Chapter 9

Episode 9 [First Exploration (2)]

It was a city where no man-made explosions had been heard for a long time. When the bomb exploded there, the surrounding monsters looked at the monster rat’s nest.

And the monsters that have lived since the time humans remained recalled old memories.

The humans are back!

thud. Goong.

The monster’s head came closer and closer beyond the five-story building in the distance. I was watching it from the rooftop, but at that level it was a 7-story monster.

“A very large one at 12 o’clock.”

Kyung-hoon wrote down in his notebook as he watched the approaching monster.

After the bomb exploded, all the monsters around became bustling.

From the monster screaming to the monster coming out onto the street. And then, approaching here. Monsters. Kyung

-hoon wrote down those monsters carefully.

The navigation system on the railing clearly displayed the current location.

Fortunately, the GPS was alive.

Kyung-hoon closed the notebook and looked up at the sky. The satellite was still safe. Far away in space. However, there was still a scientific civilization left.

I didn’t know if the world had been completely destroyed yet.

Kyung-hoon put the navigation device that he had kept nearby in his pocket. He brought a compass separately, but thanks to the navigation system, there was no need for it.

Now it was time to move . C.

There are many differences from the map of the other world, but the terrain itself was not different.

[Taepyeong-ro 1-ga, Jung-gu, Seoul]

This was the location of the Seoul Awakening Center written on the cell phone. Near Seoul City Hall. It was 2.5km north of Yongsan.

Gyeong-hoon Looking at his notes, he made a safe route to avoid the monsters. It was difficult to go far, but the Awakening Center was close, so it helped to some extent. Kyung-hoon jumped over the railing while carrying a backpack that had become more than half lighter. The rooftop of the

4th

floor.

If it were an ordinary person, it would have been a suicide course, but Kyung-hoon He stepped on the cracked wall and the gap in the window and slid down.

He soon reached the bottom and started running towards the north.

He had to get out of here before the monsters moved too much.

‘Oh!... It’s faster.’

Kyung-hoon was surprised again by his own movements. He was running over a rough road full of debris as if it were flat ground. Faster than a runner. He

was definitely faster and stronger than before he killed the monster rat. At least 20% more.

‘If it’s like this. If you’re A-level or S-level, doesn’t that make you Superman?’

Kyung-hoon jumped over a wall that was more than 3 meters high in one go and continued to move forward.

***

The city where humans disappeared was an ecosystem of monsters. A

huge monster never seen before took up the entire area, and a medium-sized monster below it. Take over this street. Finally, a small monster was nesting in a building.

Boom. Boom. A

huge monster resembling a carnivorous dinosaur passed over the broken road. The monster walking on the street stuck its head in the alley between the buildings and fell apart. I put my eyes on the window of the building.

However, the monster could not find anything and let out a loud snort as it hurried forward again. As

the monster disappeared far away, the hidden monsters began to move.

A small monster resembling a flying squirrel was hiding inside the building. He spread this film wide and glided to the next building. At the same time, the lizard monster that had been waiting on the wall jumped from above. The

body of the monster that jumped changed from cement color to sunset color.

Ki!

The monster that was gliding in the sky arrived at the next building. He couldn’t do it. It was caught in the lizard monster’s mouth.

The

lizard monster safely landed on the ground and turned dark again. It changed the color of its body to match the surrounding objects. The monster, which had

turned almost black, bit down on its prey. I hid in a dark alley.

Hyeong-min: Haha, that’s right. The awakened people were treated as mutants instead. Those were the days. It was difficult for everyone.

-Reporter: But those times didn’t last long. Soon, it became difficult to deal with them with regular weapons. -Ahn

Hyeong-min: Well, we could deal with them with heavy weapons, but the damage was not easy. Especially. The aftermath of the battle in the city was huge.

-Reporter: Some awakened people stepped forward, but the effect was not great.

-Ahn Hyeong-min: At that time, they were just people who had become stronger and had unique abilities. There was no way to break through the shield.

-Reporter: That’s when! Item makers like Hyeongmin Ahn appeared.

-Hyungmin Ahn: Haha, I was lucky. It was thanks to the help of the dimension shifter and the mana stone in the monster’s body.

‘Dimension Mover and Mana Stone?’

Kyung-hoon looked at the story behind the scenes, but unfortunately the rest of the interview was scorched and mangled, so it wasn’t easy to read.

Kyung-hoon bit his appetite in disappointment. It would have been nice if there had been a little more content left.

But this much was just what he was thankful for.

Now . I was able to know what to look for in monsters.

And I became clear that the changes in Gyeonghoon’s world were progressing similarly to this world.

In addition, I also knew that now I had to hide my awakening...

Gyeonghoon, who had a serious expression on his face, soon said His expression relaxed. He looked at the page with the advertisement with a curious expression.

“Seeing as there is an advertisement, wouldn’t there be a store that sells mana items?”

It seemed like he would have to take a quick look around when he arrived at the Awakened Center. . It was clear that there must be at least one such store around the center.

Kyung-hoon took out a plastic bag from his backpack, put the magazine in it, and sealed it. He planned to go back and take a closer look. He flopped down.

Kyung-hoon sat down on the floor. In front of him was something that looked like a lizard .

There was a monster corpse lying there.

Gyeonghoon took out a dagger from his belt and took a deep breath.

He had been planning to dissect it from the moment he brought the body in anyway. Although he was not an expert, he had to find out what kind of monster it was. Moreover, thanks to the magazine, he knew what to look for. I realized what happened. I had to find the mana stone.

“I’m glad I can see even though it’s dark.”

The sun was already almost setting.

Kyung-hoon stabbed the dagger deeply into the monster’s body. Perhaps because it was already dead, no shield appeared.

Suddenly, Suddenly.

Kyung-hoon moved the dagger and dissected the corpse. He

pulled back the skin and took out the internal organs.

Time passed. About an hour after the dissection, it was completely dark outside.

Buzz.

At that time, the cell phone vibrated, but Kyung-hoon ignored it. .

“I found it.”

In the end, he was able to find something called a mana stone. A small jewel was embedded near the heart.

Kyung-hoon knew the mana stone as soon as he saw it. This was because it looked exactly like the jewel that was in the pistol.

After taking the mana stone, Kyung-hoon took a picture of the dissected monster corpse.

Only after everything was finished did I finally check my phone.

[The expected time has come to activate the trait.]

I already knew when the alarm went off.

Time has become shorter than before. Obviously, as the level increases, the activation time decreases.

Kyung-hoon packed his luggage again. Even though I didn’t arrive at my destination, I had no intention of spending the night in the city from the first trip.

Kyung-hoon immediately created a black hole and jumped into it.

*

After Gyeong-hoon disappeared, small monsters with skins flew into the Namdaemun Market building endlessly.

Monsters resembling flying lizards went out of the city on the rising air of the morning and returned to their nests on the night wind.

Tens of thousands of small monsters filled the building, and other monsters slowly moved away from the building.

And soon, only the bare bones remained of the lizard monster corpse that was left where Gyeong-hoon was.