Why? Why does Emelia always look down on her? Lucinda was hurt, vexed and extremely irritated. "You lie, Emelia! I won't move! Today, I'll prove I'm better than you!"Seeing the extension, the lead guard behind Lucinda inwardly smirked. If he should lay a finger on Emelia, no one would truly blame him. Rather, the Bandolian family will mostly focus their fury on Lucinda. Everyone knows that their Hartford miss was pompous, arrogant, and vicious.So who would think a guard like himself acted on his own? Everyone will place their hatred on Lucinda.The lead guard thought well, even thinking that this matter might help their ultimate mission of not letting Lucinda return alive. If more negative things come out about Lucinda, her death would be easily overlooked by many. The lead guard had a good plan. But who knew their miss who always falls for their traps, wouldn't fall for this one? "Miss, do you want us to do it?" "Shut up!" Lucinda lashed out. "This is between her and I!
Run!!!!The words echoed in Lucinda's, causing her body to instinctively act on its own What's going on? The canyons were filled with many, many caves, but they dared not venture in since the rock creatures resided there. Their only choice now was in the open spaces between the canyons, hoping they could get out of this maze on time before it's too late! Throwing their heads behind their shoulders, everyone saw a grotesque scene that sent shivers down their spines. Hundreds and hundreds of roaring Zombies were now escaping a certain cave! They ran out like crazy, jumping down, rolling and even tripping over themselves. But they quickly rose, running again after seeing living beings like Emelia ahead. Brauns! Brains! Brains! The Zombies were relentless. Everyone noticed that within the group, some higher-level ones showed remarkable speed and strength. These jumped high like grasshoppers, sniffing the air like dogs while twitching like patients having seizures. "We can't ou
Indeed, this was a stile and selfish world. Its every man, woman, child, chicken and even fish for themself. What? You expect him to be a good guy, blocking off attacks and watching them run off to enjoy their lives while he turns into a Zombie? How naive! The lead guard looked at everyone with hate, shamelessly running beside them as though promising that should he turn, he would definitely not let any of them go! Boom! Emelia and several people urged waves of attacks on him, before he could even smile. For once, the other guards and Emelia
What was going on here?(?~?)It wasn't just Emelia who was wondering the same thing. In various corners around the Forest, people reported instances of zombie hoards spotted. These zombies came out of holes, caves, tunnels and hidden paths no one expected to exist. They bit some creatures, turning these creatures into zombie beasts. Indeed, the night was growing more and more chaotic by the second. And Hufferstone who has long returned to the forest, was taken aback by the numerous reports relayed by the many command centers stationed within forest perimeters. "What? A zombie hoard? Dammit!" Hufferstone's hands ran through his desk, throwing everything down in a fit of fury. He couldn't understand it. Just what was that bastard annoying? Why cause so many Zombie hoards in one night? Is there a greater scheme to this that they knew nothing about? Those in the room dared not breathe, only watching their leader tremble with fury.Their heads also spun, wondering wha
Swish!Hufferstone's team vanished just like that.However, they weren't the only ones secretly getting in on the action.Deep in the forest, 2 unknown figures slowly attached a chaotic scene from afar."How boring." One of them spoke, seemingly bored from the battle ahead."Hey, your job is to protect your young master. So why are you letting him fight zombies on his own? aren't you afraid he will get beaten?"Spade didn't raise his head, only staring at the scene with eagle eyes. "He won't."Red Fox chuckled, finding it amusing how Spade didn't care much for the young Adler Gannon, but worshiped the boy's father as though he were a God.Looking at Adler who was fighting for his life down below, Red Fox couldn't help feeling pity for the boy.Just look at him.His clothes were torn, his hair was messy, there was zombie blood all over him, and his body was trembling from tiredness and a
Awoo? (:TwT:)Well, the Smokey mutated wolves had no choice but to feel aggrieved when thinking of their predicament. It's not enough that this human has defeated it and its many wolf pals. But now, the puny human also chose to rub it in by using its fur as a blanket while also yelling at it too? As leader of the pack, Smokey felt his life was very pitiful. It placed its paws over his face feeling like dying when recalling its shameful defeat. In all its time as a mutated wolf, it has never seen such a strange human. It recalled that it and its wolf comrades delivered a fatal blow to the human severally, but every time they thought it was finally over, the human dead would suddenly rise again from the dead, rushing towards them like crazy. Tonight, it has lost many of its comrades but dared not take revenge against such a weird human. "Sorry wolf bros, I can't avenge you. Since you're dead, then just go and rest in peace. I too want to live a good life, so forget about reve
Today was the last day in the forest. Well, rather than saying it was the last day, it was better to say this moment was the last time they would stay in the forest. In the end, Lucinda, Emelia and 2 other guards were the only ones to survive the entire ordeal. Mom of them had expected things to be so chaotic during these past few days. After fleeing from the Zombie horde that night, they headed in the opposite direction to meet people running from another zombie horde. The events of that night and the day that followed were very Apart from the tissues with zombies, they battled with other awakeners who got in their way. Such a thing happened more frequently than they had anticipated. Emelia would've loved to go solo and avoid problems, but Lucinda has always been straightforward, a little stupid and easily led by the nose. Emelia felt that if she left Lucinda with her guards, they might secretly do away with her now that the entire forest zone was very chaotic. That's why s
Looking at Gray who was still in one piece despite his overly torn clothes, Emelia felt it funny. Slowly reaching him, she too took a seat on the large branch, as both of them stared down the thick mist below. "Why do you look like you escaped the mouth of a dog? Your clothes are barely holding on." Gray touched his clothes in embarrassment. "Hey, what do you know? Since you arrived at this place, I've been fighting day and night." "Zombie Horde?" Boom! Gray instantly got nervous, shocked by her accurate guess. "How did you know?" Emelia frowned, not understanding what he was nervous about. "Why are you getting so worked up, do you think you're the only one who fought those zombies? Or do you think it's because of you that those zombies appeared?" "..." Can he say it's actually because of him killing the Zombie leader, that the zombie horde went out on a rampage? At least listening to Emelia's recap of what she and perhaps many others went through, he quickly changed his ve
Venturing into the academy, everyone was not disappointed. There were towering castle-like stony buildings scattered around with magnificent giant statutes. Wow! Was that water flowing out from the mouths of several stone dragon heads? Gray had never seen anything like this before! The buildings were all so gigantic, and the space stretched out for as far as the eyes could see, enclosing many hills, paths and terrains. Some buildings stood on hills, others stood on cliff sides, and some stood on ground floor with massive ancient fountains shooting out at the center of their many courtyards.Many people's hearts hammered in their chests, feeling country bumpkins seeing city life for the first time. Everyone who has gotten accepted into the academy, was obviously an awakened human. So kicking their feet, they steadily ran forward to cover more ground. Walking normally will take them forever to get to their quarters. So how dare they dilly dally when nightfall had already come?
After fighting, boxing, stabbing and punching, Gray finally saw the academy’s silhouette from a distance. “Really there?” Real or fake? The siblings, Fariel and Faron, who were behind Gray, were painting heavily, wondering how this guy could fight and keep running at the speed he did without even breaking a sweat. You have to know that they were panting so hard after running 5 hours at max speed while carrying their luggage. Fortunately, this guy didn't mind fighting off the many underground creatures and clearing the path for them. Who was he truly? Could this guy be a senior and not a first year like them? Giving each other tactful stares, suddenly, they didn't feel like geniuses anymore after being with Gray for this short time. Just this accident that happened earlier, allowed them to know how big the world truly was. Forget revenge. They must first grow strong enough to survive before thinking of ever making a move at their cousin who clearly had all the resources an
In another corner, a broken down vehicle was getting ambushed by flesh eating plants from all corners. The vines yanked the massive metal tires away, before reaching force to tears the rest of the vehicle apart. Bam! The 2 siblings in the vehicle broke through the vehicle’s roof, getting on it while fighting the many vines that came their way. “Brother!” The dainty girl with brown hair in a ponytail and short bangs, quickly called to her brother when feeling a sharp pain on her left leg. Oh no! One of the spiky vines was now wrapped several times around her leg, pulling her away without mercy. “Sister!!!” ~Slash! Slash! Slash! The brown curly haired boy sliced and diced with his long twin blades with a pale face when seeing his sister getting dragged into the ground below. They were supposed to go to the academy, grow strong together, so they can finally take their revenge on their despicable cousin who caused their parent’s deaths. Their journey towards revenge had just
Vrmmmmm! The vehicle roared to life, its engine bellowing like a beast unleashed. Gray's cheeks flapped wildly, his gums fully exposed as Yegan's car surged forward with incredible speed. "Fuck!" Gray cursed inwardly, his fingers digging into the seat. In this post-apocalyptic era, seatbelts were a forgotten luxury, a relic of a safer past. Just having a car, especially one pieced together from rusted scrap, was a miracle in itself. If Gray had been born before the apocalypse, he would have marveled at these current steampunk-inspired vehicles that ran on water and sometimes coal. The engin
The Dean looked at Yegan's gangster attitude and wasn't offended. Reaching for the bottom of his desk, he calmly took out 2 vials and threw them Gray's way. Gray held on to them in confusion but soon understood their uses thanks to the dean and the system. The first was a Grade Z-3 Energy gathering elixir. It was blue and would make many newly awakened humans breakthrough in strength. Having a Z-3 grade potion was very unbelievable. Do you know what Z-3 is? In Z-sphere, pills, potions and elixirs are graded from Z-1 to Z-6. Weapons and skills are also graded as such. For people like them at the bottom of the awakened food chain, a Z-3 potion was like a godly item dropped from the heavens. The next vial contained 4 red booster pills that will give anyone additional strength for at most an hour after taking it. It's just that your eyes will give away the fact that you took it. Still, when fighting for your life out in the forest or dangerous places, who cares if your ey
"Teacher," Lohan's voice humbly bellowed. "Apologies, won't be going with you at once. But I swear to report to the academy soonest."He came from a clan and had several matters to finalize before leaving. What's more, if he left his mother without so much as a simple goodbye, he truly believed the woman would storm the academy and break in just to give him a good beating. Don't underestimate his mother. In their clan, although his father was a Patriarch, his mother was stronger than his father. It's said that growing up, his mother used to beat his father in battles so badly that anyone with common sense would stay away. But his father seemed to be a different breed, sticking his mother like glue. One thing led to another and now, they're married with 2 children, himself and his younger sister. It was amazing how many times Lohan had heard his father falling off from bed from his mother's kicks. His mother loved wearing handles and always walked with her hands on her waist an
Many recruiters stared at Yegan with envious eyes. This guy managed to indirectly recruit 4 of the top 6 giants into his school. Lucinda and Emelia were going to his academy, alongside Gray and Lohan who now had different identities, being his students.All 4 are going to Phoenix Tide Academy, who would've known the odds would be so different? Luckily for the other academies, they could still recruit a few more impressive students below the big 6. Of course, many talents had long decided to attend Yegan's academy too. It can be said that before today, several people had done their research, already having a clue of where they wanted him You could say that Gray was the only oddball who didn't even bother researching what academies would benefit him or not. After all, understand that it's just recently that the system came to him. With his previous 1.4 spirit score, although he didn't want to give up, he subconsciously knew his fate. Thus, never bothered researching the big acad
True or false? Many looked at the intimidating Yegan and suddenly felt shivers crew up their spines. Gray's head was lowered, so no one could see what his expression was. But if it were them, they would definitely jump at the chance of leaving Yegan's side. F***! Didn't you know what the female recruiter said? The last time Yegan had a student 35 years ago, his training was so intense that the student appealed to the academy on his knees, crying and begging for a way out. The student looked like he was begging for his life, even promising to work free for the academy and do multiple jobs on their behalf if it meant he would never get Yegan as his teacher again. Yegan has only had 2 students he took in all his life. The first one unfortunately died out on a mission and the 2nd disgraced him, throwing his face when begging to be removed from his care. People speculate that Yegan began stricter in his teachings after the death of his last Student. Anyway, the one pleading gave
"What is it? What is it?... What is the score?"Many people poked their heads over other's shoulders, clenching their fists to bite the anxiety that was eating them up inside. And then… the score finally stabilized. [49145]Boom! Many felt their chests, breathing in and out like crazy while others rubbed their eyes to ensure they weren't dreaming. 49 thousand, 1 hundred and 45.That score was too shocking! Many didn't even have to quench their shock before Gray bombarded them with another surprise attack. Putting his hands on the Spirit Ball, Gray felt the surge of energy explore every nuke and cranny of his body.It took a long time, a little longer than others .. and when it stopped, many cleaned in, forgetting to breathe. With their awakened eyegazes, they could further than a normal human. [ Purity (%): 100 ][Spirit Score: 5.2]--Silence--The whole place fell in utter silence, as they still couldn't believe their eyes. This… this… isn't this witnessing history in the ma