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Chapter 152: More zombies to kill?
Chapter 152: More zombies to kill?
'But what was that? I didn't call the status, so how did it appear suddenly in front of me?'
Aiden didn't focus on this for now, as he was going to check the status screen after this fight ended. He had seen the first lady using fire magic to fight the zombies, and now he focused on the next one. He could see she was also fighting just like the other lady.
However, just when he saw her using her earth element, a blue transparent screen appeared in front of him, which he quickly sent away without checking. Now, Aiden realized that when he looked at the magic being cast, the status appeared in front of him.
'It only appeared when I saw a new element being cast' But he didn't linger on this thought as he was going to find out about this after the fight and focus on the zombies in front of him.
Dashing toward the other zombie, his figure blurred as he reached in front of the zombie in a second. Just like usual, he used 75% of his strength to kill it in a single, overwhelmingly powerful slash without even giving it a chance to retaliate. The head flew off, blood spurted, and after a second, its body dropped lifelessly on the ground with a thud.
But by the time it dropped, Aiden had already reached the next zombie and was ready to kill it just like before. His 75% strength was not the same as before but much stronger; even when his stats had only increased by less than two, each stat was five times stronger, so a single increase in stats equaled a strength boost of half a peak human's capacity.
Others noticed that their leader was even stronger than before. They couldn't tell just by looking at him, as only his blurry figure could be seen, but the rate at which he was killing zombies had increased, so they guessed he must have become stronger.
While fighting, Aiden looked at his sister Alicia. Although he knew she wouldn't have any problem fighting the weaker zombies, he still wanted to check up on her.
Seeing the scenes in front of him, he refocused on his own fight. He could see she had no problems fighting—instead, she was enjoying it too much. He could vividly remember the wide grin on her beautiful face.
Alicia was torturing the zombies; four zombies, whose bodies were still moving slightly, writhed on the ground without any arms as she used her sword to impale their bodies, covering the sword with her lightning element.
While it didn't look perfect, it was still working, as lightning danced around her sword, creating a beautiful sight for everyone to see. She had thought of this as a way to increase the pain she inflicted on these ugly zombies.
'How relaxing it is when their bodies wither with each thrust of my sword,' she thought.
She enjoyed the sound of their pain, as if it were music, watching them tremble. Slowly but surely, she was feeling much better than before.
Some zombies that were coming toward her even tried to turn around, seeing the sight in front of them, they changed their direction and went toward Isla and the other two women closest to them. Was this instinct, or something else? But surely, with the increase in their stats, they were becoming a little smarter.
Alicia noticed this too. She was not one to let her prey walk away, so, using her full speed, she caught up to them in seconds and tortured this one even more, shouting things like, 'How dare you try to run away from me, you ugly thing!' and 'Did you really think you could run from me now?'
After torturing these zombies, Alicia noticed the speed at which the zombies were coming toward her had increased. She guessed her little brother must be responsible for it, but this only made her even more excited, as she had found things too easy up until now. However, there was still one thought running through her mind.
'These ugly zombies are becoming smart; I have to discuss this with my little brother after this hunt during our break.'
Ava and the other ladies watched the scenes in front of them, mesmerized at how only five of them were handling so many zombies. But they all knew that if their leader were not there, this wouldn't have been possible, as he was taking care of 4 to 5 zombies while others could only manage 1, and Alicia, 2.
'But the leader's sister is something else.' They had seen everything she was doing, and they tried not to focus on her too much, but hearing the zombies' screams, they couldn't help but pay attention to her.
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Time passed; it had already been around two hours, and now only three people were still fighting zombies, as the other two were exhausted. Aiden, noticing this, had sent them back half an hour ago.
Isla was still fighting, her breathing heavy and sweat dripping down her face. She was feeling tired but didn't want to stop when she noticed Alicia continuing so easily, so she persisted, hoping to accompany them until the fight ended.
Aiden noticed how Isla quickly killed zombies with full force and then took the rest of the time to catch her breath. He didn't think she would get injured, so he didn't stop her. If he saw her struggling to kill a zombie, he would send her back like the others.
And now even his big sis wasn't playing around like before; she was seriously killing the zombies as quickly as possible and resting during the time it took for another zombie to arrive.
But for him, he didn't even feel much fatigue after fighting this long. Having almost six times the stamina of the others, getting tired of him was hard.
He could see hundreds of zombie corpses lying around as he killed another one, just like before.
Now, he had chosen to stop. While he could continue, he wanted the others to rest too. But he wasn't going to close the gate; instead, he would rest as the others took care of the zombies with modern weapons.
He knew today's haul was going to be great, as the efficiency of killing was much faster than yesterday. He didn't know how much, but he could say with confidence that he had killed at least four hundred zombies in these two hours, and knowing this, he assumed the haul would be above 500 for just the five of them.
While he didn't need rest, he still wanted to take a break with his big sis, relax, and give the others a chance to kill. More importantly, he also wanted to check what that blue screen was that appeared out of nowhere while he was fighting earlier.
So, with a loud, commanding voice, he ordered,
"BACK OFF FOR NOW. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A REST FOR NOW. UNTIL THEN, OTHERS WILL HOLD OFF THE ZOMBIES."
Alicia felt relieved hearing his words. While she didn't show it on her face, she was also feeling tired, and her body was a little sweaty. She thought she could continue for another half-hour, but she felt sick of killing these ugly things for so long. She needed to breathe some fresh air and wanted to spend some relaxing time with her brother.