Late afternoon in September. ground white area.
28-year-old Yoo Tae-jeong was a porter.
Potter.
It usually refers to a handyman who follows hunters and collects the corpses of monsters.
He had one reason for doing this.
money.
This is because it pays quite a lot for a day job without professional skills.
“Mister, there is one piece left over here, but I am full. Are there any seats left?”
“uh. give it here hey! Mr. Kim, take this.”
Yoo Tae-jeong, who handed over the last dismembered hide to her teammates, looked at the huge mass of bodies on the lift.
Today’s untouchable stock.
Originally, it belonged to hard work, but today was going to be even harder.
It was because there was no prey more than expected, and they had come much deeper than planned.
“now. When it’s all sorted out, let’s all gather together.”
At the direction of the team leader, the porters, including Yoo Tae-jung, began to gather one by one.
A simple personnel check followed.
“No more than 5 teams! We will start with Team 1!”
At the call of the leader, the team at the forefront left the field under the cover of the hunters.
Following that, Yoo Tae-jung’s team and the rest of the team moved, and their appearance gradually began to disappear from sight.
It’s a while to get out of the ruined city and ride the mountain that serves as a base and bridge.
Sweat was already pouring down the porters’ faces.
The relatively young Taejeong was also the same.
‘Ah, it’s a shoulder.’
Although he had been able to adapt to it after going around diligently for several months, a weight of more than 40 kg was not normally heavy for him as an ordinary human being.
At least now he has a knack for it and his stamina has increased to this extent, but at first he almost fell out several times.
“Are you tired?”
At the friendly voice from behind, he turned his head slightly and answered.
“uh? Mister, aren’t you coming from behind today?”
“I’m taking restorative medicine these days.”
“A medicine? Are the restorative medicines that effective?”
“I don’t know if it’s because of my mood, but it’s definitely good. I’ll let you know later, so if you have any ideas, order and try them too.”
“Aww. I’m OK.”
“Honey, what are you going to do with that much money? What remains is to eat.”
They talked and walked for a while.
Taejeong finally reached the entrance of the mountain where the vehicle was waiting.
Yoo Tae-jung, who loaded the fork into the truck, looked around, wiping the sweat from her brow.
“But why is this the only car?”
It was strange.
Normally, all vehicles must be assembled before the work is finished.
But for some reason, today it didn’t seem to be even half of that.
Tae-jeong, tilting her head, approached Kim Geun-tae, the leader who was controlling the personnel.
“Mister, but why is there only this car? Wouldn’t it be a long time to ride it all?”
“ah. I just heard about it, but there must have been a problem with the dispatch. From what I’ve heard, they say they’re bringing other teams, but it looks like they’re going in two parts. First of all, the team leader went to find out, so there will be a talk soon. By the way, is this your last?”
“Yes. I sent my brother to college and paid off all my debts. Now I want to study and get a job.”
“rectal? Well, at your age, you’re still in good shape, to rot in a place like this.”
“It’s not bad here either, but honestly, you never know when or how this will turn out.”
“okay. It was on the news yesterday too, that six people died. Whew. I quickly saved up money and started a small shop… … .”
While they were talking, the team leader who had gone to see the tuning approached with a slightly flushed face.
“Ah, fuck. I am not joking.”
The manager seems to be very angry about something.
Kim Geun-tae approached him and asked.
“What else?”
“The agency must have doubled the assignment. See us and come later.”
At the team leader’s answer, Tae-jeong opened her mouth this time.
“Are you late? Then what about our bodyguards?”
“I don’t know either. Even though I appealed as much as I could, I was just being reckless. what’s the big deal? It’s still a bit far from the hunting grounds here.”
Taejeong tried to say something to the team leader’s answer, but soon put her mind down.
Because I know very well that it is useless to say more anyway.
After that, several people protested, but nothing changed.
All I could do was watch the hunters leave.
After everyone left, only the porters who participated in this work were left.
Team 1 belongs to Taejung Yoo and team 2 comes from another company.
There were about 80 of them.
“Chief, when will you be coming?”
Taejeong, who was looking at her smartphone, asked the team leader.
“Well? Even if I can’t, won’t it come in an hour? Still, I decided to get overtime pay for the number of hours, so don’t be too impressed.”
“Ah, what an impression. just what You seem to be ignoring us too much. How funny it is, we use the car we need to ride elsewhere.”
“Well, is that going to happen today or tomorrow? If you twist it, we should be hunters too. Still, since this agency is a big company, I thought it would be different, but it is.”
While they were waiting for the time to pass, talking about this and that, a high voice suddenly rang out from somewhere.
“Ouch!”
As if it had been promised, almost all of the porters’ heads turned at once.
They weren’t talking to each other, but everyone was in a state of extreme tension.
What came into their field of vision was the corpse of a man whose head had been pierced by black tentacles.
“What, what?!”
“Mo, it’s a monster!”
A moment to be astonished.
“run!”
People started to scatter here and there at the sound of a shout from somewhere.
It was the same with Taejeong.
He, who reacted immediately upon seeing the corpse, was relatively ahead of the others, with team leader Kim Geun-tae next to him.
“mister! Run faster! I will die like this!”
“go! Don’t mind me and go!”
“mister!”
“Go! I’m going after you right away!”
Even as he watched Kim Geun-tae fall behind little by little, Tae-jeong couldn’t slow down.
It was because it felt like the monster’s claws were about to stick out from behind.
‘Fuck feet.’
Tae-jeong couldn’t believe the current reality.
No, they felt resentful of the hunters who left them on the limb before that.
The ones I see now are the ones I can handle with only five or six guards left.
It was only natural to be angry at the thought that I might die because of them.
“Like a fucking dog… … .”
Cheeky!
After swearing once, he slowed down, startled by something that had fallen from the air.
The corpse of a person covered in blood and crushed to death.
Instinctively, he looked back and saw a mayhem in his eyes.
“Ahh!”
“Sah, live… … !”
“Cheak!”
The people who ran together were being slaughtered from the very rear.
It’s been a while since I’ve seen that look on my face.
Kim Geun-tae, who chased right down to the chin, mercilessly slapped Tae-jeong on the shoulder.
“what are you doing! men and horses. run! Do you want to die!?”
Taejeong, awakened by his shout, started running again.
But that’s for a while.
A black thing popped out from the left ridge and snatched Kim Geun-tae’s new model in an instant.
His new model disappeared leaving only the lower half of his body.
“Ah, uncle.”
His body froze for a moment at the shocking sight, and two other porters overtook him to the left and right and started running ahead.
And he’s about to roll his foot too.
Slow-!
A fountain of blood welled up right in front of his nose, and the new model of the man who had just walked out split into two parts.
And the tentacles of the black monster you can see.
“uh. uhh… … .”
A desperate moan escaped from Taejeong’s mouth, which had hardened as it was.
However, as if by luck, the tentacle that had been shimmering in front of his eyes shot at one of the other men, and Tae-jeong took advantage of it and started to fall into the right path.
From then on, he ran and ran again and again with the determination to live.
The desire to look back was like a chimney, but I just kept running forward, thinking that it might be the end of me.
“Ugh. Ugh.”
My breath goes up to the tip of my chin, and my legs twitch.
It was a situation where the wall was coming and even the rats were coming up, but I didn’t even feel the pain because of the extreme fear.
Tae-jung, who had been running like crazy, realized that he had reached the place where the hunters had been hunting.
It was like going over a mountain.
‘ah. Of course.’
It was a situation that could not be helped because he was being chased, but Tae-jeong cursed his judgment at this hopeless reality.
This was because it was the same as stepping into the tiger’s den.
He glanced up at the sky as he looked around in all directions to catch his breath.
‘The sun is setting. What should I do now?’
It is said that this area was wiped out, but the hunting ground was a hunting ground.
As in the beginning, no one knows what other variables there will be.
He looked to see if there were any survivors like himself, but no one was seen anywhere.
He almost panicked and rolled his feet, but soon instinctively began to move.
‘I have to hide first.’
It was urgent to secure safety without needing anything else.
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Just then, a suitable building came into his field of vision.
The villa building is in good condition in this broken and ruined place.
Carefully entering the interior, he started exploring from the second floor.
‘It’s locked. The door was blown out here.’
As befits an abandoned building from a long-neglected hunting ground, traces of monster invasion were evident inside.
But somehow I had to find a place to hide.
Taejeong moved as stealthily as possible, praying for a safe place to come.
It’s been awhile since I’ve been exploring like that.
As soon as he went up to the third floor, a half-open door came into his field of vision.
He sneaked a sneak peek at the living room, holding his breath, and cautiously entered the room when the inside looked finer than he thought.
‘Please, please don’t.’
Fortunately, the house he entered had no signs of a monster invasion.
The furniture, of course, even the TV was intact, with no broken spots.
He didn’t know, but he looked around the room and saw that there were no dangers inside, so he went back to the front door and carefully locked the door.
A sigh of relief erupted at the same time.
“Whoa. Have you ever lived?”
Taejeong, who secured the minimum safety, first drew the curtains in the room and living room.
Afterwards, he sat down on the dusty sofa and grabbed his head with both hands as if in agony.
“X feet. What do you do now?”
I found a place to hide, but that was a problem from now on.
The hunters will arrive in a little while, but will they really venture out to this place?
To be honest, the odds were slim.
There would have been dead bodies already at the beginning, and it was obvious that they would judge that they were massacred.
“It’s a really big deal. This is already a clear area, so no other team will come.”
It could have been a hopeless situation.
Even if there was hope that another team could be rescued, it was a problem.
It was because there was not even water to drink, let alone food to last until then.
Frustrated, he got up from his seat and went to the sink to turn on the water.
Of course, there was no reaction.
“It’s strange to come out.”
As if he knew that, Tae-jung started searching through the shelves.
It was just in case, but there was no way there would be anything to eat in the abandoned house that was already over 10 years old.
It was confirmed that there was nothing to eat or drink with this.
Now, whether you die from withering, starve to death, or die from monsters, the only thing left to do is die.
‘It’s hard to last a few days without water. It is ten li from here to the beginning. Assuming the monster has taken over, the next safe zone is a long way past the range. They say you have to go at least 30 li… Can I get there naked?’
It was practically impossible.
A person walks an average of 5 km per hour at a normal pace.
Even if you walk a little faster, it is only 6-7 km.
Of course, if you run to death, you will be able to run in an hour.
In fact, Taejung has a track record of running 3km in 13 minutes in the porter test.
However, there is no guarantee that the stamina will continue to come out, and since there is no detailed route, time will surely be delayed.
Besides, what if you encounter even one monster in the middle?
That was the express train bound for Hwangcheon.
Nevertheless, Tae-jeong knew.
The fact that you have to move when you have even a little bit of stamina left.
“Let’s think, think”