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#Episode 50. Change
The way back to the police station was painful, like walking on a path of thorns.
Zion felt so weak that he could barely walk.
It was even more difficult because he had to walk while carrying Jin Jae-hee on his back.
But Kang Shi-on returned to the police station, carrying her on his back with a desperate spirit.
And when I arrived at the police station, there were a lot of people gathered at the entrance to the police station.
There was something surrounding it.
Everyone had a look of fear on their face.
“Haa… … Haa… … .”
Zion’s vision as he looked at it was already clouded, and he did not have enough stamina left to make a normal judgment.
Zion looked at the gathered citizens, shivering, and eventually fell into the snow together with Jin Jae-hee.
Thud-!
I had used up all my stamina.
Several people ran from the barricade to rescue the two.
* * *
After the second stage of severe cold alert was declared, a wind of change blew through the round.
Even the largest force in the Anyang-si area could not withstand the cold.
The number of deaths from frostbite due to the cold continued to increase.
Park Ji-su, the monarch of the first force, had to choose.
And that choice ultimately led the citizens of Anyang to destruction.
Anyang City Hall, Dong-an 1st Force base.
Warriors gathered in front of the burning Central Park.
In the center of the park, documents, trees, and corpses that had been inside the city hall were being burned.
The flames rose enormously.
The snow around it began to melt, but not enough to melt all the snow.
During this time, the warriors of the first force covered their faces with towels, masks, and hoods.
Meanwhile, the monarch of the first force, Park Ji-su, looked around at his warriors.
Park Ji-soo quickly gathered people and took over the viewing audience in the first round.
As soon as she received the viewing, her power expanded rapidly, and as soon as the second round began, she was given the title of ‘1st Power’ by the system.
Park Ji-su had the qualities of a monarch.
He had a great talent for uniting the weak and turning them into warriors.
She, like Kang Shi-on, was a monarch chosen by the system.
Park Ji-soo shouted at the warriors.
“I command!”
Her voice echoed through the square.
It was the input of the monarch’s ‘command’ by decree.
Anyang Grand Park used to be a resting place for families on outings and people walking their dogs.
It has now been reborn as their strategic residence.
There were dozens of warriors supporting Park Ji-soo, and thousands of warriors listening to her.
A system notification window regarding the edict appeared before those thousands of warriors.
The monarch’s commands are protected by edicts.
That is why it is absolute.
“We will defeat the second force of Ho-gye and take over Dong-an-gu.”
The warriors of the 1st force were under Park Ji-su’s command by royal decree, but they were already mentally dependent on Park Ji-su.
Park Ji-su, who had been just a college student, was now a monarch with absolute authority and power.
In fact, thanks to Park Ji-soo, they survived even after the world was destroyed.
When humans are desperate, they need someone to rely on.
Park Ji-soo took advantage of it.
“With the League’s arrival, order and law have collapsed. Now it’s your world and mine, and we can do all the things we couldn’t do before. The end of the world? No, this is change.”
Park Ji-soo’s power was not expanded quickly by luck.
Her forces were quick to act.
While everyone was denying the system, despairing, and running away, Park Ji-soo quickly understood the system and expanded his power.
Just like Kang Shi-on.
The only difference was that Park Ji-soo was on the street during Round 1, while Kang Si-on was in the building.
“Kill me… … Kill me… … Give me… … .”
A naked man was crawling next to Park Ji-soo.
Park Ji-soo put her foot on the man’s back.
He is the former mayor of Anyang.
Anyang Mayor was enduring the bitter cold with his bare body.
Her lips were blue and her whole body was trembling.
It was only recently that the market, hidden inside a shopping complex next to the city hall, was captured.
And he was the leader of the three forces during that time.
“To survive the cold, everyone must finish this damned round. To finish this round, we must capture the ruler of another faction. That is the only way for us to survive this cold, as dictated by the system. So let’s fight! Let’s fight against all those who oppress us and win our freedom!”
The Park Ji-soo faction has one cause.
Freedom in the true sense of the word.
Freedom to live the way you really want, not the freedom prescribed by the Constitution.
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The world is changing and the meaning of freedom is also changing.
That was their definition of the apocalypse.
Park Ji-soo emphasized it.
Again, people were easily swayed by her and followed her.
“We will kill all the beasts that violate our freedom and trample on all existing laws.”
Park Ji-soo took up the sword.
It was a cleaver.
And then he grabbed the mayor of Anyang by the hair and lifted him up.
Anyang Mayor let out a weak sound, scared like a child.
“Whoa… … !”
It was a proclamation.
A declaration of rejection of the existing order and law by executing the mayor of Anyang.
“Go, fight, and win.”
Phew-!
Park Ji-soo immediately stuck a knife into the mayor’s neck.
Choooooooooooo!!!
A stream of blood poured from his neck, scattering the pure white snow.
Park Ji-soo laughed as she stuck a knife into the neck of the mayor who was as old as her father.
“Puhaha… … !”
A smile spread across Park Ji-soo’s face as he stuck a knife into the mayor’s neck.
The person who symbolized the existing power died before my eyes.
At that sight, the common people who had been trampled by those in power in the existing society and could not even flap their wings were enthusiastic about her actions.
“Waaa …
“Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!”
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!”
They are warriors now.
A warrior for slaughter, for conquest, for change.
Apocalypse is great.
I am grateful for the destruction of the world, which finally made everything equal.
That was the definition of the first force.
King Park Ji-su quietly gave orders from the center.
“The 1st Army will begin its advance.”
[During the First Power, the Imperial Decree by King Park Ji-su, Article 1, Paragraph 1]
[Article 1, Paragraph 1: All persons included in the force must obey the Queen’s word.]
[Within 60 seconds, penalty will be imposed if not performed.]
A notification window popped up in front of everyone.
At her command, the warriors began to move.
The warriors began to advance.
Total troops: 7,834.
As they moved, a spectacular sight unfolded.
Hot! Boom!
Park Ji-su ripped off the mayor’s neck and threw it in the snow.
-Wah, woof woof! Woof!
A Doberman pinscher nearby ran up and bit the mayor’s cheek.
Park Ji-soo smiled at the sight and wiped the blood on her cheek with the back of her hand.
The warriors began to advance.
From here, it was southeast, toward Anyang Hogye-dong.
Receive the report and unify the period.
And get out of this fu*king cold.
Anyang Dongan-gu is an area overflowing with countless apocalyptic resources.
Food, weapons, apartment complexes, shopping malls, and even flat land to plant crops when the snow melts.
If only this place could be unified and the city sealed off, Park Ji-soo would be able to establish a new kingdom of his own.
Their march was like a giant wave.
A giant wave that nothing can stop.
Park Ji-soo laughed like a child as she watched their march.
“Isn’t it really beautiful?”
Park Ji-soo moved to the side.
There sat Lee Se-beom, his eyes half open.
Lee Se-beom was wrapped in a blanket and was half out of his mind.
Next to him, Park Ji-soo’s subordinates were roasting a whole pig, and around him, an elite group of warriors were standing guard.
Park Ji-soo slowly approached and sat on Se-beom’s lap, who was wrapped in a blanket.
And then I rested my head on his chest and looked up at the snowy sky.
“You’ve never seen anything like this, right? You see parades like that on TV or in historical dramas. When you see it in person, it’s truly spectacular. It’s truly beautiful. Isn’t it?”
Park Ji-soo raised her head and looked at Se-beom.
Her expression as she watched the advancing warriors was as clear as looking at the stars in the night sky.
On the other hand, Sebeom’s eyes were still unfocused.
“The Ho-gye is over now. According to the search party, there are only about 1,000 people left? We just have to go and kill them all. Then Dong-gu is ours now. And if we can just kill all those damn salty bastards in Man-an, we can survive this winter.”
“… … .”
Park Ji-soo lowered her head slightly and looked at her notification window.
There were a total of 6 power groups in the 2nd round in Anyang City.
Six monarchs among the six power groups.
During the 1st, 2nd and 3rd forces.
Manan 1st, 2nd, and 3rd forces.
There are only two monarchs who can survive this round.
There were only two forces.
And the real purpose of this second round, which is given only to the monarchs.
[Winter ends when only two monarchs remain under the sky.]
Eventually a bloody war will break out.
To survive the hellish winter, we had to fight a war.
The third monarch died today.
Meanwhile, the monarch of the second power will also die soon.
Since it was said that only two monarchs can survive, if only the Ho-gye side is taken over, the second round of Dong-an-gu will end with Park Ji-soo’s victory.
Of course, Park Ji-soo had no intention of ending it like that.
Park Ji-soo hates the police.
It’s disgusting.
I really hated the dogs of the government that protected the existing power and uprooted my life.
Park Ji-soo also intended to kill all the police officers in Manan-gu.
All of them, without exception.
At that time, Sebeom spoke weakly.
“Sister… just save me. Then… I’ll do anything.”
At that voice, Park Ji-soo looked up at Se-beom without saying a word.
Park Ji-soo stared at him blankly and then smiled broadly.
“Why me? Even now, you do whatever I want. Isn’t that a request, not a suggestion?”
“… … .”
Park Ji-soo, who was looking closely at Se-beom’s face, smiled and continued.
“Haha. But you’re really fu*king handsome. Oh, f*ck. You’re more handsome than most celebrities. But you’re still not my perfect ideal man. You try harder. Okay?”
Sebeom looked down at Park Jisoo through his blurred vision.
Even though the world is like this, she wears makeup and red lipstick.
And those red lips were smiling, smirking on both sides.
“Then I’ll give you everything you want. Puhhh… … Puhahaha. Puhahahahahaha!”
Her laughing tone and the shouts of the 1st Force warriors filled the square for a while.
The sky was filled with flocks of crows who had smelled blood.
* * *
I intuitively knew something was starting.
“… … .”
When I opened my eyes, I was in a room.
I raised my upper body.
I checked my watch and it was early in the morning.
I was thirsty, so I quenched my thirst with the nearby water and sat down on the bed.
Honey rice cake, honey rice cake.
I looked at Jin Jae-hee, who was lying on the other side, while drinking the entire bottle of water.
She was sleeping soundly.
As if nothing had happened.
‘Guardian.’
I couldn’t figure out what the heck it was.
Jin Jae-hee at Anyang Station was like a weapon.
A weapon that moves according to the master’s command and will.
That was something she didn’t tell me.
Perhaps my past life’s me had planned this out so that even she wouldn’t know.
But I couldn’t figure out why.
Why should I keep my past life’s me a secret from her?
I wiped the water flowing from my mouth with the back of my hand.
‘… … Guardian.’
After some thought, I think I have some idea why my past life made that design.
I guess it was me who thought that anyway.
Perhaps in my previous life, I had tried to use her as a tool.
A tool to protect only myself.
Even if the ‘Kang Shion’ of that world died, it was still a valid skill in this world.
The reason she came to me first after her regression may have been because of the skill that Kang Shion of that world had put in place.
‘… … .’
Ppoddeuk-.
He held the plastic water bottle tightly.
Whatever the reason, it was clear that my past life’s me did not see her as a person.
She’s just a tool.
But what is she to me now?
Are they truly just tools?
I don’t know.
I don’t know anything yet.
Did I instill this skill in her in my past life, or is it just her instinct?
When I thought about that, I started to feel strange feelings towards Jin Jae-hee, who risked her life to protect me.
I got out of bed and grabbed the doorknob.
A murmur of people could be heard from outside the door.
After a moment’s hesitation, I opened the door.
Crunch-.
* * *
Zion opened the door and looked outside, and saw a large number of citizens loitering in front of the door.
And a young man discovered Zion and came to him in one breath.
“Ah, Administrator… …! The Administrator is awake!”
At the young man’s voice, the people around him also stood up one by one.
“Oh, that’s a relief.”
“The manager is safe.”
“I’m so glad, I’m so glad.”
People flocked around Zion.
And one by one, they tried to grab his hand.
“Thank you, admin, I saved my life… … . Thank you so much.”
“Are you hurt anywhere? I was worried about you. I’m so glad you’re okay.”
“Are you okay with the cold? We each brought a lot of warm clothes, but… … .”
“This is warm water. Please take it, sir.”
Zion accepted the water in a paper cup that the old man handed him.
As the old man said, the water in the paper cup was warm.
In recent years, the impression of Zion among its citizens has changed.
When the boiler first started up, those who were skeptical have now all turned to Zion.
To the people, Zion was a savior.
A savior who freed us from the fear of death that is cold.
People tend to want to rely on something more when they are on the brink of death.
So people were completely dependent on Kang Shi-on.
They must have been extremely worried when Zion, who had been out all day yesterday, came back and collapsed.
“it’s okay.”
People continued to flock around Zion, and it was not easily controlled.
People were making a fuss, trying to get ahold of his hand or at least say thank you.
Even though it’s early in the morning.
“I will pass by.”
Zion tried to squeeze his way through them.
Before the world was destroyed, Zion had never received this much attention from others.
Especially this kind of attention that carries the meaning of ‘gratitude’.
To Zion, this scenery only feels awkward.
‘We need to control the access of citizens to the 5th floor.’
Zion thought, barely able to escape from the crowd.
That they must control their freedom of action.
Zion tried to go down the stairs.
At that moment, a man emerged from the distant hallway, pushing his way through the crowd.
It was Kim Soo-kyung.
“Hey, admin!!”
Kim Soo-kyung barely managed to get through them and approached Zion.
And he smiled brightly and saluted.
“I hope you’re okay. I was really worried.”
“yes.”
Zion went down the stairs while listening to his story.
It was to plan an operation to capture the ogre.
The two went down two floors in silence, and the first to speak was Kim Soo-kyung.
“Administrator. First of all, there’s something I need to check. The chief is also very angry about this matter.”
Kim Soo-kyung spoke with a deadpan voice, and I asked him back.
“Angry? Why?”
“Ah… … It’s not because of the manager… … That’s… … Haa. I’ll take you to the first floor for now.”
Kim Soo-kyung came out of the stairs first and guided the way.
Zion followed him, feeling puzzled.
It was unclear at this time what on earth had made the police chief so angry.
(Continued in the next episode)