56 Episode 56 - Gimpo International Airport, Part III (1/2)

Chapter 20. Gimpo International Airport, Part III

Translator: Khan

Editor: RED

8.

Before the appearance of the monsters, the power of an individual was very trivial. However, after the appearance of the monsters, the power of an individual had now become something that mankind should hope for.

The hopes of those, who had recently survived in the capital city of South Korea, were hanging on a young man named Oh Se-bum.

He was heroic from the beginning. As soon as the monsters appeared, he fought against them with his bare hands and won. So, they gave him a lot of things.

He was given the rank of Major, even though he was only in the first year of the reserve army, and the freedom to smoke when he was in front of Battalion Commander of the 35th Commandos, who protected the top leaders of the Republic of Korea.

”No way!”

”Major Oh Se-bum is down?”

”What the hell?”

He was now stretched out on the snowy field. His tongue was out, and his eyes were turned over, with dark red blood spilling out between the nostrils of a crushed nose.

'Oh, my God.'

In front of the scene, the solemn, serious expression of Lieutenant Colonel Yoo Dae-Hyun changed to dismay.

There was one more person who couldn't believe the sight.

'No.' Kim Tae-hoon also couldn't accept the sight straight away. 'I couldn't have been beaten by this guy in the future.'

Oh was definitely strong. There was no shortage of skills to gain the upper hand against Kim, who might have no rival among Awakeners.

If it was a battle that used all their relics, not bare hands, Kim would never have won a head-to-head battle with Oh.

But that was all.

'He's not the type to plan a real conspiracy and betrayal.'

He was just strong, but he was not a man of style, able to paint a big picture and plan it out.

That was what he has shown right now.

It was a totally different matter to have a position and background able to show off in front of the Lieutenant Colonel Yoo, and to actually do so.

If Kim were in Oh's position, he wouldn't have shown off in front of Lieutenant Colonel Yoo.

Lieutenant Colonel Yoo was not an absurd person. To make an enemy by behaving as one pleases is a characteristic of a low-grade player.

However, when he came to face Kim, Oh revealed his feelings as they were. At first, he looked down on Kim and immediately expressed his intention to kill him after Kim's provocations.

People who showed off their murderous spirit according to their mood were one of two types: a puppy, or a madman.

'So I told myself to use him in my dream.'

In summary, Oh was a man who could fight Kim, threaten him, and kill him, but he couldn't plan it.

'There's a mastermind.”

Of course, there was someone in the background. There was a player who controlled the chessboard and used a chessman named Oh Se-bum.

'The head is the real enemy threatening me.'

Kim's idea went that far. It was not the opponent behind Oh Se-bum that Kim should deal with right now. He raised Oh, who had fainted, with his Telekinesis. Then he shouted to Lieutenant Colonel Yoo, who was in the middle of the crowd, in a loud voice, ”Let's start negotiating.”

Now Kim had another card to negotiate: the hostage card.

9.

”Currently, the Capital Defense Command is located to the north of the Han River. My role is to contact the surviving forces outside of Seoul.”

”How's the situation in Seoul?”

”Of the thirty-one bridges of the Han River, the Gimpo Bridge and the Banpo Bridge are the only ones that are safe. This much explanation should be enough for you to understand the situation.”

”Did you blow up the bridges on purpose?”

”Some of them were blown by the military, some of them were blown by monsters.”

Lieutenant Colonel Yoo has begun negotiations with Kim.

He saw Kim's ability, and now he could not help but negotiate with Kim, who had taken Major Oh Se-bum as a hostage.

In addition, Kim was a man who did what he intended to do. If necessary, he would cut off the limbs of Oh and continue to carry out his will to hurt Oh.

In fact, while talking, Kim was not letting Oh Se-bum go. Oh was still stunned and standing like a mannequin. The place of the conversation was still the runway, cold winds blowing past.

If Lieutenant Colonel Yoo tried to bluff in front of Kim, the only things he would get were Oh's fingernails or fingers.

Kim had decisively showed his ability. He proved how threatening he could be. If Lieutenant Colonel Yoo continued to show hostility against him, Kim would not let him and his forces go like this.

”How many survivors?”

”Not a great number, of course, but a lot survived. Seoul was the home of more than ten million people.”

That was why Lieutenant Colonel Yoo, who had been uncooperative so far, changed his attitude and cooperated. When Kim heard Yoo's story, Kim could see that the situation in Seoul was worse than he thought.

'They've saved a lot… it's not good.'

At this point, the fact that there were many survivors was a very negative factor in some ways. In the view of the monsters, once there were many survivors, they had a lot of prey. Always. The rich prey led to the emergence of higher predators. There was no guarantee that survivors were cooperative. Humans could always be more monstrous than monsters.

'There's a subway.'

There were also two fatal weaknesses in Seoul at this time. One was a lot of buildings occupied the land, and the other was an underground subway which was like a spider web. These were the best places for monsters to hide. Conversely, they were places which restricted the use of military power.

The subway was the worst. It was very hard for trams and fighters to go into the subway and kill monsters. The same was true of skyscrapers. If the monsters caused the building to collapse, the additional damage was enormous. A tall building was, in a way, a mine.

'They couldn't find the answer in Seoul, so they came out.'

Such facts were the reason why Lieutenant Colonel Yoo had led the special forces out of Seoul. They couldn't find an answer to solve the situation in Seoul.

At that moment, Kim asked Lieutenant Colonel Yoo. ”How about the president or the prime minister? How are they?”

”Of course, we have secured their safety,” Lieutenant Colonel Yoo answered as if he had waited for the question. His expression was calm.

”Is that so?” However, Kim was able to clearly hear that the heart rate of lieutenant colonel Yoo had changed.

'They failed to secure them.' It was the voice of a person telling lies and acting. 'We are in trouble.'

It was obvious. Currently, the powers that were in Seoul had yet to secure the defense of the top authority, such as the president or prime minister.