Ch. 127
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“No! What on earth is happening! A gate has appeared inside the building! What the hell is this!”
But Leona, are you also shocked?
“Leona. Calm down first. We need to get a grip.”
“Right! That’s what we should do! But Kim Geun-chul! Look! A gate has appeared inside the building!”
Is that something unusual?
Anyway, as I reached for my sword.
“No! Leona! I didn’t bring any weapons!”
“Oh my! Actually, I didn’t bring mine either!”
“This is crazy!”
This is why you should always carry a sword, but today of all days, no one brought theirs! A gate has just appeared and we’re unarmed…!
“Ah! Ah! Customers, this way!”
Just then, heavily armed security guards shouted through a megaphone on the other side. Apparently, they had professional training, as they were trying to evacuate customers even in this situation.
“Hyeon-soo! James! Nguyen! Control the order! I’ll allow severe beating and extreme verbal abuse for customers in a panic state! And if there are any bastards not keeping order, rip them to shreds! Those bastards will kill all the other customers! Move it!”
“Move, move!”
—Dudududu!
I thought I heard something strange, but like medieval knights with guns, the heavily armed department store security guards were controlling the direction of the customers while running toward the gate with shields up, taking hits.
“Good heavens!”
Even ordinary human agents are risking their lives to protect the customers! Incredible professional spirit! Standing in front of a gate unarmed is not an ordinary thing to do!
I was deeply shocked as I looked at Leona.
“Leona! We have to do something too!”
“Of course we do! How can we, the superhumans, avoid this situation!”
“But we don’t have weapons!”
Should I have learned hand-to-hand combat in preparation for such a time? No! That’s not it! The magic sword that Ryu Nara showed! And the Mana Armor that I had envisioned!
If only I could have materialized them, I could have armed myself immediately…!
Not bringing weapons today is the regret of a lifetime! This isn’t the time to disparage romance! Next time I have a chance, I’ll definitely practice Mana Sword and Mana Armor to prepare for this kind of situation!
And add hand-to-hand combat too!
“There’s no choice! We have to face them without weapons!”
“Why are we without weapons!”
“What did you say?”
“The weapon store is just upstairs! Hurry! Before they close off the floor!”
“Ah! Right!”
Now that I think about it, the weapon store was upstairs!
Certainly, if you go there, everywhere you look there are weapons. Having that would be a great help since I could slice through F-rank monsters, too.
We can’t back down in this emergency situation like Leona said.
Let’s protect the citizens together.
“Over there! Let’s go up the emergency exit!”
“Got it!”
So Leona and I ran for the emergency exit.
“Customers! Not this way! If you disobey the order, you may face severe beating and verbal abuse with lasting after-effects, so move to that side right away!”
One of the security guards near the emergency exit shouted, but how could a regular agent beat a superhuman!
“Hey, officer! We are cadets from the academy! We’re superhumans! We’re going to get weapons upstairs, so please open the emergency exit!”
“Oh my! You are cadets! Please save us!”
The agent promptly opened the emergency exit door.
But don’t people usually evacuate through the emergency exit? There’s no one else here except for two agents guarding this side, and all the on-site personnel are on the other side.
There seems to be a separate emergency passageway for evacuation.
“Hurry up and open the door! It’s the weapon store upstairs!”
“Yes! I’ll contact them to open the upstairs emergency exit!”
“Hurry up, please!”
Leona shouted and the door of the emergency exit, which had been firmly locked, opened even faster. It seems that the emergency exits are closed in case of an emergency.
What are you trying to do.
“Let’s go!”
“Yeah!”
Anyway, after entering the emergency exit, we quickly headed upstairs.
“You’ve arrived!”
As soon as we entered, the agents guarding the emergency exit welcomed us. After telling them not to lock the door, I dashed into the store.
“Queaaaah!”
“Krrrrruk!”
All kinds of oddly shaped monsters were swarming the place. But what’s important is that those monsters are all being slaughtered, with their guts scattered everywhere.
—Chwa-jak!
Surprisingly, this floor being a weapon store, there were active heroes and hunters enjoying their shopping!
“Kill them all!”
“These sons of bitches, where do they all come from!”
“A gate inside a building!”
Superhumans spontaneously joined forces and started slaughtering the monsters. With gunshots heard on the other side as well, agents and superhumans were fighting together, so this floor was under control!
“Kim Geun-chul, hurry up and start weapon farming!”
“Can I just farm like this?”
“Of course not! Ladies and gentlemen! I’m the owner here! If you need something, buy it quickly!”
Surprisingly, the merchant was also a superhuman! He ran over swiftly while fighting and shouted from behind the counter!
“Damn it! Just pick anything!”
“Yeah!”
Leona and I just picked any sword and ran to the counter. In case of an emergency, Leona said she would pay for mine too and slid her card out.
“Customer! 10 percent discount for cash!”
This guy is talking about cash in this situation!
“Just swipe the card quickly!”
“Alright, alright…”
—Beep.
As soon as the card was swiped, we grabbed the swords and ran for the emergency exit. Heroes on this floor would surely take care of it anyway.
“But seeing this here, it seems like every floor has gone to hell!”
“What do we do!”
The inside of the department store is now in a state of complete hell. Since a gate has appeared inside the building, all the civilians inside are like mice trapped in a cage.
At that moment, as we went back down to the lower floor.
—Tududududu!
—Tudududududu!
A fierce battlefield had unfolded.
How many security guards are there? Heavily armed guards formed a defensive line with shields, and riflemen standing behind them were firing at F-rank monsters.
The customers have already evacuated somewhere, nowhere to be seen.
“Look! There’s someone there! Team leader! There’s a customer…!”
“We are academy cadets! Don’t mind us!”
“Yes!”
But really, it’s a sight too different from modern Korea. However, in this situation, I strangely found myself calming down.
“Kim Geun-chul.”
—Chu-euk.
Leona pointed somewhere.
“There and there. New gates are being created.”
A very serious voice.
“If monsters pour out from there, the agents alone won’t be able to hold it. Let’s take one each and save everyone. Understand?”
Leona said it with a face as serious as her voice. Of course, there was only one answer I could give her.
“Leave it to me. I’ll mark that side.”
“Good answer.”
Leona smiled and turned her body.
“As soon as I can afford it, I’ll come to support you, then!”
“Fight well!”
“Wipe them all out!”
“Yeah!”
—Kwaang!
Leona stepped on her accelerator and charged towards the gate, and at the same time, I changed direction and threw myself towards the gate on the other side.
Stay calm.
This place is wider than a monster zoo, and there are people fighting alongside me. And since it’s a department store in the city center, rescue teams will arrive in a few minutes.
“Krhaaaaa!”
With that thought, I let out a shout.
—Tsuchts!
I swung my sword with all my might at something that was just about to emerge from the gate.
—Kaang!
Kaang? I felt a moment of doubt as something weird came out from inside and giggled.
“Kihihihe.”
“This bastard!”
It was a freakishly weird monster!
It had the appearance of a minion that you might see in Power Rangers. The creature was a human-like one with gray skin, naked, with long, thin limbs compared to humans, and was a Cyclops with only one eye. Not to mention it had no nose on its face, just a lipless mouth.
Its ears flapped like an elephant’s… but the most important thing was that it was holding a sword!
—Kiing!
The creature was blocking my sword with that blade!
“Die!”
With all my might, just as Yuri had taught me, I stamped on the creature’s instep.
—Koong!
“Kwaaaah!”
As the creature’s foot burst, it opened its mouth wide and screamed. I immediately pushed my sword to finish it off, but this damn thing tenaciously defended against my blade…!
My arms shook with the effort of the physical struggle.
“Mana Shield!”
—Tsapt!
I spontaneously created a mana shield. It wasn’t rectangular. It was triangular, like the tooth of a Megalodon. With that floating in front of me, I gripped it with my left hand and slammed it towards the creature’s face, specifically its large eye!
—Kwajik!
Only then did the creature stumble backward.
I showed no mercy. If I left these monstrous bastards alone, humans would die. Feeling a kind of mission, I pulled my freed sword towards me and then.
—Puuk!
I stabbed it into the creature’s neck.
“Keuk…!”
Thus the creature that confidently appeared, blocking my sword, fell to its knees. I had won. My heart was pounding with excitement. However, there’s too much to do here to savor the joy of victory.
—Kwajik!
I swung the sword I had gripped upside down and chopped off the monster’s head.
“Next bastard, come out!”
Another monster was coming out from the gate.
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