"Woah, look at that! there he goes!"
Seeing Ray go off towards the zombies, the eyes of the people were attracted to him.
Everyone was looking at him and was curious about what will happen.
They still didn't know how capable the zombies are, and since someone voluntarily sacrificed himself then what could they ask more?
Will he get killed by the zombies instantly? or will he be eaten alive?
But as they saw him start killing them off one by one calmly, they were in awe.
"He must be a soldier. Use inspect to look at his stats" the one acting as their leader commented.
Since he was the one who had taken the initiative on telling everyone about the swords and that they needed to work together earlier, the people had gathered around him.
And since they were under threat, and with no one else standing up, he could do nothing but accept the lead role, even though he was just another normal person.
Hearing such words coming from him, the people started looking at Ray's status and seeing that it was almost double that of an average person, the idea that he must've been a soldier or at least someone with a profession close to one solidified.
And thinking so, some of the people became somewhat relieved. The idea that someone with such capabilities is here was somewhat reassuring to them now that many of them didn't know what to do.
"The zombies around the other gates are becoming attracted to him"
"Should we try to help him?" A girl's voice said in concern.
"I think he can handle it alone since he didn't ask for any help" The one who said such words was a middle-aged man. The most noteworthy thing about him is his hair which was dyed white, and his nose and ears with piercings. With the bags under his eyes, he looks like your typical addict next door.
'How dare he be the center of attention!' The man thought as he looks at his side, looking at several women who were now attracted to Ray.
Through films and games, he too also knows every possible weakness of the zombies and could be considered a veteran, he had long been waiting for this moment.
He should be the chosen one, this was the start of his story as the protagonist of the world, with the unique skill given by God, all men will bow to him and all the girls will spread their legs for him.
He could feel that all of the people here were weak and feeble beside the one who got punished by his potential harem member earlier. Even the one acting as their leader is just some nervous kid who is a try-hard acting like their leader.
But seeing Ray's movements, he suddenly felt threatened, it was like he was a protagonist of a story and then there was suddenly an ugly bastard who was about to cuck him.
As his mind was in chaos, he felt like he had a stroke of genius as he suddenly had an idea.
He then said to everyone as he acted solemnly, "My name is Hermes and I am his friend in real life, and he said to me earlier that he will try to attract the majority of the zombies to lessen the burden on us. He's a real hero, damn guy"
The people look at him in doubt, he certainly didn't look trustworthy to be believed. But as they were conversing, a person suddenly screamed.
"The zombies on the other side are already moving towards us!!!"
...
*Whoosh!
*Fwooosh!!
*Fwooosh!!!
...*Boom!!!
"Keep on shooting!!!"
Various kinds of attacks were fired off one after another.
Fireballs, water arrows, earth javelins, and many more which you could only see on games and movies.
There were probably about 20 people firing as they tried to kill off the zombies coming to a few distances away.
As they do so, they were only accurate about a third of the time, but as they combined into a barrage of attacks, the zombies were going down one after another.
Boom!
As an explosion hit a fat zombie in the stomach, it exploded into a beautiful firework-like gore.
The firework's red and yellowish flesh bits combined with a few maggots had even managed to reach a few people in the front lines.
"Eeeeek!" "Ugh! Fuck man, this shit smells like my mom!" "Eww, so gross! There was a maggot on my lips!!!"
"Quiet! focus on the battle!!!"
"Is this even a problem? they can't even come near us" said Hermes arrogantly beside their acting leader, he had already killed 7 zombies and gained 7 souls and 7 stat fragments with his unique ability.
In the beginning, the people around were worried, but after a while, seeing how slow the zombies are and how they are getting massacred by a few people from far away, they had grown complacent.
At first, the people with range unique abilities had only killed those who came near at a distance but as they killed a few zombies and found out about the rewards for each kill, they had then started firing zombies actively at a further distance.
And as the further they fired, the less accurate they became. As they keep on doing so, a few of the people with range unique abilities started to feel exhausted.
"Shit, why am I feeling so weak all of a sudden" "I c-can't fire anymore"
"Stop firing faraway! Don't waste your stamina, let them come near before firing!" As the one acting as the leader told them so, a few people listened. However, the majority of the ranged people continued to fire in a frenzy.
For them, with them already having experience killing the zombies from far away, they had already stopped seeing them as a threat but more like farms for stats.
And if they did come near, then the people in front would be the one taking the brunt of the attack. With a hundred of them here, armed with swords and unique abilities, what can such slow and dimwitted zombies do?
Now they were even seeing it as a competition of who kills which first.
Hermes and the other ranged people were laughing to themselves, that they were still the only ones who know that killing zombies give rewards.
'Fucking idiots, do you all think we are here just to survive?' Hermes thought.
*Bang!
A zombie was suddenly immobile with its legs gone.
"That's mine!"
Six different attacks from different people arrived on it.
"HAHAHA!" And the one who managed to kill it this time was Hermes... and he was now laughing like crazy.
'It seems that I was the chosen one after all' he thought so as he examines the details of one of his rewards.
'Now I can probably even pk that soldier dude!'
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[T1 Syringe A]
Type: HGC Sequence 1.
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All stats + 5
Gain Skill: Bullet time
Gain immunity to sequence 1 and below virus.
Consumption limit: 1
Current Consumption times: 0
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Description:
An awakening syringe made from an unknown virus.
Use to awaken genetic sequence 1.
Additional effects may vary depending on the individual.
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Ray killed zombie after zombie. And the more he kills, the more efficient he became.
He is currently on his 3rd gate, and there are only about 3 more zombies currently remaining near it.
Right now, he wasn't holding any weapons.
As the first zombie reaches for him, he just moved a bit on its side and when the zombie turned its head, a summoned sword on his right hand was already there to meet it.
Stab!
As he took the sword out of its rotten flesh scabbard, the sword was gone again.
Only two zombies are remaining. The two are walking side by side. But before they could even take a step a further...
*Shook! *Shook!
Two throwing knives were embedded into their foreheads at the same time as the zombies' bodies then fell into the ground.
*Thud!
The throwing knives he has thrown are one of the latest drops he had gotten from killing zombies.
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[Iron throwing knife]
Quality: F
Description: A throwing knife made of iron.
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He had gotten six of such knives as a set from killing a single zombie.
Receiving the reward signifying the zombies' deaths, Ray came near them and recovered the throwing knives.
It was good that when he stores the weapons on the storage, the filth is automatically excluded out. So, if he took them out again, it was like they were as good as new.
Right now, Ray has already killed about 70 zombies.
From that number, he had received the same number of stat fragments and small souls.
He had also consumed 2 more golden apples.
And then finally as he killed the latest zombie, he had gotten a new drop.
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[T1 Syringe A]
Type: HGC Sequence 1.
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All stats + 5
Gain Skill: Bullet time
Gain immunity to sequence 1 and below virus.
Consumption limit: 1
Current Consumption times: 0
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Description:
An awakening syringe made from an unknown virus.
Use to awaken genetic sequence 1.
Additional effects may vary depending on the individual.
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