Chapter 10 (2/2)
Puk!
The gremlin was shot in the head, whether by luck or skill, and fell over. There was a bursting sound in the air, but it was not enough to cause trouble.
-[You have earned 12 points.]
“A gun really is good.”
It was easy. It died in a shot. He would be able to kill dozens.
Seuseuk.
Cha Jun Sung approached the gremlin. It was carrying a coarse but not dangerous weapon. It was the type that could be blocked with just his plastic armor.
As he searched the body, he found a dart and tried jabbing his impact tights with it. He had controlled the length so that it would not touch his skin even if it got through the fabric.
“It doesn’t go through.”
It did not go in no matter how much he pushed on it. It might go in if he pushed against it on a wall, but there was almost no risk of an external attack because that was unlikely to happen.
“I’ll still wait.”
Conceit becomes a trap, and the best decision is to go along with his plan. Nothing lost from being cautious.
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Pewpewpewpew!
Changchangchangchang!
Every time he shot the red fire, a window of the dark supermarket shattered. He broke each one he saw mercilessly.
Hwak!
Kyak!
Rays of sunlight flooded in. Shrieks followed. The gremlins scrambled to find a dark place to hide from the light.
That was his chance. It seemed they were more averse to the sunlight than they were to intruders. The red fire chased their unprotected movement like a swarm of bees.
“There are a ton of them.”
He stopped counting after he killed over 100 of them.
He had swept the first three floors, and all that was left was the basement. It did not have windows, but that was okay. He had spent 50 points for a photothermal magazine.
Snap.
Cha Jun Sung switched the magazine. It was his last one. He had used them sparingly, but he still used 241 bullets. If he failed in the basement sweep, he would have to go into battle.
Sukuk.
He took the dagger out and slit the throats of the gremlins that were still alive. There might have been ones that were hiding, but he would check after finishing up with the basement.
Tubuktubuk.
Cha Jun Sung got on the escalator with the dagger in his left hand and the red fire in his right. He did not turn it on. He was just following its path.
He left the escalator and stopped walking. Dozens of pairs of eyes blinked at him from afar.
Cha Jun Sung sneered as he took out a round object from his chest.
The photothermal magazine would shine a tremendous light for five minutes. If this went off, it would be as though there was daylight in the basement.
Seuk.
Cha Jun Sung wore the glasses attached to his plastic armor. Its tinted lenses would protect his eyes from the photothermal magazine.
Bibibibi!
The timer was five seconds. If he did not throw it in time, it would detonate in front of him.
Pwak!
Kyah!
He closed his eyes because of the light that seeped through the tinted glasses. The eyes and skin of the gremlins who had been exposed to the photothermal magazine burned.
It was so painful that they died one after the other.
“If the missions under 400 points are all like this, I can do a bunch.”
It was advantageous to have more points. But rash behavior always proved to be ineffective.
The equipment he could carry was limited if he did not have 50,000 points to acquire the space compression bag. A lot of items interfered with his movement unnecessarily.
“I won’t get complacent, but from what I’ve felt…… I’m embarrassed that I was so nervous.”
He knew that it was because of the equipment. Other than his exhaustion, he did not have any injuries. All that he had was a few scratches on the plastic armor.
Pewpew!
Cha Jun Sung used the red fire on a struggling gremlin and picked up the photothermal magazine. He could use it in a better way.
The photothermal magazine he had purchased was not to be thrown on the ground, but imprinted.
Swish.
Snap.
Cha Jun Sung threw the photothermal on the ceiling. A strong magnet came out of it and it attached itself to the structure. The interior of the basement became bright.
As the range of light widened, the darkness went away. The gremlins naturally fled into areas where the light was weak.
Kiik!
It was pathetic how they were struggling with each other to stay in the shadows.
“So you’re the leader.”
Deep in the darkness hid a gremlin about a half larger than the rest. The leader gremlin looked at Cha Jun Sung with malice.
“Goodnight.”
Pewpew!