the tip.
It was small, about the size of a finger.
“Hearthstone?”
“Yes. A guy like this is bound to have a magic stone. Would you like to take it?”
After wiping the magic stone that was clinging to blood and flesh with a cloth, he pushed it out this way.
“You can pay me as a reward.”
Looking to the side, Cheon Ha-yeon silently nodded.
“All right. Let’s deal with it for a good price.”
I searched the orc colony several times to see if this was the last one, but there were no more survivors.
“Does the official mission end here?”
When I asked, Sergeant Ahn Tae-joon opened his mouth with a hard face.
“Yes. That’s right. After taking the cadets back to the temporary base, we planned to search the sewer by ourselves.”
“I will accompany you.”
“…Are you all right? You never know what will happen.”
“This guy is rather strong. It won’t get in the way.”
He raised his thumb horizontally and pointed at the sky kite.
“You are interfering. I never thought of it that way. But….”
Sergeant Ahn Tae-joon frowned and pondered for a long time.
It seemed that there was a sense of pressure in taking the cadet to a dangerous place, regardless of strength and weakness.
“If you refuse, can we go alone?”
When I spit it out again like a joke, Sergeant Ahn Tae-joon let out a deep sigh.
“All right. Instead, you should do what we say.”
“Where is the sewer located?”
“It’s not far from here. The horses were dug extremely deep by North Korea to be used as sewage and air defense shelters in case of emergency. It’s not even a matter of losing a single person thanks to that.”
Sergeant Ahn Tae-joon handed me a tablet.
A map of the interior and directions to the nearby sewer line floated on the display.
There was only one sewage system, but as Sergeant Ahn Tae-joon said, it didn’t seem like there was just that.
So the file must have been updated to let me know something.
***
Like a post-apocalyptic world, we passed between half-destroyed gray buildings and arrived at the outskirts of the city.
“This is the entrance.”
The rusty iron door opened, and a stairway appeared, illuminated by soft white light.
The cold wind blowing from inside gave off a musty smell and a faint stench.
Going all the way down the corridor made of concrete, a huge waterway appeared.
Maybe it’s because I don’t use it now, but the water flow was cleaner than I thought.
I was wondering if I should at least wear a gas mask when something like gas comes out.
“Let’s start with this area.”
Sergeant Ahn Tae-joon took the lead with a nervous voice.
Usually, in such an environment, it is easy for ‘monsters’ to appear.
It wasn’t for nothing that many games made the underground canal a regular hunting ground.
The lights inside were on, but the monster could be lurking beneath the surface, so we moved forward carefully shining the light on.
Again and again.
While walking through a closed underground waterway with tension.
“Backwards.”
Suddenly, Cheon Ha-yeon sighed and stepped forward.
Then he shook his hand once and grabbed something.
Everyone stopped at the irresistible force and watched only Cheon Ha-yeon.
“What?”
When I asked first, Cheon Ha-yeon spread her palms.
On Cheon Ha-yeon’s palm was the remains of an insect that had been shattered into pieces like powder.
“It’s high.”
“Didn’t you just fly away?”
There were quite a few types of suffering that could be considered poisonous worms.
And yet, at least of the grievances I know of, there are no flying species.
“Okay. It’s not a normal high.”
“…I could have been hit by this.”
Sergeant Ahn Tae-joon looked at Cheon Ha-yeon’s palm with a serious expression.
Hwarreuk – Cheon Ha-yeon started a fire and burned Go’s body. It was a method of earnest samadhi evolution.
“You’d better go back. Me and cadet Kim Mu-gong here are all right. But I don’t think you guys will.”
Cheon Ha-yeon lightly shook his hand and said to the soldiers.
“What are you two going to do?”
“We will continue our search.”
In place of Chun Ha-yeon, I answered the question of Sergeant Ahn Tae-joon.
“It can’t be. If anything happens…”
“It’s okay. If there’s danger, I’ll get out of here right away. More than that, as I said earlier, the identity of the informant must be protected.”
Sergeant Ahn Tae-jun let out a deep sigh, furrowing his brow.
“All right. Don’t overdo it. I’ll be back soon equipped and equipped with reinforcements. This is an emergency radio.”
He handed me a clunky radio.
“Thank you.”
“Good luck.”
Sergeant Ahn Tae-joon gave a salute by placing his hand on his chest. I also responded in the same way.
After the soldiers quickly retreated, Cheon Ha-yeon pursed her lips.
“There are only two of us left.”
“I know. Why is Koga here?”
“I don’t know. This is my first time.”
“If you enter this body, you will see hallucinations or auditory hallucinations, but?”
“Most of the Go’s have the characteristic of digging into the heart or even the brain, so if it digs into the brain, there’s a high chance of that.”
Due to the nature of its small size, if it had been hidden through a respirator, Sergeant Ahn Tae-joon would not have guessed what was wrong.
“Looks like it won’t even catch on medical equipment.”
“Judging from the fact that it has wings, it must be an improved form. There must be some way to avoid it.”
“Are we okay?”
“Don’t worry, the energy of the extreme yang you possess will be burned as soon as Koga enters. And, I’m fine.”
Cheon Ha-yeon opened her chest wide and spoke with a deep expression.
Well, I couldn’t imagine Cheon Ha-yeon being attacked by insects.
“There is something that has bothered you from before. This way.”
Chun Ha-yeon strides ahead, as if she had already figured out something.
A bunch of bugs were found in the middle, but all of them were turned into powder just by Cheon Ha-yeon blowing air waves.
…I feel it all over again.
Cheon Ha-yeon is just a cheat.
After walking for a while, we reached a dead end wall.
“Here…?”
Now, the sense of heterogeneity has become so strong that it can be clearly detected even in my gut feeling.
“Okay. There is something.”
Bang-
Chen Ha-yeon immediately threw his fist and smashed the wall.
A terrifying stench leaked through the open hole.
A sour, condensed, rotten smell stung my nose.
Just smelling it makes the muscles all over your body stiffen.
“It smells like a demon.”
Unlike the underground waterway beyond the wall, there was only a faint blue light.
Shigwi simply meant zombies or ghouls.
Just like zombies, the typical trash mob in fantasy world, it was the same here.
However, the difference was that it was made with drugs and intimacy instead of magic.
In addition, just as fantasy zombies these days are treated as elite miscellaneous mobs depending on their type, this world was the same.
Of course, even if there are elite zombies, they are just ordinary mobs in front of Cheon Ha-yeon.
– That’s it…
I heard a howling sound from somewhere at the sharpened senses like a knife.
Apparently, they recognized that we had entered.
The interior was surprisingly modern, except for the flickering lights.
Although it was evident that it had been neglected for more than a few years, it was still kept tidy.
“Let’s deal with the poetry first.”
“Okay.”
I don’t know how long there will be, but it was too embarrassing to search inside for those dirty things.
Following the fishy smell, a slightly larger room began to emerge.
“…Mad guys.”
The moment I peeked into the room beyond the glass wall in a creepy mood, curse words naturally flowed from my lips.
Even Cheon Ha-yeon, who was calm in everything, widened her eyes at the sight in front of her.
Transparent plastic bags were hung in all of the several square rooms.
That number is over a few hundred.
And inside that vinyl, there was a vacuum-packed human body.
Like hanging a slaughtered cow.
The sight of a human corpse hanging like a piece of meat, with both hands hanging upward, made me vomit in disgust.
The types of corpses ranged from children to the elderly, men and women.
To be precise, the proportion of young children was overwhelmingly high.
If there are hundreds of things to be seen, the number of people who disappeared without leaving a trace must have exceeded thousands.
Death, death was everywhere.
Not only in this world, but in the world where I lived, this must have happened somewhere.
I knew roughly how much of a gutter world Moorim Electric was and what a fucking world it was.
Still, it was different from just vaguely thinking ‘there will be’ and seeing the reality with my own eyes.
I tried to calm down my desire to break it all down at the creeping, shit-like feeling.
“There must be a reason you wanted to come here.”
Chun Ha-yeon, who stopped for a moment and stared at the inside of the room, spoke. Fortunately, Cheon Ha-yeon remained relatively calm even after seeing this devastation.
It seemed like he couldn’t hide the subtle anger and bitterness in his voice.
“I didn’t know it would be like this. They must be Blood Religion bastards, right?”
Unexpectedly, Cheon Ha-yeon shook her head slowly at my question.
“You can’t jump to conclusions. There is so much trash in the world. Maybe it was the work of the North Korean government before it collapsed.”
“…There is a possibility.”
Even though it seemed like the facility was built after the Gate Incident.
After passing through horrible rooms filled with corpses, we eventually arrived at a huge iron door.
The door opened naturally as we approached to see if the minimum power was still alive.
– Whoaaaaa!
Inside as wide as a playground.
I never imagined that such a facility could be hidden underground.
And a group of demons guarded such a place.
The dark blue corpses were hard to find whole ones. Limbs bent in bizarre ways, missing at all, flesh melting and ripping off.
This is the fear of the undead.
As well as the horrible smell of rot mixed with the smell of drugs.
Just ‘seeing’ shakes people’s mentality.
“Unfortunately. It seems you have become a host.”
Cheon Ha-yeon quietly raised her spirits and said.
I too realized what had happened.
The rotting corpse was infested with the pain seen earlier.
Some of those things must have flowed out into the underground water through a tiny vent or something.
Watching the hordes of zombies preparing to rush towards us, I raised my heavenly demon skills.
Thud-
Naturally, Cheon Ha-yeon and my energy resonated, and explosive internal energy rushed through the bloodstream throughout the body.
I don’t know why.
It was also activated from a while ago.
