Return of the Frozen Player

magic in order to pierce their hard skin.
However, rotting corpses didn’t require magical bullets.
That’s why experienced players weren’t afraid of zombies.
Because they didn’t know fear, zombies made the ‘best soldiers,’ but they could never be the ‘best weapon’.

 

“To be the best weapon, you need to be able to kill any enemy.”

 

The moment zombies faced an opponent far stronger than them, their value disappeared.

 

Like right now.

 

 

“Phew…”

 

Jun-ho glimpsed at his watch.

 

3 hours.
That’s how long it’s been since the battle started.
There were only four zombies remaining.

 

“Come at me already.
I just wanna go home and shower.”

 

– “Gu-uhhhhh.”

 

Did one of them understand him? A zombie with an incredibly stinky breath charged at him.
Finding the stench unpleasant, Jun-ho placed the barrel of the gun directly onto his chin.

 

“Make sure you brush properly in your next life.”

 

BANG!

 

Before even checking if the zombie died, he spun around with his sword.

 

Slice!

 

– “Gu-uhh…”

 

– “Uh…?”

 

After cutting off the heads of two zombies in a clean horizontal line, the sword flew out of Jun-ho’s hand.

 

Fwoosh! Thump!

 

The sword pierced through the zombie’s head—right between its brows—and the sword still had so much force left that it flew into a tree behind the zombie.
The zombie with a hole in it’s head twitched a few times before flopping dead.

 

“Finally.”

 

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After retrieving his sword from the tree, he wiped the blood off his weapon while looking around the now quiet graveyard.

 

If he hadn’t brought the pistol, things would have been quite the hassle.
A horde of over 50 zombies continuously crept out of the ground at him.

 

“……Hmm.”

 

Thinking that something was off, he pulled up the status window.
The gate hasn’t even been cleared yet, but he already leveled up twice.

 

Coming to an Uncleared Gate was the right decision.

 

While he was patting himself on the back, he heard a voice from somewhere, “Is… Is someone there?”

 

The smile waned off Jun-ho’s face immediately.

 

A voice?

 

It was a woman’s voice.
A trembling voice, gasping for air, soon to be cut off anytime.
And she was speaking Korean of all languages.

 

“Where are you!?”

 

“A-A person…? Here! I’m over here! Sob, sob, thank you so much…”

 

One could hear the strong conviction to survive in her voice.
With the last of her breath, she kept notifying Jun-ho of her location.

 

“Is this where you’re at?”

 

“Yes, yes… I’m right below…”

 

A grave at the edge of the graveyard.
The voice was coming from underground.

 

“Give me a moment.”

 

Jun-ho started digging up the grave with his bare hands.
He uncovered a dark brown coffin made of wood.

 

“So you came inside the gate two days ago with your friends?”

 

“Yes… We heard that we could make it big if we conquered an Uncleared Gate… Sob, sob.”

 

“Oh my, that was rash of you guys.”

 

Clicking his tongue, Jun-ho showed his remorse.

 

“I can’t hear you well, so could I ask for you to yell really loudly?”

 

“Yell… why?”

 

“Please just do this for me.”

 

After hesitating, the lady inside the coffin yelled at the top of her lungs.

 

“Ahhhhhh!”

 

“That should be enough.”

 

Making a eureka face, he mumbled to himself.

 

“So that’s where the head is.”

 

He quickly drew his pistol and indiscriminately fired in the direction of the voice.

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Bang! Bang, bang, bang, bang!

 

After emptying an entire magazine, Jun-ho drew his sword as ‘something’ that was dripping blood crawled out from the battered coffin.

 

– “Gu-ugh… How… did you know…?”

 

The wretched smelling monster appeared dejected.
It couldn’t be helped.
While facing hundreds of players for the last 7 years, not once did they discover its identity.

 

Jun-ho pointed the tip of his sword at the head of the monster that was screaming in pain.

 

“I don’t trust others easily, especially inside a gate.”

 

Phugh!

 

The sword easily pierced the monster’s head like a knife through butter.
Staring at the limp corpse, Jun-ho chortled.

 

“There’s no way there’d be a survivor inside a gate.”

 

As long as even a single player was alive, a closed gate never opened up.
Even if they were novices, the players that succumbed to this monster probably knew that as well.

 

However, there was a stark difference between simply knowing something and always keeping it in mind.

 

After wiping out the zombie horde, Jun-ho knew something was off.

 

50 zombies is definitely a big threat, but it’s not something 10 players wouldn’t be able to handle.

 

However, the gate hadn’t been cleared for a whopping 7 years.
That was what put Jun-ho on alert.

 

It all adds up with the existence of the Tricker.

 

Trickers are much stronger than zombies, and they can even absorb the memories of the creatures they ate.
The reason he was able to speak such fluent Korean is because of all the Korean players he devoured.

 

“Pretty cunning for a monster.
You even hid yourself inside a coffin to hide your stench.”

 

Unfortunately for the Tricker, he died without being able to put up any resistance because he was hiding in the coffin.

 

Ding.
A system message popped up.

 

[All hostile monsters have been killed.]

[You have achieved the clear conditions in a roundabout fashion.]

[You have successfully cleared ⟪Curse of Dawn⟫.]

[You have leveled up.]

[You have leveled up.]

[All your stats have increased by 2.]

[You have regained 4 Magic stats.]

 

The EXP gained from an Uncleared Gate was massive.
On top of that, he also regained some of his lost stats.

 

So I regain my lost stats every 5 levels? That’s not a lot but…

 

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At least it was something.
Jun-ho was satisfied that he got back some of the magic that he needed more than anything else, but it was clearly not enough for him.
His eyes twinkled, wanting something more.

 

“This isn’t all of it, right? That’d be pretty lackluster for an Uncleared Gate.”

 

With flawless timing, additional messages popped up as soon as he said that.