Episode 2 [First Visit (2)]
Unfortunately, it wasn’t a dream and the phone screen didn’t change.
［Awakened］
［Mana Grade F］
［Attribute: Dimension Shifter］
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It seemed like I could understand something, but I decided to put off understanding.
thud! thud! Rumble.
A loud noise was heard from the ceiling. Kyung-hoon froze and looked up.
Fortunately, the sound didn’t last long. But the sound did not stop at all.
Sabagsabag.
A loud sound was followed by a small sound of something moving.
Fortunately, my heart didn’t race like before. I was nervous, but now I had something to lean on.
Unlike cell phones, guns could be used over time. And this pistol looked very fine.
‘It’s similar to the K5, but was it modified?’
It was a gun that looked a lot like a pistol used in the military, but had a strangely different aspect. Moreover, the 9mm Parabellum bullet in the magazine had the pattern seen on rifle bullets engraved on it.
‘Only in this way will the power come out properly.’
He looked at the magazine with untrustworthy eyes and put it back on the pistol.
I felt a little uneasy, but it was much better than the iron pipe.
Kyunghoon quickly put on the rest of his equipment.
He put on body armor and heaped a dagger. I put the lighter I just found and my ID phone into my body armor pocket.
The iron pipe was thrown away. They gave me proper weapons, so there was no reason to bring anything that would get in my way.
After checking his equipment one last time, he sighed. I felt like I was back in the military again.
“Think of it as reserve force training. “Reservists,”
Kyung-hoon said to himself and relaxed. I don’t know what kind of guy was making the noise, but I had to meet him in the best possible condition.
Kyung-hoon waited for a while. He continued to hear small noises, but no sounds coming down
. …I guess I’ll have to go up from here…’
He held the pistol and lowered his body as much as possible, using the method he learned in the military. In that state, he carefully left the room and approached the end of the hallway. At the end of the hallway was an
elevator that had stopped operating. There was. The elevator door was half-closed, so it was impossible to look inside.
Fortunately, there was a door leading to an emergency staircase next to the elevator. And next to the staircase door, there was a sign indicating the current floor.
[B-3]
‘3rd floor underground. .It was also underground.’
This was expected since there were no windows around.
The staircase door also had a lock, but fortunately, it was unlocked.
Kyung-hoon carefully opened the door with his pistol in front of him. The stairs were quiet. And nothing happened while going up the stairs. No. Kyung-
hoon stopped at the end of the stairs. The lock on this door was unlocked, but it was closed like the one downstairs.
[B-2]
After checking the sign, he put his ear to the door.
Sa-bak, sa-bak.
As expected, it was a sound coming from this floor. . The sound of several footsteps moving carefully.
‘There’s something in here, after all.’
Kyung-hoon thought hard. Should I open the door like this or ignore it and go up?
I wanted to ignore it and go up, but if I did it wrong, I could get caught.
The worry didn’t last long. I had to look away because I was scared, so I didn’t know what was happening.
I was nervous and afraid . However, thanks to the gun in his hand, Kyung-hoon was able to gain courage.
He took a deep breath and said,
‘Let’s just check the hallway.’
Reassuring
himself, he carefully opened the staircase door. The door opened little by little, gradually revealing the hallway on the second basement floor.
“Sigh…”
Kyung-hoon regretted opening the door.
No, it was a good thing I opened it, but I couldn’t help but regret it when I saw what was behind the door.
There were monster rats in the second floor hallway.
The appearance was no different from existing rats. Sharp teeth and claws. A dirty-looking body and a long tail.
At first glance, it looked like a rat, but the problem was its size.
Five rats, about the size of a Tosa dog, were moving around in the hallway. I got goosebumps. It was a sight that would have made an ordinary person scream.
I’m sorry.
The remaining door on the landing ended up doing the job. No matter how carefully you opened it, the old door was bound to make noise.
The rats turned their heads.
Crackling.
Immediately they started running towards the door.
Ta ta ta ta.
The rats quickly approached with the sound of the floor shaking. It was a scary sight to see in a dream.
The color disappeared from Kyunghoon’s face. But it wasn’t the time to be surprised.
Contrary to my shocked mind, my body moved properly.
bang!
Kyung-hoon first shot the pistol at the wall.
‘Slightly top left.’
It was easier to get the zero point than expected. But Kyung-hoon pulled the trigger and frowned.
This was because the moment I fired the gun, I felt like something was being sucked into the gun through my hand. There was nothing wrong with my body, but I felt uncomfortable.
Moreover, the power of the gun was different from expectations. The bullet did not enter the wall, but exploded the wall.
It was not an appearance that could be created with a pistol.
But there was no time to worry. The speed of the monster rats was extremely fast. The guy in front was already right in front of us.
Kyung-hoon pointed his gun at the monster rat.
bang!
Perhaps thanks to his improved strength, his posture was stable. The bullet landed exactly where he expected.
Pick!
The bullet went through the monster rat’s head and the rat rolled forward. At first glance, it was instant death.
There was no need to waste bullets. He immediately fired at the next target.
bang! bang!
The second and third monster rats also had holes in their heads.
Crash!
Monster rats were rolling around on the floor.
It was a strange feeling. Even in the military, I wasn’t this good at it. You can accurately hit only the heads of those moving faster than wild dogs.
It was something I couldn’t understand, but it was helpful anyway, so I decided to put the question aside.
Kyung-hoon aimed his gun at the last two monster rats.
However, the moment the three monster rats in front fell down, their movements changed.
He jumped into the door that was open on both sides. They were smart guys.
Kyung-hoon lowered his gun and frowned.
As time goes by, the reality as we know it has changed. Not only was his body and gun strange, but the monster rats were also strange.
It could be possible that a small rat grew this large through genetic manipulation or something else, but the translucent film that formed on the rat’s skin before the bullet entered was completely incomprehensible.
The translucent membrane tried to block the bullet, and the bullet forced its way through the membrane and landed inside the monster rat’s head.
“okay. Think of it as a game. It would be more comfortable that way.” It was
too realistic to think of it as a game, but he couldn’t help but be dumbfounded every time he saw a strange sight.
Kyung-hoon pulled out the dagger he had stuck in his body armor. The iron pipe he had left downstairs came to mind for a moment. I climbed up, but I didn’t have the confidence to hold a pistol in one hand and swing an iron pipe.
‘Retreat or attack?’
Gyeong-hoon was deep in thought as he put the pistol on top of the hand holding the dagger.
If they had both jumped into one door, they could have attacked without thinking, but since they jumped through both doors, there was a risk of being caught. If it was intentional, they are really smart
people . Still ,
as he found out what kind of enemy he was up against, Kyung-hoon felt that the ever-rising tension eased a little.
Moreover, his weapon worked against them. There was no reason to back down in this situation.
Kyung-hoon looked around.
‘There’s something they can use. ‘Is there anything we can do?’
Unfortunately, there was only a monster rat corpse in the hallway.
‘Wait?’
He approached the corpse. Looking closer, it was even more gruesome.
The corpse was about the size of a medium to large dog and appeared to weigh at least 30 kilos.
He put the dagger in his body armor again, grabbed the dead rat by the scruff of the neck, and lifted it up.
Flashing.
It was as expected. . It was easy. It sounded too easy.
‘10 kilos. It feels like less than that.’
If the rat corpse wasn’t just a shell, it was clear that his strength had gotten stronger.
Worries about his body came back to him, but he put them aside for now. He had to use everything he could.
Kyung-hoon strengthened his arms . Then he threw the rat corpse he was holding as if he were throwing a bag of rice with all his might towards one door.
Boom!
The flying corpse knocked on the half-open door. As expected, a monster rat jumped out from inside the door.
Kaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Bang!
The monster rat hit the door. It bit the body it hit, and at the same time, Kyung-hoon fired a gun.
The bullet hit the monster rat’s head exactly.
A translucent membrane appeared again and tried to block the bullet, but the bullet tore through the membrane and took the rat’s life.
Kiiik!
The moment the bullet pierced the monster rat’s head, another monster rat jumped out from the door on the other side. It
was clear that he jumped through both doors on purpose. It was really clever. To use one side as bait to attack the other. It was not an idea that an ordinary animal would do. .
But it was a trickster.
The monster rat that jumped out of the door stopped with startled eyes. It couldn’t see its target.
“The problem is that you pretended to be too smart.”
Kyung-hoon fired a gun at the remaining monster rats.
bang!
After defeating the last one, he looked left and right with a nervous face. Nothing moved more.
Phew.
Kyunghoon let out the breath he had been holding. My whole body was numb. I thought I wasn’t nervous, but I was still nervous.
He finally relaxed and checked the magazine.
“Are there 6 shots left?”
Since I fired 6 shots, the remaining 6 bullets were correct. The problem came after the bullets were used up.
It was impossible to move where a monster like this was roaming around with only a dagger or an iron pipe. You had to search through everything to find bullets or other weapons.
Kyung-hoon checked again to see if the monster rats were dead.
Everyone was dead. After death, the translucent membrane did not appear. I stabbed it with a dagger and it stuck into my flesh.
It was a moment when I was about to wake up feeling relieved.
A faint light emerged from the dead monster rats. At times it looked like shining smoke, or at other times it looked like a mirage.
It was a mysterious sight. Kyung-hoon forgot to be on guard and blankly watched the light spread.
The light that rose from the monster rats scattered in all directions, and some of it flowed into Kyung-Hoon’s body.
The very next moment the light disappeared. It felt as if it never happened in the first place.
“Was it an illusion?”
Kyung-hoon looked around with a bewildered expression.
It was then.
Buzz. Buzz.
He felt a vibration from the cell phone he had put in his pocket.
Surprised, he took it out and saw letters appear on the screen.
[User’s mana has increased.]
One line. The sentence let him know that what had happened a moment ago was not an illusion.
‘Mana’. The unknowns increased again, but he decided to put the question aside for now.
He put his cell phone back in and began searching the second basement floor.
Unfortunately, we couldn’t find anything until we arrived at the last room. There were rooms with traces of fighting, but unlike the lower floor, there were no items left in sight. And, the last laboratory we arrived at. “Is it a nest
?
”
The last laboratory, unlike the previous rooms, was full of objects.
Leftover cloth and dry grass. And there were wires and unknown objects lying on the floor. At first glance, it looked like a nest of animals and rats.
One side of the nest was full of bones.
Fortunately, there were many other items in the lab that looked like a nest.
“It’s a pistol magazine. The body armor is useless, and this phone is broken. But what are swords and shields? I don’t understand at all.
Unfortunately, there was nothing to eat. Gyeonghoon, who was taking a bite, saw sparkling objects in his eyes.
Rings, necklaces and bracelets made of gold and silver. They were precious metals that looked expensive at first glance.
“Could it be they are people who like shiny things?”
He looked at the accessories with narrowed eyes and quickly swept up the gold items. Whether it was a dream, a game, or a fantasy, there was no reason to leave these treasures behind. Unfortunately, there were no firearms in sight other than a 9 mm pistol
magazine. Instead, Kyung-hoon held a sword propped on one side. I took it in.
‘This is a place that really likes patterns.’
It was a practical-looking sword, and the blade of this sword also had a strange pattern engraved on it.
Luckily, the sheath that came with it was attached to a belt so that it could be worn around the waist. Unlike the iron pipe, the sword was fully carryable. Gyeong-hoon, who even carried the sword, was seen
around the surroundings. I looked around and smiled awkwardly.
I woke up in an unfamiliar place, found a weapon, killed a monster, and rescued treasure from a nest…
“Is it a game?”
It felt like a system window was floating in front of me, but now I had to get out of here quickly. There
were other people using this nest besides the monster rats he had killed. The teeth marks on the piled up bones were much bigger than the teeth of the monster rats he had killed. .
Kyung-hoon quickly ran down the hallway, took the stairs, and headed to the next floor.
Fortunately, the hallway on the first basement floor was quiet. Kyung-hoon only looked around the hallway behind the door and headed straight to the next floor. It was
now the ground floor.
The ground floor door in front of the stairs had an iron bar and a bar. There were several layers of iron gates in place. It seemed difficult to enter the facility with a reasonable amount of troops and firepower.
However, all of the defenses were broken and dented. Like other places, someone had destroyed them a long time ago.
Gyeong-hoon After passing the broken bars and torn iron doors, he walked down a windowless hallway.
A bright light was shining at the end of the hallway. The background, which had appeared in gray tones before, began to turn into full-color.
Kyung-hoon left the hallway and stood in the bright light.
It was the lobby on the first floor of the building. High ceilings and marble floors. It was once a very luxurious building. But now it was abandoned, just covered in dust. Kyung-hoon’s steps as he passed through the lobby gradually slowed down. His happy expression hardened
. ，His eyes looking outside the lobby were filled with disbelief.
Kyung-hoon slowly made his way out of the exit.
In front of him was a destroyed city.
High-rise buildings were half collapsed and small buildings were reduced to ruins.
The roads were destroyed. ，Cars were broken down and covered in dust. He
looked around with a blank expression and looked at the sign erected on the broken road.
The words engraved on the half-tilted sign caught Kyung-hoon’s eye.
［Yongsan 2 Gongdong Yongsan Middle School］
Here The city that was ruined was Seoul.
