The Alchemist turned pale as she shuddered and tried to scream.
“Hiiiik-.”
“Gruuooghhh!?”
Even after I stopped the Alchemist from making any sounds, one could still hear shouts. It was the Medicine King.
Old enough to chew out the Sword Saint despite being his friend, this old man who seemed to think it was only acceptable to view young people as naive and immature, screamed like he lost his marbles.
“Run away! Run away! I’ve never seen anything like that even in the Silicon Valley! Waaaah, We’re going to die! The world is coming to an end!”
“This is a world that has already been destroyed you know?!”
I quickly took out the Holy Sword and cut off the nearest zombie. Unlike the martial arts genre , I had seen movies and drama of the zombie genre quite often, and so thanks to that, I was able to face my opponent(s) directly on the 13th floor. And now after all that experience, my blade instinctively flew towards the zombie’s neck.
-Keeeuuuugh!
The zombie’s head growled even as it soared into the air. The headless body also swung at me, swinging its arms and legs. Damn it. Is it a type of zombie that would only stop moving after its brain is destroyed? That was the worst case.
“Let’s get out of here first!”
“Yo-You bastards who are you!?”
Finally, the two people we saw earlier noticed that we were there. The old man of the Righteous Sect and the woman of the Demonic Cult looked in our direction, and they were astonished upon glimpsing at our party, just like we were surprised to see the zombies.
“… Hey old fart. It seems that the eyes of the great me have turned up strangely. They see, not just one, but four living people. Is the King of the Underworld calling for the great me?”
“That’s, that’s what I see, too. Maybe because you’ve provoked me first by calling me a retard, I feel as though I really have become retarded.”
“You should run away, too!”
I rushed to carry the Alchemist on my back.
“And please tell us where to run to while you’re at it!”
Both of them looked at each other.
“Oh, my world. It really is a living person, old thing.”
“Maybe we’re already dead and looking at the scenery of the underworld…?”
“Then probably one of the two things happened, either you and the great me died and we went to paradise together or we fell into hell together.”
“I don’t think this body, which has served righteousness and honor as the Murim Lord, will go to hell, so it’s probably paradise. However, there are no peach trees, no fairies, and there is an abundance of jiangshi in here. And above all, you are here too, aren’t you? It’ll be very odd if this is heaven.”
“Then this must be reality, not a dream.”
“So these people are innocent?”
“At least the warmth of their bodies doesn’t seem to resemble the cold of the jiangshi.”
Maybe they had figured out that we were already fleeing from the zombie infested area, the Venomous Snake took care of the old man of the Righteous Sect and I was carrying the woman of the Demonic Cult, while they went on chatting in peace.
“Where the hell are you guys from?”
The woman from the Demonic Cult looked up at me curiously.
“So you’re mastering the miraculous Footwork. Are you perhaps children of the Sae-Wae ? Are the orangs still alive in the periphery?”
“We are…”
I didn’t understand exactly what Sae-Wae meant, but I had an inkling. She must be asking if we’re from a place outside the control of the Righteous and Demon sects. When I was thinking about what to say, I heard a sound from the back that relieved my worries about giving an answer.
-Kkikik, keeeek!
-Ooohoohooh!
They were zombies. They ran after us in full swing, probably after setting their bodies back in order.
Wouldn’t it be more accurate to say they were jumping?
What kind of zombie was so lively that it skipped ten meters with every step? I should have said “flying” instead of “running.” The sight of hundreds of zombies flying like a swarm of seagulls gave me both shock and horror.
“Wh, what?!”
The Venomous Snake was astonished as well.
“What kind of zombie flies in the sky?!”
“It’s a Qingong Skill invented by the great me. I borrowed it from the lowlives of the Land of Mystery and improved it.”
The woman of the Demonic Cult trembled.
“Look at that. They’ve gone beyond the Extreme Qingong Skill (路雪無癌) and even reached the point of Walking the Air (達空虛道)! Are they not the elite of the Demonic Cult who were taught by the great me? They are true demons because they have not forgotten their martial arts even in their death.”
“Ho-Hold on.”
I said, even if I only understood the approximate nuance of the sentence in a flurry of bizarre words, I still heard something that couldn’t be overlooked.
“They don’t forget their martial arts even after they die?”
“Huh? Perhaps you’re in the dark about things because you’re a child of the Sae-Wae.”
The woman of the Demonic Cult tilted her head.
“If a strong person becomes a jiangshi, their Martial Arts spread. Isn’t it common sense?”
“I’ve never heard of such a thing being common sense!”
Oh, my God. Zombies who use martial arts!
If it were a comedy, I’d laugh it off, but now it was not a comedy genre, but the world of genuine martial arts genre . It wasn’t the time for jokes.
“Those children are of the Demonic Cult, which have been taught directly by the great me. If you take lessons from the great me, your body will react to killing intent even when you go to bed. Huu. It’s great to see the Qingong Skill being used even if it’s by corpses.”
“Huuuh! They’re catching up! They’ll catch up to us like this, you Munju idiot!”
The Medicine King on the back of the Venomous Snake screamed. The Zombies, who rose into the air, descended like ferocious hawks, and the Medicine King almost tore his own hair apart from the tension.
“Run more! Can’t you run faster?! If I get bitten and become a zombie, I’ll bite you first!”
“Fuck, where is the brat who brought these oldies here, huh?!”
The Venomous Snake squealed.
“And why am I surrounded by oldies behind and in front of me while you are surrounded by two women?!”
“We are about to be torn to shreds getting hit by the zombies’ martial arts, does that matter now?!”
“We’re about to die. What else could matter more?”
Shouted Bae Hu-Ryeong who was shielding the rear on my behalf.
-They’re Zombies! Zombies!
What kind of bullshit was this?
“Weakness!”
I said to the woman of the Demonic Cult.
“Don’t they have any weaknesses?”
“If you cut off their heads, they will stop moving.”
“Not that, something easier to manage!”
In fact, I was prepared to die at this moment. That would work on a normal zombie perhaps. But the story was very different if the world was full of zombies who were even able to use martial arts. Not only the Sword Saint, but it was also the same with the Witch and the Heretic Questioner, I was worried that I might not see a clear angle ever after handpicking all the star members we currently had.
“Um.”
The woman of the Demonic Cult nodded her head.
She raised her finger and pointed over my shoulder.
“When the sun shines, they stop.”
“……!”
Indeed. It was simple when you think about it.
The scene where zombies started to close in on us, and the scene where they flew in with a Qingong technique, were so shocking that I couldn’t think around those facts.
“Nameless maiden! And also the Alchemist!”
“Um.”
“…Yes?”
The witch-like woman answered in a nonchalant voice, and the Alchemist answered in a rattling voice. I focused the Aura on my arm.
“I’m sorry, but I’ll cast you aside! Please land on your own!”
“Um.”
“…Yes?”
And threw the woman and the Alchemist as far away as possible, with all the might of a javelin finalist in the Olympic Games.
The woman made no sound when she flew away. She just dropped headfirst on the snowy field with a thud. The Alchemist, on the other hand, fell with a piercing scream. The snowfield she fell into was engraved with a large (大) embossed letter.
“Sorry!”
I apologized one last time and then stopped.
Looking back, hundreds of zombies were rushing in.
-Keuuurgh!
-Kiiiiik!
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