Hiding a House in the Apocalypse - Chapter 130
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Episode 130
67. Hero (5)
The results of our hunters’ battles are all recorded.
There are numerous records, but the most significant record is probably the number of kills, also known as the kill score.
Since one kill count can be worth several times more than another, kill records are not just a simple number, but are also detailed with the types of monsters or mutations you killed.
Otherwise, a Hunter who just swiped his machine gun in a zombie-occupied area would be rated much higher than a Hunter who lost his comrades in a war zone and took down a single medium-sized species.
I think the number of details for that church was around 62.
Mutations and their variations by species, alien species, and monsters.
Although it’s not an official name, people call it the Church Guide.
Not to brag, but I’ve gotten kills on pretty much every item there is.
From small to large breeds.
What I’m saying is that there’s no one I haven’t killed.
Of course, since new species have been discovered one after another since then, Park Gyu’s Pokedex may not be 100% complete at this point.
Because I couldn’t even kill the general I just found.
By now, that should be included in the details.
However, humans are not included in the treatment items.
Not only is it ethically problematic, but we are dealing with monsters and their derivatives, not humans.
But Awaken is another treatment.
Because they were included in the somewhat vague category called “unclassified.”
According to records, our team has defeated 36 unclassified monster species.
All 36 of them are Awaken.
“I am also a former sergeant in the army. I was at the front line and served in the military for 33 months.”
Yang Sang-gil repeatedly emphasized that he could fight.
I have no intention of giving him a gun.
I asked Kim Min-ho for supplies.
“I don’t know about Yang Sang-gil, but Song Yu-jin was sent directly by Director Woo Min-hee. It would be a problem to lose her.”
“Your direct superior······.”
“This is military security.”
“I’ll borrow it for a moment. Please give me the item I asked for. If I can’t deal with Awaken anyway, I’ll just die anyway, right?”
When Kim Min-ho showed a lukewarm response, Song Yu-jin stepped forward herself.
“Hunter Park is now retired, but he is considered the best among the old school hunters.”
Kim Min-ho glared at Song Yu-jin with half-closed eyes.
“Have you ever killed an Awaken?”
He nodded silently.
“Oh, really?”
Kim Min-ho also didn’t hold back anymore.
I quickly reorganized my troops, set up a defensive posture, and provided them with the supplies they needed.
What I asked him for was three grenades.
He handed it to Yang Sang-gil.
“You know how to use it, right?”
“Of course. What should I do now?”
“Let’s talk as we go.”
The golf course is not flat.
Close-cut, fresh-colored grass gives the impression of being flat, but in reality, it is the bumps and undulations that make up the course.
The unevenness, which was not noticeable when it was a golf course, became noticeable as the grass died and weeds and undergrowth grew on top of it.
There are hiding places and blind spots everywhere.
Awaken is advancing leisurely towards the gentlest of them all, the one with the best visibility.
There’s no need to rush there either.
Chinese medium-sized drones were able to successfully surround the battlefield, circling overhead like eagles hunting for prey, and gradually narrowing the encirclement until they could be wiped out in one fell swoop.
“Hide here. Hide and when I give you the signal, throw the grenade. You don’t have to show yourself. Don’t even try to hit me. Just make it seem like a threat. You know what I mean?”
I explained the mission to Yang Sang-gil and looked at his face.
The most unstable thing is not the problem of enemies or allies.
This is the true state of mind of this man named Yang Sang-gil.
The reason I didn’t give him the gun was because there was a possibility of betrayal.
Grenades are just as dangerous, but they can be dealt with faster than guns.
“Are those three the only people around Awaken?”
While Yang Sang-gil fiddled with the grenade and thought about how to use it, he ordered Song Yu-jin to conduct reconnaissance.
“Oh, yes! There are three of them.”
Song Yu-jin answered, glaring into the air with eyes filled with a gentle glow.
She is said to have clairvoyance and weak sensing abilities.
Detection range is approximately 30m when fully concentrated.
It’s not a very wide range.
So it would be treated as level 2.
“What about the other hidden ambush?”
“no!”
“Okay. Go back.”
“Already?”
Song Yu-jin looked at me with a slightly dissatisfied expression.
“You’re not even a combat specialist.”
“but.”
“You’ve done your job. Go and help the soldiers. There’s a firefight going on behind them.”
“Okay, Sam!”
After Song Yu-jin left, I turned my gaze back to Yang Sang-gil.
He had been raising his hand as if he had something to say.
“What’s wrong? Did you forget how to use it?”
“no.”
Yang Sang-gil shook his head and looked up at me quietly.
“That’s my job, you know? It’s bait, right?”
That cold gaze demanded an answer.
There is no need to lie to this kind of person.
He nodded.
“yes.”
“Do you feel like you’re going to die?”
“The probability is high.”
“If you stop now······.”
“If you don’t want to do it, you can leave. I won’t kill you just because you’re not here.”
Yang Sang-gil suddenly burst into laughter after hearing what I said.
“You’re going to kill Awaken? You’re not even Awaken?”
He looked at him and spoke calmly.
“Do you know how many monsters I’ve killed?”
“What does that have to do with anything······ Ah!”
Yang Sang-gil looked at me with a surprised face.
“······Professor!”
“······.”
“I will do it!”
Yang Sang-gil opened his mouth as he put the grenade in his pocket.
“······Sometimes I have nightmares. Dreams where the whole world comes to kill me.”
He stood up from his seat and climbed up the slope, sticking his head out.
bang!
A sharp gunshot rang out, grazing his hair.
Yang Sang-gil rolled down the slope in a panic and crashed to the ground, but soon got up and looked up at me with a frown.
“Whether this is a dream or not.”
Yang Sang-gil suddenly pulled out the grenade pin.
When he pulled out his pistol and aimed it at his head, Yang Sang-gil gritted his teeth and threw a grenade toward the slope.
Boom!
A dull bang and the surprised cries of the enemies echoed across the square.
Yang Sang-gil spoke coldly, listening to the sound of dust falling like rain from the explosion.
“······This fight will only end if I die, right?”
He knew his fate.
Yang Sang-gil lay flat on the slope.
His determined gaze was not inferior to that of the soldiers standing behind him.
I decided to trust him and ran as fast as I could without making a sound, crouching down behind cover and checking for any signs.
Yang Sang-gil was still lying there, holding the grenade, crouching very low, trying to figure out what was happening beyond the unseen dirt.
“I know everything that’s hidden there.”
The enemy’s voices could be heard from beyond the ridge.
“Above your head. Can’t you see?”
I stood here to be seen.
Because the place I’ve established myself is blocked from all enemy sight and line of fire.
He raised his gun and aimed it at the sky.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Aimed at a drone hovering in the air with a single shot.
Anti-aircraft fire against drones has a very low accuracy.
This is because the average distance is farther than ground targets, and unlike other targets whose trajectories are flat, the target is three-dimensional, bullets are invisible unless tracers are used, and the point of impact cannot be determined through bullet marks, making it difficult to prevent hits.
So, unless you have anti-aircraft equipment, it is not often done.
If you have ammunition and ammo available, that might be fine, but in a combat situation, worrying about such things can cause a dispersion of ammunition and power.
Experienced drone pilots have even taken advantage of this point by employing “tail-wagging” tactics against ground troops.
Kim Da-ram, who was the best shooter among us, was naturally good at shooting drones.
It didn’t matter whether it was a sniper rifle, rifle, or shotgun.
One day, Kim Da-ram told me his secret.
“They must have people controlling them, right? If they think they’re going to get hit, they move to avoid it somehow. That’s proof that they’re shooting properly. It means that a threatening group of bullets has formed.”
He was in the middle of firing his 15th single shot.
The drone that had been flying leisurely suddenly turned its nose.
I turned the trigger to point-blank range and fired a shot in the direction my intuition told me to go.
Tata tang! Tata tang! Tata tang!
Snap!
The drone’s wings broke and the creature lurched violently.
The cheers of the soldiers were heard.
The drone began to stumble and fall downwards.
I’ve gouged out their eyes.
As expected, revenge followed.
Black dots are visible beyond the ridge.
Things are not going well.
There is no cover around.
I chose a place without cover to fire anti-aircraft fire, and that’s what caught me off guard.
Fortunately.
Tata Tang!
I have an ally.
In particular, Kim Min-ho contributed greatly.
He quickly deployed his soldiers to cover me.
Marauders without Awaken are nothing.
Four or five raiders who had crossed the ridge had holes in their bodies and slid down the ridge, never to get up again.
He nodded briefly to Kim Min-ho from afar and ran to the ambush point.
Yang Sang-gil was still lying on the ridge like a lizard, only observing the movements of the approaching Awaken.
Although his posture may be ugly, his concentration is so convincing that you’ll nod in agreement as to why he’s so successful among his peers.
“As expected, you are a professor.”
Yang Sang-gil spoke without looking up.
“Why are those successful saviors wary of you?”
“······.”
“Principal Jang Ki-young said so. If we can train people like you at school, there’s no reason to use something as dangerous as Awaken.”
“Be quiet.”
“I’m sorry. I’ve become too talkative. I couldn’t help but think about the fact that I’m going to die soon······.”
I hear a noise.
It’s the enemy.
Awaken is coming closer.
We set up an ambush route by studying the creature’s habit of moving along flat, visible areas.
There was an original plan, but seeing Yang Sang-gil’s sincere attitude made me think that it would be okay to change the plan.
“Can you please throw a grenade over there in 30 seconds?”
“In 30 seconds? Right now? From now on? Or not?”
“If you give me a signal.”
“yes.”
“Hey, where is my family?”
“I will be watching from behind.”
That’s a lie.
His family is crouching behind him, unable to even raise their heads.
Nevertheless, Yang Sang-gil showed his fighting spirit.
“great.”
“Let’s get started.”
I climbed the ridge with all my might.
Enemies appear in a chaotic field of vision that shakes violently up and down.
Four soldiers with guns, and a small man with a short, unarmed haircut.
That sports head is away.
He opened fire as soon as he appeared.
bang!
Even before the gunshot rang out, a shockwave occurred and a reflective field of the same obsidian color as the monster appeared in front of the sportsman’s head.
The bullet passed through the force field and flew straight towards me through a crack that tore through the space in front of me.
The bullet, however, just grazed the side of my head.
Intimidating.
Because I only fired warning shots at the monster.
As you can see, the method of defeating a monsterized human is not much different from dealing with a monster.
They say that monsters can’t tell the difference between murderous intent and pranks, but is it easy for humans to tell the difference?
I don’t think so.
“Is it a species?!”
The number I counted in my head reached 15 seconds.
Tata tata tang!
The guards standing beside and behind Awaken opened fire at me with heated gunfire, but I had already hidden under their ridge and was now running forward.
20 seconds.
I hid under another ridge and looked towards Yangsang-gil, trying to make no sound.
Yang Sang-gil wasn’t looking at me.
Still clinging to the surface like a lizard, he counts numbers with his mouth.
I counted the numbers with him.
What kind of person he is and what sins he committed are not important issues in the flow of this moment.
······28, ···29, 30!
The time has come.
Yang Sang-gil jumped up and pulled out the pin of the grenade.
The next moment.
Wheeeeeeing–
Something dark is descending from the sky.
It’s a suicide drone.
Tata tata tang!
He fired a direct shot.
The bullet-hit drone staggered past us like a drunk, crashing into the tent set up by the Yang Sang-gil family, causing a small explosion.
“Professor!”
Yang Sang-gil smiled brightly and shouted.
bang!
The gunfire came from an unexpected direction.
“Huh?”
Yang Sang-gil’s head slowly tilted like a wooden doll.
Another soldier jumped out from the place Song Yu-jin had confirmed and he shot Yang Sang-gil.
The bullet hit the torso squarely.
Yang Sang-gil, however, did not fall.
It might have been better if he had just fallen down.
Boom!
The grenade, with the pin already pulled, exploded in my hand.
I ran up the ridge again, watching the torn hand fly up with the debris.
Tata tata tang!
The soldier who killed Yang Sang-gil opened fire.
Distance, cover, and luck protected me from bullets.
As we cross the ridge, we see four soldiers staring straight ahead.
He jumped straight down the slope and rushed at them.
The soldiers who discovered me late looked towards Awaken, but Awaken could not protect them.
Tata tata tang!
Because it’s too close to hit the reflective field.
I swept them all away and approached Awaken.
Awaken, with his hair cut short, glares at me with astonishment.
“이, 종간나새끼가······.”
The bastard’s eyes are gleaming.
Perhaps he is preparing another power.
My axe is closer than power.
Bam!
The axe cut off the bastard’s head.
Checkmate.
The king was captured.
Next is the soldiers’ turn.
“Awaken is dead!”
“attack!”
Led by Kim Min-ho, the South Korean soldiers who had been holding their breath launched a fierce counterattack.
The marauders, having lost their leader, scattered like chaff.
The soldiers pursued them for quite some distance, burning all the vehicles and massacring the looters.
The massacre continued into the evening.
*
“I’m so sorry for being rude. I don’t know how to apologize for that.”
Kim Min-ho apologized to me privately.
He said it was okay.
This was not a battlefield where such petty rudeness could be cared about.
The situation was so dire that many soldiers died.
The soldiers loaded the bodies of their dead comrades, superiors, and subordinates onto trucks.
“Instructor.”
Song Yu-jin came to say hello before leaving.
“I’m sorry. I wanted to have dinner with you.”
“If you know I’m sorry, don’t come here again.”
“No, that’s not it.”
He gave her a knowing look and smiled sadly.
“Look behind you. Everyone is waiting.”
“I’ll come next time.”
She nodded with a smile.
This might be the first time.
The most respectful greeting I received from my disciple in the past 15 days.
Song Yu-jin got on the truck.
Wow, it’s the passenger seat.
In the hold, dark-skinned soldiers were enjoying the afterglow of victory, each with their own story.
One of the two trucks was carrying a body.
There were no soldiers on board, but instead Yang Sang-gil’s family filled the empty seats.
It seems they have decided to return to Incheon.
“Salute to our hero, Hunter Park Gyu!”
Before Kim Min-ho left, he saluted me along with all the soldiers.
Saluting is not a Hunter’s custom, but I saluted them in a military manner, knowing their feelings.
After a brief exchange of glances filled with emotion, the trucks drove off.
A familiar silence has returned to the old golf course site.
Yang Sang-gil’s body was not loaded onto the truck.
His body was found carelessly dumped inside the bunker alongside those of the looters.
He was not properly buried, just like the looter I killed earlier, and was covered with only a little dirt.
There was not even the usual condolences, not even a single flower.
It is a miserable and sordid ending for a man who once dominated the Republic of Korea.
At least Yang Sang-gil was a hero to his family.
Should have been a hero.
In the sense that he tried to maintain the form of a family even by becoming a devil.
But no one in the family took the patriarch’s body and tried to collect it.
Maybe that’s why.
Yang Sang-gil has risen again.
The zombie staggered into the wilderness with a disfigured face that his family could not recognize.
It’s just my imagination, but it looks like the zombie followed the truck’s path.
bang!
“······.”
It’s a clumsy ending for a clumsy family.
In the dimness, you can see things gently coming down from the sky.
It’s snow.
End
ⓒ Road Warrior #dp8g
(Jeon Ye***) -Recommendation 57-
When Yang Sang-gil and his family return to Incheon, will his son be able to access the Internet again? Will he grow up?
(Antimatter**) -Recommendation 51-
Is it true?
(Novel*) -Recommendation 48-
It feels like they deliberately created a crisis to break the game. If they stay like this, they will just dry up and die.
(Ebb***) -Recommendation 47-
The sleepiness and boredom felt by the protagonist… It seems like an important plot point to just pass over, but what is it…
(Kim Kimchi Man***) -Recommendation 37-
This is content that is suitable for a special feature on Family Month.
(Yeoncham-eul**) -Recommendation 35-
The truly absurd washing machine performance and its inversely proportional, absurd ending…
It seems like the apocalypse is really the best
(owl**) -Recommendation 30-
I wonder if it’s a coincidence that Song Yu-jin, who has clairvoyance, missed a soldier.
Did Woo Min-hee think Yang Sang-gil should be killed and give the order to kill him?
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