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< Innocent Friends >
“Grrrrr···.”
“Grrrrr···.”
The people crawling toward us had one thing in common: a red shark tattooed on the back of their clothes or armor.
It was the mark of the Red Shark Guild.
I looked around some more, but I didn’t see any other guild marks or faces I recognized.
There were three guilds that left us behind and entered the dungeon first.
But the only people who appeared before us were the people from the Red Shark Guild.
If you have been working in the field for about 20 years, you can guess what happened just by looking at this.
I clicked my tongue and muttered.
“They came in and scattered again.”
As if they hadn’t left us, they split up to eat more.
Later on, I wondered why the ‘Labyrinth of Fallen Souls’ became the worst dungeon, and it was all because of these guys.
“Grrrrr···.”
“Grrrrr···.”
They were just wary of us, they didn’t attack us.
It was as if he was warning me not to come any closer.
Red Shark is the weakest guild among the four guilds mobilized this time.
And looking at that condition, it seemed like he had been stung by a zombie bee and infected.
So that means there’s a zombie bee nest behind me…
I took the kid and stepped back.
“Wang Guho. Go and show me the results of your training.”
When I called, Wang Guho was startled.
“Me, me···? Alone?”
I nodded.
“If you get bitten or scratched by that, it can get infected. It’s annoying.”
“Then, I guess I shouldn’t be bitten either···.”
Wang Gu-ho, who had been timidly rebelling, stepped forward with a sad expression on his face when I glared at him once.
“Oh, please don’t kill me.”
“···yes.”
Dddddddddddddddd!
That kid. I’ve never seen him petrify so perfectly in five days.
As Wang Guho, who had turned into a rock man, approached, the Red Shark Guild members who had turned into zombies revealed their teeth.
“Kururur···!”
“Kururur···!”
But Wang Guho did not stop, and the moment he crossed a certain line, the enemies all attacked him.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
It was almost like a sandbag. Wang Guho was surrounded by over ten zombies and attacked.
But what’s different from the past is that now you don’t just sit there and get beaten.
“Ugh···ah···ah···!”
Wang Guho slowly extended his fist. His fist extended at a speed that could not even catch a fly. One zombie easily dodged it.
At that moment,
Dduk dduk!
The rock that grew from Wang Guho’s fist changed direction and struck the zombie.
Phew!
The zombie that was hit in the face was thrown back.
At that moment, Wang Guho shouted in joy.
“Correct…correct…!”
Son. You trained until dawn today and finally succeeded.
Wang Guho, who gained confidence, began to fight more actively.
From the slowly extended fist, rocks grew in an instant and attacked the zombies.
“Ha···ha···ha! All···come···at···me!”
But unlike Wang Gu-ho, who was happy to discover his own potential,
“When will it end?”
The little boy yawned, bored by the slow fight.
“Can’t you just burn it all?”
I said, putting my hand on the little boy’s head.
“It’s not time for you to come out yet.”
Of course, it would be easy to just burn it all down with the little one’s fire.
But I had other plans.
It’s a bit different from the original plan, but… maybe this will be more convenient.
“Camera crew. Are you filming properly?”
Cheon In-nam gave an OK sign with his hand. In his other hand, he was already holding a handycam.
I nodded.
“Make sure to take a picture of it so that you can go back and claim compensation from Red Shark. Medical team?”
Cheon Il-nam, who was on the left, turned to me and answered.
“Yes, team leader.”
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“You see the bag I left for you before I came? Could you please bring it to me?”
“All right.”
I turned my head to the right and looked at Cheon Seol-ah.
“The equipment team, please prepare the protective gear. We’ll probably have to wear it soon.”
“Yes. I will prepare it right away.”
My team members moved busily according to my instructions.
I left them behind and stepped forward.
Wang Guho was still fighting the zombies, and managed to defeat five of them.
The problem was that there were five left.
The zombies that Wang Gu-ho knocked to the ground were ordinary people who had participated in the field support team and suffered misfortune.
Meanwhile, all the remaining zombies were superhumans.
“Kurrrrrr!”
“Kuaaaah!”
Even Wang Guho’s new techniques were useless against them. They avoided everything with their superhuman reflexes and struck Wang Guho with their brute strength.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
“Ugh···ugh···.”
Wang Guho was hit unilaterally, and the rocks that had grown on his skin began to break apart little by little.
That’s when I took them by surprise.
WHEEK!
A superhuman zombie who is so absorbed in beating the king’s bell that he loses his mind.
I went behind him and felt several pressure points on the back of his neck.
Pok! Pok ok pok!
A zombie that sags like a doll with a cut string.
I grabbed the bastard’s arm and threw him backwards.
“One thing first.”
“Kuaaaah!”
At that moment, two zombies attacked me from both sides. I slipped between them, circled Wang Guho’s body like a pillar, and surprised the other guy.
This time it was a blood clot.
Pfft pfft pfft!
A blood-stained zombie collapsed on the ground.
I grabbed the bastard by the leg and threw him backwards.
“two.”
The third, fourth and fifth were easier.
I moved around using the Wangguho as a wall, aiming only for the zombies’ blood vessels.
“Five with this.”
Phew-!
So we managed to capture all five superhuman zombies.
Of course, if they were rational superhumans rather than zombies, they wouldn’t have been able to be subdued so easily.
After a while, I lined up the captured zombies on the floor.
There were ten people in total, including the five that Wang Guho had defeated.
Krrrrrr···!
Krrrr···!
The zombies, who had lost control of their bodies, bared their teeth and acted ferociously toward me.
I squatted down in front of him.
“Please give me the bag.”
Cheon Il-nam brought my bag that he had been keeping in the medical vehicle and handed it over to me.
I took a glass bottle out of my bag.
From the moment I decided to enter the ‘Labyrinth of Fallen Souls’, I prepared everything I needed to conquer it.
The powder in this glass bottle was one of them.
As I poured some powder into the zombies’ mouths, the ones that had been barking fiercely quickly became quiet.
And then my eyes opened blurrily.
Medical team leader Cheon Il-nam looked at the scene with a curious expression.
“Is it some kind of sleeping pill? I heard it doesn’t work well on superhumans···.”
“Similar, but a little different.”
“I’m curious about the ingredients.”
Instead of answering, I took a needle out of my bag.
Phew! Pok! Pok!
As I stabbed the zombies one by one into their chests, they started convulsing and spewing out black liquid.
And the pupils that had turned white returned to their original state.
Cheon Seol-ah spoke in a surprised voice from the side.
“Can it be cured?”
I nodded, looking at the sleeping people.
“More or less. I’ve managed to stop it from getting any worse.”
The golden time when stung by a zombie bee is 10 minutes.
After 10 minutes, they start to behave strangely, and after 30 minutes, they become slaves to the zombie bees, guarding the nest until they die.
Looking at the status, these people have already been there for over 30 minutes.
The zombie bee’s sting has quite serious aftereffects, and even with treatment, it can cause mental problems for a while.
In a word, it means becoming a burden.
However, I had no intention of carrying a bunch of luggage.
I said to the team members gathered around me.
“Everyone, please step back. I think I need to focus.”
After I had dismissed the people, I took out a few vials and a whistle from my bag.
And I said to those who were looking at me with their hazy, relaxed eyes.
“I’ll save you, so you help me too. What do you think? It’s fair, right?”
“······.”
I understood it to mean that and started the procedure.
Before I returned, I had been working in the field for 20 years.
Gaia Continent, Murim, Demon World, Byron Continent, etc.
I traveled through all dimensions and saw with my own eyes all kinds of strange magic, formations, sorcery, blessings, and curses.
Among them, I learned what I could learn directly.
Why?
Talented and skilled guys just need to be good at fighting,
Guys like me need to know how to do anything to have a slightly higher chance of survival.
For example,
For example, first aid for being stung by a zombie bee.
Like how to control animals with low intelligence.
After about 30 minutes, I finished the procedure and got up from my seat.
And then he blew the whistle.
Beep-!
“rising!”
One by one, the people who had been sleeping opened their eyes and got up.
They stared blankly at each other, then soon turned their gazes to me.
Their faces were innocent, like puppies waiting for their master’s orders.
It’s a success.
I smiled at them.
Now it was time to get paid for the treatment.
I marked five superhumans from the Red Shark Guild with my fingers.
“You. You. You. You. You.”
The five people chosen by me nodded.
“Come with me. The rest of you wait here.”
Five superhumans with innocent faces followed me around.
I called the foremen and spoke.
“The people behind me, please load them into the vehicles. Treat the injured.”
We decided not to charge medical fees to non-superhumans.
“The people standing behind the team leader···”
When I looked back, five supermen were looking at me with innocent eyes.
If it had a tail, it would wag it vigorously.
···It’s a bit burdensome.
“These guys will fight alongside us from now on. Right, gentlemen?”
The five superhumans of the Red Shark Guild nodded their heads up and down diligently.
And after a while, we arrived in front of a zombie bee nest.
Wheeeeeeeeee! Wheeeeeeee!
Thousands of bees, each the size of two fingertips, were flying around the nest.
Not far from the nest, there were Redshark Guild vehicles and corpses that had been reduced to scrap metal.
Zombie bees.
It would be a problem if we ignore it just because it is a punishment.
The zombie bee’s stinger is so strong that it can easily penetrate even the most advanced combat uniforms, and even one sting can turn a person into a zombie-like state.
But we had Wang Guho and five supermen dressed in insect repellent suits.
Beep!
I pointed my finger at the zombie bee nest while blowing my whistle.
“attack!”
Wang Guho and the five supermen ran and started to crush the zombie bee nest.
Wheeeeeeeeeeee!!
Countless zombie bees flew towards them like awls,
Ting! Ting ting ting ting!
Not only did the bullets bounce off Wang Guho’s petrified skin, but they also bounced off his specially made insect repellent suit.
I watched the scene while eating the fruit I had brought as a snack with the little one.
“King Guho! If you look in the middle of the nest, you’ll find a queen bee. You have to catch her alive and bring her back.”
Wang Guho said, waving his arms.
“Because of the… bees… I… can’t… see… ahead….”
“Go straight ahead! No, no, slightly to the left!”
After a while, I put the queen bee that Wang Guho had caught into the collection box.
And then I looked at the kid.
“Kid. Let’s finish that up and then have lunch.”
“huh!”
The little boy stepped forward, excited at the call to eat.
Whoosh whoosh!
The flames that shot out from the little one’s hand burned away the remaining zombie bees and the remains of the nest.
I said there’s no separate flamethrower.
We had lunch on the spot and rested for about an hour while we sorted out our loot.
During that time, Red Shark’s five superhumans followed me around like ants.
I fed them food, treated their injuries, and even threw them a ball.
“···Team Leader. What on earth have you done?”
To Cheon Seol-ah, who was looking at me with astonishment, I shrugged my shoulders as if it was nothing.
“We’re trying to get to know each other. Right, everyone?”
Nod nod.
The five supermen nodded their heads vigorously.
And then a few hours later, I was able to spot some familiar faces.
“Hehehe···.”
“Keuhihihi···.”
People with green spots all over their faces were laughing like hags.
It was the fat leader of the Warriors Guild and his teammates.
The moment I saw them, I called out to Team Leader Cheon Il-nam.
“Please give me the bag.”
The number of innocent friends has increased.
< Innocent Friends > End
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