NOVEL NEXT chapter 5
5 – How to kill monsters
‘Was Ji-hoon originally like this?’
Lee Ji-hoon’s childhood friend Yoo Hye-na.
She was always surprised to see her friend.
Lee Ji-hoon was a model student, as is often said.
His studies are upper-middle class, and his hobby is reading novels.
An image that speaks little but is sincere.
He was basically kind, so his friends’ reputation was good.
Hye-na liked Ji-hoon like that.
It wasn’t that I liked it rationally.
They are easy-going, fun friends to be with.
But suddenly a zombie avalanche appeared.
After that, Jihoonie changed somewhere.
When the first zombies appear.
Everyone was so frightened that they couldn’t even move.
In the meantime, Ji-hoon was the one who went out alone and killed the zombies.
Even after that, Ji-hoon saved his life several times.
If it wasn’t for Jihoon, he would have died a long time ago.
‘The Jihoon I used to know isn’t the same.’
To put it mildly, it was cool
In other words, it was cold.
In the past, I was a kid who laughed well and expressed emotions well.
Now it’s like watching a cold-hearted article.
‘How can I stay calm in this situation?’
Whatever happened, Jihoon did not panic.
Calmly assess the situation.
Looking for a way to live right away.
Others trembled with anxiety at the slightest change.
I think it’s natural given the situation.
However, Jihoon continued to act calmly.
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Kill zombies to live.
run away so as not to die.
That’s it.
That act has saved himself so far.
Even now it is.
Even if the zombies that suddenly appear are scary.
He silently smashed the zombie’s head with a baseball bat.
Even when blood splattered, he didn’t blink an eye.
I really wanted to know if the Jihoon I knew was right.
‘Reliable.’
Even though they are obviously the same age, what is the difference?
It feels like there is a high wall simply because the genders are different.
For some time, Hye-na only followed her childhood friend with her eyes.
Little by little, the image of Jihoon inside her was changing.
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‘I’m really fed up with this novel.’
The hand holding the baseball bat is full of strength.
I looked at the gigantic tentacle monster in front of me.
It was no longer a zombie.
Rather, it was more like a large piece of meat with tentacles.
If this is about 30 episodes, I understand.
At least I’m the main character.
But to catch the mid-boss only with extras.
Even if this is done, isn’t it too much treatment?
‘They didn’t give me a proper weapon.’
＜Item information＞
▶Name: Baseball bat
▶Type: Bat
▶Rating: E
▶Effect: Can use ‘All-in-One Strike’.
▶Description: An ordinary aluminum baseball putter with nothing special.
＜Full blow＞
-Consumes 50 mana to inflict strong damage on the next hit.
My weapon of choice, a baseball bat.
It was probably the best weapon out of the options to choose from.
But killing that monster is impossible.
One reason why I was able to defeat the zombies in the first place.
Because their brains were weak.
Even sports are divided into levels by weight class differences.
But it’s that big.
I knew it instinctively.
That you couldn’t kill that guy even if you swung a baseball bat.
‘…… Even if I complain like this, nothing will change.’
But what’s more upsetting is.
My head that has become cold with the characteristic ‘metafiction’.
It is that they are devising the best strategy to kill the monster in front of them.
‘Anyway, I have no choice but to kill him here.’
As he ate the zombies, the ‘tentacle monster’ grew in size.
To the extent that his heavy body blocked the entrance.
You can’t run away though.
Structurally, this is a dead-end room at the end of the hallway.
The only remaining passageway is a window.
Unfortunately, this is the 4th floor of the building.
If you fall, even if you are lucky, it will be a fracture.
Even if you manage to survive, the zombies in the playground will come in droves.
The option to run away is gone.
In the end, I have no choice but to fight that big monster.
“It’s Hyena.”
“yes?”
“Can you trust me?”
“believe.”
The answer came without even thinking about it.
Looking at his expression, he doesn’t seem to be lying.
Was it because we risked our lives to fight together?
Hyena now seems to fully believe in me.
“Then would you lend me a dagger?”
At my words, Hyena widened her eyes.
‘Well, it’s a natural reaction.’
It is not an easy request to grant.
A world overflowing with zombies in the apocalypse.
The value of weapons here is considerable.
Wasn’t that just the case?
All who picked up guns were massacred.
No matter how close your friends are, you shouldn’t trust them lightly.
Of course, it will be difficult to give a straight answer.
In some cases, you have to take it by force.
“Okay!”
Hyena immediately took out the dagger she had.
and handed it over to me
＜Item information＞
▶Name: Poisoned Dagger
▶Type: Dagger
▶Rating: E
▶Effect: Grants ‘Poison’ to the first opponent
▶Description: Injects powerful poison into the opponent with the first blow only. After use, it returns to a normal dagger.
＜addiction＞
– Inflicts powerful damage by poisoning the opponent with poison.
I accidentally accepted the dagger that Hyena gave me.
To be honest, I couldn’t believe the current situation easily.
Even looking at the contents, ‘addiction’ is limited to one episode.
Even if I use it and return it, it’s just an ordinary dagger.
“it’s okay?”
“what?”
“It could be that I’m trying to run away from you.”
“Are you going to?”
Yoo Hye-na asks innocently.
It’s not because of metafiction, it’s strange no matter how you think about it.
Is it possible to trust people so easily?
Looking at Yoo Hye-na is a bit strange.
anyway it is
How to hand over one weapon without question.
“It’s okay because I know Jihoon wouldn’t!”
Yoo Hye-na smiles brightly.
To be honest, I am more worried than happy.
Can a child like this survive in this harsh world?
I was seriously worried about the future of my childhood friend.
“thanks.”
But now is not the time to be sentimental.
I made up my mind and turned my gaze to the monster.
“Stay back just in case.”
“Is there anything I can do to help?”
“it’s okay. I’m going with this friend from here.”
I lifted a zombie lying on the floor.
Use it as a shield to cover your body.
If you have a weapon, there is no need to hesitate.
When the stamina is left, see the end at once.
“Kuaaa!”
The tentacle monster reacted as I ran.
It quickly swings its tentacles.
However, the attack is not as sharp as before.
It is because of the increased body size.
‘Obviously that guy’s vision was blocked, so he couldn’t attack properly.’
It means that you have to make the right judgment, so that you can launch the right attack.
Such a large body that can’t even secure sight.
I’m sure my toughness has improved.
It only hinders attacks.
-puck! puck!
Several tentacles flew towards me.
I blocked it by using the zombie I was holding as a shield.
“Keugh!”
Still, I had to roll on the floor because I was pushed by the force.
The monster took the zombie it pierced and ate it.
‘If I didn’t have a zombie shield, I’d be like that.’
But this distance is enough.
I kicked my feet straight away in a knocked down state.
now i can write
unique attack skill.
[Consumes 50 mana.]
[Use the skill, ‘Strike of the Whole Body’!]
Even thinking about it, I felt a surprisingly strong force from the bat.
Swing it forward with all your might.
– Jjaeong!
A roar spread as if it was right to hit the creature.
My arm, which had been hit by the mighty power, trembled.
‘…… After all, it has to be a head?’
But his condition was fine.
Of course there will be hits.
You can’t kill it unless it’s a vital point.
Because of that huge flesh, the attack couldn’t go in properly.
‘But if it’s a weapon, there’s still one more.’
I held the ‘poisoned dagger’ given to me by Hye-na in my arms.
Just as I was about to stab him…
-Cheer up!
Tentacles flew as if he had expected this.
The tentacle struck the dagger as it was.
“Cuck!”
The tentacles that followed then grabbed my neck.
Why didn’t he just kill me like everyone else?
I lifted my head, feeling out of breath.
First look at the tentacle monster from the front.
“I know that a dagger has a trump card. Are you intelligent too?”
If it was a guy, I thought, of course, he would be wary.
Of course.
Because he was the one who watched me from beginning to end.
I’m sure you know that I have other ideas.
Just in case he didn’t expect anything.
It’s that I had no intention of stabbing him in the first place.
“But what? If it’s poison, you’ve already ‘eaten’ it?”
“Ahhhhh?!”
The tentacle monster’s body stretched open and screamed.
Along with that, blood gushed out of the man’s mouth.
“Cheer up!”
I had no intention of stabbing that monster with a dagger in the first place.
It doesn’t look like he’ll get along just fine.
‘But if it’s a zombie that’s already dead, the story is different.’
The zombie I used as a shield earlier.
I stabbed it with a ‘poisoned dagger’ beforehand.
He didn’t know that, and it was like he ate a ‘poisoned’ zombie.
The poison that went into his mouth spread right through his body.
“Quaaa!”
It struggles, swinging its tentacles wildly.
I was thrown straight to the floor.
“Kyaaah!”
Windows are broken and objects are smashed.
Maybe it’s because it’s so much bigger?
It seems that the poison does not spread easily through the body.
‘Damn it, you’re not going to die like this? What kind of stamina is that.’
I guess I’ll have to give it another shot somehow.
My body is not moving well due to the impact of hitting the floor.
-Puzzik.
Then I heard the sound of something breaking underneath.
It seems to have crushed the zombie as it fell.
‘Damn it, these guys are in a bad mood until the end.’
Then a message appeared before my eyes.
[Sufficient experience gained by defeating monsters!]
[Level up!]
[Both health and magic are recovered as the level rises.]
‘Level up?’
With the message, strength began to return to the body.
Does it recover health when you level up like in the game?
I wish there was such a system.
‘Anyway, you mean the mana is full again?’
I got up with a baseball bat.
Just like that, I ran straight back to the guy.
[Consumes 50 mana!]
[Use the skill, ‘Strike of the Whole Body’!]
– Jjaeok!
Once again, I hit the guy’s body with the skill.
Is it because the body was already addicted to poison and was in the final struggle?
This time it definitely worked.
The feeling of finishing was felt through my hands.
“Turn it off…”
It felt like his final gaze was on me.
Probably not an illusion.
I looked straight at him.
There is no certainty.
However, I felt a certain emotion in that huge body.
“Just as I am afraid of you, you are also afraid of me. That’s why I grew in size.”
Why the hell is this terrifying monster afraid of me?
I don’t know why.
Anyway, his choice was a handshake.
It would have been much more menacing if it had been its original size.
“That judgment killed you.”
“Turn it off…”
The body of the tentacle monster collapsed.
As if that huge size was a lie.
In the place where it disappeared, nothing was left.
No, is it wrong to say that there is nothing?
[You have defeated the regional mid-boss ‘Tentacle Monster’!]
[Level has risen!]
[The next stage will proceed automatically!]
[I was the 3rd person in the world to defeat the middle boss!]
[The world grants you the title of ‘Great Pioneer’!]
[You will get ‘1000 Coins of Destruction’ as a reward!]
[You will receive ‘Essence of the Predator’ as a reward!]
Because countless messages were floating in front of me.