Stagnant Water of Apocalypse

pe of an airplane and sent it to the sky.

After a while, Yoohyeon, who was closing his eyes, said, “I see… People fighting in front of the… Uh, clubhouse? It seems to be a matter of which bunker the two women should go to.”

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Ah, that… I just remembered that out of 11 Kwon’s subordinates, there were 2 women.
And they were fighting because of them?

“It seems that they want to have Kwon’s two lovers.” Sooyeon laughed dryly.

“It would be interesting if the two of them decided to be independent.”

At my words, Sooyeon sighed.
“Is it easy for the two women to be independent in this situation? If they want to live, they have to stick with them even if they are not a decent group.
They couldn’t simply beat those guys and run away.”

That’s right.
I don’t know how strong those two women are, but I know that their strength wouldn’t be enough to beat the other nine.
Therefore, in order to survive, they must attach themselves to one side.

After solving the problem of Kwon, a new problem arose.
Although this world was ruined by the zombies and monsters, somehow it’s humans who became the source of all my headaches.

“Uh, uh… the atmosphere is very bad right now.
They are arguing that one guy should either die or get out…”

“Is that so?” If a person who had murdered someone before commits another murder, an event will appear immediately.
The problem was that I didn’t know which one of his subordinates had killed before.
Kwon didn’t even write it in his journal.

Yoohyeon’s face scrunched.
“Gosh… they already killed one.
The smallest uncle is surrounded by everyone…”

“Did you see who killed him?”

“No…”

I sighed at Yoohyeon’s answer.
Since the murderer event didn’t happen, it seems like the one who killed him was a clean person.

Should I say this is lucky?

Soon after, Yoohyeon said that the two women had already attached themselves to one side.

“The other side is objecting to their decision, but they said ‘Why should you care?’.”

“Those two women said that?”

“Yes…”

When one conflict ended, another happened.
For those women, it would be terrifying, I bet.
They’ve barely escaped from Kwon’s grasp, but were now forced to join a group of people which was not that different from Kwon.

Anyway, it seems like that faction wouldn’t last very long.
They’re already fighting among themselves like this from the beginning, so it wouldn’t be strange if later they become real enemies.

“We can’t stay here long.” As I spoke, both Yoohyeon and Sooyeon looked at me.

“Where should we go, then?”

“There are only two possible places to go, right? I think Changwon would be better.”

“Uh… Hyung-jun Hyung seemed to want to go to Gimhae…” Yoohyeon said after hesitating a bit.

When I asked him why Hyung-jun Hyung wanted to go to Gimhae, Yoohyeon told me that Hyung-jun Hyung’s ex-wife and daughter were at Gimhae.
There’s no chance that the two of them were still alive, but it seems that Hyung wants to find at least the traces of them.
However, it seems like he couldn’t say it outright because he’s thinking of what the other members are thinking about, as he’s currently the leader of the academy group.

“What do you think, Sooyeon? How about you, Yoohyeon?”

“Um… I think Changwon will be good, since it’s close to the sea.
It’s going to be winter soon, so shouldn’t we stock up more food?” Sooyeon said.

“I also think so.” Yoohyeon concurred.

I think Mikyung will also think the same… So, it could be said that our next destination had been decided.

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We wrapped out our chatter, packed our things and went hunting.
After killing several monsters, Yoohyeon finally reached level 10.

“I finally got another additional effect… doll bomb?”

“Does that mean you can turn your dolls into bombs?”

“I’ll try it now.”

He folded the paper into the form of a frog and sent it away.
After the frog was quite a distance away from us, Yoohyeon muttered ‘doll bomb’.
Then, the frog exploded on the spot.

“Ugh.” As the fragments flew, Sooyeon lowered her head and covered it with her arms.

The power was quite ambiguous…

“…a goblin won’t die in one shot.” Yoohyeon said dejectedly.

I put my hand on his shoulder.
“Don’t be too disappointed.
Try to use it by combining it with other attacks.
For example, tying a folded paper to an arrow and shooting it.
Wouldn’t it explode after the arrow digs into the flesh of your target?”

“Oh…” I guess he hadn’t even thought of that.

“Even if it is a large monster, if you shoot the arrow in a place like its groin and explode it, they will be fatally injured.
Imagine a bomb going off here.” As I pointed between the crotch, Yoohyeon became quite pale and instantly folded his legs.
Meanwhile, Sooyeon’s face turned beet red.
She moved her hands to fan it.

We continued hunting and managed to raise Sooyeon’s level to 9.

Then, Hyung-jun Hyung and Mikyung, who had gone to loot the rice centre, returned and showed off their loot.
I ate with them before returning to my own hideout.

The labyrinth will open soon, so I should review the video about it.

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Labyrinths were a fairly large-scale event in Survival Life.
However, the labyrinth which would open soon was just a simulation.
It would appear together with the speedrun event, an event which would judge how fast a user could get to the end of the labyrinth.
Whatever trick they used, or whichever route they took was of no concern.

There would be quite a few monsters inside.
On top of it, the track would be quite narrow.
Therefore, it would be hard to pass through even a zombie which normally could be avoided easily thanks to the nerf they suffered.

Then there’s another problem.
It was the darkness.
They could use glowstones to light the way, but it would mean that they have to face all the monsters inside that are attracted to the light it emits.
So, their clear time will definitely plummet.
However, if they decide to not use it, without a shadow grape, they will get lost inside.

Also, because it was an event that came quite early, it was difficult for people to do it because they haven’t grown strong enough yet.

“It’s hard and dangerous even in the game.
And because now it’s in reality, it was much more dangerous.” Back in the game, if you die, you can just start over from the tutorial, but in real life, you can’t do that, right?

There won’t be many people with the courage to break through the labyrinth that they enter for the first time in their lives.
At most, there should only be a few stagnant waters, including me… and some foolish and greedy people.

Or that’s what I thought…

As soon as I opened the Auction House, I could see there’s quite a lot of people who were already waiting for the event to come.

-Ah, when will the labyrinth appear? Why is it so slow?

-The monsters inside are completely stupid.
They can’t even sense us when we pass near them.
Just be careful with the kobolds.

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-Are you guys really going to join the event? It must be very dark and scary inside.
How can you guys endure it?

-Just think about the sweet rewards that are waiting in the deepest part.

-Don’t you want to put your name on the rankings? Just join the fun, man!

-You bastards, it’s only fun when it’s in the game.
But you’re saying that you wanted to risk your life for this?

-Don’t be such a scaredy cat, you noob…

-What? I’m at least better than you.

-Want to have a bet?

-Call.

(T/N call is like, ‘Okay’.)

Hmm…

“Isn’t that guy just bluffing?” I mean, what can’t people say in the anonymous comment section?

I left the Auction House right away and searched on my video storage for a video regarding the speedrun event.
However, only two videos came out.
And both of them only have one viewer: Poor Man.

Come to think of it, Poor Man was a stagnant water of my stream.
He was the person I am most grateful towards who came every time I started the broadcast and had also supported me with donations.
If it wasn’t for him, I would have quit streaming sooner.
In a way, he was the one who made me decide to save all of my stream recordings.

(T/N TBH, that’s what keeps me translating too.
Even when sometimes I got angry, when people asked ‘Asta, SWOA chapter where?’ I got energized.
I can’t just quit now…)

When I played the video, Poor Man sponsored me again as always.

-Poor Man donated 4,000 won!

-Poor Man: Are you doing a labyrinth speedrun? I hope you leave a good record.

-I Love Gimbap: What kind of part-time work did you do today?

-Poor Man: I was sick, so I took a break.

-I Love Gimbap: Oh, you should get well soon.

-Poor Man: That’s right.
I have to get well so that I can pay for the donations.

-I Love Gimbap: No, that’s not it.

My conversations with Poor Man always went like this.
Then, the viewers who came later used this as an excuse to slender me.
At the same time, Poor Man solidified his persona.

“Is this person alive?” I murmured.
If he had played the game at least once, he probably wouldn’t have turned into a zombie.
However, it was difficult to think that the poor Poor Man would have purchased an expensive VR equipment.
The game could also be played through VR café, but that was long after the game had been released.
It seems like it would be correct to assume that he was dead.
If by chance the guy was alive and I was able to meet him, I would definitely help him.

I scoured the video to find the settings and started reviewing.
The exact date of the appearance of the labyrinth was tomorrow.
Though, the location of the portal would be random.
But since it opens so many times, people would be able to find it without any problem.

“I’m the only one who can get in there around this area.” My main competitor for the event in this area, Kwon, had died.

I packed my things and slept in the cave.
When I woke up due to the alarm, it was already dawn.
When I went outside, the parking lot of the nearby building shook violently, and a portal appeared.

As I entered, a pitch-black space greeted me.