Lotte World
Three days had passed. Lotte World.
From early morning, Ko Jaehyun and thirty people gathered before the Lotte World dungeon.
"Alright, final headcount. Is Lee Seo-jin present?"
"Yes! I'm here."
"Kim Do-woon?"
"Yes, I've arrived."
Ko Jaehyun began personally verifying the roster of those participating in the raid.
The people assembled here were elite warriors he had painstakingly selected.
They were fighters with levels exceeding fifteen, making them ace-level high-level warriors for the current era.
In other words, most of the top fighters from the Songjeong area had gathered here.
After confirming twenty-eight names, Ko Jaehyun continued.
"Finally, Kang Dohun and Kang Dohyun."
When the brothers were called, the two of them raised their hands lightly.
"With both of you participating, all thirty are confirmed."
Ko Jaehyun finished verifying the raid participants and the reserve personnel.
Once the headcount was complete, Ko Jaehyun divided the people into five groups.
"From here to here is the South Infiltration Team. Those of you here are North Infiltration. This side is West Infiltration. Next, you go East. The remaining people are the Reserve Team."
Excluding Kang Dohyun, nineteen people were divided into infiltration teams entering from the north, south, east, and west, while the remaining ten were the reserve team to be deployed if necessary.
"I will command the South Infiltration Team. Lee Seo-jin will handle the North Infiltration Team. Kim Do-woon will be in charge of the West Infiltration Team. And I will entrust the command of the East Infiltration Team to Kang Dohun."
And finally, for the remaining Kang Dohyun.
"Kang Dohyun has agreed to hold independent operational authority. So he will operate freely on his own."
At the news that Kang Dohyun, whom they had never seen before, would operate freely, one of the raid participants raised their hand and asked.
"That person... how extraordinary is he to operate alone?"
It was a somewhat rude question, but given the dangerous and special objective of a dungeon raid, it was a question that could arise.
As others also wore expressions of curiosity, Ko Jaehyun hesitated briefly on how to answer. But then.
"I am quite high-level, and I possess many special abilities that you do not have."
"....."
Since everyone here prided themselves on being elites, the claim of being high-level alone was not convincing. So Kang Dohyun added.
"I suppose I'll have to show you my abilities directly."
And he pulled a shotgun pistol out of his inventory in real-time.
"!"
Everyone was greatly surprised to see an object, specifically a pistol, appearing out of thin air. But.
"This isn't all, is it?"
Kang Dohyun demonstrated loading the shotgun pistol not with normal bullets, but with qi bullets.
*What? Those aren't normal bullets.*
*He made bullets out of qi from his hand.*
It was strange enough that special bullets made of qi were being loaded, but when he aimed the gun at a nearby wall and fired.
"Clack, Bang!"
The immense power of the shotgun attack shattered the small wall beside him. With a one-shot kill effect applied to the shotgun blast, the wall was reduced to pieces.
"....."
Everyone fell into instant silence.
"He is a truly outstanding expert whom I have worked hard to recruit."
At Ko Jaehyun's brief additional explanation, everyone nodded in acknowledgment.
The Lotte World dungeon raid strategy was already known to everyone.
Ko Jaehyun had explained the plan so many times over the past few days that the raid participants were sick of hearing it.
So each infiltration team member moved to their designated location with their team leader and began waiting for the entry time.
The agreed time to enter the dungeon was 11:00 AM.
However, Kang Dohyun entered the Lotte World dungeon through the yellow barrier thirty minutes early.
You have entered the dungeon.
As Kang Dohyun entered the dungeon, the view of the stopped amusement park came into sight first.
*Fortunately, the number of zombies doesn't look too high.*
At least, the number of zombies visible to the naked eye wasn't large. So he checked with scent detection.
*There aren't many in the south for now.*
However, Lotte World was large, so he immediately summoned a drone.
*Whir.*
And he rode the drone to patrol the dungeon.
He slowly circled the Lotte World dungeon once. While doing so, he checked with scent detection.
*No special undead for now.*
No special undead were detected.
*The number of zombies is about a thousand.*
It wasn't exact, but the number of zombies he sensed was around a thousand.
*The dungeon's terrain isn't bad. No, this is actually good.*
Since it was an amusement park, there were wide spaces and few buildings, so even the terrain was favorable.
The overall assessment was that, being a yellow barrier dungeon, the difficulty was on the easy side. So there was nothing particularly to watch out for.
*But, this is based on my standards.*
Kang Dohyun considered where it might be difficult for others and moved on the drone.
The place Kang Dohyun arrived at on the drone was the roof of a tall building in the East entrance area of Lotte World, where the most zombies were gathered.
And.
*Thwack, Thump! Thwack, Thump!*
He began eliminating zombies one by one from a high place using a crossbow.
*As long as I'm careful here, there shouldn't be much danger elsewhere.*
So, he began killing zombies in the East area first with ranged attacks.
At 11:00 AM, four assault teams entered simultaneously from the north, south, east, and west.
Ko Jaehyun entered from the south. When he and his three party members entered the dungeon.
*It's surprisingly quiet.*
There weren't many zombies in the south area. So he and his party members prioritized eliminating the zombies around the spinning teacups, then took out a map.
"We'll move slowly toward the center."
Since it was agreed that if they could advance from the entered region, they would move toward the center, Ko Jaehyun moved toward the center with his party members.
The assault teams that infiltrated from the west and the north were in similar situations.
Since the number of zombies in the infiltrated regions wasn't overwhelming, both assault teams slowly eliminated the visible zombies while entering the center.
However, the situation for the East assault team was very different.
When Kang Dohun, who was in charge of the East assault team, entered from the east with his temporary party members.
*Grrr!*
There were a tremendous number of zombies at the east, which was the Lotte World entrance.
"Defend! Defend!"
First, two party members who had prepared large shields pushed back the zombies holding shields on both sides. Then in the center.
*Thump, Slash!*
Kang Dohun and the remaining two party members swung their weapons to eliminate the zombies.
*There are too many.*
Kang Dohun was flustered.
The zombies filling his field of view—he could have fought them with guerrilla tactics while running if he were alone, but now he was with party members.
In this situation, the party members were actually a burden to him. But, fortunately.
*Thump! Thump! Thump!*
There was supporting fire in the area where the party was fighting.
"As expected, hyung!"
The person waving from a high place, Kang Dohyun, provided supporting ranged attacks using a crossbow to help the party members, and thanks to that, the party began eliminating zombies while maintaining formation and moving little by little.
Ko Jaehyun's South Infiltration Team arrived at the center of Lotte World, where the carousel was, first.
"We'll hold this position and wait."
As Ko Jaehyun's party members waited while eliminating zombies in front of the carousel.
"Jaehyun-nim."
"Seo-jin-ssi, you've worked hard."
After a short while, the North Infiltration Team also arrived at the center. And after waiting again.
"We've arrived."
"Good to have you here. Any casualties?"
"No."
Kim Do-woon's West Infiltration Team also arrived at the carousel.
Three infiltration teams had arrived at the center in just thirty minutes, but since the East Infiltration Team hadn't come yet, Ko Jaehyun made a quick judgment.
"There must be many enemies in the east. Then we'll move to the east as well."
The warriors including Ko Jaehyun immediately moved toward the east, facing the main gate of Lotte World.
Thirty minutes. Short if you think of it as short, but if you think of it as time to hunt hundreds of zombies, it was a very long time.
"Huff.. huff.. huff.."
The breathing of the party members attacking without rest had become very ragged.
"Hold on! Hold on longer!"
Kang Dohun worked hard to encourage the party members, but their hands were already trembling.
"Ugh!"
The party members holding large shields to withstand the pressure also showed signs of struggling as the zombies continued to push against their bodies.
*Damn it, is there no other way.*
Ultimately, Kang Dohun made a decision.
"Everyone hold this position. Understood!"
After instructing the party members, he broke away from the formation alone. And while performing flashy consecutive kicks, he smashed the zombies' heads.
*Thump, Thump, Slash!*
"You bastards! Come at me! Come at me!!"
As Kang Dohun shouted to draw aggro, more zombies focused on him, and he began moving toward the center while killing the zombies.
*Dohun is working hard. I'll help make it a bit easier for him.*
Kang Dohyun continued providing supporting fire with a crossbow from the building above, supporting his younger brother as he led the zombies toward the center.