84. A rat in a poison (2)
The atmosphere subsided once.
Oliver asked.
“I heard that the fighter crew and the mercenaries fled to this place while exploring the contaminated area, how did you come here, Arthur?”
Arthur, who had a golem prosthetic, smoked a cigarette and answered.
“Uh-huh… I happened to be fighting zombies with my friends.”
“Can you explain a little more?”
“················ogue.”
Arthur looked at Oliver for a moment, then pulled out a map from his arms.
A more detailed map than Oliver had, he pointed to a skull mark.
“I went here, and I was attacked by a swarm of zombies.”
“Isn’t it a dangerous place where zombies appear in large numbers?”
“right. Originally, we had no intention of going either, but compared to the number of people, we couldn’t catch as many zombies than we thought… So, I decided to take the risk and go back after a quick bite.”
It didn’t seem like a bad idea.
As long as you have the equipment and numbers, you can deal with zombies to some extent.
However, that was only the case in general.
“I went with some preparedness, but when I met him, it was more than that. Zombies were nowhere to be seen, but suddenly they were shooting guns or throwing bombs from above the building. They even jumped out from all directions as if they were waiting for them.”
It was as Oliver had expected.
“We panicked, but how did we respond, the problem is that this swarm of zombies is constantly pouring out. In the end, heavy duty amulet…. I ran away, and when I came to my senses, I came here.”
“…does Arthur come first? Or did Hugh come first?”
Goodman Mercenary Captain Hyuga replied.
“We came in first, then those friends, then these solvers, and lastly, those friends. Ah, now you are the last.”
Sam said to Hugh as he serviced his gun.
“Wow·····. Were you always that kind?”
“No, tell me you’re smart, warlock. If we had kept it together, we would have been captured. We don’t have enough personnel and supplies, so how do we stop the zombie corps?”
That was correct.
Fortunately, what was able to survive here was thanks to the increased manpower and supplies thanks to the additional personnel coming.
“But that’s also the limit. Almost all bullets and bombs are gone.”
You nodded your head at that.
It was quite a desperate situation.
When bullets, bombs, emotions, etc. fall, the only thing left is the body.
Of course, there are those who have excellent physical abilities, but even so, it was only a matter of when to die against a large number of zombie armies.
I really couldn’t understand.
It was a difficult situation for others to understand, but it was a difficult situation for Oliver to understand in detail.
I couldn’t understand how they could handle so many zombies so meticulously.
Above all, I couldn’t understand why they were aiming for a fixer so much.
That thought suddenly reminded me of Joseph.
Master who was cumbersome to lure him to take him to his altar.
“Look at this, Warlock. I’m begging you again. Wipe out the zombies with the powerful firepower you did before and open the escape route. Then, I will take my responsibility and protect the Warlock, and then I will do my due diligence.”
The mercenary commander said vacation.
His words were sincere, and he seemed to want to get out of this situation as quickly as possible.
Just as Oliver was about to say it could be dangerous, a mercenary from upstairs suddenly came down and screamed urgently.
“Leader. Come up quickly!”
“What? why?! Are the zombies attacking again?”
“No, that’s not it…. Anyway, come on up.”
With that said, vacation went up, followed by Knuckle Joe, Sam, Arthur, and many others.
Of course, Oliver was also there.
“What the hell is going on?”
“More zombies have arrived. That alone is fucking disgusting, but the problem is, I can see some fucking shit in the gap.”
“What’s the fuck?”
“Remember the Battle of Dunken Forest?”
“sadly.”
“It’s similar to what I saw then.”
“·······Fuck.”
Hugh went out to the top of the building with a low swear word.
A mercenary armed with heavy weapons, a solver, a wizard, and a warlock were on alert, all of them looking at one place.
Their gaze was directed to a group of zombies, and to their surprise, they looked fresh as if they had just died, but they were armed with a quality different from the zombies that had come out so far.
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No, it wasn’t just the armed.Unlike normal zombies, these zombies had intelligence.
It was faint, but self-conscious, and it was the first zombie he had ever seen for Oliver to define.
Like, a zombie that failed to revive?
But others seemed to be interested in something different from Oliver.
“Isn’t that Richie?”
Oliver shifted his gaze to where the man was pointing.
A zombie among the hordes wore a colorful cloak, with a mummy-wrinkled and shriveled face.
said vacation knuckle joe.
“hey·····. Is that Richie?
“I don’t know, did Richie exist?”
Others also asked nearby warlocks or wizards if they were lichs, and Oliver spoke softly.
“It doesn’t look like Richie…, it’s like an invoice doll.”
“Invoice doll?”
“Yeah, it’s like a zombie doll made with black magic, mechanics, and special processing, and that’s what it looks like.”
Oliver said confidently.
I’ve seen his work in the past when dealing with puppeteer Glyph, and that one outside the building was very similar to that.
It is the unique sense of heterogeneity of entering and controlling other people’s bodies.
There was no one who objected to Oliver’s words, but Hugh even said that he didn’t seem interested in it.
“Then, can you sweep that as well?”
Oliver focused his gaze on his eyes and shook his head.
“no······. It seems difficult. In addition to the invoice doll, if you include the hidden ones, there are seven more in total. Even if we wipe out the tiny zombies with the bombing, the mortuary dolls will come out and stop us. If we get caught even for a moment, a swarm of zombies will come out of nowhere and surround us.”
It wasn’t certain, but everyone was silent as if they knew instinctively that it could be enough.
I don’t know who’s behind them all, but this was enough to gauge the skill of the other person.
Sam asked, casting black magic on the bullet.
“Can’t we just kill that corpse doll and jump forward?”
“It doesn’t seem like it will be easy to be a ceremonial doll because it is stronger than I thought. In particular, the mortuary doll down there seems to be made much better than I’ve seen before.”
Based on what he learned from Glip’s book, Oliver said.
“Then, what are we going to do? Wait until all the bullets and emotions run out and the zombies come?”
“Well·····. It’s not, but can’t we get some help from the soldiers guarding the area around the contaminated area?”
“No, that is impossible. How thrifty is the City Guard, and those who take risks in the first place will not send us in their stead.”
“ah·····. But isn’t it unusual right now?”
“Of course, but it will only move after we all die. Above all, there is no way to contact me for help. Communication is not good in contaminated areas.”
“Did you communicate with Mr. Cho?”
“It’s because it’s inside the same polluted area. Communication with the outside is difficult.”
Breaking in on vacation, he showed me a jiggling communication device.
There was absolutely nothing to be heard other than noise.
Loss of communication, consumption of bullets and emotions, and constant hordes of zombies.
The whole situation was not favorable. Oliver thought that it would be better to take them all and try to break through the force once.
If that’s the case, at least I think I’ll be able to run away on my own.
‘What will happen if I focus all my energy on escaping in a black suit…’
“shit·····. So should I bet my fate on the basement side?”
Vacation suddenly said.
“Is it the basement?”
“There’s an underground passage to the sewer in the basement of this building, so I’m off to do some exploring there now.”
Sam said gladly.
“Oh really?!”
“Oh, but it’s so deep and complicated that everyone is struggling. It’s so dark that it’s even muddy, so you can’t tell the left and right sides, as well as the top and bottom. It felt like someone was playing a prank.”
“················ogue.”
As it became difficult to escape from the building, everyone turned their attention to it, but in the midst of it, someone came up from downstairs, probably because of God’s help.
He was covered in dust, and he looked very happy.
“Chief! Come downstairs! I think I found a way to live!”
***
At the call, everyone went downstairs.
As Hugh said, there was a basement under the building, it was dusty and dark.
It just didn’t seem to be due to the old days.
I had a strong sense that the basement itself was just a passing path with no use, and a group of people could be seen through the pit of dust.
Most of them were mercenaries and soldiers, some of them were heterogeneous.
He also had a face.
The first person who told me this and that.
“Mr. Chevy…….”
“hahaha····. It’s nice to see a friendly face here.”
said vacation.
“Turn on the lantern a little harder……. You can’t see it right!?”
A stronger light. Then she saw Chevy’s face. His face was bruised from being beaten. It was amazing. bruising
“What happened?”
“I met you while checking the escape route along the underground passage.”
“Why were you there?”
“Hehe·····. That’s because the wizard ordered a search.”
“It looks like the situation isn’t perfect there either.”
“exactly····. I’m glad I didn’t die. It was originally meant to be a guide, but I couldn’t even do that…”
“Where are they? Wizards, druids.”
“I am recovering in a safe building. Zombies poured endlessly and used up all their magical powers…”
“It seems that you are in the same situation as us.”
While thinking about vacation, Chevy spoke to me.
“……If it’s okay with you, why don’t you join us?”
“What?”
“I will guide you. Everyone knows unless they’re stupid, right? Is something terribly wrong here now? Zombies are pouring out from all directions, guns are being fired, cleaning or whatever, you have to escape alive first. Let’s join forces.”
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No one had any concerns or objections.It’s no wonder I’m surrounded by zombies.
They had to work together to survive.
“Well, okay…. If you join forces with a wizard, your chances of survival will increase. But can we move all at once?”
“Won’t that be a bit difficult? There will be too many people and there will be a limit to moving along the narrow aisle.”
“Then do we have to split it up?”
“It’s also a question…. Who wants to go out last?”
“Hmm····. Then, should we draw lots?”
While everyone was exchanging opinions, Chevy intervened and gave advice.
“If possible, I would like talented people to go first. For example, Mr. Hugh, the warlocks over there, and Mr. Arthur…. The wizard is sensitive right now, so I think we will have to work with our talented friends first. you know? How eccentric the young wizard is.”
Everyone thought about it and discussed how to move again, but Oliver staggered and stopped in front of Chevy.
Everyone tilted their heads.
“…?”
“Hey, where is the wizard?”
“…are hiding in a certain building. Avoid zombies.”
“Can you tell me specifically what kind of building it is?”
“Well····. I don’t know about that either.”
“Didn’t you say you were familiar with the contaminated area?”
“I know it well, but I don’t know everything.”
Oliver nodded.
They tried to ask what was going on around them, but Joe stopped the others. seems to have noticed something.
“okay····. Can I ask you one more thing?”
“·····Something?”
“Who are you? Not Chevy, but you inside.”
“·················ogue.”
Everyone was silent.
“this····. When did you notice?”