Kalel, Thierry, Joan, Anthon, Kevin and the other players except Nalya who stayed safe inside were moving while checking their surroundings. Anthon argued that he wanted to join the combat group, he felt that he needed to face the dangers so he can acclimate to the actual situation, he couldn't always stay safe.
They were now in the Minime neighborhood, their group was now bigger, they met some other groups on the way. As they were going all to the same place, the group kind of increase, people were very silent, there were group of families, coworkers and schoolchildren lead by teachers. Most of them were unarmed and were inside the pack of people. The people with the weapons were at the front, kalel count at least 2 dozen of players with piece of equipment inside their group of 200. Kalel was guessing than only 10 to 20 % of the survivors became players. Thierry went to talk to most of them so they can cooperate and implement a kind of formation and security protocol with the players and the few people with hunting rifles so they surrounded the civilians.
As they go, more people joined them. They were 4 kilometers away from the safe zone. The radio said they was an outpost of the army securing and welcoming the survivors at The Minime double bridges. The night was soon to fall, they were all tired, they had to fight some goblins group which tried to ambush them. They killed them but lost 4 people in the fight, the moral was low.
The first time, Kalel was at the front, he detected them early and warned people by shouting but they were slow to react. His group fought them without hesitation, even Anthon did his part and kalel was surprised first. He complimented him after. They got some piece of equipment that were given to the 3 other players : Jean, Pierre, Sasha. Kalel finally asked their name after they fought so hard, he was impressed, he even gave them some advices on how to assign their points. Sasha and Pierre used them on their strength, Jean privileged his agility. Kalel guessed the amount of experience a monster give is linked to its size and its dangerosity because everyone was level 1 or 2 max.
It was now 8 pm, the night was falling, Kalel was acting as the scout and leading the way because he had the best senses and could detect danger earlier than others, he picked the Highschool because they needed a place with big walls, a solid front door, it has a cafeteria and could house the almost 300 people in their group. They had some people join them from the neighborhood after they saw from their building fighting the wave of goblins, they killed around 100 monsters. It seemed with an armed player supported with some firearms, they could almost easily contain this level of treat.
Kalel wanted to take a shower and eat, he was tired. His stamina had been overused today and he suffered from some mental strain because he had to stay on his guard all the time. He went inside the Highschool, it took him 30 min to check they were not any dangers before he made sign to the others to join him. His group and him picked a place big enough for 30 people on the left side of the building. Kalel was thinking that alone, he couldn't face this type of danger and will be forced to always hide.
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The people inside his space pocket were also fed up, even if they like to feel protected, they felt like refugees in a container. They wanted to take a stroll outside and at the same time they wanted to stay protected inside. Mia was bored and always feeling scared because her stupid brother decided to go play the hero following kalel and she was angry to that jerk for allowing it. She didn't know what she will say to her parents if her brother died. She played board fames with Angeline, Joan's daughter and the children to occupy them.
Suddenly, a gate opened, Kalel's average face appeared.
" We're now inside the Cleberd highschool, we secured the place, we will sleep here tonight. Nalya, some of us have injuries can you go take care of them please ? There is a cafeteria and you can take showers and go to the bathroom. Martha, take some people and please go prepare our dinner using the supplies here. They are other survivors with who we will have to live tonight, don't engage much with them if you don't have to, don't move alone around here, we never know what is lurking at night. " He said with authority.
After his speech, everyone left his space and went to do their business. Kalel left to use the bathroom and took a shower before joining his group in the Cafeteria. Only his people were here, a lot of people directly went to sleep exhausted by the day. Martha was cooking some pasta with unfrozen meat and potatoes for them, she was a professional cook, this is why she had the task to make the diner. The people in his group were pretty cheerful. The old military man in their group called Guillaume convinced them to put sentries for safety and put in place a watch through the night. The idea was accepted by all, the women and elderlies even volunteered, they were feeling useless by letting others assured their safety and they had enough sleep during the day, they couldn't sleep even if they wanted to.
After some time, diner was served. The smell of the cooking attracted the other survivors who were closed. When they arrived, they were shocked to see people eating at the cafeteria like it was a normal day. Most of them didn't have much supplies with, they had to run to escape the monsters or loose their supplies while they were escaping, they didn't have the chance to resupply because monster's dens occupied the supermarket they came close to.
Moreover, like everyone, they checked the reserve supplies of the cafeteria but they were not much as if someone emptied the place. In reality, Kalel took a long time checking the place just because he took the supplies here. His space pocket was now way bigger than before and he assigned the increase to hos storage space, he even took the freezer directly and stocked it by directly opening a gate under it. Even if there are no current, he didn't have to worry because his storage prevents things from rotting.
At first when he got his space pocket ability, he had like 20 m3 of space, but each increase of level added around 5 m3 to his space. It was now as big as his former flat. He allocated 15 m3 to the survivors and the rest was used for storage, he had to erase his bedroom space he had made earlier to have more space for the supplies. Kalel was obsessed by the fear to go hungry, he came from a poor family and when he was little he had to often without a meal, he always hated it. It won't happen to him this time, perhaps it is why he got this skill, he was lucky in a sense, he could always survive with this skill.
While they were eating, a group of survivors came to the cafeteria and went in their direction. It was mostly composed with the ones who fought today. A skinny fat guy seemed to have been chosen to act as their leader. He went to Joan and began talking.
"Hello, friends, I'm Bernard de Coliot, nice to meet you. Today, we all fight together against those filthy monsters. My friends and I are tired but unfortunately we don't have any more supplies and didn't have the chance to get some. So for the sake of the greater good, we will like to share your meal. " he uttered confidently.
Joan looked uneasily to his group, they did have some supplies but used most of it. Anthon warned him that Kalel was keeping a lot of supplies for himself so he preferred if he was the one sharring his supplies.
"Kalel…"
"No, share yours if you want to but I am not doing it." he said while continuing to eat his dinner.
Bernard looked at their exchanges, he guessed wrong the dynamic between them, he thought that the guy Joan was their leader, Thierry the one who act as intermediary and kalel only a scout. It seemed that kalel was the one leading really.
" Why don't you share your supplies, dude ?" he said directly to kalel.
" I don't see why I will give my supplies to you, you didn't fight the goblins at the frontline like us, you always make sure we were the one taking most of the attack and only attacked them when they were weakened and now you dare to talk like we're some kind of companions. Fuck off dude, except if you intend to attack us for our food." he answered annoyed.
The tension suddenly increased. Bernard wanted to show that boy some manners. Kalel counted them, 14 warriors in front of him, they only had 10 in their group. But the only thing worrying him was the guy in the back with the rifle. Kalel decide to act quickly before it truly escalates. In one second he opened a gate under him and disappeared under everyone sight. They were shocked. The next second he appeared next to the guy with the rifle, he hit him with a violent punch which knocked him out, he took his riffle and make himself known.
Everyone was looking at him with incredulous eyes. Bernard was stunned because he didn't believe what he saw. The next instant, he was on the wrong side of the rifle. Kalel pointed it to his face.
" You can fuck the hell off, bitch, I never liked to be pressured. You thought I will be afraid because you came with your friends trying to take our supplies ? " he said coldly.
The other guys slowly began to retract, what the fuck what this dude ? How the hell could he disappear and overwhelmed them 1 to 14. No one wanted to get shoot on, players were still basically human and a bullet will kill them today like it did yesterday.
The situation was now reversed. Kalel then decided to enact the second part of the plan he formulates as soon as they came inside the cafeteria. He had time to think and seeing how the world was changing, he thought that he needed to make a group so he didn't get used by the government or other group of people. He spoke authoritatively.
" My name is Kalel, I have the supplies I can share with you but I will only do it if you accept to join my group. I don't care if you are a player or not." He said while opening a big gate behind him, they could see his storage space filled to the brim with supplies, furniture, clothes and medicine. "If you join me, you get access to supplies and some safety but I only accept people ready to fight monsters and who can follow orders. Leave or follow me, you have a minute." He added before to go sit down and end his dinner.
His actions looked cool, everyone was as much impressed as scared.
No one left. He went to Martha and asked her to make more food. The other survivors went to sit down. He then asked Thierry to interrogate them to know if they had any useful ability. Nalya went to check if they had any injuries. She became very proactive since she learned that she gained experience by healing people. It was kind of weird but advantageous, she didn't have to risk her lies to get stronger, Kalel advised her to invest in her mana so she can heal more often, her ability was limited to 5 to 10 injuries by day before she couldn't use it due to not enough mana.
After talking with Joan, the people in his old group also accepted to join him. He was strong and had resources that is what they needed. Kalel was sure that some of them will ditch him as soon s they come in the safe zone but he wasn't worried. He will level up, salvage more resources, increase his personal power and recruit more people. He was feeling like a kind of guild leader, that idea amused him. He always been a loner but now that he felt the need to create a group to stay safe, he was doing pretty good. He thanked his favorite survival show the Walking dead, he learned a lot.
After doing all that and making sure that the watch was in place, he went to sleep.