Chapter 35-37 (1/2)
Chapter 35 – Turf War (2)
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'Thanks to Chang Sung Hoon, I won’t have a headache over this'
After recalling Chang Sung Hoon’s actions, Kianize the details in his head
The awakened fros
From now on, the awakened would offer up 40 of their monster stones to Kim Tae Hoon
In return, Ki zone
'Quite the suy'
That wasn’t all
Since Messiah’s awakened are going to be Kis, then that meant that the ordinary survivors would have no choice but to follow Kim Tae Hoon
A gun was the only weapon that was effective against both monsters and awakened humans, but they were in the hands of Kim Tae Hoon and the Mek Clan
Well, it wasn’t perfect
'There are probleuy won’t be able to solve'
Not everyone would be happy with this system
On top of that, the system wouldn’t be able to control everyone
Even right now, there are sure to be people who are schest those people there are bound to be very clever individuals
Obviously, issues would crop up in one forator and the victim both have to die will probably appear soon
It was so Hoon ell aware of
That’s why Chang Sung Hoon said it was necessary
'As long as the snake demon is killed'
Demon snake’s body
A powerful symbol, and a powerful shi+eld
All of the survivors would be indebted to Ki the demon snake, which would result in their desire to protect Kim Tae Hoon since he would become a beacon of hope for them
'As long as I kill it'
In Ki was simple
It wasn’t a complicated issue
The situation was clear
”Boss, boss! I was finally able to take a picture! I was able to take a picture of the beast!”
It’s just that it wouldn’t be easy
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The raging blizzard had turned the world white That was all that could be seen All traces of the catastrophe that had befallen the world had been covered by snow
In other words, the places out of the snow’s reach still held the reedy that had taken place
This was Sinjung Dong station
The rectangular walls and floor, and the ih a bull had rah
Seureureu······
A giantby
Snake
The snake had scales darker than the gloohtless station
However, it was far too large to call it a snake No other snakes could even compare to it
It was a creature equipped with treain, could not be compared with other snakes
Tuktuk, even when the snake would only lightly tap the station walls, tiles would cascade onto the floor like a waterfall
The seely unstoppable snake stopped There was a mountain of corpses
Chiureu! Chiureureu!
Although it flicked its tongue in front of the pile, the snake did not iue to sample the taste of the corpses
Seureureu!
The appearance of the snake backing up was identical to that of a child refusing to eat so habits
The snake ignored the pile of bodies and instead oal was to find a war creature to feast on instead of the cold pile of bodies
As it began to ascend the stairs, it sloas exposed to the sun
It gradually exposed e eyes eular head
In the sunlight, it’s eyes were not so old, however, no sane person would ever dare consider its eyes to be anything but terrifying
In the presence of its eyes, even the fiercest of beasts would be no better than a small mouse
It basked in the sunlight, revealing an old wound located on top of its incredibly tough body
Chiureu!
It did not intend to stop there The rest of its body that had been steeped in darkness began to slowly expose itself
Hwiing!
At that moment, a cold wind swept across the land
Chiureureu!
The cold breeze an to turn its body as the winds swept up again
The beast returned to the subway station, and resorted to sing the pile of bodies
Like that, the beast and the pile soon disappeared, and from the spot where the snake had retreated fro away
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Everyone who had seen the pictures stiffened
The picture itself wasn’t very clear, and was in fact quite blurry In addition, the lighting was very poor, but despite the overall poor quality of the photo, the existence depicted in the photo overwhelmed everyone who had seen it
An existence far beyond their reach
'Good God, we have to kill this thing? What nonsense No matter how you look at it, it’s on a coht until now! The monsters on the level of the Black Orc cannot even touch this creature!’
”This is impossible There’s no e can kill this beast”
The first person to say anything despite the situation was Bang Hyun Wook
Bang Hyun Wook was shaking his head, his eyes as wide and round as the first time he had ever faced a monster
Hearing Bang Hyun Wook’s voice, Chang Sung Hoon ca come to, his expression stiffened
'I ······ No ht that our chances of victory would be considerably high if we used grenades, claymores, and other explosives in conjunction with boss’ Telekinesis······'
The one asthe de Hoon
No,Hoon’s plans were built upon the assumption that Kim Tae Hoon would be able to successfully kill the snake
He had felt that the odds were in their favor
Because it was none other than Kim Tae Hoon Because he had Telekinesis
Telekinesis had great couns, explosives, and other firearms
You don’t need perfect ht with Telekinesis, especially now since the Mek Clan soldiers could be outfitted with rifles, SMGs, grenades, claymores, and other firearreater firepower than before
It on, but wouldn’t it be e-bodied snake?
'I rong This beast isn’t soht now’
But having witnessed a first-person account, that was not the case
Kier than averageto hunt a cat
If it was lucky it would be able to get a bite in, but it wouldn’t change its role from prey to predator
”Boss, let’s leave it alone for now If you look at its behavior, you can tell that it hates the cold, so if we just keep throwing in corpses······”
Because of that, Chang Sung Hoon opted to change his plans
Listening to what Chang Sung Hoon said, Kian to recall the picture once more
He kept replaying the photos that had been captured by the installed camera as the snake exposed itself to the sun
He focused on the demon snake’s body as it revealed itself
'It’s skin will be on a completely different level than that of the Black Orc'
Its hide will be her and much more durable than that of the Black Orc’s
It wasn’t souess
The ruined subway station would be very dangerous It would be like walking through a thorny patch, completely naked
Even if he doesn’t receive any large wounds, he would accumulate scrapes and scratches
But despite having lived in the station for a few days, the demon snake did not have any noticeable injuries Its body was like a beautiful prized glass craft
However, there was a distinct wound on that strong body
'A sound'
Sword of the Coinal owner could never be known It was a sword that thirsted for blood, and had also inflicted a wound on the snake
'This situation is actually much better than when I faced the Black Orc' [TN: Wut]
He had a varied arsenal to select a weapon to use against the demon snake
The firepower of the Sword of the Coh
At least this tie this time
As long as it’s not a sudden battle and he had enough tiht where he chose
It was certain The situation this tiht the Black Orc
There was only one thing left
'As long as I can control my Telekinesis skillfully'
It hether Kie of his Telekinesis appropriately As long as his abilities were up to standard, then there would be no reason for the demon snake hunt to fail
”Chang Sung Hoon, how much time can we spare?”
”What?”
Chang Sung Hoon was frightened
“Are you going to hunt it?”
That was because the ‘spare ti about was the time it would take before the various Awakened that came under his command would start to act up and carry out their schemes
”Boss, you can’t kill it It’s impossible!”
Chang Sung Hoon tried to discourage Kiain
”How much time do we have left?”
”That······”
However, Chang Sung Hoon kept saying the sa
”It’s not like I y, but······ as you know, boss will start to receive the monster stone tributes once a week From their perspective, they won’t make any trouble with the first shi+pment No, rather, even if they don’t want to, they’ll do so in order not to arouse any suspicion But if there are no results by the time the second shi+pment comes, they’ll start to doubt you”
The world right noas unstable
If all trust and hope in Kiin to act out in desperation
And that would be a catalyst for collapse
”The first payment will couess about ten days?”
”That should be the ht be problems, but if you explain······”
Although itHoon’s mind, there would only be dark days after the ten days
'The monster hates the cold But if you look at it another way, if it gets warnore the pile of bodies I’ll have no choice but tosacrifices······ then it’ll be over'
In the end, the best way to control the deh sacrifices
In order to stall forthat was the worst of the worst
And, this was so Hoon
”What they want isn’t an explanation”
The hound dogs’ patience was not important
”Begin training to start the demon snake hunt”
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”For now, stability is the most important Don’t strain yourself too much”
”Th, thank you Thank you for saving me”
Seeing the young man boards her, Ahn Sun Mi could only aardly smile
'To talk about stability, how ironic Who in the world could be stable now?'
While Ahn Sun Mi was thinking to herself, a woman approached her
”Seonsaengnient care has come The patient was bitten by a monster The patient says that they’re an awakened”
The woroup of survivors a few days ago
She was now responsible for taking care of patients along with Ahn Sun Mi, and had opted to call Ahn Sun Mi by the honorific title of Seonsaengnim
[TN: Ok, so there are a few reasons as to why I decided not to translate ‘seonsaengnilish The direct translation means ‘teacher’, so like a math teacher or a science teacher However, the word ‘seonsaengni to or referring to a stranger, a doctor, an older male, or in other various contexts So with that in nim’, but keep in mind that in this context, it means doctor]
And, she wasn’t the only one
Ahn Sun Mi was noorking as the doctor
”Where is the patient?”
For now, she was the only one that the patients wanted to see It was because of her ability She was the only one with the ability to save them
She was also an integral member of the Mek Clan
The world as it was currently, had no access to proper medical care With no medicine in their hands, they would need to frequently risk their lives to scavenge for them The absence of antibiotics or antipyretics could lead to death
Given that situation, there being someplace you could visit in order to receive decent medical care was absolutely incredible
”Euuuh······ p, please save me, please······”
”What kind of monster bit you?”
”A dog······ no, I was bitten by a ”
”Did it only get your arm?”
Furthereration to say that a person’s ultioal in the current world was to simply maintain their own lives
Insurance, life insurance– these things orthless now In this day and age, there was no reason to ever have to give up your life for anything
Especially if someone was an awakened
”What? Yes It was only my arm”
Ahn Sun Mi’s eyes proht arm
It was a serious wound Without proper medical care or facilities, it would be better to just amputate the arm
”Ready the tools”
”Yes ma’am”
However, after inspecting the wound, Ahn Sun Mi immediately started treatment
”Brush and knife”
Even her tools, Ahn Sun Mi held onto a brush and a knife instead of a scalpel or scissors
They were actions that didn’t make sense
But, she used the brush to apply her own homemade medicine, and used the knife to smear some of the Mud Troll’s flesh onto the wound
The once serious wound began to heal at an alar rate
”That’ll be 8 , and this line almost made me spit my food out]
The treatotiation started immediately
”I, I understand Here······”
The patient’s coht red colored monster stones and handed it over
Considering how the treatment was completed in such a short a in line were surprised to see that the man’s injuries were completely healed without even a scar
Chang Sung Hoon approached from within the stillness
”Noonim, how is business today?”
Hearing that, Ahn Sun Mi gave him a sour look
Chang Sung Hoon reone off to college Of course no older sister would flash a s Hoon
”What do you want?”
”We’ve discovered another Mud Troll Well to be exact, it’s more like a Mud Troll’s nest Presently, we’ve only identified three of therave of corpses Unfortunately, the corpses have attracted large swathes of goblins and orcs, so it’ll take some time to deal with”
”Did you come here just to tell me that?”
”Of course not I cao?”
Ahn Sun Mi replied with a firm expression on her face
”Whatever There was nothing special about the body”
They were talking about anatomy
It was about details of a dissection
The awakened grow stronger by eating more monster stones But if that was the case, then was there a stone within the heart of an awakened?
Although everyone had their suspicions, there was nobody illing to confirm it
But to be fair, they had never had access to the corpse of an awakened who had frequently ingested monster stones
To put it another way, the bodies of Lee Jin Sung and his aides would help them solve this mystery
So of course they would do a dissection
Unfortunately, there were no results
When a monster died, it would leave behind a monster stone, but when an awakened died, they would leave nothing behind
”It looks like the human animal knows only how to consued”
Ahn Sun Mi tossed a shoulder bag withHoon who had just finished being philosophical
”Uh, why’d you give me this?”
”Give it to boss”
”But isn’t this what noonim earned on your own?”
”It’ll only be a waste to be used on me”
”Boss has suddenly beco hard and dedicating your earnings······ naturally a strong man would be eaten up in this world But the competitors this ti how the world has changed, there isn’t really a reason to insist on amy now, is there?”
Ahn Sun Mi cut in to stop Chang Sung Hoon’s incessant chatter
”So what’s boss’ situation right now? Can he really kill that monster?”
Chang Sung Hoon laughed lightly before replying back
”Our luck is seriously really good Like really really good”
Chapter 36 – Turf War (3)
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Under an overpass
”Stab it! Stab!”
What was originally an area bustling with cars was now a battlefield soaked in blood
Keuuuh!
It was a battle between three orcs and nine humans
”dath······”
”Spear! Throw one of the spears!”
It was a priainst the monsters, the humans were armed with simple sharpened pipes as spears and car doors as shi+elds
And it was a desperate battle
”Spray! Hurry and use the spray can!”
The orcs’ opponents were doing everything they could to fight back
The humans were in a line like you would see in an A struck by the orcs Some of the huan to paint the orcs’ eyes and mouths black with the bottles of spray paint in their hands
”Euaaaah!”
One of thehis sharpened pipe forward
In that desperate struggle, victory was quickly approaching the humans
Keuuuh! Keuuuh!
The bloodthirsty orcs were like hedgehogs There were spears sticking out of their bodies, causing them to cry out in pain
”It’s almost done!”
The faces of the huan to bloom into smiles, confident in their chances of victory
Keuheung!
Right up until an orc that was larger than any they had seen before appeared on the bridge
”On the overpass! On the overpass!”
The oversized orc was clearly so their hopes
It seized the opportunity to reverse theout a roar
Keuaaaaah!
Its roar resounded throughout the area, sweeping through the area like a wildfire
”Euuh······”
Ian to tremble
Keuuuh!
The momentum they had built up vanished like a used up candle
The battlefield had changed
”Keep your wits about you!”
”Hang on! They’re all on their dying breaths!”
Although there was a hu to raise e, see at them
It was going to throw its huge body into the fray
”Hey!”
At thatapproached the chief orc fro pace
Keuuh?
When the chief orc turned its head, it saw the head of a hammer you would find in a factory
Bbak!
The ha its face and skull
Puhwat!
The chief orc’s head was like the inside of a watermelon
TheHyun Wook, had his leg hoisted on the overpass’ ledge while yelling
”I’ll be taking this one then”
Bang Hyun Wook’s words kindled their desire to fight instead of provoking their ire
”Wooooooh!”
“Kill them! It’ll be over once we kill these bitches!”
Co that their leader had fallen, the orcs’ courage began to falter
Afterwards, the battle was completely one-sided
The three orcs beca more than corpses, and those who had survived the battle let out long sighs
Maybe it was because there was a shortage, but soarettes before carefully s them
Watching the scene for a little bit, Bang Hyun Wook then turned his head He saw Chang Sung Hoon observing the buildings in their surroundings, a map in his hands
”Hyung”
”What’s up?”
”The buildings in this area haven’t been cleared out yet, isn’t it dangerous here?”
Asking that, Bang Hyun Wook began to look around There wasn’t a single white flag visible anywhere near those buildings
”Well that’s why I dragged you along”
”No, it’s more than that······ if I run into a proble, but the people down there······”
Hearing that, Chang Sung Hoon folded histhe monster stones from the orcs
”You would have to take risks if you want to save them”
”And if I die?”
”It’s better than not doing anything then dying Regardless, it’s not like you intend to die, right?”
Thinking of those ould do anything to survive, Chang Sung Hoon let out a sigh
'Looks like the parties are growing'
Party
Groups of survivors began to hunt within the Mek Clan’s domain
'It’s what I wanted'
After Kian to actively hunt for monsters There washad been the leader
There were many reasons
'If it’s that ood will'
For now, since Kih the Mek Clan, then he needed to reveal some tricks of the trade
He revealed the reason behind why he used spray paints, the recipes to the toxic concoctions he made with pesticides, petroleum, and other various toxins, and the weaknesses of some of the monsters he had encountered
The Mek Clan also began to e-eyed monsters instead of the weaker red-eyed variants, and they also began hunting down the herd monsters
Outside of wandering or fugitive solitary roups of s where the Mek Clan had hoisted a white flag Safe hunting was s who took care of the erous creatures
Of course, the biggest reason was the 40 tax
'More than that, are those guys wearing orc leather ar around that an old cobbler is e for reet him eventually’
Aside fros
Basically, it was up to the hound dogs to choose what to do with the re monster stones and monster bodies