“Running away is third-rate.”
Pyeonghwa spat out those cool words and turned back toward the giant zombie. Viewers mocked Pyeonghwa’s choice, saying ‘Huh? That’s a mob you can’t kill, why’s he doing that’, ‘The finale is a suicide show lol’.
“Killing is first-rate.”
Kueoeoeoeo!
The giant zombie raised both fists toward Pyeonghwa. Its massive arms sliced through the air. With a roar of air being ripped apart, wind swept through like a storm in an instant.
Kwaang!
Dust and debris shot up all at once. Murky dust covered the view. Pyeonghwa’s broadcast screen was the same.
[Death????]
[Maybe he dodged once…my hope ㅜ]
[Oeoeoeo I can see now lol he’s alive]
[But where is he right now]
The giant zombie raised its body. Pyeonghwa, who had barely avoided the attack by wrapping the Heavenly Silkworm Thread around the giant zombie’s neck, dangled from behind the zombie’s back.
“And I’m second-rate. Hehehehe……”
Pyeonghwa lowered his voice again and muttered, then let out a sinister laugh. Fox ears had popped out from Pyeonghwa’s ears.
The giant zombie shrieked at the human voice heard nearby. Even when it looked around quickly, it couldn’t find the human anywhere, so it stomped around turning the area into ruins and moved forward.
[No fuck why doesn’t the giant zombie bastard know it’s stuck on its back]
[Wow is its skin so hard that its senses are dull too???]
[How did he know really]
“I saw a video of someone playing the amusement park map, and they met a giant zombie and died, right? At that time I saw the giant zombie carrying steel beams on its shoulder. Hehe, giant zombie taxi is super sweet, right?”
When Pyeonghwa opened his mouth, the giant zombie stopped again and turned its head around. When it couldn’t see a human, the enraged giant zombie slammed its fist down toward a zombie below.
Ueok! Pyeonghwa’s body, stuck on its back, lurched greatly along with it. Pyeonghwa shut his mouth tight. It seemed he shouldn’t speak until he arrived at his desired location.
[He’s a bad guy though]
[For real lol he gets tired of being surprised every time]
[Just prepare for pro why does he do VJ stuff]
The giant zombie that had been running with loud thuds suddenly spun its body around. Giant zombies normally just look forward and go, but they’re the type that immediately turns direction and attacks intensively if a human enters their field of vision.
‘Huh, jackpot. That’s toward the haunted house, right?’
He was going to get off in the middle and walk, but this is a huge gain. Pyeonghwa raised his thumb up toward the front.
“Aah! Ahjussi, it’s a giant zombie!”
“We’re right in front of the haunted house……!”
“I’m… I’m… scared……”
Eung? Pyeonghwa blinked at the familiar voices. They were the voices of elementary schoolers. Pyeonghwa closed his mouth and rolled his eyes around. There was also a method of jumping off the giant zombie’s back and going to the haunted house first, but…….
“I’ll lure it, so you guys run to the back in that gap.”
“What? What about Yoon Gyeom ahjussi!”
“No way! Ahjussi has to fight Pax hyung!”
“I’m… okay… with… going… alone… though……”
“Haha, ahjussi will come soon too. When I say one, two, three, let’s run between the zombie’s legs. Got it?”
Even in the urgent situation, Yoon Gyeom’s voice toward the children was gentle. The giant zombie raised its fist toward them. If they moved before it slammed down, they might die trampled by its feet. Yoon Gyeom gripped the children’s shoulders.
“One, two… three! Run!”
He pushed the children’s backs and immediately twisted his body, but he missed the timing to dodge. Yoon Gyeom’s left arm was completely crushed by the giant zombie’s attack.
“Uk.”
It was pain that would make a normal person foam at the mouth, but Yoon Gyeom let out a very short groan as if he were a person with resistance to pain. He dodged the giant zombie’s successive attack by rolling his body to the side.
The children were safely entering the haunted house. Yoon Gyeom thought the children were worrying about him because they kept looking back, and smiled warmly.
Never dreaming that Pyeonghwa was dangling from the giant zombie’s back.
‘Wow, he’s so fucking nice!’
As much as Pyeonghwa was surprised, the chat window scrolled up quickly. Everyone clicked their tongues at how a person could be like that.
[But Pax to someone like that again……]
[Seriously lacks empathy ㅜ]
[I wanna see gramps get pissed hak hak]
Pyeonghwa gradually calculated the timing to jump off. Even having lost the function of one arm, Yoon Gyeom was a person who could sufficiently escape from the giant zombie. Pyeonghwa thought he should let Yoon Gyeom enter the haunted house first. Because…….
‘He seems like he’d be scary when angry.’
He planned to play dumb about what happened in the haunted house. Pyeonghwa waited until Yoon Gyeom passed by, holding in his voice as much as possible.
‘Here it comes!’
Yoon Gyeom, covered in dust, swiftly passed by. After he entered the haunted house, Pyeonghwa also cut the Heavenly Silkworm Thread and jumped down.
Kwaang!
An explosion sound rang out from inside the haunted house. It was such tremendous noise that the ground vibrated.
<Pax team player, KkukruPingPong has died.>
<Pax team player, TungTungTungSahuru has died.>
<Pax team player, KukuruPingPong has died.>
<Yoon Gyeom team player, Miella has died.>
“Uhehehe!”
Pyeonghwa’s footsteps toward the haunted house became much lighter. Since the explosion was delayed, he thought it would be good if they could deal with Yoon Gyeom together, but unfortunately Yoon Gyeom seemed to have his own portion.
The elementary schoolers’ usefulness was self-destruction from the start. When making strategy before the match, Pyeonghwa pondered how to use them. Tral was a player on par with most adults so he could pull his weight, but the other three were ordinary.
At that time, Kuku raised his hand high. He asked if he could use his self-destruct skill. But for him to self-destruct, he had to be stuck right to the enemy team, and the warm-up time was long so there was a high possibility the opponent would notice.
Pyeonghwa tied the other two together. Kkukru had a skill that could make opponents unable to move temporarily, and TungTung had a support skill that amplified allies’ damage. Even if only one of the two survived, if Kuku was there, they could use the self-destruct. Kkukru did get infected, but commendably held out until the end.
Pyeonghwa hummed a tune and entered the haunted house. As soon as he stepped in, hot heat and a burnt smell stabbed his nose. It seemed a fire had started when it exploded. Of course, Pyeonghwa had a gas mask so had no worries.
The haunted house was a dark, maze-style space. It was a place where you had to be tense not knowing where enemies would pop out from, but due to the explosion, part of the ceiling canvas had been destroyed.
The front was clearly visible, Yoon Gyeom had suffered major injuries, and he felt especially good today. Armor props creaked creating an eerie atmosphere, but Pyeonghwa moved his steps leisurely.
Had he come about halfway? Between the temporary walls where the flames hadn’t gone out, he could see the corpse of a player that had turned into a gray stone lump. Three young kids and one adult woman.
Pyeonghwa callously pushed the corpses aside with his foot and moved forward. No, tried to move forward.
“Did you tell the kids to self-destruct?”
“Aak! Fuck, you scared me!”
Pyeonghwa jumped and turned around. Yoon Gyeom, sitting perched on a prop in the corner, was staring intently at Pyeonghwa. Having witnessed the explosion head-on, black soot was smeared all over his face.
“Ah, no.”
“You can be honest. I won’t get angry.”
“……”
[lol fuck he’s already pissed from his expression]
[Saw Miella’s broadcast ㅡㅡ;; Before the kids grabbed Miella and self-destructed, when Yoon Gyeom came they screamed for ahjussi to please not come so the chat window became a sea of tears]
[For real our gramps was trying to catch the kids and got blown back ㅠ]
[Pax-ya, get on your knees]
Pyeonghwa read the chat and clicked his tongue softly. Is it because they’re still young? The kids’ hearts are too soft. If it were him, he would have taken advantage of becoming close to lure them over and blown them up together…….
“I’m seriously not lying at all. The self-destruct idea came from the kids. I thought of a way to compensate for the skill’s weak points and definitely kill the enemy team.”
“I see. Got it.”
“You believe me?”
“I believe you. The kids liked you. They said you were an adult who doesn’t look down on them for being children and accepts their ideas when they offer them.”
“Huh? I do look down on kiddos though. I just accepted it because it was rational.”
[Hey shut your mouth]
[lololol cliff drifting speech style]
[Pretend to be nice a bit fuck lololol]
Yoon Gyeom chuckled after hearing Pyeonghwa’s words. He recalled how Bae Sinhyo had described his speech style as ‘shitty social skills.’
“Um, Pax-ya. I have something to say before we fight.”
“What is it?”
“Can you spare me a bit of time after this ends?”
“Say it now.”
“It’s a bit awkward to say here. The broadcast is on too.”
“Then I won’t listen.”
Pyeonghwa warily spat out his words toward Yoon Gyeom. They weren’t particularly on friendly terms to have a warm chat. First, they were enemy teams, even injured he was a much stronger player than his current self, and due to past events, he probably didn’t like him that much.
“I’ll say it briefly. Come here and lend me your ear……”
“I know you’re trying to make me let my guard down to attack.”
“Haha, I’m not like that. I was trying to say it quietly in case Pax would be in trouble if it went on the broadcast.”
