86. Jeungpyeong Hotel Complex (3)
86. Jeungpyeong Hotel Complex (3)
Midnight has passed.
The dawn of the 14th.
Hotel Village.
A place where hotels are lined up along a single road; a place where you wonder why the hell it even exists.
A place where hotels are lined up like this probably wouldn't have done good business, and what's even in Jeungpyeong?
Who knows.
It's been 5 months since the apocalypse, after all.
Whether it was doing well or not at the time of the incident, one thing is certain: there was a hotel village here, and a warlord group formed around it.
'To be precise, it was built by a Barricade ability user.'
Normally, they should have been living like the folks at Cheonan University or the GP Biotech factory, but since it was far away, and to establish a self-sufficient system, the warlord group built an independent regime starting in March.
Honestly, I do have the urge to snatch this place up, but...
You can't change a place that was rotten from the start.
'It would be nice to have a place right between here and the logistics center.'
A place where someone with power holds full authority, but manages their subordinates well enough that no dissatisfaction arises.
I'm sure I'll find one if I look.
I flew to the roof of an unnamed hotel.
Jeungpyeong Hotel Village.
A place surrounded by darkness.
I sent a piece of metal flying to pierce the head of a yawning soldier.
ㅡTeok
The man falls to the floor.
A man looking the other way nearby turns around at the sound.
"Huh? Uh...?"
ㅡTak
I subdue the soldier.
I tie his arms and legs and gag him, just like I'm used to.
"Ugh...!"
"I'll untie this, but if you try anything funny, you die."
ㅡCheolkeok
I picked up a rifle.
It's more effective than invisible powers.
Superpowers combined with a rifle is the best combo.
ㅡKkeudeudeudeuk
"If you scream, or say something I didn't ask, well. Handle yourself well. Nod if you understand."
The soldier nods.
I drag the soldier to a blind spot.
I untie his mouth.
"Where is Lieutenant Colonel Kim Sang-chul?"
"H-he's at the Line Hotel."
Line Hotel.
The best hotel at the end of the village center.
"Do you know the exact location?"
"Yes. He's on the top floor..! The suite room..!"
"Good."
So Young-jin-ssi wasn't lying.
Not that he seemed like the type to lie based on the state he was in here, but you never know.
There are a few more pieces of information I need to know.
They didn't send all the ability users here, so that means there might be better ones.
"You have ability users here, right?"
"Yes?"
"The strong ones. Like that Captain Chan-hyeok's paralysis ability. Name all the ones you know."
The man hesitates.
"Not doing it?"
His body tightens.
The man writhes in terror.
"I, I'll do it..! F-first... Lieutenant Chan-yeong has a binding ability, Second Lieutenant Min-ji has an enhancement ability. Also, Lieutenant Ju-min has a taming ability. Sergeant First Class Sang-min has a barrier ability."
"What's an enhancement ability?"
"It, it can enhance other people's bodies. Enough to fight the Infected. You know the arm enhancement ability? Like that..."
"Ah, you enhance others. What's the level?"
"I don't know."
It's good, but vague.
"What about the barrier?"
"It, it's an ability that creates a barrier that blocks guns and stuff. It blocks most monster attacks too."
"Really? It blocks guns? So it blocks everything?"
"No. It breaks if it takes more than a certain amount of impact."
"How much?"
"It breaks after a burst of gunfire."
Nice.
I just need to know the level.
"What's the level?"
"I don't know that."
"Are they the only ones?"
"Uh... that's all I know. Oh, aside from combat abilities, there are two others. Lieutenant Colonel Kim Sang-chul has an area surveillance ability. Major Jung-hyeon has a barricade ability."
What a shame.
I would have taken them if they were civilians, not soldiers.
"Really? I know one more."
"Y-yes?"
"The communication ability user. Ha-yoon. Isn't she here?"
"Uh... that woman is dead."
"...Dead?"
Why would a communication ability user die?
Isn't she an important person?
"Why did she die?"
"It was announced that she died a few days ago. I don't know the reason."
"Is that so."
Communication users are high-value personnel. One of the reasons I thought about watching this place on day one was because of the communication ability user.
But such a person is dead.
'She couldn't have died by accident.'
There's a reason.
I kill the soldier and move across the hotel roofs.
I have a radio, but there's no point since I'm going to kill everyone anyway.
I extracted more information from a few soldiers.
Lieutenant Colonel Kim Sang-chul and key personnel are at the Line Hotel.
And most of the soldiers live at the Sei Hotel in front. There are less than 100 of them.
'That's plenty.'
If there were more, it would be hard to maintain the group.
I head to the Line Hotel. There's no reason to sneak inside anymore.
ㅡDalkak
A quiet hotel top floor.
It's not that great, even if they call it a suite room or top floor, since it's in Jeungpyeong.
It's just a hotel, maybe just a little nicer?
Still, they decorated the hallway and surroundings to look fancy to show off that it's a suite room.
"W-what is this...!"
"Gurgle!"
Two soldiers standing guard.
Wow, are they really posting guards at the suite room because they think they're hot shit?
Well, it's a group you can't really call an army anymore. They're warlords.
This is the only place where voices are coming from.
A quiet room.
ㅡ!@$!$
ㅡW-what's going on?
ㅡI'll go check.
ㅡWhat are these bastards doing again.
I know exactly where they are.
Women's voices coming from inside. And the voices of two middle-aged men.
Seriously, these bastards never change.
'Well, once they grab power and become warlord heads, it's expected.'
I opened the suite room door.
A woman in a negligee right in front.
"Kyaaa...!"
I pierced the head of the woman trying to scream. She dies spewing blood.
I looked behind.
A transparent bathroom and a large bed right in view. There was a large living room to the side, but that's meaningless.
Two women.
Two men.
Two women are stuck right to the men.
Seriously, are they having a gangbang with 3 women and 2 men?
I really don't get it.
"Kyaaaaaa!"
As I was doing that, the woman screams because of the corpse.
She's shaking.
In the middle, two naked middle-aged men are sitting there with flushed faces.
Though the alcohol effect probably wore off quickly.
"......"
"Are you Kim Sang-chul? Or are you?"
I knew from the photo, but I asked anyway.
The men don't answer.
I asked the two women.
"Is he Kim Sang-chul?"
"U-ugh, sob, s-save..."
The woman's head was pierced again.
The woman next to her is choking.
The men are just frowning.
Did they not understand the situation?
As I was doing that, the middle-aged man next to them speaks.
"I am Major Jung-hyeon of the 37th Division. Who are you? Did IN send you? Even so, this act is our..."
Major Jung-hyeon's head is pierced.
I asked the living woman again.
"If he's Jung-hyeon, is he Kim Sang-chul?"
"Y-yes, that's right...!"
The head of the woman who answered is pierced.
"!!!!!!"
Lieutenant Colonel Kim Sang-chul is keeping his mouth shut.
Does keeping his mouth shut make him look cool?
It's meaningless.
Because Seo-yoon is here.
I floated him into the air and came outside.
#
ㅡ!!!!!!!!!!!
ㅡKugugugu
Black smoke rises into the black sky.
It's easy now that I've collapsed buildings a few times.
I collapsed both the Line Hotel and the Sei Hotel.
ㅡ!@$!@$
ㅡ!@$!@$
Screams are heard through the darkness.
Terrible, painful screams.
I killed everyone rushing out of the building.
They can't leave the barricade anyway.
Of course, some might have realized the situation and fled, but looking at the state of this place, the guards don't seem like they have strong abilities.
They were probably just drinking and having sex with women like Kim Sang-chul here.
ㅡ!!!!!!!!!
Civilians in the barracks look on in horror.
Of course, the barracks weren't safe either.
I smashed one of the hotels near the barracks and dropped it on top of them.
ㅡ!@$!@$
ㅡ!@$!
Civilians dying.
That's not the only problem.
Infected are swarming from all around.
Well, it would be strange if they didn't come after hearing buildings collapse.
ㅡTang!
ㅡTang!
ㅡTatattatang!
I hear gunshots from somewhere like a checkpoint.
Soon, that died down too.
ㅡKieeee!
ㅡKieek!
I don't think I need to bother with the civilians.
The number of Infected swarming is higher than expected. Well, even if this place is a bit away from Jeungpyeong, it's not completely isolated from the city like our I-Pension.
If I leave them like this, they'll just all die.
'Well, there are soldiers alive, in their own way.'
Even though there are barricades, there are quite a few empty spaces because there have to be passages for cars to come and go.
And since the barricade user died, no new barricades were being set up.
I saw the barrier ability user in front and shot him.
ㅡPeok
The man falls.
ㅡ!@$!@$
ㅡ!@$
People around are shouting something, but I killed them all too.
The only thing left is the enhancement ability.
'Can't see the enhancement user.'
Well, it's an ability to enhance others. It doesn't matter if the soldiers all die.
For now, I killed everyone in military uniforms.
ㅡKieeee!
ㅡKieee!
Endless swarms of Infected.
'Well, it would be strange if they didn't swarm when buildings collapse in a quiet night.'
The hotel village itself was controlling things with checkpoints, but there's no answer when Infected swarm in droves.
ㅡTatattatang!
I can see soldiers shooting.
The last place left is the checkpoint behind the Line Hotel.
Funny enough, that paralysis ability user... whatever, the Captain who was beating Kim Young-jin is killing Infected with his ability and a gun.
Maybe he has enough ammo, as he's holding off the Infected with a dozen soldiers next to him.
Paralysis.
It is a good ability.
It's an ability I would have been caught by if I didn't have superpowers and hadn't brought proper information.
That's why I aimed and killed him.
ㅡPik
The man falls with a hole in his head.
Now this place is all cleaned up.
There are civilians gathered over there fighting the Infected, but no special ones are visible.
Time to go back.
I took Kim Sang-chul and returned to the vehicle I had parked.
This side was a place where there was no noise, so there were few Infected on the road.
ㅡKkiik
The car with Kim Sang-chul headed to I-Pension.