Hiding a House in the Apocalypse - Chapter 425



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Tata tata tang!

He winked at Gong Gyeong-min as gunfire continued.

Gong Kyung-min’s fingers pointed to three points.

He ran forward, holding his gun and taking cover.

A human silhouette is visible through the hazy fog.

That’s what found me.

bang!

Arrive at the corpse before it has even fallen and perform a kill shot.

bang!

Move to the second location.

I can hear Chinese.

It seems like he’s asking how you’re doing.

Rather, it turned out well.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

He closed the distance by shooting in the direction of the sound.

As the wall of the building comes into view, the figure of a man hiding in a corner with his gun out comes into view.

I approached slowly, making no sound.

There are no variables.

I’m already aiming my gun and shooting first.

It doesn’t really matter whether he has the ability to sense or not.

If you have sensory abilities, you’ll ask for help, but if not, you’ll just quietly stick your head out.

bang!

It was the latter.

I turned my head to the third point, leaving behind the second cultist who had fallen with a hole in his head.

I don’t think I need to step forward there myself.

Tata tata tang!

“Ahhhhhhh!”

After a scream and a crash, a hazy figure appeared through the fog.

Jeobuk-

zombi.

No, my mentor Jang Gi-yeong appeared before me with his face so disfigured that I could not recognize him.

“······.”

It is unknown what happened to him, but it seems certain that he was hanging out with fanatics.

The fanatic phrases like “Unity” (合一), “Nine Yang and Nine Yin” (九陽九陰), and “Messenger” (傳言使者) tattooed all over the body, as well as crude gold piercings attached to the skin, are a sign of a very fanatic culture.

Perhaps after he left Incheon, he mingled with other fanatics and acted together with them.

At least if you are accepted among the fanatics, you won’t be killed by other humans.

Jang Gi-yeong stood at the entrance of the building and did not approach me any further.

It is meaningless to read emotions from the teacher’s face.

Because he was already a zombie and his face was so damaged that he couldn’t look straight in the face while he was a zombie.

The same goes for the eyes.

As Gong Kyung-min said, only a fleeting light remained in his eyes.

No emotion can be read in those empty, dead-fish-like eyes.

But his spirit is not dead yet.

“Park Gyu.”

My mentor spoke in a space where time seemed to have stopped.

He moved his lips to say something, but I couldn’t understand what he was saying.

Instead, he pointed his finger into the fog-shrouded air.

Now I understand.

Perhaps it means that our enemies are waiting for us out there.

“······.”

A lot of emotions were running through my head, but I didn’t say anything.

There is no need to do that.

My teacher wants only one thing.

This is the result.

Neither empty promises nor long-winded resolutions mean anything to him.

As if he had read my mind, Jang Gi-yeong slowly sank into the fog and soon disappeared without a trace.

As if it never existed in the first place.

“······.”

Hunter took up the weapon.

Happener.

My favorite harpoon, used to hunt monsters.

Although it is said to be covered in fog, this area was visited several times during the kill zone operation.

Even if I close my eyes, I can clearly see the surrounding terrain, objects, and even the labyrinthine sewer pipes.

Climb the half-collapsed stairs to gain high ground and look down on the fog-shrouded streets.

A structure can be seen vaguely rising beyond the fog.

If I remember correctly, today’s main target, the general type, will be waiting under the structure called the Tower of Peace.

Let’s postpone his turn until next time.

Find the monster at your feet.

It’s not visible.

The fog in this area is unusually thick.

Well then, let’s drag him out.

It would be standard to mobilize your colleagues, but at this point, communication other than via the Internet using Necropolis has been cut off.

According to Gong Kyung-min, the ability user is currently in the process of creating a voice messenger using the Necropolis frequency, but it’s unlikely that something like that will come out in an instant.

Here, it is right for me to solve it on my own.

The very process of me returning to my comrades, calling them, and directing operations becomes a burden to my comrades fighting in the east.

If you listen closely, you can tell they’re fighting a tough battle right now.

Tata tata tang!

bang!

Bang! Bang!

Gunfire and explosions are heard constantly, from different parts of the city.

There are teams that haven’t joined yet, and they are engaged in fierce battles with monsters coming from all over.

Even the monsters within this city aren’t the only things we have to deal with.

The vanguard of the “Monster Army” numbering in the hundreds, which had been approaching the city even before the operation began, may have already arrived in the city.

As time goes by, the enemy becomes stronger and we become weaker.

We must not forget that they have infinite power.

This is the moment when they are at their weakest.

Here, we have no choice but to improvise.

Rustle-

Stick your entire body against the pillar and stick out only your gun.

The aiming point is the intersection where the Centurion type is holding out, as I remember.

Because of the thick fog, I can’t tell the monster’s exact location, but I can guess its location based on the building I’m standing on, the floor number, my position, and the tower that stands tall beyond the fog.

It’s not difficult.

This is a very simple triangulation.

Unlike surveyors, it doesn’t require perfect calculations; you just need to get the direction right.

After estimating the location of the monster, he just holds out his gun.

Although his posture was extremely unstable as he shot with only his gun out, his entire body hidden behind a pillar, he pulled the trigger without hesitation.

bang!

A gunshot rang out.

and.

thud!

The shock wave responds.

The moment the shockwave exploded, I felt a gentle shaking wave throughout my entire body, along with an intense movement that was clearly felt even beyond the fog, like the fog dispersing.

My bullet flew straight to where the monster was.

of course,

ping!

A bullet flies where I am.

The reinforced concrete pillar stopped my bullets from piercing through, but the opponent was a Centurion.

He left the location with full force, holding a gun.

As expected,

thud!

As another shockwave erupted, a projectile the size of a telephone pole fired by the thing pierced the reinforced concrete pillar I was hiding under, then rose up and lodged itself in the wall beyond.

Kugu palace!

Suddenly, the pillars collapse, causing the entire building to groan ominously, while debris and dust fall like volcanic ash.

I continued to run at full speed, weaving through the flying debris.

thud!

He shoots another pillar.

Kugugugugu!!!

Another pillar was thrust into the ruined building like a dagger.

The building, which was already groaning, let out an even more ominous groan, and the ground beneath my feet began to shake violently.

2nd floor.

The terrain below is extremely rugged and there are many places with protruding rebar, so jumping down like this is very dangerous, but there is no choice.

However, I remember that there are no such hazards on the road side because the gangsters have been periodically organizing and cleaning it since before.

I ran at full speed, staring at the wide open wall amidst the shaking and debris that felt like the whole world was going to crumble.

Kugu palace!

The building is collapsing.

I jumped off the edge of the corner, feeling the collapse itself with my whole body.

thud!

Meanwhile, another pillar flies towards me and gets stuck in the building, but I’m already flying in the sky.

In that short space, the gaze is kept downward.

The safest area. The road.

Find the road.

It is visible.

It’s a road.

I see cracked asphalt and scattered rubble, but at least they won’t penetrate my body.

He landed on the ground, sliding and rolling, with the same speed he had when he jumped.

puck!

“······!”

A single protruding stone caused a sharp jolt and pain to the back of my left chest, but it was only a minor injury.

It’s probably just a tear in the ribs that protect the back of the rib cage.

As soon as I confirmed that the scenery had rapidly rotated and regained its normal angle, I ran at full speed towards the location of the monster that I had never erased from my mind.

thud!

Shock wave 30m ahead.

I threw myself to the side before the shockwave even reached my body.

Shh …

Another pillar passes by my spot, whistling its deathly whistle.

It’s a good attack.

but.

Clank-

He’s on my street.

Still, the thing looks down at me, a mere whitish silhouette through the thick fog, but I am within range of it and my weapon is ready.

Cheeeeeeek–

A Hunter weapon named Harpoon flies towards the guy, emitting flames.

thud!

The harpoon embedded itself into the creature’s body the moment it unleashed the shockwave, exploding and shattering it from the inside.

Lie down and wait for particles of light to appear.

Kugugugugu–

As the building where the cultists were was collapsing, I saw golden particles sparkling through the fog, flying like butterflies and landing on my head.

After waiting for the building to completely collapse and the noise to stop, he turned to where his colleagues were and spoke.

“Defeat the Centurion type.”

In a voice that is neither loud nor soft.

“Park Gyu!”

Ha Tae-hoon approached me, and then Gong Kyung-min approached me.

Ha Tae-hoon was indifferent, but Gong Kyung-min gave me a thumbs up.

“······Still the same. Old School is taking on a battle-type medium-sized challenge and defeating it all by himself. Who would believe that?”

I slowly turned my head.

It’s not time to like it yet.

No, in a sense the fight has only just begun.

Ha Tae-hoon approaches, taking out a syringe.

It’s a painkiller.

I briefly recalled the past as I felt the painkiller solution seep into my body through my blood vessels.

It is a necessary recall.

Because what I’m trying to remember is none other than the battle with that guy.

*

I don’t know how many times I’ve replayed the battle that day.

Perhaps the place that was most intensely reconstructed was inside the crack.

With both legs broken, in a world that had stopped and no change or even the passage of time felt, I chewed over and over again the defeat of that day.

The situation is almost identical to now.

It’s just that the scale of humans, the scale of monsters, and the scale of the battlefield have been reduced.

Smaller size does not necessarily mean less risk.

The enemy we’re up against might be the leader of the monsters.

Before facing the guy, our team took a moment to discuss what tactics would be right to use against him.

The answer was set.

This is the most basic method.

Kim Da-ram, who took the heavy position, supported us from the rear, and Gam Ho-seop, who took the spotter role, watched and guarded against new threats or changes in the middle, while Jeon Sang-soon and I, who took the assault role, attempted to engage the guy in close combat.

No one expected the process to be smooth.

Because we don’t know anything about him.

The only thing we know about the general type is this.

All there is to it is that the guy is a big shot.

I knew that ignorance meant death, but I had no other choice.

Not only the Chinese government, but also the Korean government strongly wanted the bastard’s data.

The story is that we couldn’t avoid combat because we were dispatched mercenaries.

Of course, I won’t deny that I had a desire to hunt that guy.

Back then, monsters didn’t use tricks like spreading fog like they do now, but naturally occurring fog caused by thunder and thunderstorms limited our view.

However, since the fog wasn’t as thick as it is now, Kim Da-ram was able to provide sufficient support from a sniping position at 400m away.

The bastard was nestled beneath a crack in the lake’s surface.

“It’s quite big. As expected, it’s a large piece of paper.”

For some unknown reason, the optical equipment used to photograph the creature only produced distorted noise and failed to properly capture its appearance.

The general type that we confirmed with our own eyes had the shape of a giant scarab, comparable to a creature on Earth.

It was truly huge.

When observed from a distance of 150m, the height was about 25m, which is a height that can be seen among medium-sized species, but the torso, especially the rounded and swollen belly, was excessively large.

Looking at just the belly area, it was so large that it was almost as big as two basketball courts.

The estimated weight is at least 300 tons by eye alone.

It is the largest of any large species discovered to date.

However, its head and chest were of a small size, not much different from that of a small species measuring 4-5 meters tall, with horns sticking out from its huge abdomen.

Judging by the way the creature moved, its weak points seemed to be its head and chest, which jutted out from its massive abdomen.

Naturally, we agreed to focus all our attacks on the guy’s head and chest, not his abdomen.

“Team Leader. Can we win?”

Team member Gam Ho-seop asked.

There was no answer.

“well.”

I felt sleepy before the final battle.

It’s a nasty disease that has been plaguing me since the mid-Chinese era.

“I have no choice but to do my best.”

Crunch!

I don’t want to lie.

I don’t want to talk nonsense as if I can see hope where even I can’t see it.

“let’s go.”

He sent a signal to Kim Da-ram and ran forward with his gun drawn.

bang!

The battle began with the oppressive gunshots characteristic of large-scale sniper rifles.

thud!

The bastard sent out a shockwave.

“······!!”

It’s an ominous shock wave like nothing I’ve ever experienced before.

I have experienced the intense reverberation that felt like my mind would be erased in an instant from the shock waves of Kang Han-min and Na Hye-in, but the bewilderment I felt when the shock wave containing the providence that seemed impossible for humans to understand touched my body still came as a shock that sometimes made my hands tremble.

“What is this······.”

Jeon Sang-sun stopped walking.

One rider below him, he was the hunter I trusted next to Kim Da-ram, a natural thoroughbred who had won the two major titles of top matriculation and graduation.

In fact, he was stronger than me in physical strength, and his agility was also better than Kim Da-ram’s, and his combat intelligence and sense of duty were impeccable, so the higher-ups expected him to be a talent who would create even more legends than me.

That steely friend lost his will to fight with one shock wave.

“······This is no joke! How can I win against something like this?!”

No Hunter who has completed over 100 missions has ever had a mental breakdown.

No, if a Hunter has completed at least 50 missions, he is considered to have an iron will and no mental flaws.

That iron will was broken by a single shockwave.

“I can’t do this······ This can’t be done······!!”

That’s the kind of guy we were dealing with.