Chapter 211
Chapter 211
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Translator: crow
Chapter Title: Luck
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Blackie had become my mount.
I rode Blackie comfortably northward.
And there, I discovered a survivor camp under attack from a massive horde of zombies.
It was a large barricade built along the estuary where the river met the sea.
Countless zombies surrounded the barricade, while survivors atop it desperately fought a siege war against them.
I spotted quite a few in military uniforms, and the group was diverse in race.
'Was this a U.S. military unit?'
It felt like zombies from across the country had all gathered here.
Or maybe just those from the Seoul and Gyeonggi area had swarmed this way.
Over half of Korea's population lived in Seoul and Gyeonggi, so... it wasn't hard to understand the numbers.
Sorry for the humans fighting desperately below, but from the sky, the sight of the zombie army encircling the barricade was spectacular.
The defenders on the barricade were already in full panic.
The smaller zombies? They were managing those somehow...
But it was because of the massive zombies sprouting up sporadically among the smaller ones.
Judging by size, they were mid-grade Corrupted Beings.
For some reason, these mid-grade giant zombies weren't moving—they were just waiting.
Like generals sending in their soldiers.
-Thud. Thud. Thud.
My gaze involuntarily shifted that way.
Mountain over mountain.
A giant zombie at least 20 meters tall led two smaller giant zombies beside it, approaching the survivors like a king with his escorts.
-Thud. Thud.
The way it led the zombie giants made it seem like it was proclaiming itself their king.
'Is that the zombie king? Zombie King?'
The survivors in the camp stared at the colossal Zombie King in a daze.
-Roooaaar!!
The giant Zombie King bellowed.
At that, the giant general zombies—who had only been preparing to charge the camp—began advancing on the barricade at the king's command.
-Thud. Thud. Thud. Thud.
Terror and despair spread across the survivors' faces.
"Lucky us."
The words applied to both me and the survivors.
I'd earn a ton of skill points, and they'd get my help.
"Let's go."
"D-Down there?"
"Yeah."
"......I-I'm not feeling so great with my wings right now...."
Blackie suddenly started whining.
Obvious ploy.
"......I'm not telling you to fight. Just land."
"For real?"
Joy seeped into his voice immediately.
What a coward.
"Yeah, hurry up and land."
Blackie began a steep dive.
I conjured a massive mana spear and hurled it first at the mid-grade Corrupted Being zombies posing the biggest threat to the camp's barricade.
The speeding mana spear pierced a giant zombie charging toward the barricade.
The impaled giant zombie toppled, crushing smaller zombies beneath it.
One after another, enormous javelins rained from the sky.
The gazes of the giant titan zombies observing from the rear locked onto Blackie.
-Roooaaar!!
They roared toward us—anyone could see they were pissed at me.
Furious, the Zombie King and the titan zombies roughly tore chunks from nearby buildings and started hurling them.
A massive concrete slab hurtled toward us.
"Caw! D-Danger!!"
Blackie shook violently dodging their bombardment.
"Suni, you busy?"
Suni materialized beside me at my call.
I handed the materialized Suni the Explosion Wand.
As she took the wand from me, Suni's outfit shifted to a pointed hat and mage's robe.
"Leave it to me!"
She understood just from me handing over the wand.
I leaped off Blackie right then.
As I fell, I expelled mana outward and began gigantification.
I needed to seize the initiative.
And nothing seized initiative like sheer size.
By the time I hit the ground, I was a 30-meter black giant towering far above the Zombie King.
-Boom!
My massive foot slammed into the earth, crushing the zombies beneath it.
System messages relentlessly cluttered my vision.
I cleared them from view.
A mid-grade Corrupted Being giant zombie—now puny by comparison—charged fearlessly.
It didn't even reach my knee. I kicked it, and it exploded.
With my gigantified body, I stomped around, slamming my soles into the ground repeatedly, crushing zombies like bugs.
"Blackie, over there!"
"I'm not your subordinate."
"You and Master are one body and soul. Don't you get it?"
"Ah, fine."
Suni invoked me to control Blackie. She flew around on him, unleashing a barrage of Explosions at the ground.
-Kaboom! Kaboom! Kaboom!
Blackie and Suni were like a bomber plane.
Of course, Suni couldn't spam Explosions like that on her own, but drawing from my mana solved that.
Our zombie massacre rapidly thinned the ranks of the besieging horde.
-Grraaahh!!
The boss roared at me in rage.
Then its escort titan zombies charged.
-Thud thud thud!
I had their measure now.
Zombie King: top-grade Corrupted Being.
Escorts: high-grade Corrupted Beings.
And unfortunately for them, these escort titan zombies were only about 10 meters tall.
That was big, sure.
But compared to my 30-meter-plus gigantification, the size difference was incomparable. They barely reached the knee of the black giant I'd made.
This wasn't even adult vs. child...
It was like fighting babies.
I swung my fist at the first one charging.
-Splaaat!!
One hit, and the high-grade titan zombie burst apart.
A pathetic death.
'It's a zombie... but is that really death?'
I reached out and grabbed the one behind, hoisting it up.
-Grraaahh!!
Baby zombie thrashed wildly in my grip, trying to escape.
-Squelch!!
I squeezed, and its lower half exploded, upper body dropping to the ground.
-Grraaah!
True to zombie form, its tenacious vitality kept the torso wriggling despite no legs.
I raised my foot and stomped.
-Thud!
-Crunch!
The squirming torso was pulverized.
My gaze shifted to the Zombie King.
It flinched as our eyes met.
Its glowing crimson eyes trembled.
It was scared.
After seeing its two escorts pop so easily, who wouldn't be?
And then the Zombie King did something unexpected.
It turned tail and ran. Absurdly.
-Thud thud thud thud.
It smashed through buildings in its path, rapidly putting distance between us.
Big as it was, it was surprisingly fast.
'Who'd have thought I'd see a zombie fleeing...'
No kingly dignity.
Not that I knew if it really was the king...
Still, it was worth 10 points.
No way I'd let it go.
I chased after the fleeing bastard.
-Thud thud thud thud.
Our two giants' sprint sent buildings toppling like dominoes.
The distance that had seemed impossible to close shrank in seconds.
Obvious outcome.
My legs were longer, and my agility incomparable.
I kicked off the ground.
-Boom!
The heavy boom and the sight of a 30-meter-plus black giant leaping—even I found it awe-inspiring while doing it.
In an instant, I was above the Zombie King's head.
I conjured a massive hammer suited to the giant's hand with mana and smashed down on its skull.
-KRAANG!!
-Splat!!
-Rumble...
The ground sank, and the earth shook like an earthquake. A shoddily built building even collapsed.
The Zombie King was a bloody pulp from my super hammer strike.
I quickly checked system messages.
No quest complete notification.
'Not dead?'
Examining the pulp closer, I saw a heart-like organ buried in the flesh pulsing, drawing in the surrounding bloody chunks.
'Does this thing have regeneration too?'
I grabbed the massive heart and yanked it out.
-Thud thud thud thud!
The heart in my hand began pounding rapidly.
Sensing death, maybe.
It almost looked like a plea for mercy.
I squeezed the hand gripping the heart.
-Crunch!
The Zombie King's heart burst, spewing dark red blood.
Adding up the skill points from wiping out the zombie horde...
Total of 34.
Earned in just one day.
Nice haul.
'Keep this up, and I'll hit my goal in days.'
I released gigantification, used telekinesis to extract the mana stone embedded in its heart, and stored it in my inventory.
The survivor camp seemed sorted too—Blackie, following me, landed nearby.
"Master!"
Suni jumped from Blackie's back into my arms.
I caught her lightly.
"U-Un-ho... Can I eat this heart?"
Blackie eyed me warily, drool dripping from his beak. He clearly wanted the Zombie King's heart I'd crushed.
I'd be using him a lot ahead, so some carrot was in order.
"Yeah, eat it."
"Thanks, Un-ho!"
He gleefully pecked at the Zombie King's heart.
Hoping this makes him a grateful crow.
"Master, I recovered all the mana stones too!"
Suni handled it without being told.
She hugged my neck, gazing up with moist eyes begging for praise.
Unfair to give Blackie a carrot and not her.
Suni needed one too.
A big carrot...
Our lips naturally drew close.
-Mmwah. Smack. Sluuurp.
A deep kiss, and my hand naturally reached for Suni's soft ass, kneading it.
'While Blackie's eating that heart, I can slip into Hero's Haven for a bit.'
The moment I thought of giving Suni the full big carrot...
"Ah! Sorry, Master! Rescue request came in! Gotta go!"
"Tch..."
She didn't know my heart, and the carrot bulging in my pants throbbed in frustration.