Stagnant Water of Apocalypse

t, they were always so thankful even with only a bag of rice and a box of ramen.
But these days, they just try to take more and more for themselves.” There was a little hint of anger in Commander Seong-tae’s tone as he said that.
The army was the one who occupied it as well as defended the base, but people who had never done anything for it acted like they were the real owner.
Of course, he would be angry.

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Well, in a way, we were not different from those guys.

“They act like they are going to manage the warehouse later.
But, they didn’t even try to participate in the defense.”

“Wait a minute.
Lieutenant Kim, didn’t you say that both of you will go to Seoul later?” Sooyeon asked.
However, the reaction of Lieutenant Hyun-woo and Commander-in-chief Seongtae were weird.

“About that…”

“If you have something to say, say it, Seong-tae.
We are no longer soldiers, you can voice your opinion freely.” When Lieutenant Hyun-woo said so, Seong-tae hesitated for a moment before opening his mouth.

“Can’t I just stay here? I want to be with you guys…”

Sorry? You want to join the gym group? Well, I’m not bothered by that at all but Sooyeon’s eyes changed at his words.

“Seong-tae-ssi, it’s because of Mikyung, isn’t it?”

“Th-that’s not it…”

Ah, so it’s like that.
It looks like he fell in love at first sight with Mikyung.
She looks a little bit shabby because she can’t wash herself often these days, but she was originally a charming girl with a pretty face and fair skin.
She also had a bright and good personality, so she was quite popular to everyone.

Was the Commander-in-chief the same age as Mikyung? 

Sooyeon smirked as she placed her chin on the back of her hand.
“That girl… Her heart is somewhere else.
I will tell you that.”

Tsk, how could she say it like that, without revealing who it is.
(E/n: my man’s denser than a scarab’s carapace)

Commander-in-chief Seong-tae waved his hand in embarrassment.
“I-I’m just her fan.
Grace dances well, doesn’t she?”

“Grace? What are you talking about…?”

“Mikyung can dance?”

Everyone was surprised at the revelation.
Commander, why can’t you be a little bit more careful! I know Mikyung was on the dance team, but I kept my mouth shut about it.
There must be a reason why she didn’t tell everyone about it.

Commander Seong-tae quickly shut his mouth, seemingly realizing that he had made a mistake.
However, it was already too late.
Sooyeon’s eyes lit up like a predator finding prey.

“Is Grace the stage name Mikyung used in the dance team?”

“Yes…”

“She’s pretty, isn’t she?”

“Yes… Her skin is completely milky-colored…”

I agree that her pelvic thrusting dance was awesome, but I’d rather not say it.
It would be akin to giving myself a public execution.

“So, are you saying you want to join us just for that reason?” At this point, the Commander-in-Chief must have felt that something went wrong.
In order to join, he had to convince each and every member, but he had already failed since, for some reason, Sooyeon looked angry.
I don’t know why she’s angry, but let’s keep quiet here.

When the Commander-in-chief couldn’t utter any more words, Lieutenant Hyun-woo intervened.
“Come on, I’m not going to go to Seoul right away, I also need to make some preparations.
So, let’s look at the situation for a few days.”

“I understand…”

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When Sooyeon turned her gaze away, Commander Seong-tae started to sweat profusely.
It would be nice to lighten up the atmosphere a bit here.

“If it’s okay with you, can I take a look around the warehouse for a moment?”

“Oh, yes.
I will guide you.”

When commander-in-chief Seong-tae stood up, Sooyeon followed suit.
From his body language, it was clear that he’s restless.
He was only able to regain his composure once we arrived at the warehouse.
There was a really extreme smell, probably a mix of disgusting things in the warehouse.
Everyone frowned and had to cover their noses because of it.

“As you must have felt now, the stench is no joke.
When we first arrived, all the cans were broken and the rotten water from rotten vegetables and meat flooded the area…”

“You must’ve done a really good job at cleaning this place.”

Commander-in-chief Seong-tae nodded his head eagerly.
“Jaehyun was the one who really suffered.
Anyway, we are the ones who cleaned this place up.
But those kobolds came like it was their home or something.
We get very angry because of them.”

“We came here to eat too.”

When Sooyeon said, he denied it.

“We already know about you guys.
I was also secretly looking forward to when you would come.”

“Isn’t it because you heard there’s two women in the group?”

“…” Commander-in-chief Seong-tae turned his head quickly, while Sooyeon smiled cheerfully.
Then, she put her hand on his shoulder.

“Even if it was only when we are here, let’s get along.”

At those words, his face brightened.
While they were doing that, I looked around the warehouse.
At the sight of disgusting footprints in the ground, it was clear that kobolds had come and gone multiple times to this warehouse.

The Commander-in-chief came to me and said, “No matter how strong we reinforced the window, they still can break through, so there is nothing we can do about it.
We even get tired of responding when they come.”

“Seongho-ssi, is there anything we could do?” Commander-in-chief Seong-tae asked.

“I do not know.” It seemed like it would be difficult to keep storing the supplies here.
The warehouse itself was large and had dozens of windows and several doors.
Defending this warehouse would be impossible unless 10 or more people were participating.

if so?

“Let’s use the best defensive plan there is, then.
You know what they say, offense is the best defense.”

“Yes?”

Their expressions changed to confusion as soon as they heard my solution.

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Wherever Duck Buttock Goes Kwek Kwek, or Choi Dajeong, goes, the monsters around those areas would be massacred.
Her subordinate zombies killed every monster and zombie they encountered while they were moving, so there was nothing left for other survivors to hunt.
But rather than resenting her, a lot of survivors praised her and started to call her Zombie Queen.
It was because since all of the annoying monsters in the area are obliterated by her, other survivors could focus on farming the easier prey, the zombies, which had a faster spawn rate than monsters.

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While Dajeong was on the way to Miryang, she realized that the city was crowded with dozens of survivors.
Sometimes, there was even a fight to get a good hunting spot.
Today, Dajeong was fighting a bunch of zombies in front of Miryang Bridge.
Her subordinate zombies were almost as strong as ghouls, so it was not a battle at all.
It was literally a one-sided massacre.

Survivors hiding in nearby buildings grumbled when they saw it.

“Crazy…”

“Fuck, she already gained 120 points.”

“Is she going to fight while taking a detour from the river?”

“Probably? Even if she’s strong, she won’t be able to cross the river.”

“Let’s get ready to follow her.”

To go to Gajak Island from Miryang, people had to cross a bridge, but unfortunately, all the bridges towards Gajak Island had collapsed.
That’s why survivors who followed Duck thought that she would make a detour along the river.
Because unless there was a boat, it was impossible to cross the Miryang River.

But something exceeding their wildest imagination happened.
Duck’s zombies start to jump into the river.

“Huh?”

“What the hell are they doing?”

To their surprise, her zombies were making a makeshift bridge so she could cross.
At the unbelievable sight, the survivors could only express their awe.

“Wow…”

“Damn it! Does that even make sense?”

She walked graciously at the makeshift bridge.
Then, the zombies at the very back edge of the bridge, which she already stepped on, start to swim forward towards the front edge of the zombie bridge.
It continues to repeat again and again, creating a moving bridge.

“It’s crazy, crazy.” One of the survivors screamed.

Choi Dajeong crossed the river without any difficulty and finally arrived on the island.
Then, her gaze scanned the surrounding commercial buildings.
She had something she wanted to ask.
When she clicked her finger, the survivors peeking through the window hid at the same time.

“I have something to ask you.
I wouldn’t hurt you.” Then, hearing her words, a man and a woman came out from a messy alley.
They decided to do so as they knew that even though she likes to beat up people who tried to harm her, she did not kill them.
She was well known for giving gifts towards people who helped her.

The Queen stepped towards the, showing off her elegant catwalk.

“My name is Choi Dajeong.
Your name?”

“Uh… I’m Lee Kyunghoon and this is Kim Bora.”

“Did you originally live here?”

“No… we came from Busan.
We only moved here since people said Busan was dangerous.”

“Ohh!!!” Dajeong smiled brightly.
An ordinary person would have asked why they came here instead of going to Gimhae or Yangsan, but Dajeong didn’t care about that at all.

When she smiled, both Kyunghoon and Bora shivered.