Level up Zombie Chapter 6: 161 - 192, a 13 tzameti fanfic

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Lying there on the ground with a piece of paper in his hand, they all saw Zain suddenly hold his head and fall on the floor in the reception hall. If they didn't know any better, they would have thought he was dead because his chest wasn't moving up and down, as it should when one breathes.

"Holy sh*t! Is he okay?!" Dave shouted, ready to rush to Zain's side. But before he or the others could reach him, both Pink and Kun stood in front of Zain, crossing their hands and stopping anybody from getting close to Zain.

"He's okay, kinda," Kun paused in between.

"Yeah, there's no reason for you to worry. You see, Zain gets these headaches from time to time, and once in a while, he just passes out for a few hours." Pink chuckled as if it was no big deal, but as she said these words, she realised just how strange they sounded.

It was clear to Brandon that both Pink and Kun were acting strange, this group certainly had secrets of their own, and it wasn't just surrounding Zain but the two as well. They, too, were strange.

While everyone was concerned for Zain, Kun had shelled out a bed for him. It was one of those that would be used to transport patients from the ambulances to a hospital bed, and Zain was plopped on for the time being with ease.

This was no easy task for a single person to do, yet Kun was able to do such a thing. The others didn't release this, but Brandon, who had done things like this in the past. He also noticed how easily they were moving the bodies before as well.

When Kun lifted Zain onto the bed, he noticed the piece of paper that was still in his hand. Grabbing it, he looked at what was written down, and he was quite impressed.

"Hey, I think you should all know what Zain was about to tell us all," Kun said as he addressed the room. Starting out the piece of paper, Kun made sure that he would say everything clearly.

"The disease that Pink's mum and suspected others at the base have is Tuberculosis. It's a disease that can spread through the air. It's not a common disease in this country, so people aren't really vaccinated against it.

"It's also relatively easy to treat as long as you have the right medicine. Zain has written down the medication that needs to be taken for each person that shows signs for the next six months. If we gather the medicine and isolate the two groups, I think everything will be alright."

"Tuberculosis? I haven't heard about that in a long time." Kelly said. "I wonder how someone in the group was infected in the first place."

It was something that Brandon wondered about as well, but the important thing was to make sure everyone was treated and to stop the spreading.

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"Who knows," Cody commented. "I mean, we have dead people walking around. All sorts of different diseases might start to pop up, even new ones. We should just be thankful that this can be solved with what we have, right?"

The rest nodded, and Brandon took over relatively quickly. Following the list, he told everyone to grab a bag and stock up on medicine. Not just the medicine for Tuberculosis but general medicine bags and disinfectants that could be helpful back at the museum.

It was quite easy for the group to find bags, as they were plentiful among the dead. While collecting the medicine, Kelly and Cody were together.

"It's amazing, right? How did Zain know the disease and the right medicine to use? I'm sure he wasn't a med student at uni." Dave commented from the other side out loud.

"It really is," Kelly mumbled as she went to grab something off the top shelf and squinted in pain, letting out a little noise.

"Are you okay? It would be best if you rest and let us deal with this. You went through so much." Cody suggested.

"Thanks. I do feel sore all over and a bit light-headed." Kelly replied as she went to leave the room, but before she did, Cody called out to her.

"Oh, and Kelly, when you're feeling better and Zain wakes up, it might be good to thank him. It was because of him again that we could get to you."

Kelly smiled at this.

"Sure, but it's because of you that he even bothered to help, I bet."

Outside the storage room, Brandon was sitting on one of the waiting area chairs, with his finger on his chin, thinking about the next step and what to do.

"Actually, I owe you my thanks as well," Kelly said as she sat down next to him. "Although you said it was a failed rescue attempt, I'm sure that things would have gotten a lot worse without you being there next to me."

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"Yeah, but if I had kept my mouth shut, then maybe I would have been the one to have suffered from the injection," Brandon replied.

"That's not your fault. You know, I think you might have been hanging around the young ones too much, but you have to remember that I'm a teacher as well, even if it's just a substitute teacher. The doctor is the one to blame for all of this, and the one to really get the blame for all of this should be whoever started this whole zombie mess."

"Agreed, and sorry to ask you this, but I'm going to have to. Do you feel any different at all? Any changes that you noticed?" Brandon asked as he inspected her up and down to see if he could notice anything different himself.

If there was one thing, she looked better than he imagined for osmose, who had gone through all that. All the injuries on her body from before seemed to clean up quite well.

"No changes so far, apart from my body hurting all over, but that's to be expected."

There was silence between the two for a while until Brandon finally spoke again.

"I want to invite you and Cody back to the museum. You survived in the world this long, and you are both strong people. We need more strong people. Eventually, the two of you will need to join a group anyway, otherwise, something like today might happen again, and you might not be as fortunate next time.

"Besides, I'm sure you're worried that whatever the doctor injected into you might do something. If it's just you and Cody travelling together, there will be no one to stop you, but if you come to the base, I promise I will keep an eye on you."

Honestly, Kelly was going to reject Brandon's offer, but there were two things that he had mentioned that stood out to her. One, the events of today, which had taken a big toll, and two, protecting Cody.

If she really turned into a monster of some sort down the line, Cody, who had saved her, would be hurt.

"I'll speak to the boy and try to convince him, but I would be happy to accept your request."

After everyone gathered the needed things, it looked like they were ready to leave the hospital. Apart from one problem, Zain was still fast asleep.

"Look, I have a suggestion for you all. You all plan to come back here anyway, right?" Kun said. "Well, rather than wasting your time, head back. I'm sure that Ryan guy is worried about you all. Tell everyone the good news. Pink, you can go with your mother and come back here when you're ready, while I will stay here looking after Zain."

It felt somewhat wrong to leave the main saviour of the group, but time was of the essence as they needed to hurry back to base before sunset.

"Sorry for all the trouble, and I am grateful for your help. We all are. Tell Zain I will definitely meet him again." Brandon said as the entire group got ready to leave and left the place to head back to the museum leaving Kun and Zain alone.

Looking at him lying in bed, Kun couldn't help but think.

'I wonder, what is happening to you right now?'

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Unlike the previous times when Zain felt drowsiness, this time, the headache in the back of his head had come out much more intense, not giving him enough time to try to fight it, hurting him more in the process.

If only there was a way for him to control when these episodes happen. Although they had come at appropriate times so far, there was always the chance that in the middle of a fight if he didn't learn what was setting them off.

Either way, he had to deal with the current one right now.

'What will it be this time?' Zain thought. Will it be a memory with that faceless man? Although they feel like a dream, I'm still worried about what would happen if I were to die in one of those visions.

'However, I'm no fool. Each time I have had some type of lesson with that person, I've never learnt something I never knew how to do before.'

Thinking about it, not all of the blackouts had been like that. There was the one time he had entered the cave, and in doing so, he had earned a return key and sword mastery by completing the objective. Maybe it was time for the system to give him another reward.

When Zain finally was able to regain his composure, he found himself in a completely unfamiliar scene, and what surprised him more than anything was his body. No longer was he in a child-like form. He was his regular self, his zombie self, although it was quite different.

The scene in front of him was what could only be described as a scientific lab, or at least what Zain imagined one would look like. He was in a fairly large room with several tables, papers, test tubes, and all sorts of research-related instruments placed on the tables and cupboards.

However, he was not alone.

There were others, and all of them were wearing lab coats. As for where Zain was in all of this and what he had to do with the vision, that was something that he needed to find out for himself.

Zain was floating up in the air, almost touching the ceiling and looking down at everything. When looking at his own body, it was like a ghost.

'Does this mean I'm not playing a part, and these guys, they can't see me?'

In order to test this, Zain thought about moving, and his body did as it was told. There was no need to pretend to swim through the air. If he wanted to move to a certain position, his body would move to that said position.

Then getting in front of one of the workers, Zain waved a hand in front of his face to see if the latter noticed anything, but the person didn't even flinch. Next, he tried to interact with the equipment, but his hands would just go through everything.n0𝑽𝚎𝓵𝐮𝔰𝑏.𝒸0𝚖

'I guess I'm just a bystander, but then what do I do? How am I meant to wake up from this place?'

With nothing else to do, Zain decided to explore to see what the scientists were working on, but other than looking through microscopes and writing down words that just didn't make sense to him. There was nothing until Zain had spotted something, or more rightly so, someone.

A blonde female scientist who looked to be in her mid-thirties. Zain wasn't so sure yet until he flew directly behind her and had a look at the long slender legs.

'I'm sure of it. This has to be the scientist that works for the Reborn group, the same scientist who crashed into me and gave me the pendant. I mean the pendant I picked up.' Zain corrected himself.

Thinking this had to be linked somehow, Zain decided to stay close to the blonde female. Just like the others, she seemed to be whisking away, focused on her work. The only thing was several of the other scientists seemed to be coming up to her and asking her several questions.

As time passed and he observed the room, he found out that the scientist's name was Sarah Bain. Not a name that he recognised which was making him wonder how he was even receiving these images in the first place.

Regardless, it seemed that Sarah was the go-to person in the department that really knew her stuff. That was until a certain person entered the room from a different area.

'I'm such an idiot. Why didn't I think to try and explore outside of this lab? With this body, I should be able to get out, right?'

Before Zain could attempt to get out, he was interested in who this person was because immediately after he came in, all of those in the lab bowed down.

Seeing this, Zain took a closer look at the man. He looked a bit older than the woman, most likely in his forties, if Zain were to guess. His beard was a little grey in places, while his hair was mostly white already, but his skin was quite young, which was why it was hard for Zain to judge.

As for the man, he came straight over to where Zain was. It almost looked like he was looking directly at him. As he took steps closer and closer, Zain wondered if he would need to fight back, but how was he meant to in a body like this?

That was until the man gave Sarah a big hug.

"I think I did it, I think I finally managed to make a breakthrough!" The man said.

It was clear by the way he hugged the woman that the two knew each other quite well.

"You really did…does this mean we can save them? Can we save everyone?" Sarah's face lit up with a smile.

'Save everyone? These words and who she is… and her words, I am sure this blonde woman, Sarah, has to be involved in this whole thing. My instincts were right. If I find her, maybe I can find out what happened to me and what started this whole zombie mess in the first place.'

Suddenly, a bright white light started to fill the room, filling the whole place and making it harder for Zain to see. It was clear the vision was coming to an end, and at the last moment, Zain saw the man hugging Sarah move back and slightly turn his head.

The man was staring right into Zain's eyes.

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The season was currently autumn, and in autumn it would get dark at just after 6 PM. This was important information for the group because right now, they had a couple of hours until the daylight would completely disappear.

"It would be best if we make it back before it's dark. Worst case, we should just stay and sleep in one of the apartments." Pink suggested as she continued to carry her mother, as it was just easier that way.

"Is that really necessary?" Dave replied. "I mean I know it's harder to see in the dark, but the place is about an hour away if we walk at a good pace."

Although what Dave said was true, there were a couple of times already on the way there where they had to take detours, walking around through certain alleyways where there were less zombies.

Or at times, even wait for zombies to pass. Worst case they would make small distractions with noise, but this also had the chance to attract other zombies as well which is why they didn't do this too much.

"We can't!" Pink shouted. "Otherwise, the demons will get us!"

"Demons?" Kelly replied, now walking fine. It was almost as if she had never been injured in the first place. So she was able to keep up with everyone.

"Do you mean, the special type of zombies, like the one you call a Titan? Is it another type like that?" Brandon asked.

It seemed like the others didn't know about the demons or had any interactions with them, but just thinking about those things, had already caused the entirety of Pink's body to shiver. After all, the last time she had met with one, the whole of the Reborn group had been killed and she narrowly escaped with her life.

Since the demons only seemed to come out at night for whatever reason, none of the others had interactions with them. Due to them staying on a normal sleeping cycle and what Dave said before was correct.

It was more dangerous at night with zombies around regardless of demons or not. With no light source, and one's vision being worse you were most likely to get bit or be put in a worse situation.

"Please, just if we don't make it back in time we have to sleep somewhere else. Just until the sun rises again." Pink pleaded with them.

If, of all people, Pink was worried out of the group, Brandon felt like it was something that they all needed to worry about as well.

"I think it's okay, the camp will be fine if it's a day extra. We need to stay safe after all."

Brandon ordered.

As the group continued to trek through the streets, they had come across something they didn't quite expect on their way back. Outside of a sandwich shop, there were several people with makeshift weapons, pots, and pans coming out.

There were four in total, a man who looked to be losing his hair holding a spear with a young adult next to him. A middle aged woman and a teen girl as well.

"Look honey, there are other people, we're saved!" the man said as he ran forward, but Cody quickly pulled his hand gun and pointed it toward them telling them not to get any closer.

"Wait, we're human, please don't shoot. Please, military man tell him." The man asked, pleading towards Brandon.

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At least, everyone guessed 'military man' was aimed at Brandon, with his sunglasses back on his head and the SWAT outfit he was wearing, one could easily mistake him for being a military person.

"Before we do, are you guys affiliated with any group? How did you survive for so long?" Brandon asked.

"Me and my wife, we had a lot of food in storage, the other two that are with us. They are our neighbours and when trouble started we all huddled up together, stayed quiet, and continued to eat the food.

"We waited for the military to come, we don't even know how long it's really been, but when we ran out of food we had no choice but to come outside. We really, really, thought that there was no one else. Please, take us with you... please." The man pleaded and the others soon got on their knees and begged as well.

This world had created all sorts of different types of people, and these people just wanted someone to tell them what to do, an ounce of the old civilization they wanted back. In a way though, these people were perfect to take back to the museum, they listened well to orders.

In the end, Brandon had agreed to take them, but the weapons were taken off them and they were placed to travel in the middle of the group, that way Dave could keep an eye on them if they were to do anything.

The group was over half way there, and had run into some zombies down an alleyway route they had taken. With a knife, both Cody and Brandon had dealt with them easily. Running up on them and stabbing them in the head.

There was no hesitation in their actions, and the ones who had just joined the group were quite impressed, still thinking that they were with some army personnel and normal civilians. Seeing this just strengthened that fact.

Just as they were about to get out of the alleyway, they could see something go past. It was almost silent as it drove, but they all saw it causing everyone to rush out and have a look.

Now they were looking at the back of the vehicle, it was a large jeep like vehicle. It was an electric car which was why it hadn't made so much noise. It was perfect for this type of situation but the most shocking thing was, there was a group of men, in military uniform... real military uniforms.

'Is the army finally here, are they actually doing a real evacuation?' Brandon thought. 'If that's the case, it may be best to follow them.'

At the same time, Zain had finally woken up from his dream, and when waking up he had a seriously bad feeling and not too long after, there was a notification from the system that made him feel the most panicked he had ever been.

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"What are you doing?" were the words that had come out from Pink's mouth, as she saw Brandon following the vehicle. It wasn't moving fast since there was a lot of debris in the way, and at times, some of the military even had to get off and move some things so the vehicle could safely travel.

"It's military." Brandon replied. "If they are here, they could be looking for people to evacuate them out of the city."

The others nodded their heads. If anything, the newcomers who went by Andy, Martha, Suszan and Cube wanted to shout out towards the army before they got away. However, they had been informed if they were to make any type of noise, they would be kicked out of the group immediately.

"This is a detour to the museum though, if we head this way then there is no chance that we will make it back before the sun sets." Pink questioned. "I have my mother with me as well."

"But this is the first time we have seen military personnel." Dave chimed in. "If we don't approach them now… then what's going to happen?"

It was safe to say that there were more that agreed with Brandon than Pink, in fact she wasn't sure if anyone was on her side, and before she knew it, they all started to follow Brandon, who had picked up the pace to reach the military vehicle quicker.

The only one that stayed behind for a bit, was both Cody and Kelly.

"You played a big part in helping me save Kelly, so I trust your judgement." Cody said. "But I do think that they might need your help. Just because they're military doesn't mean they're good people."

"He's right." Kelly added. "Look at what that doctor did."

There was another fear that was going through Pink's mind, and it was the fact that if they really were here to evacuate people, then she wouldn't be able to go with them. Because they would notice the bite marks that went up and down her leg.

"Move out of the way!"

In the distance, Pink's enhanced hearing, now that she had absorbed quite a number of crystals, had managed to pick the voice up, and it didn't sound like it was anyone from their group.

In the end, this led her to run and try to catch up with the others. It didn't take her long to reach the others, as they hadn't gone too far, and what had surprised her was the fact that they were all currently hiding behind abandoned cars.

It was a four lane street, so there were plenty of cars they could get behind, and Pink went ahead to join where Brandon was staying. Up ahead the military vehicle had come to a halt, around 20 metres away from where they were, and Pink could see why.

There was a blockade of vehicles. It looked like someone had moved cars purposely in a way so that the cars were on their sides, blocking the street. There were even cars on top of each other which seemed impossible to do without some type of machinery.

"When I saw the blockade, I told everyone to hide. I have a bad feeling about this." Brandon said, as he got his gun ready as well. Indicating to the others that they might need to do the same.

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Getting out of the driver's seat, the captain of the 10 man squad looked furious. Without hesitation he held his gun out as he pointed it toward someone. There was a person that was standing at the front of the blockade and it was who he was shouting at before.

"Are you responsible for this?" the captain asked.

The man who had the gun pointed at him, and who was standing in front of the blockade, was quite large in size, and he was wearing what looked like an american football outfit, red and white in colour with shoulder pads and the helmet that was on top of his head.

"No one is allowed to enter here, turn around!" The football player shouted back, which was getting the attention of the others around them.

"Is that person crazy?" Dave asked. "He must have a death wish, how can he be so brave when he has guns from the military pointed at him."

Pink was taking a longer peek to see if she could notice anything, and soon her and Brandon had noticed something, on top of the cars there were now others appearing. One of them dressed as a large clown with a giant bottom half.

Another freak looked to have a guitar on him as if he was ready to play it at any moment, and lastly one that was in gladiator-like gear including a helmet. The group looked like they had come out of some type of performance class, but not a single one of them had a weapon on them.

Seeing the strange group of people, the soldiers couldn't help but crack a laugh.

"Are you laughing at me! Are you laughing at me!" the American football player sounded like he was getting angrier, and from there he charged right in. It was faster than the soldier was expecting and before he could get a shot in, a fist slammed his head so hard that it caved into his chest and the soldier fell to the floor dead.

"This is bad, we have to get out of here!" Pink exclaimed.

Gunshots were heard as the other army personnel started to fire, but the footballer soon turned and lifted one of the abandoned cars above his head. It looked like he was lifting up a pillow as he threw it right at the truck, crushing most of the people in there.

"These aren't humans, they're Reborn!" Pink exclaimed.n0𝐕𝔢𝗅𝗎𝓈𝚋.𝒞0𝚖

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Due to the sound of the loud crash of the car, the others were unable to hear the words that had come out of Pink's mouth. Either way, they wouldn't understand what they meant anyway.

Seeing them, she thought something was strange and Dave was right, how could one have such confidence in the face of a gun. The only person she had seen have that level of confidence before was Zain and that was because he was a Zombie.

Usually, Pink would rely on her nose for such situations but due to the distance they were from her, and also the fact that there was military in front of them, the scents were confusing and she was unable to tell who was human and who wasn't but without a doubt, now it was clear.

The crashed car had flipped the military vehicle and had crushed a couple of the soldiers, but a few of them had gotten out quite quick, and started firing away towards the one in the american football outfit.

"Get that monster, it must be one of those evolved Zombies, it can just speak that's all. There is no need to worry, fire!" The man shouted as he hid behind the military vehicle and fired away.

"Oh, this one has a big mouth, too bad you are not good enough for my collection" a high pitched voice said which started to laugh, the second the man looked up, all he could see was a clown, and that was the last thing he could see as his head was held up in the air, next to a bloody scythe that had been used.

The clown zombie had jumped down from the vehicle, and swung its scythe again, letting the head fall to the ground. It had hit two of the soldiers by their waists, causing their top halves to fall to the ground.

It was done so effortlessly, with next to no resistance at all, and now it was hard for them to tell which one was more dangerous. The football player or the clown. Seeing this, Pink felt like it was more than likely that all of them were dangerous.

"Shouldn't you be helping them?" Andy loudly whispered.

"What and get ourselves killed!" Cody shouted.n0𝐕𝔢𝗅𝗎𝓈𝚋.𝒞0𝚖

"But we have guns, even if they are special zombies, a bullet to the head will kill them, right? They don't know you are here and, if we get rid of them, we can finally be somewhere safe." Andy replied.

Brandon wasn't so sure about that, just like Pink, he also feared what the other two, who had yet to join in, could do. The only reason why he hadn't signalled for them to move yet, was because they had the high ground.

While on top of the vehicles it would be easy for them to spot the group running away.

'Will the others join the fight, if they do, then it will be our chance to run away. If not... then as Andy said, maybe we stand more of a chance fighting with them.

'Or we can risk running away now, and them not caring about us.'

It was a decision that needed quick action but just as he thought about this, the gladiator looking man jumped down from cars and walked forward. As he did, some of the soldiers started to shoot toward him, but lifting his hand they would hit his skin and fall to the floor.

Suddenly, the footballer picked up the man shooting and slammed him to the ground, breaking every bone in his body.

As the gladiator man continued to walk, it looked like he was sniffing the air, like some type of dog.

"I can smell it... there are more people." The gladiator man said.

"Run!" Brandon shouted, as he popped up and started to shoot toward the gladiator man. He was a good shot and all of the bullets were aimed at the head, but just like before he lifted his hand blocking them.

The others didn't hesitate as they saw Pink was the first to run, and she was running ahead of the others despite her mother on her back. Cody, who had a gun in his hand, would turn around once in a while and fire as well, because he knew what Brandon had done.

He was staying behind, giving them cover fire, so they could get away.

At that moment, all of the soldiers had been killed mostly by the clown, as it came back to join the gladiator by his side with his scythe full of blood and his mouth partly as well.

"Oh, there's more that were hiding. It's a good thing we have your nose!" the clown said.

"Rive! Stop them!" the gladiator shouted.

Running towards the nearest car, the footballer lifted it up above his head and continued to run forward as he hurled it. It went quite far in the streets and landed directly in front of the runners.

Not just one car was thrown though, as soon many started to fall from the sky, landing in the way of the others. For fear of being hit, they turned around, but soon realised that the cars had now formed another blockade.

"We can try climbing over the cars, but I have a feeling that he could have just as easily hit us with the cars as well.' Pink thought. 'They're trapping us... they want to play with us, like a sick game.'

In the hospital, Zain had woken up a few moments ago, and a ding from his system was heard as a message had been received.

[A new quest has been received]

[Your party member 'Pink' is in trouble]

'Oh, the party system is still active?' Zain thought.

[Save your party member]

[Reward: Platinum card]

'A... platinum quest, and thats just for saving Pink. That must mean they are in really big trouble.'

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The situation was clear to Pink at that point, that the only way they would be able to get out of this was by fighting. She quickly placed her mother down on the road, by the side.

"Mum, you need to just stay out of this fight, and no matter what happens, don't worry about me," Pink stated, as she turned around and headed back to where the strange zombies had appeared.

"What are you doing, are you crazy? We should just climb on out of here. If the military with their weapons were unable to do anything, what do you think we can do?" Andy asked.

Pink wasn't the only one that figured out that there was no way of escaping, Brandon did as well, as he had stopped shooting out suppressive fire, and started to make his way towards Pink and the others as well.

Dave, Cody, Kelly, all of them inherently trusted her judgement, they could tell something was off.

"Come on dear, we have to live!" Andy said, as he started to climb on top of the heaped cars, as he did though, a shadow was cast on him, and when turning around another car was seen flying in the air.

It was too late for Andy to do anything, other than lift his hand which was useless. The car crushed his entire body, landing directly on top of him and crashing onto the other. The only thing that could be seen was his hand dangling out from the side, limp.

"NOOOO!" Suszan screamed as she saw her husband' arm, she went to reach out to it, and when she did she could hear the sound of raucous laughing, coming from above.

"So sad, right... this is so sad." The clown-like zombie with pale skin said. "You will be much happier with him!"

With a swing of his scythe, Suszan's head was rolling on the floor.

Quickly, Cube and Martha had decided to run to where the others were who had formed a circle, in the centre, trying to cover each of their backs. Now behind them was the clown, on the other side, the football player, and the gladiator, lastly it looked like the one holding a guitar had finally jumped off and was joining the fight as well.

"Brandon... Do you have a plan?" Dave asked.

"Usually my plan is bullets, and bullets don't seem to be working." Brandon replied.

"If bullets don't work, I don't think my daggers are going to be much help either."Cody stated.

"What about Zain?" Kelly said. "What if one of us goes back and gets Zain?"

"Zain?" Martha asked, hearing a name she had only just heard for the first time. They had only just joined the group, but she had paid attention to all of their names so she wouldn't come across as rude.

"We can't rely on Zain, he won't know we are in trouble, and honestly with this one, I don't even know if he could even get us out of this mess. We have to take care of these guys ourselves. Right now, I'm the best chance we have at taking these people out.

"I'll take on the gladiator since your bullets don't seem to be working on him. You guys just hold onto the rest until I can help." Pink ordered.

With that agreed, she ran out from the circle toward the gladiator. Seeing as how the football player was next to him, Cody decided to grab one of his daggers and throw it as hard as he could towards him.

It landed right in his shoulder, sticking in but doing nothing in terms of damage, but it did get his attention. With Kelly behind the two of them would attempt to distract the footballer.

"I'll take on the clown, so that leaves that guitarist to the rest of you. Dave protect them!" Brandon shouted.

With the gun sight up to his eye, Brandon aimed carefully as he shot out a burst of bullets right at the clown's head. Lifting the scythe, the blade blocked the bullets as they would fall to the ground, but the next burst had hit the clown in the stomach causing him to bleed.

"I guess your skin isn't as tough as your friend's back there." Brandon taunted.

"Ah yes, but bullets to my stomach don't hurt me you see!" The clown laughed as he ran forward.

Pink stood right up next to the gladiator and took a fighting stance, just like how she used to back when she was doing competitions. She clenched a fist, placing it slightly ahead.

"You smell different from them." The gladiator stated.

"You're right," Pink said, as she shifted forward a step, almost jumping, then the second her foot landed, she swung a kick out right to the head, activating the hidden blade. Lifting his arm, the attack was blocked.

However, this was in her predictions, as Pink spun her body, and lifted her other leg in the air, kicking the gladiator right in the face, a clang was heard that vibrated out loudly as the face was swung to the side, and the gladiator had to place his hand on the ground to stop himself from completely falling.

"I am different, I can fight."

After finishing her kick, out of the corner of her eye Pink was distracted by something and that was the guitarist who walked past. Both Martha and Cube were holding onto their weapons, kitchen knives, while hiding behind Dave with the gun.

"Do you like my music?" The guitarist asked as he strummed the guitar, but there were no strings making any sound.

A step closer, and Dave shot out a bullet but had completely missed since the distance was too far.

"Do you like my music?" the man asked again.

Once again Dave took another shot, and the musician decided to jump. It was at such a height that they could no longer see him, but when he landed again, he had landed right next to where Pink's mother was.n0𝑽𝓔𝐿𝐮𝗌𝓑.𝒞0𝗆

"Do you like my music?" the man asked.

"I'm... so sorry?" Her mother said, tears filling up, her voice shaky as she looked at Pink.

Hearing the reply, the face of the guitarist had completely changed.

"You don't like my MUSIC!" He shouted so loud that vibrations almost looked visible coming out of his mouth. When the sound stopped they all turned to look at Pink's mother, and POP!

Pink's mother's head had exploded there and then.

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Pink couldn't believe it, she was there to witness everything, her mother's head just exploded right in front of her eyes. She was right there yet she could do nothing to stop it. A great pain entered Pink's heart while at the same time, so many thoughts were swirling through her mind.

I did everything to try and keep you alive, after losing my sister I didn't want to lose anyone else.

How do I explain this to dad, he will be heartbroken.

The truth is, he really is all alone now, because his daughter, who is right here, is also already dead.

In the middle of all of those thoughts, a big hand came out right from the side, and Pink only noticed it at the last second. Due to her fast reflexes she was able to lift both of her hands to block it but it was useless.

As she was wacked to the side, the force felt like that of a car, and she was knocked off her feet in the air landing on the ground. Getting up quickly she felt no pain and it had knocked some sense into her, but she realised that her right arm was now broken.

'I can't heal without consuming flesh, I'm not like Zain.' Pink thought, looking at the gladiator man coming toward her. 'Why... should I heal, is there any reason for me to keep on living?'

While Pink was facing the gladiator, the others were all dealing with their own troubles. Firstly, Dave, Martha and Cube, after seeing the old woman die like so, they knew how dangerous this musician was and Dave was no longer holding back as he shot bullet after bullet at the person.

Turning his head, he lifted his guitar, using it to stop all of the bullets, each time moving it in the right place.

"I guess she didn't really like my music." The zombie said as he walked forward. "Let me ask you guys again. Do you like my music?" The zombie asked.

Dave continued to shoot but he needed to reload, and as he did, the guitarist let go of the guitar allowing it to hang around his neck via the strap and suddenly ran right towards them.

Both Cube and Martha, who wielded weapons thrust them forward. One of the knives had hit the zombie in the chest, while the other had gone for its head, but the zombie had used its teeth to bite down on the knife, biting hard and crushing it to pieces.

"I can't sing if you stab me in the head." The zombie said, as it was ready to open its mouth wide at all three of them again.

Elsewhere, there was Kelly and Cody dealing with the footballer. However, rather than try to attack the zombie like the others had been doing, Cody was buying time, just like Pink had asked.

The footballer ran towards him, and swiftly moving to the side at the last moment, Cody was able to dodge the attack. It was like one of those men at the bull fights that held up the red piece of cloth.

As he avoided the charge, Cody threw out a small knife aiming for the back of the head but missed, hitting it in the shoulder instead. As it continued forward, it crashed into one of the side shops breaking the glass and running into the counter.

Seeing this, Kelly had run in, and jumped on the zombie's back.

"What are you doing Kelly! We just need to buy time." Cody shouted out.

Unlike Cody, she didn't believe that Pink would be able to deal with them all, she was the only one watching the ongoing situation and knew that they would all have to give it everything they had to get out of this bad situation.

Which was why she jumped on the zombie's back, and repeatedly stabbed at the back of the footballer's head. The thing was, he was wearing a helmet, and the knife was slipping off to the side.

Grabbing Kelly by her arm, the footballer threw her over his shoulder and directly onto the floor, crashing her back into pieces of glass shards and more.

"Get away from her!" Cody shouted, as he threw knife after knife, getting the footballer's attention. He was unsure if Kelly had survived or not, after all this zombie seemed to have the same strength as a titan, if not more, and no human would be able to survive a blow from them.

As Cody readied up, the sound of bullets were raining, and it was Brandon who was dealing with the clown. The clown had managed to close the distance between the two. As it swung its scythe, Brandon used the gun to block the attack.

He could feel that it was breaking in half, and his strength couldn't match up to the clown, so he had no choice but to abandon his submachine gun as he rolled out the way and pulled out a handgun, continuing to fire.

'If Pink can't do anything, I'm not sure we're going to survive this.' Brandon thought, as he could see the clown smiling.

That was when Brandon too, had run out of bullets at that moment, and needed to reload. He could see the clown was waiting for this moment as he charged, but suddenly the sound of bullets could be heard.n0𝔳𝗲𝔩𝑈𝗌𝑩.𝗰0𝑀

The clown immediately lifted up its scythe, blocking more shots coming from the side.

'Bullets, but from above?' When taking a look, he could see someone shooting from one of the apartments and they had to be a good shot to be able to shoot from there, but who was the one helping them.

Where Dave and the others were as the guitarist opened its mouth, it felt something biting down on its leg, as it looked down there was a small little corgi dog. Then, Pink could see zombies were running towards the shop, going after the footballer.

When she turned her head, she heard the sound of metal clashing against metal, as she could see Cobra swinging two daggers, hitting the gladiator at a speed faster than it could react, and when the gladiator tried to grab onto him, it completely missed as Cobra had moved back.

'All of these that are coming again is it...'

"These guys look a little difficult." Cobra said.

Ever since Cobra had been turned, it was the first time Pink had heard him speak, but the inflection of voice and that attitude reminded her of a certain someone, this wasn't Cobra, it was Zain.

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Seeing the platinum quest appear in front of him, Zain was wondering what to do. He had never completed a platinum quest to date, and he knew that the others had to be in serious trouble.

On top of that, it didn't look like the system was adjusting quests based on his state. For example, Zain had gotten the quest to find an active and live meteor, yet the reward of that quest never changed despite Zain being far stronger than he was when he had received the quest.

In Zain's experience from his games, it just meant these types of quests were just that difficult regardless and it could be the same right now, which was why for a second he thought about forgetting about this quest altogether.

"Zain, what's wrong, is everything okay?" Kun asked.

"I think… Pink and the others there in trouble." Zain replied. "And I don't know what to do."

Although Kun had no idea how Zain knew that the others might be in trouble, it had got to the point where he stopped questioning Zain's words.

"Isn't it obvious, we have to try and help them right? I mean, I know you're big on the survival part, but isn't there a way to help them without us risking our lives." Kun suggested.

He had travelled with Zain long enough to know what type of person he was. Judging by the look on his face, this was a hard one, if it was up to Kun he would have gone to help Pink already, but for Zain there had to be next to no risk.

"There is a way." Zain mumbled.

If he was to use his Horde members, he could try and help them out of their pinch. On top of that, being in control of one of them, it would be a good evaluation on whether or not Zain believed they could complete the quest.

There was a chance he could lose the super zombies he had built up, but an army could always be rebuilt; he would just have to leave Skittle behind. His strength was great, but Zain still couldn't afford to lose him at this point and time.

Which was why, while him and Kun started to make way, he decided to do the same type of trick he had done before, taking control of Cobra this time instead of Skittle, perhaps the best suited super Zombie, and right now, in Cobra's body, Zain was standing in front of the gladiator.

"You… you are just like her." The gladiator said, sniffing the air. "Who are you with?"

"Who are we with?" Zain replied. "These guys are with me, and I won't let you take them away so easily!"

Not speaking anymore, Zain got to work, as he launched from his position and went straight for the gladiator's neck. The dagger hit cleanly but a ding sound was heard as he continued past him.

Quickly turning around, Zain slashed the dagger in a few more spots and the constant dings were heard before the gladiator swung its arms in frustration, hitting nothing.

[Dagger mastery is now level 2]

'At least that's something to be happy about, but just because my skill with the dagger increased, doesn't mean I'll be able to pierce his skin anytime soon. Unlike the titan, his whole skin is solid. Is this really a zombie? It feels more like a superhuman, or maybe they are closer to the body I am in now, like a superhuman zombie.'

"Zain, don't worry about him. I will keep him busy, help out the others and then we can try to take this thing down together!" Pink shouted.

Thinking about it, it wasn't a horrible suggestion. If Zain was to defeat the others, then there was a good chance that Cobra would level up and if he was to increase his strength or speed, it would be a way to end this whole thing.

Out of the entire group, looking at which ones would be the easiest to deal with, Zain decided to run as fast as he could towards the guitarist. Jam was growling heavily at him as the guitarist was getting ready to open its mouth.

Although the students were unsure who this belonged to, or where it had come from, due to it saving their life, they weren't quick to give up as they started to fire the guns once again.

The guitarist was hit in the shoulder, causing it to close its mouth and as it turned around it saw a knife heading straight for its shoulder.

The guitarist turned around giving its attention back to Dave and the other two, as it walked forward through, Cobra's body was seen coming in front of them and went to stab the zombie right in the head who managed to lift the guitar quickly, blocking its head.

"Do you want to hear my music?" The guitarist asked.

"No, I want you to die!" Zain replied, as he kicked the zombie in the stomach causing it to fall to the floor.

"Who is that?" Cube asked.

"I have no idea…" Dave replied.

Putting the guitar down, the zombie had its mouth open as he heard the answer and strange screams started to come out. The students ducked, and Zain ran to the side. As the zombie moved its head, the glass from the side streets was breaking by the second.

"I told you to shut up!" Zain shouted again, throwing the dagger as fast as he could and it landed right in the zombie's skull. It didn't seem to be dead yet, as the dagger hadn't pierced far enough, but it got the zombie to shut its mouth.

Using his super speed, Zain ran right over and threw the second dagger towards the body, then suddenly moved to the zombie's side. The second dagger being a distraction, Zain now was able to grab the first dagger and push it in as deep as possible.

The zombie was lifted by the head from the dagger and then slammed into the ground, no longer moving.n0𝔳𝗲𝔩𝑈𝗌𝑩.𝗰0𝑀

[A super zombie has been killed]

[Super Undead Cobra has levelled up]

[Super Undead Cobra is now level 4]

From the corner of his eye Brandon was looking at what was going on, it seemed like all the super zombies they were going against had noticed it, one of them had died, but the question was to who and what.

'Isn't that Cobra from the Cobra gang. I knew what he looked like because Ryan was scouting them, but then they were eliminated. Didn't Zain say he was the one that eliminated the gang… so what is he doing here?' Brandon thought.

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Killing the strange guitarist was more beneficial than Zain had thought, because he had gained quite a bit of exp. At first seeing all of these super zombies, Zain thought that even if he was to arrive and with the help of his small Horde, it would be impossible to get Pink out of this alive.

However, now he was starting to think differently. Not all of the superhuman zombies were of equal strength, and they were killable. If he racked up this much exp, then perhaps in this fight alone, Zain could get strong enough to take care of them all.

[Congratulations you are now level 8]

[1 stat point has been received]

The good thing was, while in another body Zain was still able to receive messages about his main body. Although he couldn't directly see stats unless he switched control, so he would just have to wait till later to apply the stat point.

However, the same wasn't true for Cobra, who had just levelled up two times.

'I can't take too long to think about this, although I need strength, two points in strength won't be enough to help Cobra that much, and with more speed a bigger blow can be delivered!'

[Agility 6 8]

Super Undead Cobra

Level 4

[Strength: 0]

[Agility: 8]

[Intelligence: 2]

[Vitality: 0]

The death of one of their allies seemed to set off a chain reaction in the area, as they were no longer concentrating so much on their own fight, but instead were all now looking towards Cobra.

One moment they were looking at him though, and the next he completely disappeared from sight, and a clash was heard as two daggers were seen clashing against the clown's scythe.

"Oh, a fast one who managed to kill Dug, but Dug was the weakest of all of us by far you fool!" the clown laughed, as it started to spin the scythe, attacking Cobra non stop. Using the daggers, all Zain could do was defend.

'In that small moment, I only had a few seconds to try and decide which was the weakest out of them all... did I pick wrong? But that doesn't matter too much now, I just have to last a bit longer.'

As Zain continued to block the attacks, he could feel he was losing out in strength and would need to do something soon.

"Brandon, don't worry about me, help Pink deal with the gladiator, he will be the most difficult of the lot!" Zain ordered.

For a second Brandon was hesitant, why would he listen to Cobra of all people, and why was he helping them. Either way, for some reason he was and Brandon needed to act fast, and that's what he did.

The strikes from the clown's scythe were so heavy that Zain had almost lost grip, but just then a few shots were fired from the window again and the clown had to stop its barrage as it defended itself from the bullets.

"This is getting annoying, why don't I take that one out first!" The clown said, but Zain wasn't going to let that happen so easily.

Although Cody wasn't getting any help from Cobra, Zain, or the little zombie dog, around nine other zombies had come to his aid. They had rushed through what looked like a diner, and were all heading towards the football player.

As the footballer saw this, he bashed his hands togther as he charged forward crashing into one of the zombies. As he did, the zombie went flying into the air and through the window. After that, two of the zombies had jumped latching onto the footballer and began to bite and chomp on him.

"Why are these sh*ts eating me? I'm just like you!" The footballer screamed, as he grabbed one by the shoulder and slammed it on the floor detaching its head from its body.

It was clear that the zombies weren't going to be enough to take this one down. So while he was busy, Cody had crept around the corner to see if Kelly was okay, as he reached the counter he could see she was slowly getting up.

"Kelly, is everything okay, we need to get out of here, or hide while keeping him off our tail, can you move?" Cody asked.

When checking out her own body, to her and his surprise, she seemed fine. There were no broken bones, and she wasn't heavily bleeding even though she had suffered the same impact as the zombie had done earlier.

"I can move... I can move." Kelly answered.

At first Cody had put Kelly on his shoulder as the two of them were ready to get out of the shop. A couple more zombies, and it looked like the footballer would be giving them all of his attention once again.

As they got out of the shop though, Cody could hear something over by the cars that were blocking their way, and that's when he could see a figure standing on top.

"Zain!"

Once again Zain had arrived, but strangely he was just standing there, and perhaps it was coincidence, but at the same time as Zain stood there, all of the super zombies stopped their assault and retreated back to the other side. The thing was, even Zain was confused by this, as he switched back to his own body and jumped down.

"Everyone gather!" Zain shouted.

They didn't need to be told more than once, Cobra, even War who was in the apartment building, was making his way down. While the others such as Dave and the rest started to come down.

"Zain, how did you know, how did you even know we were in trouble?" Pink asked.n0𝑽𝓔𝐿𝐮𝗌𝓑.𝒞0𝗆

"I don't think that's very important now, what I'm worried about is what they're doing?" Zain replied.

The gladiator, the footballer, and the clown had lined up. Then the footballer moved, pushing one of the cars behind them out of the way, leaving an opening like a door, that's when they could see a person walking out, quite an old looking man in his fifties.

"That... he looks human?" Brandon asked.

Pink didn't want to say anything, but he was human. As for Zain, he needed to rub his eyes, although it wasn't a one for one because of the age difference, Zain was sure he had seen this person before, and it was in a recent vision of his. It was the man from the lab that worked at Reborn.

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Zain's real body had only just arrived, so he didn't have time to help the others like he had originally planned to, because it looked like the fighting had now come to a complete halt. Not because of him though, it was due to the older gentleman who had just entered the scene.

Looking at the man, Zain was unable to keep his eyes off him, staring at his face and cross-referencing him to the memories inside his head.

'I'm sure of it, I have never met this man before, ever in my entire life, yet I recognise his face, because of the vision that I recently had.' Zain thought.

Why had his vision shown him someone he had never seen before and now there was a man suddenly in front of him that matched his vision. Was this man really working for the Reborn group that Kun and the others were a part of?

"How could you all be struggling at a time like this?" The man said, as he walked forward. The strange zombies had their heads down as if they were in shame or being told off by a teacher.

"They... are like us." The gladiator man replied.

The old man was looking at Zain and the others, trying to see what the gladiator meant by this, as he saw him push his glasses back up onto the ridge of his nose, as something had caught his eye.

"I see... for today that is a valid excuse, but it just shows how far you all have to go still." The man said, as he walked out in front of them, but still stayed close to them all.

"All of you, I can only guess that you are either part of her creations, or have happened to resist a few parts of the virus. Either way, I suggest that you join us, the Dark Zombies, in our goal."

"Dark Zombies, who cares about your name!" Cube shouted. "Why would we join you after you just tried to kill us all?"

After what they had just seen, the death of the military and a few of the close friends that they had been travelling with, it was hard to say they felt safe in these strangers' hands, who in their eyes looked like monsters.

The man started to laugh.

"I think you have things a little wrong, I wasn't inviting you." The man then proceeded to point at Zain, he pointed at Kun, Pink, Cobra, War in the apartment, and even Jam, "My offer is only for them to join us."

Brandon and the others were left slightly confused by why the man had pointed at them, but for Kun, Pink and Zain it was quite clear, he had selected all of the zombies.

'This man, how much does he know? Is it safe to go along with him? The one thing that is clear, is that the zombies aren't attacking him. The Dark Zombies or whatever it is he calls them, they're not attacking him even though he's human."

While no one said anything, Brandon was looking for a way out. With Zain and the strong help of Cobra and the others, now it seemed like maybe they could fight if need be, or if they were to refuse, both sides would turn around due to the equivalent loss. However, Brandon wasn't saying anything because right now, he trusted Zain's judgement more than anything.

'For now... it's too risky to join another group. Not while we know nothing about them, and not while I'm not sure myself whether I'm the strongest in the group or not. Being controlled, or in an area where there is constant danger around us, is not a good deal.'

Which is why Zain opened his mouth and gave his answer.

"I'm sorry, but right now we won't be able to join your Dark Zombies. It seems... it would be best if both our groups went the other way."n0𝗏𝐞𝓵𝐔𝑠𝗯.𝔠0𝑀

The man signed as he heard this.

"I'm disappointed by your answer. Get... rid of them."

Those words had caused everyone to be on the defensive, it looked like they were going to have to fight after all. Strangely, it didn't look like any of the others they were fighting before were moving though.

"That was one offer that you shouldn't have refused."

For a second, it felt like the ground was shaking. Small explosions were heard a little ways away, as dust could be seen coming up from behind the barrier of cars behind the group. After that, coming through the same hole where the others had made, were what smelled like zombies. Only they had chains wrapped around their arms and legs.

There looked to be around three of them coming through the opening. They didn't look to be any more frightening than what they had been facing before, to be honest, but Zain felt like there had to be a reason.

A reason why this man was confident, a reason why the other zombies were still just standing there, and a reason why this was considered a platinum quest, and he had a feeling that these were them.

Jumping up in the air, the zombie with chains reached about ten metres in the sky before landing right in front of Dave, Martha and Cube. They stood behind Dave as he was ready to fire his gun.

Before he could, the zombie lifted its arm, and the chain around its wrist swung out, hitting all three of them in the head. As it did their skulls were crushed. It was so powerful that the chain had gone through like a knife, splitting all three of their heads in half.

"F*CKK!!!!" Brandon screamed, as he saw all three of them die and lifted his gun. Zain swung his sword, as a clash was heard. Hitting one of the chains in front of him. Brandon had failed to notice another one of the chained zombies come toward him.

However, even though Zain had blocked one strike, the other chain had hit Brandon in the head... killing him on the spot as well.

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A loss of lives, it had happened before, Zain had seen it on the streets and he had even taken lives in this new world. However, there was a distinct life that he remembered and that was Skittle.

In his past, there weren't many people that Zain was close with, but Skittle was one of them. Although he wouldn't classify the people around him as friends, he had been with them for a little while now, and just like that time with Skittle, he was unable to help others.

To his right, there was the young student Dave, dead along with two others. Now in front of him, there was Brandon, a person who he had been through a bit with. It was also his lead to knowing about the Reborn group.

However, once again it was a life that Zain had tried to protect and yet had failed at doing so.

'Brandon, Dave, not just them too, but If I don't do something now. Then everyone, we all will die right here.' Zain thought.

When looking up, Zain could hear the chains of the third chained zombie on the floor. Now he could see who it was targeting, it was looking at both Cody and Kelly.

'No… I can't let these guys do what they want!' Zain thought.

The chain was swung and he knew he wouldn't be quick enough, but there was someone who was. The chain clashed against two daggers as a person appeared in front of the two. The person, or body they were looking at was Cobra, but Cobra wasn't the one inside, or at least not the one in the mind.

'The attack is so strong, I can't push it back!' Zain thought, as he skidded across the ground. After taking that one attack, Zain knew what to do now.

"Run." Zain mumbled. "Run!! All of you run and get out of here. I will be able to stall them for some time, but there is no point in all our lives being lost, so all of you run while I deal with them."

Zain had gone through the scenarios in his head, and this in the end was the only option. If they all stayed and fought together they would die. If he tried running on his own, the others wouldn't be able to hold them and they would die.

The only option was for Zain himself to hold them back, while the others got on with their lives.

Kun, Pink, Cody and Kelly. These were the only ones that were still alive, and each of them tightened their fists as they heard these words. After everything this person had done for them, were they really just going to leave him here?

"You heard what he said!" Kun shouted. "Everyone run now!"

The chained zombies were looking in their direction, but Zain had moved to the side of Cobra and supportive fire was coming from War at the window. It was hitting the chained zombies and the bullets were piercing them, but when it went through their bodies, they immediately healed.

This power, and ability, seemed even stronger than Zain's ability to heal.

One of the chain zombies swung again, and Zain swung his sword at the same time. Due to his increased skill, he knew exactly where to hit it to stop its momentum. When the sword clashed against the chain though, the top had snapped right off, and the chain continued, hitting Zain right on the arm, breaking it in an instant and sending him to his knees.

[Your arm has broken]

[Would you like to use energy to fix it?]

"ZAIN!!!" Pink screamed, as she saw this but Kun quickly pulled her back. The group were in the shop where Kelly and Cody were fighting. The plan was to escape out of a back entrance and head to another street.

Standing up, Zain stretched out his arm, and it started to heal on the spot, regrowing and going back to what it used to be. However in his hand now, was nothing but a broken sword compared to before.

"Don't come back here, and don't try looking for me. I hope I have taught all of you everything you need to know about surviving. So use it!" Zain shouted.

Continuing to pull Pink away, they headed deeper inside, with Kun saying a few words under his breath.

"At times you seemed cruel, but you are a good person Zain, I will look after them." Kun said.

With the others gone, Zain was now ready to do whatever it took to survive, he had even called over Skittle from his hiding place. If there was a slim chance, he would take it. Dropping the sword to the ground he pulled out both handguns.

He shot bullets towards all three of the chained zombies, until two of them swung their chains and hit the guns out of Zain's hands.n0𝑣𝗲𝑙𝑢𝗌𝑏.𝑐0𝑚

[Your hands have been crushed]

[Would you like to use your energy to heal them]

"Yes!" Zain shouted, and his hands healed, but with the broken bones so far and the fighting, his energy was down to nearly half, but that's when he noticed that the chain zombies were just standing there, they weren't moving forward, and instead the old man was in the centre of them.

He looked to Zain again, and was looking toward his chest.

"You seem to be the person who she has put her hope in. " The man said. "Because of that I will let you live, and we shall soon see, who's method was better out of the two of us. When you come to realise why you are still alive, I am sure you will join us, along with your followers."

With that said, the man had turned around, and the chained zombies followed him along with those he called the Dark Zombies, and staying there in place Zain witnessed them leave the area, leaving him alive along with his zombies.

'What happened… why did he just... leave me?'

[A new Quest has been received]

[Meet with one of two of the creators of the zombie apocalypse]

[Reward: Diamond Card]

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How long had Zain stayed in that position for, he wasn't sure himself. He was on his knees, and the others that he had turned had now surrounded him, Skittle, Cobra, War and Jam. It had been so long that the zombies that, once they had cleared the area, were now just walking around the place freely.

If it wasn't for the constant system messages telling him that his energy was low, he perhaps would have stayed there for even longer.

'Why… Why did that man let me live? He could have easily killed me, and after I killed one of his zombies as well?' Zain thought.

It was certainly a strange feeling, because it was the first time since acquiring this zombie body of his that he was close to death.

'The system as well, giving me such a quest. That man, he was one of the ones that started this apocalypse in the first place, a human. How does the system even know such a thing?

'I guess if it is true, it would make sense as to why he had all of those zombies listening to him, even though he was a human and had those powerful chained zombies as well. That makes me wonder though, if the man I saw in the vision really was the one who started this, then his partner… Is it the blonde woman?

'The blonde woman… Her name was Sarah, the one who dropped this pendant, and started the Reborn group. It would make sense, and if I find her, it would allow me to complete a diamond quest.'

Zain started to clench his fist hard.

'I don't know anything about this system, but it looks like I was on the right path, but what do I do… if I run into that man again, if the same thing happens again?'

While thinking of this and quests, he remembered a certain message that had appeared after the others left. After all, Pink had managed to escape, which meant he had completed his first platinum quest.

[Reward: Platinum Card]

[Would you like to use the Platinum Card]

Zain was quite excited to see what it would entail. Skills, system upgrades and exp was what he had received so far.

[The Platinum Card has been used]

[A forced body evolution is now occurring]

Immediately, it felt like Zain was in the middle of absorbing multiple high grade crystals as something was overcoming himself. He could feel a tingling sensation all over his body. A feeling that he hadn't felt often since turning.

[Body evolution has been complete]

[The user has gained 5 to all stats]

[Level 8]

[Experience [1,092/48,273]

[Strength: 7]

[Agility: 5]

[Intelligence: 13]

[Endurance: 7]

With the extra stat point Zain had gained from when Cobra had killed one of the Dark Zombies, he had decided to put the stat point into his intelligence as well, because this was an amazing reward without a doubt.

'Each level up only gives me one stat. Sure there might be cards and eating certain people that increase my stats, but this is like going up multiple levels at once.'

All of a sudden, Zain's speed, strength and everything else was beyond those of the members of his horde. He was stronger than Skittle, although not faster than Cobra, but it sure was a big improvement compared to before.

'I don't understand, if you have the ability to give me strength like this, then why didn't you just give me strength from the beginning!' Zain said in anger. With this power, he would have been able to perhaps save Skittle as well before.

On top of that, there was one more message that had occurred separate from the evolution.

[Your intelligence is now over 10]

[The maximum number of Horde members has increased]

[4/20]

'I had a feeling, with the path I had chosen, that one of the stats would allow me to increase my power and my guess was correct. My type of character isn't meant to directly get involved in fights, but because of the quests and me having to get involved myself all the time, I'm more like a hybrid character. Between a control type and an enhanced type.' Zain thought.

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Still there was a problem, even with these rewards, with these stats, Zain imagined that he still would have lost a fight to just one of the Chained Zombies, and there were three of them. Who knew how many more there were out there as well. 20 zombies they would have easily been able to deal with, he needed to be able to control hundreds.

If he was to meet that man again, and get the answers he wanted, or to even continue surviving in the world as he had done, something needed to be done.

'With the system I thought I was already growing at a rapid pace but now I can see that's not true. I was getting so comfortable being surrounded by others, that I neglected the most important aspect.' Zain thought.

'I need to keep levelling up. I need to just focus on getting stronger, myself. I will hunt the Stage 2 Zombies, get their crystals and level up, then when I have finally started to stagnate, I will go back to that weapon room using the return key.

'I'm sure the others got away, but I'm sorry my journey with you will end here, and if we are meant to meet in the future, then we will.' Zain thought, walking over to one of the dead bodies.

"I'm sorry Brandon, but a part of you will be a part of me. I need energy, and I need to know what you know as well." Zain said, as he knelt down and started to eat part of his body and brain. Accepting what he was, Zain was going to push through this, so he was never in that same situation again.

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Run, run, and run. That was what all the others did. They listened to Zain's words, they knew the danger and the threat that was in front of them not too long ago, and they all knew that they wouldn't have been able to survive and that it was the only way.

Running at the back of the group, as Pink directed the others where to go, each time one of them turned their backs, Kun would speak up.

"Keep running, if you even try to turn around, I'm going to hit you myself." Kun said, which scared the life out of all of them, even Pink. She had never heard such anger in Kun's voice.

He was always the lighthearted and calm one, who seemed impossible to anger, yet here he was.

"If any of us die, after what he just did for us, then his sacrifice would have been in vain, don't any of you understand that?" Kun shouted.

Because of those words, the group continued to run as Kun asked. On top of that, they were noticing it was getting dark. As they ran, Pink was thinking of the whole group. She couldn't believe it.

They had left with her mother, had left with Brandon and Dave, yet they weren't coming back with them. Worst of all, not even Zain was with them now. Someone who Pink had decided to stick with.

When they reached the museum, what were they meant to tell the leader, what were they going to tell Ryan?

Unfortunately, due to everything that had happened to them, the sun set had caught up with them and it was soon to get dark. Because of this, the group had decided that it was best if they were to head to one of the apartments indoors.

It was easy for them to find one, and easy for Pink and Kun to clear it out. They dragged the dead bodies out of the apartment, placing them in the room next door. Allowing for both Cody and Kelly to enter.

When the two of them entered, they fell onto the sofa that was in the rooms. The tension that they felt, having gone from fight to flight mode, left them incredibly exhausted.

They weren't like Kun and Pink. Who both, even now, were trying to find items to cover up the windows and drawing the curtains to block out any sign of them being inside.

After they were done, they decided to sit down with the others, and all of them weren't asleep, but were just resting, staring down at the ground. All of them were thinking about what had happened back there.

"What were those things?" Kelly eventually asked, breaking the silence.

"I have no idea. We never ran into them before." Kun replied. "But it was clear that they weren't human. They were just like us."

Hearing this, usually it would come as a big surprise, but Cody, and somewhat Kelly, had already figured it out. Kelly knew about Zain and since these two were travelling with him and were almost superhuman, she had a guess.

"Do you think…" Pink didn't say another word as Kun looked at her, knowing what she wanted to ask.

"Let's just get some sleep." Kun said, as he stood up and walked to one of the bedrooms. "None of us can think properly in this situation."

Although everyone agreed, it was hard for both Kelly and Cody to get any sleep at all. They felt safe but the danger that was around them gave them quite a restless night, until a certain point. They were so exhausted that they couldn't help but fall asleep, and when they woke up it was mid-day already.

The curtains had been drawn, and beaming sunlight was shining on their two faces, as both of them had slept on the sofa.

"Get off me, your dribbling on me!" Cody complained, as he practically pushed Kelly off the sofa who was laying on top of him. She fell to the floor, waking up, her hair sticking up and her eyelids half asleep.

"I'm happy to see that you guys got some good rest in the end." Kun said. "While you were sleeping, I wrote down some instructions for you."

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The piece of paper was handed over to Cody, since he seemed to be the more awake one and surprisingly the more responsible one, even though he was younger. When looking at the list, it was instructions on how to get to the museum.

Then there were also instructions to the hospital and the medicine that was needed as well.

"Why are you giving us this?" Cody asked. "It's almost as if you're leaving us?"

"That's because we are." Kun replied. "Me and Pink, the two of us, can't go back to the museum. We were never planning to stay there in the first place, but we need to pass on the message of what happened. The two of you will be well looked after, that Ryan guy, he seemed like a good leader."

Knowing what the two were, that they were zombies, Cody understood why they couldn't go back and stay at a human settlement, at least not for too long, but he was still worried about them, they had saved him and Kelly.

"What are you two going to do then?" Cody asked.

Kun looked at Pink for a few seconds.

"I spoke with Pink yesterday after you two fell asleep. Honestly, everything in my head is telling me there was no way Zain could have survived what had occured. It doesn't make any sense.

"But, somehow he knew that everyone was in trouble, and he came rushing straight towards us. In a way that doesn't make any sense either, so there's a chance that Zain is still alive. I know he told us not to look for him, but it's the only thing we can do."

Cody understood, because if he was in the same situation as them, then he probably would have done the same. Which is why he stood up and held out his hand.

"Remember each other. We should remember each other for the future." Cody said.

Kun smiled, even though Cody knew what they were, he wasn't afraid to shake his hand. Taking the hand shake, the two said each other's names as they were ready to leave the door.

"Wait!" Kelly shouted. "I think there is something that you should know, that everyone should know before you go looking for Zain… it's about his past."

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In just one city, there were always groups of people who were struggling. In a handful of areas, not everyone had been so lucky to join a big group. While others had decided that it was best to avoid them all together.

One small group of high school students, who were a group of six, were one group that had managed to survive. At the time of the attack, each of them were working on their bikes. So they had plenty of weapons to use.

Of course, not all of them survived, but the ones that did were good fighters. Being a delinquent in their school meant they got into all sorts of trouble all the time. They had a lot of experience fighting against groups and in groups.

It allowed them to walk down the streets with next to no fear, as long as it was the regular type of zombies they dealt with. They were also quick to learn that it was best to avoid any zombie that didn't look so human.

Unfortunately for them, it wasn't the only thing they had to worry about. Dali was the leader of the biker group. He was a 16 year old teen who always wore a black leather jacket and had his hair gelled back.

However, due to the situation, he was unable to get a constant supply of gel, so his hair was in a bit of a mess. Then there was his best friend, Nit. He had messy hair and was always scratching his head, which was why they called him Nit.

These two, working together, was the core of the whole group, which included three other members. There was one more member that wasn't really a member, and that was Wiz. A ten year old boy, who was Dali's younger brother.

It was safe to say that, thanks to Dali, Wiz was able to survive, but he still had to be useful to the group. Wiz's task was acting as a scavenger. After an area had been cleared, he would pick up supplies and look after those that were most important to them, such as medicine and food.

Everyone carried bags on them, but Wiz's had the essential stuff, and a few odd bits and bobs in there.

On one of the streets, there was a store that looked like it still had a few supplies but there were also quite a few zombies inside. On Dali's order, they went in with their hammers and spanners and started to swing, killing the zombies in a few hits.

Once the area was cleared, it was time for them to get to work. With a smile on his face, Wiz quickly ran into the shop and started to get to work. He was happy to be helping the group in some way.

While the others were looking for their favourite drinks and more, Nit and Dali were standing guard, on the outside the shop, just in case there was anything unexpected that would occur.n0𝑣𝑬𝐿𝑢𝗌𝓫.𝔠0𝓜

"Hey, my heads itching, and you know what happens when that happens, right?" Nit said, as he was aggressively scratching his head back and forth.

"Yeah, it means we need to get you some cream for your dry scalp again. We should head to a pharmacy next. I doubt people would bother to take that stuff." Dali replied.

"No!" Nit said back. "It means that something bad is going to happen."

"You know I don't believe in that-" before Dali could finish his sentence, he could see a group of desperate people charging towards them.

Their bodies were thin, facial hair had grown over their faces, and their clothes were ripped and ragged with holes.

"Gives us the stuff, give us everything!" A woman screamed, holding two knives.

Immediately, with a spanner in his hand, Dali went forward and whacked the woman on the side of her head. These people were ones that were too afraid to go up against the zombies.

Too scared that they might get bit, infected, and turn into one themselves. So what they did was target human groups instead. To them, humans were easier to kill, at least less risky to kill.

There were a lot of them, around double the numbers of their group. Which meant even though Dali, Nit and the others were better fighters, some had gone into the shop, and one of the old men with a beard had headed straight for Wiz.

He ran past all of those that were busy and reached out for Wiz, who jumped to the side, causing the man to crash into one of the shelves. Quickly, grabbing the bag, Wiz ran, with the man chasing him.

"Wiz!" Dali shouted, as he kicked one person in the knee and then punched the other right in the face, but another person was soon in front of him before he could get to Wiz.

The old man continued to chase the kid, until they had reached the entrance of the subway station. Turning around, Wiz planned to go somewhere else, but the old man was right next to Wiz, and had crashed into him, pushing him down the subway stairs.

The bag was on his back, and a few lucky bounces meant that the stairs didn't injure him too much, as he continued to fall down them. Seeing how Wiz had gotten up, the old man smiled.

"Get back here!" the old man said, as he started to descend the stairs, until he saw Wiz run into the dark subway station. The old man stopped and clicked his tongue as he turned around and headed back up the stairs.

A few moments later, what the old man had expected to see was the rest of his group gathering supplies from the dead, but instead, it was his group that was dead, and the five biker gang members were standing in front of him.

"Where is Wiz!" Dali grabbed the old man's collar and immediately punched him in the face, it broke his nose and blood was spewing everywhere. "Tell me, where is Wiz?"

Dali punched the man again, asking the same question as he punched him again, and eventually threw him on the floor. He then lifted his foot ready to stomp him on his head.

"He ran underground… he ran into the subway station!" The old man said, as he passed out and his head tilted to the side.

"No… no!" Dali said, as he went towards the subway station, but Nit quickly pulled his arm back.

"What do you think you are doing, if you go down there you will die. We can't lose you, you have other people you need to help." Nit stated.

"But that's my brother, are you telling me to just leave my brother!" Dali asked, his eyes watering up.

"Look, your brother is clever, he might just be hiding and then will come back later. I'm sure of it, so let's just hide somewhere and wait for your brother." Nit explained.

Although Dali wanted to chase after his brother… his legs were shaking at the thought of entering the subway. The group had entered the shop near the subway. Hiding inside it, behind the counters and sitting down toward the back.

No one said a word to Dali, they knew how worried he had to be. The subway was a dangerous place. Because it was underground, there was next to no light sources or electricity that was working down there.

On top of that, at the time of the attack, there was a highly concentrated amount of people. However, it wasn't as full of zombies as one would expect. Instead, it was full of specially evolved zombies.

Originally it was full of zombies, but due to the compacted space, the special ones started to eat each other, eating the crystals and began to evolve. The groups didn't know this, but had just heard that there were many special zombies underneath the surface, for what reason… only a few knew.

As they waited, no one seemed to be coming out, but instead a person was seen walking down the street. He looked calm, his clothes were in good condition, and his body was well built as well.

It was a male that didn't look too much older than they were. The man stopped at the staircase of the subway for a second, before deciding to walk in.

"What in the world… is that red haired person crazy?" Nit thought. Most people would think that in this situation, but Dali thought it was a good chance for him to save his brother.

The red haired man continued to walk in until he had reached the bottom of the staircase, and walked into the darkness.

"It's time… to get stronger."

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With what Zain would classify as his recent defeat, he knew he needed to get stronger. The problem was being in a city filled with zombies. There were more populated areas that Zain didn't even attempt to go to.

At first, those areas were just filled with mindless zombies and the odd mutant here or there. That was fine, but as time went on, they would start to evolve and get stronger, as the mutant zombies ate each other turning into Stage 2 zombies and growing from there.

Zain was confident in taking out stage 2 zombies, if it was a one on one situation, but as he was now, if a group of them or anything worse than a stage 2 appeared he wasn't so confident.

The thought of leaving the city had come into his mind, but this was where the meteors were, so Zain had to bide his time, and finally he felt like he was ready… to head into the subway.

He had already descended down the stairs, and had two machete-like swords on his back. They weren't as good as the other sword, but it was the best weapons he could find.

As he walked through the tunnel, it was incredibly dark. Eventually Zain had snapped a glow stick and placed it on the front pocket of his armoured vest. It was the lightest piece of equipment he had found that didn't restrict movement, while offering some sort of protection from bullets.

After all, the zombies weren't the only thing he needed to worry about. When entering the subway though, a quest screen had come up.

[Clear the Hundwon Subway station of large threats]

[0/13 threats]

[Reward: Gold card]

It was the first subway station Zain had gone into, so he had no idea that they were these types of quests.

'Threats, what does it mean by threats?' Zain thought. 'Does it mean stage 2 Zombies like I thought? It can't mean regular zombies.'

The glow stick illuminated the area around him to around 1 and a half metres. While in the tunnel, it wasn't much, but using a torch he thought it might attract attention of others while in this place.

It was a large platform, and right now he was in the security check section. From there would be tunnels that led off to the platforms of the subway trains. Right now, the sound of growling could be heard coming from all sorts of different areas.

When Zain turned, he could see a group of three zombies almost hunched over, doing nothing but banging their bodies into each other.

'It isn't my job to get rid of the regular zombies. Not that it's possible in the first place, and it lowers my exp.' Zain thought, as he continued forward.

When walking to the security section and the barriers where one would have to display a ticket, Zain avoided the scanner just in case his weapons would set them off. Nothing seemed to work, but the last thing he wanted to do was attract a load of attention by making a lot of noise.

When jumping over the barrier though, he could see and hear the sound of growling getting louder, and it was running straight towards him.

Turning towards the noise, he could see that it was a regular mutated zombie, with its mouth open and its arms dangling in front.

"Shut up." Zain said, as he ran forward and grabbed the zombie's head. With his finger grip strength, he had crushed the skull slightly before pulling hard and ripping it off from its body.

[Mutated Zombie killed 5 exp]

'There's no update to the system, so when it's talking about threats, it definitely doesn't mean these guys.'

Walking further in, Zain headed down one of the hallways that would lead to the platform where the subway stations would be, and that's where he could see it, standing in front of him, was not just one, but two Titans

As they saw Zain, the two of them started to move, as they did their heavy footsteps shook the ground as they did, and when getting closer they let out a deep growl that echoed through the entire area.

At the front of the subway, Dali had just covered himself in blood and guts of the other zombies. It kept away some of the regular ones as long as they didn't get too close but he recognized the loud growls.

A frown appeared on Dali's face and his heart was starting to race.

'There in there… I have to go in, I have to save my brother!' Dali thought, running in, hoping that the man who went in earlier would at least be able to distract some of the zombies.

Walking up to the two Titans, Zain was calm, when he got close, they swung their large fists and he moved out of the way with ease, dodging the blow. Before they could make another move, Zain had already gotten on the back of one of the Titans.

'I have dealt with you guys, more times than I can count!'

Once again using his hand, Zain grabbed the back of the black skull-like armour. He gripped tightly as he pulled using all his strength, ripping the hard shell off revealing a wall of flesh. Soon after he pulled out a machete and stabbed it right through its head.

As the body was falling to its death, Zain jumped from the shoulder of the Titan and onto the other one. With his hand he had punched the Titan in the face, sending the Titan tumbling as it hit the side of the wall, and shook the whole place.

After that Zain stood on top of its body and used his pure strength to rip off the mask and stab it through the head again. He had dealt with the two Titans, those that the military and others struggled with, with ease.

[2/13 Threats have been defeated]

[2000 exp has been gained]

Level 10

[3,098/48,273]

Strength: 9

Agility: 5

Intelligence: 14

Endurance: 7

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Rushing through the tunnel, using a wind up torch Dali had a little light source with him. He would place his hand over it most of the time, but when wanting to know where to go or see his way, he would have to use it.

Following the noise, Dali thought that it might have been his brother but when he entered the tunnel and shined his torch on them, he couldn't believe what he had seen.

'Did… someone kill these two Titans? But that's impossible?'

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The rest of the biker gang had decided to gather the supplies that they could. They were hoping that they might get a few extra items from the desperate people that had attacked them before, but it looked like whatever they did have, they had already eaten up.

It was also part of the reason as to why they had so desperately attacked in the first place. After that they were now all standing by the entrance of the subway, or rather the rest of the members were sitting down, while Nit stood up, looking at the staircase.

"Nit… you know he can't survive in there, right? He would need some type of miracle to be able to." One of the members said.

"Hey, who was the one that got us this far in the first place?" Nit replied. "Dali is a strong person, I have no doubt that he will be able to get out of there. Which is why we will be waiting for him. It's not him that I'm worried about, it's whether his little brother will make it out or not."

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After slaying the two Titans, Zain soon had come across an escalator that went deeper into the ground. It wasn't working and there was a large staircase nearby. The weird thing though was that Zain didn't need his glow stick to see in this area and that was because of the zombies.

There were several zombies on the staircase as well as on the escalator, just standing there patient, as if on guard, and all of them had large orange-like boils. Zain didn't notice it before, but now that they were in the dark, they seemed to light up.

'The way they are positioned here. It's almost like it is intentional. This reminds me of entering a dungeon, like in those games.' Zain thought, as he pulled out both of the machetes from his back.

Heading down the regular staircase, Zain quickly went towards one, slicing its head off with a single swing. He then turned around and stabbed another through the head. Those that were on the escalator were attempting to climb over it to get to where Zain was, but he had reached them, swinging the machetes and slicing their heads off too.

As a head was sliced off, it would bounce on the floor each time and then when it reached the bottom it would start to roll. With his strength and swordsmanship, one strike was all Zain needed to deal with them all.

'If the Spitter manages to hit me with its goo for some reason, then all the zombies in the area will be after me. So it's best to get rid of the ones I can with no penalty, just in case.' Zain thought.

Due to being down in the subway and the smells being amplified by whatever dead creatures were down here, Zain was unaware of the human that had been on his trail and was currently watching everything

From around the corner of one of the hallways, Dali peeked as he heard sounds, and could witness the redhead taking out everything that came towards him. Since it was dark, it should have been easy to follow the person's movements.

After all, the glow stick revealed his position, but it was moving too fast and a glowing blood could be seen spilling everywhere.

'How… How, who is this person? Is he one of the zombie hunters I've heard about? But he isn't dressed like them and I heard that they travel in groups. Either way, I haven't been able to find my brother and with him clearing the way, he can help me.'

There was a chance that his brother wasn't on this platform or had ventured too deep, but going any other way, there was a large risk associated with it.

Eventually, Zain had managed to clear the area as he swung his sword through the last of the boil zombies and he could see and set foot on the platform. To his left and right, there were railway tracks for the trains, but no train in sight at the platform.

What he was more concerned about was the Spitter that was directly in front of him.

"There you are!"

The Spitter's body lit up as it was ready to fire out a strange goo. Zain ran toward it, and as the spit left its mouth, he jumped to the side, avoiding the hit completely. Putting one of the machetes away, Zain threw two daggers that were on the side of his belt.

The Spitter lifted its arms blocking them, and when it put them down, Zain was right there in front of the Spitter. He grabbed it right from its neck, and as he squeezed tight using all his strength, it looked like it was struggling to open its mouth properly.

"You guys are easier to deal with compared to the Titans." Zain stated, as he lifted up the machete and stabbed it forward at the same time letting go of its neck. It opened its mouth wide, allowing for the machete to go through with ease, killing it on the spot.

[3/12 threats have been Eliminated]

Letting the stage two zombie go, it fell to the floor.

'Looks like I was right, it wants me to clear this area of all the evolved zombies. For 13 of them to be in this area. It should be a nice reward and a nice boost in exp as well. I wonder if there will be a chance for me to evolve again… I look nothing like these guys.' Zain thought.

"Look out!" A voice shouted from behind.

Turning his head, he could see a human by the staircase, but what was more frightening was that there was another Spitter with its mouth open already, having shot out its liquid.

Zain was quick to react, as he rolled on the ground and avoided the spit.

"Ahhh!" Another voice screamed, it was a little high pitched, and when Zain turned his head again. A boy, who looked to be around ten years old, was completely covered in the strange substance.

"WIZZ!" Dali shouted, as he ran up to him sliding on his knees and grabbing his brother's face. "We have to get this off you, we have to get it off you quickly!"

Dali was rubbing the strange slime substance off his brother and throwing it onto the floor.

"Crap… this whole subway is going to be filled!" Zain shouted.

It was worse than that though, heavy footsteps could be heard, and it felt like more Titans were coming their way. The screams of zombies from all directions were being heard.

"Stranger!" Dali shouted. "I don't care who you are, but take my brother, and get out of here, I'll use my body to stop them."n0𝗏𝑒𝐥𝑢𝔰𝒷.𝓬0𝓂

Zain looked at the two, the kid covered in the strange substance and the older brother crying non stop. The scene right now, the feelings of the brother, how helpless he felt… It reminded Zain a lot about what had happened with Skittle.

At the time, he would have done anything to help him out, but it was impossible… But was it impossible now?

Zain stood in front of the two, who were next to one of the pillars.

"Stay in front of me, and make sure nothing grabs you from the sides. Even if you gave them your body… it would only last a few seconds and your brother would die anyway."

Zain then placed his free hand on the floor.

'Now is a good time to use one of the new skills I got. Summon!'

[Your Horde is being summoned]

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After receiving the platinum reward, Zain's stats had improved considerably. He no longer felt like he was a zombie that was going along the control path, and instead was one that was going on the enhanced path.

The stats he received was as if he had jumped a few levels. It was then that Zain realised that day he should have died. The quest was almost impossible to complete, which was why Zain had decided to put off the other high level quest, such as finding a meteorite.

Still, Zain continued to hunt the level 2 zombies and he managed to level up, growing stronger and stronger. He had gone up by two levels reaching level 10, and that was when a special quest had arrived for him.

A quest to unlock a class skill. It was classified as a gold reward, but it gave him an idea of what the reward would be. Surprisingly it was easier than he thought though, since it was for him to defeat three Level 2 zombies, which was something he had done before.

Leaving him to believe that the platinum quest completion had made his life easier than expected. After completing the class quest though, he received a skill that was more useful than ever, a skill called Summon.

Right now in the subway, with all the zombies coming towards them, boil zombies, stage 2 titans, a couple of Spitters, as well as the regular zombies, if he was to stay close to these two humans then surely he would die.

When he was ever in a situation like this, Zain didn't hesitate to leave them. Zain had watched people fight for their lives against zombies and had refused to help them, but it was the very scene in front of him that made him act because of how similar the situation was to the one before.

[You are now summoning your horde!]

The first member of the horde that had appeared was none other than Cobra. He quickly chased forward, slicing up the lower level zombies, cutting them cleanly by their neck.

"What the hell... did a person just appear from his hand... what magic is this?" Dali thought, as he still held onto his brother.

However, the summoning didn't stop there, next was War, and as he was summoned, he appeared with an automatic machine gun. He started to fire at the zombies that were coming towards them as well. Hitting them clean in the head, causing them to drop.n0𝑽𝖊𝓵𝓤𝓈𝐛.𝐜0𝓜

'Both of their levels have increased. With War's intelligence improving he's becoming a better shot, and as for Cobra... well, he was fast to begin with.'

Not only had Zain himself levelled up, but so did the special zombies that he had in his possession. Jam, had come out, Skittle next, and soon after all of them. Zain then started to summon the regular zombies from his hand.

Seeing this, Dali took a step back, but his back had hit the pillar behind him. The zombies were fighting each other as they crashed into the wall of zombies that were coming towards them.

"This is... he can control Zombies." Dali went from being thankful of this person, to now being fearful of him. His whole body was shaking. How was it possible, how could one have magic and how could one control these monsters?

In Dali's mind this was only possible if the person was an even bigger monster.

"Stay in this circle, the zombies here, they won't attack you, so you don't have to worry."

Hiding his identity, keeping it a secret from others. None of that mattered at all. In the end, Zain was just going to leave them anyway, and they could spread the news however they liked.

Zain quickly went off into the distance and Skittle came with him. One of the zombies was picked up by his head and chucked into the pile, making it easy for Zain. The first target were the Spitters.

The easiest, but also most troublesome of the group. Heading forward with Skittle it was easier, a single punch shoved the Spitter's head to the side, and with his strength he could open their mouths wide without worrying about their teeth locking onto his hands.

Even if they did, it wouldn't hurt and they would heal soon after. With Skittle doing the dirty work, it allowed Zain to simply stab his machete through their mouths one after another.

[6/13 Threats have been defeated]

'After defeating all 13 I might level up as well. And the reward on top of this is a good haul.'

With twenty zombies, including the super zombies minus Skittle protecting the others, they were a force that was impenetrable. When War needed to reload he was able to be covered adequately.

Jam also had quite a high level of intelligence and with his speed and strength increasing, it allowed for the small zombie dog to bite some of the zombie's legs off, causing them to fall on the ground. He knew the right time, or when to come in and help out War. The two of them were a good duo.

Now it was time for Zain to go after the Titans. A few of them seemed to be on the rail tracks, and jumping down from them once again with Skittle, he was confident in taking them out.

Skittle and Zain would hit one of the legs together. With both of their strength having increased, it was enough to knock down the being that Zain had first nicknamed Titan upon seeing its giant size and strength, but now it was nothing.

When knocked down, it was easy work for the two of them. Eventually Zain had defeated all the level 2 zombies in the subway, and looking back, he could see that all of the zombies that had attempted to take the little boy named Wiz had failed as well.

'I did it... Skittle.' Zain looked toward him. 'I was able to protect someone from the thing that managed to get you.' It was an achievement, but Zain could also see that both the humans were frightened to move.

Even though the zombies that were still alive were just standing still in a circle around them and weren't even facing them.

[Quest complete]

[Gold card received]

[Would you like to use your Gold card]

"Yes" Zain said, lifting his hand, not having patience.

[A new skill has been granted]

[Territory master]

[You now have the ability to claim territories]

[Subway station Hundwon is cleared. Would you like to claim the territory?]

'Claim a territory, what is this?'

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When he first got the system, Zain believed it was a truly strange thing, but he allowed himself to disregard all of the strange facts because the system reminded him a lot of the survival games he used to play.

He still believed that although this system falling into his hands was a drastic accident, there was no one that could utilize it better than he could. If a talented soldier had gotten something similar, they would have been stuck with the number of options while also being confused by many of the terms.

This is why when Zain saw the skill Territory Master, he thought this was a big breakthrough in the system.

[You have leveled up!]

[Horde Member Jam has leveled up!]

[Horde member Skittle has leveled up]

[Horde member War has leveled up!]

[Horde member Cobra has leveled up!]

In some games, it was best to leave the stats be and then when needed to. That way, one could adjust the stats compared to what they were going to face, but if it came to the situation they were in before, Zain felt like it was best to improve everyone straight away.

Zain

Level 11

[2,098/75,273]

[Strength: 9]

[Agility: 5]

[Intelligence: 15]

[Endurance: 7]

Skittle

Level 6

[Strength: 5]

[Agility: 0]

[Intelligence: 1]

[Vitality: 0]

'Skittle's strength is coming on nicely. For now, it's at an unbeatable level. I think I can now start focusing on increasing his intelligence, which would make him have a better sense of using his strength…and maybe, there is a chance that I can communicate with him, no matter how low it is.'

Super Undead Cobra

Level 7

[Strength: 0]

[Agility: 10]

[Intelligence: 2]

[Vitality: 0]

Cobra was the speed king in Zain's group. Also, it was the one Zain found himself taking control over most often. This zombie was good for scouting dangerous areas and getting in and out of places.

The only downside was when coming across zombies or special zombies with a harder outer skin like the Titans. Cobra would be at a heavy disadvantage.

War

Level 4

[Strength: 1]

[Agility: 1]

[Intelligence: 4]

[Vitality: 0]

With War, raising intelligence was the best, mainly for his gun skills. Another thing to note was, increasing his intelligence was also a good experiment to see at what stage Zain could perhaps communicate with another zombie that he himself had turned.

Jam

Level 3

[Strength: 1]

[Agility: 1]

[Intelligence 3]

[Vitality: 4]

Lastly, there was Jam. Honestly, although the zombie dog wasn't the most helpful of things, after having cleaned it up, it hardly looked like a zombie at all. Zain had somewhat grown attached to the dog companion leaving it by his side rather than keeping it away like he did the others.

The last thing he wanted to happen to it was for it to die, which was why Zain prioritized increasing his vitality stat. In the end, Zain was experimenting with the stats for each member, and now, he knew what to increase himself.

However, he had decided to increase his intelligence for the time being, as the intelligence seemed to be linked to the number of zombies he could control.

"Umm hey….is everything okay?" Dali called out as he continued to cover the eyes of his little brother. He had done so since the zombies had started to come after them. For a second, he truly believed that his and his brother's lives were over, and he didn't want his brother to witness such a thing.

Still, the zombies had still surrounded them, and Dali was too afraid to move.

"Oh, sorry, I was a bit busy. The two of you are free to move!" Zain shouted back.

When he did, the Zombies that were standing in his way moved to the side, opening up a path for them.

'He….he really can control zombies, but how….how is this all possible?' Dali thought.

Still covering his brother's eyes, Dali took a step at a time. He felt that the zombies could turn and bite him at any moment, even though they hadn't done such a thing so far. Slowly, he shuffled across the floor until they were finally past them.

When around two meters away, Dali turned his head, Zain was still on the platform staring off into space, and the zombies were still standing there. Dali was doing his best to inspect the zombies to see if there was anything different about them, but they looked no different from any other zombies he had previously seen.

"Thank you…thank you for saving my brother and my life." Dali bowed a little to show his gratitude because he was running up the stairs with his brother.

Now Zain had time to look at what this Territory Master skill was.

[Territory Master]

[This skill allows you to claim a territory that has been cleared as yours]

[Each day a territory is protected, the user will earn Exp depending on the size of the territory.]

[Members from your Horde can be assigned to each territory, depending on the size of the territory, the number that can be assigned will be higher or lower]

[If a territory is attacked, you will be informed]

[If a territory is successfully defended, the user will gain exp]

'This is a great way to earn passive exp. If I have loads of territories under me, and if all of them farm exp at once, I would be able to level up at a quicker pace than if I try to increase exp by hunting.' Zain couldn't help but wonder.

'I guess I should give it a go and see exactly how this thing works.'

[Skill Territory Master has been used]

[The Hockdown subway station now belongs to you]

[The maximum amount of protectors is 15]

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[0/15]

[The User will gain 1000 Exp for each day the territory is yours.]

'15 protectors? But the maximum number of Zombies I can have in my horde at the moment is twenty. I wonder if the two are separate or conjoined. Hopefully, it's the former. It would be troublesome if the protectors are included in my horde, I will have very few zombies at my disposal if I leave the territory.'

Thinking about this, Zain moved his eyes over to his horde tab and selected one of the random Zombies, and then changed its assigned role. When he clicked on it, the system prompted him with another message,

[You have successfully assigned one protector]

[1/15 Protectors]

[You now have 16 out of 20 Zombies in your horde]

A big smile appeared on Zain's face. It turns out assigning a slot as a Protector would be taken away from Zain's own horde. This meant now if he was ever to get into a fight, and if he were to go into his own territory, for instance, the subway station, he would have an army of 35 zombies, but that was not it because Zain was thinking bigger, much bigger.

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While playing with the new skill he had just received, Zain decided that he would assign all of the regular zombies he had in his possession or part of his horde to the subway station. It wasn't enough to increase the limit to its maximum capacity, but he could always find more regular zombies to turn.

Since he had received the skill to turn regular zombies and not just humans, it was always easy for him to just get more if need be. With the summon skill, Zain had been using them a lot more to distract the enemy if there was more than one stage 2 enemy zombie.

'The question is what to do next?' Zain thought. 'I'm still not at the level where I could defeat those Chained Zombies if I were to come across them as well. Although, I believe if I brought them to my territory like this, there could be a chance.

'I guess the best course of action, for now, is to gain more territories and gain larger amounts of exp to level up. First, I will max out the number of Zombies that can be assigned to protect this place.'

After looking around the place, Zain found out there wasn't a single regular zombie that looked to be alive, which meant he would need to venture outside.

When walking up the stairs to exit the subway, Zain could sense two things. One was the smell that was coming from the top, it was humans and the other was the noise that they were making.

"I can't believe you made it out there, man. Is there nothing that our Dali can't do?!"

"Hey, maybe they were just rumours about the subway. It probably isn't as bad as we thought?"

"Guys, I keep telling you that wasn't it. The subway stations are full of zombies. Trust me, it is a place that no one should go if they want to live." Dali explained, "I survived all because of the guy that went in before me."

"You mean the guy that's standing right behind you?" Nit said, pointing at someone behind him.

Turning around, Dali almost jumped as he saw the red-haired student while also letting out a little yeep, but quickly he bowed his head down and forced his brother to do so with a hand on top of his head.

"Again, thank you for saving mine and my brother's life…thank you so much," he tried to show his gratitude.

From the way Dali was acting, it seemed his words were true. He had told the others that this man was someone powerful who struck down all of the zombies below with no fear. It sounded barbaric. Of course, Dali had left out the craziest thing he had seen, and that was the control the red-haired young man had over the zombies.

The last thing that Dali wanted to do was make an enemy out of his saviour. These types of people would usually want to keep such things a secret, and blabbing his mouth was an easy way for him to get killed.

However, when the others saw who had come out, they found it hard to believe. This was a student that was perhaps a couple of years older than them. How could one person take on so many zombies?

While the others were giving unsure looks, Nit was looking at the blood on his clothes and those on the machetes that were on his back. Whether or not he was the one that cleared the subway, he was certainly killing something down there.

"Hey, stranger, my friend and I that you saved over there run this group. We have survived quite a while due to our fighting skills, and it seems that you are quite skilful yourself, so why don't you join us?" Nit proposed an invitation.

The other members were shocked by this.

"Hey Nit, you can't just go inviting strangers. We're a fighting gang who look out for each other. We cover each other's backs. The only thing this guy is going to do is slow us down!" The one arguing back was named Bob. He had quite the large afro-top hair on his head, and when he disagreed with something, it would shake quite widely like It was doing so now.

"You guys might be the leader of the gang, but if it involves our lives, then we have a choice as well."

While the others were arguing amongst themselves, Zain turned around and went to walk in the other direction. He was going to head into a couple of apartments to turn a few zombies.

"Wait!" Dali shouted out. "Please ignore what my friends said. They're just being cautious and careful. I…also would like it if you could join us. "

Zain waved his hand off without even turning around.

"Trust me. You don't want to be around me. I'm not good to be around unless you all want to end up dead, and besides. I'm not a good person anyway."

Zain continued to walk and was ready to head into one of the apartments when he heard the little voice instead.

"You are a good person, mister!" Wiz shouted. "Because you saved me…a bad person wouldn't have saved me.

Walking into the apartment, Zain still didn't look back, but for some reason, out of all the words, these were the ones that made him happiest as a smile broke through on his face.

"Bob!" Dali said, clenching his fist. "I wasn't lying, that person was strong, and there is a good chance that with him, our lives could have changed. I know you mean well but next time, think of the glass being half full."

Bob stayed quiet as he knew he was getting told off by their dear leader. However, the other members, apart from Nit, agreed with him as well and were just thankful it would be them again.

"So where should we head, boss? Should we continue following the arrows of those paintings?" Nit asked.

"The ones that said, Reborn group?" Dali replied.

Just as Zain had reached the second floor of the stairs, his system had pinged him.

[Alert! A stage three Zombie has entered the area]

[A new quest has been received]

[Eliminate the level three Zombie]

[Reward: Platinum card]

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After checking that they had everything they needed with them, including their weapons and supplies, Dali and his group were ready to move out. As for where they were heading, well, they had two options in their minds.

"Have you decided yet?" Nit asked as they continued to walk down the road where the subway station was located. They could head straight on or to the left or right of the city. There was a reason why Nit was asking the crucial question now of all times.

Because their two choices were in opposite directions.

"I've heard that there is a base in the west, and I am sure you know about it as well. The problem is if we go there, I'm pretty sure we will be asked to play a big part in their operation, or we might not be let in at all." Dali replied.

"But it can't be worse than roaming around like we have been doing. The situation is getting more dangerous. We were lucky to get you and your brother back." Nit replied.

When they finally reached the crossing, where there were several zebra crossings on the road, they stopped. That was when Dali looked toward the east.

"The message we found said to head to the east of the city if we were a part of the Reborn group. But what does that even mean? I can't even imagine what would happen if we were to head there." Dali said his thoughts aloud.

As he and the group looked to the right, waiting for a decision to be made, they suddenly heard a scream coming from in front of them. People were running as fast as they could, huffing and panting, full of torn clothing down the street.

They looked similar to the desperate ones that had attacked them before, and that was why the others raised their weapons, ready to fight again. But with a closer look on their faces, they appeared to be running for their lives instead.

Their eyes were enlarged, and some didn't have shoes on, but none of it slowed them down.

"What are they running from?" Nit wondered.

Behind them, a few zombies could be seen, but there were only the odd one or two. It certainly wasn't enough for the humans to be panicking so much, especially since there were around five of them, more than the zombies.

Looking at the group running, at the very back, one of the Zombies had been stabbed right through its chest. A large pointed object was bending upwards out of its body and soon was thrown to the ground.

Hovering over it, looking down, was a strange skinny creature. It didn't quite look like a zombie, not the Spitter or the Titans. It was around 8 feet tall and was mostly bone, yet it had several strange spikes sticking out from its body that looked more like human bones.n0𝗏𝑒𝐥𝑢𝔰𝒷.𝓬0𝓂

All of them were pointed and covered in blood as well. As for its face, it was non-existent, all that could be seen were small teeth that looked to be overlapping each other in some way and sticking out of the mouth. With its face, it dug into the zombie and started to consume it bit by bit.

"What the F*ck is that? I've never seen anything like it before!" Bob shouted.

Turning around and running would be the best thing to do in a situation like this, and they thought about it for a second until the creature had lifted up its head, and ran on its legs towards the next person, which was a human closest.

Swinging its sharp curve shaped arm that looked like the end of a scythe, it ripped the person's head off in one swing. Instead of using its mouth to consume it as it had done for the zombie, it continued moving to the next, leaping up in the air, and landing right on top of another person.

All of their bones had been crushed, and then extending from its stomach was one of the pointed bones extended out from its body stabbing the man right through the head, killing him in an instant.

Running again after killing its next victim, it went to the next thing closest which was another Zombie and it was a repeat of the last time, after the Zombie was killed, it began to consume it right there and then on the spot.

"That thing...why is it only eating the Zombies?" Nit asked.

"I don't think that matters right now, everyone, get ready, protect yourselves at all costs. That thing is killing whatever it reaches first, huddle up!" Dali ordered.

All of them gathered, with their backs facing each other. From what Dali could see, it was impossible to outrun the creature because it was far faster than anything they had faced.

After it dealt with the Zombie, it was going for the rest one by one. Then it lifted its head toward their direction. Even though it had no eyes, the creature was looking dead right at them.

"Bob, will you stop shaking! My back is touching yours and I can feel it. I'm going to drop my weapon!" Nit shouted.

"You really think we can kill that f*ck? We are dead, so dead!" Bob was on the verge of crying.

The creature started to run towards them like it did the others, and now not only was Bob shaking, they all were. The moments in their lives, the happiest times they had were flashing through their head at that moment.

Some even felt a warm substance down their legs. When the creature got close enough it leapt up with its two hands ready to slice right through their bodies.

Just then, the red haired student, with two machetes was seen in the air, came between them and the creature and swung the machetes down, slashing at the two arms of the creature. It was a powerful attack with a lot of weight behind it that caused its arms to swing down and hit the floor.

Then with the machete in his hand, Zain swung it again, hitting the side of its body, causing the large thing to go swinging to the side and crash right into a car.

"Give me my platinum reward," Zain said, turning his head to the creature, who soon got out and bared its fangs toward him.

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The creature before the biker gang had made them see their life flash before their eyes. Even if they managed to survive the encounter, they imagined that they would have nightmares about this very moment for years.

After all, they had just seen it kill humans and zombies alike without any effort at all, and they were sure they were next on that list, that was until they saw a man come out of the air and hit the creature with such strength that it crashed into a car causing a large dent.

"The strange mister is helping us again," Wiz said, pointing.

The others couldn't quite believe it. They thought what Dali had told them was all a lie, it had to be a lie, but now seeing that a person was able to do something superhuman, they were more inclined to believe it, and not to mention, he was now their only hope of getting out of here alive.

"I think someone has an apology to make after this," Nit said with a glance towards one of the members behind them.

"You guys, make sure no zombies get involved. There is going to be quite a bit of noise." Zain shouted as he put his machetes away and pulled out both of his handguns. Before the level three zombie could even charge forward, Zain started to fire bullets at it.

Using its long sharp hands, it was blocking where the bullets would hit.

'This is a level 3 zombie. It reminds me of that other level 2 that I met in the secret weapon room. It must be an evolution of that type.'

Zain continued to fire bullets, hitting different parts of the body, and in the end, it looked like the level 3 zombie lost its patience as it charged forward, swinging its arm toward Zain.

He rolled on the ground and the arm of the zombie sliced through a car. When it's back was turned, Zain fired a few more bullets towards its back. They had hit the target. Most of them were deflected and fell to the ground, but a few bullets had hit a certain area on its back, and Zain noticed the blood coming out of the wounds.

'A zombie type that focuses on speed, they all have a high level of endurance, and no doubt a level 3 would have a high level of endurance as well, but since it's not the type to focus on endurance, there has to be a part that can be hit.'

Zain was searching for a weak point in the zombie. Earlier, when he swung his machetes, he noticed they had chipped from the initial attack, which showed how strong the strange elongated bone parts of the zombie were, which was why he was shooting it with his guns, to find a weak point quicker.

Now, switching his weapons again, Zain was ready to go in.

'It's weak point is its lower back, but it's not going to make it easy, and let me just attack it.'

Zain went for a stab, but his sword was deflected. He leaned back as the zombie made a large cut across his chest, cutting through the stab-proof vest he had. The zombie quickly swung its other sharp limb, lifting Zain. He managed to block it, but his grip was weakened, and the machete had gone flying out of his hand down the street.

The other gang members were paying attention to what was happening while also doing as Zain had requested. They were fighting off the zombies that were coming towards them due to the gunshot noise, but there weren't many in the area, perhaps due to the level 3 zombie in the first place.

With only one machete in Zain's hand, he was now going on the defensive as he carefully avoided each swing, following it as closely as possible.

'The creature… it's just as fast as me…no, it's probably faster than me. But thanks to my sword mastery, I can see which direction he is going to strike before it does it itself, allowing me to react quicker.'

Zain could tell this was a dangerous task. One swing from that and even his endurance wouldn't be able to help him survive an attack. That was, in the end, the reason why it was a platinum-level quest.

After the vast improvement that Zain had made last time, he couldn't give this chance up. With one machete in his hand, all he could do was dodge. Zain did so carefully, moving back until he could feel his foot touch the weapon.

A swing from the right side and Zain ducked, picking it up from the ground, and now the zombie had swung both of its arms in an x-shape. Zain lifted his own weapon in an x to block the hit but was sent flying into the car, crashing with a loud bang.

As the evolved zombie charged towards him, he quickly jumped up onto the roof of the car and leapt back, making the zombie crash into the car and slice a part of it.

'This Zombie, although it's at level 3, it still isn't too bright, is it? Maybe there is something I can use.' Zain thought.

Due to the danger of the creature, if Zain was unable to kill it, then he was thinking about giving up on the quest if he couldn't find a way, but the answer soon came to him. Putting one of the machetes away, he pulled out a gun and started to fire towards the creature.

It went on a ramp on the car, cutting it to bits as they flew out everywhere. Then Zain stood there, continuing to fire. Just as he expected, the creature continued to charge at him when Zain suddenly jumped, not forwards but backwards, and the creature didn't stop and jumped after him.

The two of them suddenly started to fall down, along with Zain.

"Welcome to my territory." He smiled.

[An intruder has entered the territory 'Subway Station Hockdwon']

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Jumping backwards into the subway station, Zain didn't quite land the way he wanted, as his foot had hit one of the stairs in an awkward way, causing him to tumble down the rest of them. A snap was heard, but no pain was felt and similarly it looked like the level 3 zombie was taking quite a tumble down them as well.

"Use energy to heal body!" Zain urgently said, as he continued to move, immediately getting back on his feet and heading deeper into the subway station.

[Alert, an intruder has entered your territory]

[Optional quest received]

[Defend your territory and eliminate the attacker(s)]

Unlike the other quests, this one was optional while at the same time, there was also no reward, at least no guaranteed reward, but that wasn't why Zain had come in here. Using the system, a map had popped up, and he could see it, he could see all of them.

'It was a good thing I took my time to prepare this place.' Zain thought, as he turned around and the level three zombie swung its arm right at him. Leaning back a bit too much, Zain had fallen on the ground and immediately started to roll as the feet of the level 3 zombie were being used to stab into the ground.

Each time it would miss Zain, it would leave a large indent on the floor. Getting up on his feet, Zain pulled out his gun this time and started to fire away. It didn't damage the zombie, but did cause it to momentarily stop its advance, as it blocked the bullets.

When the level three zombie sensed that the bullets had stopped, it opened up its arms ready to charge forward, until it felt something jump on top of its body… not just one but there were multiple of them, multiple zombies.

Swinging its arm, it sliced one zombie right in half, and attempted to slice through another, but before it could, Zain was already right in front of it, swinging his machete up to match with its claw. It whacked the zombies arm out of the way.

There were already zombies hanging on its arm, with the combined weight pulling it down and slowing its speed. There wasn't much difference between Zain and the level 3 zombie at the moment, which was why the help of a few strong allies, 20 of them to be precise, was a big advantage.

There was a reason why Zain had arrived a little after he had received the system message about the level 3 zombie, it was because there was something he wanted to test out… Whether he could assign zombies to his territory to protect it without being there.

It turned out it was the case. Zain could add zombies to his horde, and then using the system assign them to his territory. When he did, the zombie would move from his maximum horde amount, to the specific territory amount, which was why there were 11 zombies all under Zain's order and control inside the place.

[11/15 Zombies currently left in territory]

'That's okay, because if there is one thing that I can get more of in this world it's zombies!' Zain thought as he placed his hand on the ground, and soon around the area and around him, there was another army of zombies appearing.

"This is my territory! You b*stards have already taken over too much of this world, and its time I take it back, one bit at a time!" Zain shouted, as he charged forward with the others by his side.

He swung his machete with all his strength, hitting parts of its body, and with the zombies to distract it and overwhelm the creature, Zain was able to get to its weak point towards its back, eventually stabbing right through its body. Then, lifting the sword as much as he could, he tore through most of its body reaching the zombie's neck before pulling it out.

Standing there, Zain didn't need to turn around to see if the zombie was still moving or not; he had already received the messages for doing so.

[You have successfully defended your territory from an attack]

[All Protectors that have survived the attack will receive a small boost]

[10,000 exp has been rewarded]

[13,098/75,273]

'Oh, this is somewhat like those defence games. The ones that are alive are essentially upgraded, but all new zombies will only be at the level they are at when they are put in here. Well, it's a good thing only five of them died. With this I should be confident in leaving the zombies in the subway station.n0𝑽𝖾𝔩𝓤𝓈𝒃.𝒸0𝓂

'I wonder how often a place like this will get attacked though? For now I guess this can be the test territory until I figure things out, but it certainly was helpful when fighting a strong enemy, and I can imagine it being helpful when running away from a large horde as well.'

[You have successfully defeated a stage 3 zombie]

[10,000 exp]

[You are the first to defeat a stage 3 zombie]

[30,000 exp]

[It is your first stage 3 zombie that has been defeated]

[10,000 exp]

[63,098/75,273]

The first exp bonus was always a good bonus, what Zain was surprised about was the fact that he was the first one to ever defeat a stage 3 zombie, he would have thought there would have been others before him.

'Is it… just that they are still evolving and there aren't many out there? I'm sure there are other zombies that can take this thing on, like those chained zombies. I wonder what stage they are at.'

[Platinum card has been received]

'I got a boost in stat points from this last time, but this will only be my second platinum card, so I have no clue what it will do.'

[Platinum card has been used]

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After almost losing his life, Zain now used the reward cards pretty much as soon as he had earned them as long as he was in a situation where he felt it was safe to do so. In his own territory, where there were zombies all around him, that allowed him to feel safe.

[Platinum card has been used]

[A new part of the system has been unlocked]

[Weapon crafting can now be used from the system]

'Weapon crafting... is this really what I think it is?' The excitement couldn't be contained. Weapon crafting was a vital part of survival games. One would use it to continue to make better weapons, and in doing so, their journey through the apocalypse was easier.

One of the big problems Zain always had was his weapons. They weren't strong enough to fight against the advanced zombies, and at the same time, whenever his weapon would break, it would always take a while before he found new ones.

It was one of the reasons why his sword skills hadn't raised up to the level he wished they were at. That and he realised his skills were stagnating due to the level of opponents he had been facing as the skill got higher.

[Opening weapon crafting]

Immediately, Zain could see a bunch of weapons in front of him. Ones that didn't even look like creations that were from this planet. They were all greyed out, but he could see their information.

Underneath a weapon he would pick, there were items that were needed. It gave the option of either basic things, like iron, copper, leather and other materials, but this seemed incredibly difficult to get.

This was a modern city, it wasn't like they were living in the past where this stuff could easily be obtained, but it did make him think. What about the leather from shoes, or car seats... would that work? And same with Iron from other items.

Either way, there was an easier option. He could use base materials, similar to the machetes he had, instead and craft that weapon into something else or upgrade it even more.

There were still other requirements though, depending on the difficulty to make or the stronger a weapon looked, Zain noticed that the intelligence needed to craft it was quite high. Some of them required him to have at least 50 points in intelligence.

'Volcanic slasher.'

It was a single handed sword with a curved edge. On the sword itself it looked to be having veins running through it, ones that looked like they were glowing lava streaks on the weapon. This was one of the items that Zain felt was out of this world.n0𝑣𝔢𝓵𝔲𝓢𝑏.𝚌0𝚖

[Requirements]

[50 Intelligence is needed to craft this weapon]

[Base material required: One handed sword]

[ 2 stage 3 crystals]

[1 active piece of meteorite]

'This weapon, it requires crystals to be used... but then how will I ever be able to make the weapons? The crystals from the zombies disappear... most likely into the exp I get. I guess it makes sense for a powerful weapon to be able to do the same thing... and what's with the piece of meteorite?'

Zain could only guess it had something to do with the diamond level quest he had received, to find an active meteorite, which meant if he wanted strong weapons he would have to take risks.

[More weapons will be unlocked as the user comes across more materials]

'So this isn't even the extent of weapons I can have. Well for now, I should concentrate and aim for something I can make.'

Looking at his machetes it seemed like there was an easy upgrade for them.

[Super sharp machetes]

[15 intelligence required]

[1 stage 2 crystal]

[Base material: Machete]

'If I want to upgrade both of them I'll need two stage 2 crystals. Hopefully then they are a lot harder to break, but still how do I get crystals, the only way I was able to before, was if other people gathered them. That's an option, but I don't really have other people beside me right now.'

With nothing else to do, Zain decided it was time to leave the subway station. The crafting system was a good reward though, as he imagined in the future that maybe he could even make weapons for his fellow zombies.

Heck, if intelligence was all that was needed to craft them, maybe he could have a factory of intelligent zombies crafting weapons for him. His mind was working well with all the various possibilities.

As Zain began to walk into the sunlight, what he didn't expect was to see a group of people that were there waiting for him.

"Holy crap, he's coming out!" One of the men shouted. "That means he must have beaten that monster... how...?"

When Zain had reached the top of stairs, Dali immediately bowed down.

"Thank you, we are all very thankful... not only did you save my brother's life and my life, but you saved all our group's lives as well."

The thanks didn't mean much for Zain, in the first place it was just a side job to what his real goal was... getting the platinum reward.

"I wanted to apologise as well for everything I said earlier." Bill said, with his head down. "I feel like such an idiot for badmouthing the person who eventually saved us."

They all then kept their bodies straight and looked at Zain with stars in their eyes.

'They don't seem like bad people, but travelling with them is always going to be a risk.' Zain thought. 'But maybe I can get something out of this, in the short term.'

"Zain, we wanted to ask you a question." Nit said. "Are you part of the Zombie Hunters group?"

This name rang a bell, as Zain remembered seeing it on the back of a few shirts. It was the special ability users, the superhumans he had come across that nearly killed Skittle. It was certainly one way to explain how he survived, but he was surprised that their name was known by this lot.

"I mean it would make sense. We were thinking of heading there... and asking if we could join them, but if you're not part of the Zombie Hunters, maybe you're part of that other group, the Reborn group."

It was hard for Zain to hide, as his eyes lit up hearing this.

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The museum was becoming well known as one of the largest places in the city that had a decent size population. All of this was mostly due to Ryan running it efficiently. He already had a large amount of supplies and on top of that he had created a system where people would go out in groups and search for even more supplies.

Then there was the fact that the museum group had recently gained another area that they could use, the hospital. Rather than moving all of the medicine, Ryan had transported the sick patients to the hospital, while leaving a small group to run the place.

The hospital wasn't far and it allowed the group to cover more ground and be alert if there was any more trouble coming their way. However, the group did suffer a great loss, Brandon.

Brandon was head of the defence team, he was in charge of the squad members that had been trained for situations similar to this. They all followed his word without a second thought.

When two newcomers had arrived and explained what had occured, it was a sad day for the squad, but not just for them for Ryan as well. In truth there was a bit of infighting between members after that happened, but Ryan knew it was them just expressing their feelings of their loss.

What Ryan was surprised about was how all the squad members had come to him the next day, stating that they would continue to protect the place. The people relied on them and most importantly Brandon trusted Ryan, so in turn they would follow in his trust.

Sitting in the cafeteria and enjoying their food, was Cody and Kelly, they had been here for a while now in this safe place. They were the ones that had passed on the news as to what had happened with the others.

"I can't believe that Pink and Kun just left like that." Kelly said. "I thought they would at least decide to stay after hearing the story about Zain."

Cody scoffed down some baked beans. He was a growing teeneager after all, and the food here was tastier than any he had on the street. Once he was done he sat back in his chair.

"You have been saying the same thing for the last week, ever since we got here. Your story about Zain may have changed the minds of a lot of people, but everyone makes mistakes." Cody said. "You should think about the number of times he has helped us now, rather than his past."

Kelly had to admit, there were two sides of herself that were fighting against each other. The one where Zain had saved them multiple times, and the one where she knew his history.

"It... explains a lot about how he is though, and you know what he really is right?" Kelly asked.

"Yes." Cody nodded. "But not just him, Pink and Kun as well. Put it this way... we know nothing of Pink and Kun's past yet you openly trust them, but because you know about Zain's you are wary and unsure, does that make any sense?"

Kelly was silent for a moment, and one could tell she was feeling guilty about what she had said. What was she trying to do... telling everyone about Zain's past, which was none of her business, before the others left.

It was almost as if she wanted everyone to have the same fear as she did when being around him. Everytime she looked at Zain, it shook her very core, and yet everyone was praising him.

"Let's talk about how you are feeling, have you noticed any other changes." Cody asked.

Since leaving the hospital, Cody had noticed a lot of things that happened to Kelly. One of them being that she was able to heal at an incredibly fast rate. Attacks that should have knocked her out, or broken her bones, did next to no damage.

It was almost as if she was becoming a superhuman, the doctor's final exprement might have actually worked, or maybe it was all the torture she had been put through before.

"I don't have much of an appetite these days, I can get by on little to no food, and I don't sleep much, but the thing is... I feel completely fine. If I'm honest, I'm scared." Kelly said, putting both her hands together, they were shaking slightly.

"Scared... you're turning into a superhuman. You have more chances of surviving this apocalypse, more than others. I... of course don't want to go through what you have been through, but I wouldn't mind getting few superpowers myself." Cody smiled.

At heart he was still a teeneager.

"Even if it meant turning into something like them?" Kelly asked.

Now that Cody thought about it, there was that special footage, the one where Zain was eating a particular body. In some ways, Cody was looking at just the good not the bad, while Kelly was doing the opposite.

"You know, this might be a weird thing to say, but I think the person who would be able to help you out the most, if something does happen to you, is Zain." Cody stated. "There is something about him, I think he might be the one who solves all of this mess in the end."

Kelly smiled, she liked Cody a lot, even if he did look up to Zain like a type of superhero, she didn't think it was entirely a bad thing.

Just then, a large pain could be felt running up and down Kelly's neck. She was squinting her eyes, and held onto the table tightly, bending it.

"Kelly, is something wrong?" Cody asked worriedly.

At the same time, the sound of bullets could be heard raining from outside.

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The sound of gunshots was a clear sign that the place was under attack. Immediately, the people began to panic as they did what they were trained to do. They were to head toward the back of the museum, where they could securely lock themselves away and be safe from the attacks.

While those that were able to fight were to take up arms and weapons, and surprisingly, that's what the people did. This included both Kelly and Cody as well. He wrapped his small knives around his belt and pulled two out.

While Kelly held onto a large metal pole crafted from some mop, she cut down the edge to make it more like a spear.

The group had gathered in the main hall, and they were nearly a hundred armed with weapons, while around 100 young children, elderly or injured, had gone deeper into the rear of the museum. On top of this, they also had those on the outside with guns themselves and around four on the inside with weapons pointed towards the main door.

"Everyone...get out of here." They heard a voice coming down the stairs. "Those without guns, get out of here and hide in the back. We aren't under attack from zombies but humans."

It was Ryan giving out the order with a walkie-talkie in his hand. The bullets that they had all heard weren't from their group. It was from the attackers. Although they had many more weapons, thanks to those from the hospital, the count still wasn't enough to arm everyone with a weapon.

Fighting with current weapons against those with full atomic guns was just a death trap waiting to happen.

The people quickly listened to Ryan's orders and rushed towards the back of the museum. Meanwhile, the others with the weapons were called up to the top, where Ryan was. The location was quite advantageous as it gave a better view, and they could easily target their enemies from above.

Both Kelly and Cody decided to run along with the others, and as they did, just like everyone else, they could hear the sound of bullets getting closer and closer to the door. Then, before they knew it, a large explosion destroyed the door open, and several men wearing strange masks looked to have been picked up from a Halloween section rushed into the building.

Before anyone could react, the men began to fire, killing many of those with guns, but suppressive fire from Ryan and the top hit a few of them as well, causing them to be on guard as well.

"Let us in!" A voice shouted.

Having reached the back of the museum through the hallway, they started to bang on the doors that would seal off each section. The people were piled up, knocking on the door.

"Please let us in. There are gunmen outside!!! Please!" The people begged.

But those on the inside weren't opening the door for some reason.

"They're terrified," Kelly said. "They can hear the shooting. They won't open the door because they're scared for their own lives."

"But some of these people here are related to them. How can they be so cruel?" Cody asked.

Just then, Cody and Kelly, standing toward the back of the group, noticed a few more people enter. Immediately, the two of them dived out of the way and crashed through the door that let them back into the canteen.n0𝗏𝗲𝑳𝓊𝓢𝓑.𝗰0𝓶

As they looked through the door behind them, they could see a string of bullets hitting the people, making them all fall to the ground one by one. Some had managed to escape and were trickling into the canteen as well.

"Come on! We have to hide!" Kelly said as the two of them went behind the counter where the workers would usually serve the food to the others.

Taking a peek and looking through the glass where one would serve the food, they could still hear bullets and saw a masked man step inside the canteen. He had a submachine gun tied around his neck and was wearing a musk of a skull.

Immediately, he shot at the people he could see in the room, finishing them off quickly. Cody and Kelly deduced that these mysterious men seemed like professionals.

The masked man started to walk around the room, examining to see if there were any survivors. He was looking thoroughly, so it was only a matter of time before the two of them got caught.

Cody pulled out his life and looked carefully.

"What are you doing?" Kelly whispered.

"We have to get rid of him, and we have to fight. It's the only thing we can do." Cody replied.

When the man's back was turned, Cody stood up and threw the weapon. The man turned slightly and managed to block the knife with his shoulder. It had dug deep, but it didn't finish him off.

Pulling out another knife though, Cody was ready to think again. But that was when another man entered the room.

"Cody!" Kelly shouted and raised, pushing him out of the way.

Bullets rained down on both of them, destroying the grass and shattering everywhere.

"Kelly!...oh no, you're bleeding," Cody said as he noticed a lot of blood falling from her shoulder.

"It's okay...we will be okay," Kelly said. "I have superpowers like you said, right...so let me deal with them."

After saying these words, Kelly started to run out with the metal pole in her hand. She went towards the new masked man who had entered the room. He began to fire away, hitting her right in the chest, and before she could even reach him, she fell to the ground.

Cody started to scurry against the floor and ran right by her side.

"Kelly, you idiot...what did you do..." Cody cried. His eyes were full of tears and shock.

He had no idea why Kelly would do something reckless, and now she had been hit by multiple bullets, was bleeding all over, and it looked like the bullets had hit her in the heart.

"Wait!" The first skull-masked man suddenly said, "That brat hit me with a knife. Let me get rid of them."

The man walked up to Cody, still full of tears and bloody hands. He then pushed the gun right against his head.

"You and your girlfriend can now be together. Isn't that sweet, although I think she's a bit old for--!"

Before the man could finish his sentence, his neck looked to have turned the other way. A hand could be seen behind it. When Cody looked to his left, the other masked man had a hole through his chest, almost the size of a fist and was lying dead on the floor, but that's when he noticed Kelly wasn't on the floor either.

The next moment, he heard a thud, and when he turned around, he saw Kelly standing in front of him. The bullets were being pushed out of her body and falling to the floor, but her face... was streaming with tears.

"I'm sorry, Cody...I think I might have...just become one of them." Kelly gulped. Her mouth was full of blood, and the next moment, as if out of instinct, she dug her hand through the masked man's chest, ripping out his heart and putting it straight into her mouth.

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After hearing the words Reborn group, Zain had immediately asked the others about what they knew. It turned out it wasn't very much. All they had seen were large painted signs written in white.

It stated that if you were part of the Reborn group to head in a certain direction but there was no place written, or directions, instead there would just be a large arrow that would point in a particular direction.

So far they had been following the white arrows, because it was also in the same direction of another location, where the Zombie Hunters were. News had already spread that they were people who had special abilities.

Apparently this Zombie Hunter group would come, display their powers, get rid of the zombies, and then continue on. They wouldn't invite those that they saved, or ask them for anything in return after saving them.

It was certainly a strange thing, it was as if they were there for one thing and one thing only, to eliminate the zombies.

The group was happy to tell Zain the details and everything that he needed to know. After all they had just been saved by him, but based on his lack of knowledge of these two things, it became clear that he wasn't part of either of the two groups which was why his next words seemed a little bit strange to them.

"I think it would be best if you headed to the Zombie Hunters." Zain said. "Like you said, I'm not sure if they will let you in or not, but if you are looking for a place to go, the Reborn group isn't one. They aren't for people like you."

Most likely, Zain believed the Reborn group would be for those like Shark, or for those like himself. Humans that had been turned into zombies, that still had a consciousness that could still speak.n0𝗏𝓔𝐿𝑢𝓈𝑏.𝕔0𝔪

"So... I'm guessing with your strength, you would be trying to join the Zombie Hunters then?" Nit asked. "I won't ask what your powers are but you must have something to be able to take on a creature like that."

"No." Zain replied instantly. "I was just giving some advice, I have no intention of going to the Zombie Hunters. I will be going my own way."

If Zain admitted he was heading to where the arrows were pointing, to the Reborn group, he felt like the others would attempt to follow him. Explaining to them, that it was a place for zombies, even if it was just a theory, it would be hard for anyone to believe.

"So I guess, that means this is where our two sides split then." Nit stated.

"Wait!" Dali said, as he looked at his younger brother Wiz, who was frightened. He was holding onto his shoulders and when hearing that Zain wouldn't be travelling with them, his body already started to shake.

"I know it's not right for us to ask, but if I don't ask then I might regret it for the rest of my life. I know you have no intention of joining the Zombie Hunters, but could you escort us there at least. It won't have to be all the way. Just part way until we get out of most trouble."

Immediately, the glow in the other's eyes could be seen a bit brighter. They too would have much preferred if Zain was to help them. However, for Zain this was an incredibly risky thing to do. He had already crossed with the Zombie Hunters once before, and without a doubt if they ever found out what he was... then they would attempt to capture him just like they had done before.

'The Reborn group might also be a dangerous place for me to go. If I can, I would like to be as strong as I can before heading there. The biggest priority is getting a new set of weapons, and then new territories.' Zain thought.

"I can agree to your deal, but there is something that I need from you guys as well." Zain stated. "I need for you to defeat two Stage 2 zombies. Evolved ones, if you are confused by those words. I can help you, but you guys are the ones that need to finish them off, and the crystal inside of their bodies, it needs to go to me."

The others looked at each other, it was a really strange request. What could a person do with the crystals that came from the zombies bodies? At the same time, Zain was asking them to risk their lives fighting, but he would be by their side.

"Okay, I think it's a fair deal. On the way to the Zombie Hunters we will get those crystals for you, after that we will part ways." Dali said, as he put his hand out.

Zain looked at it for a few seconds, out of everyone here Dali had seen the most of what Zain could do. Controlling zombies... yet he was still willing to take his help.

For some reason, whenever Zain found someone who wasn't scared of his true self right now, he wished to help them a bit, but his survival mode kicked in. Since there was something that the two of them could get out of this deal, he decided to agree as he shook the other's hand.

'His hands... they're really cold.' Dali thought.

The group went off, heading to where the Zombie Hunters' base was, and while heading there Zain started to think. It was a strange place, there was the military, the Reborn group, meteors, demons, zombies, Dark Zombies, and the Zombie Hunters.

All of these different groups had been created out of this apocalypse and where did he fit in to all of this, and what would happen at the end of it all. Why did such a thing come to be in the first place?

'Let's upgrade my weapons... and come out on top of all these groups. Just like in those games, I will come out on top in the real world as well.' Zain inwardly smiled to himself.

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The biker gang, that was really just a bunch of high schoolers, seemed to refer to themselves as the Wild Bones. They were pretty excited to talk about it in front of Zain, talking about all of their accomplishments and how they had taken over a lot of schools.

However, Zain having never heard about them had put a slight damper on their mood, but he quickly explained that he was a university student, and that if he was still in high school, he was sure he would have known about the Wild Bones.

When the attack had started, it had actually happened while they were in school. According to them, the teachers were useless and unorganised and most of them had abandoned the place instantly to get in their cars and drive away.

At the time, it was because of the Wild Bones, who were originally a much bigger group, that they were able to protect a school. One of the hardest places to make sure it was clear of zombies.

It was then that Dali had also left the group for a brief moment after figuring out things were okay. He had gone on his own to his brother's primary school, and rescued him from there as well. Then when all was well, he decided to return and that's when they noticed that the school was being attacked.

It wasn't from zombies though, and instead it was from the other biker gangs that they had ruled over in the past. They had failed to defend their schools from the attack and wished to not just join the others, but beat them and take over their hideout completely.

When Dali returned, he had taken out most of the attackers and they were able to defend the school once more. Still, they had to eventually move from the school. The group was under attack from people more than they would have liked.

The fact that the area was clear and boarded up meant they got quite a bit of attention, not just from the past gangs that they fought against but also from local people looking to join in. At first they were trusting of others, but they quickly realised through a series of problems that the only ones they could trust were themselves, and now the entire Wild Bones group was just down to those in front of them.

Their story was what Zain expected to happen in a world like this. The one thing he was surprised about was the fact that they were able to hold onto a school for so long.

'Perhaps on my way back, when I head to the Reborn group, I should pass a school. It should be a place that could be made into a territory allowing me to get more passive exp from it.'

"It's getting dark." Zain said. "We should hold up in an apartment, and then we can start our hunt tomorrow."

The others agreed, they had normally been resting at night. It was the natural reaction of most, and judging from their conversation they knew nothing about these demons. So far everyone who Zain had met didn't know about them.

Due to the memories he had seen though, he knew they existed.

After coming out on the third floor of an apartment block and clearing out all of the rooms. Zain didn't say anything as he went into the bedroom himself, and locked the door behind him, not allowing any of the others to follow.

"Well, he is a very friendly person to have around isn't he?" One of the men asked. "We told him everything that happened to us, and we still don't know a single thing about him."

"Just be happy that he's helping us." Nit said, as he slapped his friend at the back of the head. "He can survive out there on his own, we are the ones that need him."

"Then… Why is he helping us?" The member asked.

That was something that Dali wanted to know as well. Was there something to these crystals that Zain wished to collect, is that where he got his strength from?n0𝗏𝗲𝑳𝓊𝓢𝓑.𝗰0𝓶

As soon as the sun had risen, Zain unlocked his room door, and clapped his hands hard, waking everyone up.

"The sun has risen, let's get this over with, and after that I will take you to the Zombie Hunters." Zain stated.

Half asleep, many of them were rubbing their eyes, but the adrenaline had kicked in as soon as they left the door. A sleepy move could cost them their life so they were on high alert.

They had veered away from the Zombie Hunters location for a bit, so Zain could accomplish his goal, because in the first place, it seemed like the closer they were getting to the Zombie Hunter areas area the less zombies there were, and in a way that made sense.

After a while though, they had finally come across a Titan among a group of zombies in the wild. It was standing there in the middle of a crossing, among a bunch of cars.

"Remember, you guys have to deal the finishing blow." Zain said, as he was the first one to move out.

As soon as Zain got close enough, the Titan turned its head and picked up one of the cars that was in front of it. Running across though, Zain was already right by the Titan's side before it could throw the car.

Jumping in the air, Zain threw out a punch, hitting it in its chest. It stumbled backwards and dropped the car. Sprinting in again, Zain gave it a couple more punches, and then a kick to its legs, causing it to fall down.

When it was on the ground, Zain proceeded to use both hands grabbing onto its harder shell and using his strength to rip off the hard black armour. After that, Zain jumped back, landed on top of a car and whistled.

It was a signal, a signal to the others that it was now their turn. Coming out from the alleyways where they were hiding from, they held weapons in their hands. They could see the Titan slowly standing up, with the hard armour from its chest ripped.

Killing a zombie meant hitting it in its brain, so they wondered just how Zain opting up its chest was going to help.

'In the past, we would have done everything we could to avoid these evolved zombies… so maybe with this we'll learn something.'

Nit was the first to reach the Titan, but he was so focused on the Titan that he was unaware of a zombie coming out from the side, with its mouth wide open toward him. Nit looked panicked and lifted his arm but if he was bit then it would mean turning.

As its mouth opened, a pole went right through its head from the side, and the zombie collapsed on the ground.

Turning his head, he could see Zain, standing on top of a car with a makeshift pole in his hand.

"I said I would help you guys… just focus on taking out the Titan, and I will do the rest." Zain stated.

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The Wild Bones were unable to see what Zain could do, at least the extent of what he could do, because he had fought the devastating creatures mostly in the subway, and they were distracted trying to fight for their own lives against the zombies that were gathering around them.

Now though, they were able to witness Zain's greatness. He would constantly break parts off of the cars around him with ease, as if they were made of bits of cheap plastic, then as if he had a birds eye view, he was keeping an eye on everyone in the group.

He would use the bits of the vehicles he had torn off to throw them toward the zombies that were attacking them and getting in the way of them fighting the stage 2 Titan. As Zain inched closer, he soon stopped throwing items at them and instead used his two machetes he had on him instead.

Swirling around, he sliced through one head of a zombie, and thrust through the head of another. To the others it looked like a scene from the movie, it was done so effortlessly. In this day and age, when would you ever find someone who was so skilled with swords?n0𝗏𝓔𝐿𝑢𝓈𝑏.𝕔0𝔪

In an age where guns usually would have ruled, they were seeing the advantage of the old age weapons. They made no noise, not attracting a horde of creatures around you. If one was on their own they always needed to reload at some point, and unless you had someone covering you or were able to supply yourself with an unlimited amount of ammo this was the better option for a densely populated city.

After a while, the Wild Bones, thanks to Nit and Dali mainly, were able to defeat the Titan. As they angled a long makeshift spear to go through its body and pierce its head at an odd angle. It was hard work as they needed to avoid the large fists that would have smashed their bodies in one go.

"Great work!" Zain said with a smile, as he approached the two of them. "Try find the large crystal in its body, and make sure you don't get any blood in your eyes. I don't have to tell you why that would be bad."

Both Nit and Dali looked at each other. All of it felt very strange, why didn't Zain just fight the stage 2 himself, he was very capable and now they were asking him to extract the crystal as well? In the end they listened, because there was one thing Dali thought he was getting out of this and it was experience.

He was learning how to take out these altered zombies, and what their group needed to improve on. After all, there was also a chance that the Zombie Hunters wouldn't take them in at all, and when Zain left them, they would all be on their own again.

The crystal had been retrieved and, as promised, the crystal was handed to Zain. When it was given to him, the system message popped up, asking whether he wanted to absorb the crystal for exp, but he refused because there was a better use for the crystals this time.

After continuing on through the busy district, the group had eventually reached a park. It had pathways set with trees on the side, but on top of it all, in the distance, in the centre of the grass fields there was once again another Titan.

"This time… I won't remove the armour from the stage 2 for you." Zain stated. "But, I will stay closer to you, so if it looks like you are going to be hit, I will defend the attack."

Inwardly a smile had appeared on Dali. It looked like he was somewhat right, that Zain was training them to be self-sufficient. With that, he willingly accepted the request and before charging in, the group had a talk first on how to deal with the problem in front of them.

When heading in, they had a much more organised plan, and Dali, not wanting to rely on Zain at all, had decided to take out the zombies in the wooded areas first. They struck them down so they wouldn't get involved in the fight against the Titan, and finally it was time for them to take out the main target.

'Oh, now it makes sense how they were able to defend a school so well, but it makes me wonder, what makes a territory, what's the limit of the amount of zombies I can have? If we were to clear this entire area, if we were to clear the entire city, and only the zombies under my control were still here, would I have territory mastery over this whole city?'

While thinking these thoughts, Zain had to dive in as the Titan had gotten close to hitting one of the Wild Bones. Swinging both of his fists out Zain had managed to match the Titan's strength stopping the blow.

Dali was thankful that they had Zain, because it was a harder task than they thought. In the end, though, they managed to pry open a part of its hard shell that was toward the back of its neck. It was a small part that had been attacked over and over again, and eventually a part of it had chipped off.

The only one that was confident enough to climb onto the Titan's back and deliver the final blow, as expected, was Dali. The others were too afraid of getting hurt, but what had surprised Zain was, after seeing Dali on the back of the Titan, the others didn't waste time in distracting it and were attacking fiercer and more daring than before.

In the end, the zombie had been defeated and a second crystal was obtained.

Holding them both in his hands, Zain had a smile on his face.

"Let's rest for the night." Zain stated. "I know it's a bit early, but I will be a bit busy myself."

Rather than an apartment building like they usually stayed in. There was a house situated opposite the park, and they were able to clear the area quickly and rest up in a different place for a change, but for Zain, he had almost immediately picked a room, entered it and they heard the sound of it being locked quickly behind him.

"I wonder… What is he doing in there?" Nit asked.

"I'm not too sure." Dali replied. "But did you see that grin on his face when we gave him the crystal? I'm sure there is something in those crystals. Maybe we should try to get our hands on those crystals ourselves."

"I agree."

In the room, laid out on the bed, Zain had the crystals and the weapons next to each other. He wasn't sure how this was going to work, but he finally had all the items required to upgrade his weapons.

'Let's open this crafting thing and get started.' Zain smiled.

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In survival games, surely there would be something similar to that of a workbench, an area where one would improve weapons with the materials they had. The thing was, that only worked in games where the developers would put them in certain places around the world.

Was Zain meant to go to a mechanic shop to get his things done, not that it seemed like a ridiculous restriction to put on the system in a real world situation, which was why he was honestly hoping for something a little bit more magical.

At first the system and its powers had stuck to the rules of the world relatively well, all the information and things he could do could be explained by technology or be replicated by a type of technology in the same way. That was until he was able to store zombies in his system and release them at will.

This was something that the current technology or current science of the world was unable to explain, and he believed that the system might act in the same way now. The machetes were placed next to the crystals.

Two large ones, the size of half a cucumber. He placed his hands on the crystals, and placed his hand on the machetes at the same time and the system had reacted, but not in the way he thought.

[Error, not enough stage 2 crystals are currently present for upgrade]

'What… I'm sure the recipe for upgrading the weapons states that I just needed two stage 2 crystals; it didn't even ask for a type.'n0𝒱𝑬𝗅𝓤𝕊𝒃.𝒸0𝑚

Zain quickly brought up the recipe again, and he soon realized his mistake.

'This amount… is to only upgrade one of the weapons. Well, I guess it's good to test this thing out first anyway.' Zain thought.

After taking a look at which machete was in better condition, he decided to place the higher quality one along with the crystals and the system had reacted once more.

[The current materials gathered may be used to upgrade the weapon 'Machete' Would you like to upgrade your weapon?]

It was a simple yes and no, and Zain had of course clicked yes. He could see the crystal lighting up and the sword at the same time. In front of his eyes, both of the items were breaking down into particles. All he could see was small little white parts of the sword and crystal and the two of them were starting to morph together, combining to make a completely different item.

'Without getting quests, I have somewhat hit a plateau. Levelling up is a good way to get me stronger, but I need a lot of exp. The territories will solve that problem but it will take me a while to build up the territories until it's worthwhile.

'My skills with weapons, the sword skill mastery, has been hard to level up after reaching level 4. So this is the answer for a quick boost in strength!'

The light around the item finally started to dim down, and now the outline that Zain could see was just that of a machete. It was slightly larger than before with a slightly bigger curve, but still had the same shape.

Then when the light finally faded a message appeared and he could see his new weapon fully.

[You have successfully created 'Titan Machete]

[Using the raw crystals of the stage 2 evolve zombie, the Titan, a weapon has been created that has a strong durability. The hard outer shell of what protects the Titan has been forged into a blade making it almost indestructible. The edge has been refined and sharpened, and with the Titan's powers has made it so the weapon will never go dull.]

The description of the weapon had Zain smiling, this was something that was impossible for humans to create in a way, and with the challenges he had been facing, it was exactly what he needed.

With the regular machete and his strength increasing, using all his strength to swing the weapon had a risk of breaking it, especially against zombies that had a strong endurance. The only thing now was to test the new weapon out.

[You have successfully created 1/3 variants of the upgraded Machete]

'Wait, 1 of 3? Does that mean there are three different versions of this weapon that could be made.' A thought had hit Zain, 'It stated it turned out like this because of the Titan crystals. If I used other stage 2 crystals, then would the sword turn into something else, and what if I had used a mix of crystals.'

There was a chance that the upgrade wouldn't have worked, or it would have been improved slightly instead of drastically like it had done now. Even the weapon itself looked like it had been forged from the armour of the Titan. It was now a single solid black colour, with only the handle slightly changing, curving a bit more and giving it a better fit in his hand.

'My journey with the others hasn't come to a complete end, perhaps I can use them to gather more crystals for me. This time creating another weapon… it would be nice if I could meet the third type of zombie, creating a weapon with that would be nice.'

While thinking about this, and thinking of the chained zombies on top of where he was about to go, to the Reborn group, Zain had come to a decision, as he opened up his inventory, a bright key was seen in his hand.

[Would you like to use the return key to enter the Melee Weapons Horde Challenge?]

Zain gave it some thought, but now was the right time, to try and reap the benefits, he had improved a lot, and he was hoping to grow into the next step.

[Yes]

[The key has successfully been used]

[You are now entering the Melee Weapons Horde Challenge]

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[Melee Weapons Horde Challenge has begun]

Since it was night time for the others,and trusting that they wouldn't burst into his room especially since it was locked, Zain thought it was the perfect opportunity. Although it was unlikely that anything would happen, the Wild Bones were in some ways protecting his body if anything crazy did occur.

For all Zain knew, during these 'Episodes' he would have his body completely inactive; he was as good as dead until he would wake up.

[Please make your way to the assigned area]

When opening his eyes, Zain was surrounded by the strange walls once again. They were familiar to him so he knew it was the inside of the cave, but there was a big difference compared to last time.

For one, he was an adult this time, rather than in the body of a child.

'With this, I should be able to get through more waves compared to before… and if I want to make the most out of this experience then I need to get through as many waves as I can.'

While walking down the cave, Zain was thinking about the rewards, they had changed with each wave, getting better as they went on, but he doubted that every single time he passed a certain number of waves he would get a return key to this place.

On his second go, Zain thought it was unlikely for him to complete the challenge, which was why he had to keep doing well until he at least got another chance at the return key. It was why he had decided to wait so long to use it in the first place.

Checking out the system, Zain's stats this time were the same as they were in the outside world, so he practically could use his full strength, but his skills weren't present, neither were the items on his body.

He was unable to summon the zombies to help now and he didn't have any of his weapons on him. Eventually he came out from the tunnel structure he was in and now was in the large open space of the cave, where there were several tunnels all leading from the one room.

Rushing over, he quickly went to the table that was full of weapons, and he saw that there was a new addition on the table, and picked it up immediately.

'This is… the Titan machete that I created… it's in here.'

Not only was there that weapon but there were two of them as well. Picking them both up, before he realised it the system had displayed a message once again.

[Your weapons have been selected]

[Wave 1 will begin in 10 seconds]

The waves were the same as they were last time with the first one being a single mutated zombie. As it rushed toward him, Zain swung the sword through the air a few times before it had even hit the zombie.

The weapon was light, and sturdy… It was perfect and as it got within range, from the top down Zain swung it again, slicing right through the zombie's body, splitting it in half.

[A bronze card has been awarded]

'Oh, so the reward changed this time? Is it because the system began rewarding me in cards that it wants to do the same this time? Well for now, I'll just keep the low tier cards. If I was to guess, a return key would at least be a gold tier card.'

The good news was the waves were just like before, with the second wave being a total of five mutated zombies and the third wave being a total of ten. Two more bronze cards were rewarded.

Even without the Titan weapons with Zain's current body taking the assessment this time, he felt like he would have been able to still complete this task, and he would just have to wait for the next set of waves to come.

In the fourth round, a Spitter had been sent out, and this was the first real test for the new Titan weapons. Running from his spot as soon as he heard the Spitter coming out from the tunnel, he swung the weapon, before it could even get its spit ready.

The weapon touched the harder outer casing of the Spitter, and there was a slight resistance, but it was almost nothing as the hand was chopped off, and with another swing with the other sword in his hand, its head rolled onto the ground.

Slicing through the zombies, it felt like he was just swinging his sword through the air, whereas cutting through the Spitter's body was like that of butter.

[A Bronze card has been rewarded]

'A Bronze card, even for an Evolved zombie, I guess I'm at that stage now then, huh?' Zain thought as he waited for the next opponent.

There was a chance that the waves would change slightly compared to last time, as all of the stage 2 zombies should be at the same level just difficult for different people to deal with, and that's when he could hear the heavy footsteps coming one after the other.

It was the sound of the Titan coming through the tunnel walls.

[Wave 5 will now begin]

'Now this is where the real test begins, the Titan sword against the Titan itself.'

Once again, Zain rushed forward towards the tunnel where the Titan was coming out from, he leapt up in the air and held both of the machetes behind his back. The Titan seeing this, seemed to lift both of its large hands with the black armour, as an attempt to block this.

Swinging overhead, Zain slammed both of the weapons into the arms, he used his full strength, not holding back, because if there was one thing the description said about these weapons, it was the fact that they were unbreakable.

A few seconds later, and the black armour on the Titan could be seen cracking.

'I guess the same can't be said for your armour!'

Zain thought, as he fell to the ground and saw the black armour falling to the ground, this was a huge improvement and it made him wonder what the other weapons could do as well.

[Wave 5 has been cleared]

[Wave 6 will now begin]

This was it, the wave at which Zain failed at last time, but he knew that today, he wasn't going to fail here, just what wave would he be able to get to?

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Zain knew who the opponent would be for this wave, because there was a distinct memory in his head. The last time he had participated in the challenge it was where he failed, the only stage 2 evolved zombie that he hadn't seen outside of the place.n0𝔳𝐄𝗅𝗎𝗌𝚋.𝒸0𝗆

Coming out of the tunnel, it was similar to the stage 3 zombie he had faced, only it was smaller in size, around the same size as himself. It had bladed hands that weren't as large and the bones sticking out of its body weren't as long either.

Unlike the last opponents Zain had faced, he didn't go out straight away and instead he took a deep breath as he waited, and the zombie soon ran straight towards him.

It swung its arm, and Zain used minimal strength as he parried the attack away. With its other hand it swung for his stomach, but Zain avoided the hit, by jumping back, as soon as his feet landed, he charged in, and used the back of the machete to hit the evolved creature.

Sword mastery [Level 4] 38.2/100

'As I thought, out of all the stage 2, you're the only one that is useful in getting my sword mastery up. So I'm sorry but I'm going to use you!'

Zain watched carefully, the stage 2 creature was about as fast as himself but the stage 3 had two advantages over the creature in front of him. One of them was the strange bones on its body could extend but it didn't seem to be the case here, at least not in the same way.

The second, was the strength of the stage 3 was far superior. Due to his new weapon Zain could tell if he swung at full strength he would be able to cut through the evolved Zombie's body, the Bonezom as Zain named it.

Which was why he was swinging with next to no strength and only speed, so he could go against a worthy opponent.

The Bonezom seemed to be frustrated as it swung both bladed parts of its body towards Zain. Instead of using two of his blades, Zain skimmed it with one, and allowed for most of the weight of the attack to carry on and hit the ground.

There was a clear opening, and it was almost as if Zain knew the right moment and place to hit. Swinging his sword, he had hit the back of the Bonezom's neck. It cut through, even though he wasn't using a large amount of strength. When pulling it out, the Bonezom looked to be acting strange and suddenly it fell to the ground.

'Did it die... I got carried away a little bit there, but it was a zombie that doesn't need the brain crushed for it to die. I guess evolution can really change a zombie.' Zain thought.

Sword mastery [Level 4] 39.4/100

Although his sword mastery had increased for the first time in a while, it wasn't close to the level he wished. He had been fighting against the Bonezom for around half an hour or so, and it seemed to be slowing down as he got used to the Bonezom's movement.

[Quest complete]

[A Silver card has been given.]

'Silver, for the other two Stage 2 zombies I still only got a bronze reward. Is it because I didn't clear this stage the last time? I guess it would make sense to give lesser rewards for stages that have already been completed.'

Unlike the bronze cards, Zain decided that it was best for him to open the silver card immediately, just in case it was a return Key, even though he believed that a return key would be rarer than that.

[Silver card has been used]

[You have received a stage 2 Bonezom crystal]

'A stage 2 crystal!' Zain was excited. The most common stage 2 zombie he saw in the real world was the Titan. Having already created a weapon with the Titan crystals, he was interested in the other variations.

But, honestly Zain couldn't imagine that weapons created with the Spitter type crystals would be strong weapons on their own, most likely it would have some trait, but Zain wanted to increase his individual strength.

What he wanted was a weapon created out of the Bonezom crystals. In his opinion it was the hardest stage 2 he had fought, so he thought it would create a weapon that would make up for his shortcomings.

'This is great, if I can get another stage two Bonezom crystal then I can upgrade the other machete as well!'

If Zain wasn't already pumped to continue the challenge, he was over the moon now, but the messages didn't end there, as there were more to come.

[The player seems to be too advanced for the current wave levels]

[The player is able to jump to wave 10]

[In doing so, the player will receive an additional gold card reward upon completing wave 10]

It was an interesting proposal and if games were anything to go by, every ten or five waves there would be a jump in difficulty. One would have to think of it as a boss of a particular stage. The fact that the system wanted him to do level 10 was somewhat proof of that as well.

'I have been completing these stages rather easily, even if stage 10 is a jump in difficulty, with the new weapons, I should be able to complete it. The question is whether the gold reward is bigger than the rewards that I would have received naturally for passing the other waves.'

A lot of thought was given into making his decision, and in the end, Zain had made his choice.

'There are always Silver quests and Bronze quests that come up, but anything Gold and above, is a rare occurrence. I won't get this chance again.'

[You have accepted the request]

[Wave 10 will begin in 10 seconds.]

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Wave 10 was just about to begin and Zain was thinking of all the possibilities it could have. Would it be several of the stage 2 types, maybe even one of each? It was tricky because he had skipped a few levels, so it could possibly even be something he had never seen before.

When the timer finished counting down, right out of the tunnel a creature had run in and jumped up in the air. It was large in size and it was something Zain had seen before. From its body, one of the strange bones grew, extending out like a spike and headed out right towards him.

It was unexpected, so rather than dodge, Zain lifted his weapon on its side and blocked the hit. The attack had pushed Zain back making him skid across the ground slightly.

'It's the stage 3! The same one I fought against outside the subway.' Zain realised. 'I won that fight because I was able to summon the other zombies, but here I can't. I have to beat it with my own skill.'

Just as the zombie landed, it dashed forward from the ground and started to swing its two hands. Its speed was greater than Zain's and with it, its power was stronger as well.

This fight was a disadvantage for him, he was on his own and was less than the zombie in front of him when one compared the stats.

Swinging his sword, Zain clashed against the bladed hand, but both of them were hit back with recoil as if they had smashed against something harder than them. The blade wasn't damaged but neither was the zombie.

'I guess it makes sense, why would a stage 2 weapon be able to out match a stage 3 zombie!'n0𝔳𝐄𝗅𝗎𝗌𝚋.𝒸0𝗆

Carefully Zain was watching the attacks, the second he saw a part of the zombie's arms move, he knew the direction of the strike would be and moved out of the way. There were some close calls and those were the times where he would parry it with his sword slightly.

The problem in all of this though, was that he couldn't do it forever, not if he wanted to win.

'I still don't have a return key yet!' Zain thought. 'If I lose now, I won't die, but I'll never be able to come to this place again... I have to do something.'

After avoiding another swipe, the bladed part of the zombie had scratched the outer cave rock and a big mark was made. It was clear that one attack from it and Zain would be a goner, but a ping was heard as well.

Sword mastery [Level 4] 41.3/100

'My sword mastery increased, just from avoiding the attacks. I didn't even think about increasing my sword mastery skills with this thing just because I was surviving, but that's the fastest it's ever gone up... if I can't get a return key out of this thing or beat it, then I can at least improve my swordsmanship.'

The whole view of the fight had changed for Zain, he was carefully avoiding strikes, and only attacking when it felt absolutely safe to. His sword would hit the body or bladed arm of the Zombie, it would do nothing but he was getting a better sense of timing and the attack patterns the beast had.

The only thing was, it seemed like the zombie itself was aware of its weak point, because everytime Zain tried to get behind it, it would swivel quickly around defending its back.

'I just realised, when did this fight get easier?' Zain thought.

He was so panicked about surviving in the beginning, but now that his mind was focused on something else, he realised he could block every hit. He could hit the zombie and it couldn't hit him. In this fight he was the superior one, and there was a big advantage in this fight, he could still evolve.

[Sword mastery is now level 5]

[A passive skill has been added]

[When using long bladed weapons, the attack strength of the user will increase by 20%]

The second the system message had come up, there was a new rise of power in Zain. The zombie was running towards him again. When it was a few metres away, it was almost as if Zain knew what to do. He bent his knees down, and with all his strength, pushed off the ground and with one of the Titan blades, he swung it, hitting both of the bladed arms away, and twisting the other machete like a screw, Zain aimed right for the creature's head.

With the boost in Zain's power, the momentum of the zombie, and the Titan sword, Zain had crushed the outer skull of the zombie, killing it on the spot.

[Congratulations you have passed the 10th wave]

[A checkmark has now been placed]

[Whenever you return to the challenge will start from wave 11]

[You may now leave the space and put it on pause, returning to challenge it whenever you wish]

[Note: The pause can only be used now, in the future a return key is needed to return.

[2 Gold cards have been received]

Reading the rewards it made sense to Zain that it would start from Wave 11, he was far too strong and would only get stronger if the other waves were worth something. The good thing about the pause was, it was essentially a free Return key as well.

In this case, he thought it was best not to waste it, especially since he still didn't have a return key. If he went on to wave 11 and failed, then he would never be able to return, or at least he thought that's how it would work.

Just in case, Zain claimed the two Gold reward cards right there and then.

[2 random stage 2 crystals have been given]

[A double exp card that lasts 1 hour has been granted]

Depending on the situation, that could be really valuable, especially since it's been getting harder to level up and the crystals, one of them is from the Bonezom, which means I can create a new weapon. It's time to get out of here.'

[You have paused the challenge]

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