Everyone quickly scattered, leaving Hufferstone alone. Standing beside a window, Hufferstone had his hands behind his back, staring at the vibrant forest before him. The Control Center was on a towering plain not too far from a deadly gushing waterfall. Here, he could see a jungle that stretched out for a star as the eyes could see.This Control Center was the lead one here in Sigmore forest, with 12 rising ancient buildings built by the ancient humans (those before the apocalyptic era.) The place was later fortified with giant carved stones that had stood in place for millions of years.Staring outside, he spotted a family of giant birds flying in the thick mist. It was amazing that even though they were this high up, mist still covered the lands wherever he looked.It's just that with how powerful he was, his eyesight was also more enhanced seeing through several miles of space within the mist.Albeit, it was still cloudy, but not as thick when he looked through.If Hufferstone
Hufferstone chuckled, knowing they had what he wanted. Like so, his negotiations were done and he was now ready to leave Stronghold 27 and head back to his base in Sigmore Forest. "Now that I know where it is, tomorrow's attack will be a guaranteed success." With a smile on his lips, Hufferstone jumped into his vehicle and left the abandoned site without hesitation. He could see it now. Already, he could see himself getting promoted after taking down the dangerous Level-1 Zombie.He would garner even more fame and more power should he succeed. As they say, where there is danger, there is opportunity. This was his chance to make his name bigger, and don't think he will miss out on this opportunity just because he used to look down on the Beggar's organization before. Hmph! It seems they have their uses. He secretly thought, though he still felt they were far beneath the World Government. No matter how big the Beggar's organization grows, in his eyes they were still worms befo
Fuck! Gray cursed, knowing he was far far below the swamp's surface level.Who am I? What am I? Where am I?Gray's heart was pounding in his chest, feeling the sinking isolation gnaw at his intestines.Why him? Why is he always so unlucky?Plummeting into the darkness, he felt his breath stolen by the suddenness of his fall.A few moments later, Gray crashed onto a hard, damp floor, feet down and one hand down like a ninja.If he wished he couldn't stop his fall, placing his hands and feet along the hole's walls to slow his momentum. But for some reason, he wanted to see where this led him.Don't mind as he was cursing before.All that came from his initial shock of falling down a deeper rabbit hole than expected.Gray had to admit he liked a taste of danger now and then. Plus he was happy to be away from the swamp. So isn't this a win-win situation?(^w^)The air is thick with a musty, earthy scent, and the only light comes from a faint, distant glow."I wonder where it will lead.
Hello? Did he walk into the right scene?Since when do dead bodies have a dead leader? Look at the position of these dead bodies.Every one of them was facing the lead one on the throne.The quietness made Gray feel they shouldn't be undead.Why? Because even though he has never seen an undead before, he at least has general knowledge of them.First of all, undead would never sit quietly when a breathing living creature was around them with veins and blood pumping through its body.That was just too crazy to imagine.In short, they would be able to smell him from a distance, each running towards him, greedy for his brains and body. But now none of them was even growling. None was even attempting to devour him. So how can he not have any doubts? "Could it be that the stronghold is cheating us, feeding us wrong information about the undead?(?~?)Gray had a million questions but no one to reply... or so he thought. Zimm! The Level-1 Zombie's eyes suddenly glowing with an eerie inte
With undisguised fury, the Level-1 Zombie plunged at Gray like a dart, with its elongated limbs reaching out like grotesque claws.Whoosh! The winds blew with murderous intent, but the Zombie leader did not reach close enough to touch Gray.Rather it stopped inches away, pointing his long dirty fingers at him with eerie grace."Foolish Human, do you know who I am? I am the future! I am the way! I am the truth, and I am the light!... But since you have decided to act like a fly following a corpse into a grave, then I will satisfy you and make you one of us -UNDEAD!"GRAAAAA!~Its mouth widened unnaturally, releasing an ear-clashing roar that made its surroundings tremble.And just then, its blue glowing eyes began blinking with a hypnotic pulse.This... this...Gray's expression changed. He can feel it!It was very uncomfortable. Gray felt a powerful force invade him slowly blurring his vision and making his thoughts foggy.Strong! This Zombie's mind-controlling ability was too str
"You! You! You! You--" The Zombie leader was shocked, seeing that no matter who it threw Gray's way, Gray would always come out unscathed. Who am I? What am I? Where am I? It has foggy powerful humans not too long ago, winning victoriously and even taking some of those powerful humans as its underlings.Look! Look over there and you'll see some of those in here wearing uniforms belonging to that of the world government. It was funny because the zombie leader was one of the weakest here, in terms of strength! There were level-2 zombies here and level-3 Zombies with high danger rates that were not to be trifled with. Yet, they were all under its command. Thousands of them obeyed him and went to war wherever he sent them.Understand that the 3000 people he had here, were those who survived the last war without heavy casualties. Initially, he amassed 10,000 zombies but the war was so great, he lost 7000. Now he went into hiding to slowly build his strength. That said, using 3000
With the system's reminder, Gray quickly dug into the Zombie leader's brain, finding a blue glowing ball at the center."Now I remember! It's said all Zombies have cores. If I absorb the energy in these cores, I can enhance my innate abilities and even awaken new ones... But how true is that?" Bam! Gray nonchalantly blew 20 Zombies away in one punch while still staring at the blue glowing core. Hey...Why was he so lucky?The zombie had psychic abilities, and he too had innate Psychic abilities. So after absorbing the core, his psychic level should go up too, right? Sure enough, after absorbing, his Physic ability jumped from level 2 to Level 4. Hey! That's 2 levels up! (^□^)Gray couldn't help looking at the dead Zombie leader with gratitude. Thank you, bro. (-_-) [Dead Zombie Leader]Did it ever have a choice? Gray moved his hands severally, sending another wave of zombies flying. Fuck off! Can't you see he is busy? Looking at his kill point, he was amazed that killing
Hmph! Gray absorbed the many cores while pushing back several undead. After killing their leader, he didn't kill any other undead, only focusing on claiming his prize from the others he killed. He didn't have time to waste down here. The more he absorbed, the more his absorption speed went off. Fray noticed that with the system anything could become a skill that can be leveled up.After sending a fierce wave to push them away, Gray vanished in the blink of an eye, heading back the same way he came. The swamp. "If I take any other tunnel, I'm likely to run into others." He cautioned not wanting to run into any awakeners. Finding the path, he jumped up as high as he could, shooting up the hole and using his hands to lightly tap the walls for added momentum. Soon, he was out of the tree, surrounded by Swamp. --Silence--... Nothing was happening. The site was quiet, with no other signs of life around except the few swamp creatures poking their heads out of the waters from time
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