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EP.24 Zombie Dungeon (2) [Am I Going Down...?]
"Wow... this is insane... the stench... the stench of rot is just overwhelming..."
That's the situation in front of the bunker.
There are piles of 20 zombie corpses that Dohee and I killed.
It's a complete mess.
"The stench is overwhelming, but... something feels different?"
It's a mess that makes you wrinkle your nose, but it feels different from before.
Real combat is truly important.
I realized that keenly last time, when I got a handjob from Dohee.
Of course, I don't want to belittle masturbation.
It's still a precious act to me.
It's what made me a Nano Warrior, after all.
The pleasure you can feel from masturbation is definitely amazing.
But the pleasure you feel through a woman's body is on a completely different level.
I, Kim Taesik, am a cold, rational evaluator.
The feeling I'm getting outside the bunker now is similar to that realization.
Setting foot in a world transformed by the apocalypse, I can feel it for sure.
I've really changed a lot in six days.
"'Combat Mental Mastery' even strengthens your tolerance for environments as shitty as this."
General combat skills, general weapon skills, and lifting skills can all be sufficiently experienced through training inside the bunker.
But 'Combat Mental Mastery' was different.
Even when I shot zombies with a crossbow from the 2.5th floor, I don't think I really felt the mental buff.
Of course, it wasn't completely absent.
I just didn't notice it much.
But now, coming outside the bunker,
the stench of rotten zombies hit my nose hard.
And at that moment, I felt it.
This is what the combat mental buff feels like.
"I'm not getting swept up by the stimulus."
The hardest part of fighting zombies was always the mental strain.
It's panic from extreme situations.
I forced myself to endure it, but that panic definitely ate away at my mental state and made my body tense up.
The zombie brains bursting from my pipe swings, the flying eyeballs, the spurting blood-
the pressure from that was unimaginable.
I'm just an ordinary human, so it was inevitable I'd get swept up in that stimulus. I just gritted my teeth and endured.
That's why I got tired faster than I expected and lost stamina quickly.
Some people might feel more fear than panic when facing zombies.
But for me, it was like that.
The combat mental buff corrects for that.
The smell of rotting zombie corpses still hits my nose.
But the combat mental buff keeps me from being swept up by it.
It's different from becoming numb.
Serial killers who kill all the time become numb to stimulus.
As they become numb, they need even stronger stimulation.
But I'm actually feeling the stimulus even more vividly than before.
I'm just not getting swept away by it.
"If I'd known, I would've eaten before coming out... tsk..."
The first day, the feeling in my hands was so bad.
So I skipped my usual brunch before coming out.
I didn't want to end up puking on the street in the middle of the day.
But with the help of the combat mental buff, it looks like I won't be making a mess.
Should've eaten after all.
"Oh... I can sense presences more acutely!"
At that moment, I sensed a zombie's presence from quite a distance away.
Another trait, 'Enhanced Senses,' had activated.
With 'Enhanced Senses,' I could pick up on things much farther away than before.
"Grrrrrrrrrr....."
I turned my gaze toward where I sensed the presence,
and saw a zombie shuffling around, not yet aware of me.
It was one I hadn't seen 40 minutes ago when I killed two zombies from the 2.5th floor.
Looks like it had approached the bunker entrance in the meantime.
'I should check the monitoring room one more time before coming out next time.'
Even if they're close, I can handle one or two zombies easily.
But since my life's on the line, I need to go about this safely.
Step... step... step... step...
I quietly approached the zombie, suppressing my presence.
-Wooooong...!
And I infused mana into my Awakened Metal Pipe.
'Step by step... one at a time...!'
I've gained a lot of special abilities in the past few days.
Today is the first day I'm using them directly for zombie hunting.
Even when I lift weights, I'm a stickler for savoring the stimulus with proper form.
I'll approach developing these abilities the same way.
I want to properly experience each one.
So, the first thing I try is-
"-Kieeeeeek!!!!"
-Shwoooosh!!!
With my agility now at D level, reaching the human extreme,
'So damn fast!!! My body feels like a spring!!!!'
As soon as I entered the zombie's sensing range,
I sprang toward it.
The explosive power was incredible.
It was like a track athlete's start,
like a football player's explosive sprint.
I closed the distance to the zombie in an instant.
It was the kind of movement you only see from physical monsters on YouTube, but now it was coming from my own body.
'And I can see!'
The second thing I tried was my dynamic vision.
The agility stat includes running speed, quickness, reflexes, and dynamic vision.
'The zombie's movements!!!'
The zombie's motions were within my reflexes.
It felt like being a top-tier boxer who never blinks at an opponent's attack.
Even as the zombie charged at me, I didn't freeze up at all-I could read and track its movements perfectly.
-Powwwww!!!
The third thing was the feel of the mana-infused Awakened Metal Pipe.
'A nimble swing, but with heavy impact!'
The Nano Awakened Metal Pipe feels lighter than a regular pipe.
There was no strain in gripping and swinging it.
It made for a swing so sharp it was almost dangerous.
But right as my swing traced a 45-degree arc toward the zombie's head,
and at the moment of impact,
the combined weight of a 25KG sledgehammer and the speed of the swing delivered an explosive impact through my whole body.
It was electrifying.
With such an overwhelming swing, the zombie's head-
-CRACKKKK!!!
-was smashed.
With one hit from the Awakened Metal Pipe, about 70% of the zombie's head exploded away.
A true one-shot, one-kill.
'On the first day, I would've made a face at this. But not anymore!'
It wasn't just brains bursting and blood spurting.
Part of the zombie's head was just gone.
Even in the face of such a gruesome, disgusting scene, I could stay calm.
Thanks to the combat mental mastery buff.
That was my first strike as a Nano Warrior,
my first real taste of zombie hunting with the Awakened Metal Pipe.
This is sex...
'I don't need to use brute force to swing it like a madman.'
Step... step... step... step...
After killing the nearby zombie, I walked toward the ones near the road.
Basically, the Awakened Metal Pipe's destructive power comes from the weapon's strength and durability,
and my own physical power.
But there's also the destructive power from mana.
That's the true power of the Awakened Metal Pipe.
'If I control my strength well and use the sense of mana, I can make it feel sharper.'
The 25KG sledgehammer's destructive power comes from mana.
How I control that power determines the kind of destruction I can unleash.
"-Kieeeeeek!!!!"
"-Uwooooooh!!!!"
"-Khaaaaaa!!!"
In open fields, zombies seem to sense people's presence better.
The zombie I just killed at close range didn't sense me, probably because of the structure.
But out on the grassy field, about 30 meters away, a group of zombies sensed me and charged.
'Distance... control...'
I watched the charging zombies, adjusting my distance.
Of course, having this ability doesn't mean I see a ruler in my eyes.
But I can sense it.
I intuitively know if my skills will work at this distance.
'Booster!'
The distance was right.
As a Booster user, I, Kim Taesik, immediately used what could be called my ultimate skill.
-SHWAAAAAAK!!!!!
"-Kieeeek!!!!!"
"-Kiek! Kiek! Kieeek!!!"
"-Uwooooooh!!!"
-Pop!
It was an unbelievably fast speed.
The zombies didn't even realize I'd approached-they were still roaring straight ahead.
-Shwoooong
With Booster, a shield appeared at the same time,
-Shwoooosh!!!!
'Clean and fast!'
During the 3 seconds the shield lasted, I had to take out the most dangerous zombies first.
With that plan, I swung the Awakened Metal Pipe compactly.
-Powwwww!!!
One down
-Powwwww!!!
Two down
-Splat!!!
Three down
-Powwwwwww!!!
Four down
With clean, precise moves, I took out four zombies first.
'Oh! The impact feels a bit different?'
The first zombie I killed felt really satisfying-its head burst like a firecracker.
But there was so much blood flying everywhere.
I quickly moved to avoid getting splattered.
After that, I realized I needed to change my striking point.
So instead of hitting with muscle, I swung as if hitting with mana-like pushing mana into the strike.
As a result, the impact point looked more like a clean cut.
-Splurt!
-Splurrrrrt!!!
'Nice and clean.'
Blood spurted from the cut surface of the zombies.
Compared to the blood spraying everywhere at the bunker, this was much cleaner.
'Next row.'
I finished off the closest ones.
-Swish!
-Swish!
-Swish swish!
-Swish!
As I finished the first row, the shield disappeared.
The zombies realized I was close.
But with the four zombies in the front row gone, I had plenty of room to hit the ones behind.
So I swung cleanly at the second row.
-Powwwww!!!
-Splat!!!
-Powwwww!!
I swung with style-downward, upward, sideways.
'Changing up my steps little by little...'
Right now, I'm not putting my full body weight into the strikes.
So I could keep changing my stance and hit from different angles.
Moving left, right, and back, I confused the zombies and smashed their heads.
-Splat!!!
-Whoosh!
-Powwwwwww!!!
Then, the last two zombies in the second row-chopping, spinning strikes.
-Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!
Zombie corpses collapsed helplessly onto the grass.
'Most of the ones that were grouped up are dead now.'
Since coming out of the bunker today, I've killed 10 zombies.
There aren't many left in the group in front of the bunker.
If I take out a few more in front and the scattered ones nearby, I'll be done.
Then, once I put the armored vehicle in the garage, today's work will be finished.
"-Kieeeeeeeek!!!"
A zombie from the third row charged diagonally.
'11th one, I'll use a half-turn side step on this guy!'
'Catch the blind spot!'
This zombie moved pretty quickly and tried to ambush me.
But with my D-level agility and 'Enhanced Senses,' I could handle the attack easily.
Plus, I was getting the buff from 'General Combat Skill Mastery.'
I could stylishly catch the blind spot and beat it down.
'Uh...?'
Wobble!
I could have finished it off in style, but-
'Am I going down...?'
Shit... the grass really is long.
Looks like I'm about to fall.
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