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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Xrecker
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he next morning, he left the building with Hoon, Jun-hyuk, and Tae-young.
A smile touched his lips as he watched the men wave to the women seeing them off.
The women and Han-tae were mostly in charge of reinforcing the shutters and glass walls with materials salvaged from inside the building and tending the vegetable garden.
The men went outside to collect aluminum panels and other useful items from the stores he had previously cleared.
They also practiced archery in their spare time.
It had happened naturally; everyone was working without being told.
The supermarket was still overflowing with snacks, pies, ham, sausages, ramen, and other food items, and the supplies in the third-floor storage room remained untouched.
They had enough food to last for at least a year or two.
The target of today’s raid was a mid-sized pharmacy.
The women who had arrived yesterday were all in poor physical condition and malnourished.
The nurse had mentioned they were running low on medicine, so he planned to clear out an entire pharmacy.
With the three men and himself, strengthened by the HP achievement skill, each carrying a load back, they should be able to clear out a mid-sized pharmacy.
As for the Cockroaches…
Did he even need to worry about them?
He didn’t care if they starved to death.
There weren’t many of them left anyway.
On the way to Cheonggyecheon, there was a large pharmacy on the street, nestled among the towering buildings that scraped the sky.
The road in front of the pharmacy was a mess.
There must have been a major accident when the apocalypse began.
A truck and several cars were overturned, their wreckage scattered across the road.
But there were no bodies.
The seatbelts in the wrecked vehicles were torn or chewed through, and there was blood everywhere, but no one was there.
Just a severed arm and a hand or two lying on the ground.
There was no way paramedics had come to collect them.
They must have become part of the zombie wave.
He brought the men behind the overturned truck and said,
“Wait here.”
Hoon, Jun-hyuk, and Tae-young nodded.
“Yes, Sir.”
“Okay.”
Leaving the men behind, he drew his swords and walked towards the pharmacy.
He could see four or five human beasts inside. Considering some might be lying on the floor, there were probably six or seven? Maybe more.
He pushed the pharmacy door open with his shoulder and stepped inside.
He whirled through them.
And then he stepped back out of the pharmacy.
Crash! Bang!
The sounds of collapsing bodies.
Blood dripped from his chin.
He wiped it away with the back of his hand and sheathed his swords.
Shing Click
“Come in.”
The men stared at him, their eyes wide.
They still seemed unable to get used to it, despite having seen it several times.
They cautiously entered the pharmacy.
A dozen dead human beasts.
Corpses with severed and pierced heads lay scattered on the floor.
“Whew.”
“It’s incredible every time I see it, Sung-hoon.”
“That’s our Sir for you. Alright, let’s pack this stuff up. What should we take first?”
The men dispersed and began filling their backpacks with medicine.
He chuckled and looked around the pharmacy.
Medicine.
It was always good to have plenty of it.
He should take some too.
He unzipped the backpack he was carrying.
Ziiiip
The four backpacks bulged.
They had probably taken about half of what was on display.
He figured there might be a storage room in the back, but their bags were already full.
“You three can come back later and get the rest.”
“Yes, Sir. Don’t worry.”
The men nodded, looking at him.
Their eyes held unwavering trust.
Hmm.
It was a little uncomfortable having men look at him like that.
He smiled and left the pharmacy.
“Let’s go.”
As the four of them walked out, their bags heavy with supplies, they heard a distant rumbling sound.
It was the light aircraft.
Tae-young said,
“I’ve been seeing that a lot lately.”
“Maybe it’s another survivor group?”
Hoon looked up at the sky, tilting his head.
Jun-hyuk said,
“There probably are. We’re alive, and those Cockroaches are alive, so there must be other people somewhere. But let’s not just go searching for them.”
The men looked at Jun-hyuk.
Jun-hyuk cautiously said to him,
“These are dangerous times. We don’t know what kind of people are in that plane’s group, so it’s best to be careful. If they’re no different from the Cockroaches, there will be more bloodshed.”
Hoon, who had been listening, nodded in agreement.
“Last time, we were able to drive them away because Sir was here, but if those kinds of people swarm us again when Sir isn’t around… some of us might get hurt.”
Tae-young also nodded.
“You’re right. It could be dangerous.”
Hmm.
They had a point.
He looked at the light aircraft for a moment, then turned away.
“Let’s go.”
“Yes, Sir.”
“Okay.”
“Huu…”
His hair was starting to fall into his eyes.
He would have to get it cut soon.
He brushed it back, and blood smeared across his hand.
Seeing the moon in the night sky, it wasn’t going to rain.
“Welcome back, Sung-hoon hyung.”
It was Han-tae.
He seemed to have been on guard duty on the second floor.
…Hmm?
He could see smoke rising from behind Han-tae.
…He knew what it was.
He chuckled in disbelief and looked up at Han-tae.
“Do you smoke?”
Han-tae averted his gaze and smiled sheepishly.
Then his head disappeared.
He quickly popped his head back out and said,
“N…No. I don’t smoke, hyung.”
“You little… How old are you again?”
“S…Seventeen…”
Seriously.
Come to think of it, he had also tried smoking for the first time around that age, hiding in a corner.
He’d immediately quit because he didn’t see the appeal.
But this was the apocalypse.
There was no one to fine a kid for smoking in a corner, and there were no parents to punish him.
There were no police, no courts, no government.
He shook his head and said,
“Just open the shutter, kid.”
“Okay, hyung. I’ll open it for you now.”
He waited for a moment, and the shutter opened.
Rattle-
Han-tae scratched his head sheepishly.
The smell of cigarettes was strong.
“Hehe.”
He looked at Han-tae, chuckled at the absurdity of it all, and climbed the stairs.
“Anything happen while I was gone?”
“No, hyung. Nothing happened.”
“Good.”
He heard the thwip, thwip of bowstrings from the supermarket.
He went over, and people were practicing archery.
The fresh food section, the butcher shop, the seafood and vegetable sections…
Soo-hyun, Jung Eun-seo, Jun-hyuk, and Tae-young, who were practicing archery in the now-empty aisles, saw him and waved with bright smiles.
“Oppa, you’re back?”
“Sung-hoon, welcome back.”
He smiled and approached them.
“You were practicing?”
Tae-young smiled and said,
“Yes, Sung-hoon hyung. This is actually really fun.”
He smiled.
“Good. Keep practicing.”
“Yes, hyung!”
He looked at Soo-hyun and Jung Eun-seo and said,
“I’m going to go wash up.”
“Okay, Sung-hoon.”
“Oppa, I’ll be up in a bit. Go ahead.”
He waved and turned to leave when he heard a gasp from beside him.
…It was a woman he hadn’t seen before.
She had a bruise on her cheekbone.
Ah, she was one of the newcomers.
The woman was holding a shopping basket filled with ramen, snacks, and Fanta.
Her face was pale, and she was trembling slightly, as if she’d seen something terrifying.
Why was she like that?
Drip.
Blood fell from his chin.
He suddenly realized.
He was covered in blood.
Two swords at his waist, a bow and arrows on his back, and blood dripping from his entire body – judging by the woman’s expression, he must look quite terrifying.
Fierce and dangerous.
It was understandable.
Anyone who wasn’t used to seeing him like this would be shocked.
He had become so accustomed to being covered in blood that he had become desensitized to it.
The woman trembled slightly.
He said,
“…How are you feeling? Are you alright?”
The woman gasped, unable to speak.
He smiled, nodded slightly, and walked away.
He wasn’t sure how reassuring a blood-soaked, smiling face would be.
He opened his status window while showering in Ye-eun’s bathroom.
Already Level 30.
Choosing a combat specialization had definitely been the right decision.
At this rate, he would reach the maximum level soon.
He put 8 points into Sense, raising it to 27.
He could feel himself growing stronger.
Soo-hyun and Ye-eun joined him in the shower, and after dinner, he made love to both of them before falling asleep.
This…
Wasn’t such a bad life.
Even though he spent every day since the apocalypse began slaughtering dozens, hundreds of creatures, constantly covered in blood, he felt…
Alive.
He hadn’t felt this alive in a long time.
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Is it just me, or does it seems some of the chapters aren’t in the right order?
Will check
Checked and nothing wrong. I did mistake last time and mixed chapters. Apologize for the inconvenience