Robbing the Convenience Store (1)
Shelter.
A space that protects people from monsters.
But it seemed we couldn't rely on the shelter without conditions.
The reason was the infinite shield.
The shield is damaged by a certain amount when a monster touches it.
The currently damaged shield was like this.
How many monsters tried to invade the building during the past day, quite a lot of shield was worn down.
Fortunately, we can restore the worn shield.
Do you want to restore?
Restoration cost is 100 coins per 1%.
However, there's the flaw that coins are used for that.
But it's not a disposable one that can't be restored, somewhere.
If there are only coins, we could firmly protect the shield anytime.
The shield easily blocks goblins or bugbears.
We have secured a safe zone.
At least in this school, we could walk around without worrying about monsters.
But there is one problem.
“Teacher. We really have nothing to eat now. What should we do?”
“This is the last water.”
Right, food.
As for me, I can eat monsters, but for others to survive here, food is needed.
“I need to form a team to raid the convenience store.”
With our current power, going out is fine.
But it's still a bit burdensome to go far.
So, the convenience store we chose.
The place with the most food nearby.
“Everyone, gather here. From now on, we're going to the convenience store.”
“Is there food left in the convenience store?”
“Whether there is or not, we have to go out. Are we going to starve and die here?”
“That's right.”
So, starting to decide the number of people going to the convenience store.
The moving members are me, Jin-hwan, Min-cheol, Sang-hoon — 4 people.
Kang Hyuk-hyung decided to stay here to prepare for any monsters.
While we risk our lives to go to the convenience store, the remaining people will clean the inside of this building.
This building will become a fortress base for future activities.
Since we'll be staying here continuously, cleaning is essential.
We'll head to the convenience store in a little while.
While checking the summoned beasts and preparing to go out, Jin-hwan approached me.
“Teacher. But is this really reality?”
“Yeah. It's cruel, but it's reality.”
Jin-hwan looks around the school every time he wakes from sleep, wondering if this situation is a dream.
I feel the same.
I might be having a nightmare right now.
If I just sleep today and wake up, it would be fine.
The dead students might come back to life tomorrow.
These thoughts come every time.
But every time I wake from sleep, I realize.
The horrific scene remains as is inside the school.
This is reality, and I have to face it.
I have to survive somehow.
And then I took out the lottery ticket I had tucked away in my wallet.
“Shall I tell you one thing that makes me the most aggrieved?”
“What is it?”
“This.”
Then showing the lottery ticket to Jin-hwan.
“What is this?”
“This is a first-place lottery winning ticket.”
“Really?! First place?!”
Jin-hwan looked at the lottery ticket with surprise.
“Are you teasing me?”
“No. Dude. The reality where I won first place in the lottery and this happened.”
It would have been less aggrieved if I hadn't won first place and this had happened.
Especially when this happens, it happens at this time.
If this is a dream, it would be good to just wake up, but it doesn't seem so.
“Should I throw this away?”
“No. You never know.”
Then folding the lottery ticket neatly again and putting it in the wallet, and saying let's go out.
“Alright. Let's start heading out soon. Everyone, grab your weapons.”
“Got it.”
Along with my words, Min-cheol, Jin-hwan, Sang-hoon approached the door holding their weapons tightly.
“Hyung. I'll leave a few here.”
“Yeah. Be careful.”
“Don't worry. If it's dangerous, I'll come back right away.”
After placing a few bugbears at the building entrance, we walked towards the direction with the entrance door.
Do you want to open the shelter's entrance? Y/N
The message that appears when I arrive at the entrance.
One of the things I learned about the shelter.
Except for me, the shelter master, no one else can open this entrance.
Other people couldn't even approach the shield at all.
If they do wrong, they might suffer damage as if they killed monsters.
However, I could designate the shelter master, and that person seemed to have the authority to open and close the door.
“Then, let's go?”
“Yeah. We're ready.”
Clicking Y on that, the shield of the size of the entrance door disappeared right in front of my eyes.
Leading the bugbear squad, we slowly exited the building and headed towards the school entrance.
Fortunately, there were no other monsters inside the school.
While moving cautiously,
A strange sound started to be heard from somewhere.
-Kkiieeeeeek!
A sound that seemed to tear the eardrum.
Everyone covered their ears at that sound and started turning their heads left and right to figure out where the sound was coming from.
“What the hell is this sound?”
“Where is the sound coming from?”
Even with ears covered, pain started to be felt.
And then suddenly, even though it was morning, the surroundings suddenly darkened.
“Up... look up.”
“Up?”
Min-cheol's voice sounded like he was scared a lot.
Looking at the sky, there were dozens of things that looked like a combination of human and bird shapes flying around in the sky.
Harpy Lv-45
“What the hell is that?”
“First, hide quickly! We can't be seen by those guys!”
Looking at the level of the guys, which appeared better than others.
It's a level we can't possibly fight right now.
We all quickly entered the nearby trees or grass and lay flat, not moving at all.
The summoned bugbears also stopped moving and hid their bodies as much as possible so as not to be noticed by the harpies' eyes.
Fortunately, perhaps the harpies didn't notice us.
The harpies were still spinning in the sky.
While relaxing,
A familiar sound started to be heard from somewhere.
Buaaang!
A car sound approaching as if coming to the place where we are.
Someone was driving a car along the big road in front of the school and coming near here.
With harpies in the air.
The guys reacted to the car's sound, and their gazes started to focus on the car's location.
-Kkiieeeeeek!
“What the hell! Where is the sound coming from!”
The man driving the car, surprised for a moment by the eerie sound coming from around, couldn't control the car properly.
The man turned the steering wheel towards the direction with the wall and stopped urgently.
I wondered what the sound was, and started looking around, but from the ground, I could never see where the harpies were.
“Damn it!”
I wanted to warn that man, but I couldn't move.
Because I could already see the harpies descending towards the direction where the man's car was from the sky.
If I messed up here, we might get caught up in those guys too.
The man quickly turned the car's direction and prepared to drive again.
And just as he was about to gradually increase the car's speed again!
Boom!
“What... what is it!”
One harpy pierced through the ceiling part of the car with its large talons sharper than eagles.
Buaaaraang!
The man, startled by that sound, stepped on the accelerator with all his might. Trying to escape from that monster-like harpy.
But the car didn't go forward, only the sound of spinning wheels spread around. Because the harpy flapped its wings and lifted the car entirely.
“Uwaaak!”
As the car quickly rose to the sky, the panicked man hurriedly tried to jump out of the car and open the door.
But it was too late.
No, honestly, in this situation, no matter what choice, it would be too late.
The body of the man who fell from the car door was torn apart by another harpy's sharp talons in the air.
The torn body was approached by other harpies and swallowed whole with their beaks, and soon only the man's blood dripped down.
And the guys, having had a delicious feast, spun a few times in the sky and then moved to another place.
Seeing that, we slowly came out from the hiding place.
“Teacher. Is going outside right for us?”
Min-cheol couldn't control his trembling hands after seeing the harpy attack earlier. It was natural since we saw a much stronger and ferocious guy than goblins or bugbears.
Actually, the same for us.
“Maybe there aren't many of those. So the person probably came here by car.”
Sharp analysis.
At that, the students nodded their heads, with somewhat relieved expressions.
Of course, there might be more powerful monsters than that, but we can't not go out.
Even if we're inside the safe shelter, food is needed.
Also, coins are needed to repair the shield, and those coins require killing monsters.
That's the way to survive.
Originally, we also had a plan to go to the convenience store quickly by car, but if we did that, we wouldn't be able to utilize the monsters.
So, we had given up on that situation.
But looking at the current situation, it seemed that using the car wasn't a good method either.
After confirming that the harpies had completely disappeared, I looked around and confirmed that there were no more monsters.
I told Min-cheol to refrain from using the gun unless necessary.
After all, loud noises outside might attract monsters.
“Then, let's go.”
Everyone had a big bag on their back and started moving outside cautiously.
After coming out, we closed the entrance again.
Just in case monsters enter inside, it would be bad.
The distance from the school to the convenience store is about 5 minutes on foot.
It wasn't a very long distance, but not close either.
Advancing slowly towards the convenience store direction, setting up the bugbears and facing the front with the harpy.
The situation when first exiting the school.
As expected, there were many people's corpses lying around outside.
Some people seemed to have closed the shopping mall doors in preparation for the monster invasion, but there were also traces of monsters stronger than bugbears breaking the doors.
It seemed no one was around the nearby shopping mall, no presence felt.
Perhaps they all ran away or died, one of the two.
“This convenience store, will it be safe?”
There were some intact buildings, but also buildings that were smashed so much that shapes couldn't be recognized.
I don't know what kind of monsters roamed here, but we had no choice but to move assuming the convenience store would be safe.
“Teacher! Goblins in front!”
A few goblins holding daggers were moving in front. Clearly, a few days ago, I would have trembled at even one goblin, but now it's not.
Jin-hwan boldly went ahead and used the sword he had picked up to smash the goblins' heads. Moreover, the goblins whose bodies were pierced by Sang-hoon's stabbing attacks.
I didn't even need to step in, these guys are handling goblins easily now. It's somewhat impressive.
Fortunately, on the way to the convenience store, no other monsters besides goblins were visible.
The goblin group was annoying us, but with one swing of the harpy's sword, they were beheaded.
“There! The convenience store!”
Finally, the convenience store came into view.
Fortunately, it looked intact, not smashed.
But in front of the convenience store, a monster I had never seen before was standing.
Slime Lv-3
Slime!
That also, if it were a mecha story, it would be a bouncy slime made of green gelatinous material about the size of a basketball.
A guy not that strong in level.
Seeing that slime, one thought came to mind.
“Those guys look really delicious jelly.”