Chapter 65 – Siege
Everyone quietly prepared for departure.
It was still dark.
I decided to start moving as soon as my eyesight cleared.
As the day brightened and the visibility cleared to some extent, we started moving according to the guidance of the tactical team leader.
This time, with me at the forefront, I broke through the F-class rift.
As a by-product, only crack cores were taken.
Of course, there was no time to collect magic stones by splitting F-rank monsters one by one.
That’s when I broke about 3 F-class cracks and moved forward.
We had no choice but to get together again and have a meeting.
“Sorry.”
The tactical team leader, Jeon Gyu-hyeok, lowered his head with a sad face.
Well…It wasn’t something he should apologize for.
The south side still looked sloppy, so it was the path I chose.
As the detection range widened while moving, it was the same thing that was surrounded by high-grade cracks.
It wasn’t predictable.
“Fuck!”
Swearing erupted among the Hunters.
At this point, the Hunters had no choice but to be shaken.
It was only natural that he gradually sensed that he might be fucked.
(Mister. Are we okay?)
Jae-eun, who was next to me, asked quietly with a slightly uneasy face.
As if to reassure her, Jae-eun lightly tapped her butt, and she took my arm with a slightly relieved expression.
Even if it’s like this and that.
After all, there are two paths.
Hold on until the rescue team arrives or break through.
“Who wants to hold out?”
I asked.
“……”
Silence passed.
Food will run out in less than a week.
They know.
If you hold out, it’s not just F-rank monsters that will attack you.
If time passes, the D-class and C-class monsters that have grown from the dimensional rifts will also attack.
Of course, if I use my strength, the story will be a little different.
Supply can also be obtained by going to the zombie world.
However, I don’t know the physical strength or the ability to manipulate magical powers that an Awoken person in this world has.
I had no intention of revealing my inventory or login skills if possible.
Even if I endured with all my strength, there could not be no sacrifices.
My body is one
Unless there were multiple bodies, if monsters flocked from all sides, it would not be possible to cover all places.
There were many reasons, but
In the first place, I had a rescue team who didn’t know when they would come.
I had no intention of procrastinating and waiting endlessly.
The conclusion was to break through a high-grade rift.
“Break through the shortest distance.”
My words create tension among the hunters.
They didn’t say it either, but I’d guess.
Quite a few people are going to die.
Most of the supporters who failed to awaken were likely to die.
However.
That’s the story when it wasn’t me, but another awakened person.
“Tactical team leader. What is the shortest route?”
I did come down a bit.
It wasn’t even that much distance.
There was time to spare until the day got dark.
“How about breaking through between cracks?”
The tactical team leader carefully listened to their opinions.
It wasn’t a bad idea.
It would be nice if it worked out.
If it passes through the cracks and gets twisted.
It could have been a sandwich where monsters could come from two or three cracks.
It could have been more fucked up.
If it’s such a mess, I can’t help them either.
The tactical team leader probably doesn’t know that either.
No matter how you look at it, this power is enough to deal with even one D-class crack.
However, there are such high-level dimensional cracks.
So, you probably want to do something like that.
As the tactical team leader, it was also the best choice in the current situation.
“No.”
“Yes? That, then….”
“Break through by breaking the dimensional rift head on.”
“Me, you mean the front?”
The tactical team leader made a stunned expression.
“That, that is not okay. It will be annihilated.”
Dohoon Lee intervened.
“You’re right. Breaking through head-on is reckless.”
Even the familiar hunter intervened in sympathy with Lee Do-hoon’s words.
Why are you familiar?
[I am a human named Cheolwoo Lim.]
They told me who Suni was.
‘Lim Cheol-woo?’
I don’t know who it is even after hearing the name.
Look closely at the face and search for memories.
‘Ah…. He must have been bothering me at the restaurant.’
It’s not that I don’t understand their opposition.
“You’re not optimistic that you’ll be able to move without a single battle, right?”
Avoiding cracks did not mean avoiding encountering monsters.
“That, though.”
It seemed that he wanted to lean on even a thin hope.
“I am in the lead. I can block attacks from the front, but if I get sandwiched, I can’t handle it either.”
No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t draw a good picture when I went through the cracks.
“I made that decision. If you want to oppose, either go alone or stay. Who will move separately?”
Although it was a bit forced.
Unless something drastic comes up.
I had no intention of changing the choice of breaking through head-on.
“……”
Although the Hunters looked dissatisfied.
It is the face that says that there is no great alternative, so in the end there is no choice but to follow it.
I thought there would be nothing to write about, but at times like this, I liked the sense of being a captain.
After the strategy meeting was over, Jae-eun next to me looked at me and asked.
“Mister, aren’t we really screwed?”
I heard something, and the atmosphere was cheesy, so I understood.
“Um…It’s not you and me.”
“Really?”
“No matter how bad it is, I can protect you alone.”
“Mister. It’s so romantic.”
Jaeeun took my arm and smiled brightly.
Even Jina seemed to have no problem.
If it’s really the worst, you can make up your mind and go to the zombie world with the login skill.
What….
Unless even an A-class dimensional rift bursts, that won’t happen.
From now on, it will move fairly quickly.
Everyone replenished their stamina in moderation.
Naturally, the atmosphere was as quiet as a dead mouse.
After resting for a while, the hunting team gathered.
The faces were still quite stiff.
Looking at them, I could see the burdens that the supporters were carrying.
On the other hand, the Awakeners seemed to have a light body.
It was probably a by-product of the C-class monster I caught yesterday.
I asked the team leader, but he said he couldn’t give up the blue drake by-product even if he didn’t know the F grade.
Should I say professional in this situation?
It was best to throw it away.
It’s their lives.
I didn’t really want to touch it.
Even so….
Awakeners have good physical abilities.
Even if the Awakeners of the Magical Expression System have weak physical abilities.
Weak beggar compared to reinforcement system
Better than normal people.
So there was nothing to say about the reinforcement system.
There should be no problem even if you listen to it at least twice as much as the supporters.
“Hey. Share as much as possible.”
I told the Awoken bastards.
“Are you telling us to be porters?”
It was Lee Do-hoon again.
However, the Awakeners were secretly showing dissatisfaction when I told them to carry their luggage.
“You sound like a porter. From my point of view, you and the supporters are both burdens.”
If you throw it away, throw it all away. There was no reason to take care of the awakened ones.
“No, aren’t you talking too harshly?”
The Awakened people weakly agreed with Lee Do-hoon’s words.
I needed to wake up to reality.
“Then I don’t want to be with you guys either, so what? If I move with my girls, I think we can escape without a problem. Is that what you want?”
If one C-class reinforcement system and two D-class people calmly moved quietly, escaping would not be a problem.
When I reminded them that they could abandon the hunting team and escape, the Awoken people turned pale.
“Unho-nim…. I am not your woman.”
“Kuhm.”
It was pointed out by Jina.
She also subtly included it in my woman’s range, but she didn’t just go beyond it.
“But I agree with the statement that we should share the burden.”
“That, that.”
Even Jin-a agreed with my words, and the awakened ones were shaken.
Of course, I, who came as a mercenary instead of a member with a hole now, had no friendship or trust with them.
Anyway, it reminded me that I remain on a humanitarian level.
Even if Jina doesn’t go with us.
If Jaeeun and I disappear, a significant part of our power will be lost.
As I threatened them, the Awoken had no choice but to listen to me.
That’s what supporters do in the first place.
Under normal circumstances, there would have been no problem, but it was a different situation than usual.
Yes, it is common people.
I don’t know how long it will run from now on.
You will hit the limits of your physical strength.
I didn’t want to watch useless new wave dramas while moving.
To move as quickly as possible, it was best to give up by-products or divide them like this.
I don’t know what that Drake bastard by-product is trying to carry around like that.
It may be much more important than I thought.
I thought I would throw it away on my own if I was in a hurry.
“Thank you.”
The tactical team leader bowed his head to me.
“What.”
“Thanks for caring about the supporters….”
The tactical team leader seemed to have a good idea.
“Tactical team leader. Please guide me.”
“All right….”
We started moving quickly.
And soon after, a warning from the tactical team leader followed.
“It’s a D-class dimensional rift.”
Around the dimensional rift.
About the size of a midsize car.
Glowing dark red skin.
About 10 monsters that looked like quadrupeds were roaming around the dimensional rift.
One of those guys.
It was a monster that one D-class Awakener could barely handle.
-Gulp.
The sound of swallowing dry saliva was heard.
Everyone’s face hardened with tension.
(Even now…)
I heard someone’s weak voice.
“Hmm….”
