The smell of a zombie, human, or beast is something Nate had been practicing to master so he could differentiate between the three beings, and so far. Mastering the scent of a zombie is something that he learned just from he came into the game, another was the beasts, which he had a few encounters with and had managed to catch their scent also.
Coming to the human scent, he had only seen Kai and Mia but at that time, Nate was just too preoccupied with the fight and had no time to take note of such details.
The next time he met another human was Lyon, but the latter did not have the same smell as human beings. Then again, V and his group were the next full-fledged humans he met but didn't stay long with them in the end.
The only person that was a human being or to say he thought was a full-fledged human being was Jim, but right now and then standing before him was Jim in question, and the worst part of this was that his nose was not picking any scent of a human presence. This was confusing to Nate who had a beard in mind that Jim was just a normal human.
With confusion in his tone, Nate asked Jim. "What are you doing...? Have you gone crazy?"
A slight smirk appeared on Jim's lips as he answered ironically. "You think I'm crazy... What is crazy about me killing a zombie? The seeds on human flesh, look at you" Jim wanted to strike again, but before that, Nate said something that made him pause on his track.
"Why do you hate zombies then, I'm different from them, I won't deny it but I can assure you that I'm different from them" Nate did not deny the fact that he is a zombie, he does not have to, not like it will change the case.
He is worried about what might happen to Jim if the two were to clash with each other, despite the situation, Nate still finds Jim's weapon crafting skill a useful tool for him, so he would not like to waste such talent so soon. But the look in Jim's gaze was frightening if Nate could feel it.
"The zombies, they killed my entire family. My newly married wife with her unborn baby was killed by them, and I have sworn to the newfound power I have that I will get rid of their existence, and I have started it already and you can't stop me!" There was a clear hint of anger, and hatred, in Jim's voice when speaking and Nate knew that such anger and hatred was something he could not talk out of Jim right now.
[Superhuman called...Jim, nicknamed Jigsaw is directing a killing intent on you. You have three options to put him in his place]
[¹Kill him, ²turn him into a zombie, or ³forcefully initiate him into your gang]
[Reward= instant level up depending on how hard it was]
Seeing the list of options, Nate signed in relief inwardly. If the killing list was the only option was to be listed, Nate would have looked for another means of dealing with the problem without following the system option even if it would cost the rewards he might get from the system, Luckily for him this time, the system had given him a total of three options for him to choose one.
Regardless, Nate noticed the content of the other list, and he was amazed to see the zombie turning among the list.
'He is a superhuman that I can turn, this is cool, but that is not what I want".
Nate knows that turning Jim would make the latter to be a senseless zombie and if that should happen, then there is no need for him to start the fight anyway or even spare him.
This had left Nate with one option and goal and that was to force initiate Jim.
All these thoughts were done while Jim was still charging in, this shows how fast Nate thought could be.
Once again, Jim was after Nate swinging the saws in his hand at Nate, but Nate's level was now a lot far from what it was before. Not like he had leveled up secretly but instead, his attribute point was now on a different level from before.
Though they were quiet, sometimes the sharp teeth of the saw would touch Nate but they did not do much harm enough to cause his HP to drop down.
Eventually, the moment Nate was stranded came as he staggered and fell with his back on the ground. Jim took this as an opportunity to swing the hand saw at Nate who put his hand out in front of him to block.
Blood was seen gushing out of Nate's right hand, as his wrist was cut off his hand.
If one was to see this happen to him, the person would be frightened, but the barely eighteen years old boy did not flinch or do anything of that sort, instead, he used his leg to send a hard kick to Jim's chest, sending the latter flying backwards.
[-20 hp]
Using a nip-up to get up from the ground, Nate could see that Jim was coming at him again, but this time Nate was prepared.
When Jim was close enough to Nate to swing the saw blade again, Nate had his eye on the saw already. When it was close enough, all of a sudden, Nate raised his hand before the blade could touch him. He did not grab the blade but Jim's wrist and twisted it, breaking the latter's wrist.
Before Jim could even shout out in pain, Nate's foot slammed into his chest, sending the latter flying back to the wall.
Bam...!
Jim's back slammed into the wall of the house, sending cracks all over it, yet on his lips, one could see a flow of blood dripping out of his mouth and nose.
"Can't you see? I would have used this opportunity to finish you off but I didn't, I'm not as you think " Nate said looking at Jim who was inhaling and exhaling fast trying to catch as much breath as he could.
Raising his head, Jim muttered as he looked at Nate. "Not killing me is your problem, not mine, All I know is that I will get rid of all zombies including you no matter what!" Jim charged in again but all Nate needed to do was swerve to the side and dodge Jim.
"It's meaningless, You are staggering, and you can't beat me like this" Nate shouted out. He was right, Jim's footsteps were now staggering and the latter was barely able to stand. But the response Nate got from Jim left him confused.
"You think you are going to win this fight? Think again" By saying that, Jim took out a keg that Nate took out right now.
Putting aside where he pulled the keg out, Nate was wondering what Jim was planning to do with the keg.
"You will never win, " Jim said as he started to gulp down the liquid inside the keg. A few moments later, something strange started to occur on Jim's body.
'Here I am, thinking if you are truly superhuman'. Nate thought to himself about seeing the new transformation of Jim.