Seven days ago, when Ian fell unconscious after using his attribute, he was actually having flashbacks of his past once again.
He knew it was a backlash from using his attribute of darkness. As hundreds of memory panels covered his eyes, a bright light flashed and blinded his view.
'Here we go again...'
He sighed as he tried to stay as calm as possible. Since he knew what was coming, it wasn't as shocking or unexpected as the first time.
He thought he could handle it pretty well this time. Or so he believed.
"Ah... Noah! Get a grip!"
Someone started shaking his shoulders violently, making him frown. He opened his eyes wondering what kind of tragedy he was going to face next but-
"Hurry! We need to run!"
El was standing in front of him, grabbing him by the shoulder and shaking him awake.
'They're real.'Noah thought as he looked at the struggling people in front of him."Are they done yet?!"Asked one of the frontliners, frustration and worry filling his voice."The last batch is being dispatched! Just a bit more and we'll be done!"'Heh.. As if that's possible..'Noah shrugged his shoulder as he heard their conversation full of hope. It was one of the major incidents in his life, of course it won't come to an end so easily.The zombies were already covering the building from almost every corner and their numbers kept increasing with each passing second. Just being able to get out of the building would need them to sacrifice a huge number of people.'It'd probably decrease their number by half?'That was the assumption of a veteran who fought and survived in this
"Let's get out of here, shall we?"Noah said as he smiled, making others focus back on what was actually important at that moment."He's right. We shouldn't be doing this now.""Hell yeah. Ain't no way I'm giving up after all this.""We need to survive at all cost and return back to our family, alright?""But... How do we get out?"Noah nodded his head in agreement with all of their comments. He was feeling proud looking at the 'kids' in front of him focus and discuss so seriously. It gave him a fatherly feeling."Right.. Do you have any idea, Noah?"One of them turned to Noah and asked unconsciously. As he asked, the others also looked towards Noah one by one and waited for his answer.Weirdly enough, no one was questioning his eligibility or making fun of the one who asked for his su
"Let's move forward."Said El as he blocked everything disgusting from coming into Noah's view and guided the team. Since he was the strongest and oldest(or so he thought) among the six, he felt like it was his duty to guide them.'He's so overprotective..haha'Noah went along with him since he was actually enjoying the attention he was receiving from El. And it was also a good chance for El to learn to take the lead."This way."He said as he guided them towards the point where they were supposed to go. It was an abandoned building, a factory to be precise."But why a garments factory?"Asked El as he checked their surrounding for any undead or zombies."Well.. The more we manage to hunt, the better right?""...hunt? Wasn't the plan just to attract their attention?" 
As Noah and the others ran away from the burning building, they could hear the screams and shouts of the zombies inside. They were attracting all the other zombies in the aeea towards them. "They should've managed to get out by now." Noah said looking at his watch. If things went according to his plan, then the frontliners stuck inside the shelter should've escaped by now. Noah and the other's were on their way right now to go meet up with them in their next hiding spot. "I hope they're okay.." El mumbled under his breath as he carried Noah on his back. Noah wanted to get down after they came out of the building, but El said he'd slow down the groups overall pace if he walked on his own. 'What an obvious excuse..' Noah didn't mind though. He didn't exactly like overworking himself or working at all an
Ian always looked forward to Arthur's every move with great anticipation. Although he had already read and re-read the novel a couple of times already, seeing everything in real life was a completely different thing.When Arthur asked for permission to go interrogate the prisoner, Ian already knew what he was planning.Since the prisoner hadn't opened his mouth to reveal anything about his organisation yet, Arthur decided that he had to take action and take things on his own hand, since, naturally, he was the protagonist.When Ian acted as a prophet, he had already told Arthur and Albert many important information about their enemy, including many of their weaknesses.But Ian also knew that with only the two of them, they weren't going to be able to do much with those information.As he was giving them those informations in secret as Noah, he also be
Deep into the night. Ian woke up from his sleep. He looked to the left where Ash was sleeping soundly. To his right, the maze was also asleep. Looking at the maze, events from a few hours ago came to his mind naturally. "A name?" Ian placed the food in his hand down and looked at the millennium old kid beside him. "Yes. I heard that it was you who gave Ash his name. I also want one." "Hmm.. That's true. I can't keep calling you the maze forever." Ian agreed with his request and asked for some time to think of a name for him. Ian stopped thinking about it for now and decided to focus on getting out of the duchy quietly. He was going to use the teleportation portal in his study since that way, he won't need to avoid the guards or sneak out like a thief. He got up from the bed, cha
As Ian wandered outside the late Empress's palace, he was searching for a particular mark in the palace walls.'I've already searched this area twice already. Where the hell is it?!'Ian threw the stick in his hand towards the wall in frustration. But regretted his actions instantly.This whole palace was a grave. It was the grave of the late Empress. Although Ian had no memory or connection with her, he at least had the basic human decency to not disturb the resting place of a dead person.'I'll just do one more round and- hm? What's that?'As Ian was picking up the stick, he found a small cross mark on the bottom of the wall. If it weren't for someone crouching down to carefully search that place, the mark would probably go unnoticed forever."Lucky~"Ian grabbed the wall and jumped to the other side of it, entering th
"Young master.. You have dark circles under your eyes."Corner pointed out while peeling an apple with a knife. They were currently in the training ground of the duchy. Two days had passed since Ian had that encounter with Albert at the Empress's palace."Thanks for pointing it out, Corner. I totally didn't notice..."Ian said in a sluggish voice. He was lying flat on the grass and looking at the sky in a daze."Are you having trouble sleeping nowadays, young master?"Corner didn't mind Ian's sarcastic comment and continued with his worries. At this point, he knew exactly what Ian meant even if his words were the complete opposite of it."No.. It's not that I couldn't sleep.."Ian plucked a grass leaf and placed it on his mouth, his unfocused gaze looking like those of a man in his sixties.'I'm only