Infected - Chapter 541



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Side story episode 28

“Look, this dog guys!”

A man with red eyes brandished a machete.

As Seonwoo lowered his posture, the machete passed over his head and shattered the side mirror.

Kwajik!

Seonwoo’s impression after dodging the first attack was that it was ‘fast’.

It was different from the enemies we had faced so far.

Who the hell are these people?

Seonwoo, who had been lowering his posture, straightened his knees and slashed both of the man’s wrists in succession.

Between the gushing streams of blood.

The dagger that advanced in a straight line cut off his windpipe.

In close combat, you should attack the head, not the neck or stomach.

Otherwise, you’ll have to fight zombies that appear from unexpected places.

Seonwoo pulled out his dagger and pushed away the enemy rushing from the left with his shoulder!

The attack with the weight of my body pushed me back so much that I rolled on the ground.

The baptism of the great sword approaches with such a fear that it is hard to turn around.

Seonwoo tilted his neck slightly, passed the tip of his sword, and then dug straight into his opponent’s arms.

I was just trying to stab the lower jaw.

Enemies who found an opening behind me attacked me with a barrage of attacks.

Quickly grab the enemy by the collar, change direction, and use it as a shield.

Pok! Pok!

Because of this, the enemies ended up killing their allies unintentionally.

The moment when you are shocked by the fact that you stabbed your own ally.

Seonwoo, who didn’t miss the gap, quickly passed between them.

Two people fall down while grabbing each other’s necks at the same time.

He was holding onto his severed artery and going crazy, when Gaon appeared out of nowhere and pierced his temple.

With a moment of free time, Seonwoo quickly scanned the battlefield.

It still took some time for the friendly forces coming down from the ridge to arrive.

The surrounding area was a mess, with enemies and friendly forces fighting in close combat.

Seonwoo, who saw his platoon members being pushed back little by little, kicked the enemy who was rushing towards him and retreated.

Rescue was the priority now, rather than destruction.

One of the platoon members screamed as he was stabbed in the shoulder.

The moment the tip of the sword, rising with blood, was about to stab my chest.

Seonwoo appeared like a flash of lightning, grabbed the bastard’s hair, and stabbed his lower jaw.

As the blade catches the bone, he turns without hesitation and pushes it all the way in.

Boom! Boom!

A creepy, horrible sound echoed around.

The bastard let out his last breath with his mouth wide open.

His desperate struggle to save his platoon continued after that.

Seonwoo’s attacks were simple and intuitive.

Primitive but deadly attacks dominated, making up for lack of skill with brute force.

It was the complete opposite of Gaon, who added a little bit of power to his unconventional skills, agility, and innate senses.

Bang!

The machete and dagger clashed, creating a faint spark.

If it were Gaon, he would have avoided it and countered.

However, Seonwoo showed off his brute strength by pushing away the machete with a dagger using his broad shoulders and strong lower body.

At first glance, it seemed like he was pushing with force, but in reality, he was pushing with his lower body.

“Eww!”

The eyes of the enemy who was screaming widen.

When Seonwoo, who had been pushed back for a moment, straightened his knees, my back was bent in return.

I tried to overcome it by swearing, but my already broken back would not straighten.

Seonwoo turns his body like a pinwheel and stabs the back of the head.

I just passed by after poking him, but blood was flowing out of the back of his head.

He regained his composure and looked around once again.

The enemies kept coming back no matter how many times we killed them.

It’s not that there were too many of us, it’s that our allies were too few.

When on earth will the main force arrive?

Seonwoo’s gaze passed the blood-covered faces and headed toward the ridge.

Our troops, who had just descended the ridge, were attacking the rear.

At that moment, one side of the front line that was barely holding on collapsed.

As three of our platoon members died at the same time, we quickly began to be surrounded.

Although friendly forces arrived, it took time for them to reach deep into the front lines.

If we leave it like this, we will be brutally slaughtered by enemies closing in from all sides.

So, someone had to step up and guard the collapsing line.

But I couldn’t afford that.

“asleep!”

The sharp blade that flew in without fail aimed for Seonwoo’s neck.

Could it be that my brief moment of distraction was the cause of the trouble?

A heavy sword passed through Seonwoo’s shoulder, who had miscalculated the angle.

“… … !”

A spark flew into Seonwoo’s eyes, which had been calm and collected.

He knocked away the flying greatsword again and snapped his wrist to snatch the weapon away.

Then he grabbed her by the neck and stabbed her in several vital points.

Pok! Pok! Pok! Pok!

The sight was so brutal that the approaching enemy hesitated and retreated.

Seonwoo, drenched in blood, checks the battlefield as a habit.

In the distance, our troops were advancing like a tidal wave, slaughtering the enemy.

From now on, it will be at most thirty seconds.

The problem was the enemies rushing in from one side.

If I wanted to save even one more person, I had no choice but to jump in among them and buy time.

Seonwoo bit the dagger in his mouth, tore his clothes, and wrapped them around the wound on his shoulder to stop the bleeding.

The blood on the dagger dripped onto the floor.

His face, completely covered in red except for the whites of his eyes, turns towards his enemies.

Right then.

Someone came running like a comet, breaking the line and blocking the advancing enemies.

It was Gaon.

She took off her torn combat uniform and began to stir around the battlefield in sleeveless clothing.

With one kick, his jaw turned, and as soon as his foot touched the ground, he rose up and did a spinning kick.

Enemies armed with weapons that can kill a person in one blow.

But Gaon’s kick was faster.

A feast of crazy techniques using both feet continues.

Even in that short moment, Gaon accurately calculated the distance to the enemy and his weak points.

In an instant, several people rolled over and fell down.

The enemies retreated as soon as Gaon’s boots swung through the air.

It was truly an enormous presence.

Phew!

Seonwoo, who finished off the fallen enemy, watches Gaon’s movements absentmindedly.

Why did Zhang Liming emphasize so much genius, and why was he so obsessed with Gaon?

It was a scene where everything was understood at once.

Thanks to this, the platoon members were able to come to their senses and were able to get close enough to see the friendly forces that had attacked from the rear.

The end is beginning to appear.

“under…….”

Seonwoo, who was watching Gaon’s performance, found himself laughing without realizing it.

Because his skills were so unparalleled, there was no room to even approach him to help.

Is this love or longing?

Seonwoo couldn’t be sure of either.

People with different starting points from the beginning.

A person I always wanted to protect, but could only watch over because their innate abilities were different.

To Seonwoo, Gaon was that kind of person.

In this way, the battlefield was quickly cleared.

Enemies blocked by the wall called Gaon were trampled and brutally slaughtered by friendly forces that surged forward like waves.

Now there’s only one left.

In the midst of the bloody slaughter, the lone enemy left slowly retreats.

Then, not long after, we were blocked by a truck.

The moment when he, with his mind made up, was about to commit suicide with venom in his eyes.

Soldiers rushed in from both sides, snatching his weapons away and knocking him to the ground.

Around that time.

I could hear the roar of a car engine.

The reinforcements brought by Eugene and Dotboki had arrived.

* * *

Eugene, Dotted, and the support troops were speechless at the traces of the close combat that had taken place below the ridge.

The battle at the outpost we had recently experienced was so gruesome that it couldn’t even be included in the battle axes.

The surviving platoon members looked like ghosts.

As if red camouflage cream had been applied, the whites of the skin stood out in the blood and pointed towards the two people.

One of them approached, clutching the wound on his side.

“Sergeant… … .”

Eugene and Dotboki’s eyes shook greatly.

Just by looking at the faces lined up in a row, you could tell at a glance who had died and who had survived.

“under…….”

A groan of pain escaped Eugene’s mouth.

I should have sent the platoon.

He should have sent his platoon, not himself and the polka dots.

The platoon members who saw that sight turned their gaze to the floor.

Among the corpses strewn about in a complex manner.

Dead platoon members were seen with their mouths wide open.

Eugene, who had barely approached, caressed her face with trembling hands.

There was still warmth on his face.

“no…….”

I shook my head to deny reality, but the dead had not returned.

Of the twenty members of the platoon, seven were killed.

Thousands of corpses, piled high, from the ridge to the truck line, leaving no room to step.

But Eugene’s eyes only saw the death of his platoon members.

Eugene, who was walking slowly, puts a hand on Gaon’s shoulder.

Then he asked weakly with reddened eyes.

“Why, why did you send me… … . Why on earth… … .”

Instead of answering, Gaon closed his eyes tightly.

Even if I had ten mouths, I would have nothing to say.

Of course, if you look at the results alone, it was an overwhelming victory.

A situation where, if we had made a mistake, we would have been completely wiped out on the ridge.

It could be said that it was a valuable victory created by Gaon’s judgment and commanding ability.

But Gaon couldn’t keep his word.

You said that if you follow me, you can live, and that if you live, your family will also exist.

Even as the support troops were busily moving about providing first aid, the two men stood there blankly, not moving an inch.

Eugene, who had been barely holding back tears, burst out in tears.

All this time, I’ve tried hard to live like an adult because of my position as a platoon leader.

He was just a young man in his early twenties.

Seonwoo, who couldn’t stand to watch, came over and placed a hand on Eugene’s shoulder.

I wanted to comfort you somehow.

“… Still, thanks to Gaon, I only died to this extent. Think positively.”

But what came back was a poisonous reaction.

Eugene, who had been offering a comforting hand, glared at her with bloodshot eyes.

“Think positively?”

“There’s nothing we can do. Look at the enemies we killed. Those people are someone’s family. If you approach it emotionally like that, it’ll never end.”

“… Would you have said that even if the captain was dead?”

“… … .”

Seonwoo couldn’t bring himself to answer.

No, I didn’t think it was worth answering.

Because the only person he could trust and rely on here was Gaon.

I didn’t want to listen to such a ridiculous sentiment.

In some ways, it is a cold-hearted appearance without any humanity.

However, Seonwoo, who was naturally cold, did not open his heart easily to just anyone.

“Answer me, you little punk. Would you say that even if the captain died?”

“Ah, bro. Stop it.”

Although Spotty tried to block his way, Eugene was not in a state where he could have a normal conversation.

“Get out of the way.”

“stop.”

“Vicky!”

“Oh, shit, seriously, why are you like this!”

“…what?”

Eugene’s face trembled with tears in her eyes.

“How long are you going to act so emotionally? It should only last for a day or two! Can’t you see the survivors? If you have time like this, you should console the ones who survived and held on.”

“Hey, you saw the kids die… … .”

“If it weren’t for the captain, we would’ve all died anyway. From the moment the governor decided to go to Seoul, we were all dead. When the time comes, we’ll all be behind, so what difference does it make if we follow him a little faster? To be honest, these guys are still alive because we followed the captain. If we hadn’t, it would’ve been us who were stranded on that road and died, not those punks! We should be thanking the captain, right? No?”

The polka dot pointed to the trucks parked on the straight road and shouted.

Then he looked straight into Eugene’s eyes and continued speaking.

“Don’t just think about what you’ve lost. You’re the platoon leader. The survivors are all looking at you. Yes, I know. You’re a good person. But I wish you’d be a little more calm at times like this. If you’re the platoon leader, I wish you’d think and act like one.”

Eugene, who was about to say something, had his mouth shut.

Because everything Polkadot said was right.

But that didn’t mean the sadness went away.

He slowly turns around and walks away with slumped shoulders.

The platoon members looked at Eugene like that and said nothing.

To them, Eugene was a good commander in another sense.

A person who acts rough on the outside, but is always thinking about themselves.

A mother-like figure who takes care of even the smallest details without fail.

Maybe that’s why.

No matter what Eugene did, his men could not hate him.

Because I know exactly what you’re thinking.

It was possible because I knew very well that there was someone who would be heartbroken more than anyone else.

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