Ways to Die in an Apocalyptic World [DROPPED]

12.

Recap
A green tile was placed on the wall.

They reached their hand out..

[HIDDEN GREEN ZONE 3/3]

"Dokja-ssi!"
Sangah looked back.

The monsters were chasing the two.

Dokja tried outrunning the fleeting ground rats. But he was too slow. They were stuck fighting now.

Gilyoung swung his hammer while Dokja sliced through their skin.

"Hyung.."

"What is it?"

"Why do you keep covering our mistakes?"

His eyes widened, then returned to normal. He smiled sadly.

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"Why you say?.."
He became silent. He hesitated.

"Because.. it never ends well."

"!"
"Hold on tightly Gilyoung!"
He held him on his back, making a run for it.

Whoosh

'The 'green zone'! Just a litt—

Joonghyuk and his group stood on the space.

'What is he doing here?!'

[3/3]

He stood there with a frightened face.

Cale noticed the man.. with the child..

The monsters were behind them already.

"CALE!—

He rushed out the of the zone, blocking the monsters with his shield.

"Get back in here, Cale!"

Jihye suddenly got up.
'He's doing this again!'
She followed Cale out.

"Get in the green zone, we'll defend off them!"

"You're going to get hurt!"
Joonghyuk came out, standing in front of Cale in a protective stance.

"You know it's dangerous Cale!"
Jihye also protected him.

'I'm not that weak..'

Cale had invested most of his coins into strengthening his plate enough to not cough up blood, yet it seems to be not very effective..

Whoosh

A clean cut.

'This guy doesn't let anything go..'

Dokja watched in surprise.
'When did he become this strong?! This isn't possible in the early stages?!'
He looked toward Cale.

No other monsters came their way, perhaps they fled to another area in the station.

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[7:40 A.M]

'The scenario is over..'

[DAY 3 HAS ENDED]

[REWARDS HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED]

"Thank you.. thank you Cale-ssi..."
The young boy teared up.

"—thank you as well."
Dokja bowed.

"It's nothing, don't be sad about it."

Joonghyuk glared intensely at them.
'Do you know what you've done?'

Dokja averted his eye contact away from his.

A few notifications popped up in front of Cale.

[THE GODS OF JUSTICE AND KINDNESS ARE MOVED BY YOUR ACTIONS]

[THE CONSTELLATION 'God of Death' +2 OTHERS CHEERS YOU ON]

[THE CONSTELLATION 'Brightest Sun' SPONSORS YOU 25,000 COINS]

'I knew I could trust you, hyung.'
He smirked.

[THE CONSTELLATIONS HAVE SPONSORED YOU 4,300 COINS]

[YOU HAVE ENDURED A NIGHT WITHOUT A GREEN ZONE]

[YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THE 'Never-ending Dawn' ACHIEVEMENT]

[YOU HAVE GAINED 1,000 AS AN ACHIEVEMENT REWARD]

[TOTAL COINS POSSESSED: 78,800]

Cale smiled brightly at the amount he gained from doing basically nothing.

The others watched him.

His smile blinded the group.

"Ah— Dokja-ssi, did you think about my offer?"

He snapped back,
"Ah..."

Joonghyuk's aura became more pressuring.

'Should I make him mad? He wouldn't possibly do something with Cale around...'
There was a long thought process.

"Cale-nim."

"Yes?.."
'He wouldn't reject, right?...'

Cale needed to continue his mission; save this world from destruction.

He decided following Kim Dokja was the best choice, just a feeling..

"Alright."

!!

"Welcome to our party."
He reached his hand out.
";;;"

"Thank you."
He shook his hand.

"Haha.. there's no need, you saved us back there, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't imagine surviving!"

'This is giving me déjà vu...'

:D