The Empty Sky of NC Department Store
As the sun dipped toward the horizon, Kang Dohyun returned to the base camp in Gijang-gun using his drone.
“Welcome back.”
Kim Su-a had prepared dinner while waiting for his arrival.
“You didn’t eat dinner, did you? Let’s eat together starting now.”
The two of them headed into the tent and began eating.
Kim Su-a had prepared the dinner with great effort, but Kang Dohyun ate mechanically while his mind raced elsewhere.
*How am I going to do this?*
*Just take down the twelfth floor would be enough, but I can’t just take down the twelfth floor alone.*
*In the end, I’ll have to create a disturbance at the first floor to draw everyone’s attention, then infiltrate and take care of the twelfth.*
While eating, Kang Dohyun’s plan took shape.
He looked at Kim Su-a in front of him and said,
“Tomorrow, could you help me a little?”
“Yes, I’ll do my best.”
Kim Su-a was very eager to assist.
The next morning, Kang Dohyun began roaming around Gijang.
The items he needed were bulky yet plentiful.
Since he wanted to store up to ninety-nine of each item in a single inventory slot, he walked around searching for the appropriate ones.
After wandering for a while, he found exactly what he needed at the local library.
*This desk is perfect.*
Study desks lined up in the reading room—dozens of the same model—were collected and placed into his inventory.
Once he had found and gathered everything he wanted, Kim Su-a had also performed her role well.
“Is this okay?”
A large speaker-equipped radio—how loud was it? After testing it once…
♪! ♪! ♫!
“Wow!”
It was an extremely loud radio.
“Well done.”
Kim Su-a smiled, pulling out other items he had requested as well. As he praised her, a smile never left her face.
Kang Dohyun liked the way Kim Su-a laughed brightly. So he naturally moved closer to her.
“Right now?”
“Why? You don’t want to?”
Kim Su-a shook her head in response to his question. After all, she wasn’t against sleeping with him.
At first it had been forced, but the more they did it, the better it felt between them. And she was beginning to enjoy it too.
Thus, they stripped naked, and his member slid straight into her pussy.
*Thud!*
“Ahh…”
She let out a sweet cry.
“It feels so good. Haa… My body… Eh! Use me as you like. Haa!”
She even clung to him tighter, and Kang Dohyun used her body exactly as he pleased.
That day was a rest. The next morning, Kang Dohyun flew his drone toward NC Department Store.
It was early, but many hunters had already gathered around the department store. Kang Dohyun carefully landed his drone on the rooftop.
*Just wait one hour, then we start.*
Since it was best if as many people as possible were away from the department store, he waited for the department store group to leave for hunting and prepared accordingly.
One hour passed. The sun was higher in the sky when Kang Dohyun launched the operation.
*Is the fix good?*
A large speaker radio was taped to a summoned drone. He pressed the play button.
“… ”
No sound yet. The empty space was now recording, so music would begin exactly ten minutes later.
He launched the drone far away. Its destination was a nearby large apartment complex.
Ten minutes later, the radio in the drone at the apartment complex played.
♪~! ♪! ♪! ♩~! ♫!
An extremely loud piece of music blared. Immediately…
*Grrrr.*
The zombies inside the apartment began rushing toward the drone. And…
*Clang!*
Due to the noise, not only the zombies on the ground but also those inside the building broke through windows and fell to the floor, rushing toward the drone.
*Grrr…*
In an instant, over three hundred zombies swarmed the drone. But since the drone was at a suitable height, the zombies couldn’t reach it.
Once enough zombies had gathered, the drone began moving.
Slowly… very slowly… while moving, it gathered more zombies from other apartments.
Thus, the drone carried over a thousand zombies as it moved slowly.
Accompanied by the loud music, the drone descended to the road, leading the zombies.
The zombies around the road also began following the music and moving with the drone, a massive horde trailing behind.
The drone moved slowly toward its destination: NC Department Store.
The movement of the drone heading to NC Department Store was observed from everywhere.
At the twelfth floor of NC Department Store, the department store group’s headquarters staff were casually eating breakfast. But their peace didn’t last long.
“Zombies are approaching!”
A subordinate’s report that zombies were coming made Tae-jin, one of the core members of the headquarters, shout.
“What? Zombies are coming? Then we can just stop them.”
“However, the number is abnormal. And at the front, there’s something strange making a huge sound.”
Hearing the report, Seo Dohyun peeked out the window.
“Wow…”
The drone was slowly approaching NC Department Store, surrounded by over a thousand zombies.
“Brother, this is weird. There are an absurdly large number of zombies rushing toward us abnormally.”
“Really? … But even if there are a lot, they’re still just zombies, right?”
That was correct. No matter the number, they were zombies. Defending against them alone wouldn’t be impossible for a group like the NC Department Store group that had strong combat power.
“Jun-ho, you go down and take command.”
“Understood.”
Following Tae-jin’s order, the man named Jun-ho, who had been sent to report, left with his subordinate.
As the drone arrived at NC Department Store, over a thousand zombies began attacking the building.
*Grrrr!*
*Boom! Boom! Boom!*
The entrance on the first floor was blocked, and windows were boarded with wood, but when countless zombies hit at once, the wood began to break.
“Hold the line!”
At the broken sections, combat personnel of the department store group moved to defend.
Thus, a battle between over a thousand zombies and the department store group’s defense began on the first floor.
While the first floor echoed with the fight between department store group combatants and zombies, Kang Dohyun began his main action.
He descended from the rooftop and entered the twelfth floor. From his inventory, he took out one desk he had prepared in advance and threw it.
*Bang! Bang!*
He tossed desks down the stairs from the twelfth to the eleventh floor.
The sound of the desks being thrown reached the twelfth floor as well. So…
“What the heck?”
A man came out of the fitness center to check the stairs.
*Thud!*
“Gurgh!”
Before he could see clearly, a power bolt struck his face and he left the world.
Kang Dohyun entered the fitness center.
A fully armed Kang Dohyun with a crossbow entered the fitness center.
“… ”
The department store group headquarters on the twelfth floor, otherwise known as Japanese spies, showed surprised expressions.
“Who are you?”
“What? You’re intruding alone?”
“Take care of him!”
Kang Dohyun had ranged weapons, but facing multiple opponents, attacking with numbers was the correct way.
So seven of them rushed at him.
*Thung, thud! Thung, thud!*
Power bolts struck the bodies of two of them as they ran. The remaining five still rushed in with weapons drawn. But…
*Clang, boom!*
The unexpected attack caused Kang Dohyun to pull out the shotgun from his pocket and fire. Small bullets embedded in all five bodies.
“Ugh!”
“Ack!”
“Aaaa!”
The bullets, though small, applied the ‘One-Shot’ trait, delivering enormous damage. The five became instantly combat-ineffective.
*It’s still easy.*
The headquarters of the department store group—mostly high-level warriors around level ten—were elite fighters at the time, but they were still far inferior to Kang Dohyun.
Seven became instantly combat-ineffective. And they were high-level people.
“… ”
Twelve people remained on the twelfth floor, but they moved while keeping a lookout.
Kang Dohyun looked at all of them and said,
“Surrender. If you do, I’ll spare your lives.”
Hearing that their lives would be spared, the twelve hesitated.
“But if you resist, I’ll do this.”
The five who had been hit by the shotgun weren’t dead yet. But as Kang Dohyun walked around swinging his axe…
*Thud!*
“Gyaak!”
He severed one life after another. Among the five were Tae-jin, the core of the group and one of the most important spies.
Thus, the seven who had dared to approach Kang Dohyun all lost their lives. And…
“I’m not here to kill you. I came for something. So surrender willingly.”
The words carried weight. So one man went first.
“I surrender.”
Leading the way, the others discarded their weapons, raised their hands, and all declared surrender.
Kang Dohyun took ropes and cable ties from his bag. And…
“If you want to live, stay still.”
He securely tied the twelve’s hands and feet with cable ties and ropes. As he bound them, he checked their faces.
*All of them are beautiful.*
There were six women among the twelve, all exceptionally attractive. It was because beautiful women from Japan had been sent to Korea as spies.
*Too bad, but it can’t be helped.*
Thinking that way while binding the people…
*Eh? This woman?*
One woman’s face looked familiar.
“Your name is Chaerin?”
“Eh? Y-yes! That’s my name. How did you know my name?”
Rechecked from her face, voice, and the way she smiled flirtatiously even in this situation.
*It’s Sakura Mizuki here.*
Confirmed that there was a very valuable woman here as well.
He bound all twelve. Once their hands and feet were secured, the first man who had surrendered asked.
“What do you want? Food, supplies—anything you want, we’ll give.”
He proposed a trade, but Kang Dohyun smiled.
“Trading is fine. But the deal I want is simple.”
He raised the axe and smashed the head of the first surrendering man.
*Crack!*
“Gyaah!!”
Instant death with one blow. As the man died, the others, at first surprised, began struggling desperately.
“If we surrender, you said you wouldn’t kill us!”
“Spare us! We’ll give you anything!”
“Why are you like this? Calm down!”
Everyone panicked and tried to plead or persuade, but Kang Dohyun, still holding the axe,
“What I want is your lives.”
The surrender was intended to prevent any of them from escaping during the fight. His true goal was extermination. That’s why he lied.
The high-level spies of the department store group—likely all here—would feel at ease only after being killed.
Kang Dohyun ignored the pleas and struggles and swung the axe again.
*Thud, thud! Crack!*
One swing took one life. Thus—
- You have obtained 655 Zombie Coins -
A decent amount of Zombie Coins was gained.
Of course.
*It’s a waste.*
A woman with an extremely beautiful face pleading, “Please spare me! I’ll do anything!” was a bit unfortunate. But still,
*Crack!*
He swung the axe at her head too, taking her life. Thus—
- You have obtained 717 Zombie Coins -
He felt he had killed high-level fighters carrying a good amount of Zombie Coins properly.
All twelve people on the twelfth floor were dead within thirty minutes. Except for Chaerin.
“… ”
Chaerin, the only one left alive, looked at Kang Dohyun thinking she would also die, but his reaction was slightly different.
“You have value to exist, so I’ll spare your life. However…”
Saying that, Kang Dohyun lifted her, who was bound, like luggage.
“From now on, you are my sex slave.”
Then Kang Dohyun flew back up to the rooftop with her.
From the rooftop, the first floor of NC Department Store was still in fierce battle with the zombies.
“You’ve all worked hard.”
As he watched the first floor like a spectator,
- The first person in Korea to collapse a foreign power has been acquired. -
- Achievement: ‘Person who first collapsed a foreign power in Korea’ obtained. -
- Effect of the achievement: Attack power increases against people of other countries. -
“Huh?”
An unexpected achievement was added. Even though the NC Department Store group wasn’t completely destroyed yet.
*The department store group is no longer a Japanese power.*
Kang Dohyun thought proudly and summoned the drone.
*Whoosh…*
Boarding the summoned drone with Chaerin in his arms, he rose and headed toward the base camp.
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