Chapter 8 Penalty

Zain tightened his grip over the wooden stake and carefully stared at the end of the hallway. The other two noticed his reaction and could see that something had caught his attention, but they had no clue what it was.

"Is everything okay, Zain? What do you mean by 'to get ready'?" Skittle was the first to react.

'Hm? They can't hear it?... It's so loud. Did my hearing improve as well?'

"Something's coming," Zain continued to state in the direction of the hallway where the sound was coming from, but he couldn't see anything.

Looking more for a while, he finally saw two people reach the stairs and run straight towards them.

"What the hell! They're back?! Why have they come back? I thought all of them would have already left this place!" Buke called.

"Maybe it was all the noise we were making, or there are still some on the other floors or something." Skittle said, his teeth crackling with each other as the nerves got the better of him.

The two incoming people had blood running down their arms, parts of the flesh on their bodies were missing, and their eyes looked enlarged and bulging, blood dripping out of them.

'It's clear that these are undead, they have more traits than me, but this wasn't what I expected. These guys are quite fast...is it their body? They haven't deteriorated yet. If they are like me, and my system is anything to go by, then considering that they have just turned, it would mean their bodies haven't had time to slow down yet.'

"Zain, let's go into another room! Or let's just leave the building. We can't let these guys get to us!" Skittle said in a nervous tone.

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Instead of running away or walking away, Zain walked forward, straight towards the incoming zombies.

"Running away when there's only two of them? These guys are noisy, and if we don't get rid of them, they will attract more zombies, and soon a horde will be after us." Zain got his stake ready, and one of the female Zombies opened her mouth wide, revealing a set of bloodied rotten teeth.

Her hands dangled out and reached for Zain. At that moment, he swung the stake hitting it clean in the head, and her whole body moved to the side with the head slamming into the wall.

As for the other one, Zain showed no fear as he charged in, taking out the mirror shard and slamming it down into the Zombie guy's head. It easily went through the skull, and Zain could feel the weight of the zombie leave its body as it fell to the ground.

"The best option is to get rid of them."

When he turned around, the other two were surprised to see some of the zombie blood splattered on the bandages he had wrapped around his chest wound and his face.

The two gulped at the scene in front of them because it was frightening to them, and for a split second, they thought that Zain was scarier than the Zombies themselves.

Zain realised in this small scuffle that, unlike the game character, he now had something that wouldn't be possible in that case. For one, he was supernatural, had extra strength, hearing and more.

Then there was another point that worked greatly in his favour, and that was the fact that he was already a Zombie. So there was no fear of becoming a zombie in case he got bitten. This decreased his fear factor and gave him a huge advantage compared to everyone else who now had to live in this world.

'Seeing those zombies, I noticed something else as well, it's the smell. Both Buke and Skittle smell a bit sweet. While the zombies smell like whatever they are covered in. If others are like me, then it will cause a problem.'

Thinking about this, Zain started to use his stake and hit the dead on the ground, making more wounds, so their blood and guts would spill. He knew what he was doing was strange, but since the smell and the sight weren't making him feel sick, the only thing that was trying to stop him was his mental state, his mind telling him it was wrong.

And by now, the will to survive was taking over.

'',

"What are you doing, Zain? They're already dead! Stop it!" Skittle shouted.

Zain finally stopped, not because skittle asked, but because he had already finished beating the dead body into pulp. Then without hesitation, he started smothering the blood and guts all over his clothes.

"The zombies, it's most likely that they can smell us as well. We smell alive to them, so if you want to live, I suggest you do the same." Zain explained. "Just make sure you don't have cuts and wounds that the zombie blood can get into, and don't let it get into your eyes. Just rub it on your clothes."

Once again, Zain's actions were freaking them out a bit. He was acting as if someone had been in this situation for years even though it hadn't been an entire day yet for them, and Buke was concerned about how easily he could kill those two Zombies.

'Was he always that strong and fast? And how could he do that without any hesitation...he wasn't scared of them? Is that something I would be able to do too? No, at least not yet. I guess I should be happy that he's on our side.'

Before moving ahead to the other floors, Zain wanted to check something out. It was the message he had received just after defeating those zombies.

[Detected, User has eliminated Two Zombies]

[Penalty will be applied]

[-4 exp]

[Current exp: 0]

'Hm? That's not how the script is supposed to go. No, this is not good.'

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