Thanks to Lillian's friend and Nora's biological mother, who had hoarded food in fear of shortages, they had managed to survive the initial days of the apocalypse.
Later, as supplies dwindled, survivors from the neighborhood began venturing out to clear zombies and scavenge for resources.
Lillian, relying on her newfound ability, had managed to avoid zombies and scavenge some food and water from her building.
Eventually, she had started interacting with other survivors in the neighborhood.
However, many of them emitted dangerous yellow or even red auras when she observed them, keeping her cautious and alert.
This vigilance had saved her from several dangerous encounters with survivors who had ill intentions towards her.
One of those survivors had somehow provoked a zombie emitting a dark red aura, which had stormed into the neighborhood, massacring everyone except Lillian and Nora.
Since then, that terrifying zombie had lurked nearby, preventing Lillian from leaving until now, when their food and water were running out.
It was at this critical moment that Elijah entered their neighborhood, bringing a glimmer of hope. Find exclusive stories on m_v l|e-novelhall.net
Seeing Elijah emit a reassuring green light immediately turned that glimmer into a possibility of rescue.
But then she noticed the many zombies around Elijah, including the familiar one emitting the dark red aura that had caused her so much fear.
Faced with Elijah surrounded by numerous zombies, Lillian hesitated.
Just as she did, the familiar zombie, emitting the dark red aura, suddenly appeared in her view, quietly approaching Elijah and swiftly closing in on him, unnoticed.
Seeing the vicious zombie wielding what looked like a dagger towards Elijah's neck, Lillian couldn't hold back her shout: "Watch out!"
Downstairs, Abigail and Elijah were surveying their surroundings.
Initially focused on finding a secluded spot, they hadn't thoroughly observed the area and had randomly chosen a building with fewer zombies.
Now, as they planned to lure the third-tier zombie, Elijah immediately spotted an issue.
The number of zombies in this neighborhood is very small!
This is highly unusual!
It's likely that someone has already cleared out the zombies in the neighborhood.
But the problem is, they've been here for half a day and haven't seen a single living person.
But reality proved different from its expectations; this human unexpectedly possessed such strong defensive capabilities that its usually invincible weapon once again failed to penetrate the opponent's skin.
But that was okay; it could still retreat calmly as long as it slipped into the shadows!
Just as the Tier-3 zombie was about to do so, a voice suddenly rang out.
"You little rat, finally fucking caught you!"
The third-order zombie was taken aback at the words, hastily trying to use his abilities to slip into the shadows and escape. But the next moment, he found himself firmly held by the man before him, hands clasped behind his back.
With such a large object, he couldn't enter the shadow space at all!
"Attack!" It was then that Elijah shouted loudly!
Several zombies who were already prepared immediately swarmed in.
One of them was a steel-clawed zombie, swinging its claws fearlessly towards Elijah. With a swift motion, the steel claw plunged into the third-order zombie's body and with a strong pull, scraped across!
At the same time, two strength-type zombies, one on each side, their arm muscles bulging, forcefully struck the third-order zombie!
A first-tier strength ability user can effortlessly lift a small car with their full strength.
A second-tier can toss it around like a toy.
Though zombies cannot concentrate their strength like humans and distribute it throughout their entire muscular structure, their unleashed power is still terrifying. And now there were two!
Their combined heavy blows sent the third-order zombie, along with Elijah, flying!
"Bang!"
Elijah and the third-order zombie crashed into the wall, smashing it to pieces. They then slammed into a room, causing a loud series of crashes and stirring up a huge cloud of dust.
Meanwhile, other zombies, under Abigail's command, also closed in, ready to overwhelm!
"Ptooey! Ptooey! Ptooey!" Elijah's voice echoed from the room.
"That's enough, stop!" As soon as his words fell, the zombies, ready to continue their attack, immediately halted.
Soon after, amidst the swirling dust, Elijah, looking disheveled, dragged a broken corpse out from the wall with a gaping hole.
"Damn it, lucky I'm tough, or you guys might've actually killed me!"
As Elijah cursed, he glanced at the third-order zombie in his hand.