The white-haired zombie girl brought her claws down, aiming to slash at Alex's back, but he has already anticipated this, that the horde of infected zombies would soon catch up to him.
'But not this fast. This infected zombie is clearly abnormal.' Alex thought to himself, as he raises Heaven's Piercer upward to block the attack.
The claws of the white-haired zombie girl are brought down. It struck the bronze Jian sword blade of Heaven's Piercer, causing the sounds of metal clashing against one another, carrying the weight of her body, she pushes her claws downwards.
Alex instinctively tilted the handle of Heaven's Piercer upward by a few degrees, which causes the tip of the bronze Jian sword blade to point downwards.
Carrying the weight of the white-haired zombie girl's charge, her feral like claws slid down the bronze Jian sword blade, hitting the ground hard with a thud.
Without haste, Alex quickly pulled his Heaven's Piercer backwards, raising the bronze Jian sword up to near head length, as he slashes the bronze Jian sword sideways. From the right side to the left, with the added strength of his high strength attribute stats.
His sword slash is akin to a guillotine, as Alex cleanly slice off the head of the white-haired zombie girl.
Heaven's Piercer decapitated the head of the white-haired zombie girl, completely destroying her neck and fragments of her upper shoulder spine.
The decapitated head of the white-haired zombie girl, slowly tumbled to the ground, as fresh decaying black zombie blood is sprayed everywhere on the ground.
The headless body of the white-haired zombie girl suddenly went limb, without a brain to control the main body. It falls over by itself.
*Ding!*
[You have killed an Infected Host {Slasher Variant}! ]
[Your level has increased by 1! ]
However, soon another group of infected zombies, with the same bodily configuration as the white-haired zombie girl. One was in her later teens, presumably an upperclassman, with a tall slim physique. She has long white hair tied up into a ponytail.
The other white-haired zombie girl was extremely young, at most she is in her first year, year 7. However, her physique is a little tad bit different than the previous two.
The short white-haired zombie girl jumps around on the ceiling and walls, like an agile monkey, as her feral rat-like claws pierced into the walls and ceiling, making herself stick to the walls and ceiling.
She has long elongated bone claws fused to her toes, resembling five pairs of sharp daggers. With her tarsals, calcaneus, and talus leg bone being forcefully modified by the alien parasite.
The manoeuvrability of her leg joints has decreased, but the kicking and jumping strength have drastically increased, making her freely able to perform gymnastics moves and inhuman jumping movements with ease.
Alex could feel the blood rushing to his brain, and the adrenaline kicking in. "We can't outrun these zombies! We must stand our ground!" He said with an extreme sense of urgency.
John then looks back at Alex with an anxious look, as he couldn't make heads or tail on what to do. 'What should I do at this moment? Should I leave and abandon him, using him as a distraction to buy me some time... But no! Alex is my friend. If he weren't here, I would have bidden my time in the boy's restroom, until they found out about me. Where I will then be killed.' John's expression then darkens a bit.
He contemplated. 'It was his goodwill that saved my life. His magical item necklace of protection protected me back then. I should return the favour back with goodwill, not hostility... I surely don't want regrets later down the line, if I managed to make it through this.' John thought to himself, as he made the decision on the spot.
The little wind sylph spirit hanging atop of John's head, as she suddenly pulls on John's hair to get his attention. "Papa!" She spoke through their mental soul link, as John could feel her emotions convey through the soul link.
John lightly smiles, as he stares back at Alex's figure. "I know... Little Rosa. Can't you just place a little bit of trust in me? Jeezus." John spoke with confidence, as he lightly faces palms himself in defeat.
"John!" Alex loudly shouted to get John's attention, and John immediately responded back. "On it! I've got your back, Alex! You can count on me!" John said so with determination brimming within his eyes.
Alex stood his ground, with his back turned to face John, as John supported him with his wind spirit magic at the rear.
The long white-haired ponytail zombie girl lunges herself towards Alex, with her right claw raised, and was about to slash Alex. However, Alex managed to evade the attack, by utilizing a trick, he called the trickster style.
Alex used his sword scabbard to extend his reach, with the tip of the sword scabbard stabbing into the long white-haired ponytail zombie girl. It prevented her from moving forward, as her claw slash attack missed Alex by being out of reach.
Once her claw strike missed, it would take some time to recover from her attack, leaving her wide open for a counter-attack. As Alex immediately reacted, by raising Heaven's Piercer upwards. He slashed down at the now defenceless long white-haired ponytail zombie girl.
Heaven's Piercer descends downward, diagonally, as it cleaved right through the long white-haired zombie girl's body, cutting herself in half.
From her left shoulder, down to the hips of her waits, separating the upper and lower torso. Her cleaved body separated into two, the lower half tumbled over lifelessly, while her upper half has fallen over, but is still alive.
The cleaved upper torso of the long white-haired ponytail zombie girl, crawled over towards his direction, with her only hand.
As with no ounce of remorse, Alex stamps his right foot on the head of the long white-haired ponytail zombie girl. With his added strength, Alex easily crushed the skull of the long white-haired ponytail zombie girl, as shards and bone fragment of her crushed skull are sent flying outwards. Pieces of her brain matter are splattered everywhere, littered against the floor.
*Ding!*
[You have killed an Infected Host {Slasher Variant}! ]
[Your level has increased by 1! ]
However, a lone figure fastly approaches. It was the short white, -haired zombie girl.
She caught Alex momentarily off-guard, for a few seconds, his line of sight was focused on the slain long white-haired ponytail zombie girl beneath his feet.
"Alex! Look Out! There is an enemy coming from above!" John shouted at Alex filled with extreme caution, as Alex responded by clicking his tongue. "Tch... God Damn It!" Alex cursed himself for being careless.
Whilst, Alex's attention was temporarily focused on the now-dead long white-haired ponytail zombie girl. The short white-haired zombie girl took advantage of this, by utilizing her companion as a distraction.
They co-ordinated their attack together. Whilst, the first one attacks, if the target blocks the attack, it would leave an opening and opportunity for the second to charge in and attack.
However, they missed their chance and didn't expect Alex to be so strong and decisive. Ending the short confrontation almost immediately.
"Alex, dodge to the side, for a sec!" John shouted with utmost urgency, as Alex quickly responded.
"On it!" He said so reluctantly.
Alex jumped a few steps back, as he throws himself against the wall, with his hand firmly grasped on the handle of Heaven's Piercer.
He got himself into a sword slashing pose, ready to parry the short white-haired zombie girl's assault. However, John quickly intervenes, disrupting the flow of the battle. Completely, toppling the scale in favour of them.
"Wind Slash!" John shouted out his skill name.
Mana quickly gathers in his hand, converting, therefore becoming wind attribute energy.
Neon green light then covers the entirety of John's right hand, as he made a chopping posture with his hand.
Turbulent winds start gathering around John's right hand, as he raised his hand covered with wind attribute energy. He slashed his right hand downwards, the coalescent of neon green light is sent flying, forming a crescent lunar moon slash, out of wind attribute energy.
It completely diced through several numbers of infected zombies, like a knight riding a horse, carrying a lance, as the knight paved through the opposing army.
Black zombie blood sprayed everywhere, as diced guts and limbs flying everywhere.
To the horde of infected zombie's perspective, John is like a Death God, reaper of souls, that could easily take the lives of anyone of them.
[You have killed an Infected Host {Normal}! ]
[Your level has increased by 1! ]
[You have killed an Infected Host {Normal}! ]
[Your level has increased by 1! ]
[You have killed an Infected Host {Normal}! ]
[Your level has increased by 1! ]
[You have killed an Infected Host {Normal}! ]
[Your level has increased by 1! ]
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However, John instinctive knew that his wind slash wasn't all that powerful. 'It wouldn't be as effective in the wide-open field. It is due to the corridor being that narrow that my wind slash managed to hit more enemies... I'm still way too under levelled, and can't provide much physical help to aid him.' John thought grimly about himself.