Chapter 195 : Chapter 195
Chapter 195 - Combo (5)
Yoo Seong-jin laughed as if he were a madman.
Perhaps he sensed that this place would be his grave.
"I've seen everything in my life. Hehehehe!"
He was kidnapped by an assailant in broad daylight.
Furthermore, that location was right in front of the main gate of the Gwangun Sword Family.
He would have never imagined such an end.
He wore a venomous smile and opened his mouth.
"Six in Seoul. Six in Busan."
Then he began to laugh like a madman again.
"Hehehehe!"
It was an answer that came at an unexpected timing, but I could immediately understand the meaning of these words.
The number of zombies being prepared by the Gwangun Sword Family.
"That's a relief."
"A relief?"
"Because I was prepared for the possibility of having to go on a tour of major provincial cities across the country."
"Hehehehe!"
"Furthermore, it would have been more complicated if it were overseas, but we don't have to worry about that, do we? How much of a relief is that. Right?"
At my words, Yoo Seong-jin chuckled once more.
"You can't stop it anyway."
"I'll take care of that."
"You know well how fatal the spread of zombies is. Hehehehe!"
"So when is D-day?"
Yoo Seong-jin suddenly stiffened his expression and answered.
"Tonight. Busan."
Then he wore a triumphant smile.
"The timing of you kidnapping me was quite remarkable."
"Seoul?"
"I don't know. Hehehehe!"
He was laughing as if he were joking or mad, but his eyes were not those of someone telling a lie.
He was probably going through the most serious time in his life right now.
"Then tell me this first. Where in Busan is it tonight?"
There was not much time.
If the initial spread of zombies was successful, the evolution would grow out of control.
From now on, time was gold.
"A very interesting sight will unfold in Busan. Things that are not human are scheduled to become zombies first."
Things that are not human?
In an instant, my experience in Hardeon came to mind.
The hosts for zombies were not only humans.
At that time, the horses of the supply unit also turned into zombies, throwing the surroundings into great chaos.
"Are you talking about a zoo, perhaps?"
"Hehehehe! Quite impressive! But what can you do? It's already too late."
"I'm sorry. It's not too late."
Because a ridiculous race called a dragon was currently by my side.
"I'll take revenge instead, as promised. After organizing today's work well."
"Revenge? Screw you! Who says I'll die submissively here?"
Yoo Seong-jin drew his sword and continued speaking.
"You bastards are acting as if my life is already yours!"
He was stepping back and drawing up mana.
He was denying reality even though he knew it wouldn't work.
"Since we don't have much time, I'll end this quickly for you."
I summoned a mana stone from my inventory.
"Yoo Seong-jin, you will be found tomorrow as a zombie corpse here."
"Try it if you can!"
Yoo Seong-jin calmed his breathing and began to move his sword.
Clean and precise management of mana.
And an efficient sword path without any waste.
His level had progressed once more from what he had shown until now.
It was amazing.
The desperation right before death had brought about enlightenment.
"I should congratulate you. For reaching the complete level of a Sword Expert."
BOOM!!
The swords clashed.
Considerable force was transmitted through the blade.
No matter how desperate one was, it was never easy to break one's limit in such a situation.
Furthermore, if it were a high level like a Sword Expert, it would be much more difficult.
I didn't know how much enlightenment he had gained from the Demon King, but I thought Yoo Seong-jin himself had considerable talent.
"What a waste."
These words came from the bottom of my heart.
BOOM!!
But Yoo Seong-jin smiled venomously.
And his sword stabbed towards me like a gale.
"Die!"
A decisive blow he launched.
I felt the power of highly condensed mana.
I let out a hollow laugh at the level that had advanced once more from a moment ago.
With this kind of talent, he could have dreamed of revenge through proper means.
BANG!
At this, I responded by slightly lifting the tip of the Holy Sword and striking his sword away.
A single sword flew into the air, spinning.
Yoo Seong-jin, who had lost his sword, had a dazed expression.
"…S-Sword Master?"
My hand, holding the mana stone, headed towards his dantian.
Whir!
The Zombie Rune slumbering inside his body began to resonate.
His dazed gaze crossed with mine.
He looked as if he had something to say.
Although I couldn't read his heart, I interpreted it my way.
To ask for revenge.
Yoo Seong-jin ultimately could not open his mouth.
The transformation into a zombie took place very quickly.
"GRAAAH!!"
His gaze changed, and a violent roar erupted.
Like the zombies I had seen so far, his consciousness was filled with the desire for reproduction.
Of course, it was certain that he was a zombie of unprecedented danger.
Since a zombie's mana inherited that of its life.
"Unit Leader Ji-han. Can you end it quickly? This is a bit disgusting."
"I didn't know you were such a squeamish dragon."
"When you're a hatchling, you're supposed to grow up seeing only pretty and good things."
SWISH!
The sword path was drawn beautifully, and the zombie's head was neatly severed.
***
JJ Animal Park in Busan.
Since it was already past closing time, silence hung over the vast park.
In the dark space where dusk had settled, figures dressed in black began to appear one by one.
The number of people gathered was six in total.
"Is this really the place?"
"This is the gathering place we were told. We'll get another contact soon."
"But why a zoo, of all places? And past closing time, too."
Everyone shared the same doubt.
The clock already pointed to 19:40, and it had been 10 minutes since the instructed gathering time.
"I thought there would be something when we came here."
"Wait. The Unit Leader must have had a reason for telling us to gather here."
Since everyone was just complaining, Choi Seung-jo gave them a piece of his mind.
His loyalty to Yoo Seong-jin was great.
It was Taewol Unit Leader Yoo Seong-jin who had brought him, who was in a hopeless situation, directly to the Gwangun Sword Family.
His score on the qualification exam was very poor.
He barely passed, just barely over the cutoff.
He had never imagined that he would be able to enter such a prestigious sword family with such a report card.
Not even a third-rate guild sent him a love call, and at most, a few new ones offered him ridiculous salaries.
At that time, the lifeline came from an unexpected place.
The Gwangun Sword Family.
Furthermore, the Taewol Unit said they would take him personally.
The words Yoo Seong-jin had told him at that time still lingered in his head.
Choi Seung-jo, I saw your potential.
When he called his name, he felt as if he had met his lifelong master.
That was why he followed Yoo Seong-jin without doubt, no matter what orders he gave.
It was the same in Hardeon.
"I got a contact!"
"Huh? Me too!"
A single message sent from the Gwangun Sword Family to the six people.
But the content was a bit strange.
"It says to take a walk in the zoo?"
"It says to go see the wolves, but why?"
He didn't know the reason, but this was also a clear order from the family.
"Let's go for now."
Choi Seung-jo began to lead the way without a word.
The thought that there must be a reason.
Even if there were no reason, he had to follow the instructions from the family.
"Since we're just sitting here like this, it's good to see something."
"Yeah. It feels like we've rented out the zoo at this late hour when no one's around."
"But will it be okay if we're all caught on CCTV?"
"What does CCTV matter! If no accident happens, they won't even look at it."
"I guess so, right?"
The group of six soon reached the safari where the pack of wolves was.
Beyond the wire fence, dozens of wolves were loitering and roaming the forest path.
"Shall we go in and see?"
"Don't talk nonsense. Let's not cause an accident and just stay quiet."
Of course, the possibility of an accident was not great.
To those who hunted monsters, animals like wolves wouldn't even be at the level of pet dogs.
But the wolves beyond the wire fence seemed to have slightly different thoughts.
They growled and threatened the group of six.
"Is that guy the leader? Quite cute."
Some of them giggled while imitating the growling sounds of the wolves.
Choi Seung-jo lightly touched his forehead at the sight.
His peers seemed too immature.
He wanted to tell them to stop, but he soon withdrew that thought.
Thinking they would stop after a while.
"Grrrrr."
"Grrrrr."
The joke that started with one or two now had everyone except himself participating.
Furthermore, the sound was becoming increasingly bizarre, so he thought it was getting out of hand.
Choi Seung-jo's patience was also reaching its limit.
"Can you guys stop now?"
As he shouted and looked to the side, Choi Seung-jo was overwhelmed by a chilling sense of incongruity.
The bizarre gaze of his colleagues revealed in the darkness.
This had a chilling aspect to be taken as just a joke.
"W-what's with you guys!"
Furthermore, the bizarre sounds coming from their mouths were not like those produced by humans.
"GRAAAH!"
A sound closer to a beast than a wolf.
Finally, his colleagues suddenly began to climb the wire fence.
"I asked what you're doing!"
In the end, Choi Seung-jo burst out shouting.
But no one looked back.
Their actions were not a joke.
Blood began to smell as their bodies were scratched by the wire fence. But.
'The smell of blood?'
The smell was too foul to be just blood.
The surprise did not end there.
Finally, his colleagues, who had all climbed the wire fence, began to jump down one by one and run towards the wolves.
But it was not the movement of warriors who had learned the sword.
It was like the feeling of a bloodthirsty beast.
The wolves also did not leave the intruders in their territory alone.
They moved fiercely and faced the intruders.
Perhaps the smell of blood stimulated these predators.
"GRAAAH!"
Terrible scenes unfolded a moment later.
His colleagues and the wolves began to tear each other apart.
Surprisingly, the side that was more agile and sharp was the humans, not the wolves.
His colleagues were tearing at the wolves' necks while constantly shaking their heads back and forth.
"W-what is this!"
This unrealistic situation that one couldn't even imagine in a horror movie.
Choi Seung-jo had no choice but to scream at this world revealed before his eyes.
And at that moment, he felt a pain in his dantian.
His mind became hazy and dizziness came.
He couldn't breathe, and a foul smell wafted up from his body.
His consciousness gradually faded.
He didn't know the reason.
A bizarre sound was about to come out of his mouth on its own.
It was something completely unrelated to his will.
"GRAAAH!"
And so, the string of his consciousness snapped.