Humanity Itself is Strong - Chapter 38

A magic healer of the management department’s tracking unit.

Jung Hye-won thought.

“Are they also the living-dead?”

Among the groups led by the director of the broadcasting station Park Moo-hae, Jung Hye-won was very concerned about those who were covered in robes.

She looked at them, but they didn’t look like a living person.

Then Jung Hye-won made eye contact with one of them.

The man’s mouth slightly opened and closed, he hardly even blinked.

“Hi?”

Hye-won hurriedly turned her head.

“Ugh…”

She crumpled her face with an unknown disgust.

At that moment, a man named Lee Jin-seong came to mind when he showed the face of her colleague who turned into a living-dead.

The living-dead are everywhere…….

She thought of that.

Jung Hye-won frowned when she was hit in the stomach by Lee Jin-seong.

Currently, in a large underground station building, a group of management bureau chasers and Park Moo-hae gathered at a distance from each other.

Jung Hye-won saw Park Moo-hae’s group.

She also began to look at the faces of the management bureau’s tacking team.

After listening to Lee Jin-seong, she became suspicious of Park Moo-hae’s group.

Even director Cho Yong-ho’s identity became suspicious.

‘There are really living-dead people here.’

But that doesn’t seem to be Jung Hye-won’s idea alone.

The air between the chasers has also changed significantly since Park Moo-hae joined.

Some members looked at each other with suspicious eyes, but no one dared to speak out.

Their thoughts came down to one thing.

‘If the living-dead are really here, we might die if we say the wrong thing.’

It was then.

Cho Yong-ho, who finished consulting with Park Moo-hae, announced to the chase team and Park Moo-hae’s subordinates.

“To chase the offender, I will divide you guys into groups from now on.”

And Cho Yong-ho began to form a group.

“……And finally, go down to the platform to Jung Hye-won, the healer, and move along the left aisle. The rest of you follow the aisle to the right.”

Jung Hye-won looked at the members she had to join.

“Park Moo-hae’s group is moving separately.”

A little over ten members of the team were looking back at each other with nervous faces.

As such, ten chasers formed a group and began to move along the left track.

They were all on the move wearing gas masks.

“What the heck, why are we the only ones going this way?….”

The vanguard who took the lead, murmured like that. He was anxious that they were moving away from the main unit of more than 40 people.

“Don’t worry. They said there were more infected people on the right track than on this track.”

The leader behind him comforted the vanguard.

Jung Hye-won, who was in the center of the group, said as if she were spilling.

“It may be more dangerous to be with Park Moo-hae.”

“…….”

There was a moment of tension at her ambiguous words.

“Why do you think so?”

When the vanguard, who had grumbled earlier, asked with a firm look, she looked back at her colleagues and continued to talk.

Fortunately, most of them have known each other for a long time.

“… Didn’t you see the 12 people Park Moo-hae brought with him? To be honest, I got goosebumps when I saw them.….”

The team members, who were hesitant to talk, began to confirm.

“That’s right…… In addition, we don’t know when Park Moo-hae will be arrested. I wonder why the director accepted him to join our team?”

“I know. Something’s weird about this.”

At one moment, a forum was held where the accompanying members complained about the director.

When they shared their feelings, there was a moment of silence.

“…….”

However, there was still a lack of decisive words.

The fundamental question of whether they are in great danger beyond reasonable doubt about Park Moo-hae.

What a man named Lee Jin-seong said just before engaging with them.

It was a question triggered by the ridicule of the nuance as if the director were the living-dead.

However, since Lee Jin-seong was only a criminal who was helping a living-dead person escape, it was difficult to dismiss their director as a living-dead person just because Park Moo-hae joined.

Therefore, everyone was silent in the room, but there was someone here who saw the living-dead in person.

“…… Actually, I saw it when the battle broke out. The living-dead in the chase team.”

Everyone was focusing on Jung Hye-won’s unwavering voice.

Jung Hye-won said exactly what everyone was hush about and couldn’t say out loud.

At the same time, people poured out their words.

“Right! I’m sure he brought more living-dead! There were so many suspicious rumors within the management department!”

“And Director Cho changed all the team leaders except for this team, right? I heard that they’re all living-dead people!”

“In addition, all the people who raised supposition were demoted……!”

“Wait a minute.”

It was then.

They reached a dead end when the ceiling collapsed.

Instead, an abandoned train remained in the passage, so it might be possible to get through.

“…They didn’t tell us there was a place where the ceiling collapsed……?”

“Can a train pass by here?”

In other words, they had to continue moving inside the train now.

This troubled the group for a moment.

Click click click click click…

“What is that sound?”

Behind the aisle where they came from, the noise of pressing a ballpoint pen came closer.

It was hundreds of people infected by mushrooms.

“Oh my god! I can’t believe they caught up……!”

“No way! This is a trap!”

The leader radioed at the ominous sound.

“This is the 2nd search team. Need to speak to the HQ search team…….”

…….

However, the headquarters did not respond.

When she learned about it, Jung Hye-won said in anxiety.

“We have to withdraw.”

The leader nodded.

“We get out of here. Let’s get rid of the infected people first!

The search team quickly reorganized, and the strikers with arrows prepared their bows.

When the infected people approached, they planned to blow their heads at once.

Click click click click click…

However, the mushroom infected people did not enter the range, but were only flashing luminous objects.

At that moment, Jung Hye-won’s sixth sense was activated.

“It’s the ceiling!”

The moment Jung Hye-won talked, everyone looked at the ceiling.

Coocoocoocoocoocoocoocoocoo!

Suddenly, the ceiling began to collapse.

Boooom

Large infected people broke through the gap and fell to the floor.

At one moment, the strangely huge forearms grabbed the archer’s head.

Ahhhhhhhh!

Crack!

The head of the archer burst into blood in an instant.

“Don’t be flustered! They’re just strong! Calm down and get into formation!”

However, due to the outbreak, the damage to the search team began to increase exponentially.

Ahhhh!

Jung Hye-won was caught up in the war and fell back.

Screeching screeching…

Soon another huge forearm fell toward Jung Hye-won, but.

Whoosh!

She managed to roll away.

“I don’t want to die!”

At that time, once again, a hand grabbed her and raised her up.

It was the team leader.

“Hye-won! You go first!”

Swisssssssh!

Then, the team leader hit the rusty door of the train with an ax and broke it at once, and then pushed Jung Hye-won out.

“Ahhhhh!”

Jung Hye-won immediately saw the inside of the subway.

Black, cloudy dust was rising.

And…

Akkkkk!

Die!

Crack!

Outside the train, there was a desperate fight between the chasers and the infected.

“At this rate… We’ll all die……!”

The more so, the bigger the words that Lee Jin-seong said came to mind in Jung Hye-won’s head.

The living-dead are everywhere…….

At that moment, she realized.

‘The director betrayed us.’

While joining the Park Moo-hae group, she belatedly recognized that he was trying to purge all the dissatisfied members.

Jung Hye-won repeatedly breathed in and thought.

‘No one will come to save us.’

She felt like she was going to go crazy. She was relying on only one lantern in the dark 120m underground.

“I’m going to dye……!’

It was then.

Boom, booom…….

Behind her.

In the train, which was only dark, there was a creepy noise coming in, as if grinding teeth.

She slowly looked back.

And there.

“Now you’re looking here…….”

It was covered with a robe.

A man with no change in expression stood.

“Aaaaaaaah!”

She collapsed into her seat without even realizing it. The mouth of the man was torn on both sides.

“You saw it……?”

The man did not blink once while talking.

“What? What?” “My mouth…….”

Then, black tentacles popped out under the man’s robe.

“What’s that?”

The lower part of the robe went up, too. There, a huge mouth finally appeared. The mouth said.

“You look delicious…….”

Ahhhh!

The mouth opened so wide that it filled the train at once that it tried to swallow Jung Hye-won. In the overwhelming sight, Jung Hye-won dropped the cane she was holding in both hands on the floor.

“Oh my god!”

Death was coming. She would be buried in this darkness. In a hell-like place, chewed up by a monster with a huge mouth.

“Ah….”

Her heart pounded like crazy and waited for death. What she hears in this darkness is the painful screams of her colleagues, the sound of chewing flesh, and. It’s just a terrible sound made by a monster imitating a person.

The moment Jung Hye-won fell.

“Bow down.”

A silent voice resonated in the train compartment.

Beeeeeeem!

A ray of flashes flashed over Jung Hye-won’s head.

Chaaaaaaaaar!

And the mouth of the giant broke off.

Kaaaaaaaaaaahhh!

Black blood staggered around the giant monster. The giants covered with pharynx quickly reduced in size and returned to human form.

“If you do this… you’ll be in big trouble…….”

In the meantime, a diagonal ray of light flashed once.

Flaaaaaaaaaaash!

At the same time, the body of the giant split diagonally, and the neck was dangling as if it were falling.

“How come… It’s not sticking…….”

Splaaaaaat!

And it fell backward.

“Ahhhh.”

It was a moment when Jung Hye-won did not understand the situation yet.

Thud… Thud…… Thud…….

The man walked slowly and passed Jung Hye-won.

Puck…!

A knife was inserted into the remains of the giant.

Kaaaaakk!

Then an amazing sight unfolded. As if a vacuum cleaner was sucking in, the body of the giant was quickly absorbed and disappeared by the knife.

“You are……?”

Jung Hye-won looked up at the man who saved her with blank eyes.

Swoosh…

A masked man wearing a turned black coat took a glance at Jung Hye-won and muttered, touching his earrings.

“Master, I have secured normal people.”

Slip.

After saying that, Muhyuk began to get out of the train. In Muhyuk’s hand, the black sword, sealed with giants of greed, was shaking.

Swhh!

“Ugh!”

Kang Min-ah made a face because of the squishy and slippery mucus on the floor.

“I mean it, this place is really disgusting.”

Listening to it, Jin-seong stood just below the heart of the corrupt monarch.

Boom… Boom…… Boom…….

The heart of the corrupt monarch was still pulsating.

“…….”

It was then.

Coocoocoocoocoocoocoocoo…!

One side of the floor started vibrating. A mushroom stem began to stand obliquely from the bottom of the mucus.

“Oh, Yuk!”

The mushroom stem stood tall under the sword stuck in the heart.

Jin-seong stepped forward as if to pull out the sword embedded in the heart, and a mushroom stem opened the way.

Jin-seong began to stride up the uneven stem with a calm look.

“Hey, Jin-seong! Are you sure about that?” “Yes. The Forest wants us to pull out that sword.” “What?!”

Kang Min-ah quickly followed Jin-seong.

“That means that the sword is holding back something”. “That’s right.”

Kang Min-ah looked as if she had been hit by a hammer on her head.

“Oh, no! Hang on!”

However, Jin-seong did not stop walking and stood in front of the sword.

The black sword was protruding from the surface of the red heart. He could feel the flow of dark mana. It was so dark that he could see it from the sword, which was smooth and shining black. It was the curse of ‘Ochebunsi’, a powerful seal made by the first heroes.

‘Just touching this seal causes your body to explode and die. But….’

Although it is a terrifying seal that has kept no one from touching the handle of a sword so far. Jin-seong calmly made up his mind.

‘I can handle it.’

Grab.

That’s how Jin-seong grabbed the sword.

Crunch!

At that moment, a black current exploded with a tremendous flash in the hand holding the sword.

[Warning, The black sword triggered the “Curse of ‘Ochebunsi’] [The god without a name is flustered!]

“Ahhh?!”

Kang Min-ah, who followed the unimaginable current explosion, bounced off.

However, Lee Jin-seong endured.

Crack!

Even if the curse of the black and ferocious seal followed through Jin-seong’s whole body, he never let go. The black curse burned his skin, causing blood to burst from place to place.

Nevertheless, Lee Jin-seong did not let go.

Gaahhhh… Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

He pulled out the sword that was burning black. At the same time, a huge explosion occurred.

Crack… Crack!

Lee Jin-seong couldn’t withstand the explosion. He fell tens of meters below.

Aaahhhh!

Eventually, Lee Jin-seong vomited blood due to the shock.

“Gasp…”

However, it was time for Jin-seong, who did not let go of the sword, to stumble and get up.

Slrrrr…

Suddenly, a white arm popped out of the back of Lee Jin-seong and wrapped his neck.

“You’re so ignorant…… I never thought you’d risk your life to break the seals of the first heroes.….”

It was the arms of the great demon of sex that had been chasing Lee Jin-seong so far. When Lee Jin-seong turned around, Kang Min-ah was already unconscious and lying on the floor.

“The person who pulls it out will die. Did you not know that? Your body is going to die now.… Even now, the curses are tightening your whole body.”

The “Curse of ‘Ochebunsi’ is true, and it penetrates your body in every corner.

Blood spewed out from Lee Jin-seong’s whole body.

Flop…

Jin-seong eventually knelt down again.

“I don’t know why you did that, but there’s a way to live…….”

It whispered in the ear of Jin-seong.

“You can be my demon…… Of course, with the help of the mushrooms here, you could be more perfect.…!”

Slrrr!

The great demon of sex took out the lion claws in the sides of Jin-seong’s soft hands. The blade of the lion’s toenail exuded a pale blue light.

“……This might get in the way….”

Thhhhrr!

It threw the lion claws far away.

[The effect of Asisi is gone. You are no longer immune to abnormalities and demons!]

At that moment, mushroom spore bacteria began to spread rapidly to the body of Jin-seong. The Great demon of sex looked satisfied as if it were in front of a well-prepared feast.

“Now… I’ll show you something good.….”

Soon after, the moment when the great demon of sex put its hands on Jin-seong’s forehead and tried to look into Jin-seong’s spirit.

Crack…!

“What?”

The body of the great demon of sex was cut by a knife and bleeding.

“Why…”

Swoosssh

In front of her, the black sword held by Lee Jin-seong was emitting a chilly light.

“I thought you can’t move……?!”

Lee Jin-seong’s condition, which had been moribund, quickly became fine.

Rather, the Great demon of sex was astonished by the appearance of Lee Jin-seong, who looked healthier than ever.

At that time, a black necklace on Jin-seong’s neck shone.

[You have recovered from fatal injuries with the effect of “Black Beast’s Necklace”. The remaining healing amount: 2 times] [The unnamed god consumed a lot of mana and suppressed the dark curse.]

“You pathetic succubus, you can never reach my expectations.”

Lee Jin-seong, who quickly recovered, began to smile.

Jin-seong was expecting the great demon of sex to approach him at a time when it was most vulnerable.

The Great demon of sex belatedly realized that it was trapped, but there was nothing it could do.

“Don’t make me laugh! Do you think I’ll be fooled easily? You inferior human!”

However, without hesitation, Lee Jin-seong struck a long sword over the head of the great demon of sex.

Swoooosh!

The mythological-class sword exploded with evil energy and drew a line.

At that moment.

Whoosh!

However, the sword did not hit anything.

“That’s all for now.”

It was a miss. An unidentified voice rang out in the air. At the same time, the great demon of sex disappeared in a blink of an eye.

“……!”

Jin-seong looked up. Then, someone was standing on the broken subway track open on the cliff.

“You’re so bold. I never thought someone would let go of the seal of death so ignorantly.” “…….”

Lee Jin-seong looked up at the man silently.

There was a man covered in a hood so that his face could not be recognized. He was holding the great demon of sex.

And he took off his hood and said.

“That’s not how you swing that sword, kid.”

The man who fully showed his face smiled pleasantly.