Stagnant Water of Apocalypse

ot of people using the auction house, but the information they had was sorely lacking.”

“That’s enough then.”

The emergence of forces coveting supremacy in Apocalypse was something to be wary of.
But we didn’t have to mess with them all.
I think it’s fine as long as it doesn’t threaten us.

With Geom-in and Mikyung in tow, I wander around the Great Labyrinth to try drawing up a new map.
It was at that moment that I got a call from Natalie and Kenji.

I led the two of them to where we are through the auction.
When they arrived, Natalie was still bubbly, but Kenzie looked a little dispirited.
I guess something happened in Japan.

Natalie reported first.

“I looked it up, and there was a federal government appearing.
But they haven’t shown much activity yet.”

“Since it’s the federal government… is that old president the leader?”

She shook her hair, which had a lot of dust clinging to it.

“No.
Another group borrowed only the name of the federal government.
It seemed like there was a power struggle in the bunker.
The winner was the Marine Corps Commander, who was called Mad Dog.”

“He’s the commander of the US Marine Corps who was called Mad Dog, huh? He seems like a pretty tough guy.”

Natalie shook his hand and said nothing.

“He’s not a tough guy, he’s a soldier who shows no mercy to anything.
The neocons loved him, but he got fired because of prisoner abuse in the Middle East.
After that, he went to the White House.”

If such a person took control of a federal bunker, it could be a problem later.
As it is a bunker prepared by the United States, the size and power wouldn not be a joke.

But right now, because of the monsters in America, it seemed that they didn’t have the energy to turn their attention to this side.

“Kenji, how about your side?”

He looked at me and hesitated for a while before finally opening his mouth.

“There’s a force there.
The members of the old government also remained.”

“Even if you didn’t say anything, I can somehow understand their tendency.
They have weapons too, aren’t they? So how about it? Is it enough to threaten us?”

He nodded his head with difficulty and said.

“They knew quite a bit.
They knew that Seongho, Da-jeong…and even Seokhyun had been in Tokyo before.”

“How did they know that?”

In my memory, everyone who knew was dead.
The only living person was… ah that guy.
Shintaro, The NTR’d guy I met in Tokyo.
He seemed like a pitiful guy, so I let him go, but he stabbed me in the back?

“They… want my sister.
Shiraishi’s blood.”

“Sorry?”

That was really an unexpected word.
When I asked him what was going on, he said that the Japanese bunker was showing movement to appoint a new emperor.

Kenji gnashed his teeth at them.

“What they want is a symbol of Japan… a doll that exists only as a puppet.”

Why do you need something like that in Apocalypse?

I was about to ask what he thought as a fellow Japanese, but I gave up.
The one who had the most complicated thoughts right now was probably Kenji.

“They’re very strange people.”

‘Since the emperor is dead, let’s appoint a new emperor.
Ah let’s use the Shiraishi family too as they used to be an imperial family.’ Their train of thoughts probably went like that.
but I still couldn’t understand it.

Is that really important?

Geomin added his opinion from the side.

“Since quite a few government agents survived, they probably want a figure to assure the mass.”

Kenji nodded his head.

“Even the prime minister is alive.
I haven’t seen him myself, but I’m sure he exists.”

“By the way, how did they figure things out about us? They should come through the Great Labyrinth in order to know that.”

“That…” Kenji stuttered.
I know it doesn’t look good.
But All I wanted was solid information.

“You don’t have to feel pressured.”

“They said that there the Koreans took the human god of Japan…”

That’s all?

“Tell me the exact words used at the auction house.”

“…they’re brutes who don’t even know the subject of their kidnapping was the Japanese human god…”

We laughed in unison.
What a weak curse.
If they met Da-jeong, she would know what real swearing is.

“So what’s your thoughts, Kenji? Do you think Yuzukua would like to go there?”

He shook his head quickly.

“My thoughts don’t matter.
If Yuzuka goes there, she’ll choke to death.
It is a hundred times better here.”

“Then just live here.”

“If they come here…”

I raised my fist to Kenji.

“We will fight them.
In Apocalypse, the only cure for mythomania is a punch.
If you beat them up, they’ll come to their senses.”

Kenji’s gloomy face finally brightened as he heard my words.

By the way, a number of forces that could threaten us have been identified.
Giudecca, Ezekium, the United States, and even Japan.
Giudecca and the United States would be quiet for a while, but we should keep our eyes opened against Ezekium and Japan.
It was all the more so because the Great Labyrinth was badly damaged and we couldn’t figure out the way.

“You worked hard for several days.
Rest well for a while and see you later.” As I instructed them to return to the shelter, information came in that an ogre had appeared.

We quickly run to towards the Shinbanghwa Station.

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Ogre.

It was the representative monster of survival life.
However, only a few people have actually killed an ogre.
It’s because the game was so damn boring that the players quit the game before even encountering them.

However, there were quite a lot of rumors about ogres even before the apocalypse.
It was mistakenly known as the final boss of Survival Life as people didn’t know much about the expansions after the Ogre.

Anyway, the ogre didn’t appear alone.
It appeared together with menacing monsters such as Spiger.
Spiger succeeded in making people feel disgust and fear at the same time since it’s a giant spider monster.
Their size was about the same size as a motorcycle.

The presence of such a spider was no joke.
Even people who have adapted to the apocalypse were busy screaming and running away when they saw Spiger.

But to Seokhyun, such a threat was useless.

“You guys… Stop scaring people who work hard to survive!” Seokhyun wrapped the web that Spiger spewed out from their snout around his arm and pulled it back.

The Spiger flew away at Seokhyun’s ignorant power.
Then it was hit by his punch and died as it spewed out its bodily fluids.

Now, Seokhyun confronted the ogre who was glaring at him.
The jungle around Shinbanghwa Station was full of people watching the fight between the two with excitement.

Ogre VS Rabbit Pwincess.

A man with the power of an ogre.

Who will win?

“…”

In the midst of silence, the ogre roared first.

An area of terror erupted, and the stats of the survivors around them all fell.
However, Seokhyun didn’t care and rushed at the ogre.

puck-!

The ogre’s head staggered as soon as the fist was thrust into his head.
It was not an attack that could be ignored because they were of equal strength.
However, the ogre was not a pushover either.
It grabbed Seokhyun’s body and threw him to the floor.

Thud-!!

The ground around Seokhyun caved in as his body was forcefully shoved inside.
The ogre lifted its leg and tried to step on him, but hesitated.
Seokhyun suddenly jumped and looked at it straight in the eyes, golden ether stained his gauntlets.

A heavy hit sound and shockwaves exploded at the same time.
The ogre fell backwards like a fallen tree.
Although it got back up right away, it shook its head several times as if the shock was no joke.

Krrrrr-

Its eyes finally turned red.
He’d taken some hits, but that’s only a start.

Margretha came to my side and said.

“I was wondering before, why did he fight like that? Isn’t it better to have a weapon?”

“Well… I guess it’s a matter of belief.”

In Apocalypse, it was better to throw away beliefs as much as possible.
However, if you were as skilled as Seokhyun, you can still carry your belief with you.
After all, all you should do is to kill whoever said anything about it.

In fact, Seokhyun successfully beat the ogre and made Margretha shut up.

“Falcon Punch!”

A few teeth protruded from the ogre’s muzzle as Seokhyun swung his fist.

“GRRRRRRR…”

“Wow… that’s going to hurt.”

Everyone had the same expression as they looked at the ogre.
Of course, Seokhyun wasn’t attacking one-sidedly.
Because of the wide area of fear, his stats dropped significantly, and he had to get hit even if he could avoid it.

Each time, Seokhyun’s small body got stuck somewhere.
A shock that was strong enough to kill a normal person erupted.
However, he stood up quickly right after thanks to his good physical resistance.

After a long exchange, Seokhyun finally delivered the final blow.
The ogre was hit in the jaw and never moved again.
After getting on the ogre’s stomach, Seokhyun took off his pants and danced.

He wasn’t even in serious mode.

“Yeah! Sex!”

“Rapwi is the best!”

“Seokhyun is sexy!”

People cheered, but there was someone who couldn’t hold back his anger.
Da-jeong kicked her Griffon’s belly and instructed it to fly.
She then jumped and landed a drop kick on Seokhyun.

“Keuk!”

“Hey you crazy bastard! Didn’t I say that the first Ogre is mine?”

Looks like it’s time for me to run away.

I left the area with Margretha in tow.
From behind, I could hear Da-jeong was busy beating Seokhyun.