Chapter 68 - 67 : Vampire Behemoth

"what happened there?" Kim finally asked me after a long silence. "Vampire" I answered nonchalantly. "You knew about it. Didn’t you?"He paused as his eyes were wide open, "That’s why you entered there without hesitation. How did you know that?". "Can you survive alone when your lower half is missing? You could only make a few hours unless you have a regeneration ability which he didn’t have cause he would have used it already." "Let’s keep on looking for survivors." I decided to change the topic and his attention. We looked for several buildings after that but we couldn’t found anything or anyone. It was already 5pm. "Let’s return back." Kim said. I agreed with him and started the head back to our base. [FEW HOURS AGO. YE-RIN AND HER PARTY POV] The apartment corridor was a tomb of flickering light and peeling wallpaper. Heavy footsteps shook the floor. Then, the shadows bent. Two hulking figures stepped forward—vampire behemoths, their pale flesh stretched over bulging muscles, wings scraping the peeling walls as they crawled through the hallway. Their fangs glistened with saliva, and their red eyes burned like embers. Each carried the weight of monstrous strength; the concrete Beneath them cracks as they walks towards them. "I told you, it was not a good idea to look into every apartments every floors." In-ji hissed under his breadth. "Two of them," In-Ji muttered, already pulling his pistol free. "Stay sharp," Ye-Rin muttered, planting her feet. Her Drake Cleaver Axe pulsed with faint heat, scales along the grip clinging like it had fused to her skin. In-Ji checked the magazine of his M1911."Their vitals glow. Heart’s dead center—don’t miss." His Weak Point Analysis flickered across the team’s vision, the Behemoths’ hearts glowing faint red. Seo-yeon’s eyes narrowed, the silver band on her finger humming with psychic pressure. Her hair lifted slightly, caught in an invisible current. "If they split us apart, we’re done. Stick together." "I’ll keep them busy." Ye-Rin said, her tone was sharp, fearless. The first Behemoth charged. The ground trembled under its weight, claws outstretched. Ye-Rin’s axe flared with Infernal Bite, a trail of embers bursting as she swung. Seo-yeon stood just behind them, her fingers twitching as she drew in a deep breath. The ring glowed faintly, psychic pressure rippling through the air. "Stay close. If they break through, I’ll crush them." The second vampire launched upward, wings folding tight before it dove like a spear. Seo-yeon’s eyes flared. She thrust her hand out— Force Spike A telekinetic wave detonated, slamming the beast into the ceiling so hard that plaster and wiring rained down. The vampire shrieked, claws carving deep gouges as it steadied itself against the weight. "Seo-yeon, keep it pinned!" Ye-rin shouted, grunting as her axe clanged against claws like steel bars. The behemoth shoved her back with brute force, the corridor trembling under the collision. I’m—trying!" Seo-yeon’s voice strained. Her eing glowed, psychic force compressing. Cracks webbed across the tiles as the pinned vampire struggled against invisible gravity. The first behemoth,who took Ye-Rin’s infernal bite head on lunged, wings propelling it forward like a battering ram. The plaster walls crumbled as it crashed toward them. "Move!" In-Ji shouted. His Flashstep Boots flared, and he vanished in a blur, reappearing five feet down the hallway. Gunfire echoed—seven quick shots into the outlined weak spots. The bullets tore into the behemoth’s ribs, staggering it but not stopping its charge. Ye-Rin left the vampire that Seo-yeon had pinned down using her telekinesis and met the first behemoth vampire head-on. Her axe swung in a brutal arc. The airborne Behemoth tucked its wings and dive-bombed, slamming into Ye-Rin’s side. Her body smashed through a wall, shrieking as she gasped in pain. "Ye-Rin!" Seo-yeon’s scream cracked, her hidden nature flickering. But she was distracted which allowed the second vampire to free itself from her crush zone and charge at her. In-ji fired, Three rounds slammed into its ribs, one grazing the glowing target near its eyes. The monster shrieked, wings clipping a doorframe in fury. This distraction allowed Seo-yeon to dodge the attack.In-Ji didn’t waste the opening. He dashed forward, boots sparking, and unloaded all seven rounds directly into the restrained monster’s chest. Each shot slammed deeper until the final bullet pierced its heart. The Behemoth convulsed once—then its body collapsed into blackened ash. The second one roared in fury. Ye-Rin staggered back to her feet, blood in her mouth, but her grip didn’t falter. She raised her axe, roulette of luck spinning unseen. "My turn." With terrifying strength, it shoved In-ji away. He crashed into the opposite wall, his health bar plunging as pain lanced through his ribs. The creature’s claws swung for him, but— The telekinetic’s aura blazed brighter. Seo-yeon pulled the vampire upward, suspending it mid-air. Its limbs flailed, wings snapping like broken fans. The vampire thrashed under Seo-yeon’s telekinetic ability, cracks spider webbing the floor. With a guttural snarl, it smashed its claws into the roof and pushed against the telekinetic weight, moving inch by inch. Veins bulged across Seo-yeon’s forehead as she poured everything into keeping it pinned. "I... can’t hold it much longer!" Yerin charged, her axe glowing red-hot, while In-Ji steadied his pistol one final time. Together, they struck. The flaming axe split its chest, tearing open its ribs, while In-Ji’s final bullet punched straight into the exposed heart. The vampire screeched—a terrible, guttural sound—before its body disintegrated into ash. The corridor fell silent, cracked tiles, and the smoking remains of two monsters. Seo-yeon collapsed to her knees, trembling as her aura faded. Ye-rin leaned against her axe, panting heavily. In-Ji lowered his pistol, sweat dripping down his brow. "...Two down," he muttered. "God knows how many left." [ 5pm. Back in base. Shin Ye-jun’s pov] By late afternoon, they returned. Where Myself and Kim song-woo didn’t found anyone. Hana, Hyun-tae and Young Da-e also had no success. They didn’t came empty handed. Two more survivors stumbled behind them. A pair of office workers still in bloodstained suits. A young woman with a makeshift spear. An older man missing an arm.