Volume 3 - CH 4

Chapter 4

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Creeaaakkk

Within the wreckage of the building, something the size of a little kid popped out. With a quick glance it seemed to look like a dog. However, once the dog like figure came out towards the light, anyone who could see the dog like figure would say that it wasn’t as simple as it being a dog.

There were 3 blinking eyes.

It also had antennae, like blades protruding out of its body.

It was definitely a monster.

A Type D monster that was nicknamed as ‘hound’. It was a type of species that existed in level D earthquakes.

Suddenly, another one came out from the other side. It was the same type as the first, a Type D Hound. Their numbers were continuing to expand as time went by.

They opened the gate to this world through the earthquake.

“Ki KiKik.”

Their red eyes were looking around left and right, then quickly turned their heads. At first they had a puzzled face, then as if they confirmed something, they started to move forward.

Du DuDu .

As these hounds continued to pick up speed, their numbers also continued to grow exponentially. What started out as a mere 10, continued to grow to a couple dozen, then to a couple hundred.

They were running in concert towards the direction of the shelter.

As always, monsters were able to feel where the humans were, and moved in order to kill off humanity.

Currently, there were about 60,000 civilians in this shelter. About half of the civilians from downtown were able to make it out to the outer shelter, but the other half weren’t and could only rush to the shelter not too far from the center of downtown.

This shelter has been here and ready since the early 90’s. It was structured so that even if the place was bombed, it wouldn’t move even the slightest. However, it’s already been 20 years since its creation and the facilities seemed to be underdeveloped.

Even electricity wasn’t working correctly so the shelter was covered with thousands of candle lights.

The people within were struck with fear.

“It hasn’t been long since the last one……So weird, why are there so many all of sudden…..”

Everyone was anxious.

The topic was already discussed several times on the news. The frequency of the earthquakes were rising sharply. Within just this year, there has already been several big and small earthquakes. Not only that, each one of them had significant amount of casualties.

“It’s ok, it’s ok. The heroes will come and save us…..”

Said a mother trying to calm her crying baby. With those words, it seemed like the people around this lady also toughened up and calmed down.

That’s right.

This dark night felt like an endless eternity to these people, but they knew that they had hope. No matter how dark the situation was, the civilians were sure that the heroes would save them.

As they always have.

However, compared to the civilians who thought of such ideas, there were some who knew the dangerous situation this earthquake could bring. These people were the heroes that were mixed in with the regular people in the shelter.

‘It doesn’t seem like this situation is that simple.’

Thought Ironman, a Rank D level 342 hero.

The earthquake this time around was on a completely different level from the previous ones. There has never been a time where they felt such thickness of magic in the airas they did this time.

The only ones who were able to feel this were the heroes.

‘I’m not the only that has been feeling this way.’

Ironman looked around to look at the other heroes around him, and every single one of them had a serious expression on their face.

These heroes evacuated to the shelter with the civilians when the earthquake hit. They also didn’t have enough time to make it to the outer part of downtown. There were cars filling up the streets, and there was no control over the situation.

There was just too little time to avoid the entirety of the earthquake. Previously, once the warning sirens went off, people had 3 – 4 hours of time to reach a safe haven, but this time it was different.

Not even an hour since the beginning of the incident, and they were already in a hazardous state.

‘There’s a 1 in a 10,000th chance of us having to fight.’

Thought the hero who fights with a metal pipe. He was a popular fellow. No, most Rank D heroes were like that. They were different from higher ranked heroes and had to rely on the assistance of other people therefore, most of their tactics involved group formations. Also, they had the job of going out and cleaning out the ruins of the city once the earthquakes were over.

The refugee hero Joong Hyun Kim, aka Ironman, felt that this earthquake was different from the others.

‘At the least, it should be a level B earthquake.’

The level 3 earthquake alert was still ongoing, which meant that the disaster in the Special Territory hasn’t been completed yet. Even if they were able to stop the earthquake this time, there was no proof that they’d be able to stop the next one.

Currently, the Special Territorywas the center of South Korea. If the economy flow ended in the Special Territory then there would be devastating results to everyone. If the Organization doesn’t hurry and stop the population from rushing towards the outer part of the city, then there was a high possibility that this region would become a ghost town. Of course, the economy flow wasn’t the only reason that was important,there was a bigger reason than that.

Which was to block any chain earthquakes.

Currently, there were no scientific studies to prove this, but the level of earthquakes in each region was already fixed. However, if the whole population was to leave that region without a single person being left, the earthquake wouldn’t happen. Instead, it would be pushed off to another region which still had people in it. When that happens, the earthquake will transcend your imagination.

The big wave that hit in the 80’s caused a casualty count of over several 10,000s.

Anyways, with those reasons, the affected territory was closed off.

Even if this earthquake was to end, this hell like situation would not be over.

Joong Hyun, aka Ironman, was very prideful with the fact that he was a hero. However, he knew what level his powers were at.

“I hope my house is at least okay.”

Prayed Ironman.

Booooommmm.

The entire ground beneath the shelter was shaking.

People started to scream.

“What the, What is this sound?”

“Did, did someone just attack the shelter?”

Everyone quickly fell into a state of panic. This situation wasn’t something that happened very often. Heroes should have made it to the center of the earthquake, yet they were still getting attacked at the shelter.

Ironman checked the time.

‘It’s been about an hour and a half since all of this started. It should be enough time for the stronger heroes to have hit the monster waves. Could there be a problem?’

Boooom!!

This time there was a loud noise above the shelter.

As people were running around left and right, the situation because hectic and hellish.

“Shit.”

As Ironman continued to cuss, he made his way towards to upper- front part of the shelter, closer to the ground. Although he wasn’t sure as to what was happening on the outside, he knew he had to do something if the shelter was being attacked.

“Get away from the front! We need to head down into the underground, as soon as possible.”

Chapter 4 – End.