〈[Episode 18] Albakgi (1) >
Park Sae-rom said while munching on a chocolate bar.
“It’s not like the whole of Ulsan is crawling with vampires. So roughly… half of them?”
It wasn’t a completely hopeless number.
It wasn’t like the entire city had been turned into a vampire.
“The area south of the Taehwa River is dangerous because it’s the land of vampires, but if you just cross the river, you’ll be fine. Humans are in more danger there!”
There was something strange about listening to her through the eyes of the Absolute.
This place was clearly located south of the Taehwa River.
So, it means the territory of vampires.
He immediately activated the communication ring and conveyed his message to Kim Gun.
[Could you please ask why I was being chased from the vampire territory?]
Then Kim Geon nodded slightly and repeated what I said like a parrot.
“If what you said is true, then this is vampire territory. Why were you being chased by vampires here?”
“Oh, that? Things got a bit messy.”
Park Sae-rom, who had finished eating the chocolate bar, spoke informally like a ghost.
“But how much more of that can you make like just now?”
When Kim Geon looked at her with a cold expression, Park Sae-rom noticed and raised the end of her words.
“yo. this?”
I saw that sight, chuckled, and went to the store to buy a 1.25L bottle of cola and a bag of ABC chocolate.
Jiiing-
As cool cola and chocolate appeared out of thin air, Park Sae-rom’s eyes immediately turned sharp.
Before Kim Gun could grab them, he came over first and snatched the cola and chocolate.
Only then could I hear the answer.
“Why would I risk my life and come all the way here? Of course I came here to get something to eat. There are people I have to feed.”
This time, he went back to speaking informally before he even finished eating the item he was holding.
Park Sae-rom made a suggestion in a quiet voice to Kim Geon, who was laughing.
“So, would you mind coming with me?”
Park Sae-rom urged me in a much more urgent voice, perhaps because she thought Kim Geon-i’s waiting for my answer was a subtle expression of rejection.
“No, right? It seems like you have a lot of questions too. How about we go somewhere safe and have a deep conversation?”
Park Sae-rom’s words also had some merit.
It would be better to have our conversation somewhere safer than here, in the vampire stronghold.
‘Actually, I’ve heard everything there is to hear.’
It was a great harvest to learn that there was a group of survivors left in the north, centered around the Taehwa River.
‘If we were to call it more information, it would be the composition of the survivor group.’
Listening to Park Sae-rom’s words, it seemed that not all survivor groups were uniting as one.
I was curious about the situation there.
[Let’s go and listen to the story. I’m also curious about whether humans are more dangerous.]
Kim Geon nodded slightly and said.
“Where should I go?”
“Try transforming first.”
When Kim Geon started speaking informally, Park Sae-rom naturally became more comfortable with her speech.
Park Sae-rom, who was looking at Kim Geon who had become one with the black sheep again with a curious look, pointed with her finger across the river.
“Just go over there.”
“i get it.”
Kim Geon, who had confirmed the general direction, flapped his wings and flew into the sky.
“Huh? I haven’t ridden it yet-!”
Park Sae-rom’s words did not continue until the end.
Because Kim Gun-yi lifted her up by firmly grabbing her shoulders with his claws.
“Hey! Wait a minute! It hurts, it hurts!”
“Just hold on a little longer.”
“Hey, shit! Put me on your back!”
“I don’t like it.”
“why!”
Kim Geon played with his beak indifferently.
“It stinks.”
Park Sae-rom muttered blankly, her face looking shocked by those strong words.
“..What?”
“It smells bad.”
It was a fact.
The Absolute’s eyes could not only see, but also smell the space where the skill was activated and feel the flow of air. Park Sae-rom smelled strongly.
It was natural.
In this ruined world where it is difficult to even find drinking water, how many opportunities are there to wash your body clean?
I was able to realize anew what a great blessing it is to have all these things within my realm.
“Hey, kid! Come here! Won’t you come?!”
Kim Geon said calmly to Park Sae-rom, who was causing a fuss.
“Stay still. You’ll fall.”
“madam.”
Park Sae-rom immediately became quiet after checking her feet.
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Kim Geon flapped his wings with a satisfied expression after winning the fight.
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“…That’s all.”
After finishing her report, Seonu-ri bowed her head deeply.
Seonu-ri kept her eyes tightly shut in that state.
As I continued reporting, I realized how worthless the information I had brought was.
The content was limited to the existence of a giant tree, a large wall protecting it, and the existence of something called ‘citizenship’.
They still haven’t figured out exactly how they took the lives of Jeong Yeong-hun and Ko In-seok.
At that moment, when I was preparing to be reprimanded,
“Interesting.”
!!
There was an unexpected reaction from him.
“It’s just a tree the size of an apartment.”
Seonu-ri was slightly embarrassed.
Because this was the first time I saw the man in front of me show his emotions.
I never dared imagine that a smile would appear on the face of a man who always gave orders with an emotionless expression like a machine.
“Hmm.”
The man sank deeper into the sofa and brought his glass of wine to his lips.
He briefly savored the red blood in his wine glass and then gave a short command.
“Guide me.”
Seo-nuri briefly questioned the man’s words.
“…yes?”
Meanwhile, the man placed his wine glass on the table and slowly got up.
And said.
“Take me to where the tree is. I will go there myself.”
Seonuri, who understood the meaning of those words a beat late, answered urgently.
“Yes, I will.”
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The place Park Sae-rom guided us to was Homeplus, where a fairly large group of survivors had settled down.
It was a huge organization with a population of nearly a thousand people.
But what interests me more than that is.
“Hey, Park Sae-rom. You haven’t found it yet? What’s behind you? Are you a newbie?”
“I put the needle on it, so don’t worry about it.”
“What? You say it like that, so I’m curious?”
“Eat some taffy or something.”
A middle-aged man exchanging rough greetings with Park Sae-rom.
he is,
『Jeong-ung (Lv. 21)』
Awakening Ability: Stone Fist
‘Again.’
He was an awakened person.
‘Is this already the third time?’
The point was that in an organization with only a thousand members, they had already discovered three Awakened individuals.
Of course, it was a number including Park Sae-rom.
‘Even so, I’ve already encountered five of them.’
I didn’t even look at all of the names one by one.
As I entered the rooftop of Homeplus and followed Park Sae-rom, I encountered dozens of people and discovered two more Awakened people.
‘Why are there so many??
Based on our experience to date, this was an absurd ratio.
‘This can’t be happening?’
Out of the over 50,000 citizens accepted so far, only 6 were confirmed as ‘natural’.
Natural refers to cases where a person had the ability to awaken before registering as a new person, such as Hadong Geon or Oh Eun Joo.
In any case, roughly one in 8,000 people became awakened.
But here, out of a population of only about a thousand, there were already three awakened people.
‘Here, it might be unexpectedly Nodaji?’
Normally, naturals tend to be more efficient when they become vassals or enter into a contract of subordination.
From my perspective, it was a blessing to be able to accept citizens with high potential.
‘It’s a shame that we can’t issue citizenship right now’
Park Sae-rom, who boldly opened the door that said “Staff Only” in the dark corner of Homeplus where the electricity was cut off, was greeted by the bright light of a flashlight.
“Ugh. Aren’t you going to clean it up?”
“What is it, Park Sae-rom?”
“Huh? Sister? You’re here already?”
“What? Why did you come so quickly?
‘It must have failed.’
Park Sae-rom responded by raising her middle finger towards them.
“You bastards. Is that what you say to a leader who barely made it back alive after almost dying?”
“Leader, where did you sell your backpack?”
“I threw it away to live, damn it.”
He shook his head in an annoyed tone, as if he was remembering the moment when he was being chased by vampires, and threw the cola and chocolate he was holding in his hand toward the sofa.
“Huh? What is this? Cola?”
“Oh, what is this? I guess it wasn’t a complete waste of time.”
Among those who were immediately opening and sharing the chocolate, Park Sae-rom picked up the flashlight on the table and shined it at Kim Geon.
“So, what are you curious about, sir?”
“who is this?”
“Shut up and stay still.”
Her tone of voice suggested a determination to rake in a lot of information fees, perhaps because of Kim Gun’s earlier remarks.
‘There’s no need to waste time.’
On my way here, I took a quick look around the inside of Homeplus.
Overall, the situation was not very good.
Just by looking at the expressions and appearances of the people we encountered, we could easily tell that there was a food shortage.
Big box stores were clearly well-positioned in these circumstances.
It was plentiful, including items that could be helpful in various situations, and even food.
A warehouse stocked with inventory would have been a huge help in survival.
But the supplies we had here weren’t enough to last us a lifetime.
These too had now reached their limits.
So much so that Park Sae-rom had to risk her life and go out to find food.
‘Store Open’
What they thirst and want most right now.
I decided to fill it in.
Much more than they expected.
‘It’s a kind of shock therapy.’
Various stockpiled food items including water, canned tuna, Spam, and many other foods including ramen, fruit, snacks, and drinks.
They were summoned in a box and lined up around Kim Geon.
“Huh, huh?”
Park Sae-rom, who was bewildered by the box army multiplying at a frightening rate, approached the boxes cautiously.
And then I opened the box.
Chijik-
The box she opened was full of her favorite cola.
“omg’
!!
Park Sae-rom creaked for a moment like a broken robot.
“..oh my god.”
He let out a quiet exclamation.
and.
“Hoooooooooo!”
Suddenly burst into tears.
It was such an unexpected picture that I was momentarily stunned.
It was the same for Kim Geon-do, who stood frozen still in front of Park Sae-rom.
At that time, Park Sae-rom’s colleagues inside reacted.
“Sister? What’s wrong?”
“are you okay?”
“What is it?”
When Park Sae-rom burst into tears, her colleagues who had been preoccupied with chocolate came over one by one to figure out what was going on.
“No, what the heck is this…”
“What’s going on all of a sudden? Where did you come from?”
Those who are dumbfounded by the boxes piled up at the entrance,
“Whoaah!”
“Hey, sis, stop crying.”
Park Sae-rom, who just sat down and cried, and those who tried to comfort her.
“Hey! What the hell! Look at this! It’s ramen, ramen!”
“What? Really?”
And the situation was completely chaotic with people rummaging through the boxes.
“No, shit! But why are they all Jinsun?”
“Hey. Jinsun is delicious, right?”
“Oh, I don’t know, just give me one. I’ll break it and eat it.”
In that chaotic atmosphere, Park Sae-rom crawled up to Kim Geon and spoke.
“Well, whatever you want, say it. Ugh, Master. Ugh.”
It seemed like the shock therapy had gone a little too far.
‘It’s a little salty’
In any case, he was a man who risked his life to step onto the land of vampires for his people.
It was never easy.
“Ugh, shit, it’s the lotto, ugh, lotto!”
After that, Park Sae-rom answered all questions faithfully and obediently.
<[Episode 18] Albakgi (1)> End
