Chapter 172: Zombie Boss

A large mass of seemingly smoking muscle that formed a man with thick crystal armor all throughout its body. There were black smoke coming from its skin, as if there was a furnace inside its body. Its head was covered with a pointed helmet that was too familiar to Allen that it would be a shame if he didn't recognize the man.

"That's Zayn!" Allen pointed out. "The one who pulled my collar a couple of weeks back."

"What?" Gwen asked. "But how come he's a large zombie? Is he like the boss zombie or something?"

"I think he is," Allen said. "For now, we don't know the reason why."

For a quick moment, Allen switched his vision on where Oliver was. The Soul Burners and Barandilla were still fighting head to head. Their powers were almost equal with each other, but it won't take long before one of them makes a grave mistake and would cost them the battle.

"It's coming!" Jeremy yelled, prompting Allen to switch back and dodge Zayn who was running towards them in full speed. He lowered his head and bent forward so the sharp tip of the helmet would be facing his front while he dashes full force.

The hallway was already narrow enough for him to fit, dodging him required a great amount of calculation and execution. 

Allen bent down and rolled on the gap between the wall of the hallway and Zayn's legs. In his zombie form, his head and his torso were tripled the normal size but his legs and feet remained the same. They used the gap on his lower end so they could escape the attack.

"What the actual f*ck," Gary could only curse after they barely managed to scrape through. Zayn crashed onto the end of the hallway and was threatening on coming back.

"We need to defeat him," Allen said. "The moment he steps away from us is our chance. We do the same thing but this time, we instantly attack once we get behind him."

"Revenge!" Zayn yelled. "Revenge! Fantasia. I will kill you!"

"Fantasia?" Jeremy asked out loud. "Why is he calling her name?"

Allen thought for a moment. His Intelligence attribute had now moved and his recollection of the things that had happened so far led him to one conclusion.

"Barandilla did this to him," Allen said. "When we met Zayn, Fantasia was embarrassed by his actions, I saw the worried look on his face. Barandilla stood outside of the Portal House, meaning they have something to do with this catastrophe, and now Zayn is calling Fantasia's name. There could only be one answer to that, and that is how I arrived in my conclusion."

"Smart," Jeremy smirked. "Very smart."

"Revenge!" Zayn yelled. This time, he managed to startle the group when his helmet was set ablaze. They all watch him as his body enlarged even more, making his head half the size of the hallway. He barely fit and the walls that tried to cage him were being destroyed by his growth.

"Revenge! Fantasia, revenge!"

Zayn roared one more time before he dashed full speed ahead. Allen sighed and switched his weapon from the Diamond Sword to the Aqua Lance. This had a great elemental advantage over Zayn's burning helmet.

"This would end you," Allen whispered and ran straight to Zayn.

"Hey, but what about the plan?!" Jeremy asked, but Allen was already halfway.

Allen suddenly slammed one of his feet forward, turning to the side and stopping his movement completely. "Gary, do the thing with the waterfall."

"Right," Gary said. He raised his shotgun and moved forward, aiming in front of him as an orb of water appeared on the tip of his weapon. "Underwater Cave, Burst!"

Bang.

A surge of water exploded from Gary's shotgun. The water flooded the entire hallway, submerging Allen and Zayn inside it as the water continued to flow seemingly endlessly.

"Nice!" Allen yelled. It was like everything was in slow motion as Zayn approached him, the helmet was now soaked but the fire that burned it continued to light up. "Try this!"

Slash. Slash. Slash!

'Drown casted on the target.'

Allen smirked after hearing the notification. Zayn stood back and watched as Allen continued to slash his weapon at him. The boy already had 110% increase in his damage after he was submerged underwater and when the Drown was casted.

"Whatever they did to you," Allen said. "On behalf of those awful people, I apologize."

Slash! Slash! Slash!

With one more strike, Allen cut Zayn's head off just in time for the water to stop flowing. He stood in front of the giant headless zombie who was getting pulled by the water.

"Allen!" Jeremy yelled. "Did you know how risky that was? If it wasn't for– oh, so you planned this?"

"I just figured out that based on the smoke that was coming from Zayn's body, his element should be fire," Allen pointed out. "It was only a matter of how long until I could make him use the fire is where I had trouble."

"Smart," Jeremy sighed as he repeated his words from earlier. "Very smart."

The group continued to get out of the building and saw the entire camp slolwy getting back together. Many stronger Hunters from different camps had already arrived and helped their own camp.

"Portal House," Allen said. "We need to get to the Portal House."

"Says who?"

Allen spun to see Bryant behind them. He was with several more members of Barandilla and they looked like they came for a fight. "You cannot got to the Portal House just yet. Wait till Fantasia finished off Wesley, then you can go ahead and die in her hands."

"I already beaten her once," Allen shrugged. He conjured his Diamond Sword and smiled. "I don't mind beating her the second time."

"Ugh!" Bryant growled and pointed at Allen's group. "Kill all of them. Don't spare anyone."

"As if," Allen chuckled. "You can try, but you won't succeed."

Jeremy and Gary stood beside Allen while Gwen prepared herself behind them. She was going to be their support and she was going to boost them as much as she could.

"I'm ready," Jeremy said, spinning his Jade Spear around his body. "I can always attack."

"I'm ready too," Gary said, aiming his shotgun. "One shot, one kill."

The groups clashed with Bryant and Allen fighting in the middle. Allen's group was outnumbered by almost three times, but the collective power of Bryant's entire group couldn't even par the power of Allen. 

It was like strolling through the garden for them as they continued to fight, Bryant struggling to even win. When he watched almost half of his men fall to the ground, he couldn't take it anymore and yelled for help.

"Aw," Allen teased. "What's wrong? Where's your bravery now?"

Allen kicked Bryant in the stomach, causing the latter to fall to the ground and land on his butt. He watched Allen approached him while the crystal diamond sword was raised to the light of the moon. Bryant knew that the next destination of his weapon was his skin.

"Goodbye–"

Clank!

Allen's wrists were wrapped with a chain. He turned to see the origin of the weapon and saw a woman nearby. She was an assassin based on her outfit which was composed of a tight black bodysuit and a small belt that had six chains on six sides.

"You called for me, Bryant?" the woman asked, making everyone turn their heads in her direction. The woman walked out of the darkness and revelaed her face.

She was a beautiful young woman with narrow eyes and curly red hair tied to a ponytail. Her body was slender with an hourglass shaped, extenuated by her tight suit. Her long black heels clanked as she moved forward. "This is the enemy of the Envoy?"

"Yes, Yen!" Bryant cried. "That's him. He was the one who defeated Fantasia in the battle. Kill him!"

"That's Yen Jacobs," Jeremy said. "She's one of the strongest assassins in Eternity. She's from the first group of Barandilla while Fantasia is only from the second one."

"First group, huh?" Allen nodded. "Okay."

Allen grunted and pulled his wrists away from each other. It didn't take long before he broke the golden chain, making Yen's eyes widen. "B-But how?"

"I already survived Fantasia's attacks," Allen chuckled. "There's nothing that's scaried than that, so I don't think anything else could faze me."

"Fantasia did indeed have a high damage output but she has her limitations," Yen said. She threw the chain that once tied Allen and took two more from her belt. "The first requirement on being a powerful Hunter is imagination and a driving force."

Yen suddenly vanished and appeared above Allen. The boy felt her and looked up, bearing a deadpan on his face. "I already have those."

With his diamond sword and a movement that not anyone else can see but him, he cut all of Yen's chains. Allen then pulled her feet and slammed her to the ground, shocking everyone.

"I'm a woman!" Yen yelled while Allen continued on slamming her. "Stop! I'm a woman!"

"So what?!" Allen grunted. "I'd do this to Gwen too if she gets too naughty. Woman or not, you're naughty, so shut up!"