"A ZOMBIE HORDE!"
As he peeked into the window, he saw zombies running in his direction. It was the most terrifying thing he saw in his entire life.
He was momentarily petrified in his position. He was clueless about what he should do to save himself from this upcoming predicament.
He immediately came back to his senses after a couple of seconds. Then he started thinking about what he did to agitate the zombies, or maybe he was not their target after all.
As he tried to think through things, a familiar scent entered his nose. The aromatic scent came out of his body when the system activated the Ultimate Scented Body skill.
"That's it! Maybe that skill was the reason for agitating the zombies!"
He was confident to stall time and think because he saw that the zombies run slower than normal humans because of their rotten flesh and broken bones.
"Status Panel," Herro said this, and his status panel appeared in front of him.
Before he could start reading it, ahead entered the broken window.
"There are zombies on the sides!" He didn't take that into account because he was focused on the horde of zombies that were causing the earth to tremor.
He grabbed his steel pipe, neglected the status panel in front of him, and rushed towards the door.
He twisted the doorknob, and it broke. Because of his panic, he didn't control his strength, and the doorknob was also rusted.
The horde of zombies had already reached the building where he is right now, and zombies are jamming at the window.
Without having many choices, he rammed his body towards the door to forcefully open it. Luckily, the door components were rusted because it was on standby for a long time.
He was elated that he could open the door, but that emotion vanished like a bubble because outside that room was a large-spaced lounge filled with almost sixty zombies.
Because he rammed the door, it created loud noises that attracted those zombies. When he appeared, the zombies started to groan, and one of them rushed towards him.
He gripped his steel pi[e so hard, preparing to counterattack the zombie that's running towards him.
The zombie tripped down and slid towards him. He didn't consider this to happen at all.
The zombie was now on the ground, sliding towards him. He was not able to react fast, and the zombie slashed his thigh with its nails. Even though he was wearing pants, the sharp nails of the zombie were able to leave him a wound.
Herro groaned with that pain he received, and he came back to his senses. He smashed down his steel pipe and killed it after a couple of smashes.
The other zombies on the lounge were not standing there and doing anything the whole time. They slowly walk towards Herro as they keep on groaning.
They're not agitated, like those zombies outside? Then Herro tried to concentrate on his surroundings and found out that the noise from the room coming from the agitated zombies had vanished. He was only able to hear some low groans.
What exactly is happening? He asked himself.
Then he crouched down and placed his hands on the head of the zombie. Then a notification panel appeared—[Will you use the skill Absorption?]. Without thinking much, he said, [Yes] on his thoughts, and the suction force appeared in his palm.
It didn't even take a second, and the zombie was absorbed. It vanished like a bubble.
Another zombie was coming at him. He prepared his steel pipe and gripped it tightly, and then he discovered something. The wound in his thigh had gone! It vanished, along with the zombie's corpse he absorbed.
"Wait, is this the effect of my skill?" After realizing that it was, an idea came to his head.
Zombies' corpses are not that heavy because they lost most of their flesh. So what if I carry one as I run towards the exit and use it to heal myself if I get wounded?
Herro smiled about the idea that came up in his head. He didn't wait for the zombie to reach him and dashed towards it. He took the initiative and brandished his steel pipe. It hit the zombie's neck, and it flew. Then he grabbed it by its arm and dragged it as he ran towards the exit.
He avoided some zombies as he rushed towards the exit, but he could not avoid tripping down. And protruding steel pierced through his stomach.
He shouted from pain as tears appeared on the side of his eyes. He was about to faint from pain, but he forced himself and removed the steel from his body.
He sat down, placed his hands on his wound to stop it from bleeding. The zombies were coming at him and surrounding him.
He was about to lose hope, but he saw the headless corpse of the zombie beside him. Then he remembered the effect of the absorption skill.
"I'm betting everything here if this won't work..... *sigh*" As he sighed in helplessness. He placed his hand on the corpse and said in his thoughts: [Absoprtion].
The suction force appeared again in his palm, and it absorbed the corpse. Then he felt a warm sensation on his stomach, and he knew his body very well, and he knew that the wound had vanished. As if it was not there in the first place.
Then a panel appeared in front of him.
[Vitality absorbed and now using it on regeneration wounds]
[Strength is absorbed now, converting it as strength points]
[Other points are lower than yours, so you will not get the point]
He was happy to read this thing, so he stood up immediately. The zombies had already surrounded him by this time. But the hope in his eyes had not vanished, and he gripped his steel pipe. He smashed heads, absorbed bodies, and he keeps on repeating this routing until there are only a few zombies left in the lounge.
He felt he was stronger than before. It was thanks to his Absorption skill and also the reason he stayed instead of running away.
Herro then decided to exit the place and find some safe place.
Then a zombie was blocking the exit. It has a big frame, but its flesh is rotten. He may be walking bones, but just by looking at how large the tall zombie and large its body frame is, it is comparable to a professional fighter before he died.
Then he swung his steel pipe so hard, using the swing he used to sever the head of the first zombie he killed in the lounge.
He hits the big zombie's neck, but it didn't fly away like what happened before.
He may still be drinking milk until the day he died. Herro lampooned on his thoughts.
Then he stepped back, and then he prepared his stance with his steel pipe. He then dashed towards the big zombie, who was still standing because of the previous impact. He hit it on the same spot, and he heard bones cracking.
He was elated hearing that because he will be able to kill it, and when he uses absorption skills on the zombie, he may be able to get a huge amount of status points.
The zombie threw a punch at Herro after he hit its neck for the second time.
The punch hit Herro's stomach, and he flew backward. He could endure it since he absorbed strength from the zombies.
After stabilizing himself, he rushed towards the big zombie, and he swung his steel pipe. For the third time, he hit its head, he heard a loud snap, and then the head slowly drooped, and the zombie fell.
Ohhh? As long as I snap their necks, they will die? Well, thinking of it, the spinal cord is the connection line of the brain and the body, and normal humans die if their neck snapped, so it also works to a zombie since technically they're also humans before. Then Herro nodded in satisfaction of his brilliant deduction.
Then, without wasting any other time, he grabbed the zombie on its head and then shouted, "Absorption!" And a strong suction force appeared on his palm. It only took three seconds to finish it, and a panel appeared in front of him. But he has no chance to read it because another zombie was on his back.
He jumped on the side and rolled to dodge the zombie's attack, and then he rushed towards the exit after seeing an opening. He reached the exit faster than he expected, maybe because his speed status has increased.
The Zombies keep on following him, even though he already exited the building. He keeps on running while taking turns at the intersection to avoid clusters of zombies.
After avoiding them for some time, he realized something.
Why don't they're not following me anymore?
Then he tried sniffing his clothes, and when he found out that the aromatic scent had vanished.
He hid in a corner, and he lost the zombies who were chasing him. And then he started to wander around to find a place to stay.
As he slowly walks aimlessly, he found a building with a room that has a broken window. Then, without much thinking, he climbed it and hid inside.
He scrutinized the room, and it was like the one where he woke up. It was wrecked.
He then started to think about things, And then he opened his status panel.
Name: Herro Drylin
Age: 20
Health condition: Healthy
Vitals
Speed: 19
Strength: 17
Mass: 50kg
Agility: 21
Stamina: 32
Intelligence: 20
Vitality: 51
Skills:
Absorption(Ultimate): This allows you to absorb dead creatures and assimilate their abilities, and you can also absorb their vital points.
Ultimate Scented body(Unique/Uncontrollable): Release an Ultimate Fragrant that attracts anyone who caught the scent of it and activates their uncontrollable desire towards the caster or the source. The skill is uncontrollable and will only be able to activate when certain circumstances are met.
He was elated when he read about his Vital stats because they increased by some points. Then, when his eyes reached the skill section of the status panel, his eyes squinted.
Ehhh? What does activates their uncontrollable desire towards the caster or the source? So the Aromatic scent attracted the zombies to me was, indeed, because of this? But what is their uncontrollable desire when they are only able to move by their instinct and hunger? Hunger? Wait, does that mean the skill activated their hunger and directed it towards me?
Herro nodded in satisfaction, but when he reached the next sentence, his eyes widened in anger.
What the f*ck is uncontrollable? It will activate on its own? This skill is a hidden time bomb inside me and will explode if something is triggered! WHAT THE HECK IS THIS SKILL!
Herro grabbed his hair in anger towards this useless, doom bringing skill he got.
He kicked a nearby garbage bag in anger. And it rolled to the side.
He was still furious about the useless skill that will only bring misfortune to him when the garbage bag he kicked suddenly moved and a head suddenly popped up on its opening.
He fell on his butt in shock and didn't know what to do because it doesn't look like a zombie's head.