6 Episode 6 - The Mark of an Awakener, Part II (1/2)
Chapter 2. The Mark of an Awakener, Part II
Translator: Khan
Editor: RED
2.
The monsters appeared at 4 p.m. and a fierce battle for survival began. The battle was over at 5 p.m., and the survivors were sleeping due to the fatigue and pain they were suffering.
At 10 p.m...
”Ugh ...”
The survivors began to open their eyes, one by one. It was not, of course, that their eyes were open in a good or restful mood.
For the first time in their life, they had fought a life-or-death battle. But the fatigue caused by the battle could not be released by only three or four hours of sleeping all curled up, consumed and struggling to survive in the gap between life and death. Nevertheless, they woke up because they reached their limits.
”Has the rescue team not arrived yet?”
”Why the hell are our smartphones not working? Why are we like this? We pay the monthly fee for communication!”
”How long should we stay here? What happened out there?”
The worries and concerns about their current situation interfered with sleeping anymore, and as always, their disturbances woke up those still trying to sleep.
”What are you doing there?”
”What?”
”Why are you raising the fire shutter?”
The starting point of the disturbance was in front of the fire shutter that blocked the escalator down to the first floor. There were four men in front of the fire shutter. Park Jae-woon was frightened and shouted at the men, at a similar age. The four people who seemed to be friends were alert to their surroundings and trying to lift the fire shutter.
”What are you doing, you idiots? What if there is a monster there?”
Park's reaction was intense. To him, the first floor was hell. It was mere hours ago that he had experienced a desperate thing that would be a trauma for the rest of his life. In fact, he was worried and concerned while looking at the fire shutters blocking off the first floor whenever he was awake. He was worried that monsters would appear through the fire shutters, threaten his wife and daughter again, and whether he should stop them again.
Now, four of them were trying to lift the fire shutters!
His cry to stop them was full of sincerity. Naturally, the cry caught the attention of the crowd.
”What is it? What's going on?”
”Oh, is the rescue team here?”
”I don't think it's a rescue team.”
One or two, who were still tired, walked to a place where they could see the fire shutters. The disturbed atmosphere began to spread across the floor.
”Aw, fuck …” One of the four men, who caught the mood, hurled a curse.
”What are you looking at? What are you looking at?” The others showed a very nervous and sharp reaction towards the gaze of the crowd.
It was not difficult to figure out why.
”Eh...?”
”Isn't that . . . a MacBook?”
”An iPad?”
There were a lot of unwrapped Apple products in plastic bags around the four of them.
Theft! During all this chaos, the four of them were going to run away with the most expensive things here. They were caught stealing, and their reaction was not subtle.
”Shit, don't you turn your eyes!”
”Hey!”
Eventually, one of them, the biggest and most bulky man, strode toward Park. Without any warning, he pushed both of his shoulders strongly.
”Ouch!” Park could not withstand the brute force and fell back.
”Honey!” His wife screamed at her husband falling down, and her daughter, who was sleeping in her arms, began to rub her eyes with her small hands at the disturbance.
”What's wrong with-” Park, who fell, rose up straight to try conversation. But as soon as he got up, the big man pushed Park once again. Harder than before. Harder than a push, so hard that calling it a slap was more appropriate.
”Huck!” Park fell back to the floor with a breathless sound.
”Huh!”
”It's a fight.”
The cluttered atmosphere quickly became fragmented with uncertainty, different from the sense of silence before.
”What do we do? Should we stop them?”