Stagnant Water of Apocalypse

n’t that big, but because of the pressure he emanated, he looked like a giant.
His face was expressionless while his right hand was gripping a blood-stained knife.

Is that a ceramic knife? I clicked my tongue.
As I was looking at him, Sooyeon, whose face turned whiter and whiter with every passing second, stuttered in a very low voice.

“He…he’s here.”

Thump-!! Thump-!!

The heartbeat became even louder as he stepped closer and closer.
If the one from earlier felt like listening through a stethoscope, the current one felt as if the heartbeat was being amplified by a large concert speaker.
At the same time, the murderer’s eyes glowed red.
It was a murderer’s bread and butter skill, Life Tracking.
With that skill activated, hiding in the portal wouldn’t help much.

I tapped Sooyeon’s shoulder as she stepped backwards.
“Sooyeon, follow me.
Hopefully we will be able to survive this.”

“O…okay, I’ll just run, so please save me.”

“I can’t promise you that.” I said to Sooyeon while ignoring the man.
“Run, now!!!”

We went up the stairs at once.
However, suddenly, zombies from all directions gathered and formed a wall in front of us.
It was much thicker than the one from the tutorial, so it was virtually impossible to break through it.
But in a building like this, there’s exactly one way to get through.
It was something which most users didn’t know.
Even MyDream wouldn’t know about it.

As I ran, I glanced behind me to see the man and the murderer.
I took the brightest glowstone I had prepared beforehand and threw it towards the murderer.

“Keaaaakkkkkk.” The murderer screamed in pain and rubbed his eyes.
It wouldn’t be able to move for at least a few seconds

Looking at that, Sooyeon said admiringly.
“How did you know about that trick?”

“I learned it from the internet.
Looks like I found a real information from there for once.” I said as we kept running away.
However, I felt the man following me suddenly stop.
Was he perhaps trying to imitate my action? Don’t tell me he’s doing it because he wants to look cool in front of Sooyeonl.

He rummaged through his backpack, pulled out his glowstone, and threw it towards the murderer.
Just like what I did a few moments earlier.

However, instead of stopping like before, the murderer staggered towards him.

“Uh? Hey, why did it not work?” The man said in panic.

I guess he didn’t know that the attack would only work once every few minutes.
Oh well…

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Thump-!! Thump-!!

The murderer’s steps accelerated.
It seems like he is already entering the ‘Enraged’ state, albeit not yet fully.
He didn’t even run, maybe just power walking.
Nevertheless, he was still quite fast, so if someone stumbled, it would be the end of them.

The man did not know what to do and started running again.
Meanwhile, Sooyeon kept looking back with worried expression.

I warned her.
“Don’t look back.
Just run!”

“O…okay!”

Running while looking behind was only possible if someone had something like Terrain Detection skill.
Anyway, looking at the situation, the man wouldn’t survive much longer.
Every single one of the murderer’s attacks was deadly.
I didn’t have any doubt that the man might die in just one hit.

Once he died, the murderer would fully focus on both Sooyeon and me.
If I want to save Sooyeon, we have to break through the wall of the zombies.

“Ah… Ah… Sa-save me, save me!”

The man reached out his hand towards me.
It was an earnest gesture that contained the will to survive.
But it was too late.
The murderer was already one swing away from him.
In the blink of an eye, the killer swung his arm.
The man could not resist and his body was pierced by the murderer’s knife.

“AHHHHHHHH!” The man screamed for one last time before dropping to the floor, lifeless.
Without sparing any glance to his newest prey, the murderer’s reddened gaze turned towards us.

You are itching to kill us, huh? Just wait a little bit longer.

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Rabbit Pwincess, or Seokhyun, thought about going to Busan, but for some reason he couldn’t find the way at all since all road signs were destroyed by the corrosive disease.
He knew that he could just run through the highway to do it because he would be able to know the area name through one way or another.
But he lacked patience, as he only wanted to run in the right direction from the start.

After much deliberation, he decided to join a group of survivors to get the info he wanted.
However, his definition of joining was different from normal people.
He simply appeared in front of the said group and started talking.
Afterall, real men didn’t need permission from others.

When Seokhyun appeared, the survivors did their best to drive him out, but after realizing the difference in power between them, they surrendered.

“Ta…take whatever you want! But please spare my life!”

“I don’t need your life.
Just tell me the way to Busan.”

The leader’s expression changed strangely at Seokhyun’s words.
In his mind, he thought, what is wrong with this bastard?

“Do you know or not? Do you want me to beat you up until you know?”

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“So, uh… are you really asking about the direction to Busan?”

“Yes.”

“…” The leader of the group was confused beyond belief.
But simultaneously he felt a desire to take revenge on the man in front of him.
He wanted to screw him out by pointing in the wrong direction, but his mind was able to put a stop on that stupid plan, afraid of his revenge.
Who knows what a man with a perverted outfit like him would do if someone angered him.

The leader pointed in the direction of Busan.
On top of it, he also told Seokhyun that if he runs along the Gyeongbu Line from Yongsan Station, he could go straight to Busan.

“Gyeongbu Line? Okay, thank you.”

Seokhyun rummaged through his backpack and threw one of his items towards the leader.
He then left the hideout and started to run.

The other survivors, who had been beaten up by Seokhyun, rose to their feet and asked the leader.

“What did you tell him just now?”

“It’s how to get to Busan through Yongsan Station.”

“But why is that bastard running in the opposite direction?”

“I don’t know…”

Meanwhile, Seokhyun ran as fast as he could.
This time he felt outrageously light as he knew he was on the correct path.
Although it will take some time to get to Busan, he had no doubt that he would be able to endure it.
After all, he’s going to meet his friend!

“I am gooooooooinggggg!” Seokhyun shouted, attracting all the zombies around him.
After arriving at the place he thought to be Yongsan Station, Seokhyun ran along the railroad tracks.
Every time a zombie appears in his path, he would smash them.
He only rested once when he arrived at the next station.

Due to his high level, reinforced zombies would also appear along with the normal one, but it did not hinder his progress at all.
Every night, when the zombies were asleep, he ran.
And when morning came, he stopped and slept before running again once he woke up.
And after a few days, he finally arrived in a rather big city.

“I don’t think this is Busan… Ah… This is Pyeongtaek!” Seokhyun nodded his head in satisfaction.
Never had he thought that he was in the wrong place.
But after walking away from the station, he felt something was odd.
From what he knew, the area around Pyeongtaek Station was normally quite jam-packed by people.
But, right now, he couldn’t see any zombies around.

And when he crossed the road, he was surprised.
After all, there was a large lake right in front of it.
At that moment, Seokhyun decided to walk the opposite way from the lake.
After wandering frantically, Seokhyun found out that this city was Chuncheon, not Pyeongtaek.
He should have ran along the Gyeongbu Line, while in reality, he had ran along the Gyeongchun Line.

“DAAAAMMIITTTTTTT.” Seokhyun roared.
He was crestfallen and had lost all of his motivation.
Meanwhile, a lot of zombies rushed towards him because of his roar.
However, Seokhyun didn’t do anything to them, he just crouched down while hugging his knees.
A sob could be heard every now and then amidst the growl of the zombies.

However, even though numerous zombies were clawing, punching and biting at him, no wounds could be seen on his body.
It was simply because his skin and muscles had become too thick for a mere zombie to inflict damage upon.

After a while, Seokhyun rose to his feet and walked into the city centre.
Behind him, a horde of zombies follow suit.
The survivors who were hiding were frightened at the display.
All of them thought that it was a horde led by a reinforced zombie which only wore a panty underneath its rag-like coat.

“Seeeeeeeexxxxxxxx!” As the reinforced zombie roared, one survivor grabbed his head and desperately forced his hand to write in his diary.

-After a few weeks, a zombie which didn’t growl but screamed ‘sex’ appeared.
Has he turned into a zombie while bearing a grudge for sex? In the future, they may even pretend to be human… I will call them New Humans.
I am leaving this record as a person from the last generation… Hopefully future generations will discover it…