"But there's no place to go" Tasha said after hearing my words."There is.." I said as I pointed at the hole in the ground that was big enough for us to fit through."Fuck I'm not going through…" Rash was talking when he swallowed the rest of the words as he watched me jump through the hole, seconds later I yelled for them to come down quickly."Shit" Rash screamed as he jumped through the hole, I caught him and placed him onto the ground then caught Christina before finally catching Tasha after which I quickly dragged a large cabinet with difficulty until it was under the hole and sealed it off.RAWRRRAWRRImmediately I sealed the hole, we heard the roars of the zombies above us trying to claw their way to us, I grabbed my arm which was aching more as I stared at the others who were watching me suspiciously, I knew what they were thinking at this moment, how was I able to hear the zombies from far away."Okay I know you guys are suspicious but we aren't safe anywhere and with Rash'
"Come on" I whispered as he crept through the silent hallway while supporting Rash whose leg had started purple veins spreading from his injury, the two girls also crept behind them as they followed a trail made by the axe of the reaper."The trail ends up ahead, whoo this is it" I whispered as he took a deep breath while thinking of the dangerous task ahead, he had planned to confront the reaper using his identity as his creator to try to persuade it to help them, at first the idea was discarded as a suicide mission by the others but after being persuaded by I, they unwillingly accepted it."I still think this is a bad idea" Rash frowned as he said to me who sighed as he glanced at his leg."We don't have a choice and besides it's the only one who can heal your leg, if not then we'll have to cut off your leg and I'm sure you wouldn't like that so we'll just have to stake everything on the fact that we have a common enemy, I mean the enemy of my enemy is my friend" I said as he tried
"Hello Master" The reaper said in a raspy voice as it took a bow of respect."What the fuck is going on?, I'm so confused right now" Rash said with shock as he wiped his eyes and looked again to see if his eyes were playing tricks on him."Dom, how did you do that?" Christina asked with mixed feelings, at the moment her mind was in a mess from trying to piece together what was happening."Look at its head, it's that symbol" Tasha exclaimed as she drew everyone's attention to the reaper's forehead where a dragon tattoo like the one which was imprinted on his arm could be seen."I feel a sort of connection to it, I think it's because of the tattoo" I said as I tied the strange phenomena to the tattoo, it was all connected in a way that he didn't understand and he knew that even the reaper couldn't explain."What is that tattoo and how powerful is it to be able to bring a creature from a kid's imagination to life, it sounds dangerous" Rash said with a frown and this thought was something
"Shh it's clear follow me" I said as he peeped at the corner to see if there was any enemy in sight when he saw that it was clear he beckoned the others over."The control room is just up ahead, be ready for anything, we don't know how powerful the shadow is or what kind of traps he has laid in stock for us" I warned as he crept forward and then paused as the image of spider's face flashed in his mind."Hey what's wrong" Christina who was behind him asked."It's nothing, that's strange, why would that image just appear in my mind but it's probably nothing" I shrugged as he kept moving, he placed his hands on the doorknob and twisted it slightly as the door opened, he glanced up ahead as he saw the sign above a door sign read 'Control Room'."We're finally here" I said with a grin as they walked towards the door."After all this trouble, we're finally here" Rash smiled as he sighed at all that they had gone through."Yeah, it almost se…"CLICKA clicking sound rang out as they quickly
"I.." Rash said as he stared at me who had frozen."What have I done.." My voice sounded as the body of the doctor fell to the ground, I stood as he stared at his hands which trembled in fear."He's back" Tasha breathed out in relief, for a moment, she had thought that I would move to them next to kill them."Dom, calm down and look at me" Rash said to me whose mind was messed up, I felt like he was having a mental breakdown."What was that now, that feeling of power, and the taste of the blood in my mouth, so sweet, wait no, what am I, a vampire, or something worse' I was thinking about a thousand things at the same time."Dom snap out of it and help me out of these binds, I think I know what you are" Rash said which brought me out of his daze and back to the real world."Aren't you like afraid of me?" I asked."Uh yeah seeing you freak out like that is a bit scary but I can see that you are more scared than I am, maybe even more, and I know that the I I know will never do that" Rash
"Long Wang?....who are you?" I asked in confusion."Hahaha, for now, I can't answer that question but with time you'll get to know, the only reason why I could get to speak to you now is that the gamemaster isn't as strong as he used to be but he's getting there, we don't have much time so I'll try to make this brief as possible" The golden-haired man replied with a smile."What…I don't understand, what is going on? Where am I? who are you?" I piled all the questions waiting on my tongue."I'm sorry but if I were to answer all your questions, I would end up being sensed by him and it would only bring more trouble to you, for now, you will get your old profession back but you will only have 0.1% of your original power now but as time progresses, you'll get to understand more about yourself and remember never underestimate anyone or anything or it might be your last, I'm sorry that we met under such circumstances but it will all be all right soon, I'm gathering allies and I can see that
It was in a battered and destroyed city, four figures could be seen sneaking through the streets carefully as they maneuvered through demolished shops and packed roads."Empty again, shit those raiders didn't even leave a little bit for us" Rash complained as we searched a convenience store only to find it empty, it had been ransacked to the bone, this was almost the 10th store we had searched and up till now we didn't have any luck."Well I have to say that I didn't expect much" I replied with a sigh as I observed our surroundings while thinking over the events of the past few days since we left the hospital, we had been updated on how things would work now, to summarize it all, if we wanted to survive we had to get stronger to protect ourselves from the varying threats to our lives and to get stronger, we can either kill the creatures around us to level up or enter a dungeon, if we beat the dungeon then we level up, we don't then we die, that's what was happening presently."Growl"
"Woah okay slow down a little and let me understand what you just said, you mean that we've gone back to the time of one of if not the most notorious serial killers in existence" Rash said in disbelief as his mind absorbed the information he was receiving."Yeah in summary yes" I replied calmly."How are you so calm, do you understand our situation now? We are going up against someone whose identity is unknown up till date, someone who kills then sends a letter to the press saying that he just killed someone, I mean who does that, it's so fucked up when you think about it" Rash said with a look of confusion, his mind was jumbled at the moment that he couldn't think straight."Well, one of the first things they teach you in the army is that in every situation, you must remain calm and analyze your situation before jumping to conclusions" I replied."Wait you were in the army?" Rash asked in surprise."Yeah I was, how do you not know this by now?" I asked in disbelief."What do you mean
"Who are you? I've never heard of someone as strong as you?" A voice woke me up from whatever state I was in, I recognized the voice as that of Lex."Who I am is not of importance right now, what you should be worried about is what I'm about to do to you" A voice strikingly similar to mine also replied making me flinch, the nostalgia hitting me like a wet sponge."Isn't that my voice?" I asked myself as I opened my eyes to find myself on a bloody battlefield which I recognized instantly."You're more of a monster than I am, what are you?" Lex asked in fear while looking at all the zombie bodies scattered across the ground, torn limb from limb, heads and entrails scattered across the battlefield.'What is this? A memory?' I thought to myself wondering what was happening, if this was a past event, the only way I could be seeing it again is through memories.Thinking about what Lex said, I had to agree with him on that, I was a monster, I had singlehandedly decimated Lex's entire horde,
[Half A Year Ago]"Ratata" The brutal sound of a machine gun being sprayed around echoed through the once-still night."Rawrr" Flocks of zombies growled, as they rushed toward the middle-aged Mark who with a desperate expression, continuously sprayed his bullets onto the approaching zombies."How did it come to this? I can't fight them all, is this where my life ends?" Mark said to himself in fear, with the number of zombies he could see, there was no way he could fight them all off, it was impossible, his clip was almost empty, and with just a few bullets left, he decided to fight to the death."Ratata—Click, click" Seconds later, the sound of the empty clip struck Mark's ears making him freeze up for a split second, before he quickly threw the gun onto the nearby zombies and took off, hoping to find shelter around.Before he could get far, a zombie suddenly leaped onto him from one of the nearby houses."RAWRRR" The zombie growled, sinking its teeth into his left arm and causing him
"Let's test him out" I breathed out and tossed the card into the air, with a burst of light, the figure of Lex appeared before me."You called Master" Lex said respectfully."Finally, another trump card in my arsenal" I sighed while passing my hand through my hair, I slowly drifted into my thoughts."Wait what happened? Hey what did you do to me" Lex's angry voice broke me out of my thoughts."Huh? Well that's a first" I remarked, marveling at the scene which was unfolding before me, this was the first time that a beast I had tamed was acting on their own instinct."Hmm, okay let's see, raise your hands" I decided to test out something, so I gave a command to Lex."What, I'm not gonna raise my hands" Lex scoffed at my words but the next moment, he found his hands up, he tried to pull them down but they seemed to have a mind of their own."Hey, what is this? Release me from this spell this instant" Lex raged with his hands still up."Hmm, Interesting, so he has a mind of his own but ul
"Creak" The rusty door of the partly dilapidated apartment gave a tired squeal that signalled that it had reached the end of its life, as it was pushed open by a group of Three. The group consisted of a female and two males."Are you sure it's here?" The blonde female asked with a frown as she walked into the dusty apartment, she seemed to be in her early 20's."I'm sure it's here, I'm positive" The younger male who shared a striking similarity to the female replied with a confident smile."Doesn't seem like it, this place looks like it housed a whole generation of spiders" The last male added, his eyes hinting at the spiderwebs littered across the whole house."It was a spider's nest, but all the Spiders were already dead when I arrived, so at that times, I curiously explored the rest of the house in hopes of picking up some loot and that was when i found this" The Younger youth recounted while leading the rest deeper into the house until they ended up at the basement."What's written
“Dominic, are you okay?” Cristina asked in worry. “Christina, I’m infected” I replied, the realization shocking myself. “Rawwr—“ A Zombie leaped up behind me attempting to bite me but was quickly silenced. BANG “What are you guys doing here, let’s go, are you okay?” Rash asked approaching us with the others, he was the one who had saved me, I had previously told them to stay stationed at the entrance to the elevator and leave if I did not come back in a minute. “We’re fine” I replied quickly hiding the arm that was bitten, I turned to Christina and gave her a sigh to not say anything as we followed the others. “Damn these damn zombies are back again” Brad said shooting down the zombies that approached us on our way to the elevator, we ran dodging most zombies and before long arrived at the elevator. “Go in, I’ll hold them off” I said to the others since I was the only one with some ammunition left. “Okay, quick let’s go” Logan said to the others as they all entered, I glanced a
“Woah that was cool” Rash said staring at the frozen zombies.“Are they all dead?” Tess asked poking the head of a nearby zombie but getting no reaction from it, it was like their brain went offline and they just forgot what they were doing.“Not dead, just stunned for a few minutes, enough to let us get out of here, let’s go” I replied grabbing Christina as we prepared to leave.“Wait, I have to get something inside quick, you guys take the lead, I’m right behind you” Christina said quickly, suddenly remembering that she had left something in the supply room.“Okay but be quick, let’s go” I nodded to her then turned to the others who followed behind as we headed toward where the others in the base had gone.“Hey, are you guys okay? We heard the roar” Damien and the other appeared from the corner stunning us.“Where were you guys? We almost died and you’re here asking if we’re okay” Rash replied with a frown, his eyebrows furrowed.“As you can also see, we were also preoccupied with o
“Hello Dominic, I waited for this moment for such a long time” Garen said with a smile, his appearance exactly how I had seen in the memories, how was he even here, due to all that I had heard about him, and his legend that was passed down, I felt pressured by his presence.“Wait, are you real or some illusion created by the mark” I asked curiously, my mind skeptical about Garen who had passed away so long ago being here.“As the first Wielder of the mark, a bit of my essence is infused into the mark, although this is the best I can do” Garen replied walking over to me before placing his hands on my shoulder.“I’m proud of you Dominic, I just want you to know that” Garen said to me with a smile which caused me to freeze in shock, my emotions thrown into confusion at the words I heard.“Even after all that I did?” I asked in surprise, I had expected a totally different reaction from him, I had expected him to say that I was a bad successor and that he wished I had never touched the mar
“What are you still waiting for Tina, we’re getting chewed out there” Rash said storming into the supply room where Christina could be seen with her hands on my temple glowing slightly.“I’m trying my best but he seems to be resisting, it’s strange” Christina replied with her eyes closed and her eyebrows furrowed.“Yeah no kidding, can you quicken your pace, we can’t hold them off forever” Rash said, gunshots and yells echoing from outside, they were at their wit's end and there was nothing that they could do, Damien and the others were nowhere to be found, it was only common sense that they were entangled with their troubles.“I’m also at my wits end here, I can’t seem to get through to him” Christina said in frustration.“We can only hold them off for a few more minutes, oh and um Tina” Rash said and turned around to leave then paused.“Yeah, what is it?” Christina asked starting to feel pissed off at Rash.“We’re all counting on you, I’m sorry for being hard on you, when we’re fina
“You scheming litt—Ah, fuck” Ben said in anger after spotting Crixis who maintained a grin on his face.“Okay, I know you guys are pissed and all but let me just clarify, I had no idea of Katergaris’s plan, so it wasn’t my fault that you got played, I just suggested something to you guys and you followed it” Crixis said trying to defend yourself.“So what are you here for?” Damien asked coldly.“Well the boss instructed me to come over here and capture all of you so I can’t say no to my boss now can I?” Katergaris replied with a menacing expression.“So you’re here to capture us huh, well I doubt that would be possible, we’re not going without a fight, in fact, we’re a little agitated and needed a little punching bag, good thing you brought yourselves to us” Damien pulled his hair backwards to reveal a vengeful expression.“Hahahahaha, that’s what I like about you Damien, always ready to fight” Katergaris chuckled while stretching his body.“Let’s go all-out guys, call it justice for