55

Two days passed quickly.

In the meantime, we planned as thoroughly as possible and worked hard to build the trap according to plan.

First of all, from the pit digging trap, which was a trap I came up with and one of the plans that I thought might be simple and effective, to the new trap I came up with after putting my head together for a long time, I made them one by one and placed them all over the place to avoid the eyes of zombies.

Now that the mutated zombies are just around the corner, we are fully prepared and leaving the house.

"Is it really okay… ?"

Seo-ah, who followed me to the front door, looked at me with worried eyes and asked.

Honestly, if there were no major variables, I felt like I could easily catch mutant zombies.

That's because after continuous observation, I was able to accept the mutant zombies coming this way as strange game characters that had abandoned everything, including mobility, and focused on defense and attack power.

Although it is that strong, on the other hand, its weaknesses are clear, so not only I but also others were predicting the odds of victory to some extent.

Of course, as long as nothing I see and guess is wrong.

New variables that we didn't know about and couldn't even guess might arise suddenly as we start fighting, but that was also something we had to accept and overcome on our own.

"You've thoroughly prepared the plan and traps so far. So it'll be okay."

"But… Jaewon is in danger… "

Even if you set up a trap in the path of a mutant zombie, if it doesn't come that way, you're in trouble.

So, I compromised by bringing in a mutant zombie as bait, but Seo-ah was still dissatisfied with this plan.

Why on earth would you have to do such a dangerous thing as bait? She smiled and stroked her head as she spoke with all kinds of complaints.

In the first place, I decided to do it voluntarily, but I felt it was very lovely to see her take my side and let go of her anger.

"You're not fighting, are you? We're just dragging you along. Other than that, there won't be any problems."

My idea was to get a taste of the power once and then catch it alone if I thought I could catch it, and if I thought I couldn't, I followed the original plan and hunted it with everyone using traps.

I have no intention of wasting my life.

Above all, since Ara, who is as precious as my life, has someone to love, I will be more careful with the thought that my life is no longer mine alone. Even if I tell Seo-ah not to worry about me.

"But still…"

She came into my arms with her pouty face.

"Okay. I'll be really careful. Just in case, I'm just taking what I've prepared and getting ready to run away."

The moment there was no chance of winning, I decided to run away to survive even if I was alone.

Uncle Gye-sang and Uncle Ji-hyuk decided to fight together. I didn't care if Kim Gi-yeok, a rag-tag guy, died or got seriously injured, I only thought of saving my own life.

So, we had already packed our bags last night, taking only the bare essentials.

The rest you can't take with you can come back and take care of it, so there won't be a big problem.

There is no chance that another survivor will accidentally discover this place and run away, much less that zombies will use food, water, or even supplies.

"Ugh. I understand…"

"Yes. It's great. It's bad."

"I'm not a child…"

As I patted her head and treated her like a child, he said with a face that did not offend her at all.

"Of course. She's my girl."

"…"

Only then, with her face turning bright red, did she smile and look at her face.

I slammed my lips against hers and then stuck out her tongue.

As if she had been waiting, Seo-ah's tongue intertwined with mine and they began to lust after each other.

Haha…"

The long kiss is over and it's really time to go.

"If you hear my voice loud and far away, then you must run away without looking back, as I said. "I will follow you right away."

"Okay."

"Never forget to take your weapon and run away."

She emphasized again and again yesterday that she must take her gun with her because it is the most important thing.

"Jaewon, you need to be careful too. Make sure to… !"

"Of course, where am I going to leave you? There's no way you're going to die again, so don't worry about me. And you win."

"Yes!"

A deep kiss followed in a sweet atmosphere, and Seungi called out behind her, who was very excited and blushed.

When he suddenly called her, she started and screamed.

"I'll ask Seo-ah."

I'm not trustworthy at all, but when I wasn't with Seo-ah, the only person I could trust was her.

"Just trust me! Oppa!"

Seung-yi shouted loudly to only trust herself, but the fear embedded in her was not completely erased.

Even though it is a situation where there is no laughter at all, it is admirable that he forces himself to smile as if nothing has happened for fear of worrying.

"Okay. I'll come back."

As soon as I said that, I immediately turned around and hurried on without even looking back.

I felt like if I turned around and looked at them, I would just feel weak.

"Are you here?"

As we headed to the meeting point, Mr. Gye-sang, who had arrived first, asked with a kind smile.

"Yes. Sorry for being late."

"Why are you late? It seems like you came at the right time."

As I followed Mr. Gye-sang's gaze, I saw a large 4m tall mutant zombie with brown skin slowly crawling towards this place.

"Every time I look at it, it just comes across as disgusting. Am I the only one who thinks that way? What about you?"

"Me too, brother."

I laughed and made a joke, and Mr. Jihyuk responded with a bitter smile.

"Kiyeok-kun. Cheer up. How long are you going to be shaking?"

Now is the time to move according to plan. Mr. Gye-sang raised his heavy legs and spoke to Kim Ki-yeok, who was trembling pitifully.

"Oh, I'm not shaking!"

"Yes. Yes."

We brushed aside his pointlessly shouting words and moved to meet the mutated zombie.

*

The ruined streets were like the calm before the storm.

That's because in preparation for today, I focused on exterminating regular zombies around here, just in case, so on the ruined street, there were no zombies that I could commonly see other than myself.

"I'm nervous… "

The moment the mutant zombie appeared, I had to draw its attention and drag it roughly 300m.

Before that, I would have to check whether I could catch it on my own, but I couldn't completely erase the tension because it looked completely different from the regular zombies that I easily hunted and walked around.

Without realizing it, my hand, which was tightly holding the handle of the knife, was shaking.

This is because the very existence of what are called mutant zombies poses a great threat to us and to me.

"Whoa…"

I took a deep breath.

I held his trembling hands and raised his head.

At that moment, I noticed a brown lump crawling from afar, so I put down my sword for a moment and took out the gun I was carrying on my back.

I felt like I needed to see with my own eyes that the gun was really useless, so I aimed the gun at the center of the mutant zombie's body and pulled the trigger.

With a loud roar, the bullet was fired quickly and hit the mutated zombie's body.

Originally, it would either be lodged deep in the body or penetrate. I desperately prayed for one of these two phenomena to unfold before my eyes, but God seemed not to be on my side. The bullet flew with such force that it caused a small wound to my skin and flew away in vain.

It was a bit vague to even call it a wound.

This made me realize once again that it is truly impossible to kill those mutant zombies with a gun.

In that case, the only way was to fight with a weapon more powerful than a gun or fight with a sword at close range.

The problem is that we currently do not have a weapon more powerful than a gun, and there is still no way to airlift, so the only option was the latter, which completely excludes the former and just approaches and fights with a sword.

But guns didn't work, so maybe a knife would work?

When the situation finally came, all kinds of negative thoughts and anxiety came over me.

I was definitely confident, but I couldn't understand why I became so weak.

"…"

The mutant zombie bristled its tentacles and ran at high speed, as if it was angry at being shot by me.

The distance gradually narrows.

When I looked at it up close, it looked even more disgusting and creepy.

If Seo or Seung had seen it, it wouldn't have been strange at all if they had closed their eyes and let out a loud scream. Since it looked like that and even had tentacles bristling, there was no need to say anything else.

"Be careful. Be careful again."

There was absolutely no reason to overdo it.

As I raised my sword, I repeated the word 'be careful' as if hypnotized, and as I quickly got closer, I felt the incredible size of 4m.

I held my sword tightly and ran forward like a mutated zombie.

Soon after, we clashed.