"It looks like I will have to go and personally push back the zombies." The man was tall as 6 feet giant. Unlike Xavion, he was wearing silver color armor and was holding a rusty old greatsword just like Levis.
He had a long brown beard that reached his chest. His hair was cut like the Vikings on Earth, Temple Shave. He was about 40 years old. His explosive muscles with his stern face made him look like an iron wall. His name was Zeno Mornala. He was also known as the Western Guardian of the Eastfox city.
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"But Sir, you're already injured. If you fight in your current condition, then your condition will only get worse or there is a high chance that you might even die." The one spoke just now and the several Peak silver rank cultivators who were standing in front of the Western Guadian were Zeno's loyal men. They had followed Zeno for years and only served Zeno in their life. To them, Zeno was their god and their everything. These men devoted their everything to guardian Zeno. These men would rather give up their lives than let their general Zeno get himself killed.
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"So what if I am injured. The lives of these people matter more than anything. As a guardian, I have sworn to protect the innocents of the Aetas Empire. Even if I am injured, I can use the last bit of my stamina to wipe the zombies out."
"In that case Sir, please allow us to come with you."
Zeno glared at his loyal men. "If you guys follow me then who will protect these people."
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"If I don't make it back, then the strongest among you shall become the next leader and lead everyone to safety. Try to move away from this part of the slum and take shelter in other parts of the slum." After that without saying a word, the western guardian, Zeno stood up and left.
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Both Isaac and Aleesia have traveled for more than a few hours. As the duo kept moving towards the west, they had to stop several times to a few zombies that has managed to level up. Finally, after 3 hours, the duo reached their destination.
From the distance, both Aleesia and Isaac saw black smoke rising in the air. Loud sounds of explosions and screams of people could be far even from this distance.
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"What is happening there?"
"Let's hurry up." Isaac and Aleesia no longer hold back and used their full speeds to move as fast as the wind.
Swoosh!
As the air strongly vibrated, Isaac even without trying overtook Aleesia, creating a distance that seems to only keep increasing. Aleesia gritted her teeth seeing how fast Isaac was.
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Isaac was a speed-type fighter. Even a Peak second-order being will have a hard time keeping up with Isaac not to mention Aleeisa who still hasn't reached her Peak yet.
Leaving Aleesia behind, Isaac quickly covered the distance and arrived at the place to see more than hundreds of mutant zombies being pushed by a man who clearly looked like he was in pain but he never let that pain stop him.
The man had the same fierce wild Aura just like Xavion did. Even though he was injured, his attacks were deadly and powerful. He madly swung his greatsword as blood kept falling from his arms.
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"Another guardian?" Itsuki was not surprised to meet another member of the guardian. Standing 30 meters away Isaac continued to observe the whole thing for a while.
"Bring it F******!"
With a loud roar, the western guardian began to kill and destroy anything that came in his path. 'Something is strange.' Isaac noticed how ruthlessly and without any self-care, this man was swinging his greatsword. It was as if he was fighting to take the zombies out with himself.
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"What are guys afraid of? He is just one while our number exceeds thousands."
The one who just spoke was a 2nd-order zombie who was angrily looking at Zeno. In front of a guardian who seems to have gone berserk, even second-order zombies didn't have the courage to fight against him.
Seeing that no one was listening to his words and was only attacking from a long distance, the 2nd-order zombie gritted his teeth in anger.
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Spear of Domination!
Boom! From the east, a golden-type spar was thrown at the guardian who was busy slaughtering all the mutant zombies. Just when the spear was about to touch him, the 6 feet giant easily caught the spear and threw it back at the enemy.
Isaac was amazed by how sharp this man's senses were. Isaac has fought Xavion. He was 100% percent that if Xavion and this man were ever to fight, then this western guadian would definitely win the match. Just with his raw power, he would be able to crush Xavion.
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While the man who was also known as the western guadian was madly slaughtering zombies, swinging his greatsword, destroying whatever that came in front of him, he didn't realize that some smart second-order zombies were slowly surrounding him.
Maybe he noticed but choose to ignore it. If one looked closely enough then they could see that whenever he swung his greatsword, his face would keep getting pale. Even though Isaac has been observing this man for less than 30 seconds, he also noticed that with time the guardian was losing his strength.
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"Stop!"
Suddenly everyone heard a mighty voice. Zeno recognized whose voice this was. All the zombies near Zeno started retreating. Isaac for a moment didn't understand what was going on until he saw some zombie mages on the other rooftops pointing their magical staff at Zeno.
"Zeno, I am sorry but I will have to kill you." Isaac's face turned pale seeing the western guardian was being attacked from 4 four sides with different kinds of spells. There was no way Zeno could dodge these attacks. The chances were further reduced as he was severely injured.
"Is this how I am going to die?"
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Zeno looked at the beam of lights that was fired at him and sighed. Zeno was waiting for the day when his real lord would appear. Almost 15 years ago, Zeno has been training with one thing in his mind. Unlike other guardians, his true loyalty belonged to only one man for whom he has been waiting for 15 years now.
"It looks like I won't get to serve the young master. Young master, I hope you can forgive me." Zeno's eyes were filled with regret for not being able to serve his real master even for one day. Unlike other people at the moment of death, Zeno didn't close his eyes and faced his death with open eyes.
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Just when the attacks from all 4 sides were going to hit his body. For a moment Zeno couldn't believe what he saw.
When the attacks were only 10 inches from hitting his body, a red orb flew and touched his chest. When the orb touched his body, a red orb started to change its shape. Zeno in those milliseconds couldn't believe what he saw. The red orb started to expand and cover his body. In less than two seconds, the orb had completely covered Zeno's body, from head to his toe.
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Booooom!
A loud explosion took place that was seen even from 10 km away. Isaac quickly had to lay down to take cover. The whole place shook as the building near Zeno was destroyed.
"Yes, we have killed the western guardian. Now nothing can stop."
"We will hunt the humans and raise our levels." While all the other zombies were celebrating, a certain zombie didn't look happy at all. Others might not have noticed, but he did. He clearly saw how the red orb formed a body armor around Zeno and protected him.
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The Zombies at the west who were celebrating failed to notice the figure who just appeared behind them.
'System switch my current class to spearman.'
With the dagger in his hand, Isaac was a ghost. He sneakily appeared behind a group of second-order Zombies. Before the second-order zombies could understand what was going on, Isaac used gravity manipulation on their bodies.
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Gravity Manipulation!
The sudden in their weight caused some of the zombies to lose balance and fall to the ground. This was the distraction that Isaac needed. Isaac's eyes flashed in cold and murderous light. He coated the dagger with mana and then slashed the dagger against their necks.
[Ding! The host has leveled up. The host has received 5 free stats points.]
[Ding! The host has leveled up. The host has received 5 free stats points.]
[Ding! The host has leveled up. Th....]
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"What the hell?"
The man who also looked like the leader of these zombies was also a Peak second-order being who noticed the disturbance in the west. Seeing that another figure has sneakily killed one of his strongest soldiers, the man felt his blood boil in anger.
"Bastard."
The man moved with the intent of killing Isaac but then a figure appeared behind him due to his carelessness.
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"It looks like your sharpness has decreased."
Bang!
The zombie leader was sent flying from the strong punch of Zeno's hand.