Yes, what happened to the Zombies was something that had no name, what happened to the wolves was an absolute carnage, no, that expression was too short, too short
Each one of the vines grew and entangled each wolf, imprisoning their bodies and to prevent the wolf from screaming, wrapped its snout, along with the rest of its bodies, and pressed it until it began to hear how its bones were breaking. one by one like an eggshell
but the bloodthirsty came later
as the vine, pressing more and more its thorns cuts the skin of these poor animals as if they were razors opening their skin and flesh
the wolves try to scream but only manage to tremble and struggle to free themselves from those bonds
but all his effort was useless, his blood began to come out and soaked the vine that looks like a sponge by sucking every drop of blood from these animals
They didn't have time to defend themselves, because all this happened only in a matter of seconds before their bodies burst like a bag of chips after you press them
the two poor wolves were left hanging from the vines grasped by one of their hind legs, in the end the two wolves were beaten to the ground
* POFF * 💥
while the two vines revolve around their bodies trying not to get up, oh yes, those vines were taking care that they did not move and I imagine that if they did something more cruel would happen to them until I tell them "come back"
the two vines went back to where I was and surrounded me even at times they rubbed on my legs like good puppies
his demeanor gives me the creeps, god
It was at that moment that I approached the bodies of those poor wolves giving only a sigh, seeing the disaster that those vines had made
That was the scary thing, it was only two, what would happen when the ten got together
because those two were the fastest leaving the other eight behind and apparently they take pride in that with the other vines
When I saw the skin and the open flesh of the wolves, I let out another sigh before saying "that hurts" I go towards the beetles and ask them "they will eat it" but no one answers, releasing another sigh
With no other alternative, I thought of leaving the bodies there for some animal to eat them, but the vines surrounded me and began to rub each other then pointed towards the wolves
little do they want them?
the vines moved nodding
well they can have them, that was a mistake on my part and my curiosity paid a high price
The vines are divided into two groups of five and without any mishap they grab each leg and head and pull it to pieces, tearing the wolves, the blood and visors or what was left of them, they went flying everywhere
I just turn around and start throwing up
* WUAAA *
* WUAAA *
The truth was I was curious to know what they would do with the body, but when they broke it that curiosity flew away along with the visors
just watch how they tangled the piece of meat in the shape of a cocoon five minutes later the vines returned to the bracelet at the end they became part of it in the form of suckers and then they were out of sight
as if the bracelet consumed them
like the beetles these also did not leave even the bones I just give another sigh that the hell gave me this system as rewards
Where were those cute and tender puppies or the big and strong horses, maybe someone stole my unicorn, if so, please have to return it for my health metal
Without any alternative, I decide to walk north to get out of this area as quickly as possible, heading to the capital.
towards that place the caravan is heading, having to shorten the distance as much as possible to reach my family
The best way to do it is by jogging, I take advantage of my high resistance, in addition to my muscles at level five, which comes in handy because I could be jogging for more than two hours before taking a short break.
I thought I would meet more wolves but they were all fighting towards the south where I come from or so it seems
I took some breaks in streams or streams for the water and mainly to replenish the energy I had to run naked for a while, because the armor is not suitable for jogging having to make a makeshift loincloth with a vine and wide leaves of trees
On my third day of unbridled running, I realize that I have no idea where I am going, where I am, I just ran forward putting my right arm towards where the sun rises and the north was facing
in these three days I learned from my mistakes
the first and most important hunt your food never leave the task to anyone especially to a vine or just to catch the animal that is the best
I know, I know, it's my fault for trusting
the second do not bathe with a vine on your side, do not go to the bathroom with a vine on your back and do not sleep with a vine as your guard
the third, no matter what attitude he has, it will make you have high expectations but remember no matter what he does. will still be a creeper at the end of the day
On my fourth day of the trip, my perspective of these lands and its people changed completely when leaving the forest and entering a valley
It was not because of its terrain or because of how wide this area was, it was because of the immense number of people that were in this place, and more and more people kept coming to this area.
but things didn't end there
The most surprising thing was at the end of the camp an endless number of aircraft in the form of galleons, frigates and sailboats, crossed the sky from one side to the other, each of these ships had several green circles that shone under them also on the sails.
the sizes of these boats were impressive they looked small because they were far away and my mouth dropped open when one of those boats crossed overhead
which star war ship
behind my back, a girl's voice gave me a brief explanation "the greatest ones are called exterminators, they belong to the queen of Tartaros, they are part of her personal fleet, they are truly impressive."
the halflings belong to the nobles each one is allowed to have a lot but a single exterminator can kill a hundred of those for their Ethereum cannons that have no rival
the smallest belong to the mercenary guild they have their own transport but they are like flies next to a rank A beast
now you can close your mouth and tell me where you come from "I immediately close my mouth and turn around with a forced smile" my apologies miss my name is Neo and I come from one of the villages that are further south
the girl doesn't say anything, she just takes out a white sphere and passes it in front of me a couple of times until the sphere turns green before putting it away
then the girl shows me her arm "if you killed a zombie on your way you can ask for this bracelet and then make a death record in the guild offices or contribute to the kingdom with your achievement in exchange for that the kingdom will give you a free pass to traveling to the capital in an exterminator these passes are special because you have to kill more than 100 zombies by yourself, there are also other items such as clothing, books, food, weapons, clothing, meat from beasts, skins for clothing, utensils and clothing "
I was thinking for a moment because the hell he repeats clothes every moment, what does he mean to me, then the girl gave me a warning "if you leave this camp you must be careful not only are there beasts and zombies in the area there is a group of bastards that they are taking advantage of this situation they call themselves jackals there are different groups you always have to be alert "before continuing his talk a large caravan is approaching
The girl takes out her sphere and retreats in the direction of that caravan, things get intense when the sphere turned red without a word, the girl drew a sword and began to fight with some men who were approaching her in question in seconds I finish with all
Without thinking about it, I'm going to look for those bracelets lest they confuse me with those jackals on my way, more than six people stopped me asking several random questions from age, name and origin, all of them took that sphere
Like the girl they wore light gray tunics, I imagine that those spheres identify if you tell the truth and to be honest I did not want to know if my hypothesis was true
Those guys were crazy they will attack you later with a false answer, in addition to the young people there are soldiers guarding this camp
in this place the people were crazy, they all ran from one side to the other trying to fix this disaster, thank heaven the place is well organized, the people were separated by the name of the village which made me find my family more Quick
"Neo, Neo here here" I hear the voice of my sister-in-law who yells at me from the top of a cart when hearing my name they all ran to find me, the screams, cries and prayers did not wait
Poor Tony was thrown by his mother when he saw me who, like everyone else, will run to hug me, our meeting was eclipsed when several exterminators crossed the sky and unconsciously they all hugged me
when you see how several figures jump from those boats that when falling to the ground, it sounds like popcorn when they are ready
* poof, poof, poof *
everything sounded like this, due to the distance and the number of people who continue to fall to the ground and like a wave their screams were heard in unison
"BY TATARS, BY THE QUEEN"
as they go
but things are just getting started, multi-colored lights fly towards the ground, followed by shots fired by those boats
in total there were twenty ships with a terrifying fire capacity and when I thought that it would all end another group of ships approached doing the same tactic
the most excited about this was my friend Tony who had his eyes on all this and with an emotion on his face he said to me "Neo, Neo come on, let's kill zombies" I did not know what to say to this brave companion
but his mother helped me, hit him on the head and scolds him "he just arrived and you want him to leave, stupid boy better go get water to clean himself" Tony gave me a forced smile and I grabbed a wooden container
Between all of them they took me to the cart, on one side there were three small tents, the women took me to the front of one of them "this is yours"
my face had several doubts but my mother explained to me "this was left by the knights who brought us"
then my sister Amber told me "each one of those knights left us one, we have one, Patricia and her family have one and this is for you" but my doubts were still present
the tents are small for two or three people maximum, so I ask them "surely you will enter those tents they are too small small" they all looked at each other before saying "there is no problem in each tent there is enough space enter her and you will understand "
the tent looks normal from the outside but everything changes inside the tent has a space of four meters wide by seven meters long and two meters high inside there is no furniture or bed, I guess they forgot to leave them
what happened to the furniture?
"Oh they didn't leave them because no one has a ring or a bracelet to carry the furniture, those things cost a lot so that we have one" I kept thinking about the price that those rings will have and especially their capacity before asking any questions, Tony I arrive sticking out my tongue with the container that it brings
What made me see these women more closely, none of them had bathed, and their clothes look very dirty, this makes me sigh, we have to do something.
"Do not move from this place I will bring some things" without further ado we went out to look for those bracelets that the girl I was looking for told me
on my way to the guild offices the place was very visible as well as the kingdom offices each place stands out for its location and size
each office was on opposite sides of the camp, plus each one has its unique advantages the guild has a leaderboard where it closes every afternoon and positions are announced if you want to be popular that's your place
has three different lists
civilians
apprentices or students
knight or magicians
At this point I decide to turn around, to look for the offices of the kingdom I do not want to attract the attention of these people, you will always have problems if you stand out too much
In the kingdom offices it also has the leaderboards these are very similar but in the kingdom it is called merit classification, the difference is that in the kingdom you can grant all your merits to the queen anonymously
It also has other advantages including this, the trip to the capital, a residence, basic products, articles, weapons, training, books and materials
all you have to do is show up at the offices and follow their instructions
when arriving at the place
it is a mega tent with guards everywhere the entrance is a dark wooden gate with the shield of the kingdom of tartars
there are three different rows civilians, apprentices and knight or magicians only that the place seems somewhat empty when entering the tent, there is a desk with a soldier who asks me "matter"
"registration sir" the soldier looks at me from head to toe, he just rolls his eyes before continuing with his interview "Name"
"Neo"
"age" at this point the soldier paused when answering the question, not because he doubted only that in front of me there was a green sphere the soldier looked at it before continuing to write
at the end of his questions he gives me a leather bracelet with a transparent stone and explains to me "this bracelet works as a death counter every time you kill a zombie or some dark creature this stone will register it now if you kill a zombie or creature before you just have to go to that room inside there is a collector "
That said, the soldier yells "next" with no other option, I follow the soldier's indication. It was a closed room with a white ball, its size was like a beach ball.
entering the room the door closes and an external voice tells me what to do
"Please take three steps forward until you are in front of the sphere" he placed me as he tells me to do so, the voice continues saying "extend your two hands until you touch the sphere"
now he has to leave them in that place until the sphere of truth finishes the extraction process "I had certain doubts as if this would detect the system but my hands could not move them even if I pulled them with all my strength
the ball changed color to green and the voice says "the subject has killed zombies"
then above the ball a counter appears at ten seconds, the counter changes "(01) zombies" to the other ten seconds it changes again then it locks and suddenly the counter took a big jump "(1002) zombies" then another and another the sphere locked again in "(10002) zombies" then it went up like a rocket and stopped at a figure "(893410) zombies" but things did not end
the sphere tells me "you hunt a dark creature you want to tell it" I'm just trying to move my head because I can't even speak "confirmation was received"
"final record you have hunted the following creatures"
"(893410) zombies"
"(01) battle troll"
do you want to have your name printed on the merit table or do you want to remain anonymous and dedicate the merit to the queen "
between babbling I say to the sphere "merit to the queen"
By dedicating such a merit to His Majesty you have free access to the kingdom store, with the exception of some unique materials and restricted access items, for each killed zombie you will receive a payment of 50 silver coins and for the battle troll you will receive an amount of 1000 gold coins
you will receive a total of 45670 gold coins with 50 silver coins
You will be given a magic card with a special pass to buy in the store, we wish you good luck
when leaving the room the same soldier handed me a sealed card and told me "come back soon"
the soldier had a very different face to how he received me when he was about to leave several things happened in the camp, where everyone ran from one side to the other followed by a ringing of bells
* TING, TING, TING *
the tables of merit changed instantly followed by shouts "FOR THE QUEEN, FOR THE QUEEN, FOR THE QUEEN" on my way everyone had a big smile, I really didn't understand why these people were so happy
When I arrived with my family, they all had a big smile on their faces, curiosity won me over and I asked my mother "what's wrong, why are they so happy?"
The one who answered was Tony "if you will be a fool friend, the queen and the mercenaries' guild have a very big bet, if the merit lists of the kingdom beat the mercenary lists, the loser pays for breakfast and meals the next day" I was left with my mouth open oh my god what did I do, I quickly ask "is that good or bad"
Tony tells me "maybe that's why you're stupid, of course it's good, tomorrow we will eat meat and bread, friend, not only us all the villagers and soldiers of the kingdom in the camp, as you know there are people who only eat branches and water because of the current situation and thanks to that bet the union will pay everything "
I breathed a sigh of relief that was good very good after some comments but I dropped a bomb on everything "get ready I will take you to buy some clothes and other things" my mother and my sisters had a big smile
but Ari, Patricia and my sister-in-law Mariel had sad faces until Tony only chopped saliva and with a long face he watches us leave
but I stop at the door and go back to see them and ask "do you guys plan to stay and take care of something like that" Tony with an uncomfortable smile tells me "you know that some things are very expensive right and we won't have any way to pay you"
I went back to see Patricia and she smiled at him "don't worry my friend you are all special to me and I will never ask for anything in return" that makes Tony laugh and he runs off to lead the way Patricia looks at me and her cheeks blush at hear me say "but I gladly accept any payment you want to give me" as I run a hand up his butt
Patricia tells me with a challenging look "well brat, you asked, we'll see what you're doing when we get back"