"Aleesia, where is Luca?" Isaac asked. Isaac could see that Aleesia had her whole attention on Levis and Allisa who just followed Isaac. As both of them came, everyone had their eyes locked on Levis and Allisa.
"Luca is butchering the wolves and preparing the food." Isaac nodded.
"By the from now on, Levis and Allisa will join us." Aleesia again looked at Levis and Allisa as if trying to know why Levis and Allisa decided to join them. Aleesia felt that Isaac had a big role in bringing Allisa and Levis to this base.
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Before entering the shelter, Isaac had ordered them to not reveal his identity to anyone. "You two can just sit around or go out and hunt the zombies near our base. Just be sure to come back within an hour. Otherwise, you will miss your lunch." For now, Isaac' didn't have any orders for these new subordinates. So he told them to just do whatever they wished to do.
"Okay, then I will hunt some zombies." Levis wanted to quickly level up as he was only 2 levels away from reaching level 25. As for how Levis reached level 23 this quickly, Isaac is not sure.
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While Levis had gone out to hunt zombies with his rusty and old greatsword, Allisa without caring about the people who were looking at her, gracefully walked near Isaac and then sat 1 meter away from him.
Seeing this Aleesia raised her eyebrow in surprise. Aleesia also then found a place at the corner. Sitting there she took out a book and began to read the book.
The whole place turned quiet with whispering sounds being heard here and there. Most people here were just too hungry to care about anything. They wanted food more and anything.
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Sitting close to Isaac, Allisa, the horned tribe woman saw Isaac writing some mysterious words in his notebook that for some reason looked beautiful.
"What are you doing?" Unlike Levis, Allisa was the cheerful type. Now that her health has increased, Allisa no longer looked sick. Her cheerful and curious type personality also returned.
Isaac looked very focused on trying to comprehend the runes. "I am studying runes."
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Studying these complex runes was like trying to solve a big mathematical equation without using a calculator. For each word, Isaac had to comprehend the meaning behind it. The process of understanding runes was slow and tiring. Currently, since Isaac had no other work to do, he just kept on studying the runes without a care in the world.
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Isaac was so immersed in studying the runes, that he couldn't feel the flow of time. He didn't realize when one hour passed and when Levis returned after killing zombies.
[Everyone Lunch is ready] Hearing Luca's cheerful voice, Isaac's finally stopped studying the runes and looked up to find Aleesia, Levis, and Allisa helping Luca in distributing food among people.
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The meal wasn't anything fancy. Everyone was given a bowl of rice with soup made from mutant beast meat. Mutant beast meats had more nutrition than normal animal meat and can also provide some free stats points to everyone whose level is 1.
Isaac temporarily stopped studying runes. After storing his notebook in the inventory he walked up to Luca.
Luca had prepared food in a huge pot. Isaac is not even sure how did he manage to find something this big in the slum area.
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"Do you guys need any help here?" Isaac asked Luca who was distributing rice and soup.
"We're almost done here. But I will need your help in bringing these huge pots to the other base." Looking at Luca, Isaac could feel a sense of urgency in his eyes. It was as if he couldn't wait to return to the Mutant Base.
For the next few minutes, Luca continued distributing foods with Allisa, Aleesia, and Levis's help. After the food distribution was over, Isaac proceeded to put the large pots in Xavion's storage ring.
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"Aleesia, I am going to the other base. Please take care of everything." Aleesia was a mature and responsible woman. She was the second most powerful being after Isaac in this base. With her protecting this base, Isaac won't have to worry about anything.
Aleesia who had just finished the food distribution and now was about to have her food stopped and nodded at Isaac. Even someone like Aleesia has been holding her hunger.
"Let's eat" Isaac could see happy and satisfied smiles on the faces of the people.
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"Let's go." There was another group of people who were waiting for the food. While moving towards the other base in the never-ending rain, Isaac had to adjust his speed to match his pace with Luca.
"By the way, when you had gone hunting, we found 21 more survivors hiding in their houses. I think there are still lots of people who are hiding in their houses." By Luca's words, it was clear that as the number of zombies keeps on decreasing, there will be more and more people joining either of their bases. Meaning that food consumption will also increase.
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"By the way, Luca how do you feel about this situation?" Luca used to be a part of the enemy even though he didn't attack any of the evolvers of Isaac's base.
Luca looked at Isaac as if not understanding what he meant. "I meant the part where I or we killed evolver of your base and then took the base under our control." Luca knew that his answer would decide his future. After spending time with Isaac, Luca knew that Isaac hated betrayal more than anything. Depending on his answer, Isaac wouldn't hesitate to kill Luca on the spot.
"I just want to let my little one live."
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"Daddy!!!!"
'So this is what he meant by little one.' Currently, Isaac had followed Luca and arrived at the shelter known as Mutant Base. From what Isaac can sense, the number of people in this base was at least 3 times more than the other base. The number of people exceeds the 350 mark. The whole base looked similar to the first base. The whole place was so crowded that there was not enough space for walking.
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The atmosphere of this base was even worse than the other base. Isaac could see some people were crying, grieving for their loved one who now either has died or has turned into a zombie. Many people were talking among themselves, making the whole place feel like some kind of rural fish market where everyone talked non-stop.
The floors were wet because the people's clothes were soaked in rain. Some elderly people were even trembling due to the coldness. There were a few 11 years old children who were loudly crying due to hunger. Compared to the situation of this base, the other base condition was like living in heaven.
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"Papa, where have you been? I am so hungry." Isaac's attention was forcefully drawn to look at the only 4 or 5 years old looking child. Compared to Luca, her skin was brighter and more beautiful. She just like Luca had long beautiful hair that had been tied into a bun giving her an innocent look that can even melt the coldest heart in the world.
Even though she was wearing a brown color worn-out dress, her beauty stood out from the crowd The attracted Isaac the most was her innocent, emerald green eyes that reflected purity and innocence.
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For some reason, looking the Luca Smith's daughter, Isaac started remembering about his little sister.
Seeing that both Daughter and father were taking their time to hug each other and feel each other's warmth in his cold world, Isaac decided not to interrupt them.
"You know if you're feeling alone, this Empress can always be there to accompany you." Isaac's steps froze as he looked at Lusha who was sitting 5 meters above the ground in the air. For some mysterious reason, the people around Isaac couldn't hear nor see Lusha as if she never existed.
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"I know that I am beautiful but if you keep staring at me like this then you will make yourself look stupid."
"When was I looking at you?" Lusha's stats were high enough to hear Isaac's murmuring voice. Isaac then ignored Lusha seeing that Scarlett, Owen, and Aymer were coming to him. From the exhausted looks on their faces, it was clear that these three didn't have much pleasant time in this base.
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"You three look really exhausted."
"I would rather spend my days in my workshop than coming to some random place and interacting with people." Aymer looked exhausted from interacting with the people. He was clearly the social introvert type. One of the reasons why Aymer decided to work under a blacksmith is because he didn't like interacting with people. He mostly prefers to spend his time alone, doing his hobbies which are making new weapons.
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"The condition of this base is really worse. Everything here is overcrowded and wet. I am starting to hate this never-ending rain." Scarlett was sick of everything being wet here. Hearing Scarlett's words, Isaac now had another thing to worry about. If he doesn't do anything about the cold and wetness, then many elderly people are going to get sick.
"Luca, I think it's about time we start distributing food. You can spend time with your daughter later. You three come with me." Isaac could see that people's eyes had turned hopeful hearing the word food.
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