Chapter 124
Chapter 23 Survivors (6)
‘It’s a really crazy situation.’
I lived in a world where the word human resources was taken for granted.
It was a different thing to see living beings themselves being consumed as a resource.
Perhaps because of that, I felt stuffy when I thought about the farm.
It wasn’t just me.
The atmosphere of those who volunteered for the escort mission was overall heavy.
Although I didn’t share what I knew with other players.
The existence of the farm was enough to shock those with common sense.
As the atmosphere became heavy, the children began to shrink.
‘It’s not loud enough for a normal human to hear.’
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Just because you’re young doesn’t mean you’re clueless.
He must have known that the atmosphere was heavy.
To make matters worse, the children who hadn’t eaten properly for nearly a week had difficulty walking slowly.
Because of that, the speed did not improve, so a vicious cycle of paying more attention to adults continued.
The sound of children’s breathing, which looked like they were about to fall backwards at any moment, was so annoying.
I waved my hands and hesitated for a moment before finally looking back and saying.
“Let’s speed it up a bit.”
If I continue like this, there will be no end, and I reached out my hand scared to finish my words.
“Oops!”
He picked up a nearby child who must have been about 7 years old.
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Just because the players carry 2 or 30 kg more doesn’t mean it’s too much for them.
Carrying the children would be much quicker.
I said, putting the child on my shoulder.
“Hold tight.”
Hurrying, I put my legs around my neck, the child with my head wrapped around my head, and I picked up the older guys one by one in each arm.
When I went first, Kim Yul, who was walking next to me, quickly followed me.
Yang Tae-ho also reached out and stopped him.
“Tanks focus on vigilance outside the ranks. It will be covered enough with the remaining number of people.”
“hmm… … Got it.”
Yang Tae-ho shook his head and stood at the head of the group.
When we finished organizing the roles at the party level and looked back, most of the players were taking action.
The tankers fell into the outskirts, and the other personnel started taking care of the children.
There was no confusion because the children to be dedicated to each party were assigned before departure.
Carrying on your back, hugging, and riding a wooden horse like me.
After a few minutes, not a single child had their feet on the ground.
‘It’s nice to be famous at times like this.’
Thanks to the value of the name Kei, he often had the upper hand in influence when dealing with an unspecified number of people.
Of course, there are those who stare at me like a thorn in the eye and argue with me.
‘Most of them can’t even make a sound if you step on them once.’
There were not many people who could withstand the fight with me when I set my angles and start overpowering.
When it leads to an actual fight, the relative superiority of force becomes more prominent.
‘It’s not to the extent of controlling all situations.’
To some extent, it was possible to lead people in the direction I wanted.
Thanks to this, we were able to start moving again as soon as we finished the rank maintenance.
‘I’m leaving the valley within today.’
I checked the road by looking at the map, and when I picked up my speed, the players caught up with me.
There were no special conversations or incidents.
Even the occasional monsters were not a big problem.
It was because the player who was able to hit from a distance while the tank was blocking handled it neatly.
It was so quiet that the children carried by the player would fall asleep.
As it was near the barracks, the Meseo arrangement was over.
After moving non-stop for nearly five hours, the escort ranks quickly moved out of the valley area.
If you look at the player’s stamina, there’s no problem going further, but I decided to take a break thinking about the children.
‘I need to feed him something.’
I heard that the command ate briefly during the meeting.
It’s been a while since then, so it’s time to eat.
The sun was setting anyway, so I decided to take a break.
Thanks to the map, I was able to find a suitable vacant lot without getting lost.
There was also a small waterside nearby, so it was an appropriate place to solve drinking water.
While the party leaders gathered in one place to plan their vigil, others started preparing for camp.
As I watched the scene, I laughed involuntarily.
‘Why are modern people so good at preparing for camping?’
As if to prove the time I spent in Bihar, I didn’t wander or stumble.
I was unfamiliar with the people preparing for camping, but it had been a long time since I got used to camping.
I shook my head excitedly and negotiated the order of the non-sinking ship with the party leaders.
‘It’s the first order of honey.’
After returning to the party members with satisfactory results, a serious voice was heard.
“Looks like you starved for several days. Is it okay to give it to you? This is MS… … .”
“This is fine! Is it a misconception that MSG is bad for the body? Really, I don’t even know… … .”
“Ramen itself is instant!”
Yang Tae-ho and Yul Kim were arguing over whether or not to give cup noodles to the children.
I opened the lid of a low-level potion to end the meaningless dispute between the two.
Then, while I was weaving overnight, I poured the potion into the water the two had scooped up.
“Eat something warm.”
When camping, the fire should be kept to a minimum, and only boil water before turning it off.
If you don’t want to lure monsters in all night long, that’s for you.
In the end, the sun goes down and the cold air has to be endured with the provided blanket.
As players may not know, it will be a cold night for children.
It would be better to eat something warm and put it to sleep before it cools down.
I had already told the party leaders when I planned the night watch.
Feed the children potions and put them to bed early.
‘I distributed the potions supported by the 4th Battalion, so if I take a good rest today, I’ll recover to some extent.’
When I poured three potions into the water in succession, Yang Tae-ho did not object.
In response, Kim Yul prepared the food with a triumphant expression.
That time when the children were called and fed for a long time.
At a really unexpected timing, my eyes turned to the map in the upper right corner of my field of vision.
It seems that something suddenly appeared on the edge of the map.
‘Did I see it wrong?’
Even looking at the map, it was difficult to find anything that had changed.
So I thought of dismissing it as an optical illusion and ignoring it.
It was a time when I was about to rest, so it was annoying to move again.
But when I see the children slurp, slurp, and drink cup ramen soup in front of me, I lift my butt.
‘Let’s check and come back.’
With magic detection and maps, you won’t have to go far.
“Where are you going?”
“Pause scouting. I’ll be back soon, so watch the kids.”
I held the spear while giving words to Kim Yul.
And just as I was about to take a step, a tingling sensation ran up my spine and hit me in the back of my head.
I turned my head, following the terrifying feeling.
In the bushes and trees, in the dark corner, there was a shadow that hadn’t been there before.
Is it an illusion, an optical illusion, or is it real?
The body was already reacting in a situation where it could not be accurately distinguished.
I was able to find him when I checked by throwing the javelin that was strapped to my back.
It was the monster that chased after Rashar’s group when they first met.
Four eyes that move in different directions, protruding outward like a chameleon.
There are as many as five stars above the head with those eyes.
‘where?’
I didn’t see a black dot approaching on the map.
When I came to my senses, I saw a black dot in the corner of the campsite.
I couldn’t figure out where the hell he came from.
But it wasn’t the time to think about it.
Sweet-!
As the javelin I threw began to cut through the air, the responsive players raised their weapons.
At that time, I was already kicking the ground towards the 5-star evolutionary species.
As the distance got closer, my heart became more urgent.
‘Faster, faster!’
Because the body of the 5-star evolutionary species that had cut off the short spear was leaning toward the nearest party.
I was procrastinating and worried that I wouldn’t be able to reach it by an inch, so I clenched my teeth and teased my legs.
Fortunately, my efforts were not in vain.
It was successful in blocking the evolved species before reaching the players.
thud-!
Immediately after the collision, a heavy force was felt.
“Get out of the way!”
I shouted at the players behind me and gave them strength and endured.
The muscles in his arms and legs swelled, and blood vessels stood out on the nape of his neck.
My feet dragged across the uncompacted soil, leaving a long trail.
Fortunately, when I endured it with enough evil to make my face redden, the speed of being pushed slowed down, and it stopped before long.
I was the one who won the monotonous contest of strength, but it didn’t end there.
“Kirik?”
The Evolutionary Species swung their arms to clear me as an obstacle, and I blocked the attack with a spear.
Every time he and I bumped into each other, I couldn’t tell if my body was shaking or the ground was shaking.
Following the menacingly swinging arm, an unexpected attack was added.
“Oops!”
I leaned back to avoid the whip-like tail that struck me from above.
Kugu Palace!
The tail that passed by me hit the floor and let out a heavy roar.
No matter how strong the impact was, the ground cracked and the surrounding features bounced.
Soaring dirt, stones, and weeds obscured his vision.
Even in that situation, he opened his eyes wide and turned the spear, raising it from the bottom to the top.
“Kieek!”
puck-!
While the guy who had been hit in the jaw by the tail of a spear staggered for a moment, I took a step back.
Afterwards, during several skirmishes, the distance was steadily secured.
Then, unable to reach me, I pierced the spear outside the arm of the monster that passed by.
The blade of the spear, which slid along the creature’s arm like a snake, landed precisely in the monster’s armpit-side chest.
hooked
As soon as a monotonous yet faint sound was heard, attribute magic flowed through the window.
A blue flash bloomed in the darkness.
The sparks that spread out in all directions disturbed the view and moved to the surrounding trees, turning them into red flames.
“Kyaaagh!”
The evolutionary species screamed and was still alive.
Luckily, it wasn’t that no damage was done.
Pajik, Pajik.
Sparks continued to rise over the smooth, reptile-like hide.
‘This is enough to paralyze.’
In fact, the evolved species only flinched, but were unable to show any more threatening movements.
Now that I’ve neutralized the tough guy to deal with, without hesitation, I gathered my magical energy and cut a long spear through the evolutionary species’ chest.
Chewy.
There was a sound of meat tearing, and the evolutionary species’ upper body opened to both sides.
“You have succeeded in eliminating the enemy. 28698 of the contaminated magic power is absorbed.”
I caught the 5-star evolved species more easily than I thought, but my complexion was hardened.
It could be because a lot of mana was suddenly absorbed, but the more fundamental cause was the abnormal phenomenon that was happening on the map.
A number of black dots were appearing on the map visible only to me.
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Just like putting a dot on a white sheet of paper.
It’s not coming from a long distance, but as if it fell from the sky.
The rate at which the black dots increased gradually increased.
Scary to understand the situation, dark shadows appeared in the dark forest.
All of them were 5-star evolved species.
“There are more coming, shoot!”
“Blow right away!”
“one deal!”
Players who recognized the appearance of a new evolutionary species began to cast long-range magic.
The fire-type magic that fell in the forest burned even more violently with the wind-type magic on its back.
However, the 5-star evolutionary species walked leisurely through the flames.
“Elemental magic doesn’t work at all?”
While the bewildered players hesitated, I clicked my tongue inwardly.
‘Most of the attacks I just made were 2nd grade, and some of the remaining magic was embodied with 3rd grade magic.’
Ignoring that and being fine like that means that the magic resistance of a 5-star evolved species is at least level 3.
I looked at the evolutionary species with their backs to the flames with a stiff expression.
‘It seems that his physical ability was similar to that of a 4 star.’
Seeing as I haven’t been pushed, I’m probably right.
Are their physical abilities similar to those of 4 stars, but with stronger magic resistance?
If so, players with a low level of attribute magic are at a disadvantage.
What if an all-out war breaks out under these conditions?
‘Dangerous.’
When magicians who are ranged dealers collide in a situation where they cannot use their power, at least half of them die.
An alarm bell rang in my head, and at the same time, the evolutionary bell that escaped from the flames subtly bowed its back.
‘Leap posture.’
As soon as I realized that, I fell back and shouted.
“Tankeo!”
As if to wait for the signal, a rock rose from my feet.
“What are you doing?! We need to put up a barrier right now!”
At the urging of Yang Tae-ho, who was the first to build a barrier, other tankers joined in.
Soon, barriers made of various rocks were piled up in double and triple layers.
And there was a roar that shook the earth.