Chapter 154

Nerod opened his eyes slowly.

“How amazing.”

The face of a white-haired woman, Rex, popped into his field of vision.

“I really thought I would survive.”

“… How is the situation?”

Nerod sighed and opened his mouth. The soul stored in the Life Vessel contained only memories up to that moment.

Still, the fact that he survived meant that his previous self had died, and he needed outside help to figure out the details of the situation.

“For now, the association is quiet.”

“… After all, it was impossible to deal with the strongest.”

“It would have been nice if I had injured him.”

Nerod didn’t respond and stood up. Beside Rex, Pete was staring blankly at him.

“I will begin. We need to increase the number as much as possible before they return.”

“Good luck.”

Rex had no intention of getting involved in this fight. She had to stay by Head, No-Name.

At her glance, Pete opened the portal.

“May your wishes come true.”

“… This world will be destroyed.”

Nekrod’s eyes lit up.

“And I will return home, to the real world where my family awaits.”

The portal closed and Rex disappeared, but he continued as if he had promised.

“Even if it kills all life.”

* * *

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Late night.

It’s time for an ordinary person to fall into a deep sleep, but the light of the entertainment district has not yet turned off.

“Why are there so many security hunters today?”

“Is it even crackdown week?”

It was a very welcome situation for the staff dealing with drunken customers.

But that’s for a while.

“Ughhhhh… ?”

“What, what?!”

“It’s an emergency evacuation siren!”

The atmosphere changed completely as sirens resonated throughout the city. The lights in the residential area and the apartment complex returned, and security hunters raised their voices with loudspeakers.

“The current situation is the real situation!”

“Please evacuate in an orderly manner!”

There was no way an evacuation drill would be conducted at dawn like this. People started moving in haste.

Even drunken drunkards were supported and moved.

“What, what?!”

“What happened!?”

Even in the middle of a daze, people who jumped out in pajamas quickly surrendered themselves to the flow.

With anxious faces, they hurriedly searched the news and the Internet, but could not figure out the situation.

In addition, the speed was slow, perhaps because of the sudden increase in Internet traffic. Rather, the effort to grasp the situation only fueled irritation.

“Exceeding shelter capacity!”

“Back off! You can’t force yourself in!”

Just like that, the shelters were filled with people one by one. People looked at each other with anxious eyes.

“Ugh, what’s going on… .”

“Mistress, it’s underground, so it doesn’t explode any more.”

“Turn on the news!”

Most of them were anxious, but among them there were already those who showed insensitivity to safety.

“Oh, tomorrow I have to go to work on time… .”

“I should sleep here.”

“Going out. Shall we have some late-night snack?”

In the shelter, there were not only places for temporary evacuation, but also bedrooms and warehouses for storing daily necessities in case of a long-term war.

“This is all tax, but not eating is stupid.”

“what? Is it Jinsun? This is Raalmoth in charge.”

“It’s genuinely delicious, but why?”

People who don’t seem to have any tension. They were in the middle of looking for a late-night snack while rummaging through the warehouse.

“uh… !?”

“what’s the matter?”

Everyone turned their heads when someone made a shriek. When his attention suddenly focused on him, he scratched the back of his neck with a shy face.

“Oh, no. It feels like something has passed inside.”

“Don’t do it because it’s dog no jam.”

When people gave him a glare, his friend rather exaggerated it and gave him a face.

“Uh, sorry.”

“Okay, bring some rice. Let’s roll up and eat.”

“Okay… Wow!?”

As he answered, he screamed again. This time, people frowned as if asking again.

But soon they opened their mouths too.

“What, what?!”

“Mouse, mouse… ?”

“Ah, no, how did you manage this place… .”

It was a mouse that moved in the dark space of the warehouse. But the appearance of the mouse was strange.

It was because dark red muscles were clearly exposed under the torn skin.

A gulp and spit was heard. People slowly backed away.

Because I realized instinctively that it wasn’t just an ordinary mouse.

and let them go

“Ooh, wow!”

“Mice, rats!”

it wasn’t one Guys started running.

“Get out of the way!”

A voice heard among the frightened and fleeing people. They immediately retreated to the side and cleared a path.

A long window protruded through the open gap. Before long, a gust of wind blew the fiercely spinning spear.

With a squeaking sound, the rats turned into pieces of meat as if they had been ground in a blender.

“Heh, heh… .”

“Hey, what is this… .”

Most of the material at the bottom of the warehouse shelves was ruined, but no one was offended by that fact.

In the meantime, Ju Da-hyun, the girl who got rid of the rats, grabbed the walkie-talkie.

“Shelter J-13, done.”

<Confirm, please wait at the current location.>

Immediately after her report, a reply came from headquarters. Joo Da-hyun took a short breath.

“Ah, special class… You’re a special class student right?!”

“Special class?!”

“right. This national team… !”

Before long, the people in the uproar recognized her face.

Everyone was relieved that such a talented person was by their side, but on the other hand, they expressed doubts about the current situation.

However, Ju Da-hyun did not solve their doubts.

“I’d prefer you to wait quietly for now.”

She answered by retrieving the bleeding javelin and shaking it off. All the people gathered at the sight nodded and went back.

‘I almost got in trouble. I really thought there would be… .’

Ju Da-hyun hardened her face as she looked down at the rats that had turned to blood. It must be that she wasn’t the only one who went through this situation.

-I need your help.

It was a video that Kang Tae-min suddenly delivered to the students.

-This is not only for special classes, but for outstanding students from each academy.

Even the notice of the attack by the villain called Necrod and the instruction to take responsibility for the safety of the shelter.

It was very embarrassing, but I quickly learned that it was important.

-It draws attention from the outside and uses a method of proliferating the undead from the inside.

These rats were the undead created by Necrod. If Kang Tae-min hadn’t found out first, everyone in the shelter would have turned into zombies.

‘… I don’t know if it’s okay outside.’

However, Ju Da-hyun could not be relieved. Shelter must mean that the outside situation is dangerous enough to leave it to the students.

* * *

At the same time, the association headquarters situation room.

Bae Seung-ju looked at the screen with a serious face.

“What about the shelter?”

“Currently, about 94% of shelters have been confirmed safe.”

“after… Good luck.”

It was according to the advice of the iron man through Kang Tae-min. The safety of the rest would soon be confirmed.

‘But the problem starts now.’

I had already guessed that Nekrod’s attack would begin in the middle of the night.

“The evacuation of citizens in the outlying areas is over!”

“Oh, the number of undead continues to rise!”

“The drone capacity has reached its limit!”

Bad news and good news were heard alternately. Bae Seung-ju looked at the red area displayed on the screen.

‘It’s a really absurd number.’

The scale was incomparable to that of the Chimera Incident.

‘If the Chimera crisis is a guerrilla war, then this is an all-out war.’

Bae Seung-ju asked this far away. A red wave approaching as if besieging the city.

‘I never thought they’d hide so many undead.’

No matter how you look at it, it’s not just the monsters in the DMZ. It was clear that they were intended to prevent the base and the association from responding hastily.

‘Is it possible to resurrect even dead bodies in the past… !’

Not only the dead from the cataclysm, but even monsters. Countless corpses lie asleep beneath the earth.

Necrod was resurrecting even those corpses as undead to increase his army.

-It is said that the undead created by Necrod will not die until its mana is depleted.

Bae Seung-ju chewed on Kang Tae-min’s words. The number of those undead did not decrease easily.

‘The worst crisis since the cataclysm… .’

My body trembled.

However, as a superior, he cannot show such an appearance in front of his subordinates. He took a deep breath and cleared his mind.

-There is only one way to stop the undead army. Destroy all of his Life Vessel.

There was a way to solve this situation. Until then, it is your duty to protect people.

‘I have no choice but to trust Mr. Kang and his philosopher.’

* * *

“Uh, how about… !”

Kang Tae-min lightly ignored Nekrod’s dying words. He looked down at the fallen Necrod and collected the soul fragments.

‘This is the 6th.’

He immediately turned around. As the soul fragments gathered, Necrod’s Life Vessel felt stronger.

‘The number of life vessels is higher than before the regression.’

When he first dealt with Nekrod, there were 5 life vessels he made.

But now it was different. The number of remaining Life Vessel was still considerable. At this rate, it would take longer than expected.

‘Is it because of Seed?’

Kang Tae-min was able to infer the reason. Since seeds are made of fragments of the soul, they are rather easy to fragment.

This means that it will be an easier material to manufacture life vessels.

‘It’s too late to mobilize clones.’

Fortunately, it was sent to the location where it was detected. Had I had to deal with it alone, it would have taken an embarrassingly long time.

‘But I still have to hurry.’

The death of the first Necrod would have been the signal. It was clear that Necrod’s invasion was already underway.

Kang Tae-min found Nekrod’s Life Vessel, which was the 7th for him. This time, as expected, he was hiding inside the dungeon.

As he approached, he felt the life vessel react from within. Originally, life vessels do not move, so when they get closer to each other, they sense a crisis and wake up.

“… What about you?”

The resurrected Nekrod reacted to seeing Kang Tae-min for the first time.

Since he had already gotten tired of it, Kang Tae-min immediately rushed towards Necrod.

“You fool! How dare you try to deal with me alone!”

When they attack, even the words that come out are uniform. Kang Tae-min destroyed Necrod’s counterattack, which he had become accustomed to, and led him to death.

“I… doesn’t stop… .”

Nerod collapsed and laughed at Taemin Kang.

“You will never be alone… .”

Taemin Kang pressed his skull hard with his foot. The spirit rose with a crunching sound.

‘yes.’

Taemin Kang affirmed Nekrod’s last words.

‘It’s something I couldn’t do alone.’

If he had to deal with Nekrod alone, he wouldn’t have been able to defrost it like this.

‘I believe in them, and I do what I have to do.’

Kang Tae-min absorbed the soul and created an alter ego again. The alter egos who knew where he remembered them immediately went into action.

‘Suddenly, the outline is revealed.’

The aura of the Life Vessel that I felt especially strong among them. Kang Tae-min had a hunch that it was Necrod’s main body.

‘Are you still a coward at this time?’

The strongest power is reserved for one’s own comfort.

Nerod was such a bastard.

* * *

driveway outside the city.

Hunters who had built a defensive line were waiting with very tense expressions.

“… Can you feel it?”

“This crazy… .”

The undead hadn’t been seen yet. However, the sensitive hunters sensed their approach.

The earth trembled subtly.

“What is the replacement number… .”

“If headquarters doesn’t tell you, it must be the worst.”

The Association Headquarters did not give out the number of enemies. It was because there was a fear that morale would be lowered by that alone.

It was dawn, and the sky was dyed blue. If you are a person with a normal life pattern, this is the time when you are most tired.

At least he was a Hunter, so his body was fine, but the mental fatigue was unavoidable.

“for a moment… that?”

“… Fuck it, I’ll turn around.”

The tremor grew louder.

Now I can feel it enough even without concentrating. And the approach of the undead could be seen not only by hearing, but also by the naked eye.

“The undead appearing with the morning sun.”

Under clear skies and bright sunshine.

Corpses run over the land and mountains. The ironic scenery left the Hunters speechless.

But there was no time to be so idly.

“Wow!”

“Oh shit… !”

It was because the stench coming from the corpse woke me up.

“Hey, you should sleep well at this age… .”

The old man grumbled and held his nose in front of the defense line.

But nobody stopped him. The old man lightly pulled out the window.

“I can’t let my granddaughter smell like this.”

Changhwang, Joo Tae-ji.

He was in charge of the defenses of this district.

Going out alone in front of the undead that surged like a tidal wave was close to committing suicide, but Ju Tae-ji just laughed blankly and took off.

Then, the shimmering blue mana wrapped around his entire body as well as his spear. Then, Ju Taiji’s spear hit the floor.

It cracks and the floor cracks.

“The dead ones.”

Then, when his ability ‘Quake Impact’ was manifested, the ground shuddered and widened even more.

“I have to go back to the ground.”

Countless undead rolled down through the cracks.

Even though it was hidden by Kang Tae-min, there was a reason why the strongest people were given the modifier ‘strongest’.

They are underestimated even more because they normally control their strength moderately.

“It’s been a while since I didn’t pay attention to my surroundings, so it feels different.”

When the restrictions were lifted, the situation was different.

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