Chapter 116 – Zombie Apocalypse 2 (24)

Whoa, whoa!!

Rather than swinging the iron bat and throwing things away like the first time, I proceeded by blowing off the zombie heads one by one.

Although the movement is less efficient than that of a spear where you just have to stab and retrieve it, I used my strength and speed to kill zombies faster than others.

We killed all the guys that caught our attention, but the one I found was further away.

Naeun’s voice was heard as he took his steps again to fight before the guy became too difficult to deal with.

“Xian! It’s a little fast.”

I stopped when I heard Naeun’s voice and looked back.

As there were so many zombies lying on the floor, the search team seemed to get tired quickly.

The road we passed was paved with zombie corpses, so is it worth fighting many zombies in a short period of time?

Not only was the stamina consumed in battle a problem, but I thought that the contaminated mana gushing out from such many zombie corpses could cause problems.

If you think about it that way, you can understand why Naeun looks a little better than the search team.

Since you’ve been exposed to my heat a few times recently, wouldn’t you have become resistant to contaminated mana?

“I’m going to slow down a little bit.”

“No, it’s okay. We’ll have your back, so let’s get rid of that ominous thing!”

“It’s okay!”

“You can think of it as almost ten times what you see every day!”

These people strangely trust me.

Don’t you think I was talking nonsense?

Naeun, who suggested I adjust the speed, also smiled awkwardly.

“Then let’s keep going. Let’s get away from these corpses.”

The search team must have thought that was a good idea, so they put away their spears aimed ahead and quickly came forward.

If the corpse is burning, there is a way to absorb it using the Flame Magic…

Is it possible to link Shadow Mastery and skills? For that reason, I don’t think I can use the skill link right away.

I, too, have not fully recovered my mental strength, so I have to restrain myself.

When unique zombies have excellent combat power, you need to use a lot of insight, but then blackout comes, and it’s over.

Skill resources need to be controlled.

‘But what happens if the savior is activated?’

There are people around me that I need to protect, but it doesn’t seem to have activated yet, but would it be okay if it did?

I’m not sure because I’ve only used this ability once so far.

As soon as they got a little away from the pile of zombie corpses, the search team’s complexion quickly returned.

As I expected, the problem seemed to be the contaminated mana from zombie corpses.

“I think it’s okay now.”

“Yes. I feel much more comfortable.”

The search team members seemed to have felt it as well and gave me a signal saying it was okay, and I picked up a metal bat.

“Let’s go take care of it.”

And then he hit the streetlight that had fallen on the ground.

Let’s go!

It’s not the sound I wanted?

When baseball bats hit each other, I expected a clean sound, but all I heard was the sound of something breaking.

“We will do it.”

Kang!! Kang!! Kang!! Kang!!

As the search team hit window after window, I heard the sound I wanted.

At that time, Naeun said to me.

“You have to think about the weapon you are holding.”

“I didn’t even think about paying attention to the sound.”

“I guess that’s normal.”

At the sound of the spears clashing against each other, the zombies began to flock again.

We killed quite a few zombies earlier, but that number of zombies started running towards us with their eyes turning red.

Didn’t the sound you made just get that guy’s attention?

Since it doesn’t look much different from regular zombies, I swung the metal bat at the head of the zombie running towards me, thinking about what I would deal with if it came.

Whoa, whoa!!

“Okay, let’s keep going!”

The spearmen also fought hard, sinking their spears into the heads of the approaching zombies.

As I was checking the overall situation through presence detection, I was able to see that the guy had appeared a little distance away while the heads of the zombies in front of me were exploding.

Unlike the zombies who were frantically running towards us, they were looking at us as if they were measuring us.

Has that zombie also regained some of its intelligence?

The most annoying thing was to run further away, but he didn’t seem to be that smart.

The zombie ran towards us.

“It’s him!”

I said I had found something unusual, and the spearmen who had some spare time took a moment to look at the strange zombie running towards us.

“Sian, can you do it?”

“It’s possible if you’re in that state right now. Then I’ll ask for the other zombies as well!”

As I walked forward, shouting so that the search team could hear and exploding the head of the zombie in front of me, I noticed that the direction of the guy running was a bit strange.

It seems like he’s not running towards us, towards me, who is in the lead, but towards where we were earlier?

“Ah. That bastard…!”

Evolved zombies collect contaminated mana by eating zombies.

But what if there is a land where contaminated mana is scattered?

What if you could collect contaminated mana not just by eating it, but also by being in that location?

Just as my Flame Demonic Art can absorb heat, if that seed of plague had that kind of power, it was merely providing a place for it to evolve.

『Quest』

〈Take care of the blooming seeds of plague.〉

-Upon completion: [Skill] Strengthening Survival Rules (A)

They’ve been calling me zombies all along, but they’re the seeds of a plague that suddenly bloomed.

The guy who jumped into the pile of corpses before I could do anything took a deep breath, and the contaminated mana around him began to be absorbed into his body as if it was returning to its proper place.

‘Am I encouraging evolution by creating a pile of zombie corpses?’

We ended up creating an environment where he could evolve more quickly.

“Claralalalalalalararyak!!!”

The guy who had finished absorbing the contaminated mana from the zombie pile screamed loudly.

And he looked at me and us with a more relaxed look.

“Has it evolved?”

“That’s an evolved zombie!”

A panicked voice was heard from the search team.

“It’s okay! Because Sian is here!”

“Don’t lose to Lee Sian!”

And I also heard voices cheering for me.

Now that this has happened, I have no intention of backing down.

I just use everything at my disposal to defeat the evolved zombies I once defeated.

The evolved zombie slowly walked towards me and I held the iron bat tightly with both hands.

It was the evolved zombie that went first.

I jumped forward lightly, but the speed was very fast.

Even the use of calm and insight is the same as last time.

But this time I have mana.

By spreading out the mana that was still lacking, his physical abilities were further strengthened.

FuuuuuOO!!! Kwaaaaang!!!

I swung the iron bat with a force that was incomparable to when I caught zombies before and hit the zombie’s left arm.

The zombie that was properly hit by my attack flew into the wall and made a loud noise as it fell, and I ran in that direction.

‘It wasn’t broken.’

Although I couldn’t put mana into the weapon, the weapon I have now is stronger than a baseball bat.

I thought I could deal with it by strengthening my physical abilities through mana, but I could immediately see that it had more contaminated mana than the last evolved zombie.

If you can use Shadow Craft, you can shave off mana, but that’s impossible right now.

The movement of the evolved zombie was detected by presence detection.

I thought he must have been in great shock, but he pulled himself away from the wall of the building and ran towards me, moving slightly faster than before.

Last night, because of the growth of mana through Shadow Mastery and Flame Magic, it was possible to use mana three more times as just before.

However, if there is no shock at all, you should take advantage of the opportunity and put mana into your weapon.

Pow!

He swung her iron bat, reading her fast swinging fist.

Since we have confirmed that it is possible to change the trajectory of the attack to this extent, you can slowly reduce the stamina of the evolving zombie.

Pow! Pow!

He deflected the successive fists while swinging the iron bat.

This damn guy is so damn strong.

I think I’m stronger than I was when I defeated the last evolved zombie, but I still feel like I’m lacking something.

And first, the head, which can be said to be its weak point, was not hit at all.

We know that evolved zombies’ bodies break down if they receive enough shock, but they can be restored with contaminated mana.

Whoa!!

By putting a little more force into her arms, she widened the distance as she swatted away the evolved zombies.

‘It doesn’t seem like the savior’s effect has been activated.’

Fighting with all three abilities, including calmness, insight, and presence detection, drained a lot of her mental power.

“Kkakakakakkak!!!”

The evolved zombie laughed happily.

“Fuyu woo…”

I slowly caught my breath while looking at that guy.

Then, taking a deep breath of air again, he raised the iron bat upward and ran forward.

“Kkakakakak!”

The evolved zombie seemed to be thinking of finishing me off efficiently, relying on her own defense and sending her right arm back and then forward using her waist.

What I’m aiming for is the head of an evolved zombie.

What the evolved zombie is aiming for is my chest.

Whoa whoa whoa!!!

Whoa whoa whoa!!!

“Keuuuuu!”

She felt a big shock in her chest and her body floated.

And soon after, I felt the feel of a zombie corpse on my back.

“Xian?! Xian!”

When Naeun ran towards me, I got up and hit the ground with the iron bat that I didn’t let go until the end.

“It hurts so bad.”

“Klarya?!”

The zombie, whose head had been hit by a metal bat and had one side dented, tilted her head and walked towards me. I could see that the body with incredible physical ability was staggering as if the impact on her head could not be ignored.

“What? Why are you okay?”

Naeun said after seeing me wake up alone.

“It’s not okay. I can’t withstand the same attack again.”

I strengthened my physical abilities and used the remaining mana to use Shadow Armor.

I wasn’t able to completely block her shock because I didn’t have enough mana, but I was able to withstand it because my body was beyond that of an ordinary person.

Now I guess I’ll just have to use my mental power to fight back until I recover a handful of mana to smash the evolved zombie’s head.