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Swoosh—!
Jae-Hyuk gripped Ji-Eun’s dagger in his hand. The blade had been honed to a razor edge against petrified stone. It glinted under the cold, blue light of the moon.
He raised it, pressing the icy steel close to the creature’s neck.
Thump.
There was a faint twitch as it wasn’t completely dead yet.
“Are you sure about this? You don’t have to push yourself if it’s too much,” Eun-Ho said.
“No, Hyungnim! I-I’ve trained for this. I can’t just back down now,” Jae-Hyuk replied with a determined look.
Gulp.
Jae-Hyuk swallowed hard. Though he mentioned growing up watching his parents run a butcher shop, it seemed he’d only learned how to hold a knife without the guts to use it.
Huff!
As he clenched the blade, his face tightened with grim resolve, just like a man standing before his sworn enemy.
Then he froze, after shaking like a leaf. “H-holy crap! D-did it just look at me?!”
Eun-Ho looked at him with a mixture of pity and exasperation. What was he supposed to do with this trembling coward?
The cleaning lady, Ms. Song, jumped in. “Oh, come on! Are you seriously hesitating over this?”
Swoosh—!
With two swift cuts, the beast’s belly split open with its skin and fat peeling back.
“Aaaah! I-I can see its eyeballs!” Jae-Hyuk screamed.
“Whoa, Ms. Song! That was impressive! You have magic hands or what? Haha!”
Bone and flesh separated with practiced ease.
Today’s menu was the Hungry Brown Bear. Most of the nearby buildings had been flattened, making it harder and harder to find food.
Hence why Jae-Hyuk had suggested they try self-sufficiency. He wasn’t sure it’d work, but it turned out they had a hidden expert...
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