〈[Episode 18] Albakgi (2) >
According to Park Sae-rom, the survivor group is largely divided into three groups: the sports complex group, the Jungang-dong group, and the industrial complex group.
“The group we belong to is the Sports Complex Group.”
Kim Geon asked a question while listening to the gentle Park Sae-rom’s explanation.
“This looks like a mart, but why is the group name Sports Complex?”
I too was wondering at that time.
Park Sae-rom answered right away.
“This isn’t our group’s headquarters. The headquarters is near the sports complex, so we call it the sports complex group. The police station nearby is our group’s headquarters.”
“police office?”
“Yes. Strictly speaking, it’s not the police station, but the entire land around it that should be called the headquarters…, but anyway, our group’s representative is the police chief there. That’s why everyone thinks of the police station as the headquarters.”
It was an amazing story.
‘I didn’t think there were a thousand people in the mart.’
The group of survivors remaining in Ulsan seemed to be much larger than I had thought.
“We’re a supply unit. Supply Team 3. That’s why we’re stationed here.”
The fact that there were three distribution teams meant that there were at least two other organizations of similar size.
Assuming that both Team 1 and Team 2 are the same size as Team 3, the supply team alone would have about 3,000 people.
‘So what is the total scale?’
He spoke to Kim Geon.
[Could you please tell me about the organizational structure and total population of the Sports Complex Group?]
Park Sae-rom tilted her head and then answered.
“The supply unit is divided into three teams, and the combat unit is divided into three teams. The total population… seems to be a little over ten thousand people.”
“Are other groups like that?”
“Our group is the largest in terms of size, but I understand that the other two are not much different.”
So, that means there are about 30,000 survivors in this area alone.
“There are quite a few smaller groups that don’t fall into the three groups. They are mostly citizens who live around apartment complexes, and there will be quite a few of them.”
There were too many people alive.
‘How can there be so many??’
It was strange.
The number of citizens protected within my power was currently around 50,000.
This was also the population count including the number of people in Seomyeon and those in the Jagalchi Market area.
But the number of survivors here, who are not receiving any special protection, is in the tens of thousands.
‘Furthermore, there are vampires here that are far more powerful than goblins or orcs…?’
In particular, the power of the upper-level vampires was astounding.
This survival rate would not have been possible without people with similar abilities to me protecting the citizens.
Not only was there too much of an Awakened population, but there was something unnatural about this place.
Park Sae-rom was diligently pouring out the information she knew.
“The Jungang-dong group is based near the Taehwa River, and they are a valuable presence that blocks the vampires. We have also dispatched a combat unit to join forces to block the vampires’ advance north. The problem is…”
She continued, her expression indicating that she had a headache.
“They’re the industrial zone group. They’re blatant looters and criminals. They’re worse than vampires. That’s why I said humans are more dangerous.”
I felt a sense of discomfort.
‘…Why aren’t there any stories about other monsters?’
You’re saying that you’re scared of ‘humans’ rather than the goblins or orcs wandering around?
Feeling something strange, I gave instructions to Kim Gun.
[Mr. Kim Geon. Could you ask me about goblins and orcs?]
Kim Geon faithfully carried out my request, and Park Sae-rom answered with a vain laugh.
“Goblin? Orc? Are you kidding?”
Park Sae-rom was answering that question with sincerity.
It wasn’t just her.
“Have you ever seen an orc?”
“No, I’ve never seen a goblin before.”
“When I see that guy talking so seriously, I think it’s real.”
Others also seemed to know nothing about goblins or orcs.
Park Sae-rom said while looking at Kim Geon’s confused expression.
“Well, sometimes a giant boar as big as a monster appears. It’s a good source of food.”
An awkward silence followed.
“Ahem, would you like to go see the face of the leader of Supply Team 3? I’ll show you around.”
That was when.
[Unauthorized person attempts to enter.]
‘hmm??’
[An entity that satisfies the conditions for acceptance as a citizen has approached the corner of the house.]
[Would you like to offer citizenship?]
An image of a woman with a system message came to mind.
‘This woman…?’
It was the winged woman whose offer of citizenship had been rejected earlier.
I’m talking about the high-level vampire that Kim Geon was chasing.
Although I clearly confirmed with the eyes of the Absolute that I had arrived in Ulsan,
‘When did that happen?’
This time, the female vampire appeared in the direction of Jagalchi Market where her family home was.
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The moment you expand your eyes to the Absolute and share its vision,
“Ugh!”
Suddenly, I felt a sharp pain,
[Unauthorized entry attempted!]
[Unauthorized entry attempted!]
[Unauthorized entry attempted!]
Multiple notifications appeared in succession.
The reason I was able to endure the pain that felt like a red-hot soldering iron was digging into my body was because I had experienced pain several times worse than this every time I leveled up.
I was used to this level of pain by now.
‘The Eyes of the Absolute!’
I was able to quickly pinpoint the location because it was the area where I felt pain.
The back of a female vampire fluttering her wings and moving away was visible in the Absolute’s field of vision.
and.
‘There’s one more?’
A man appeared, floating through the air.
‘What’s that guy?’
The entity recognized by the system was clearly a female vampire.
But when I actually looked, there was another man there.
The man was floating in the air naturally, without having wings like the female vampire.
and.
‘What is this…?’
Hurrruk!
A crimson aura was burning above the transparent barrier.
That was exactly the area where the pain was felt.
And there,
‘…hole?’
There was a hole in it, as if someone had taken out a knife sheath.
It slowly healed and soon the crimson flames disappeared, completely clearing away.
‘what…??’
The man who was moving away from me through the transparent barrier was looking down at me.
I could see the bastard’s eyes sparkling with greed.
“True (Lv. 62)”
……
The bastard stared blankly at this place for a moment, then disappeared after the female vampire.
‘It’s a monster.’
This makes it even clearer.
‘It’s not that we failed to conquer Ulsan’
If he had wanted to, he could have wiped out all of Ulsan by himself.
‘It was left there on purpose.’
Although the exact purpose of the creature was unknown, it was clear that it was deliberately sparing the survivors.
‘Should I give up?’
The very idea of touching a city where such monsters exist was unsettling.
Because I was worried that I might be provoking him for no reason.
‘This is the first time.’
The transparent barrier has been breached.
The implications were more serious than I thought.
‘It means that you can force your way through the barrier and into the area.’
A high-level monster that enters the territory without citizenship.
It was extremely dangerous.
It was unknown whether the power of the system that would blow away anyone’s head if they held hostility toward me would be applied to him.
‘If he comes in here…..’
Will I be safe?
Nine times out of ten.
‘I’m going to die.’
I got goosebumps.
The fundamental fear that I had forgotten while living a comfortable life within the safety zone until now slowly began to bloom.
‘I’ve stepped back now, but…’
It was something that might happen again at any time.
Ulsan and Busan were too close.
It also bothered me that he came all the way here himself.
‘I can’t just leave it alone.’
In the end, it was like leaving the danger alone.
‘Those eyes’
It was not the look in the eyes of someone giving up and leaving.
It was the look in the eyes of a lynx waiting for an opportunity, waiting for the next one.
He will definitely come back to Busan again.
‘If it’s something that has to happen someday’
When I had the chance, I had to take some initiative.
‘First of all, we need to reduce the number of vampires as much as possible.’
It wasn’t like I was going to just jump in headfirst without any plan.
There was one way to maximize the damage done to the vampires.
‘There’s a use for this.’
Build an outpost.
I was thinking of going to Ulsan to do some fishing.
‘There are two conditions required to build an outpost.’
One was to find land that had the conditions for building an outpost, and the other was to have at least three vassals with a title of [Knight] or higher.
‘If you send a party to Ha Dong-geon, it will be solved…..’
It wasn’t land.
Looking back on my experience so far, in order to meet the conditions for building an outpost, I had to hunt boss-level monsters located in a specific area.
For example, an orc chieftain stationed in a subway station or building would be perfect.
But the problem is.
‘You won’t find a single goblin or orc there.’
Instead, there were many vampires.
In the end, it means that in order to build an outpost, you have to go into the vampire territory south of Taehwa River.
‘Then it would be too noticeable.’
In this case, the possibility of the leader of the vampires intervening increases significantly.
It was only a small hole, but it was difficult to predict what would happen if someone with the power to break through the transparent barrier intervened.
‘If possible, we must delay his intervention as much as possible.’
Considering all these factors, the Homeplus that Park Sae-rom had guided me to was a good place to use as a forward base in many ways.
‘It’s unfortunate, but there’s nothing I can do…’
It was when the Absolute’s eyes, which had been turned off by the sudden pain, were reactivated.
Park Sae-rom was introducing a man.
“Nice to meet you. My name is Shin Jeong-min.”
“Hey! Team Leader 3, bow down a little more! Do you know who this person is?!”
“Ahaha, Saerom is using honorifics. This person must be quite noble.”
A short man smiled sadly and reached out his hand to Kim Gun.
I looked at him and laughed in vain.
‘Look at this?’
Because the identity of the bastard was unusual.
“Intermediate Vampire (Lv. 33)”
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Seonu-ri couldn’t even open her mouth on the way back to Ulsan.
It was because the expression on the man following behind her was cold and frozen.
Whether Seo-nuri noticed or not, the man looked down at his hands and thought about the situation just now.
‘What on earth is that power…..’
I was happy when I discovered the young world tree.
This was because he believed that even at his current level, he could burn it enough, or at best, erode it and swallow up some of the power of the World Tree.
But the moment he tried to approach the World Tree, a barrier containing an unknown power blocked him.
I tried to break through it with the blessing of the Great One, but I failed.
‘It was definitely not the power of the World Tree.’
The barrier that protected the World Tree was clearly the power of an entirely different being.
He looked down at his hands.
The hideously burned right hand was slowly wriggling and regenerating.
Considering his regenerative powers, this was an absurd sight.
‘I can’t believe it.’
All I could do was create a small hole.
The price is so harsh.
‘If we had forced our way in, we would not have been able to save our lives.’
The man recalled.
The massive scale and area of the barrier protecting the World Tree, and the dense presence of power felt within it.
‘It was a kind of energy I had never experienced before.’
I was scared.
It was amazing at the same time.
‘Are you saying that you are a god who has descended to this world?’
The man shivered slightly.
‘The night of the full moon is approaching soon.’
The night of the full moon,
The land soaked in blood will be transformed into a land blessed by the Great One.
‘If only it could be like that!’
The blessings of the Great One will quickly expand their territory and soon erode even that wondrous power.
‘Perhaps this could actually be an opportunity.’
The man’s mouth slightly distorted.
〈[Episode 18] Albakgi (2)> End
