[Episode 07] Seomyeon Station (2)
Today was a day of continuous surprises for Seo Ye-jin.
‘What on earth is this?’
As usual, the mice were released in all directions to find food.
But among them, one of the mice wandering around the Jeonpo Station underground shopping mall felt fear and immediately shared the feeling.
A shocking scene unfolded before her eyes.
‘People who slaughter orcs.’
I’ve seen orcs slaughter people, but this is the first time I’ve seen it the other way around.
A woman who turns into a bear.
A woman who makes her body shine.
A man who summons armor.
A woman who puts a faint light into an arrow.
A man who can teleport.
A man handling crows.
In particular, the presence of the woman who turns into a bear was overwhelming.
In addition, the sight of a man fighting with a spear was unusual. He didn’t use any special abilities, but you could tell at a glance that he wasn’t an ordinary person.
‘Maybe everyone is an Awakener…’
So far, countless groups of survivors have been discovered.
Most of them were ordinary people, and if there were any Awakened ones, there was only one.
It was an absurd probability that a party comprised entirely of Awakened people would be formed.
‘Is that possible?’
But the real shock was that it really started now.
It was when I followed them out of Jeonpo Station.
“Let’s go there!”
“Drive!”
“Kkikkik―!”
Seo Ye-jin was momentarily dumbfounded when she saw that scene.
‘What is that?’
Humans were hunting goblins.
‘what···?’
Over the past month, I’ve seen countless scenes of people fighting goblins.
But most of them were struggles for survival. It was the goblins who hunted, and the humans fought against them.
But the scene unfolding before my eyes was the complete opposite.
“Kill him!”
“Squeak!”
A group of humans were systematically hunting down goblins.
People systematically drove the goblins into a dead end and attacked them mercilessly.
The sight seemed so familiar.
As if this had happened several times already.
The weapons people were holding were also varied.
Hammers, knives, golf clubs, aluminum bats, etc.
Starting with the commonly available items, there were also those carrying spears and bows.
‘The spears the orcs are holding.’
The few men holding what were clearly glaives, a weapon favored by orcs.
It didn’t look like they got it from hunting orcs, because they didn’t look that strong.
As expected.
“They are hunters!”
“Deoksu!”
They pretended to know the party that was slaughtering the orcs.
The party that was slaughtering orcs also naturally greeted me.
‘Were we in the same group?’
Then it makes sense that they have orc spears.
“Sir! Take this! There are still many people who don’t have a window. Let’s share!”
They began to distribute the orc glaives they had been holding as loot to the people.
‘also.’
After handing out the glaives and starting to move again, they were walking towards a huge apartment complex.
Now I’m starting to understand a little bit.
‘That Awakened party was the leader of a large group of survivors.’
A group of survivors made up of eight Awakened people.
Even if you think about it roughly, it is clear that there are at least several thousand survivors.
Because the rate of awakening was only about one in a thousand.
‘Should I join?’
It was becoming increasingly difficult for her to take responsibility for everyone on her own.
Running a large survivor shelter for thousands of people would mean having plenty of water and food.
If so, it was worth making contact.
‘I can appeal to you with my abilities.’
It would easily accommodate the thirty or so survivors she is leading.
Seo Ye-jin also knew very well that she had that much value.
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‘Let’s take a look before that.’
After handing out the glaives, I cautiously followed the Awakened party back to the apartment complex.
As soon as Seo Ye-jin entered the apartment complex, she had to face another shocking scene.
“Kyahahaha!”
“Let’s go!”
“Mom! Look here!”
Seo Ye-jin was confused as to whether what she was seeing was real or fake.
‘There are kids playing at the playground?’
Of course, before the world was destroyed, this was a common sight everywhere you went.
But now, it was a world where monsters were running rampant everywhere.
‘What on earth is this place···.’
He couldn’t believe that this was the same world he had been living in for the past month.
That was when.
“Yejin.”
I opened my eyes, releasing the shared sense with the mouse at the sound of a familiar voice.
“What’s going on, Jung-soo oppa?”
“I think we’re at our limit now. We’ve run out of the most important thing, water. What should we do?”
Seo Ye-jin laughed in vain.
Just now I saw children playing in the playground, and now they are hiding in the basement of the building, worrying about drinking water.
I was suddenly thrown from the fairy tale world to the cold ground of reality.
‘It was stupid to worry.’
Thanks to that, I was able to make up my mind.
Han Jeong-su, who had been observing the situation, said.
“I’m sorry. I feel ashamed. I always rely on you like this.”
Seo Ye-jin smiled and answered Han Jeong-su’s words.
“That’s not it. I think there will be a way out somehow.”
“Hwalro?” “Yeah. I’ll tell you the details later, but first, tell the people to get ready.”
“What preparations?”
“Ready to go out.”
Han Jeong-su asked back with his eyes wide open.
“Outside? You’re going outside?”
“Yeah. Or are we all going to dry up and die here together?”
“That’s not it, but···.”
“If you want to live, tell him to prepare instead of nagging you.”
“···okay.”
Seo Ye-jin confirmed that Han Jeong-soo had left, then closed her eyes again and displayed her power.
I missed the Awakened party because of my conversation with Han Jeong-su, but it was easy to figure out where they went.
Because it was the place where people came and went the most.
‘Why are there so many people in this building?’
I was waiting to sneak in, but I couldn’t seem to get any openings.
After waiting for a long time, the opportunity finally came.
‘now!’
The moment when the mouse, under Seo Ye-jin’s orders, was wagging its limbs and trying to enter the apartment.
puck!
Click!
A mouse that had hit its head on a transparent wall bounced right back out.
And then a strange window appeared before my eyes.
[No entry.]
‘······What is this?’
At that time, I was confused.
[Would you like to obtain citizenship?]
[Yes / No]
Walls and civil rights to keep out intruders.
And here, a little further away, at a playground, children and their parents are leisurely playing.
The moment she understood their context, Seo Ye-jin could only nod roughly.
“Yes! Yes! Absolutely yes!”
It was clear that there was someone here with the ability to protect people.
It’s clear that they’ve gathered around that person.
This citizenship seemed to entitle one to enter into that person’s protection.
Tiring!
[You have obtained citizenship.]
Is it done?
Seo Ye-jin carefully brought the mouse into the apartment.
This time, he didn’t feel the transparent wall blocking him.
But as soon as I entered the apartment, I ran into a person.
“It’s a mouse!”
“Gyaaaah!”
For some reason, there were more people on the first floor than she expected, and she had to run away in a hurry.
“Run away!”
“Catch him!”
People who didn’t know the situation were making a fuss trying to catch mice.
‘Eek!’
The mouse quickly ran towards the emergency exit and started climbing the stairs with all its might.
The moment I entered the second floor through the emergency stairs.
‘!!’
An unexpected sight unfolded.
It was filled with numerous exercise machines such as treadmills, bench presses, chest presses, and city rows.
And what’s even more amazing is the brightly shining LED lights from the ceiling and the exciting music playing as background music throughout the gym.
♪♬―♩―!
‘This is···.’
It was like time travel.
I feel like I’ve walked into a gym somewhere before the world went to ruin.
It was a sight I had never imagined, so much so that I wondered if what I was seeing was a dream.
At that moment.
Kwajik!
“Ugh!”
The sharing of sensations was forcibly cut off with a sudden shock.
It meant that someone had caught a mouse there.
‘Ouch. My head.’
Thanks to that, I felt like my head was going to burst, but still a smile appeared on my face.
“Haha, hahahaha!”
I found a way to live!
‘The question is how to get there···.’
This was Seomyeon.
Realistically, it was too far to get there.
It used to be a distance that only took about fifteen minutes to walk, but not anymore.
‘Because we have to get through the monster field.’
If you actively utilize the mice, you and a few others may be able to move.
But it was impossible to take all the people, more than thirty people.
It will definitely be annihilated.
‘I just need to get to Jeonpo Station somehow.’
From there on out, there were hardly any monsters.
Maybe that Awakened party cleaned it all up.
So, if you somehow manage to get there, the road to the apartment is wide open.
‘Is that really the only way?’
Because I had been constantly scouting using mice, I had a keen understanding of the situation around here.
How to safely get to Jeonpo Station with thirty survivors.
There was just one thing.
‘You can use the subway tracks, though.’
According to what we found out through the mice, there were surprisingly few monsters inside the Seomyeon Station.
But there was a good reason why there were so few monsters.
‘···Because there is that 〈monster〉 at Seomyeon Station.’
Just thinking about him gave me goosebumps all over.
It was that scary of an object.
Because it was a monster that couldn’t even be compared to goblins or orcs.
‘But that’s why it’s possible.’
He was a living thing after all.
It seemed like it would be worth a try if I took advantage of the gap in sleep.
Because the purpose wasn’t to fight him anyway.
If only I could sneak out.
‘If you use the mice well, anything will work out.’
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‘omg?’
My heart sank when I saw a rat being trampled to death by Choi Hyung-jun at the gym.
Because I thought Seo Ye-jin had turned into a mouse.
however.
[You have hunted a tamed mouse (Lv. 2).]
[You gain a small amount of experience points.]
[1,416 won was deposited into the wallet of the absolute owner of the house.]
‘hmm?’
Fortunately, that wasn’t the case.
When I checked the citizen management window, Seo Ye-jin’s name was still there.
‘phew.’
Seeing her awakening ability, I was able to figure out the whole story of the incident.
Queen of the Mice (A Grade)
All mice who encounter her swear allegiance to the Queen.
Once tamed, mice can be manipulated like limbs and share their senses.
‘You were controlling the mouse.’
That means there wasn’t direct contact, but it was interesting that citizenship could still be offered in this case.
That was when.
“huh?”
I saw a welcome sight outside the living room window.
‘That’s?’
In some ways, you could say he saved me.
Of course, that wasn’t the guy.
That damn paper is like that.
‘Kellican.’
Is there some sort of designated meeting place for the Kellycans near my house?
This was already the third appearance.
‘Well, thanks to that I survived.’
If it weren’t for the guy who came first, I would have dried up and died without being able to do anything.
In that respect, I felt a little grateful to the Kellykans.
But this time, his gaze wasn’t directed at me.
He was looking at the playground below with the eyes of a hunter.
It seemed like they were targeting ordinary citizens playing in the playground.
‘That won’t do. The invisible hand.’
A transparent hand emerged from my body, roughly opened the living room window, and reached straight towards the guy.
Snap!
-Keeeek!?
I grabbed one of the guy’s wings and roughly pulled him towards me.
Kuung!
[Unauthorized person attempts to enter.]
The bastard struggled to escape my grasp, rubbing his body against the transparent wall.
I muttered while looking at that guy.
“Nice to meet you.”
-Keeeeeek!
“Summon the deceased, Ha Dong-geon.”
Shushuk
“hmm?”
Hadong-gun, who was suddenly summoned, saw Kellykan struggling against the living room window and said.
“Can I handle it?”
“Yes, please.”
I bought a supply window from the store and gave it to Hadonggun.
Phew!
Hadong-Gun quickly stabbed the spear and cut off the struggling Kellykan’s neck.
[You have hunted Kellykan (Lv. 25).]
[Gain experience points.]
[38,567,987 won was deposited into the wallet of the absolute owner of the house.]
[Skill level has increased.]
As you level up.
Jiiing―
‘Ugh.’
The area around the house exploded, swallowing up the two buildings on either side in an instant.
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