I even held my breath. To be honest... I didn't dare!
The panting grew closer. The next second, I clearly felt something press against the door. The wooden door shuddered,
and that heavy breathing sounded as if it were right beside my ear!
No! It wasn't just as if—it really was right beside my ear. With my ear pressed against the door, I could hear the breathing perfectly clearly,
and at the same time, out of the corner of my eye, I saw... a dark shadow blocking the little window!
What... what was that thing?!
I couldn't see it clearly, because I didn't dare move. The door was already being pushed open, and to keep it from opening any farther,
I could only brace my body against the wooden door to resist the force pushing from the other side!
That thing was pressed against the door!
It was heavy!
I didn't know whether it was a Zombie or something else, but the force coming through the door was definitely immense.
I didn't know how long it had been. My finger on the trigger had started to go numb before that heavy breathing finally moved away from the door.
At the same time, that strange
footstep sound rang out again...
"Tap... tap... tap..."
Even after the sound had almost completely faded, I stayed frozen against the door. A shiver ran through me,
and only then did I come back to my senses. For a moment there, I'd truly felt as if I were about to die!
My body slowly slid down the door and slumped onto the floor. I finally let out a long breath... But what I never expected
was that with the thing gone, and me leaning against the door, the object blocking it from behind couldn't support my weight. It slowly...
swung open!
"Creeeeak~~~"
It was as if I'd been thrown into a barrel of ice water on the hottest day of summer. A chill shot from the soles of my feet straight to my head, and goosebumps rose all over me!
This is bad!!
Only those two words remained in my mind. At the same time, the strange footsteps I could no longer hear came rushing this way...
No! It was running!
At that moment, I wished I had two more legs. I scrambled away, and I didn't even know how I managed to move so fast.
The thing was incredibly quick. I heard only a few brief footsteps before its shadow appeared at the doorway.
A... black shadow.
I only had time to catch a glimpse before I ducked under the bed, gripping the gun tightly in my hands.
The footsteps stopped outside the door for a moment, as if the thing were observing something. Then the black shadow slowly took a step forward.
At that moment, I could clearly hear its footsteps too...
"Tap..."
It really did sound like a wet, sticky foot stepping on the floor, but something was still strange about it. The sound seemed almost viscous.
Slowly... the figure took a second step. I drew a deep breath, held it, and stared fixedly at the corner by the doorway...
A... webbed foot...
Green!!!
I was so horrified I couldn't even describe it!
That wasn't a human foot! It was... green, and webbed!
Underneath the webbing, there seemed to be some kind of slime. Every time the thing took a step, it left a clear trail of slime on the floor!
Then its other foot stepped inside, and that one was human?!
Mutation!! I was beyond horrified. There were things like this?!
No wonder the rhythm of that "tap" sound had seemed so strange. The thing's other foot still had its human shape!
I bit my lip and let out a breath so faintly that even I could barely hear it. Looking at the gun in my hands, I suddenly felt uneasy.
Would a gun... really work against these things?!
That green foot slowly came closer, too!
"Tap... tap..."
The heavy panting began to echo through the room as well.
One step... then another... It! It was coming closer to me!
All I could do was watch that green, webbed foot slowly approach. I didn't dare move a muscle.
It was... right in front of me!!
I could even clearly see the lines on the webbing, smell its faint, foul odor, and hear the heavy breathing above me!
Oh my god!!
My hands had started to tremble. But the webbed foot stopped right in front of me, while the heavy breathing above came and went. It seemed the thing was inspecting the room?
Did it have intelligence?
Just as I was thinking that in despair, the green foot began moving away with a "squelch... squelch" sound!
Seeing this, I finally let out a breath of relief. My eyes, which had been fixed on the webbed foot, were aching, so I reached out and rubbed them.
"Ha... ha... ha..."
What was that!!! No! That couldn't be!!! Hadn't it already left?!
Why!!! Was it so close?!
My hand suddenly froze!!
Right in front of my forehead!! No! Its heavy breathing was already brushing against my hair!!!
"ROAR!!!"
The next second, I suddenly opened my eyes!!!
I didn't know how to describe the thing. Its face was split into two halves of different colors. One half looked almost like an ordinary person's, except that its eyes were nothing but whites. Other than that, it was practically indistinguishable from a living human!
But... the other half of its face!!
Strange black growths covered the green half of its face. And on those black things, one by one, eyeballs like snakes stared right at me!!
"Ahhh!!!"
Almost on instinct, I screamed. At the same time, I raised my hand and pulled the trigger!
"Click!"
...The safety?!
The safety! I hadn't taken it off!!!
The next second, the thing suddenly reached out. Even its huge green hand was covered in a thin membrane!
Almost on instinct, I hurled the gun in my hand straight at that face covered in eyes!
"Smack!"
"Gah!!!"
With a strange cry, the thing's outstretched hand jerked to a stop. It quickly pulled it back and shielded the half of its face!
But before I could crawl out from under the bed, the thing suddenly flipped it over!
No! It flung it away!!
What incredible strength!
The bed flew out and slammed into the wall!
"Crash!!"
With the obstruction gone, I instinctively tried to get up. But the next second, a green shadow flashed across my eyes!
"Bam!!"
My vision went black. Then my back slammed into the cold wall. Only then did my sight return!
The monster actually had a thick tail!!
At the same time, a tightness spread through my chest. That impact had nearly knocked the breath out of me!
And the monster clearly had no intention of letting me go!!
Before I could steady myself, the monster came running toward me on its "squelching" feet. It took only two steps to reach me, and its huge green hand shot straight toward me!
A chill ran through me. I ducked almost on instinct, but the next second, a sharp pain shot from my scalp!
It had grabbed my hair!!
And the monster actually used my hair to fling me away!!
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