Chapter.3 For that handful of silver coins (9)
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“Uuuuuuuuuu!!!!”
Kesselring frowned as he listened to the crying that resonated in his cavity.
“Did the 2 brothers wake up? Don’t panic and maintain your formation. Snipers, aim for their legs. “It’s just an unintelligent monster anyway.”
Kesselring could not hide his displeasure when he saw the battlefield becoming increasingly crowded. The battle is going well. The fire was spreading steadily and it was surprising that there was a mutation in the place where they were located, but it was a variable that could be controlled.
Taaaang-!
As he was putting a bullet into the joint of the mutant leaping towards him, something strange caught Kesselring’s eyes.
‘….train of powder?’ A
burning
fuse was pointed into the clothes of Byun Byung, who was wriggling and reaching for his military boots. Kesselring could easily guess what that meant.
‘Those bastards are making modifications!’
Kwaaaaaaa!!!
Before he could even give a command, a huge explosion struck behind him as he flailed his body.
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“We’re in!”
“Hahaha! “Fuck you, you bastards!”
The professor looked at the entrance engulfed in flames and assessed the enemy’s damage. The explosion occurred closer than expected, and looking at the situation, it seemed that the flamethrower’s fuel tank also exploded.
“it’s okay.”
“H can I go in now?”
“What are you talking about? “I have to get out now.”
“what? also?”
“okay. If the protective clothing was such that grenade fragments were no problem, it would be difficult to say that it caused catastrophic damage. Instead, Raptor must now enter this alley.”
‘Because they don’t know we don’t have any more of this.’
All deception strategies are based on fear resulting from information uncertainty. The Raptor has already been hit hard by the self-destruct variant, and the fear of being hit more in the future must have been lodged in his head. If you didn’t want to be harmed by mutations, you had no choice but to enter the alley where Dome’s soldiers were located.
“They set fire to the emergency exit, so it’s hard to get out that way. We left the rest of the battle to Dom, found fire extinguishing equipment in the living quarters, and escaped-”
“Hey H, this way.”
“hmm? “Have you found it already?”
“uh. Are you sure. “It smells like engine oil.”
“Why is that suddenly? “Is that even distinguishable in this mess in the first place?”
“Stop talking nonsense and follow me. “This will be 100 times more useful than that kind of fire extinguishing equipment.”
Ian started to move before the professor and Bex could stop him, so the two decided to follow him.
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Wow!
“Hehehe. Lucky you! “The wall was half collapsed, right?”
“Why is this damn shelter so easily broken? Hehe!”
“If the nuclear bomb shelter is on the 3rd floor underground, there is no need for a strong living quarters.”
The building the three entered was slightly larger than the other residences. Ian found the garage door among the debris, opened it, and smiled from ear to ear.
“Hehehe…Hehahaha! found! “I found it!”
“what?”
“A romance that will get us out of here!”
“Please be quiet…!”
The professor, who had crawled under a half-open garage while searching elsewhere, was speechless.
“Is it a truck or a tank?”
“It’s a hummer. Well, it’s not wrong. “This guy is like a tank.”
After smashing the window with the butt and opening the door, Ian opened the hood and began to inspect the condition of the car.
“No problem at all. All I have to do is replace the discharged battery. Hey H! That one on the shelf over there! “Give me that!”
When the professor brought him the battery, Ian replaced it with familiar skill, then cut open the keyhole with a penknife and started the car.
Crackling, crackling –
purr!
“Hahaha! done! “The engine started!”
“Then… let’s ride this and go out?”
“Isn’t that all there is to it? If you hit that emergency exit with this, knock it down, and get over the fire…”
“You can go out the other way.”
While the Professor and Ian were searching the garage, Bex, who had disappeared somewhere, returned and spoke.
“Think about it. There’s a car like that here. Is that big enough to squeeze through the emergency exit? It’s definitely different…that….”
“Are you saying there’s another entrance?”
“That’s it! Another entrance! Since I saw several buildings similar to this on the way, it means that a lot of equipment like this was built there. “There will be passageways to get up and down this equipment.”
“Vex’s opinion is good, but I don’t think there will be time to find it now? “I’m starting to have trouble breathing.”
At the professor’s words, Bex silently pointed out the window
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“I already found it.”
At the tip of the finger was an iron gate with the words ‘No entry permitted to unauthorized persons’ written on it.
“In a building like this, shouldn’t there be an administration building?”
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.
.
Wow!
“Frostbite~! “You amazing child!”
“gaffer! “I did one thing!”
The group immediately got into the car.
Boo wow-!
“Hehehe, the new lady is really strong?”
“I think the road is a bit narrow. Will it be okay?”
“Oh, no problem. A car like this is not meant to find its way!”
Buuuuung! Gwaaaaang!
“He’s the one who makes it!”
Quang!
With the sound of an engine instantly overpowering the noise of the battlefield, a vehicle with three people burst through the garage door and jumped out.
Kwakagak!
The vehicle flew up the slope of the half-collapsed building and started running on the rooftop of a flat residential building that was close together. The iron gate that seemed small suddenly approached.
“Hey guys! Hold on tight!”
“why!”
“The door to the management building is open! “When are you going to pick that?”
“Then…”
“It’s coming!”
I understand after watching it a few times. This guy has a habit of not thinking about this when he gets excited.
“Think rationally, I!!!”
“I’m dying! I haven’t cleaned it up yet! I need to clean it up!!”
“I am! Now! I am more rational than anyone in this world! Hahahaha!!!!”
“Wrong! This bastard has lost his taste-”
Kwaaang!
Ian, who had been rolling his eyes, didn’t take his foot off the accelerator in the end.
Cluck-duck-
“Cough! Hehe! V…. Is he alive?”
“Uh oh…H I saw something strange. There was a strange old man in the river…”
“Quickly come over here. If you follow that you will die.”
Fortunately, because it was on the same floor, the concrete wall was not as strong as the exterior wall. The car that came in after smashing the door and the wall looked fine except for the dented bumper, and Ian… um… didn’t seem to be dead.
“I. “Take care of that guy later. By the way… it’s a really great facility.”
The management office was as large as the living quarters, perhaps because there were quite a lot of management personnel. The dozens of monitors that filled one wall and the various keyboards installed in separate locations reminded me of the NASA control tower I saw when I was young.
‘Cargo elevator.’ …. Is that it?’
It wasn’t difficult to find. There was an iron door on one side that looked like an elevator. The problem was that it was at the highest point, so from what anyone could see, it was a huge pile of sheets next to a board that looked like a system panel.
‘I’m…breathing.’
A part of the huge pile of squirrels was slowly rising and falling regularly. I had heard of something like that before.
Vex lowered her voice and came next to the professor and whispered.
“What is that…?”
“Abomination. It is a type 3 variant. During the mutation process, if there are many corpses around, the viruses within them may sympathize and attach themselves to it. I have only seen it through materials in the community, but this is the first time I have seen it in person.”
Looking at the wine bottles and dozens of medicine cabinets rolling around next to the corpses, it was not difficult to infer the situation.
“The guys in the management building committed suicide together here. You irresponsible bastards. Don’t you know that if you die cleanly like that, type 3 will inevitably occur? ?”
“You probably didn’t know. This is a facility that was cut off from the outside world before the war.”
This is the biggest reason why the community is so wary of depression. An intact corpse occurs without any injuries and no one to help clean up after death. Type 3 types are found in the wasteland because some have ridiculous powers depending on the individual. It is one of the dangers to be most wary of.
Watch out for depression, and if you still want to die, take a clean hit to the head. It is a kind of promise to be careful with each other because an individual’s death does not end in personal harm.
The professor sees a mass of slowly pulsating corpses. I looked. Perhaps because there had been no external stimulation for a long time, it seemed to have entered something similar to a dormant state.
“V The elevator lights aren’t coming on, are they?”
“Of course. The power was turned off in the facility.”
“…I think it’s that one.”
“what?”
“Over there. Next to that guy. The lever that says P/C. That should be the power source.”
“…Power control. That’s right.”
Next to the writhing mass of flesh was a lever with a red handle. The one that went all the way down seemed to be the power lever.
“V, do you know how to drive?”
“….no.”
“Then I’ll go and either wake I up or clean it up and drag the car to the front of the elevator. You turn on the power as quietly as possible and quickly jump towards us. Questions?”
Cheok-
Vex responded by raising his thumb.
After seeing Vex approaching the panel, the professor carefully moved towards the vehicle.
Crash- Pusssuk-
Every time the huge, writhing mass of flesh rose and fell, he turned his nose to the surroundings. A stench that made you want to tear it apart was released. The professor looked at the Vex approaching the mutant with worried eyes.
‘It hasn’t been able to feed for a long time. Even though it has become a complete mutant, the reason it smells rotten is probably because it ate its own flesh. .It might be a bit weaker than the normal type 3.’
Of course, that doesn’t mean it’s worth hanging out with that guy right now. Just moving a body the size of two trucks would be a living disaster itself.
Clack-
‘Uuuuuu!’
The small sound of opening the car door felt like thunder.
“Uuuuuuu…”
“Shh! Hey, if you’ve come to your senses, raise your hand.”
Ian, who had his head buried in the airbag, shook his head and raised his left hand. There was blood on the airbag and around his nose, so it looked like his nose was broken.
“How… did it happen?”
“Keep your voice down. The situation is not getting better.”
“…More from here?”
“There is a big one of type 3. He is still sleeping, so please move slowly to the front of the elevator.”
“If it’s because of the noise, wouldn’t it be better to abandon the car?”
“You have to think about it even when you go out. You don’t even know where the exit is, but if you fall among scavengers or strange guys, you might have to escape.”
Ian nodded as if he agreed to what I said and started fiddling with the wiring.
Pishuung!
“Surp!”
“back!”
At that moment, bullets began pouring out of the hole the group came through. A voice that sounded even more cracked than a few minutes ago could be heard among the bullets.
“I praise you! You rats! You fooled me! You fooled me very well! You always do! In the mud. “There are pearls and treasures in trash cans! There’s talent mixed in among the hypocrite Doms!”
An officer with a half-burnt uniform and a bloody face appeared through the hole.
Tu-tu-tu-tung!
The sound of bullets hitting the car body suddenly passed through the back of my head.
“You incompetent bastards of Dom! Even if you lay the board down, you can’t win!”
I could hear gunshots from behind, so it seemed like the battle between Dom and Raptor was still in progress. The commander ran straight here, leaving only the bare minimum of strength to oppose Dom’s forces.
Crackling, crackling-
“H, buy me some time!”
Sigh!
“How come here!” “Are there any explosives left?”
“I can’t use it right now, so do something!
Tootong! Cheer up!
“Ugh! Shit!”
The professor ducked further downward in response to the hail of bullets and desperately thought about the enemy in front of him. The commander who is at the forefront and keeps firing even when he looks like that. Monologues and exaggerated gestures that make no strategic sense when they first appear. A stupid, dark-hearted guy who likes to babble before a battle.
“Hey! Raptor!”
Sigh-!
“Is it okay for me to stay here? I can hear your men dying in the background! “There are only three of us here!”
I had to make him say something. Pretend to be cornered as much as possible, with the nuance of wanting to know this before you die!
“What a waste of time! It’s the same! There are only three! Of course, if it were just three soldiers, this would be a meaningless move. “But it’s different if you’re the commander of the Dome army!”
Tu-ta-ta-tang!
‘Uh… shall we agree first?’
“How do you do that?”
“What! When I saw them inducing a street fight, I knew at a glance that the rats were from the dome! But when I saw the variant with the bomb, I realized! The huge explosion scar concentrated in one room upstairs was a big trick to deceive me! “The fact that this place was a huge tomb to capture and kill this Fedor Raptor Kesselring, who was walking at the head of the great Raptors!”
‘….I started writing the scenario on my own, didn’t I? First of all, did everything go well?’
Those guys have that kind of disease. It’s the kind of disease where if you corner your enemy, you can’t help but let them know that you have the upper hand in every situation! Especially when you get hurt like that, you have a big seizure. You don’t want to kill your opponent until you let them know that you have seen through them all.
Thanks to this, Kesselring was the only one shooting, and the rest were waiting in an aimed shooting position.
“It was great! The back of my head is tingling! What a great strategy! He used this huge treasure trove as bait to hide a single dagger! He must be one of Mana Dome’s great strategists! I admit my strategic defeat! But I survived, and so did most of Raptor’s tough soldiers! Kill you! “We will achieve tactical victory!”
Grung! purr!
“done! H! “The engine started!”
phut! phut! phut!
At that time, lights hanging from the ceiling of the management building and residence began to turn on simultaneously.
‘Vex? The timing… we haven’t even gotten close to the elevator yet…!!’
thud. thud! thud!!
The professor froze as he looked to the side through the rearview mirror. That’s right, there’s no way I wouldn’t have woken up if the noise was this loud!
“…step on it.”
“what!”
“Tread on it as hard as you’ll ever do in your life!” “The Abomination has awakened!”
The image reflected in the rearview mirror showed Vex running frantically waving his hands and Abomination chasing after him.
Grung! Buaaaaang!!!
“Are you running away? This is a dead end! If you are the leader of a group, you will die honorably…”
“Pack leader! “Over there, next to it!”
“Ohhhhhhh!!!!!”
Jjieeeeing-
“Kaaaaaaah!”
“Aaaahhh!”
“What… sound!”
A huge cry rang through the pupils. A bizarre howling sound spread out as if dozens of heads hanging from a lump of flesh were resonating as one, tearing the eardrums apart.
“Abomination?! “Why is that here?”
“Our firepower, which is now almost exhausted, cannot deal with that entity!”
“Damn it!”
Kesselring clenched his fists. He almost caught them all. He caught almost all the rats who put him in this situation…!
“…..All troops retreat.”
Kesselring said. I was conflicted for a moment, but like the leader of the Raptor pack, I decided to bury my regrets in my heart for a while.
“I guess I’ll leave Commander Dom’s final fate to that monster. VI And Hepburn… Just remember, if I survive, someday I’ll do it with these hands… .!”
Shudder!
Kesselring turned, thinking over the names of those men who had passed by his ears on the battlefield.
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