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#Episode 4. Killing (1)
The blood pooled and flowed.
Not only that, blood spurted out in all directions, covering everyone in [O].
“Ahhh… … Aahhh!!!”
“I don’t like it anymore… … I don’t like it… … .”
“Uh-uh-uh… … Uh-uh-uh… … .”
People sat there, sobbing or despairing.
Of them all, only I stood on two legs.
K came towards me and clapped his hands.
“That’s amazing. The ability to make quick decisions, the ability to deal with crises, and even the exhilarating revenge. Wow. That was really amazing.”
“… … .”
I didn’t answer.
Then K came close and wiped the blood on my cheek with his finger.
And K whispered to me.
“I will give you the item as promised.”
In K’s grasp was a glowing orb of light.
I was just looking at it.
Humans cannot hold light in their hands.
That’s why I stayed still.
Then K pursed his lips and said.
“Oh, that’s right. Lower races don’t have the concept of items. I forgot. Opening the inventory is easy. Just say, “Inventory!”
She said with a single smile.
I took a quick look at her expression and then muttered quietly.
“Inventory.”
Taat-!
At that moment, a hologram appeared before my eyes.
It was a box window in the shape of 9X9 in width and height.
And as I held the light, an item immediately appeared in the first box window.
I frowned as soon as I saw that item.
[Smith & Wesson Model 617, 10 rounds.]
It was a revolver pistol like you would see in a movie.
When I put my finger on the motion, it kindly showed me how to fire it.
Even in a world I had never experienced before, I knew that ‘guns’ were an absolute weapon in a world where they had been destroyed.
Because guns were one of the greatest inventions in human history.
I just turned my eyes and looked at her.
She smiled faintly and continued muttering.
“How was it? Did you make a good bet?”
“… … .”
“That, no one else. All gunpowder weapons used in this world are banned within the League. That’s a kind of ‘item’ that we sell. So in other words… that’s a really huge advantage. It’s given only to you.”
When we say gunpowder weapon, we mean a rifle used by regular military units or police.
To put it simply, what she meant was that the gun I was holding right now might be the only gun in the world.
I quickly closed my inventory.
It was an instinctive act, even though no one could see it.
I asked K.
“Selling? So you’re saying that you also have items for sale to our players?”
“Hmm? Eeeeeeeeeee… … ? Did I say something like that?”
K suddenly panicked and mumbled his words.
As I continued to stare at K, she sighed deeply and muttered.
“Haa-. This is why I hate smart kids. If I say that now, I’ll get fired. Okay? So just pretend you don’t know.”
“Okay, okay.”
It doesn’t matter.
After all, if you have a gun, it is still a huge advantage in a ruined world.
“Bullet. Are you using it well? That thing is much more expensive than it looks.”
“… … Don’t worry about it.”
“Phehheh… …! Be cool~ Be cool~.”
thud!!!
At that moment, a loud noise filled the store.
People who were shivering as if they had lost their minds looked up at the ceiling in surprise.
A loud noise came from upstairs.
And the subtle vibrations that I have been feeling since a while ago.
I felt a sense of urgency that gave me goosebumps from this vibration that I could feel with my toes.
If this vibration means the ‘guys’ that K spoke of earlier.
“Wow, crazy. They’re here already. We’re in trouble. Everyone! My cute pets are finally here!”
K again got people’s attention.
She ran between the people who were sitting down, shaking and screaming.
And he shook each and every one of the people who were lying down and shouted.
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“Oh my. Survivors! You don’t have time to just sit there and despair. Now is the time to get a grip on reality!”
That was the moment.
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhh-!!!”
A man’s scream was heard.
A man was running away from something, bleeding on an escalator.
“Ahhh! Sa, save me! Save me.”
But soon the man was hit by something flying from above and fell down.
The vibration felt even louder.
I slowly took a step back.
Soon the disaster began.
Dozens of green monsters poured down from the escalator on the upper floor.
Woot woot woot!
Everyone froze in place, unable to move even a single step.
K shouted, setting off the firecracker he had taken out without realizing it.
Phew phew!!!
“Eight! I don’t know! The tutorial starts, starts, starts! Do it yourself, and I hope you survive!”
With those words, K disappeared into thin air.
And one by one, people began to back away.
I clenched my fist.
As hard as possible.
* * *
I have never fought.
Even when I was young, if a strong person approached me, I would just quietly get away.
I’ve always hated fighting.
Fighting cannot but be a truly barbaric act.
Someone asked me, “So are UFC fighters barbaric too?”
I answered the child who asked that question.
UFC is not a fight, it’s a sport.
A fight is an act of harming each other in exchange for something.
One day I swung my fist.
It was empty space, not aimed at anyone.
Boohoo-!
The fist cut through the air and extended forward.
It just felt awkward to attack something.
My head was spinning with thoughts like, did I really swing my fist?
Then I finally opened the book.
The more I pursued knowledge, the more I was able to experience a world of higher dimensions.
I loved adventuring into that world.
But the world I now face is a world of a different dimension.
It’s a completely different world.
Boom boom boom-!
A green monster jumped over the shelf and knocked the man down.
The man fell down screaming, and green monsters swarmed around him.
Rain, rain, thud!
It was my first time seeing human bones.
Bones are so white.
The man’s bones were broken alive and gobbled up by the green monster’s mouth.
Pause.
I moved my hind legs without realizing it.
Even if you ran away, there was no space to escape to.
The exterior walls of the building were already enveloped in unidentified black smoke, and there was no way to get out.
“Inventory.”
gun.
Opened the inventory.
I was about to pick up the gun, but hesitated for a moment.
To put it simply, pulling out a gun at this moment is the right decision.
But it didn’t seem like ten shots would be enough to deal with those dozens of monsters.
Even if you are lucky enough to hit two monsters out of 10 shots and deal with the monsters in front of you now, you could be at a huge disadvantage in the subsequent stages.
There might be more monsters upstairs right now.
The gun was a bunch, at this stage of the tutorial.
‘Think… … think.’
There is a right answer to everything.
There is no such thing as an unsolvable phenomenon.
Newton came up with the answer to the law of gravitation by watching an apple fall.
My current situation is the same.
There must be a way to survive.
I rolled my eyes.
Very quickly, I recorded all the phenomena occurring in this area in my brain, as if I was taking a picture.
Although the store was completely dark, the lights from smartphones that people had dropped here and there made it possible to see things from time to time.
A monster ran past and unconsciously bumped into the display case in front of him. Even though it was a very thin display case, he was unable to avoid it and crashed into it.
There’s a wrapped bundle of wheat over there.
Two monsters fight over a woman’s leg flesh, and one kills the other.
A monster runs towards a child and slips and falls.
Three monsters are surrounding a man and a woman on a display case. They can’t climb it, but they look like they could easily knock it over.
I learned three things.
First, the monster has extremely low intelligence. At best, it’s at the level of a dog.
Second, the monster has no sense of balance. It only maintains balance when running, but when standing, it staggers due to its thin legs. Therefore, when it rushes, it cannot easily change direction and only runs forward.
Third, the monsters cannot climb shelves taller than their height due to their thin muscles.
‘Okay. I can do it.’
The plan is set.
I unwrapped the towel that was wrapped in my bag and wrapped it around both hands.
At that moment, my side felt cold.
I instinctively turned my body, and at the same time, a sharp blade stabbed me into the place where I was standing.
Shake-!
“Hehehehehehe! Kyaaaak!!!”
The monster’s blade passed by my body just in time.
The monster laughed strangely, revealing its blood-stained teeth.
I slowly got up from my seat, holding the towel.
My heart was pounding like crazy.
‘I have to… …!’
I gripped the towel I was holding tighter.
Have to.
Had to do it here.
I absolutely had to kill that monster.
“Kyaaaaah!!!!”
The monster charged.
The guy was moving straight ahead, but his body was off balance.
I twisted my body to the left.
The monster, unable to stop in the middle, ran forward past me.
Soon the monster lost its balance and fell forward.
Bang!
The monster tried to get up from its seat.
But I ran in and climbed on top of him.
The monster’s height is less than a meter at best.
It felt like I was crushing a child with my body.
But I have to kill this creature.
In my entire life, I have never been able to kill a single sparrow, let alone a monster.
I had to kill this monster right now, at this moment.
He tied the monster’s neck with the towel he was holding in his hand.
He pulled back so hard that the veins in his wrist burst.
Kwuuuuuuk… … !
“Kueeek… … Keukheok… … Kook… … Kaak… … !”
The monster struggled with the towel around his neck, and soon died.
Only when his body completely fell off did I release my hands.
The monster fell down in my grasp.
For the first time… …I killed a living thing.
But as soon as I thought that, I got up from my seat and ran towards the wheat stick I had seen before.
There is no time to be sentimental.
He tore open the bag of wheat straws and took out the product.
And holding the wheat stick in his hand, he slowly walked into the darkness.
Several people were resisting the monster’s attack.
Some were killed, but some appeared to have been injured.
I yelled at them.
“Monsters only move in straight lines!!! Dodge diagonally-!!!!!”
It was not a cry to save them.
I can survive only if they fight.
We can only deal with the monsters here if we work together.
Some people who heard me dodged to the side as the monster was running straight at them.
And then he started killing monsters one by one.
I stepped forward, holding the wheat stick in my hand.
The monster only runs in a straight line.
And when you hit an obstacle, you get back up again.
Run in a straight line again.
Simple pattern.
The body of a weak monster.
In comparison, most humans have a body height of over 160cm.
It is a trial that can be overcome with human strength.
Boohoo- Kkujik!!!
He swung his club and broke the monster’s head.
“Eww!!!”
“These X cubs !!!!”
People started to deal with the monsters one by one, centering around me.
Knock knock, knock knock!!!
The people started fighting back, and their green blood started spraying everywhere.
People gathered in groups of three or four and pushed the monsters away.
But the view was still dark.
I saw smartphones scattered all over the store and shouted at people.
“Those who can’t fight, light the fire! Hurry up!!!”
“yes yes!!!”
“Ah… … I see!”
An elderly person or a child who cannot fight picks up a smartphone.
He held three in each hand and pointed them at the monsters.
Paaaaat-!!!
Light flooded the store.
“Kyaaaaah!”
“Kyaaaaak! Kyaaaaak!”
The monsters that were directly hit by the light avoided eye contact as if in pain.
It was new information.
‘They… … hate light.’
I didn’t miss the opportunity.
I didn’t want to miss this opportunity.
I broke the heads of the monsters one by one, leaving them unable to come to their senses.
A lot of people started following behind me.
And soon, the store was able to regain its silence.
(Continued in the next episode)