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#Episode 73. Human Hunter (1)
Human hunter.
Their presence was truly threatening and annoying.
A stream flows through Anyang City.
The river that flows from Baekunsan flows and flows to become Anyangcheon.
Anyangcheon is smaller than a river, but it has enough water to meet drinking water needs.
After the second round ends, all the powers will try to solve the ‘drinking water’ problem.
What is needed for this is a stream of water like a river.
Since ancient times, many ancient kingdoms have developed civilizations centered around rivers.
The four major cradles of human civilization, the Indus River, the Yellow River, the Nile River, and the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, were all formed around rivers.
Rivers are an essential natural environment for the development of civilization.
The fact that the system prohibits acts that damage the river, and that there are administrators’ advice to actively utilize the river, is also to induce battles between powers to control the river.
Anyangcheon is the only stream within Anyang City.
And Zion’s forces secured only the area adjacent to Anyang Station among the long Anyangcheon River basin.
Up until now, the insufficient drinking water has been supplied from there.
But recently, a ‘human hunter’ has been active here.
They were particularly known for hunting only workers who were drawing water.
And from a distance, too.
‘If we lose the river, we will not be able to subordinate the forces in reality.’
Brings up the monarch’s status window.
A status window with a golden border dazzled before my eyes.
[The First Power of Manan: Kang Sion]
[Capital: Man-gyeong]
[resources
●Cities owned: 4
●Number of citizens: 12,851 (101 injured / 93 slightly injured, 8 seriously injured)
●Number of players: 12, S-class (1), B-class (1), F-class (10)
●Ranking within residence: 2nd
●Food: 75 days (+15)
●Food: 11 days (-2)
●Support rating: 92
●Power:
Troops 2,504 / Defense Force (1,000), Suppression Force (1,000), Military Police (500), Commanders (4)
Weapons 3,335 / F-Class (1,889), E-Class (548), D-Class (88), A-Class (13)]
At a glance, all the figures were on a different level from a year ago.
There were also many cities that had it.
We secured the old Manan Police Station in the capital, Manan District Office, Domian Apartment Complex, and Anyang Elementary School.
The number of civilians increased more than tenfold, and the permanent force also reached 2,500, and including reserve forces, it approached 10,000.
There were no problems with food, support, or weapons supplies, but the biggest problem at the moment was water.
‘… …Time is running out.’
If things continued this way, it was only a matter of time before we ran out of drinking water.
This was because the supply of drinking water was insufficient to support the entire population.
It’s all because of the human hunters.
“I’ll go. I’ll kill them all.”
Jin Jae-hee spoke to me confidently.
Of course, if Jin Jae-hee is dispatched, everything will be resolved.
But that won’t work.
The lord of Dongangu, whose name was Park Ji-su.
Looks like you’ve put a lot of thought into it.
“If you go out to punish them, you will not be able to avoid an all-out war with Dongangu.”
An all-out war with Dongangu.
That was something I absolutely had to stop.
For now, that is.
Dongangu has at least five times the power of my forces.
Park Ji-su, who unified Dongangu in the past, has grown rapidly over the past year.
Even if Jin Jae-hee is there, I can’t guarantee victory if I run into them right now.
Even if they won, it was clear that they would suffer damage close to annihilation.
The area where human hunters operate is clearly the territory of the ‘Dong-an-gu forces’.
They used ranged weapons on their territory to hunt down workers in our area.
It was clearly a provocative act, but there was nothing my forces could do about it at the time.
In order to subdue them, we had to invade the territory of the Dongangu forces.
So, if Dongangu invaded using this as an excuse, there was no way to stop it.
But it wasn’t like there was no way to counter this.
If they come out meanly, I will also come out meanly and eat them.
I turned my head and looked at the completely crushed catapult.
I looked at the notification window that I had turned off again.
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These were the spoils of war obtained from this battle.
[Citizens +569]
[Territory: Anyang Elementary School and surrounding areas]
[Weapon +103 / F-Class (91), E-Class (9), A-Class Destruction (3)]
[You have learned how to make an Apocalypse Catapult!]
[Gold Earned +300,000G]
[Due to excessive fighting, your approval rating will temporarily drop.]
[The approval rating in the Anyang Elementary School area is low. If the approval rating is not raised to a certain level, a rebellion may occur.]
[Current Anyang Elementary School approval rating: 3]
Among them, the method of making a catapult was the best one at the moment.
I plan to use this catapult to shake Dongangu.
Very viciously.
* * *
Anyangcheon, near Anyang Station.
There were already many workers here dead, shot by arrows.
Workers were moving again along the river of death.
There were only 50 troops escorting them.
They were all holding car door shields, responding to the human hunters’ long-range attacks.
The workers hurriedly drew water from Anyangcheon with the buckets they brought.
And the villa across from it.
There were two human hunters there who had been pointed out by Park Ji-soo.
“How stupid.”
“Do you think that will stop it?”
A woman with her feet up on the windowsill was smoking a cigarette and observing them closely.
“Even if we increase our forces, it will be impossible to deal with the Queen.”
The woman who seemed to be giggling lifted her bow.
Her arrowhead was pointed at the water-drawing worker in the bay.
“Let’s make a bet, senpai. I’ll bet you three cigarettes. Marlboro Reds? Your favorite brand.”
A man with his hair tied up came with his bow and chuckled.
The woman, who had already aimed her bow, answered as she let go of the bow.
Bang-!
“Oh. Are you sure? I’m from the national youth team in archery.”
The woman giggled as she put another arrow on her bow.
The man smiled wickedly and took out three more cigarettes.
There were now six cigarettes on the table.
During the first force.
The currency in Park Ji-soo’s power was cigarettes.
That’s why the ‘human hunters’ enjoyed hunting while smoking cigarettes.
The man loaded an arrow on his bow and aimed straight ahead.
His arrowhead was aimed at the old man drawing water.
“I. I practiced quite a lot, right? To beat my senior. The number of people I killed here… … I think it was around 50?”
Bang-!
The man put up a protest.
Then he looked at the woman and giggled.
“I haven’t reached my senior’s record yet. I think there were over 100 seniors?”
“You’re not stable. The bow is ultimately about keeping your arm stable. You’re using too much force, so it’s shaking instead. Now, look carefully. Like this.”
Bang-!
The woman put the bowstring down again.
Her arrow shot forward and hit someone again.
“See? Did you hit the target exactly? This is how you shoot a bow.”
Bashish-.
The woman looked at the man with a smile.
The man watched the woman shoot her bow quietly, then put down his bow and approached her.
The man carefully placed his hand on the woman’s waist and kissed her.
Saliva flowed between their lips.
The man whispered, his lips parting.
“senior..”
“… … .”
The woman lowered her head at the man’s voice.
“Senior. This league. When it’s over.”
“… … It’s not even over yet.”
Bam.
The woman answered with a crawling voice and pushed the man away a little.
But the man approached the woman again.
“I’ll finish it. I’ll win this damn league. I’ll turn it all around! Senior, your dream was to become a national representative, right? I’ll make it come true. We’ll live together. I, I mean it. I think I’ll be happy if I live with you. I’ve never felt this way about another woman.”
“First of all… … I’m married.”
“Oh, sir. Please. Your husband died in the first round, and now you have me.”
“First of all. No, you can’t.”
Men became more attached to women, but women became more distant.
Phew-!
The man tried to grab the woman, but it was impossible.
The woman was already near the door, her mind wandering further away.
“… … Let’s pretend today never happened.”
“……senior.”
The woman went down the building today without meeting her quota.
The man let out a deep sigh as the woman left him.
“Ugh!”
Thud!
When things didn’t work out the way the man wanted, he just kicked the poor ground.
“Haa… … F**k.”
The man sighed deeply and looked out the window at the opposite bank of the river.
On the riverbank, an old man who had been drawing water was found dead, his neck pierced by an arrow.
It was an old man who died from an arrow shot by a woman.
While the two were shooting arrows while filming a third-rate soap opera, a complete hell was unfolding on the opposite bank of the river.
* * *
“AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!! AAAAH!!!!”
A man was bleeding and screaming after being stabbed in the thigh.
Shield bearers, holding car door shields, hurried forward and formed a blockade around the man.
“fu*k… … fu*k you little sh*ts… …! You shoot arrows at me every day… …! I’m going to kill you all… … !”
“Hey, Mr. Kim! Stop screaming… …! You’re making me bleed more.”
“You fu*king bastards… …! Ah… …! Am I dying? Mr. Jeong. Am I dying?”
“What do you mean you died? You just got a slight scratch on your thigh… …!”
In fact, the arrow had hit the man’s artery, and blood was gushing out like a waterfall.
The workers in Manan-gu began to hurriedly carry the injured out.
Swish, swish, swish!
Arrows continued to be fired from the building on the other side.
The human hunters did not rest, but continued to attack the workers while they worked.
Already two old men have died instantly from arrows fired by human hunters.
“You damn monsters… … ! Don’t you feel guilty… … !!!”
“Let’s get out of here. Those bastards suddenly stopped shooting! Hurry up. Hurry up!”
The merciless barrage of arrows suddenly stopped, giving the workers a chance to escape.
The workers of Manan hurriedly escaped Anyangcheon, carrying buckets of water on their backs.
* * *
After finishing the subjugation of the Second Force, Zion returned to Man-gyeong and first checked the condition of the water supply team.
This work team also suffered considerable damage.
Three of his precious workers have already died today alone.
Human hunter.
If we don’t do something about them, we will lose not only our approval ratings but also our workforce and morale.
Above all, if a new water source is not secured within a week, there will be no hope for the force.
At this point, with Round 3 not yet over, Zion wanted to further stabilize their forces.
It’s not that there was no way.
If the enemy acts meanly, then we can play meanly too.
Knock. Knock.
In a dark room with only candles lit.
Zion thought.
I thought and thought again.
I opened my eyes and looked at the burning flame on the candle, thinking about the next move.
This is all just a game.
The most perfect way to overcome this situation right now.
Since the days when artifacts had no power, Zion had the most powerful weapon of all.
That’s what it means to think.
Knock. Knock.
Zion held the chess piece and struck the table at regular intervals.
When he started to think, things changed.
First of all, the monarch of Manan, Park Ji-su, is currently focusing all his attention on Uiwang.
According to the informant, they are waging war with the Uiwang forces.
He had to turn her attention back to himself.
Even if he hit the back of the head of the powerful forces for a while, it was not like Man-gyeong could defeat Dong-an-gu.
Because they were inferior both numerically and qualitatively.
So, he turned his attention to himself and wanted to make some kind of treaty.
Zion had to unify Anyang City.
To find out the ‘location of my younger brother’ that I was promised by Manager K.
Although the city’s boundaries were eliminated, the sphere of activity was limited due to conflicts between powers.
I didn’t know what would happen if I tried to force myself to find my brother.
In the end, the Dongangu had to be destroyed.
We had to commit another massacre, like the one that took over Anyang Elementary School today.
Bam!
Zion slammed Rook hard on the table.
A method occurred to me.
“Administrator.”
“Yes, go ahead.”
A man who had been silently waiting for orders in one corner of the office bowed his head.
Zion commanded him.
“Let’s get ready to go there tomorrow morning.”
The secretary thought for a moment and then asked.
“That place is… … .”
(Continued in the next episode)