Episode 164 [ LA CITY (2) ]
The charging monsters fell one after another at the hands of Kyung-hoon and Shane.
Even their large size, strength, and unusual abilities could not hurt them.
The stealthy leopard that appeared after turning invisible and the black cat that ran along the walls and ceiling all died before they could approach them.
As the two people went up and cleared out the monsters one by one, at some point the monsters’ attacks stopped.
“Have you stepped down?”
Hearing Shane’s words, Kyunghoon also looked around.
Already on the 15th floor. The walls surrounding the city were visible below.
Kyunghoon pointed upward with his finger.
“Life is the same. It seems like you’ve taken a step back. “Is it a reorganization?”
“The fight is not over yet.”
Shane said, looking at the fallen monster.
It was a monster resembling a black leopard that was attacking the two.
There was a small, shiny silver medal hanging around the monster’s neck.
[Milo]
It was an identification tag worn on pets.
Eve opened her mouth.
-It seems like the pet has turned into a monster.
“Aren’t all the monsters you’ve fought so far pets?”
Although they were several times larger and different, they were all cats.
[Probably…]
Kyung-hoon frowned at Eve’s answer.
A building where all humans have disappeared and only monster pets remain.
“Have all other buildings changed like that?”
[Let’s check?]
Kyung-hoon shook his head at Eve’s words. I didn’t think there was any need to check.
“I need to clean up this building first and then find out. “There must be some trace left behind.”
It was a pity that my pet had turned into a monster, but I couldn’t let the monsters that were attacking me live.
Robots and humans began to climb the quiet building.
20th floor 30th floor. Even after going up to the 40th floor, there were no monsters in sight.
However, traces showed that monsters had made this building their home.
A place made of broken furniture and cloth and scattered waste. And claw marks on the walls and doors.
These were all signs of the animals’ territory.
-There are many empty rooms. Perhaps the last people who were there weren’t killed by the monster.
“People left and pets became monsters? “What on earth happened?”
Kyunghoon also shook his head at Shane’s words. A few bad predictions came to mind, but it was still too early to be certain.
There are now less than 20 floors left until the rooftop. The life force flowing from above was much stronger than before.
The two continued to climb upward and eventually encountered the monsters on the observation deck floor.
Dozens of monsters greeted the two people who came up the stairs, and monsters also gathered at the bottom of the stairs where the two people came up.
Shane looked back and said.
“We’re surrounded. “How did they get down there?”
[Because there was more than one set of stairs and there was also an elevator shaft.]
“I felt a few animals going down, but they went down more than I expected.”
Kyung-hoon checked under the stairs and glanced outside the observatory.
This was because I felt a glimpse of gaze from a building not far away.
‘Are we watching the situation?’
Fighting continued in this building, but there was no response from other buildings.
Crumbling.
“Could it be that there is a nest of monsters in every building?”
A large four-legged monster appeared behind the observation deck pillar.
“If my database is correct, that looks like a tiger.”
It was ridiculously large and had long fangs on both sides, but the patterns on its body and the appearance of the monster looked like a tiger, as Shane said.
[More like a saber-toothed tiger than a tiger.]
Eve opposed Shane’s opinion, but Kyung-hoon didn’t care either way.
“Luckily, I don’t think he’s at the level of a monarch. “It seems like a worthy opponent.”
Gyeonghoon raised his Samjeonggeom.
Crash.
“I get the attention of the rest.”
Shane aimed his machine gun at the approaching monsters.
There was no need to say who went first.
Wow!
Ta-ta-ta-tang!
The monsters rushed in and Shane fired his machine gun.
Gyeonghoon ran forward and the tiger monster screamed at the approaching Gyeonghoon.
Wow!
It was a huge roar.
The sound contained strong mana.
A shock wave swept through the observatory.
The other monsters next to the tiger monster were shocked and rolled around, bleeding from their ears, and Kyung-Hoon, who was right in front of him, was thrown back by the shock wave. Kyung-Hoon hurriedly stabbed the sword he was holding into the floor.
Suddenly.
The shock wave was so strong that the inserted sword was pushed back.
Wow! Wow! Wow!
Kyung-hoon was not the only one swept away by the shock wave. All the monsters in front of the tiger monster were swept away by the shock wave.
The monsters screamed and flew out of the observatory.
Since it was an observatory, there was nowhere to grab onto it and nowhere to sink your claws. The monsters flew out of the building in vain.
It was for this reason that the owner of this building nest chose the observatory as the place to fight. The monster planned to sacrifice its subordinates and throw the enemies dozens of meters into the air.
But the plan was only half successful.
The human overcomes the shock wave by driving the knife into the floor.
Only the robot was thrown out of the observatory along with his minions.
“Shane!”
Kyung-hoon looked back and shouted.
Fortunately, Shane, who was thrown out, didn’t seem too surprised.
He calmly raised his other hand and fired it at the building!
Fuaaaaaa!
A robotic arm with a thin rope shot out quickly.
Kwasik!
The robot arm got stuck in the wall of the building downstairs, and Shane left the monsters that were falling alongside him and clung to the wall alone.
Kyunghoon breathed a sigh of relief.
Although it was strengthened, there was no confidence that the robot skeleton could withstand a fall from a height of 300 meters.
But the crisis is not over yet.
Wow!
Other monsters that were not caught in the shock wave began running toward the window.
Clearly the monsters were targeting the hanging Shane.
“shit!”
It was when Kyung-hoon was about to move to help.
“I’ll solve it, so be the boss!”
Shane shouted from outside the window.
Tudadadada!
Then came the sound of gunshots and the sound of monsters falling.
Shane was fighting well even while hanging from the building.
After hearing Shane’s words, Kyung-hoon took a deep breath and took out another greatsword from his backpack.
“I’m sorry, this isn’t the first time I’ve experienced something like this…”
He pulled out his three-pointed sword and ran towards the monster.
Wow!
The tiger monster screamed again and sent out shock waves, but Kyung-hoon was the first to sink his great sword into the ground.
Kyung-hoon overcame the shock wave again, but the monsters running towards Shane flew out the window again.
Kakaeng.
The tiger-like monster flinched back at the sight of Kyung-hoon overcoming the shock wave.
His black eyes were trembling violently, as if he was frightened.
Kyunghoon burst out laughing.
“I guess all you know is screaming?”
Wow! Wow!
Instead of answering, the tiger monster gave instructions to his men to attack.
It seemed like he had no other abilities.
Along with the remaining dozen monsters, the tiger monster also rushed at Kyung-hoon.
Gyeonghoon pulled out his greatsword. A three-pointed sword in one hand and a huge greatsword in the other.
The swords began to dance towards the charging monsters.
*
“Whew. Looks like they’re fighting brilliantly again. “I don’t know if it’s really just a burden.”
Hanging on the wall of the building, Shane leisurely expressed his impressions.
-Thanks to Shane, my master is having an easy fight. You’re still tying up regular monsters, right?
Ta-ta-ta-ta!
Shane was still hanging on the wall, firing bullets into the downstairs window.
Bullets were hitting the monsters trying to climb the stairs.
The monsters that came downstairs to block Kyung-hoon and Shane were unable to go up due to Shane’s shooting.
“Then I’m glad.”
Shane, who was pointing his gun toward the stairs, glanced around.
“Tell Kyung-hoon to hurry up. “I don’t feel like living like a human, but I feel reluctant.”
The interiors of other buildings examined with infrared light were changing little by little.
-Yes, I delivered. Also, I think I need help. Shall I pass this on to the owner?
As Eve said, the monsters that could not go up were running towards Shane.
“are you okay. Just go down a little further and that’s it.”
Shane slung his gun over his shoulder. He pulled his hand out from the wall as the monsters approached.
He began to fall again, and the monsters that attacked him passed over his head and fell far away.
That’s when Shane reached for the building to stick his hand in again.
fluttering.
A black shadow was cast over his body.
Shane looked up in surprise.
A big mouth and huge wings were looming over him.
Unfortunately, there was no way to avoid it because it was empty. He fired his hand at the monster, but his hand only cut through the air.
Kwasik.
The monster bit his body.
fluttering.
The monster flapped its wings and began to fly to the next building.
At that moment,
boom!
The observatory exploded. One side of the building was blown away.
The tiger monster was thrown out of the building in tatters.
It wasn’t just the tiger monster that was thrown away. Other monsters and corpses were also swept away by the mana storm.
Kyung-hoon, who heard that Shane was captured by a monster bird, overcharged his Samjeonggeom without hesitation.
Kyung-hoon ran to the other side without any time to relieve his shock.
A huge wing was seen disappearing into another building.
“What about Shane?”
-You’re still safe.
Kyung-hoon measured the distance to the building where the monster bird disappeared. It was impossible to cross in one go.
However, it seemed like I could cross by using another nearby building as a stepping stone.
Gyeonghoon put all his swords in his bag and stepped back.
“Phew…”
Kyung-hoon took a deep breath. S-class mana rushed through his entire body.
Boom!
He kicked the ground. The cracked floor sank straight down.
At the same time, Kyung-hoon shot forward.
In two steps . Kyung-Hoon arrived at the end of the observatory and launched himself into the sky.
As he left the building, he could see the ground stretching out hundreds of meters below. However, Kyung-hoon only focused on the rooftop of the approaching building.
Giant rats were scurrying up onto the rooftop.
They were chubby, furry rats.
‘Could it be a hamster?’
It looked like a ball of fur rolling around, but when it stopped, the teeth and nails on its face were very sharp.
The giant rats ran to where Kyung-hoon fell.
But Kyung-hoon had no intention of stopping.
Kwasik!
Kyung-hoon’s foot stepped on the head of the rat standing in front of him, not the floor of the rooftop.
The rat’s head burrowed into his body, and Kyung-hoon flew forward again.
He stepped on the next rat’s body and landed on the ground, ignoring the crowd of monsters and running forward.
Pop!
This time, I was able to fly away safely.
He flew into the sky once again and was able to land on the building he was aiming for.
Ok.
It was Kyung-hoon who got off as quietly as possible.
Fortunately, there were no monsters that came up to the rooftop.
“Where is Shane?”
-It is below the 4th floor.
Eve’s voice as she answered was a bit ambiguous.
Gyeong-hoon, who was in a hurry, didn’t notice that Eve’s tone of voice was strange.
He took out a rifle and a three-pointed sword and began to go down the stairs.
The building was quiet. I didn’t even feel alive.
There was no trace of the monsters alive.
It didn’t change until we went down four floors.
Kyung-hoon’s tension grew even more.
Kyung-hoon cautiously approached the direction given by Eve.
This place was like a luxury penthouse.
Old but luxurious furniture and interior greeted Kyung-hoon from the hallway.
Kyunghoon frowned as he held the handle of the living room door where Shane’s location was confirmed.
A strange sound was coming from inside. It was a sound that could not have been heard.
Kyung-Hoon sent Mana to his head. I couldn’t win again.
He opened the door carefully.
Shane was standing in the middle of the living room. Fortunately, Shane was safe.
Kyung-hoon came in, but Shane didn’t see him.
His camera was busy looking at the floor.
Kyung-hoon was in no condition to see Shane.
bruise. bruise. bruise.
A puppy was running around Shane.
“Where is the monster bird and why is it a puppy?”
When Kyung-hoon opened his mouth, the startled puppy barked at him.
bruise! bruise! bruise!
Kyunghoon blinked. I didn’t understand why the puppy suddenly appeared, but what I was seeing was even stranger.
Wings grew from the shoulder of the dog that was barking at Kyung-hoon.
Flutter, flutter.
The puppy flapped its wings, rose into the air, and sat on Shane’s shoulder.
When Shane petted the dog, its wings disappeared again.
“No way, that monster bird…”
-It looks like a shapeshifting monster.
Woof!
The silver medal on the dog’s neck sparkled.
[Bailey]
-It seems like the monster likes Shane.
The dog was placed on his shoulder. Behind Shane, I saw a robot doll lying on the sofa
that looked very similar to Shane.
