Stagnant Water of Apocalypse

ted to rant about another thing.

“It’s a bit weird to say this myself, but the guys on my team can’t even see the big picture and could only see things in the short term.”

“What does that mean?”

“You know… That…” Sooyeon said while fidgeting.
Her face also slightly turned beet red.

“Aha.”

From her body language, I roughly knew what it was.
It was only natural though, since Sooyeon was an attractive person.
She had a firm body and cool features, a girl crush-type of girl.
She was also quite tall, and was quite a looker.
So, it’s understandable that the men in her group were chasing after her.

“Every time they meet me, they always try to show me their good side.
I’m not sure whether it’s a good thing or not, though.
Isn’t it strange to ask me to pay attention to them when life and death are so close?”

“That’s right.”

“The funny thing is, the three men were all doing the same thing.
They keep criticising each other and make a big deal out of every mistake the other makes.”

“They are all so excited, huh?”

“But the funny thing is, when the murderer signs appeared, they were all terrified out of their minds.
I wish they could at least be half decent as Seongho.
And you know what? Every single one of them asked me to run away with them, just the two of us.
All three of them are the same, really.”

“You should’ve asked what they were going to do once you followed them to get away from that place.”

“It’s obvious.
At first, they act as if they will give me anything in the world.
But when it becomes dangerous, they will ditch me and run away alone.”

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In the apocalypse, that’s not necessarily wrong.
Afterall, it’s stupid to help other when your safety wasn’t guaranteed.
Though, I kept my opinion to myself, not telling it to Sooyeon.
With those thoughts in mind, I looked around the living room and found dozens of umbrella holders full of arrows.

“You have a lot of arrows.
Are they all made of carbon?”

“Yes.
Would you like some? I bought a lot.”

“Thank you, if you could spare some for me.”

She stood up from the sofa and walked towards the line of umbrella holders.
Then, she grabbed a handful of arrows and gave it to me.
I accepted the arrow and promptly put it in my backpack before handing her a glowstone.

“You bought this at the Store, right?” She said while her eyes widened.

“Yes.
It lasts incredibly long.
If it is too bright, you can shatter it to pieces and only use the one that fits your needs.
It’s much more comfortable than a candle.”

“…But Mr.
Seongho.
I thought you only knew these things from watching I Love Gimbap’s streams.
How did you know so many things?”

“Well, it was because I Love Gimbap talked a lot about these things every week.
He was such an explanatory person.”

She nodded her head as if she knew.
“From what I read in the awakened community, he was indeed that kind of person.”

It’s a bit embarrassing for me to hear about it directly like this.
My heart felt complicated.
By the way, I had to go before the reinforced zombies spawned near here.
I put the sleeping Dingo on top of the backpack and said my farewell to Sooyeon.

She returned my farewell and waved her hand with a sad expression when I walked away from the door.

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These days, Kwon Kyung-joon has been living the best time of his life.
Even though the apocalypse had come, he had never felt his life was in danger.
After all, with a sturdy bunker, more than three years’ worth of stockpiles, and 14 subordinates serving under him, there’s almost nothing that can threaten him right now.
Although at first, there was a slight problem because he decided to take three unawakened women just for his amusement, it was no longer a problem since they had also awakened too.

But then, a bigger problem arose.
The points earned by his subordinates didn’t come to him.
So, his points count was a little bit on the low side.
Running away and helping others to earn points wasn’t to his taste.
With so many things to do, why did he have to do that shit? Using a bow to hunt was also not his cup of tea.
It simply takes too much effort from pulling the string to aiming.
And yet it only could kill one zombie per several shots.

Then, one day, one of his men had a good offer.

-Boss, why don’t you use a molotov cocktail to hunt? One of our guys can make it.

-That’s a good idea! Do it.

However, after using it to hunt several times, he realized that it was a weapon that eats a lot of supplies to make.
In other words, a resource heavy weapon.
Then, Kyung-joon thought of gasoline and chemicals that were stockpiled in the nearby time shelter.
As it was prepared by the government, the amount of supplies would be staggering.

If he could get that…

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-We need to open the Auction House as soon as possible.

Kyung-joon immediately communicated his intentions to all groups of survivors around the time shelter.
Let’s open the shelter together.
It’s possible to do it with our combined strength.
But they refused his offer.
And Kyung-joon didn’t take that refusal well.

In anger, he thought of a good way to proceed.

-The method father used when he first built the golf course…

Creating an ugly incident around the area to let others walk away on their own feet.
At the same time, he knew the perfect way to do it.
It was to turn one of his brainwashed subordinates into a murderer.
It was not a perfect plan by any means, since when a murderer was around, the nearby survivors, including his other subordinates, would be forced to participate in the deathmatch against them.
And in case the murderer was defeated by someone from the other groups, the murderer’s killer would get a lot of things.
However, he felt that the risk was still something he could handle.

The more Kwon Kyung-joon reviewed the plan, the more he loved it.

However,

-That bastard…

He suddenly remembered about the guy who pretended to be Rabbit Pwincess and ran away.
If he had only escaped quietly, he would’ve been able to quell his anger, but because that shitty bastard used paralyzing poison to knock him down and took his pistol and smartphone, Kyung-joon swore he would kill the guy next time they met.

Just where did that bastard get the goblin’s paralyzing poison from? That guy didn’t dare to fight head-on, so it looks like his unique ability isn’t suited for combat.
Once he remembered his sorry state, lying on the bathroom floor because of the paralyzing poison, his anger flared once again.

-Once I meet you, I will beat you up to death.

Kyung-Joon’s plan proceeded smoothly, and the survivor groups, who had rejected his proposal, are starting to run away from the area.
Now, he only had to wait until his men broke through the time shelter’s barrier.
The door of the shelter was tightly protected by a composite plastic and some unknown materials.
It was clear just how much the government wanted to keep this place tightly sealed.

But,

“If they say it can be opened in one year time, it means there should be a key somewhere.
Find it quickly.”

“Yes.”

Kyung-joon was sure.
If it would only open after a year, it also means it could be opened now.
If he didn’t find any key or whatever he needed to open the door, he could just simply set a fire and melt the door.
Any survivor who dares to disturb him will be dealt with by his subordinate-turned-murderer.
But Kyung-joon didn’t know.
Before the game’s service was terminated, there’s a patch about murderers.
A murderer who commits more than a certain amount of murder would gain a special ability.

When about a dozen people gathered in the shelter, Seongho was hiding in a nearby building while looking at the patch notes he wrote on his note.

“Special skill as well as stats… Isn’t that too much?” Seongho facepalmed.
According to the patch contents, a murderer would become more and more powerful as they continued to kill more and more people.
They were already strong even without the patch, but with the patch, their strength would be enhanced further.

“First, let’s see what the special ability is.” Seongho’s eyes traced every word written on the particular page about the patch.
Meanwhile, a loud ominous heartbeat sound was ringing in his ear.

Thump, thump!

It was a sign indicating that a murderer was nearby.
It sounds terrifying for anyone who heard it for the first time, but not for Seongho.

Afterall, he was used to it.