The Taekwondo Girl
Kang Dohyun returned to the base camp.
"Zzzzzz"
Inside the tent, Lee Chaerin was asleep.
Whether she'd fallen asleep after masturbating all day, she was lying naked with a vibrator shoved into her ass.
"Ah, the smell."
Sweat, sex fluids, and the stench of decay — Dohyun cracked the tent flap open to air it out, then stepped outside to eat a light dinner.
As he ate, he thought back over today's hunt.
A Level 2 zombie already.
Dohyun was a little surprised that regular zombies had already started evolving into Level 2 variants.
But that doesn't mean there's anything I need to do about it.
He'd reached the conclusion that there was no reason for him to step in personally.
Daegu was first, then? Makes sense — it's a city with a high zombie ratio.
A Level 2 zombie was one that had turned many people into zombies and had lived as a zombie for a long time. The Level 2 zombie Dohyun had killed had been one that had created a large number of zombies in Daegu.
Anyway, I'll need to be more careful when hunting regular zombies from now on.
Level 2 zombies didn't possess outstanding intelligence, but they had roughly the intelligence of a young child. That was why he decided to be cautious.
After dinner, Dohyun sent a message to his brother.
Dohyun and Dohun settled on a meeting place and regrouped at the base camp within ten minutes.
Dohun was impressed when he saw the new base camp.
"Wow, this place is killer."
"Best, right?"
"Yeah, it's the best."
It was a blind spot between the dungeons — an area that no one without aerial transportation could possibly reach.
The two brothers talked at the base camp.
"How was Daegu?"
"It was... not bad."
While Dohyun had scouted Daegu and hunted alone, Dohun had been out on the outskirts of Daegu, running around with other people and hunting zombies in a party.
Neither of them had discovered anything special in the process.
"Then let's clear a dungeon near Daegu and move on."
Dohyun had already identified four dungeons that the brothers could clear together — two light-green dungeons and two yellow ones.
At this suggestion, Dohun hesitated slightly.
"Hyung, I need a little time, actually."
"Why?"
"There's someone I'm interested in."
Dohun hesitated, mentioning someone he was interested in, and then added:
"I want to help that person out for a bit before we leave. It's not just about helping — there's something I can learn from her too."
At his brother's words, Dohyun decided to at least meet this person first.
The next day, Dohyun and Dohun arrived at the athletic field of Gyeongbuk Sports High School in Gyeongsan.
"Hello! I'm Kwon Bomi."
A healthy, athletic girl with long hair in a ponytail, wearing light sportswear — when Dohyun saw Kwon Bomi, he immediately understood why his brother had been hesitating.
She's Dohun's type.
She wasn't stunningly beautiful, but she had a plain, pure, healthy look to her — and a bold, confident demeanor to boot.
Her appearance was like an upgraded version of Lee Gaeun.
Kwon Bomi was a female warrior Dohun had met when he joined a zombie-hunting party in Gyeongsan. And she was —
"Wait, you fight with your fists?"
"Yeah."
She was very pleased to learn that Dohyun used his fists and feet rather than weapons.
"I fight zombies with kicks too!"
She demonstrated a kick with light, nimble footwork.
"I'm a former national taekwondo athlete."
The two of them bonded quickly because of their shared combat style — fists and feet.
As they hunted together, they had a genuinely positive influence on each other.
"Fists... punching! That's so cool!"
Dohun specialized in a hunting style that relied more on fists than kicks, and Bomi drew inspiration from the way Dohun used his fists.
"Your footwork is dazzling. Truly dazzling."
On the other hand, Bomi's nickname was the Taekwondo Girl — a warrior who smashed zombie heads with flashy, varied kicks.
Their combat styles inspired each other.
That was why Dohun and Bomi had grown close so quickly.
After briefly hearing the story of how his brother and Bomi had gotten close, Dohyun asked:
"But why? You need to level up fast?"
Bomi's current level was 17 — a level that could be called elite for a warrior at this point in time. But —
"There are too many factions around here that want to take over our village."
She lived in a rural village on the outskirts of Gyeongsan, and there were too many factions eyeing it, so she needed to grow stronger.
"And everyone needs food, so I have to get stronger to provide for them."
There weren't many people in the village who could fight. More accurately, most of the people who had fought zombies had already left the village.
Bomi was the one responsible for the villagers' food supply. That was why she needed to grow stronger — to earn zombie coins and buy food.
After hearing Bomi's story, Dohyun immediately understood.
She's a pushover.
The villagers were sucking her blood dry, eating the food she risked her life to buy with zombie coins.
Bomi saw Dohyun's expression and added:
"Everyone told me I'm a pushover."
The villagers clinging to this woman in her early twenties — they all told her to wake up and stop being a pushover.
The other warriors in the village had left because they didn't want to become the villagers' punching bag either.
"But I'm fine with it. I'm doing this because I want to."
After her parents divorced, she had settled in this rural village with her father, and she had grown up with the villagers' help during her school years.
Now that even her father had passed away in the apocalypse, she didn't want to abandon this village where her memories remained.
Dohyun, having heard Bomi's story, honestly didn't like this woman with her poor sense of reality.
But —
Honey's dripping from my brother's eyes.
Dohun's eyes were full of affection. The sight of his brother showing interest in another woman — it pleased Dohyun immensely.
When Bomi finished her story, Dohun glanced around and said:
"Hyung, I don't think you'd say no to helping, right?"
From his cold, realistic older brother, he had expected a flat refusal.
Honestly, even Dohun knew the answer to Bomi's situation was to abandon the village. But she had no intention of doing that.
"You want to help?"
Dohun nodded a little timidly. Then —
"Then let's help."
Dohun was surprised when his brother gave an unexpected answer.
He limited the help to reaching Level 20. Once she reached Level 20 and gained a new trait, she would be a step stronger than before.
So Dohyun said to Bomi:
"You know what a dungeon is, right? Want to try clearing one together?"
At Dohyun's suggestion, both Bomi and Dohun were taken aback.
Dohyun, Dohun, and Bomi headed to the outskirts of Daegu.
"Today we'll just check each other's combat power."
He already knew his brother's combat power well, so this was about checking Bomi's.
There were zombies on the outskirts of Daegu, but very few of them.
So when a zombie appeared while they were moving, Bomi —
Whoosh, pow!
—sent its head flying with a clean, powerful spinning kick.
"Wow, that kick was amazing."
"Thank you."
It was indeed a beautiful kick worthy of a former national taekwondo athlete.
Dohyun watched the Taekwondo Girl Bomi hunt eight zombies.
Not bad, but she's a downgraded version of Dohun.
A warrior who could only fight in close combat — her attack power, defense, and physical abilities were naturally inferior to Dohun's.
Of course, she had special attack methods that his brother didn't have, like flashy consecutive kicks, but that was it.
But the more important thing was Dohun's reaction.
That guy.
He was watching Bomi hunt with worried eyes — that level of concern was definitely not ordinary.
Yeah... I really want my brother to sleep with that girl.
Actively helping Bomi was also a favor to his brother. If his brother slept with that girl — or even if his heart developed a slight crack toward her — that would be a success in itself.
After watching Bomi hunt, Dohyun said:
"We should show her how we hunt too."
After saying that, he confirmed there were no people around and immediately summoned a drone.
Roar...
As expected, Bomi was surprised when the drone appeared, just like everyone else.
"Get on."
The brothers climbed onto the drone first, and after a moment of hesitation —
"Hurry. Before other people see."
—Dohun urged her, and she climbed on too.
Dohyun piloted the drone straight into the center of Daegu.
"Th-this is dangerous."
It was an area crawling with zombies — dangerous in Bomi's eyes.
"Want to hunt here? Get ready."
"Got it."
Dohun pulled the mechanical gauntlets from his inventory and equipped them, while Dohyun picked up a shotgun.
Bomi was surprised for the second time when the two brothers pulled weapons from their inventory and equipped them.
"We're here."
Dohun left Bomi on the drone and descended to the ground with his brother.
There was more to shock Bomi. The sight of the two brothers descending and hunting in a place with dozens of zombies was extraordinary.
Click, boom!
Every time Dohyun's shotgun fired, zombies fell.
"Pressure down!"
When Dohun charged energy and swung the Powered Mechanical Gauntlet MK.2, the shockwave trait sent a whole group of zombies crashing down.
Zombies kept swarming toward the two brothers, but they hunted — no, massacred — them with complete ease.
These people are incredible.
Especially Dohun — she knew he was strong, but she had no idea he was this strong. And to think he was hiding such amazing weapons.
Bomi, who had always admired strong people, was rapidly growing more affectionate toward Dohun.