Stagnant Water of Apocalypse

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“If President Kim is dead, what about Director Lee?”

I nodded at their question.
“They tried to brainwash me by dragging me into their bunker.
Killed them both and some other people behind them.”

“Probably Yun Dong-hoon, Kim Seung-guk, Jin Yu-seong…”

I think those names were names I’d heard a lot somewhere, but oh well.
Oh Jung-min couldn’t hide his tension, but Kim Ji-eun was still calm.

“That’s good.
We didn’t even think about cooperating with them anyway.
We are always I Love Gimba’s… Uh… Sorry, but can I ask for your name?”

“It’s Kang Seongho.
That guy is Hwang Seokhyun.”

“I heard a lot about the two of you.
We hope to build a cooperative relationship with you… As long as you allow it.”

“It depends on what you can give us.”

“You won’t be disappointed.
Isn’t that right, boss?”

“Uh, uh, Yes!”

The hierarchy between them should be the boss and subordinates.
But it was clear that the woman was the one who took the lead.

At that moment, I heard a loud voice coming from below.

Is Da-jeong angry? But why?

“I’m a little busy right now, so let’s talk later.”

“We’ll be waiting for you, we’d like to hear from you.”

The two disappeared, and Seokhyun tilted his head.

“How do you feel about them?”

“They don’t look like they have any ulterior motives.”

“That’s something we’ll find out later.”

I nodded at Seokhyun’s words.
After all, there’s no guarantee that the villa wouldn’t explode as soon as we entered.
Seokhyun and I left the room and walked to the third floor.
As I went down the stairs, an ominous noise could be heard.

“What the…”

Thud-!!

The windows shook as the sound was heard.
Curious, we looked out the window at the same time.
What welcomed us was a monster that we haven’t seen in a long time.
A gray muscular monster with a bloated body that towers at the height of over 4 meters.

It was an Ogre..

Seokhyun was startled and jumped out of the window before I could even stop him.

Th-th-that crazy guy!!!!!

The footsteps from the stairs was the one that distract me from cursing more at my friend’s recklessness.
It was Yoohyeon and Mikyung.

“Op-oppa! A new monster has appeared!”

“It’s an Ogre.”

“Yes?”

As their eyes widened, someone slammed into the window and the concrete above us.

“Kyaaa!”

“Ugh!”

The children were terrified and rolled away.
When that ‘something’ limped as he tried to jump towards the Ogre again, I sighed as that ‘something’ was nothing but my crazy friend.

“That guy… Strong.”

“It’s not something you fight with your body alone.”

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It looked like he had suffered a huge blow as his side was dark and bruised.
I pulled Seokhyun’s body out and supported him.

“Let’s go downstairs.” As I took the lead, Yoohyeon and Mikyung followed.
Then a scream was heard from outside.
The Ogres began to destroy the pavilion.

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What makes Ogres different from other monsters was their incredible physical abilities.
In particular, it has great stamina and defense.
Its regenerative ability was also excellent, so to kill an ogre, several people had to engage in hit and run warfare.

Such a monster appeared in the museum.

How?

“As the dungeon exploded, the Ogres also popped out, no doubt.”

“We can’t afford to kill that!!” Da-jeong shouted as she looked at the monster.
Everyone turned their heads to it.
The Ogre was flaunting its arms, ransacking the ground floor of the art gallery as if it had sinned against it.
Buildings built by large corporations with huge sums of money were of no use in the face of its power.
With a cracking and thudding sound, the building began to fall.

“Mikyung, you take Yoohyeon and ran away.
If you aggroed it for nothing, you will die.”

“Okay Oppa!”

“And you two go inside the portal and find the rocket.”

“Are we going to fight it?”

“We have to kill that thing.”

To be honest, I’m not confident we would win.
That guy was not an ordinary Ogre.
It’s an Ogre who was strengthened by the Catastrophe Dungeon.
I couldn’t even guess what additional skills it had.

At that time, Oh Jung-min and Kim Ji-eun, who had gone down to the first floor, appeared.
The two found the Ogre and completely froze.

“Run quickly!” I screamed.

The woman grabbed the man’s arm and started running.
The Ogre chased after them while shaking the area with every step it took.
It then uprooted a tree and threw it towards the running pair.

KUUUAAAAGGGHH-!!

It’s chaos.
Fortunately, the two were able to escape to Exhibition Hall 2.
The sole reason they were able to keep their lives was because the Ogre was so large that it was blocked by the structure.

KUUUUAAAAGGGGH-!!

Out of anger, the guy began to destroy the structure itself.
That behaviour was what makes the Ogres dangerous.
Concealment and cover did not impede them at all.
In a world where Corrosive Disease had spread, few things could withstand his strength.

“Oppa, we’ll go first!”

“Be careful.”

Mikyung and Yoohyeon disappeared at that moment.
When I opened the portal, I heard gunshots from somewhere.
I wondered what was going on, and several fully armed soldiers opened fire on the Ogre.

Kuugghh-!!

The Ogre shrugged his body and rushed forward.
It catapulted itself at an unimaginable speed for its size.

“Avoid it!” The soldiers rolled over in fright, but unfortunately one of them was rammed by it.
Blood was scattered on its clenched fist, the street and the wall.

“It’s really strong.”

Was the effect of Catastrophe Dungeon this good?

As I carefully moved to another side of the building, I saw Hyun-woo’s face.

“Combined the grenade launcher! Team 1! Shoot!”

Meanwhile, several grenades flew at the feet of the Ogre.

BOOM-!!

The earth trembled and dust rose.
The Ogre screamed, but all in all it was fine.
Fragments of the grenade which was stuck in its leg were pushed out as the wound closed.

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Why is its defense so high?

Seems like 100 shots wouldn’t be enough to fell it.
At least a thousand shots were needed.

When I went out to the garden, I saw Jang Won-taek and Lee Beom-seok were standing there.
They both found me and asked.

“Seongho! Do you know what happened?”

“It was a Catastrophe Dungeon, so an Ogre came out.
The entrance was torn.”

“Is that so…”

“Anyway, our Major Kim is doing well.”

In Jang Won-taek’s eyes, it would appear that the Ogre could not keep up with the soldiers’ fire.
It was actually hit by a grenade and was also hit by bullets, so it appeared to be nothing but a sitting duck.

But my thoughts were different.

“It would be better to order them to retreat.”

“Yes? But…”

BANG-!!

Hyun-woo stepped back, ducked into one of his knees, and pulled the trigger of the anti-tank rocket.
The warhead flew in an arc.
But to our surprise, it was caught by the Ogre.

At that moment, the fuse was activated and a spectacular explosion occurred.

KUOOOOOHHH-!!

The Ogre got caught up in the explosion, screaming and stomping backwards.

He caught that?

Jang Won-taek and Lee Beom-seok were at a loss for words and opened their mouths.

“Everyone will die.
Hurry up.”

“President.”

“Major Kim! Major Kim!”

Hyun-woo looked this way, but he had no intention of backing down.

“I think we just need to attack a little more!”

“Stop attacking and retreat immediately!”

“We can’t! Please, just a little bit more!”

Was Hyun-woo always this stubborn? He seemed to be faithful to his orders.

I took the Ogre’s hesitation and moved to the corner.
As I opened the portal, a tree filled my field of vision.

Dammit!!

I barely spread the dimension wall and blocked the tree.
With a squeak, the tree broke and the branches brushed past my face.

I heard the Ogre roar.

KUOOOOHHHH-!!

Its roar was qualitatively different from other monsters.
Its deafening roar literally shook the air.

I shouted at Hyun-woo, who was loading rockets.
“You idiot! Run away!”

“…”

He glanced at me and clenched his teeth.

What a stubborn guy.