#Episode 113
“Emperor?”
The eyes of the elite zombie on the other side, Mary Pressian, twitched at my softly flowing words. For now, I didn’t pay any attention to it.
Phase 2 ends when you kill the Zombie Emperor, but he only appears when you kill all the elite zombies?
“It looks simple, but it’s a bit, a lot of twists and turns.”
The most important thing is that the Zombie Emperor doesn’t know his own power right now.
It’s interesting.
I read the ‘hint’ my older sister had obtained once again.
‘The Zombie Emperor is an Earthling.’
‘The Zombie Emperor loves wine.’
‘The Zombie Emperor is not a very special person on Earth.’
‘The Zombie Emperor is not in his 50s.’
‘The Zombie Emperor is not in his 60s.’
‘The zombie emperor is not in his teens.’
No, there are not just one or two people on Earth, and I don’t know what level of hint this is among a population that easily exceeds a billion.
When are you looking for this?
I raised my head. The elf was still quiet. I asked her.
“Do you know the Zombie Emperor?”
“… … I don’t know who it is.”
“That’s really strange. You don’t know who he is? It seems like you know what he does.”
“That’s right. I know what kind of being it is.”
“That’s good. Tell me.”
“Before you speak, I’d like you to give me something to eat.”
Psik, Jin Shihou laughed.
“Is this how you want me to treat you like a prisoner?”
“I am friendly to you humans.”
A strange expression naturally forms on my face.
“What favor can you give me when you go around biting people’s necks?”
“That was when I had no intelligence, and on the name of the fallen Pressian, I will tell you everything I know. Without lying, without hiding anything, but before that, my head hurts because I’m so hungry.”
I stared blankly at Mary Pressian. Really.
It was then. Before Jin Shihou could do anything, the door to the emergency shelter opened.
I turned my head.
There were two people, a man and a woman.
“Your Majesty Jin Shihou!”
The faces of the two people shouting like that look strangely familiar.
I recalled my memories.
ah.
“I think I saw it when I entered the gate before… … .”
The man who seemed a little older than the two said.
“Yes, we met once before. Before Team 4 became Team 3, we stood at the A-class gate boundary in Seoul. Do you remember?”
At that time, Jin Shihou took Jeong Seong-il inside the gate.
I had a brief conversation with Team Leader Cha Ju-yeon, and I saw those people then.
I was really lucky.
The man and woman were each holding a plastic bag.
“I heard from the master that you didn’t eat breakfast this morning. So I bought some light snacks on the way here.”
“thank you.”
After receiving it, he immediately fed it to the elf.
“Uh… … That… … It’s Jin Shi-hoo’s… … .”
“Don’t worry, it’s okay.”
The food inside the bag was light snack food.
Tteokbokki with sweet potato fries, chili pepper rolls, seaweed rolls, and 3 rolls of kimbap, which should be enough for two servings.
The elf ate them all in an instant.
“It tastes better than human flesh.”
“… … That was when I had no intelligence. Once I had intelligence, I could control my irrationality and instincts.”
“I see.”
anyway.
“I gave you something to eat, so tell me. What is the Zombie Emperor?”
“The Zombie Emperor is something we have only seen in records.”
“For the record?”
“Yes. I don’t know how the data was collected on this planet, but we at Pressian have a considerable amount of data related to the trials.”
“Then tell me everything you know about it. Phase 2 trials, Phase 3 trials, Phase 4 trials, how they all proceed.”
The elf, who was chewing on a piece of kimbap, said something.
But to me, it just looks like a lot of swearing.
I looked at the two men and women from the Salvation Guild next to me. They had the same expression on their faces.
To be exact, they were rubbing their ears as if they had a sore ear, and when I asked why, they said they heard something like tinnitus.
The elf said.
“As you can see now, even if you want to, you can’t. The system is blocking it.”
I’ve seen something similar before. It was when I entered the gate in the deep sea with Helena, and it was exactly like this then.
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“For someone as strong as you, it should be easy to travel through dimensions. Go to Pressian. It’s probably already in ruins, but there should definitely be some information left.”
“I can’t travel through dimensions.”
“… … I guess he wasn’t a strong magical person. Still, if you get the chance, go and see. There must be something left. Then, let’s finish what we were talking about.”
“You can’t do it because the system is blocking it?”
“I don’t know if it’s because this phase is related to zombies, but I guess we can talk about anything related to zombies.”
“Go ahead, then.”
Mary Pressian answered immediately.
“According to the records, the Zombie Emperor is the epitome of fraud.”
“The epitome of fraud?”
“A being made up of the energy of the dead that has gathered and gathered again. It is described as an ominous being that should not exist in the world, as it breathes dead energy into everything around it just by existing, and revives dead corpses regardless of chronological order to create its own army.”
“Is that all?”
“That can’t be. The zombie emperors that appear in the trials are created by infusing the power of the emperor into unspecified humans. Those who are targeted are beings under the system, and things like rank are said to be irrelevant.”
“Isn’t it true that the bowl is important for a reason?”
“The trials don’t end with Phase 2. After all, the Zombie Emperor is not a being that can live long. It doesn’t need to live long. Just one day. After that time, the Emperor will die on its own. The Zombie Emperor only needs to live that long to begin with. If it only exists for a day, it is a being that can turn more than half of the land into a wasteland.”
Jin Shi-hoo, who had been making a strange expression, crossed his legs again.
“Do you know how strong it is?”
“According to the records, it is said to be stronger than the combined strength of ‘ten elite zombies at maximum strength.’”
Jin Shihou thought.
The more I think about this ordeal, the more vicious it seems.
I don’t know what level an elite zombie is when it’s maxed out, but I can get the minimum.
Awakened ones who have awakened their natural energy.
That’s about it.
however.
‘There are less than ten awakened nature spirits on Earth right now, but they are stronger than ten of them combined?’
And then you die in just one day?
This was no different from saying that the Zombie Emperor isn’t something to be blocked, but rather something to be avoided.
I didn’t understand.
Jin Shihou asked with slightly sunken eyes.
“What is the purpose of the system?”
“I have never heard an answer from the person concerned, but from the records, our elves guessed it was either ‘ruin’ or ‘play.’”
“Ruin, play? Two words that seem completely unrelated, but what made you think that?”
“That’s because ——they ———’s ——— thing.”
It was the same as before.
Jin Shi-hoo sighed and stood up from his seat.
“Elf.”
“Speak.”
“First, you die.”
“I didn’t even expect it.”
“I won’t torture you, so just be quiet. Can you do it?”
“I’ll give it a try.”
Jin Shihou then took out a small dagger from the subspace and threw it towards the elf’s leg.
Phew.
The dagger was stuck in the ground. Then, a small circular barrier appeared around the dagger.
Jin Shihou looked at the two Salvation Guild Awakeners and said.
“It’s like a barrier, so leave it alone. I’ll go outside for a bit.”
Park Jeong-woo, a member of the Salvation Guild Team 3, asked.
“Where are you going?”
The corners of Jin Shihou’s mouth twitched slightly. It was a split second, so no one there noticed, but it was definitely moving.
“It looks like your sister’s situation is not good. That’s why I’m going to go get some support.”
“Oh, if that’s so… … Yes, I will keep a good watch over you here.”
“Okay. I have a favor to ask. Oh, and about that barrier that I’m imprisoning him in. If you take out the dagger, he’ll jump out right away. So please be sure to keep control here.”
Park Jeong-woo said with a smile.
“Yes, don’t worry about it. Take care.”
Jin Shi-hoo, who came out, immediately called ‘Yoon Young-soo’.
* * *
Phase 2 has begun.
Of the apostles, only six survived.
One of them was an elder and the other five were ordinary apostles.
The important thing here was the elders.
Not just any elder, but the elder next to Asura.
It may come as no surprise, but not all apostles are the same.
The elder apostles all know how Phase 2 will proceed.
Because the information we had was so vast.
The third elder, Paulo Silva, knows how the zombie outbreak that marks the beginning of Phase 2 will unfold.
Considering the power of Jin Shihou on Earth and the beings of the Underworld, Phase 2 will probably be cleared.
The problem is that if it is cleared without any damage, the Earthlings will lose their sense of alertness, and that will soon interfere with what the Six Paths Sage intends to do later.
Especially in the case of Seoul, it has now become an absolutely clean area, and the reason is that Jin Shi-hoo is there.
Let’s think about it.
There is a saying that South Korea is called the Republic of Seoul because the population is concentrated in Seoul.
What would happen if there was no Jin Shihou to protect Seoul?
There are limits to what other Awakened beings can control and block.
Jin Shihou captured one of the elite zombies.
What would happen if we let him go?
Seoul will be reduced to rubble in an instant.
It was safe to say that all the apostles had been subdued by Qin Shihou. Qin Shihou was already the enemy of the apostles.
The very sight of Jin Shihou laughing, chatting, and eating happily is now an eyesore to the apostles.
The apostles, filled with rage, plan to screw over Jin Shihou in any way possible.
To get you fu*ked up, I’ll unleash Seoul’s elite zombies.
Of course, all of this is when Jin Shihou is not in Seoul.
And now the third elder confirmed.
Jin Shihou leaving Seoul.
You might be curious about the world that has changed.
Surprisingly, he has acquired a light plane and is flying to Busan on it.
That would be enough.
The third elder contacted one of the five surviving apostles. The one who received his contact took a step forward.
He headed leisurely to the Salvation Guild’s basement. No one stopped him. There were no guards here in the first place.
The door opened.
There were two men and two women there.
The man and woman opened the door and saw the man coming in, then took different actions.
“……who are you?”
The one who asked this question was Yang Hye-mi, and the other person, Park Jeong-woo, was bowing his head deeply in that spot.
The words that come out of his mouth are amazing.
