I Alone Going To The Tower

Chapter 28

Rescue operations resumed.

I came up with some hypotheses and tried dealing with zombies. It was the same whether any of them found me at first and jumped in.

However, at the decisive moment, he seemed to be hesitant to attack, and he changed his target to other residents of Harlem and ran away.

How should we understand this phenomenon?

Are you avoiding it because you’re a player? Or because we are outsiders?

“Ah. Do you have any records of this phenomenon?”

-I’m still looking for it, but the undead are beings who have a blind hatred for living creatures. It is not common sense to block the target to be attacked. There was no such record in the Taboo Land incident.

“Um, okay. Keep investigating.”

-Yes, Top Master.

At that moment, I heard a bell in my pocket and Jeong Seo-jin’s phone call came.

– Top lord. Everyone in this area has been evacuated.

“Good job. I’ll go there.”

I got out of the zombie-infested city and made my way to a makeshift shelter.

In the shelter, people who had escaped from the city in a hurry were standing up.

The clothes they were wearing were shabby, and their nutritional status looked bad.

Jeong Jeong-jin was moving the drunken man to a safe place.

Jin-Ra opened the tent she had previously used in a lava cave and opened a simple medical station. There was still a placard saying ‘30% off heat resistance equipment’.

“Hey, that zombie! There’s a zombie…!”

“It’s okay. Monsters in the control area do not come out of the area.”

Jinbu was taking urgent measures to reassure the wounded.

Some were scratched or bitten by zombies, and some even had their flesh ripped off.

It certainly seems to be targeting the locals, not us.

“Look. Rescue team?”

She said as she wiped the sweat from her forehead.

“I contacted you a long time ago, but I don’t know if he’ll come on time. I have to enter an unprotected area, so I think I’m waiting for the association’s hunter support.”

“…wow.”

The name of the rescue team was rushing to save myself. What is the association’s support for an organization that operates its own hunter?

Well, if you have to save the residents of Harlem, there will be no rice cakes falling out, and when the association arrives and sorts out the situation, it is highly likely that he will show up only then and show his condolences.

It wasn’t something I could do.

Just as we were sighing as we healed the wounded, a young boy from Harlem saw us and ran to us.

“Tongue, hyungs, are you Hunter? Please help!”

Looking at the crying boy’s expression, I could intuit that something had happened. Jin-Bora squatted, looked at the boy and asked kindly.

“What’s happen?”

“Eunsol! Eunsol isn’t here! You’ll still be locked up in the city!”

Jeong Jeong-jin said while fixing her glasses.

“I wanted to tell you, even if it wasn’t. It seems that there are still more people who have not been rescued. They may have been attacked by zombies, or they may have gathered and hidden somewhere.”

I got up.

“Let’s go.”

Stable rescue activities were necessary in order to be recognized for the right to operate the hunting grounds from the Association.

We entered the city again.

– Kyaaaaaah!

– Crumple!

Shortly after entering the city, the road was blocked. There were zombies all over the place.

“There are too many. Let’s clear out the children caught in the nets.”

“I’ve been waiting for this very moment!”

In the meantime, I’ve been careful about this because rescue activities are a priority, but from now on, I can say that it’s a really good hunting.

I moved to the point where the broadcasting speaker called Jinbo was installed.

While Jeong Seo-jin drew the zombies’ attention, we quickly entered the building.

When I went up to the fourth floor and looked out the window, the speakers were connected to a string and hung, and below, the zombies swarming were hitting the wall or screaming.

Now that there is no one around, there is nothing to be careful about. I deployed a magic circle.

Whoops! Flames flew out from the magic circle. It is a two-step flame-based magic similar to Ice Javelin.

“Support is in!”

Jinbora took out a potion bottle of transparent liquid from the subspace and threw it evenly towards the zombies.

“It’s an oil potion! I made it by mixing monster oil with mana elixir.”

“Oh, you developed that in one day?”

“Hehe, I got the manager’s license, but I have to pay for the food.”

According to the information in the library, those zombies are weak to holy magic and fire.

So, we have prepared a lot of flame-based means for this dungeon attack.

After I finished casting, I aimed my fire cannon at the zombies.

Tick.

As a signal of my beckoning, a fireball flew away and exploded in the zombie field.

Hurry rumble!

The hordes of zombies drenched in oil were engulfed in flames in an instant.

I continued firing fire cannons from the safe fourth floor, and the bodies of the zombies struggling in agony were charred.

[Accelerated casting attribute has reached Lv.5.][Magic power has increased by 3.][Intellect has risen by 1.]

“Wow! Aren’t you kidding?”

Even Jinbo cheered as if he had seen the player message.

“This is the beauty of hunting sheep! All those 3 rank 3 monsters all at once!”

To agree. I am also very motivated.

“Let’s go to the next place.”

We toured the four speaker points in the same way and burned the zombies.

It wasn’t the ordeal level of growth, but compared to the effort he put in, his ability went up quite well.

This is exactly what sucking honey is.

I felt a lot better when I felt the mana stats and the mana barrels that went up steadily. Before the boss fight, you’re doing your body right.

– Top owner. A life reaction is felt nearby.

“Okay. Guide me.”

After hunting, the number of zombies decreased, so the rescue operation became much easier. We rescued five more civilians who were trapped in the convenience store.

“It’s time to be thankful like this…!”

“Thank you! Thank you so much!”

Then Jeong Jeong-jin came forward and said.

“Does anyone here know about a girl named ‘Eunsol’?”

At Jeong Seo-jin’s question, the rescuers exchanged secret glances with each other.

“We’re fine…”

“Mom, I don’t know.”

Hmmm, something is suspicious about Banung. I think the locals are hiding something too.

“Let’s go to the safe zone together.”

As we were about to bring the rescuers back, Ea’s voice was heard again.

– Top owner. A life reaction is felt.

‘Are they residents?’

-no. It’s the players who can see the magic reaction together.

‘what?’

Are there any other players here besides us? We waited in the alley for a while, and after a while we were able to run into a group of people.

“What are you?”

A large man with wide shoulders came forward and said. Behind him were three men who appeared to be players.

That guy is pretty strong.

I think it might be a talented prospect or a level 5 beginner.

“I’m a cadet dispatched to the academy. I’m currently saving lives.”

The man grinned.

“Yeah, good work.”

“Where are you going?”

“Should I disclose my business to a student?”

… … will you come out like that?

In fact, it’s obvious even if you don’t ask. These guys, I plan to hit the boss monster in the boss zone.

“excuse me.”

Jinbora came out.

“We are the first discoverers. We have priority over dungeon raids here.”

“Oh, was that you? I called the association and they said that unfortunately there was a first discoverer.”

The man abruptly stopped his speech and began to examine our faces one by one. As I felt the troubles on his face, I felt a sense of relief.

‘It’s dangerous. Are you thinking of getting rid of us?’

When the first discoverer disappears, that man becomes the first discoverer. As the hunter world is so chaotic, it is not impossible.

But in reality, I think it will be difficult. The number of people that the man must remove to become the first discoverer is as follows.

Two Hunter Academy students under the protection of the president of the association, and the third son of the Unix group.

And up to five civilians.

In order to be perfect, you would have to cleanly kill or persuade even the three behind me, and in a little while, even the association staff will come to this place.

If this is in a dungeon, I don’t know, it would be unrealistic to kill so many people in a short time and even tidy up.

As I thought, the man looked up to the refugees behind us and then clicked his tongue.

Instead, he pulled out the jusum jusum hunter ball certificate from his inner pocket and waved it to us.

“A certified 5th grade hunter, this is Mahjongguk.”

“…!”

This time, Jinbo-ra’s expression hardened.

“Have you heard of the emergency field command given to a professional hunter? This is not the place for students. Get out of this city quickly and wait for further instructions.”(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

“What, what?”

Mahjongguk’s intentions were clear. It will prevent us from even entering the boss zone.

“If we continue to leave this area unattended, we believe that the casualties will increase, so our Rapid Guild will attack the dungeon.”

Jin-Bora put on an angry expression.

“You said you’re concerned about casualties now? Then you’ll have to rescue the people here!”

When Ma Jong-guk saw the people of Harlem trembling behind us, he laughed.

“Students just follow Hunter’s instructions. What do you guys say about the scene?”

“That’s what we’re going to say…!”

“Look.”

I put my hand on Jinbora’s shoulder and shook her head.

“Well, okay. We’ll take care of the rescuers, so take care of yourself.”

I said so and turned my back.

“Go.”

“Stand, senpai!”

“Isn’t that the Hunter’s order?”

I went out with my party and the people of Harlem. Behind him, he could hear Ma Jong-guk and the party members giggling and sneering.

Jin-Woo sharpened his teeth as if resentful.

“Aren’t you all mad? That’s absurd!”

“Look at the big picture. Jinbora-san.”

Jeong Jeong-jin said as she pushed up her glasses.

“We have already become the first reporters, and we have achieved our early goal. The boss monster is nothing compared to the revenue we will earn in the future. Rather, it might be a way to eliminate risk factors with their cooperation.”

“Still, what these people are doing makes me angry! He’s a professional hunter by name, but he’s shy… isn’t he?”

“do not worry.”

I said with a gloomy smile.

“These bastards are dead, and even when they wake up, they can’t open the dungeon.

“Yeah? How do you…”

I pointed to my bluish right eye.

“Did you forget that I can see the status bar? I bet. It’s not a combination of those guys.”

I have all the information about dungeons and monsters that appear.

As a result of considering various circumstances, no matter how much a party there is a hunter, it will not be able to be cleared.

It was a rank 3 boss fight, so I was prepared for it, but this saved me a lot of trouble.

“Let’s make the most of the situation. Let’s aim for a fisherman.”