Absolute person in every corner-Episode 37
[Episode 09] Gathering (1)
Lee Jun-hyuk was one of the awakened people who led a group of survivors near Seomyeon Station..
Although it was barely able to produce water, its ability to produce water played a key role in survival in extreme situations..
Thanks to this, the group of survivors he led survived in significantly larger numbers than other groups..
However, the large number of survivors was becoming a disadvantage rather than an advantage as time passed..
This is because food was being consumed as quickly as the number of people..
A total of 24 people including myself..
The food eaten by 24 adults was more than expected..
‘This is the real limit now.’
The food obtained through fierce fighting with the monsters around was slowly showing its limits..
‘I have to go somewhere.’
It was a time when I was thinking about that..
Crumbling―
It was one particularly sunny afternoon when the prelude to despair began to be heard..
Coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo coo―
The ground shook with the sound of something exploding..
I felt it even more intensely because he was underground..
‘Is it an earthquake??’
At that time, a man urgently came down from above and shouted at him..
“Junhyuk! I need to come up and take a look right now.!”
“why? what's the matter?”
“We're in big trouble! It's a monster, a monster!”
Lee Jun-hyuk said after seeing the man's expression deeply colored with fear..
“Calm down, guide me. Where can I go??”
“Follow.”
Even as I followed him up the stairs, the shaking of the ground continued..
‘No, it's actually getting worse..’
When Lee Jun-hyuk followed the man's guidance up to the third floor, the identity of 'it' began to be visible through the gap between the buildings..
“···What is that?”
the giant was there.
Because he was tens of meters tall, I could see him wherever I stood..
The monster was destroying buildings..
“Junhyuk. What should we do now??”
Lee Jun-hyuk looked blankly at the monster and answered..
“brother.”
“Yes?”
“What can I do? against that.”
The answer was already decided.
“Tell everyone to stay underground and hide..”
“what? Ha, but···!”
“I don't know? There's nothing we can do, bro. The best we can do is just pray that he doesn't come here..”
When a predator appears, the prey usually has two options:.
Run away or hide.
However, in the situation of Lee Jun-hyuk and his group, the option of running away was not an option..
“Or where do you go? There are goblins and orcs outside right now. Where do you plan to run? If you fight with them and get caught by a giant, it's all over.?”
“Well, that's... I understand. I'll tell you to hide. But what are you going to do?”
“I'm going to watch where he goes.”
“Yeah, yeah.”
After sending the man down, Lee Jun-hyuk moved to the roof of the building..
Let's get to the rooftop,
“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”
A goblin rushed at me..
‘Was there still left?.’
He lightly swung the baseball bat at the goblin running towards him..
Kwasik!
The goblin was killed instantly with one hit..
The reason Lee Jun-hyuk hunted goblins so easily was because he was an awakened person..
The moment you awaken, you have different physical specifications than ordinary people, and the more you hunt monsters, the stronger you become..
Now, his physical ability was superior to that of people who exercised hard, and all his senses were extremely sensitive..
It far exceeds the specifications of the average person..
‘I don't feel anything about goblins anymore..’
After reaching a certain level, I could no longer feel that unique feeling of growth even when hunting goblins..
‘Does that mean you have to be at least an orc?.’
This unique feeling of growth was not felt by my colleagues at all..
‘Perhaps only the awakened can grow..’
Cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure―
Fortunately, the giant showed no interest in this building and was moving further away..
I thought as I looked at the giant in the distance..
‘If I could catch something like that, I think I could become incredibly strong..’
knew.
That it's just a useless delusion.
But it was inevitable that I would become greedy..
Because he knew very well that if he could just catch that monster, his physical specifications would immediately evolve to the next level..
It was then.
-Wow!!
The giant screamed in pain..
‘······hmm?’
I looked closely to see what was going on and it looked like someone was fighting a giant..
‘I'm not crazy?’
Who would have thought that someone would actually do something that he only imagined?.
‘That guy is definitely an awakened person like me..’
Although I have not yet encountered an awakened person like myself, I was confident..
Otherwise, there was no way I would risk my life and take such a dangerous gamble..
In Lee Jun-hyuk's eyes, he seemed to be overdoing things because he was blinded by his greed for experience..
‘A pathetic person who doesn't even understand his subject.···.’
however.
-Ahhhh!
Something strange was happening.
‘uh?’
Looking at the giant's voice in pain, it seemed like the pathetic guy who couldn't understand the subject was inflicting some serious damage..
‘no way? You can catch a giant?’
For a moment I had such expectations.
Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
The giant's particularly large feet became a meteor and struck the ground..
coo coo coo coo coo coo coo―!
“Ugh!”
As it shook for a moment, I saw the surrounding buildings collapsing helplessly..
And some of the vibrations were transmitted to the building where Lee Jun-hyuk was located..
I lost my balance momentarily and almost fell, but I was able to avoid falling thanks to my improved physical ability and motor skills as I became an awakened person..
‘···He must be dead.’
At the time when we were mourning the nameless awakened person who died under the feet of a giant..
‘hmm?’
The giant glowed again and started running..
However, the giant's steps were strangely slower than before. When I looked closely, I saw that he was walking with a limp on one foot..
‘what? I'm still alive?’
I was confused.
Now, how great has that awakened ability been that he can fight on equal footing with that giant?.
‘why···.’
how powerful.
I thought I had grown by constantly hunting monsters since the day they suddenly appeared, but to think that there is already an awakened person who can fight such monsters..
‘Would it have been possible if I had gained combat-related abilities??’
No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn't picture myself fighting that monster..
But after that, an even more surprising scene unfolded..
Grumbling―!
“!!!”
Huge flames shot out like a fountain from the giant's mouth..
Along with that, a warm wind blew all the way to where Lee Jun-hyuk was..
A fire that reaches this distance.
‘What kind of monstrous ability is that??’
It was clear that the explosion was not the power of a giant. That's because, if it were his ability, there was no way he would have shown himself to have suffered a blow like that..
That means it is the awakened person's ability to battle giants, but on such an overwhelming scale..
‘It's on a different level from me, no, it's different from me..’
Now, it is no longer a giant, but an unknown awakened person fighting a giant, who looks more like a monster..
If they were at a similar level, I would be jealous and feel competitive, but that's gone too far..
It was just amazing.
One thing that was surprising was that the giant survived the explosion with incredible vitality..
After that, the giant was punching the floor for a while and at some point,.
flashing!
The upper body was cut off with a flash of brilliant light..
“!?!?!?!”
With that, the battle ended, and suddenly the giant's entire body began to disappear..
“···crazy.”
Lee Jun-hyuk, who watched the scene from beginning to end, was able to come to one realization..
‘It's that person.’
If you want to survive in this damn world, you have to stick to that person..
‘I need to go find it right now.’
As soon as he made his decision, Lee Jun-hyuk went straight down to the basement and persuaded people..
There was no need to persuade for a long time..
“If Junhyuk asks me to go, I have to go..”
“Of course not, but there are people who oppose what Junhyuk says.?”
“No.”
This was because the group of survivors he was already in revolved around him..
They knew that they were able to survive thanks to Lee Jun-hyuk, and everyone was also aware that they would have to leave sooner or later to find food..
Above all, the only people left here are those who actively agree with Lee Jun-hyuk's words..
This is because in the first place, Lee Jun-hyuk did not bring around people who complained about his opinions..
It could be said to be cold-hearted, but it was only a natural choice in order to survive a little longer..
“Let's go.”
Surprisingly, the road to the apartment complex where the giant died was not that difficult..
Perhaps it was because of the giant's insistence that there were no monsters around..
Moreover, the group of survivors led by Lee Jun-hyuk were highly skilled people who had experience hunting not only goblins but also orcs..
Of course, it was thanks to Lee Jun-hyuk's performance, but in any case, it was important that every person without exception was able to do one person's portion..
For one reason or another, they were able to reach their destination in less than an hour..
“Oppa, over there.?”
“I think so.”
When Lee Jun-hyuk said yes, the man next to him looked up at the apartment and expressed his appreciation..
“Looks like Junhyuk is up to something like you said. No matter how new it is, it looks so clean despite all the fuss.?”
That wasn't the only thing that was unusual..
‘It's just as my brother said. The surroundings are so clean.’
Neither the usual human corpses nor monster corpses could be found..
There are almost no blood stains or anything like that..
It looked as if someone had cleaned it..
It was then.
“uh? Look over there, Junhyuk..”
About a dozen people were walking to the place the man pointed to..
Most of them were a group thoroughly armed with Orc spears and bows..
I could vaguely hear their conversation, but there was something strange about it..
“and. I'm really bored.”
“I know. I almost got lost while trying to earn some pocket money by hunting goblins. Suddenly a giant.”
“What is that giant?.”
“I don't know. But how much money did you make??”
“me? I caught three goblins today, so about 10,000 won? I gained a lot of experience points, so I guess I should go buy some cup ramen..”
“That would be nice. I only caught two.”
I could even understand the expression of gaining experience by catching a goblin..
Because Lee Jun-hyuk’s own feelings fit that expression perfectly..
‘But what do you mean by money??’
I earned 10,000 won by catching three goblins..
What on earth does that mean?.
I couldn't understand.
‘No, wait. But gaining experience means that these people also know that feeling, so that means they are all awakened.?’
In Junhyuk Lee's group, that sensation was felt only by the awakened person..
But those people seemed to all agree with the story about experience points..
‘Besides, what is this feeling of discomfort??’
I couldn't sense a single bit of tension from them..
There was no fear of monsters or desperation for survival..
That's why I was convinced that they were somehow related to the great awakened person who killed the giant..
“Junhyuk. what's the matter?”
“Hyunchan hyung.”
“huh?”
“Let's follow those people.”
At some point when I was about to follow them into the apartment complex,.
“100 million!”
“what?”
Suddenly a transparent wall blocked them..
[No entry.]
and.
[Would you like to become a citizen??]
[Yes No]
Strange letters appeared in front of them..
“What is this again??”
“Junhyuk. How should I do this? It looks like you need citizenship to enter.?”
Junhyuk Lee said while glaring at letters in the air that he had never seen in his life..
“I'll take it.”
ring!
[You have obtained citizenship.]
As soon as I received it, the transparent wall disappeared and I was able to enter the apartment complex..
And not long after.
《party quest》
Quest details: Come to Room 3002, Building 114.
Time limit: 1 hour 00 minutes 00 seconds
Reward: small amount of experience.
Failure Penalty: None.
Once again that holographic window appeared before my eyes..
“quest?”
“What is experience again??”
Junhyuk Lee spoke to the people.
“I'm calling you, so let's go first..”
There was no need to worry too much about what was happening right now..
I myself have the superpower of creating water from nothing, so it wouldn't be surprising if someone else had the same ability as this game system..
That was when he led his group of 23 people to the quest area..
“Nice to meet you, Junhyuk Lee..”
The moment I faced him, I knew instinctively..
‘This is the man.’
The person who brought that giant to its knees was the man in front of me..
The overwhelming presence of the man in front of me made me think that he was a man better suited to the word “giant” than a giant of his own size..
“My name is Jaehyun Kim..”
I felt like an aura was emanating from his whole body..
The dignity inherent in small gestures and speech naturally aroused respect..
In the past, didn't the ranks of nobility, royalty, and imperial family exist for people like this?.
Lee Jun-hyuk held Kim Jae-hyun's hand and bent his waist to ninety degrees..
“My name is Junhyuk Lee! i look forward to!”
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