"Buu, wow"
"buu, buaa"
the cry of a couple of babies came from behind the door, followed by the sound of the achievement of having killed 20 zombies to unlock this special ability
but my mood is not the best, I drag the two bodies to some trees far from sight while I do it my tears are shed
John's pale face with a hole in his head is not how I want to remember a brother when he returned, for the other body, this does not hurt so much to be honest, but this same problem makes me too complex
a dignified burial for both of us
*knock Knock*
"Mareil"
*knock Knock*
"MARIEL opens it is me, I need you to open" my knocks on the door were not very strong I do not want to attract attention and by the scream at the end
* 🚪 *
the door opens a little on one side, my sister-in-law leans out and with a very low voice she says "John is with you" I answer instantly "No" my sister-in-law not very convinced tells me "your brother is acting very strange just like other neighbors "opening the bathroom door fully where my nieces were in the middle of the bathroom
I let out a sigh when I see the girls safely, I go back to see my sister-in-law and say in a low voice "we have to go" my sister-in-law is somewhat nervous when leaving the bathroom
"Before we leave it is very important that you do not make a lot of noise or those things will attack us and with the girls it is very difficult to get out of this because the noise will attract them" my sister-in-law shakes her head saying yes, she even makes a very serious face but I don't want to risk for a hysterical madwoman who leads us to death by her stupid screams
I grab her and say "you follow me" we walk to the front of the house I tell her to get down and we go between the trees until we reach the street where I point to the front "look over there" as I followed my finger my sister-in-law returned to constantly look back but when I look at the person full of blood on his face she wants to scream
but she was ready and I covered her mouth before she let out the cry, she let out several more screams and I said "maybe if I went down the street we would already be dead because of your stupid things"
the tears did not wait, but she does not move me, she is alive and if she does not control herself it is possible that she could cause us many problems along the way
We go back to the bathroom and I let the crisis pass in which she ends up crying I grab one of the girls and tell her "lock yourself up I'll take the girl with my sister, we can't waste time, it helps you calm down when I come back "
My sister-in-law tries to grab me but before she does I push her and say "see, imagine that they attack us and you do this, you will only kill me
my sister-in-law just lowers her head "well lock yourself up again I'll come back quickly I'll say your name three times if I don't do it don't open before leaving" I take a deep breath a couple of times and take one of the girls asleep leaving behind a crying woman
When running and hiding through the streets several shouts of fights are heard, those streets are where there is more action, it was the most stupid Tactic they could have done but I used that to my advantage while I was crouching I avoid all conflict
until I get to the back of the house, my mother welcomes me at the window, who when she sees me lets out a (sigh) followed by "thank the gods, Neo arrived quickly, Neo arrived, open the window" I happened to my niece and I see who are awake
Ari and Amber are awake, I do a quick check on them before asking "I'm going for the missing ones who help me" my sister Tara when she sees that her daughter is missing wants to participate but I shake her head
I say "no, not you, the sister-in-law is also hysterical and if something happens, the two of us together will lead us all to death" her face gets sad but I tell her "don't worry I'll bring her, even if it costs me my life "
for my luck Ari tells me "let's go" only before leaving
I do a little test of how she reacts against the Zombies I take her to the street, Ari responds well she is scared when she sees the first Zombie, who does not do it but then controls himself
she doesn't panic or hysterical
We go the same way, although Ari sometimes trembles, seeing those things walking in the streets, we can return to my sister-in-law's house without any incident
before it arrives
* Ding * 🔔
[your "stealth" skill has increased to level 2]
the sound and the message make the march stop, I let out a sigh but Ari's voice asks me "What's wrong, is there something or someone. Where is it? What is it?"
I shake my head and ask for silence, we continue on our way, when we reach our destination, we check the house, before entering we even look at the patio without any creature around
* Knock-knock * 🚪
* knock-knock * 🚪
but before knocking the third time the door opens and my sister-in-law comes out when she sees us, jumps on me and starts crying I tell Ari "come in, come in"
As she passes by, she closes the door immediately, the humidity and heat in this small bathroom feel unbearable, without wasting time I tell my sister-in-law
"We will leave until you control yourself if you do not do it I will leave you and we will take the girls, having to make a third trip, but that would be until tomorrow, because it will be too late to be able to make another trip" upon hearing what I say. sister-in-law keeps quiet and wipes her tears along with her snot
With a somewhat broken voice she tells us "I'm fine, I'm fine" I signal them to grab the two girls and I look out the door and tell them "come on, come on, stay silent, go as quietly as you can" both of you they left quickly without questions and bent over carrying the girls in their arms
I take one last look and we leave the place
👿-POV of LINDA-👿
we are fucked, very fucked things are very bad Martha has no idea where she is or where she has to go
It hurts me to say this but (sigh) we are lost
I clenched my fists tightly, my nails dig into my skin, while I look up at the sky "what else has to happen will be a test of the gods"
Martha's voice tells me "keep quiet there are wolves in the area and they can hear you and we will really be screwed" I let out another sigh, she's right
While I grab hold of his arms a very badly injured Euyin, as I continue walking, the damn Martha tells me "Linda, I'm hungry, let's leave Euyin in the bushes and let's see if we can find or hunt something" I just shake my head to confirm. arms are hurting
We try to find a suitable place to hide Euyin, but there are only large trees having to get into a ravine to be able to leave the body of a very pale Euyin face.
Martha approaches and says very slowly "Linda is looking for some food, I'll be looking for water" I shake my head to confirm before leaving I look up at the sky (sigh) and I continue on my way to look for some herb, fruit or some mushroom to eat while I keep my guard up to avoid a surprise attack 'from behind
If I was not stressed enough, in this state, it puts my nerves on edge, looking at all sides with each of my steps that I am taking to this you add the fucking hunger, the fucking thirst, not knowing where you are and with a half dead person behind your back
I want to scream KILL ME
I really try to find food, I walk away to the opposite side of where the werewolves march and when I'm checking some bushes for a couple of bitter berries in the distance there are several people walking towards where we are
people wear full leather armor with a pair of bearskin boots all wear a helmet, shield, sword and a bow in the same way
but their shields bear a drawing of a Jackal that provokes me some questions, the simplest of them, why the hell are they here?
Are they associated with either of the two groups that we have seen?
Do they come alone or will they be accompanied by other groups?
I have endless questions, I lie in the bushes trying to hide, I remain silent, waiting for them to leave and be as far away as possible, so I can go see Martha, if they are involved in this, we are in problems, very serious problems
* crack crack *
You can hear behind me, how someone crawls among the branches and dry leaves, returning to see it is Martha who beckons me to be quiet and points me forward
I move my head to confirm, I also raise my hand and show her four fingers. Martha remains lying on the grass face down, like her, I start to pray that they go away
that group are part of one of the groups of mercenaries dedicated to rape, kill and rob other mercenaries called scavengers, they in particular are part of the group called the Jackals
We let time pass, we got up when we were sure they had left to return with Euyin so we could leave, get away from this area as quickly as we can
this whole place will turn into complete hell
Martha approaches me and whispers "what's up Linda who were you? I try to calm my mind and tell her as seriously as possible" all those bastards are scavengers we need to get out of here as quickly as possible before they detect us "
As I try to explain the situation to Martha and where those bastards went, three laughs come from our backs
"HE-HE-HE"
"HE-HE-HE"
"HE-HE-HE"
the last one tells us "Run away from whom we just want to have fun, they already know some sex without compromise" the two of us activate our mana ready to defend ourselves
die if necessary
the screams of various Specters are heard in the distance
"OOAAA"
"OOAAA"
without thinking twice me and Martha turned around and ran without looking back the four bastards started laughing as if it was something funny to watch
seconds later their laughter changed to voices of battle, which ended up becoming pleas, then screams of terror with desperate wailing
neither of us returned to see what was happening we just ran, and we ran because our lives depended on it
👿-END of LINDA's POV -👿
When we returned home, we met more people on the way who asked us to save, including Tony, his mother, his neighbor Mrs. Naty, also two of his friends Amadeo and his daughter Valeria and four other people who were to us. joined
But when they saw soldiers in the middle of the village, they changed us for them "hey Neo because we are not going with the soldiers" while we continue walking I tell Tony "because my family is also there and we need to do several things before we go"
Tony's mother asks me "Boy don't be arrogant we need to be all together to get out of this situation" I shrug my shoulders and say without any consideration "Mrs. Patricia you are free to go with them"
The lady pouts at me and replies "in your dreams you damn brat you want to miss us but I'm telling you, that will never happen, be sure" she smiled at the lady and took them home without touching my mother. I was waiting
The first to enter was my sister-in-law with the girls, my sister Tara received her and they began to ask me several questions. First, I calmed them down and said "three go to the kitchen, eat things that last for the road, prepare your things to travel light, one change clothes per person no more, how many bags have they made "
My mother says "we made five bags we took fruit, meat, bread, cheese and milk" I return to see Tony and I say "let's get a transport there are some at the house of the village chief, let's ask for one, on the way back we will pass by your father and some things get ready we're leaving in five minutes "
I go to my room and check the skill that I gained by killing the 20 zombies
🔔
* Ding *
🗨 [2nd special mission] {repeatable}
Strengthen your legend
Special reward: by killing more than 20 Zombies you get another ability
[Special Skill: Vines and greenery control]
Control of vines and greenery: you can control the vegetation and vines to your liking this ability is limited by your mental capacity and meditation the higher your capacity the more vines you can control at will capacity 1/1
Note: the higher your level, the more vines you can control
I take out all vials, one for each one, the only thing missing is my sister-in-law Mariel and Mrs. Patricia, I called them one by one so that they would take them in front of me to avoid accidents
Although they both had certain doubts, they did not ask me
When I look for Tony to go out I almost get a laugh, the boy had two big knives at his waist, a bow, arrows, a sword and a spear "Hey Tony, where the hell did you get all these things from?" Tony tells me with some shame "in the street there are many of these things thrown "
I take the knives and arrows from him. "He carries the spear, it's about surviving not fighting to the death. Now let's go, we have to see your father first, make sure he is safe."
Before leaving I told my mother "keep making the food, we will take everything when we return we will leave the village, everyone is ready"
when I left my sisters and my mother fired me, Tony his mother lectured him a couple of times "Nothing to be brave damn brat obey Neo bring your father safely"
Contrary to what I expected, the outbreak of Zombies was under control because more and more soldiers came and went from the village in groups of 100 or more soldiers, in Tony's house his father was in his room
the man began to scold us later he cried a little, always saying the same thing "because the hell they came back eh"
I follow Tony "take care of your father it is important that we return with him, to prevent your mother from being sad" before leaving for something to use as transportation
On the way the soldiers were asking for volunteers, but for the moment I passed by the Chief's house, arriving at an abandoned place the doors were wide open but I did not enter, I do not want to risk having an accident
I go to the barn where there were several carts, with canvas, without canvas, for loading and for hay, which were perfect easily, five to six people entered
there were only mares but they were very good there were also a couple of very hairy brown puppies having to take out two serums and give them to drink because they are very malnourished they were almost in their bones poor puppies
out of the boss's house
he stopped me, a knight in shining armor "boy you are not interested in being a hero" I held back the laugh and just shook my head before continuing on my way, I heard a bell inside my head, which made me stop turning and saying to the gentleman
"Excuse me sir knight let me bring my family and put it to safety then tell me how I can be the hero of this village"
The knight tells me "go brave friend, there is nothing more important than the Family, you will see that one day in the kingdom songs of your adventures will be sung" I just roll my eyes when I hear the string of silly things that this guy tells me, without further ado we run away before the guy recites a poem to me to where Tony was
💀
💀
"Neo, Neo come on, don't stay" my mother yells at me before a hasty exit at the village gates, we all know that time is money
In our case, leaving the village on time means that we will also be alive, three knight's (⭐) accompanied by a hundred squires will be watching over their journey.
one of the commanders (sighs) before saying to me "Boy are you sure of this," his question makes me somewhat stupid, of course no one is prepared for this kind of thing, but someone has to do it right
one of his squires comes running, while shouting to his commander "sir, the wolves have just escaped to the west, the path to the north is free, another of the squires brings up a much more detailed map, than the one in the book I had the pleasure of seeing "well take the main road we have to evacuate everyone to the capital"
after giving the order he approaches me and slaps me on the back
* PAF *
says "be strong guys" I just roll my eyes in white
the other five people who accompany me are pure young people from the village, one of them is my friend Tony who gulps before hugging a spear
The commander separates from us and shouts to everyone "we are not going" so the exodus from this village has begun not for pleasure, it is a necessity, the need to survive, to survive there is a threat that will hit this small region and the neighboring villages in just a couple of hours
the boss and his family, ha
they were the first to run, they all escaped on horses but unfortunately they went west which hurts I just hope they survive the wolves
our mission is simple, wait until the threat arrives, capture within the limits of the village as many Zombies as possible and leave them locked up to delay their advance
My mother continues crying, I hug her closer and say in her ear "what do you and I say in a confinement, like last night we will be the two of us, for a whole day what do you think?" my mother shakes her head that only makes me raise the bet "two days"
my mother thinks for a moment, before raising three fingers, I sigh and but I have to give in I shake my head nodding, to my bad luck
Mrs. Patricia approaches me and without any tact she tells me "they both have to get out of this alive"
How exaggerated women are, or that I was going to be a martyr or something like that, all this is just because of that big piece of meat
while I take a look at the mission
🗨 [3rd special mission]
The horde
Development: challenge as many Zombies as possible until dawn without escaping from the village
Reward: Epic Pest Control Skill
Condition: stay in the village until dawn
Penalty: DEATH 💀
Note: you can use all possible tricks
I just laugh and incidentally make fun of Tony "Boy I think you'll call me father from now on" poor Tony doesn't listen to me but his mother did, who just looks down and pretends to have lost something on the floor
the wagon that carries my whole family, also carries Ari and Tony's parents
They already have to leave, so I just raise my hand and shout very loudly "WE WILL SEE YOU IN THE CAPITAL" my family just raises their hands as our farewell while in the background the cries of my sisters and my mother are heard
While the trees behind me begin to move from one side to the other, Tony runs up to the viewpoint of the fence and warns us of the imminent arrival of these things
"are getting closer"
"are getting closer"
"are getting closer "
the screams of my other companions also warn us I sigh before telling the boys "they help me with some things then they leave" they all came back to see me as if I was a super man I tell them "I will not be a hero, make no mistake we will lock up as many as possible now let's bring some things "
(02:00 for the arrival of the horde)