I Just Subscribed and It’s the Best Hunter of All Time - Chapter 168

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#Chapter 168.
Recently, I had grown somewhat negligent with my undead forces.
Between martial techniques, divine combat skills, and more recently brain electricity, there were too many aspects demanding my attention.
Yet the undead still comprised a significant portion of my overall combat strength.
They were far from ordinary undead, after all.
Whoosh—!
The undead charged at their enemies with movements as nimble as any living being.
Naturally, the enemy soldiers responded by pulling their triggers.
Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat!
Bullets poured down like rain.
The undead charging ahead had holes torn through their bodies at rapid succession, and several collapsed to the ground.
But there were far more undead behind them, and most weren’t fazed by mere bullets.
Crack!
An undead that had closed the distance drove its arm straight through an enemy soldier’s chest, shattering ribs. Before the scream could even escape, a second undead lunged forward and tore at the soldier’s throat.
“Aaahhh!”
The enemies were certainly trained combatants, but unless they were androids, they couldn’t be entirely free of panic.
Especially when the enemy was “undead.”
‘Necromancer Commanders are incredibly rare in this world.’
Even in other worlds, Necromancer Commanders weren’t particularly numerous. The general perception of them wasn’t favorable, after all.
But this world was especially scarce in their numbers.
Because there was a substitute—androids. Robots felt no pain and fought just as effectively.
Moreover, undead controlled by Necromancer Commanders typically prioritized quantity over quality.
“Why—why won’t these things die!”
That was precisely where the enemies’ panic lay.
My undead were durable, swift, and formidable.
Some of them even deviated from the typical undead template.
Araktar, who spewed webs from all directions to ensnare enemies. Nox, who tore through enemy lines with overwhelming strength. Karon, wielding his blade with frenzied intensity.
Clang, clang—!
What stood out most, however, was Akasha.
Originally belonging to this world, Akasha was thrashing about like a fish in water, and the weapon she wielded now was none other than a gun.
She’d immediately seized the rifles dropped by enemies and was firing them with reckless abandon.
With the enhanced strength that came from undeath, she wielded one rifle in each hand, and combined with her nimble movements, it was devastatingly effective.
“Not bad.”
I observed for a moment, then ordered some of the weaker undead to pick up guns.
Those I brought with me were carefully selected from several hundred undead.
And at that level, they could quickly learn to pull triggers and reload, even if they couldn’t maintain the weapons.
Bang, rat-a-tat-tat—! Bang!
As the undead began firing as well, the enemies who were already being pushed back were driven into retreat even faster.
“Ahhh!”
When the last soldier fell to a blade wielded by one of my undead, they were completely annihilated.
“Good heavens.”
“What the—”
Stone and Lea wore expressions of shock that surpassed even their reaction to the enemies they’d been waiting for.
I addressed them directly.
“We don’t know when more enemies will arrive, so let’s move immediately.”
“Yes? Ah, understood!”
Stone snapped to attention and hastily took the lead, guiding us forward.
Of course, he couldn’t resist stealing glances at the undead as we moved.
Restraining himself from bombarding me with questions was probably the best he could manage.
As I gestured, the undead naturally surrounded my group from front and back, moving in formation with us.
‘How will they respond to this?’
I pondered as we advanced.
They’d surely confirmed that we had undead forces. If so, they’d need to mount an appropriate counterattack. But would they actually have the means?
The Necromancer Commander and undead themselves still existed in this place. They were nearly extinct now, but they did exist.
Even so, wouldn’t a corporation of this caliber have prepared contingencies for any scenario?
While I was thinking this—
“There!”
More enemies emerged ahead.
I raised an eyebrow at what they were holding.
These new arrivals carried what looked like flamethrowers instead of guns.
The moment they spotted the undead leading our formation, they aimed their weapons without hesitation.
Whoooosh—!
Flames erupted from their position.
Just as I’d initially suspected, they’d brought flamethrowers.
The reason they brought flamethrowers instead of guns was straightforward.
Fire was widely known as one of the undead’s weaknesses.
That wasn’t entirely wrong.
At least it was more effective than bullets.
But it was only relatively so—not some perfect counter like holy water would be.
Whoooosh—!
Even with flames engulfing their bodies, the undead charged forward without hesitation, attacking the enemies.
My undead were far too resilient to fall from mere fire.
“Argh!”
“Put it out, put out the fire!”
As the already menacing undead attacked while wreathed in flames, the enemies were utterly helpless.
They fought so effectively that neither I nor Lea and Stone had any opportunity to intervene.
In fact, both of them seemed half-dazed by the completely unexpected turn of events.
Lea had been subdued easily enough that I’d anticipated considerable skill, but she likely hadn’t expected anything to this degree.
Meanwhile, I watched the undead fight and reflected.
‘This is certainly an ideal stage for the undead to shine.’
The undead had always fought well, but the current one-sided battle was partly due to favorable conditions being in place.
First, the enemies’ power levels were all roughly equivalent.
Not that they were weak.
True to MegaCorp’s forces, they were all equipped with proper armaments and fought fiercely even as the battle turned against them.
But there was no overwhelmingly strong individual among them.
Yet they couldn’t simply overwhelm us with numbers either.
The Corridor itself wasn’t wide enough, so the number of troops deployed at once was limited.
A small elite force would actually have the advantage in this situation.
‘And the enemy must feel that too.’
I didn’t view the situation with blind optimism.
Considering the difficulty of the previous levels, there was no reason this floor alone would be unusually easy.
And given that this was MegaCorp’s Headquarters Building, the enemy would soon mount a proper response of some kind.
That’s why I held back and conserved my strength rather than engaging directly.
I continued moving while asking Stone a question.
“How much further?”
“If we just keep moving like this, we’ll arrive within five minutes!”
Five minutes of distance meant we were nearly there.
I nodded and turned my gaze forward again.
‘What exactly are the conditions for completing the objective?’
For now I was moving according to Stone’s plan, but my original goal was naturally to complete this floor’s mission.
In that sense, if no objective completion message appeared after reaching the target’s location, I would need to find another way.
It would mean finding a secret separate from what we’re doing now.
For now, I’d have to assess the situation after we arrived.
About five minutes passed like that.
“There it is!”
Stone pointed ahead and spoke.
A sturdy door stood before us. I glanced at it and said.
“You said it would take some time to open?”
“Yes. I’ll hack it as quickly as possible.”
“Wait.”
I stopped Stone briefly and gave Nox a light gesture.
Nox stepped forward and began gathering his power. When it reached its peak.
He swung his fist toward the metal door.
KRAAAAAANG―!
A thunderous explosion echoed through the space.
The result was remarkable. The metal door that had looked solid at first glance was now deeply dented.
Though the door wasn’t pierced through, it didn’t matter.
Nox had only made the first strike.
KRAAAAAANG―!
Karon followed with his sword, and Akasha stepped forward as well, unleashing attacks on the door.
I didn’t even need Araktar to step in. Akasha’s attack had already torn a sizeable hole through the door.
Large enough for people to pass through comfortably.
“Let’s go.”
“Ah, yes.”
Stone, who had been staring blankly at the undead’s display of physical destruction, quickly nodded in agreement.
They immediately passed through the opening and stepped inside.
What greeted them was a space of pristine white on all sides.
As I passed through the hole and entered, the first thought that came to mind was this.
‘It looks exactly like a laboratory.’
After all, when people think of a laboratory, certain images come to mind immediately.
A pristine white space. Research tools and equipment scattered throughout. The very picture of clinical sterility.
Stone and Lea, who had entered first, wore complicated expressions as they took in the interior.
They were likely recalling painful memories from their past.
But that moment passed quickly.
“It’s this way.”
Stone glanced around before pointing toward one direction.
The interior showed no signs of human presence—it appeared everyone had already evacuated, which made Stone look uneasy.
If those we were meant to rescue had been moved elsewhere, this operation would be essentially a failure.
But such worries proved unfounded.
When we reached the space Stone led us to, roughly twenty people were there.
However, their condition did not look good.
They showed no reaction whatsoever to my group’s sudden appearance or the undead.
“Hmm….”
Stone let out a small sigh upon seeing this.
I asked Stone about it.
“Is something wrong?”
“No, nothing. It appears they’ve all been injected with some kind of drug. It seems they judged this approach to be more effective.”
I immediately understood what Stone meant.
Our objective was to rescue these people. From the enemy’s perspective, there were several ways to prevent us from achieving that goal.
Either prevent the rescue altogether, or move them elsewhere before we could extract them.
Or, make the rescue itself difficult.
It appeared the enemy had chosen the last option.
Transporting over twenty people incapacitated by drugs—unable to even support their own weight—would inevitably be cumbersome.
“Let’s prepare for immediate evacuation.”
If there had been only three of us, we would have struggled considerably, but fortunately, we had no shortage of manpower.
We had plenty of undead at our disposal.
At my command, the undead began lifting the people scattered throughout the room.
It was somewhat rough, but there was no help for it. In a situation like this, we couldn’t afford to move them one by one with care.
Meanwhile, I was preoccupied with something else.
‘The completion notification hasn’t appeared.’
It was directly related to this floor’s objective.
Unfortunately, no objective completion message appeared. It seemed this alone wasn’t sufficient.
‘Perhaps I need to dig deeper.’
For instance, extracting the data from this place.
With that thought in mind, Jung Han-sung headed back toward where he’d entered with the others.
“Ah.”
And just as he was about to exit the sector, he understood why the enemies had been so quiet.
They’d been waiting in front of the iron door—the only exit.
The enemies lying in wait there appeared far more formidable than those he’d faced before.
Beyond their far superior equipment, the very aura they emanated was on an entirely different level.
Jung Han-sung instinctively recognized them as Eden’s elite forces.
Then, one of them spoke.
“Lower your weapons and surrender.”
At the surrender ultimatum, Jung Han-sung’s lips curled upward without thinking. He extended his hand toward empty space and spoke.
“Surrender? The fun is only just beginning.”
Simultaneously, azure lightning engulfed Jung Han-sung’s body.

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