He expected to have his consciousness stolen from him, but that never happened. But the sound startled him so much that his eyes shot open.
There was a snake-like chain in front of him that completely stopped zombie Kiro on its tracks. His entire body was on fire. He took a closer look, it was familiar, his fire had come out to protect him when he'd all given up.
Felix had saved him just in the nick of time with the same weapon he had created for him. He didn't need to be told twice, as he quickly took steps back, creating a great distance between him and the zombie.
"You know, I've always wanted to dissect a zombie." Felix said innocently.
"Hey, don't get too excited, he's still your leader." Nikolai chimed in.
"So? He's an enemy now. He's clearly stronger than us, we shouldn't hold back."
He didn't wait for them to reply. He abandoned his priest duties and became a battle fiend with his butcher subclass. Kiro watched from inside his body impressed.
Felix threw his chain, aiming for his achilles tendon. Kiro understood immediately, as the zombie him was about to jump to avoid the attack, he took control of that foot which didn't leave the ground. His tiny saws managed to grab ahold of it and severed the tendon completely.
His body was that of an undead, decayed, so he couldn't heal it. The zombie however didn't let that stop him, he had a limp but he was still just as fast.
There was suddenly a gust of wind, he had used whirlwind to create blade winds that flew straight for them. Felix was a very agile one, he managed to dodge every one. The worst he got were tiny cuts on his face, which didn't make him bat an eye.
The blades went straight for the others, Hiro used his shield to cover himself. Ishaan used his force shield to cover himself and Nikolai. As hard as the force shield was, it couldn't keep all of them at bay.
Ishaan was dealt the worst hand, 3 blades pierced his leg. One had already reached his eye when Nikolai put his hand between the two, taking the hit for his comrade.
"Sh*t. Why's he so strong!" Ishaan complained.
He couldn't feel anything while he was an undead, but that pain seemed to have accumulated and as his body was rejuvenated, he felt every bit of it. It wasn't the worst pain he'd ever felt but it was still something unbearable.
Relief could be seen on their faces, realising the effects that were binding him had worn off. If they weren't surrounded by enemies they would fall to the ground and celebrate their survival.
There was no time to do that though, they immediately took Kiro into the force shield and Felix started healing him.
"Don't, you're wasting good mana. Use it for others, I'll be fine." Kiro told him.
Felix nodded. He was a bit embarrassed that he had attacked Kiro seriously just a moment ago. Maybe if he'd waited for a few seconds, the effects would've worn off shortly.
Kiro noticed the bitter expression he wore, "don't be. If you'd waited, you could've all died. I was actually impressed, the way you took charge and connected the attack."
Felix smiled slightly, turning his back on Kiro and focusing on the ongoing battle with the zombies and healing his friends.
Kiro felt like he was dropped from a high distance and dragged throughout the entire world. His tendon had already healed, the effects of being under the zombie bite was taking a toll on him though.
He watched them cleaning out the movie theatre. Sad that he couldn't join them immediately. He was most impressed by Ishaan, amongst the 4 he'd grown the most. He was previously wimpy but now, he looked like a real warrior and that made him somewhat proud.
Clearly the battle mage class wasn't so bad, it all depended on the person and how serious they took the game. Ishaan was very serious about getting stronger, he didn't like being a burden to them.
And before he knew it.
Ding!
[Congratulations After Dark, you've survived a zombie attack. The theatre is just one of many, good luck on your endeavours. Rewards will be distributed after the final boss has been defeated.]