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EP.25 Zombie Dungeon (3) [The Saintess's Sexy Panties Won as Spoils]
"Shit... I'm falling...!???"
My body was tilting dangerously.
I had laughed earlier when I saw a zombie trip on the grass, but now I was about to end up the same way.
If this keeps up, I'll topple over to the side.
But...
But...
'Even in this situation, I'm staying pretty calm.'
It seems like the more extreme the situation, the more clearly I can feel the effects of my buffs.
Even though I'd lost my balance and was in danger, I wasn't panicking-I was calmly assessing the situation.
A zombie was charging at me from the front,
my body was tilted,
and I was simultaneously aware of what was happening on both sides and behind me, almost like scanning the area.
Both 'Combat Mental Mastery' and 'Enhanced Senses' had activated.
'And it feels like I can use Back Dash even in this state.'
I was also calculating what skills I could use in this moment.
'Back Dash!'
I activated Back Dash.
Thanks to my enhanced senses, I could tell there was nothing behind me that would be a problem.
I considered just falling and responding afterward, but decided it was better to put some distance between me and the zombie.
Once I got my posture back, it would be safest to smash the head of the zombie charging at me.
-Shwoooooosh!!!!!
So, just before I actually fell, I did a 9-meter Back Dash while still tilted.
Of course, I still had to fall.
Doing a Back Dash while off-balance means you're going to fall.
-Roll! Thud!
At least I managed a cool backward roll as I landed.
Maybe because of the buffs, it was executed really cleanly.
'That's the feeling, huh? Against opponents within my response range, my abilities feel almost comfortable to use?'
I analyzed how comfortable I'd felt in that crisis just now.
It was like when an A-rank hunter faces a much weaker C-rank monster-the buffs make everything feel stable and under control.
If I were up against something on my level, or stronger, I doubt I'd feel this relaxed.
-Flaaash!!!!
I was now covered in dust from rolling on the grass.
Embarrassment aside, I felt a surge of determination.
This is what real combat is.
Gripped by strong resolve, I, Kim Taesik, quickly closed the distance to the zombie again.
This time, I charged in using my own physical abilities, not Booster.
-Splat!!!
Then, I swung down at a 45-degree angle, slicing into the zombie's head.
-Screeech!!!
The blow sliced off about half the zombie's head.
The cut was clean.
Looks like I've gotten used to handling mana.
'Maybe I can try stabbing, too?'
Even on the first day, I'd stabbed a zombie under the jaw with my metal pipe.
It was more like jamming it in, but still, it was a stab.
With my current abilities, I think I could stab in cleanly, almost like with a knife.
"Kieeeeeek!!!!!"
Just then, another zombie came charging at me.
I decided to test out a stabbing attack on this one.
"Powww!!!"
I'm not the type to take reckless risks.
Even when I experiment, I do it safely.
So first, I smashed its leg to break it.
That way, the zombie couldn't keep advancing on me.
Click!
I gripped the Awakened Metal Pipe like a dagger.
-Thrust!!!
Then I stabbed the tilted zombie in the head-right at the temple.
'It works!'
On the first day, I struggled to jam the pipe under a zombie's jaw,
but now I pierced the temple one-handed.
This wasn't just brute force.
It was the power of mana.
-Slick!!!
Because of that, pulling the pipe back out of the zombie's skull was easy.
It slid out smoothly, almost effortlessly.
"Kieeeeeek!!!"
"Uwooooh!!!"
"Kengek!!! Kengek!!!"
There were three zombies left in front of the bunker.
-Powww!!!
-Splat!!!
-Powww!!!
They were scattered around, so I could take them out one by one.
I took down all three without trouble.
Thud! Flop! Thunk!
With those three down, I'd cleared all the zombies gathered in front of the bunker.
After clearing the zombies from the field in front of the bunker,
I stood there for a moment, looking out at the road.
'That's it for the front.'
If I went deeper along the road, I could kill more zombies.
But I only planned to stick to today's routine.
My plan was to just clear the ones that came up from the road to the field in front of the bunker.
Even going forward, I'll just keep picking off the stragglers that wander up from the road.
'When I tripped earlier, it was a manageable variable, so I got through it okay.'
I'm still not that strong.
But my weakness isn't so much against zombies as it is against other people.
Once I cross the boundaries I've set, I'll have to start worrying about people as well.
'But aren't zombies weaker than at the start?'
To be precise, it seems like older zombies have worse physical abilities than fresher ones.
The ones that first ran at me weren't as fast as the ones I saw on day one.
With decay, their muscles and joints have deteriorated.
'But up close, it doesn't feel all that different.'
Zombies are definitely limited by physical things like bones and muscles,
but they're not entirely dependent on them.
If they were, they'd get tired.
In zombie videos, you see zombies almost never get tired.
People who get caught by zombies aren't caught because they're too slow,
but because zombies have endless stamina.
When zombies ran at me from 30 meters away, they were definitely slower than before.
But once they got close, it felt just like day one.
Their killing instinct toward humans seemed to give them more strength than expected.
It's like how people under extreme stress can produce a surge of adrenaline and become much stronger.
For zombies, their killing instinct for humans seems to work like adrenaline.
-Powww!!!
-Splat!!!
After clearing the front, I also cleaned up the sides and back of the bunker.
There weren't many zombies on the sides and back.
I killed two.
"Zombies really suck at finding their way."
The bunker is surrounded by low hills.
Some zombies are even coming over from the hills.
Over the past few days, I've been observing how the zombies move in the hills.
It seems pretty tough for them to push through thick underbrush.
They basically have bad eyesight.
And they don't seem to have the brainpower to navigate complex structures.
So, unlike the road, the hills only bring a few zombies at a time.
"I killed 19 today. That's a lot."
Today, I killed 19 zombies:
2 from the 2.5th floor, 1 near the bunker gate, 14 in the front yard, and 2 from the surrounding area.
◈ Stats
『Power』 D [10/10] 『Agility』 D [10/10]
『Endurance』 D [10/10] 『Stamina』 D [10/10]
『Mana』 E [03/10]400
I earned 19 zombie points from killing 19 zombies-
the first time I've racked up zombie points outside the bunker since my status window awakened.
Two of those were from the 2.5th floor, but I'll just count them as outside kills.
At overall level E, I've maxed out power, agility, endurance, and stamina, and put 3 points into mana.
If I collect 10 training points tonight, I should be able to level up again.
Slick...
After clearing the zombies around the bunker, I looked around for a moment.
"There are already 39 zombie corpses piled up here. Dealing with the bodies is going to be a job in itself."
Looking at the number of corpses scattered around, it was a lot.
At least summer has passed and it's now autumn.
And in this reincarnated Korea, it's less humid than the old Korea.
The rate and state of decay aren't quite what I'm used to,
but I'll still need to clean up regularly.
"Incineration, I guess. I'll have to burn all the zombie corpses."
I don't have an excavator.
Digging holes would take forever.
And since I'll keep killing zombies, I can't dig a hole every time.
I'd built an incinerator behind the bunker.
Honestly, I built it just in case, not thinking it would matter much.
I never imagined I'd kill so many zombies.
But it looks like it'll come in handy.
"In the end, this means I'll have to expand my activity range. Once I reach a higher level, I'll have a sense of how many zombies I need to kill."
I'd come up with a pretty solid plan,
but once you face reality, you realize there are so many variables.
The collapse of public order in just four days was unexpected,
and the fact that I'd be out killing zombies on day six was also a surprise.
I originally planned to just hang around the bunker and nearby areas.
But with other Awakened people appearing,
I'll probably end up going outside at some point.
If I just keep killing zombies near the bunker, I'll spend all my time burning bodies.
Today, I completed the real mission that brought me outside the bunker:
putting the armored vehicle in the garage.
"Just tossed the luggage in the back seat."
Dohee's stuff was in the car.
When she realized the zombie apocalypse was happening, she quickly packed up her things and brought them out.
But after returning to the bunker, Dohee didn't want to bring the stuff inside.
Even if it was useful, it wasn't worth the risk of going outside.
Then we awakened our abilities.
So Dohee asked me to bring in her things.
"Dohee must've been really frazzled-she didn't even zip it up properly."
I planned to bring her stuff in through the door connecting the garage to the bunker.
But the zippers on her bags weren't properly closed.
Even calm Dohee must have been pretty flustered.
"...Huh...!?"
At that moment, something black and fancy caught my eye from Dohee's luggage.
"That... could it be...?"
Could it be what I'm thinking...? Is it really that...?
Somehow... it looks like it.
"Dohee... panties...?"
Peeking out from the unzipped luggage was her sexy-looking black panties.
These are the sexy panties worn by Dohee, whose hips are a full 41 inches.
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