I Reincarnated Into a Healing Game… and It’s a Zombie Apocalypse?! - Chapter 56

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Episode 56

 

【Main Quest: ‘New Journey’ has been completed.</p】

Rewards will be given to Adrienne Rogueton who safely arrived at the capital city.>

 

【Congratulations! Adrienne Rogueton’s level has greatly increased due to completing the Main Quest and Emergency Quest!</p】

All skill levels increase by 3 stages.

 

The range of land that can be declared as farmland has been expanded.

 

The influence of the skill ‘Territory Expansion’ has been strengthened.>

 

‘It’s good that my level went up, but…’

 

Nana squinted her eyes and glared at the system window.

 

‘I killed so many zombies and only got 3 skill levels? Isn’t that an absurdly low number?’

 

The number of zombies she had eliminated over the past 5 days was countless. She had grown attached to them. By the end, just seeing a zombie’s face made her think, ‘Hey, didn’t I see this one yesterday?’

 

“No matter how I look at it, the cost-effectiveness compared to experience points is terrible.”

 

Nana grumbled and closed the system window with a tap.

 

Of course, she was satisfied with getting rewards just for arriving at the capital city.

 

But after enduring 5 days without sleep thanks to her traits to get here, shouldn’t they at least unlock a new skill?

 

At least emotionally, and logically speaking.

 

The possessed protagonists in novels I read got overpowered abilities handed to them, so why is my system such a miser?

 

Nana, who had been grumbling with a yawn, blinked her eyes at the scene that unfolded as soon as she got off the train.

 

“Huh, what’s this?”

 

On the platform floor, sturdy adult men were lying collapsed in a row. And the only people standing were Ishanka and an unfamiliar boy.

 

‘There was no one here when we arrived…’

 

Nana immediately looked at Ishanka.

 

“What on earth happened here?”

 

Ishanka calmly approached and briefly explained the situation.

 

“Ah… So you’re saying you knocked these people out because they were making noise and you were worried I might wake up?”

 

Nana blinked in disbelief.

 

While she was grateful for his consideration in letting her sleep comfortably on the train, it was absurd that he had beaten people unconscious for that reason.

 

But when she thought about it carefully…

 

‘Those people could be bad people, right?’

 

In a zombie apocalypse, strangers are dangerous.

 

As existing laws and institutions lost their function, beasts wearing human skin found it easier to survive, and compassion often became the first weakness.

 

Of course, there was a possibility that those collapsed people were just pitiful survivors. But if you consider that possibility every time, you might be the first to get hurt.

 

Most importantly, Ishanka wouldn’t hit innocent people without reason.

 

She had felt this while living with him.

 

Ishanka was someone who didn’t use unnecessary violence. So…

 

‘Those people must have done something wrong.’

 

Nana looked at him with trust and said.

 

“Thank you, Isha.”

 

Ishanka’s face turned slightly red and he smiled gently.

 

And the boy who was watching this scene—

 

‘What? Are they suddenly entering their own world?’

 

He looked at the two with coldly disappointed eyes.

 

A moment later, Nana turned her head toward the boy.

 

“Come to think of it, who are you?”

 

At her sudden gaze, the boy was startled and his face turned red.

 

“I-I’m Damian. I was running away to avoid being caught by these people lying here. But I have a favor to ask…”

 

Before he could finish speaking—

 

“Groan…”

 

A low, hoarse groan came from somewhere.

 

One of the collapsed men was stirring his body as if trying to regain consciousness.

 

At that moment—

 

Thud.

 

Ishanka silently kicked the man’s head, knocking him unconscious again.

 

“What, were these guys child kidnappers? What terrible people.”

 

“If we leave them like this, they’ll chase us again. Let’s find rope to tie them up.”

 

“No, there’s no need for that.”

 

She strode over to one of the men lying on the floor and pulled off his pants in one swift motion.

 

Without showing any sign of embarrassment or hesitation, she was so calm and cheerful that it left the observers stunned.

 

“…”

 

“…”

 

In the midst of everyone being speechless at such an absurd scene, Damian was the first to come to his senses.

 

“Ahhhhh! What kind of shameless act is that!”

 

“What do you mean? It’s for preventing pursuit. If we leave them like this, they might chase you again after they wake up.”

 

“You could just tie them up with rope!”

 

“This is much faster than wasting time looking for rope.”

 

It was logically strange but oddly persuasive.

 

Damian was confused.

 

In his short life, he swore he had never seen anyone so boldly strip off someone else’s pants.

 

Nana held the stripped pants in her hands, examining them while muttering.

 

“If they still want to chase us after this… well, then I’ll just crush them.”

 

I hate that I can guess what she means to crush without having to ask…

 

Damian smiled and squeezed his eyes shut.

 

“We should burn these pants in a boiler on the way and leave this place too.”

 

The train station was quiet, so they had stopped to rest for a while.

 

But now that they knew bad people like those unconscious men could come here, staying longer wasn’t a good choice.

 

And since they had originally planned to leave as soon as they recovered from travel fatigue, moving up the schedule wouldn’t change much.

 

As Nana and Ishanka were about to board the train to wake up Sam and the other companions, Damian called out to stop them.

 

“Excuse me, where… where are you going next?”

 

Nana stopped for a moment and answered.

 

“I’m thinking of going to the Royal Palace.”

 

Actually, Nana’s reason for coming to the capital city wasn’t just because of the Quest. Along with bringing Sam here, she also had the purpose of finding the blueprints of Sweet Little Village that would be stored somewhere in the Royal Palace.

 

But then, Damian carefully added.

 

“If it were me… I would never go near the Royal Palace.”

 

“Why?”

 

“Because there are administrators crawling around that area.”

 

He glanced at the unconscious men and continued.

 

“I mean… people like those lying there.”

 

To kidnap people who look decent and force them to work at the ‘farm’.

 

Damian swallowed the last words without saying them out loud.

 

Meanwhile, Nana became troubled after hearing Damian’s words.

 

The area in front of the Royal Palace was a crime-ridden district.

 

This was unexpected.

 

Nana sighed and scratched her head.

 

‘What should I do? I absolutely need to enter the Royal Palace to get the blueprints, but approaching itself seems difficult.’

 

Her head was already throbbing.

 

“Um… if you don’t have anywhere particular to go…”

 

Nana and Ishanka simultaneously turned their heads toward Damian, who was hesitantly speaking. At the momentary attention, Damian’s face instantly turned red.

 

But she couldn’t just let these people go. To return home, she needed at least someone like this man who could take down those administrator-like people in one fell swoop.

 

Damian mustered his courage again and spoke.

 

“Would you like to come to our home?”

 

* * *

 

The place Damian guided them to was on the outskirts of the capital city, the very edge of the outskirts at that.

 

The atmosphere was completely different from the city center.

 

While it was equally gloomy, the city center at least retained the basic structure of buildings. But in the outskirts, almost every building had collapsed. It would have been harder to find an intact building.

 

What Damian called his home was a small cave hidden inside a collapsed warehouse.

 

After passing through a narrow, winding passage, they came to several small spaces that branched off, one of which would be the room for today’s group.

 

“You can stay here.”

 

When Damian opened the door, a space larger than expected came into view.

 

It was spacious enough for everyone present to lie down with room to spare.

 

An old carpet was laid on the floor, and it was surprisingly soft.

 

“…It may look like this, but it’s cozy. And this is the best room we have.”

 

Seeing Sam’s disapproving expression, Damian’s face reddened as he added this, then hurriedly fled outside as if escaping.

 

Sam plopped down heavily and grumbled.

 

“Tch, why do I have to sleep in a place like this when I have my own home? If it were the royal palace, I could sleep on a soft bed in a spacious room…”

 

Then Nana said coldly.

 

“Then go to the royal palace by yourself. If you can manage it, that is.”

 

Sam knew it too.

 

Going toward the royal palace, which had become a danger zone, would be like openly advertising ‘I’m here. Please come capture me.’ That’s why he had hidden his identity and followed them all the way to the outskirts.

 

But-

 

‘That doesn’t mean I can just let him whine about it.’

 

Someone like Sam needed to be kept in check to listen properly. Just as his disaster-prone mouth was starting to rev up.

 

At that moment, Wina, who had been quietly watching Sam from the side, threw out a blunt comment.

 

“Is Your Highness an idiot? In a world like this, you should be grateful just to sleep somewhere with a roof. Really, kids these days are always thinking about living comfortably first, even when the world is in this state.”

 

Wina, your way of speaking reeks of being an old-timer – are you by any chance on your second life?

 

While Sam was just blinking in confusion at Wina’s direct hit, Brody tilted his head as if something was strange.

 

“But this is odd… When I left the royal palace, there were no problems in front of it.”

 

At Brody’s words, Lucas immediately chimed in.

 

“Something must have happened while you were away, my lord. I’ll go scout it out myself tomorrow.”

 

At Lucas’s words, Nana raised her hand high.

 

“If it’s alright, could I come along too?”

 

Brody turned his head in surprise.

 

“Nana. Won’t you reconsider? The area near the royal palace is currently a danger zone, and even with Lucas accompanying you, it could be dangerous for you.”

 

Then Ishanka also quietly raised his hand.

 

“Then I’ll come along as well.”

 

Brody didn’t try to stop them anymore.

 

‘If it’s this man who single-handedly dealt with all those suspicious characters sprawled across the platform floor, I can trust him enough.’ That’s probably what he judged.

 

Meanwhile, Nana, who had boldly suggested going together, was inwardly sighing deeply.

 

‘Ah… I really don’t want to go. Why is the labor intensity of my life so intense?’

 

But she had no choice but to go.

 

She had a compelling reason to go.

 

A damn main quest had appeared.

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