In a sealed room, a fluctuation in the space suddenly appear then two figure manifested. One is a teen who looked so small beside an armored giant with an extra pitch black cape.
These two figures are precisely Adam and Arthus. The moment Arthus see the unfamiliar green surrounding he immediately kneeled and put his ear to the ground.
" Arthus, what are you doing?" Adam asked because of the action of his big buddy.
" The safety of the [ Lord ]... is a priority. I just check... the radius of 1 kilometer... No fatal threat was found." Arthus said after checking.
" The skeleton uncles and I cleared a lot of zombies around here yesterday. Maybe they haven't regrouped here yet. " Adam said feeling pleased with the efficiency of his hunting.
" Zombies... are weak. They are already swarming outside. Don't worry my [ lord].. with Arthus... you are safe. "
A corner of Adam's mouth twitched a little hearing that another zombie swarm had gathered outside.
Adam then decided to go outside and find an area to summon his one hundred uncle skeletons.
But before Adam could start removing the barriers he made at the door he was stopped by Arthus.
" The [ lord ]... must not touch broken and contaminated things... Let Arthus... do it for you." After saying this Arthus remove his broad sword on it's sheath only showing a fraction of the sword's edge. But from this edge, dark miasma was emitted which flooded the room and the furnitures which serve as obstacles on the door was dissolve.
After removing the obstacles in his Majesty's path, Arthus then produce a piece of dark silk from his miasma, cover his hands and turn the door knob.
" Why are you using a towel?" Adam asked in a dumbfounded manner looking at Arthus' action.
" The knob... is probably contaminated. I.. must never let.. the [ lord ] touch dirty..things." Arthus said.
Another twitch on a corner of Adam's mouth was earned from Arthus' words.
" Man, you can't live like that in the apocalypse you know. In novels, lots of survivor will have to brave a sea of corps. I've never heard of them become so disgusted with the door knob." Adam expressing his point. ' You must be immune to this Arthus. As your master I must train you to become an accomplished apocalypse survivor.' he said inwardly filled with determination.
" I see... I'll listen to the [ lord ]. "
After saying this, a horrified gasp was suddenly heard from Arthus making Adam raise his vigilance from the surrounding.
" What happened Arthus? Is there a powerful zombie?!" Adam said as he took his dagger [ fang of leviathan ] from his storage space.
" N-o-no my [ lord ].. it's my blunder!... I actually neglected... such an important matter for the [ lord ]." Arthus said feeling depressed thinking how his majesty was subjected to such unacceptable thing.
" What is it? You scared me a little there big guy." Adam said. 'What a relief, I thought some boss is coming or something.'
" It's your subordinate.. who was not conscious enough..I actually... let the [ lord ] walk on this dirty floor!" Arthus said remorsefully.
" Please..punish this.. subordinate." Arthus said while kneeling to Adam.
Adam doesn't know what to say to Arthus. ' Do I need to comfort this giant or what. Who the hell would think about the dirty floor in the apocalypse?!!'.
" *cough*. Don't sweat it Arthus. This is the apocalypse, no one would care whether you're stepping on dirty ground or touching dirty things. Cheer up! I'll let you swim in the pond later." Adam said trying to coax the big dude.
" The [ lord ] is benevolent... Arthus is full of worship..but.. I, Arthus must serve my majesty to the fullest..." after saying this, thick black miasma was produced on his body covering where the two of them is standing.
" This miasma...decompose all bacteria and viruses... I can only wronged the [ lord ] for such an incompetent subordinate." The lord is the most sacred. letting him walk in this ground is an insult to his dignity. I, Arthus should just carry the lord?
" Well, were done here. Lets go outside and hunt some zombies. After todays harvest I think it's time to use those tokens, maybe we can get good things." Adam said to make Arthus move on from his depressed state.
Arthus stood up and walk in front of Adam while controlling the thick miasma to cover their path. Two figures that looks like walking on dark clouds went outside the building. Seeing the familiar zombies, Adam sighed. He didn't notice that a variant tier 3 zombie with a hunch back dripping with saliva was eyeing the two figure.
The powerful legs bends while it's whole figure is crouching, a tiger ready to pounce on its prey. Why Arthus didn't notice this? It's because the zombie is a stealth type variant who can make its presence disappear completely, one of the rarest type of zombie ever recorded since the start of the apocalypse.
Like a launched bullet, it pounces on Adam wanting to target the freshest of the two.
But Arthus is not a simple demon. With the instinct trained from the Abyss, a threat to the his [ lord ] has been detected. The power of a tier 4 intermediate being is not a joking matter.
The broad sword was pulled out of its scabbard swinging powerfully cutting a huge building in half. In the direction of the slash, a hideous zombie was minced to pieces.
Then something more horrible occur. A drop... A drop of blood is coming towards his [ lord ]!!
With the full strength of a tier 4 demon, he slashed the drop of blood with a powerful sword wave destroying multiple buildings in one go. Adam who saw everything, could only twitch a corner of his mouth with Arthus' super diligent attitude as a summon.
" The... [ lord ] is safe. That drop of blood was already annahilated. " Arthus saying very pleased from protecting the clean body of his [ lord].
" You've got the point of the whole thing wrong. You must care about the zombies especially like the ugly one just now you know. " Adam said blankly.
" Arthus, shall learn. " Arthus said feeling confused wether he should have destroyed more building in killing the variant zombie than that drop of blood which prove the most threat to his majesty.
Adam: .....