Quest Given When Possessed 117

Chapter 117 – Zombie Apocalypse 2 (25)

‘I thought I could completely prevent it, but it wasn’t enough.’

It was a little dangerous a little while ago.

Considering the original defense power of the Shadow Armor, it could be completely blocked, but it also had limitations due to insufficient mana.

Fortunately, no part of my chest was broken, but my muscles felt shocked.

Is the heart a muscle in the chest? With that thought in mind, I grabbed the iron bat with both hands again.

The stumbling evolved zombie did not run towards me but walked slowly.

You must have instinctively realized that moving quickly is poisonous to you.

And what’s coming towards me is because there’s another field of zombie corpses behind me.

If you go there and absorb the contaminated mana, you can return to normal.

“Everyone! Please keep the zombie corpses away! Naeun, you too!”

“Yes! I understand!”

“Okay!”

“Quick! Quick! Move!”

After confirming through presence detection that the zombie corpse was moving away from the back, I blocked the way of the evolved zombie.

“You can’t go there.”

Whoa!

I read the arm that the evolved zombie was swinging and struck it out.

I guess the part I damaged was related to movement, but the walking was sloppy, but the attack was sharp.

But my metal bat is bigger and longer than the baseball bat I used to use.

If I can’t use my legs properly, it’s like I actually have the right to go first.

Whoa, whoa!

While avoiding the attack, I hit the zombie’s leg.

Even if your head recovers, it will be difficult to move if your legs are damaged.

Whoa! Whoa!

The evolved zombie threw a punch at me very quickly, but because of the weapon it had and its legs that could not move properly, the evolved zombie was beaten by me as if it were being played.

But why does that image feel somehow familiar?

‘It’s similar to the match between Han Xian and Nam Gung Hyeon, who couldn’t use footwork.’

At that time, I was able to win the match by using Yeomryun Fist Wuryun to spread heat around and then using an irregular attack using Flame Field.

However, this zombie lacked divine laws, so it was hit by every attack and did not have any anomalous skills.

Whoa! Whoa!

I pounded my whole body again and again.

It didn’t feel like my attack was working properly, but that zombie kept getting hit and kept making attacks that would put me in a near-death state if I got hit.

With no shadow armor, and the thought that it would be dangerous to miss even a single glance, I solved the presence detection that was eating up my mental power.

Just using insight is enough to fight the evolved zombies in this state.

Pow! Pow! Pow!

As if to prove that my attack was not completely ineffective, the forearms of both arms and right thigh that I struck down persistently peeled off the zombie’s flesh, which was harder than metal, and exposed the bones.

I briefly checked to see if my weapon, an iron bat, was okay, but the impact had accumulated to the point where the uneven parts of this one were flattened.

If I keep going like this, I think I’ll break like the baseball bat that got cut in half last time, right?

I felt like I had to finish it before then.

“A zombie appeared next to Xian!”

At that moment, I quickly activated presence detection at the sound of Naeun’s voice and ran away from the evolved zombie.

Her mental power had been used up so much that her head felt like it was going to explode when she used Presence Detection, but she was definitely able to avoid the zombie attack that suddenly appeared out of thin air.

“Yaaaaap!!!”

When she was slightly swaying due to a headache, Naeun ran over and stabbed the head of a zombie that appeared out of thin air.

And in response to the movement of the evolved zombie that I sensed through presence detection, I fell backwards while pulling Naeun into my arms.

Buuuuung!!!

The evolution zombie swung her arm towards Naeun, only making the sound of cutting through the air, and perhaps because of her excessive movement, the evolution zombie was unable to control her body and fell to the floor.

And that’s when calm kicked in.

Why did the evolved zombie fall?

I started to force my dazed head to turn.

The damage to her head left her unable to walk properly, and the cumulative impact damaged her legs.

If a zombie in that state falls to the ground, and it is a crisis situation where calmness is activated.

‘Two arms.’

The evolved zombie pinned her arms to the ground and flung her frog-like body into the pile of zombie corpses that her spearmen were unable to clean up.

An evolved zombie that opens its mouth wide and begins to make efforts to recover by chewing the zombie’s corpse.

When Naeun rolled and fell out of my arms, I too, similar to an evolved zombie, used both arms to raise my body like a spring and ran.

What? When did you put down the iron bat?

However, I realized that if I give it more time, it will be at a disadvantage.

What can I do now?

I kept thinking and thinking about ways I could do it.

‘You must use skill link.’

But what should I do?

A lot of mental power has been consumed, and only a handful of mana remains.

Mental strength is overcome with indomitable will, and the remaining mana is obtained from those around you.

After expelling the air from my lungs, I took a deep breath and absorbed as much of the contaminated mana into my body as possible, just as an evolved zombie absorbs contaminated mana.

Although it is called polluted mana, some of it has negative properties.

I can handle negative attribute mana.

Skill Link-Boost.

Shadow Mastery. Yeomryunquan Ilryun.

A black ring appeared in front of the fist containing all my mana.

What I use to make the ring is not the heat absorbed into my body using the Yeonyeomshingung.

A ring was created by selecting only negative mana from the contaminated mana collected through breathing.

And the ring dyed my arm black again, helping me to exert stronger strength.

“Aaaaah!!!”

Whoa!

There was no louder sound than when you hit an evolved zombie with a metal bat.

The head of the evolved zombie that was supposed to be holding on flew away and ate up the sound.

Empty…

“Ha… This works?”

And then it became dark before my eyes.

*

“Oh. The familiar ceiling.”

When I opened my eyes, I couldn’t help but say this.

The familiar ceiling was the room I used all the time until I was possessed by Lee Sian and moved to a car wash near the supermarket.

I sighed and woke up, but when I saw my throbbing right hand, it was completely wrapped in a bandage.

It was clear that his hands were open, but they were tied so that he couldn’t bend them at all.

The culprit must be Naeun, who is sleeping on my left side.

He lifted the blanket with his left arm and stood up.

The sun hadn’t set since the days outside had gotten longer, but I felt like I needed to check the time accurately, so I awkwardly found my smartphone in my pocket with my left hand and took it out.

‘It’s dinner time.’

It was six o’clock in the afternoon.

The supermarket has probably already started distributing food. I want to eat rice.

I tapped the head of Naeun, who was sleeping face down.

“Huh… Hmm?”

“Naeun, I’m awake.”

“Yes. Yes.”

Naeun, who got up from the bed with her arms, stumbled and hugged me tightly.

Is it because your legs aren’t bleeding? It was her kneeling position.

“Did you just move me to a nearby room after I fainted?”

“Yes. Yes.”

“I see.”

“Yes.”

“Hmm. I’m hungry.”

“But we left nothing behind.”

“I guess so. Are the search team members outside?”

“Yes. I will be using the hallway and room 301.”

“Let’s go back to the supermarket. I can walk well enough.”

“Is it okay? Just starve and sleep well for a day.”

“It’s okay. Go eat the right food and get a good night’s sleep, and you will recover quickly.”

“Is that so? I guess so.”

Naeun released her hold on me and tapped her leg.

It seems certain that I have cramps in my legs.

When I came out of my room with Naeun, the search team members sitting in the hallway stood up.

“Mr. Xian, are you okay?”

“I don’t think I’ll be able to use my strength while I’m recovering, but this is good. Everyone, don’t be uncomfortable and let’s go back to the supermarket. Did the search team get enough rest?”

“Yes. I’ve had enough rest. Wake up those sleeping inside.”

Then, one person entered room 301, and from there, another search team walked out holding spears.

“The only food I have at home is water. Let’s go and eat a delicious supermarket meal.”

Even though I said that, the search team was quiet for some reason.

What suddenly came to mind at that time was room 106.

I only brought and ate snacks, but there were also things I could eat if I cooked them.

Rather, I was able to eat to my fill. These people ate something among themselves?

“Let’s go. I’m hungry.”

“Yes. Let’s go back.”

“Ah… I’m hungry. Are you hungry?”

“It’s so awkward, man.”

On the way back to the supermarket, I looked around the officetel and saw the men on the 4th floor looking down at us from the hallway.

Is this an appropriate distance?

For some reason, those people moved to the supermarket with the thought that they could survive the remaining 21 days here.

*

It was a little late when I returned to the supermarket.

The meal was finished, but while on the way, Naeun called the supermarket and ordered the most delicious meal.

So, when I returned, I was grilling the little meat left, and it seemed like I had grilled a lot with the intention of sharing it with everyone in the supermarket.

When a meat party suddenly occurred, I had no choice but to wait.

“Sian, ah.”

“Ah.”

Naeun fed me rice because my right hand was injured, and I had no choice but to take it.

I think I can do it with my left hand, but it’s not bad either.

“And what condition was my right hand in?”

I don’t know what it’s like because the bandage hasn’t been taken off yet.

Since I had a battle sleep, Naeun may have woken up in a better state than I saw him in, but I asked because I wanted to know his initial state.

“Hmm. This place was mushy.”

Naeun clenched his fist and brushed his knuckles with his fingers.

Were all the parts that came into contact with the evolved zombie broken?

I felt really fortunate that I was sober and didn’t feel that pain.

“But since I straightened it out and fixed it… It’ll be okay, right?”

“Well, I’m not normal, am I?”

Even though it doesn’t seem to be that bad now, I felt like I had to pretend to be sick because there were so many people who saw it.

There are many people in the supermarket who are still suffering from the aftereffects of being hit by a firefighter. Is it better to break a bone in one day?

They’ll treat me like a weirdo.

In the distance, a search team member was heard saying that he tried to stab the body of an evolved zombie with a spear, but the spear did not get stuck.

‘At the point when you blow off the head of an evolved zombie with your bare hands, is it already confirmed that he is a strange person?’

*

『Quest』

〈Take care of the blooming seeds of plague.〉

-Completion: [Skill] Survival Rules (A+)