Chapter 6 (2/2)

-[One in each of the two rooms between the hallway and front. Two in the room you started in.]

Cognate predators slept in one place. The hallway was open and a small room was past the hall. The room he started in was optimal.

“You said that as long as I don’t die, you can put me back to my normal state even if my arms or legs get cut off?”

-[It is possible.]

“Confirmed.”

Cha Jun Sung took out the tape from his bag and wound it around his arms and legs tightly. He needed to do this at least to avoid mortal wounds since he does not have armor.

Hu!

He breathed in deeply before acting out his plan. It would be a lie if he said that he was not nervous. This was his way of trying to stay alive. That was all.

Puk.

The dagger dug deep into the Kawod’s heart. A humanoid mutant’s body structure is similar to that of a person. The location of the heart was the same. Instantly killed!

“It’s tiring…..”

14 of them?

Ah! With the first one he killed, it was 15. He spent the whole day on just the 3rd floor. As long as there were no Kawods, going down would be easy.

He could leave after killing as many as he could. When he asked Odin if he could jump out of the window instead of going down the stairs, he had said that I could try it if I wanted to die.

If he were unlucky, he would be overcome with mutants or he could even meet stronger mutants. He aptly gave up on any path aside from the stairs at that.

“It’s the last medicine.”

The medicine in his pack had healing effects. Homeostasis began as soon as he put it on, and a scab formed. He did not have any mortal wounds, but he had suffered quite a few minor injuries.

Especially his arms and legs. This was the result of pushing forward with trust in this medicine’s effects and tape. Even this much had only been possible because he had the medicine.

Kak!

“It’s been awhile since we heard that. It’s the fourth.”

It was the first scream he had heard in a day. It seemed the other lifers were doing fairly well. If not, wouldn’t he have heard a series of screams like he did yesterday?

Eujuk eujuk.

“How could they be rock heads in the game and in real life?”

-[It was a fact that Kawods were stupid. Level 1 meant that they had been infected by the A virus, but only aggregated inferior cells due to failing to adapt.]

Level 2 was still a low level.

A mutant needed to reach Level 3 to show some success in adaptation.

“That’s a frank assessment. At any rate, I just have 6 to catch?”

-[Yes, that’s right.]

After fighting with two, he felt that he could take on a third. However, he decided to be careful because his stamina had weakened and he had a lot of minor injuries.

“Let’s start again…..”

“Assholes! Where is this! Send me home. You assholes!”

As Cha Jun Sung was about to go up the vent, he stopped at the ranting he heard nearby. By his tone, he must have been summoned while drunk.

“Reality version? Damn! I blew everything! My life savings were wasted!”

Cha Jun Sung was not an writer, but he detailed out the man’s behavior in his head.

The man had heard the news that the game was suspended and drank as he downloaded the application for the reality version. He had been sent here after being summoned to the briefing room.

Since he was drunk out of his mind, everything the helper said was nonsense and the quiet closed area was perfect for his tantrum.

“That man’s on a roof. The Kawods can’t get up there because the door is locked?”

-[It is open. There is another reason why the Kawod are not going up there.]

“Huh?”

-[You must remain calm. You need to take deep breaths and maintain your composure.]

He was bewildered. The man was the one in danger, but why was he being told to stay calm?

Kung!

A fear-inducing roar. Cha Jun Sung’s legs weakened at the roar and he plopped down. The man did not have a very different reaction.

“This, this sound….. Could the boss of this closed area be that guy?”