System Of The Undead

Chapter 87: A New Skill?

The night progressed and the stars shone alongside the moon, the night was chilly, far from what they experienced during the day.

The world was quiet, the only thing that everyone heard was the zombies roaming around.

Rachel had danced with death and survived, now seeking refuge on top of a bus with no backup or hope of getting out of there.

She didn’t know where the dog was and didn’t want to find out, there was no way that the dog would leave because it should still be able to perceive her scent.

Luckily for her, the dog didn’t possess the intelligence it would otherwise possess if it was alive.

The upper hand it had with other zombies was the fact that their noses were sharper.

This made them a lot smarter compared to the other zombies, and their speed made them a lot deadlier.

Rachel was stranded and all she could hope for was everyone was okay as there was nothing that could be done at this moment.

Her stomach rumbled, she realized that hunger had taken over and her body was slowly becoming sore, most especially her feet from all the walking.

She needed this rest but she feared if she closed her eyes, then this might very well be the last thing she sees.

Rachel worried about her younger sister and what Lillian would do if Rachel should die.

Lilian would never forgive her and hold it against her for the rest of her life.

This wasn’t what she wanted Lillian to turn to and this was why she had to stay alive.

She couldn’t leave her younger sister in this messed up world but now, she needed to rest.

Rachel couldn’t keep her eyes open as her body had betrayed her.

"Everyone, please be safe..." Rachel whispered.

-

Bella was cornered but she was rescued by an unlikely saviour, this was a man she recognized but it was also one she feared,

The zombies were killed with little effort and these weren’t your average zombies either making it all the more impressive.

This man clearly snuck up on them, a feat that was not very easy and if he was spotted, his death would be guaranteed due to their proximity.

Bella dropped to her knees, hopeless, her head faced to the ground as if she dared not look up.

"Bella, are you ashamed to look at me?" The man asked but Bella was too ashamed to utter a response.

The man sighed, he crouched to look at Bella right in the eyes, he was slender and tall.

He had long legs and Bella soon felt a warm hand beneath her chin, tilting her head towards himself.

"How could you go astray?" The man questioned and Bella gritted her teeth because she knew this was the worst case scenario.

"Follow me, Bella," The man commanded as he began walking away. Bella had an opportunity to run but she knew that she wouldn’t get far.

A momentary flash of light revealed the numerical value, I. This was the man who led them all.

-

Jason had updated but that didn’t eliminate the threat before him, Lorenzo was a loose-canon and Jason knew he had to put him down if he couldn’t reason with him.

Lorenzo looked him right in the eyes and Jason knew these were the eyes of a true killer.

It wasn’t like Sam, the intensity he felt was completely different.

Jason knew he couldn’t look away and maintained eye contact with the man.

[Ding!]

[Warning! HP Low!]

Chronos warned as Jason’s head went light, he nearly stumbled but he managed to remain on his feet, Jason’s eyes were blurry, and he could barely see as it was.

Lorenzo chuckled because if Jason was dying, then he could be of no use to him.

Lorenzo punched Jason across his jaw, this made the young man almost lose consciousness.

Clementine noticed the scuffle and looked back only to see a gun pointed right at Jason’s head.

"What the fuck do you think you’re doing?" Clementine barked, she found herself in a dire situation.

"That depends on you... You know, I have never had a mixed lady before," Lorenzo said, Clementine remained quiet because she didn’t want to provoke him.

She knew one thing about this man, he wasn’t afraid to pull the trigger and nothing was stopping him from killing Jason.

"What do you want?" Clementine’s voice was a lot calmer. She had to appease this man or she risked losing everyone in a single night.

"Take off your clothes or I kill this man right here," Lorenzo said.

Clementine knew what was about to happen and took a deep breath as there was no guarantee this man would let them go even if she complied but she knew she could at least buy time.

"Fine, just don’t hurt them," Clementine said as a sinister grin was planted across Lorenzo’s face.

Jason felt so disgusted hearing this and the fact that he was about to lose consciousness made everything worse because he was the one that put them in this situation.

You must be the worst of the worst to be imprisoned by your fellow killers and Jason slowly understood why this man was behind bars but he didn’t understand why Chronos wanted him free. Jason felt the rage building up inside him because everyone took him as a fool and with this, his killing intent became evident. Something that this man had never experienced his whole life, he wished to slaughter Lorenzo because how far was he willing to go to satisfy his depraved nature?

He was the character that was used to set up the story and then forgotten.

Jason was done playing the fool and he knew that intimidation and fear was the only thing that these people understood but then something happened.

[Ding!]

[Skill: Berserker Mode Available!]

[Purchase For 150 EXP? Y/N?]

"Yes," The moment Jason bought and activated the skill, he blacked out but why he did would soon be revealed.