Chapter 16
Chapter 16
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 16
Chapter Title: Subway Zombies
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Zombies clamoring inside the subway car came into view.
Bang!
A zombie in front of us swung not its fist but its face, pounding on the window.
Blood dripping from its mouth splattered onto the glass.
Yoo Sora recoiled behind me in horror.
“Eek….”
“Sora, until we secure the vaccine, absolutely do not step forward first. And don’t run away either.”
“Ugh…. Got it….”
“See that corner over there? The emergency kit.”
Yoo Sora pressed herself against the front of the subway, avoiding the zombies’ gazes.
To peer inside through the window.
“Cheonjae, do you mean that white box way in there?”
“Yes. Can you do it?”
Yoo Sora took a deep breath and said to me.
“I have to.”
“Good.”
-Protect the civilians!
The Goblin Unit began moving at Major Kim Juncheol’s command.
Two armed soldiers stuck to each subway entrance.
They checked their magazines, then assumed firing stances toward the subway.
[Event Occurred!]
[Difficulty: B-]
[Reward: 1,000 Jenni]
-Help Major Kim Juncheol defeat the zombies.
-Additional rewards based on survivor count.
Soldiers approaching our side warned us.
“Please step back.”
“Yes. Sora, fall back.”
Yoo Sora nodded and pressed right up against my back.
“Cheonjae….”
“Don’t worry.”
I gripped the chicken bone tightly.
Creak. Creeeak—
The subway doors began to open little by little. Soldiers wearing goblin masks fixed their gun barrels on zombie heads and took deep breaths.
Beep.
The radio crackled.
-All lifeforms inside the subway are to be terminated. Fire without distinguishing infected from non-infected.
Beep.
The slowly opening subway doors suddenly flew wide open.
Rumble rumble rumble! Bang!
Gunfire erupted from all directions the moment the doors opened.
Bang! Bang bang! Bang bang bang!
Zombies waiting inside the train started pouring out.
-Kieeeek!!!
Zombies dropped in the order they emerged from the entrance.
Civilians screamed in terror.
-Kya aaaah!!
-Z-zombies.
-Lord have mercy….
‘There are no gods here. If there were, this wouldn’t have happened.’
Click. Click.
The sound of dry-firing triggers rang out.
One of the two soldiers had already emptied a magazine.
“Damn it! There’s too many!”
Ammo was limited. Nowhere near enough to take down every zombie inside the subway.
Click. Click!
While one reloaded his magazine.
Bang bang bang bang!
The other sprayed bullets wildly.
“Sora. Let’s go in.”
“Huh? Oh, yes!”
I tripped the soldiers’ legs, sending them sprawling.
Thud.
“What the hell are you doing?!”
“Wanna die?!”
I flipped them off as they tried to get up.
“We’ll take it from here.”
“What?”
I kicked the head of the first zombie charging out.
Smack!
-Kieeeek
I grabbed the neck of the next office worker zombie lunging forward and hurled it back inside with force.
Whoosh—
Thud!
Zombies trying to come out lost balance and toppled together.
Crash.
-Kieek!
The soldiers who saw me whispered among themselves.
-What’s with that guy….
-N-no way. Is that human strength?
My current level was 9.
At least five times stronger than any office worker zombie.
They couldn’t withstand it.
I swung the chicken leg bone hard while chanting the spell.
“Skeleton Summon.”
[System Message]
▶Skeleton Summon (Mana Cost: 2)
-Summons skeleton soldiers equal to the caster’s level, using bones as medium.
Remaining Mana: 13
One skeleton warrior rose from the ground.
Thanks to my level up, its bones were thicker now.
Previously, the skeleton warrior’s bones were like a child’s wrist.
Now, they looked like a high schooler’s.
[Summon List]
-Skeleton Warrior (Scrap Grade) 1/1: Combat ready.
“Sora, now!”
“Yes!”
While the skeleton warrior and I blocked the zombies, Yoo Sora dashed toward the back of the subway.
The spot where an emergency release should be in real life.
But in this game, it was used to hide the vaccine.
Yoo Sora smashed the glass with the handle of her kitchen knife.
Crash!
She pulled out the emergency kit inside.
“Cheonjae! Found it!”
I shouted loudly while wrestling the zombies.
“Hurry!”
Yoo Sora frantically opened the kit and pulled out the syringe and capsule inside.
The syringe had a red sticker labeling the vaccine.
[ZX-19]
Yoo Sora hesitated, then squeezed her eyes shut and jabbed her forearm.
Sizzle.
“Ugh….”
Transparent liquid entered Yoo Sora’s body. Her face flushed as if feverish.
“Ch-Cheonjae.”
“Don’t worry. Lean against the train and rest.”
“……”
Yoo Sora lowered her head.
The ZX-19 vaccine was just another virus made to fight the Z Virus.
She wouldn’t regain her senses until her immune response kicked in.
Until she obtained the ‘Nurse’ job.
“Skeleton, protect Yoo Sora.”
The skeleton guarding my side shook off the clinging zombies and moved in front of her.
If she got taken out by zombies, the plan failed.
I had to protect her.
Zombies endlessly swarming through the connecting doors between cars.
-Kieeeek!
I became a single beast, facing them down.
A long swing of my fist exploded an office worker zombie’s head.
Smack!
A high kick sent a hiking-gear zombie uncle flying.
Whoosh—
I charged like a rugby player into a group of zombies, slamming them with my body.
Thud thud thud thud—
Smack!
They collapsed together, howling.
-Kieeeek!!
-Kraaak.
-Kyaak!
Pain throbbed in my shoulder from the collision.
Fatigue piling up, my joints creaked all over.
“Hoo….”
Breath coming heavy.
As a Necromancer, my stamina lagged far behind my strength.
Having consumed stamina rapidly without water since morning, my throat burned.
Catching my breath for a moment.
Crunch!
A zombie I thought dead bit my shin from below.
Sudden pain drew a groan from me.
“Guh.”
“You fucking mutt!”
I shook my leg, snapping its teeth and ripping its head off.
I lost balance and fell backward.
“Ah…. Damn it….”
Before I could recover, a flash blinded me.
Smack!
“Argh!”
An object flying from the opposite car hit my eye.
Blinking, I saw a marble on the ground. Looking up, a kid zombie with a backward cap aimed a slingshot at me.
“Ha….”
Second-round zombies, don’t underestimate them, huh.
Three zombies charged on the slingshot’s cue, grabbing my limbs to tear me apart.
“Shit! Get off!! Get the fuck off!!”
One in a soccer uniform opened its maw wide to bite my neck.
-Kieeeek!
That instant.
Boom!
Fireworks exploded above Yoo Sora’s head.
“Cheonjae!”
Yoo Sora woke up.
Thud thud thud!
She rushed over and stabbed her kitchen knife into the soccer uniform zombie’s head.
Crunch!
-Kieeeek!!!
“Kyaaah! S-scary!”
I punched away the zombies clinging to my legs.
Smack!
“Skeleton! Block these guys!”
The skeleton warrior dove at the zombies.
-Kikikiki!
“Sora! Now, hurry. Use your skill quick.”
“Sk-skills?”
“The descriptions of your skills are in your status window, right?”
Yoo Sora’s eyes drifted into empty space.
Checking her status window.
“Uh…. Yes! There they are. Red Injection. Blue Injection. Brown Injection.”
“Red Injection. Use it on me now, quick.”
“H-how do I use it?”
“Read the command at the top exactly. Hurry!”
Yoo Sora’s lips twitched, then she whispered into the air.
“Come forth, needle filled with the blood of the red one.”
A red glow flickered in her hand, forming a holographic syringe filled with red liquid.
Yoo Sora looked at me in confusion, holding the syringe.
“Ch-Cheonjae?”
“Here. Put it in my hand.”
She squeezed her eyes shut and jabbed my forearm.
Sizzle.
The red liquid slowly entered my body.
I felt my body heat up. Power boiled from deep in my chest, breath quickening.
Veins swelled, threatening to burst through my skin.
Muscles bulged like after a workout.
[Received blood transfusion from player ‘Yoo Sora.’]
[The power of the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, who received the spirit of the giant rock at the peak of Flower-Fruit Mountain, activates.]
[Activation Time: 30 minutes]
“……Hoo. Good work, Sora.”
“A-are you okay?”
“Yes. Now… get outside. I’ll handle the rest.”
“……Got it.”
As Yoo Sora exited the train, soldiers flanked her like escorts.
Confirming she was safely out, I forcibly closed the inner subway door.
Creak. Creeeak. Creeeek.
Thud.
“Hoo….”
With the door shut, all the zombies trying to get out turned their gazes to me.
-Kieeeek!
-Kraaak….
“Shall we play?”
* * * * *
I tore through zombies like a raging monkey, charging ahead.
It was overwhelming power, like Hollywood monsters rampaging through the city, massacring people.
Clunk!
Opening the door to the next sealed car, clustered zombies lunged at once.
Over a dozen wrapped around my body.
I roared like a gorilla, swinging my fists.
“Uwaaaah!”
Swoosh— Smack! Bang! Crash!
Voices of soldiers outside the train drifted in.
-Th-that guy, what is he? Another zombie?
-Doesn’t look like it…. That’s not a zombie…. It’s a monster.
Hoo.
Even after a big fight, I could catch my breath evenly.
My eyes hadn’t been wrong. Yoo Sora’s potential power was incredible.
Confirming the fallen zombies, I headed toward the front of the subway.
Zombies kept lunging at me the whole way through the train.
-Kieeeek!
“Hmm.”
The zombie meeting my eyes froze for a moment.
Unlike the first round, these had some intelligence, feeling fear.
“Get lost.”
My palm slapped its cheek.
Smack!
Not the feel of living flesh. Just sticky, tough meat.
So not a ‘slap,’ but a dull thud.
The zombie’s head spun 360 degrees three times, flying off like a top.
I shook off the liquid on my hand with a disgusted look.
‘Need to get a weapon.’
Zombies approaching from the back of the train saw me and fled in terror.
Half out of the train.
Half toward the front.
“Nothing, huh.”
Heading to the front of the subway, I checked for decent zombies.
All low-grade ones.
Young male and female office worker zombies.
Grandma and grandpa zombies in bright clothes like they were heading out somewhere.
Student zombies in uniforms.
All low combat power.
This power had a time limit too. Needed to make a useful minion before it ended.
“Hoo…. No choice.”
If none, I’d make one by force.
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