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A deep hole was dug, the top was lightly covered with a thin cloth, and then covered with dirt to camouflage it.

To an intelligent person, it would be nothing more than a trap that would be easily avoided while laughing at how crude it was, but to a mutated zombie with a terrible intelligence, it would have been difficult to notice.

You can see that it behaved as expected.

"Kehaaaaah"

The appearance of the mutated zombie that was quickly crawling towards me disappeared in an instant.

As soon as he stepped on the trap, the mutant zombie let out a loud scream as its huge body fell into the pit, as if it had worked properly.

I dug as big and deep as I could, but it still felt very strange that her head was sticking out.

"What should I do about this?"

Originally, I was planning to just dig a hole, start shooting with guns or knives, and finish off with grenades.

However, when Seo-ah added that she thought there was a problem with this plan, she told me how to fix it, and a lot of things changed.

One of them is to plant the kitchen knives I've collected so far on the floor as tightly as the shell of a turtle ship.

The second is to carefully apply oil to the entire inside of the pit along with the sharp blades that are planted closely like thorns on the floor, and if a mutated zombie falls into the pit according to the plan, immediately throw the lighter containing the embers .

In that case, if the blade, which was already covered in highly flammable oil, pierced even a little bit of the mutant zombie's skin and entered inside, it would be able to inflict great damage.

No matter how excellent the defense was, it was only superficially excellent, and it was impossible for it to be excellent on the inside as well.

With that thought, Seo-ah made up for her lack of trappings.

Since it wasn't a bad idea, we accepted the plan and now it was time to see if it worked.

"Kwaaak! Kwaaak! Kyaaaaak!"

The mutant zombie that fell into the pit was unable to escape from the pit due to its huge body and body structure.

Still, she felt ominous and tried to get out somehow, but it was a futile effort.

"Ha, haha! This is sick!"

As soon as Kim Ki-yeon, who had been hiding while trembling, found the mutant zombie struggling without doing anything, she came out with her face full of confidence and cursed at the mutant zombie.

It was so easy to catch it, so I trampled on the tentacles that were scraping the floor to get out of the pit, with a look on my face that I couldn't understand why I was so trembling and afraid all this time.〈 Br〉

"Kyaaaaa!"

As he stepped on the tentacles and rubbed them back and forth, a scream came out.

The more this happened, the stronger the response from the zombies pounding on the construction site door outside was.

"Stop and leave."

Mr. Gye-sang advised him to step down, saying that it would be over now.

"Haha. Why? We went through some kind of humiliation because of this bastard. Can we do more?"

However, the world was destroyed due to the zombie apocalypse, and as a result, Kim Gi-yeok expressed his desire to harass him a little more, as if it was because of this guy that his life itself collapsed and he lived a life of hardship and inadequacy.

But.

"Huh… ?"

As if he couldn't just die like this, the mutant zombie wrapped another tentacle around Kim Ki-yeok's leg, which was trampling on its own tentacle.

For a moment, he looked at his feet tied to the tentacles with a confused face, but then his legs were pulled and he fell down awkwardly.

"Aaaaah! Save me! Please save me!"

The tentacle was pulling Kim Ki-yeok's legs and taking him into the pit.

Every time that happened, he worked harder and held on and began for his life, and Mr. Gye-sang looked pitiful, pointed the muzzle of the gun at the tentacle and pulled the trigger.

It continuously spewed fire from its muzzle and cut off the flying bullets by mercilessly tearing the tentacle's skin.

As it lost another tentacle, the mutated zombie in the pit let out a cry of fear, anger, and sorrow.

"Let it fall."

"Ugh! Ah, I got it!"

Kim Ki-yeon knocked the tentacle that was still wrapped around his legs helplessly with his foot and quickly stepped back.

"Jaewon-gun."

When everyone had retreated beyond a safe distance, the man called me and told me to hurry up and finish.

He nodded his head at the call and took out a lighter from his pocket.

On the way, he frowned and complained of pain due to the wound on his left arm, but it didn't stop me from doing anything.

The lighter he took out of his pocket was a Zippo lighter.

When I opened the lid of the lighter, which had a luxurious surface and a colorful pattern, a strong flame rose up.

"Crr…"

Did he realize his operation? It let out a sad cry and stretched out its remaining tentacles in a final struggle.

Since we had retreated to a safe distance, there was no way we could ever reach it, but Kim Gi Station next to us was different.

"Uuuuuh!"

I fell backwards again, alone and in pathetic shock.

"Fuck, quick. Kill me quickly!"

It was so pathetic to see him shouting to kill the monster that had taken the lives of so many people with its hideous appearance.

Even if you don't say that, I'm going to kill you anyway.

I took my gaze away from Kim Ki-yeok, who was still sitting awkwardly and retreating little by little, and threw the burning lighter into the pit.

The lighter that flew off went into the pit in a parabolic curve in the air, and as soon as it entered, it seemed to have encountered oil and immediately caught fire.

"Kehaaaaa! Kehaak! Kehaaaaa!"

A loud scream rang out.

It screamed as it moved its huge body and tentacles without paying attention as it felt tremendous pain from the flames surrounding its entire heart.

Did he have any understanding of the innocent people he killed until now?

Out of a desire to live, I was wiping away the burning body with my tentacles, but it was a futile act.

There is absolutely no way that flames will stop rising from a body covered in oil.

"…"

A subtle emotion appeared on Mr. Gye-sang's face as he looked at the burnt, mutated zombie in pain.

"I definitely feel good about avenging my friend, but I feel something empty."

Mr. Gye-sang said he lost his friend to this guy and wanted revenge if possible.

But when I succeeded in getting revenge, I couldn't help but laugh, saying that I felt emptiness rather than great joy.

Even if you wait a long time and finally get revenge, a friend who is already dead will not come back.

Tears welled up in the corners of my eyes that had always smiled without losing hope at the thought that revenge without gaining anything left only emptiness.

"I shouldn't have said that. I'm coming back to life."

Originally, it was a national rule that if you said it was over or something similar, it would come back to life.

So I just threw it out there as a joke.

"What… ? Really?"

Mr. Gye-sang raised his gun in astonishment, with an expression on his face that said he did not doubt what I was saying.

"I'm just kidding. I wonder if I'll really come back to life. Well… I might not really die like this."

You may not die simply by grilling with fire.

Until now, people have been killed with knives or guns. I've never killed regular zombies by burning them before, so I wasn't sure.

However, seeing that the loud cries of the mutated zombies engulfed in fire began to die down and their movements became noticeably slower, it seemed like not much time was left.

"Let's wait a little longer."

Materials are limited.

A situation where you need to save some bullets.

So, if you die by burning, it's okay, and if you don't die by burning, then you can continue the attack again.

So we continued to look at the mutated zombie without letting go of the tension.

After a while, the mutant zombie completely stopped moving.

Also,

Tiring!

After the clear and cheerful sound, a blue window appeared before her eyes.

[The first mutant zombie. Dehemoth has been hunted! +50]

[Level Up +10]

[For the first time, I obtained an encyclopedia by hunting two or more mutant zombies!]

A total of three alarms came to mind.

One is a mutant zombie. So, you get 50 points for successfully hunting a zombie named Dehemoth, and by catching it, you level up and get an additional 10 points.

Lastly, I heard that I obtained an encyclopedia. What does this mean? She tilted her head, unable to understand for a moment what the encyclopedia was for.

[Jaewon Han

Level: 18

Strength: 30 Stamina: 25 Agility: 25 Magic: 15

(Skill)

『Basic Swordsmanship』 『Basic Defense』

Points held +489]

First, I took out the status window and checked the current level and points, and then, unable to contain my curiosity, I immediately looked for the encyclopedia and started fiddling with various things.

They didn't even kindly tell me where I could find the encyclopedia, so blue windows were passing quickly in front of my eyes.

I had the feeling that it would probably take some time to find it.

While the power of the flame that burned Dehemos' body was still strong, there was no longer any reason to stay here.

"He's dead. Let's go."

I couldn't ignore the wound on my left arm forever, and since I had been moving my body for the second time since I fought a mutant zombie with red muscles exposed, my body was quickly getting tired.

"Yeah. I guess so."

WhenMr. Gye-sang saw that he looked dead, he agreed with my words and decided to go back.

So we headed straight home, avoiding the zombies that had gathered with our exhausted bodies, and in the meantime, Sangtae Chang found the encyclopedia.