Terrestrial Savior Archetype - T.S.A Chapter 10 (part 2): Early Departure ⑷

[8] Dulpo: Are there anyone from downtown here? It’s incredible.

[34] Light: Why?

[8] Dulpo: There’s a police officer’s corpse here. It’s really scary not knowing if it was killed by a person or a monster.

‘It’s unlikely that the perpetrator is casually chatting about it.’

Still, looking at the chat window indirectly gave him a sense of the atmosphere in other areas.

It had its share of unnecessary chatter, of course.

[47] KingOfNumbers: People within the top 5 ranks are not saying anything. Are you all busy closing the entryway?

[39] HookMokE: Focus on the chat instead of daydreaming.

[41] MokDong: Um… Has anyone tried raiding the mart? Are the police will come?

It was amusing and worrisome at the same time.

Jeong-woo had been gazing at the chat window for a while when he finally felt a movement on the other side of the alley.

Snap!

Something very agile.

They were the creatures that occasionally appeared since earlier. It seemed like they were moving stealthily, avoiding human eyes.

‘… I don’t think they’re intending to attack.’

In Jeong-woo’s opinion, they were cats.

There were so many of them in this area that it wouldn’t be surprising.

Unlike some areas where stray cats were oppressed, this neighborhood generally let them roam freely.

While wandering around the residential area, Jeong-woo recalled one of the survey questions from the morning.

Question 5. Please evaluate your living area and its residents.

Although this question was directed at humans, it wouldn’t be surprising if they had asked similar questions to other species.

If that were the case, the cats of Bongcheon-dong might have replied, “Well, they’re not too bad, just so-so.”

Thud!

Once again, light footsteps passed through the space between buildings.

It dawned on him a bit late, but the direction those things were heading to…

‘Aren’t they going towards Haengun-dong?’

Could they be escaping?

It could be the opposite, too.

They might be gathering their forces in Haengun-dong to replenish their troops on a large scale.

Normally, it would have been a ridiculous theory impossible to take seriously, but now Jeong-woo was serious.

Swish.

When he turned around, Sun-woong reflexively assumed a combat posture.

“Ah. No, it’s not like that. It seems like the cats are continuously running in our direction. They might be fleeing, or maybe there’s some other reason.”

“Hmm…”

It seemed like Sun-woong was pondering something, and then he spoke.

“Generally, if cats and pigeons fight, wouldn’t the cats win?”

“Um… I’m not an animal expert, but I’ve heard that wild cats also catch birds. It might be hard to consider the ones living here as ‘wild species,’ though.”

However, the pigeons here are numerous and behave as if they were owls or eagles.

Of course, the cats must have their advantages too.

“Could it be that the cats are attacking and driving away the pigeons that used to live here? I haven’t seen any pigeons since earlier…”

“Now that I think about it…”

Jeong-woo nodded in response to Sun-woong’s words.

It makes sense.

The pigeons they encountered earlier had directly targeted and attacked them with their powers. It would have been the same for the cats in this neighborhood. But just like their opponents, the cats with powers wouldn’t have just taken it lying down.

“A war between cats and pigeons, huh?”

He couldn’t even imagine such a scene.

Jeong-woo refocused on walking.

He had the feeling that things unknown to humans were happening rapidly.

Sigh.

In his vague mood, as he looked up at the sky…

“Huh?”

He sensed some movement from the villa on the left side that passed by in his field of vision.

The curtains of the second-floor window were slightly wet, and then they closed again.

It wasn’t an illusion. The edge of the curtain was slightly trembling after that movement.

“What’s going on? Was there someone there?”

The closed curtains showed no signs of opening again, and Jeong-woo’s gaze naturally shifted to another building.

And there, he noticed a similar movement.

The dim space hidden between the curtains, as if hiding something.

People were inside their houses, peeking outside to observe the situation.

“Oh…”

Sun-woong, who had been looking around with Jeong-woo, now had an expression of understanding.

Actually, their reaction was quite normal.

Suddenly, hundreds or even thousands of chain collisions occurred outside, with people on the streets being killed by pigeons. They must have witnessed those scenes.

However, even before they had taken twenty steps, they saw people who were “not dead.”

Men who slowly walked toward them as if blocking the other side of the street.

“Oh, people?”

Sun-woong’s expression, which had been happy, hardened like a lie.

At first, Jeong-woo was somewhat hopeful about the unexpected situation, but he quickly checked if his pen was still there.

The distance between them and the others was about 80 meters.

He couldn’t see their faces clearly from this distance, but he could feel it without a doubt.

He moved his head slightly from side to side, observing their physique and what they held in their hands.

Some of them seemed tense, looking down at what they held, such as iron bars.

Jeong-woo had a gut feeling that they had hostile intentions.

It was the same as what he had done before.

Checking one’s own weapon before a fight. It was almost instinctual.

“The atmosphere feels strange, doesn’t it? I’m not sure if it’s just my imagination…”

Sun-woong also seemed to sense the threat and spoke in a subdued voice. Jeong-woo nodded in agreement.

“It’s very suspicious. If they suddenly narrow the distance, we might have to fight.”

When Jeong-woo emitted the aura of his powers, saying “I’ll fight,” it meant “I’ll kill.”

And that, in the middle of a residential area with witnesses around.

Sun-woong agreed with Jeong-woo’s plan, but his face turned pale. If the opponents charged at them first, they would naturally have to fight back.

So, in his mind, he thought he could kill a few people if needed.

But could he really do that?

No, he was already trembling.

He felt it earlier at the company, he wasn’t the type to be a killer.

On the other hand, Jeong-woo was gradually lifting his spirits, with a sense of disappointment in his heart.

He had expected this ever since he experienced Sun-woong’s power in the company parking lot.

It meant that the lawless era was coming.

“It’s not even sunset yet.”

He had expected it, but he didn’t think it would happen so quickly.

Were they really people, or were they after Sun-woong?

If those guys were true “hunters,” there must be Awakened individuals among them.

It meant they knew they could handle Sun-woong’s Essence.

He couldn’t know exactly how many Awakened there were.

Maybe all of them.

‘I might get some idea from Sun-woong’s Essence level.’

Jeong-woo felt his limbs stiffening. He began to count the opposing figures, who were getting closer.

“Two, four, five… six… This is insane.”

There were seven of them.

Jeong-woo desperately hoped that his intuition was wrong.

Was he scared to fight? No.

He just didn’t want to believe that within three hours, there were seven people willing to engage in a “human hunt.”

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