Hiding a House in the Apocalypse - Chapter 351



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Hiding a House in the Apocalypse Episode 357

145. Faith (5)

Most monsters can be defeated with just one decent hunter weapon.

That’s been my long-standing opinion.

Of course, in the case of new models, time for observation is needed.

Besides, Iharu didn’t provide any information earlier.

He retreated back with all his might and asked Iharu.

“What kind of guy is a macrophage?”

“I, I don’t know.”

Iharu’s voice, which had been so confident just a moment ago, was now noticeably filled with fear.

“They say it’s an away specialty.”

“Yes, that’s right. I’m really, really sorry. I’ll go.”

Not long after those words were heard, the Defender’s cold voice was heard.

“Awaken Escape.”

“······What’s the situation?”

“A few fanatics stepped on a mine. The gunshot just now wasn’t fired at us, but it looks like the guy who died while stepping on the mine pulled the trigger.”

“okay?”

“But it’s a given that fanatics will flock here.”

The defender sighed and said.

“Let’s stop here for today. Just by defeating the dancer type, we’ve achieved 120% of our goal for today.”

“······.”

“Let’s come next time and kill the medium-sized ones or something and finish them off.”

“no.”

He shook his head.

At the same time, the gray-white area ended and a dark track stretching endlessly into the distance and the Defender team standing on it came into view.

“It has to end here.”

“what?”

“They’re not stupid. If they knew that one monster had been hit, they would have set up a defense line here.”

“······but.”

“You know, right? Even if you place just one machine gun position in a straight line like this, in open ground, it can trip up a whole regiment of soldiers.”

In man-to-man combat, no weapon kills men as effectively and well as a machine gun, except for heavy equipment.

It is a common sight on the battlefield for a single machine gun position, well positioned, to force the movement of a single tactical unit.

Of course, it might not be much of a quick suicide method against monsters, but we are humans.

“We have to end it here.”

“So, are you saying we should go back in then?”

“Just one person, follow me.”

This is where assistance is needed.

Because I only have one pair of eyes and only one gun to hold.

Before I killed the dancer type, I picked up the rifle I had placed on the ground, grabbed some ammo, and was waiting for a volunteer to come out from the defender side when suddenly laughter erupted.

He is a fanatic.

“Hahahahahahaha! It’s all over now! I can see the end of you all!”

He glared at me, his eyes dazzling.

“Do you rejoice in killing one of God’s messengers? It’s too early to rejoice. What lies beyond······.”

puck!

As expected, it was the Defender who approached me.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

As you can see, he’s a friend who doesn’t change his gaze when catching people, but when facing monsters, he gets nervous and his expression doesn’t look good.

I looked at the defender’s team members standing guard at their respective points and asked the defender.

“How much can you stop?”

“It will depend on their aggressiveness and the quality of their troops, but if we just send infantry, we can hold out for at least 10 minutes.”

He nodded.

“That’s enough.”

“But I don’t know if it’ll be okay if Awaken is mixed in.”

“······I guess we’ll have to leave that to luck.”

Risking one’s life is not a pleasant option.

But if we back down here, eliminating the fanatics will be impossible, and that means we won’t be able to move the regular Awakens who are camped in the sauna room.

It’s a strategic failure.

If there is a next thing, then it doesn’t matter, but in something where there is no next thing, the process is not important.

Whether you defeated the dancer type or not is just an achievement that has no meaning in the face of failure.

“let’s go.”

thud!

Shock waves continue to reverberate in front of me.

“······.”

The Defender’s breathing appears to be getting heavier.

It’s never been like this before.

He must have been traumatized from several battles with large monsters.

It’s a common occurrence.

It is common for excellent hunters to become discouraged by repeated battles and feel extreme fear and intimidation when facing the same type of enemy.

If it were the Chinese era, I would have forced him to return to Korea, but these days, everything is precious.

“Just deal with the servants. They don’t deploy a reflection field.”

“Yeah, that’ll be okay.”

“Yeah. That’s enough. I’ll take care of your side.”

In the distance you can see something grayish white and swaying.

It’s a remnant of the dancer type.

When the main body dies and the gray-white area clears, they will disappear, but they will tenaciously survive until the gray-white area itself clears.

Bang! Bang! Tata tang!

I took care of the guys who rushed in with the defender.

Not surprisingly, the Defender’s gunfire had both the agility and precision expected of a schoolboy.

thud!

The shock wave gets closer.

As I passed the gray-white wall, the main body of the thing that was releasing a shockwave that was incomparable to that of the dancer type was revealed before my eyes.

“······.”

Looking closely, it looks like a giant worm.

As expected of a medium-sized breed, its size is considerable.

It is over 5m tall and has thick, worm-like body segments hanging down its back.

Maybe about 10m.

It is almost the same size as a large bell, but there must be a reason why it is classified as a medium-sized bell.

“Monster······.”

The Defender’s face turns pale at first glance.

He patted his shoulder and spoke calmly.

“Leave it to me.”

The defender nodded, looking at my gaze.

The leader’s unwavering gaze and righteous posture provide courage to the team members.

I’ve always tried to be that way, and now it’s become a part of me.

He watched the defender regain his composure and turned his gaze towards the monster.

The distance is 120m.

Should I approach?

It’s quite a distance to approach and you don’t know how the guy will attack.

Fortunately, the barrier the monster has created in front of us is surprisingly strong.

It has a protective capacity almost on the level of reinforced concrete.

Well, this too will crumble to dust once the gray-white area is removed.

At least for now, it’s a solid cover for us.

Tata ta tata! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Gunshots are heard behind.

It looks like the cult patrol is slowly advancing.

It is a situation where it is impossible to predict when the retreat route will be cut off, but the reason for continuing to wait is to figure out the attack type of the medium-sized species.

Most medium-sized species are combat-type.

It has a wide-area firepower that cannot be compared to that of small species.

So we have to see their pattern in some way.

thud!

Suddenly, something thick and sticky emerged from the monster’s body.

Dozens of balloons, or flying objects that look like skulls.

If you look closely, you can see that there is a gimmick that seems to imitate teeth and a mouth.

what?

Are you a servant?

Rather than feeling like a servant, it feels more like a colony that creates itself.

While my thoughts were deepening.

thud!

I felt the shock wave.

It’s not a monster.

It’s the back.

“Confirmation.”

When I told the Defender, he immediately spoke to his team through the communicator.

“Situation report.”

Soon several voices could be faintly heard babbling over the Defender’s radio.

The defender looked at me and said.

“They said there’s no Awaken?”

“That story······.”

By any chance, is it Iharu?

The defender said with a stern face.

“Maybe we were surrounded from far behind.”

“Let’s continue.”

It was when I answered coldly and turned my gaze back towards the monster.

A change has appeared.

A swarm of white, mouth-like orbs, spewed out by the medium-sized paper, suddenly flew past us and into the distance.

“what?”

“······.”

This is just my guess.

Iharu said that this new species is specialized for the Great Awakening.

A shock wave rippled in the distance.

And there were dozens of spheres, but not a single one flew towards us.

That means.

“Look behind you.”

He ran with a rifle in hand.

I don’t like gambling.

I hate betting on small possibilities even more.

But sometimes you have to risk everything on a faint belief.

That’s how it is now.

A medium-sized type called the macrophage type responds preferentially to Awaken.

Woohoo–

A snail-shaped giant creature turned toward me, making a strange noise.

Have you finally found me?

thud!

Dozens of mouthed spheres burst out of what appeared to be breathing holes all over the creature’s disgusting body parts, taking up positions in the air.

thud!

A white preliminary line appeared unrealistically before my eyes along with the shock wave.

I increased my speed, prepared for it to touch my body.

Immediately after that.

Phage crackle!

A merciless current burned the surrounding air along the white reserve line.

and.

Shh …

Dozens of spheres are falling towards me.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

He opened fire.

The sphere that was hit by the bullet.

pop!

It explodes with a fairly strong explosion.

It’s an explosive type.

The destructive power is primitive and crude by human weapon standards, but it is more than enough to detonate a single naked human being.

Releases a large number of guided bombs. Some self-defense powers.

I shouted at Defender as I felt information about the new model being updated in real time in my head.

“Cover me!”

Bang! Bang! Tata ta tata tang!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

What I felt in the midst of dozens of deaths falling down was joy.

“······.”

I can feel my heart pounding.

Yes, that’s right.

It felt like this.

What I wanted.

Tata tata tang!

Standing at the forefront of humanity’s battlefront, fighting and eradicating the enemies of humanity ahead of anyone else.

That is the only eulogy that can appease my ever-burning flames of hatred.

Tata Tang!

I stood before him now, dropping the orb that was coming at me from the sky.

thud!

Monster.

The so-called new one stands tall in front of me.

With disgusting breathing that seemed to imitate life.

I prepare another harpoon, feeling the thing that makes regular Awaken tremble in fear staring at me defenselessly.

Phew-

mix.

and.

pop!

Multiple spears can be seen piercing through the creature’s jaws and digging deep into its long torso.

and.

Papapapang!

The creature’s massive body rose and fell lightly with a powerful internal explosion.

I turned around to see the sagging body of the monster transform into particles of light.

“New. Defeat.”

I have crossed the biggest mountain.

I see the defender running towards me.

With a bag that could bring death to hundreds, if not thousands of humans.

*

As expected, the other side of the tunnel is defenseless.

Moving quite quickly, he planted the bomb where the Defender had planned.

Beep- beep beep beep beep beep

“I set it for 10 minutes. If we get caught up, we die too.”

“good.”

Footsteps can be heard everywhere.

Even a fanatic will sense that something is wrong.

He left the place in a hurry.

Beyond the gradually disappearing gray-white area, the Defender’s companion still stood firm.

“let’s go.”

He hurried his steps, collecting them one by one.

“That’s great.”

As each hunter joins, the number of respectful looks also increases.

“Professor. Just hearing the name, I thought it was something great······. Only two people in the world can do that.”

“No, I took care of it by myself.”

I looked around.

There is not one.

He is a fanatic.

“Where did you go?”

Only then did the Defender’s team members discover that the fanatic was gone.

“Huh? I fainted and fell over.”

“I know.”

That’s why killing was right.

Blocking the variable itself is the best method for our hunters.

But what’s already missed is already missed.

I quickened my pace.

Clank-

Every 50 meters, a member of the Defender’s team placed a claymore.

It appears to be infrared-sensitive, as red rays flash across the hazy darkness.

The friend wearing the gas mask looked at me and said.

“After a few tastes, your soul will be blown away.”

The safety of the rear is good, but there is a catch.

This is Iharuda.

Dozens of monster-guided explosives flew toward Iharu.

I felt the shockwave echo a few times after that, but that was it.

I tried to contact Iharu, but he didn’t respond.

I asked while walking briskly.

“Does anyone know what happened to Awaken?”

As expected, there is no one.

“······.”

Have we lost one of our precious Awakens?

I was about to sigh as I felt a bitter taste linger in my mouth.

“There. There’s something.”

There is someone ahead.

He is a person.

Two people.

“That?”

The Defender’s eyes flashed.

“Awaken and the Fanatic.”

Yes, that’s right.

Iharu and the fanatics.

A fanatic was holding Iharu, who was covered in blood, from behind and pointing a pistol at Iharu’s temple.

Judging from the surrounding scenery reflected in the lantern, it seems that this area has probably responded to a macrophage-type biological bombardment.

Although he doesn’t appear to have any major injuries, he is injured enough to be covered in blood and, most importantly, is unconscious.

The fanatic found Iharu, took his gun, and held Iharu hostage while waiting for us.

“개새끼. 씨발놈들. 천벌 받은 씹새끼들!”

The days when I was cosplaying as a church member were better.

It was really hard to listen to the vulgar curses flowing from his bruised, swollen, and twisted face.

“you.”

The fanatic glared at me with his half-closed, swollen eyes, blackened with bruises, and pointed with his finger.

“You little punk. You dare kill the messenger of God? You will be punished by heaven. You will not be able to blend in as one.”

The defender whispered next to him.

“What are you waiting for? Let’s just kill them both.”

He shook his head.

Regardless of Iharu’s personal character or actions, she is a valuable regular Awaken.

If used well and trained well, it can do more than I can.

For a moment I felt a little surprised that I was even thinking this.

“······.”

okay.

I still have the will to win.

Knowing the end, knowing the future that will come.

It seems that humanity still hasn’t stopped imagining victory.

“Put down your weapons and come here.”

The fanatic threatened Iharu with a gun pointed at his temple.

“Skeleton.”

Sent a sign to the defender.

I slowly bent down and put my gun down while he stood behind me.

At the same time, the defender silently tossed the knife into the palm of his hand, exactly at a blind spot out of sight of the fanatic.

Accurate toss.

He held both his hands up and put his razor blade behind his head.

A smile appears on the fanatic’s swollen, torn lips.

“Yeah. Yeah. You son of a bitch. Come here! Come here!”

I approached slowly.

and.

Whirlyrick-

One beat faster, he quickly threw the dagger he had hidden in his palm and upper arm upward.

“?”

While the cultist was unaware of what was happening, the dagger drew a rather comical high arc,

Phew-

It hit the nail on the head of a fanatic who didn’t know English.

bang!

The fingertips, out of awareness, shoot, but the bullets merely cut meaninglessly through the darkness.

He supported the body of the collapsing Iharu and stared at the dying fanatic.

The fanatic, whose vision was already blurry, stretched out his convulsive hand and tried to say something.

I ignored it and passed by.

Three beliefs collided.

My faith is not particularly lofty or miraculous.

Just this day, Iharu placed the heavy stone of faith on the fragile foundation of prejudice, while the fanatic placed his faith on a solid rock, but he simply waited for that faith to come true.

In my case, I got through it.

Let my faith be fulfilled by itself.

That’s the difference.

Kwakwakwang!!!!!

A loud noise is heard from far away.

He’s a big guy.

I think I need to hurry my steps a bit more.

I don’t want to get caught up in the aftermath, but I want to see the face of the great Awaken as soon as possible.

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