"Thank you for that..."
Caught off guard by the sudden gratitude from Pati, the man in kevlar can only nod his head not knowing how to react in front of a lunatic that just killed a Resilient Zombified Canidae. It's the Zombie that guards the entrance of Jericho Paradise Beach.
Because of that Zombie, many of the survivors got butchered ruthlessly.
Many sacrifice other survivors to the Zombie so that they can get inside Jericho Paradise Beach, all of them are desperate to step inside the beach grounds since it's a safe haven. It's confirmed that the beach is safe when the Zombie didn't even try to get chase after them inside.
The entrance of the beach is wide open and yet the Zombies around stop just by the entrance.
It's what motivates the other survivors to desperately gets inside the beach, and if it cost the lives of others then so be it. They didn't care at all and just shove others to the Zombie to give them enough time to get past the entrance.
But now that Pati has killed the Dog Zombie, many that are hiding started coming out.
Despite the selfishness of human nature that has a survival instinct bigger than the unity of their race, some of the survivors stop by Pati and give him their thanks for killing the Dog Zombie. At least they know how to thank their savior.
"Get inside, it's not safe for you outside with only that shotgun", Pati turns around and said.
Although the Dog Zombie has been dealt with, the Walkers are still around and ready to devour anything that their decayed hands can grab. The man in kevlar will not survive.
Hearing this the man in kevlar nodded his head and ran towards the entrance.
Pati glanced to the entrance and finds the others are already on the other side so they should be safe, his eyes then made contact with Dinda's. Raising his brows and asking if she was okay without saying anything but expression only.
Upon seeing this, Dinda made a signal with her hand showing that she was fine.
Only her hips got hurt from crashing onto a car and even caved the door in, that should hurt but she can use Light Heal skill to herself so everything will be good.
But then out of nowhere, "PATI YOU FUCKER!! DID YOU FORGET ABOUT ME?!"
"Just wait a minute, you'll be fine. It's blind already", Pati replied without even glancing back since he was looking at the entrance to check if Salsa is hurt, but from how she's standing normally she should've been fine.
After checking the others, Pati looks back before his eyes widen.
Jeff is currently running towards him with the Brawler chasing after him on his back, there's an urgent expression on his face as he's running for his life, "THEY FUCKING HEALED! THEY HEALED!!"
"What?!", Pati was also caught off guard upon hearing what Jeff said.
Looking at the running Brawler that makes a crater from each stomp it takes chasing with immense bloodlust, Pati's eyes widen seeing that its left eye is already healed and its right eye is slowly being healed by the purple thin layer of energy.
It must be because of the abundance of Chaos from the Survival Night,
'What kind of bullshit is this?!', Pati cursed inside his head seeing the charging Brawler, the pain on his ribcage starting to sting once again after the adrenaline rushed down. It hinders him greatly.
Even readying himself makes the stinging pain greater and he clearly can't keep this up.
Although Pati wanted to just get inside the beach for safety, he can't get inside right now, 'My sword is still sticking at that bastard's neck, I need to get it first. But how...?', wracking his brain for an answer as the Brawler got closer and closer.
Pati then looks at the Dog Zombie's brain in his hand before he immediately puts it into his mouth.
Gulp!
Without even munching the Dog Zombie's brain which is half the size of a basketball, Pati swallowed it whole before wiping the brain juice and blood dripping from his mouth. The scrumptious saccharine flavor penetrated and massaged his taste buds gently.
It was a different taste compared to the others that he has tasted, completely unique.
[Sucessfully Gained a level 27 Resilient Zombified Canidae Chaos!]
[You have obtained 15,500 Chaos!]
Just after he eats the Dog Zombie's brain, Pati instantly checked his hp and finds that as expected it increased upon eating brains. The system didn't broadcast it, but it nevertheless got raised.
[900/1350 Hp]
After his hp got increased once again, Jeff run past Pati heading to the entrance.
Jeff's speed is quite fast as he manages to get away from the Brawler to safety, he runs past Pati without the care in the world and warned while still running, "It got stronger than before, you should get back before you die"
Veins started bulging on Pati's face feeling annoyed by Jeff who said that while running.
Although he's quite annoyed by Jeff, he needs to focus right now since the Brawler is charging right at him with the Peacekeeping Sword Grinder still stuck halfway in its neck. He needs to retrieve his sword back, that is his goal.
Upon arriving inside the beach ground, Dinda and the others approached Jeff.
"Why is Pati still out there?"
"I think he's trying to get his sword back, it's stuck in its neck", Jeff replied while holding onto his knees with sweat covering his body, that run he just did is easily the fastest run that he has ever done in his life. Running for his life before the apocalypse, he has never done that.
But in this apocalyptic time, that becomes a regular thing to do each day.
Some of the onlookers that are already inside the beach's premises safety but haven't gone inside yet are looking at Pati expectantly, they're curious about how can Pati try and takes back his sword from such a monster.
Amongst them is the man with a kevlar, he's interested in seeing Pati's attempt.
ROAR!
An ear-deafening roar can be heard as the Brawler raised both of its arms intending to crush Pati like a bug, but he's very cautious right now knowing that the Brawler got stronger based on what Jeff said earlier.
It's stated before by the system messages that the Dweller of Chaos that Pati interprets as the Zombies are going to get stronger as time passes, and they will peak in the middle of the night.
Pati increased his agility stat by 20 points, burning 16,000 Chaos before dodging the attack.
Boom!
Just like a gorilla pounding its muscular arms to the ground, the Brawler did the same but the difference in power between a gorilla and the Brawler is evident as a huge crater spreading about 20 feet was created on the asphalt ground.
Upon hearing the booming sound, the onlookers yelped feeling the might of the attack from afar.
Something that only the sound of a tank firing can implicate the thunderous sound, but this booming sound doesn't come from a machine but from a creature instead.
With his increased agility, Pati swiftly dodges the attack and deflects the debris.
Although the Brawler's eyes are almost healed completely, the right side is still healing and Pati takes advantage of that by doing a frontal roll to its right side. He rolls on the ground avoiding yet another attack from the Brawler before he grapples its legs and takes it down.
Boom!
Pati has much knowledge of ground grappling technique but that will not work on the Brawler, he's too tiny in comparison and might even get bit. So after taking it down, he moved quickly and kicks the Peacekeeping Sword Grinder still stuck in its neck.
Clang!
The hit landed solidly and pushes the sword to the side ripping its neck more.
But it didn't stop there as Pati moved quickly dodging its hands that are trying to grab him, he then tightly holds the sword and started chainsawing its neck ruthlessly without stopping.
It's starting to work as there's only a quarter length left to completely cut its neck off.
His eyes flash upon seeing this but it seems the Brawler realizes this too, the Brawler grabs Pati before throwing him to the side powerfully destroying a restaurant in the process. But before the Brawler can even get up, Pati already went back to mount it again.
Growling angrily, it sent a right hook while still lying on the ground trying to make Pati jump away. On the contrary, Pati suddenly mutters, "Fear of Mind!"
Swish!
The Brawler got dazed for a moment and when it regain its consciousness, it realized that its right hook missed. It tries to get up but quickly got stomped by Pati's legs forcing it back down.
Pati uses this couple of seconds he created to keep cutting the neck, "RAARGHH!"
A warrior shout escape his mouth as he kept moving the sword tirelessly.
With the sword's sharp teeth, the hard flesh of the Brawler got sliced into minced meat until finally, the Brawler succumbs to Pati's ruthlessness as the Peacekeeping Sword Grinder cuts through its neck right off.
[Gained a level 26 Brawler Chaos!]
[Class restriction has been employed, unable to absorb gained Chaos!]
Despite the increase in power from the abundant Chaos, the Brawler still got beaten by Pati.
Although he won the fight his body is exhausted from the fight as he coughs out a couple of mouthfuls of blood, he stabs the Peacekeeping Sword Grinder to the ground before falling to his knees.
Upon looking at this, the onlookers were in awe seeing that a man manage to beat that monster.
It becomes somekind of a wake-up call to the onlookers that they also have the potential to become as strong as Pati, everyone was given the same chance by the system. The Zombies are scary alright, but the desire to not want to be fearful all their lives beat the scariness of the Zombies.
Especially seeing that Pati manage to reach that level, they become certain that it's possible.
"HEY, YOUNG MAN! DON'T STAY THERE, QUICKLY GET HERE!!"
"There are Walkers around, don't just rest there!"
Some of the onlookers that feel thankful to Pati started warning him since the Walkers are crowding the place again, but Pati ignored them as he slowly stood up. Of course, he doesn't forget to harvest the Brawler's brain that he beat after an exhausting fight and the items it dropped.
Pati then slowly walks towards the beach entrance, he's walking limply because of his right leg.
Although he got back quickly from getting thrown to the side by the Brawler, his inner thigh got hit on the edge of the restaurant he crashed into before and it seems it manage to strike a nerve.
His right leg is numb despite him able to move it a bit.
While he's making his way back to the beach entrance, the onlookers started to frown seeing that the Walkers didn't attack Pati at all. They either idle around walking aimlessly or going to the sound that attracted them.
Even when a Walker is right in front of Pati, it just walks past without attacking.
Almost as if Pati is invisible in their eyes or even one of them, the Walkers are not attacking him at all. Only the stronger Zombies can attack him, so as long as he keeps to himself the Walkers wouldn't attack.
"Why on earth none of them attacks that man?"
"Is he a Zombie or something?"
Many started to get confused as to how Pati managed to do that, but it's all thanks to his Zombie scent passive skill from the Brain Eater class effect. It makes him exclude scents that resonate with the Walkers.
If he didn't attack first, or he didn't make too much noise then he's going to be fine.
Upon nearing the entrance of the beach, Pati stops and takes the items dropped by the Dog Zombie before finally stepping inside the beach ground. Jeff and the others approached him except for Kian, the man, and Abby who kept to themselves, "Come here, let me heal you"
"You're damn stupid, why do you need to take the sword? You should've just left it"
"Jeff, don't be like that. I'm sure that sword cost a lot of black coins..."
While the others are blabbering around him, Pati steadies his breathing with a couple of deep breaths. He now can lower his guard before suddenly a message from the system appears again,
[You are protected by the Jericho Paradise Beach Safehaven]
[Dweller of Chaos will not be able to attack you as long as the Safehaven remains active]
'Remain active...? I don't like that at all', Pati thought inside his head, but just as he thought of that another couple of messages from the system appears in his vision but this time they don't appear just in his vision.
Everybody around got the same messages from the system,
[Jericho Paradise Beach Safehaven has reached the minimum quota of occupants. Congratulation on surviving the Monthly Survival Night, the Safehaven will be supplied fully until the time limit of the Monthly Survival Night runs out]
[Please enjoy the night...]
Just after the last messages from the system popped out, all of the survivors in Jericho Paradise Beach widen their eyes seeing the purplish light that surrounds the place.
Slowly different kinds of things started materializing out of thin air.
Pati himself while still feeling the pain all over his body widen his eyes in utter confusion, his eyes can't help but sparkles seeing Jericho Paradise Beach suddenly come to life once again, 'What is this? How on earth does this even possible...?"