Baladan had been in the middle of the horde smashing heads! His body was flickering with white light as the blurry illusion masks his true body from the Shadow Corpses.
Unfortunately he couldn't avoid them all, those who fell from being pushed around by the horde or from him had grabbed onto his legs.
With his new strength he had no problem tearing away from them but he wasn't always lucky. He had been bit, a chunk tore out of his calf before another took one from his left thigh.
He immediately lashed out crushing their heads with a swift jab. That didn't matter however, the damage was done. He could feel the Death Energy enter his wound.
[Warning! You have been bitten by a level 5 Shadow Corpse! You have 00:01:00 until transformation begins]
This warning flashed on his system screen for a couple seconds before another screen appeared.
[Host has absorbed Death Energy, Death Energy Cap Reached. Expelling Death Energy]
Those same bites that had poured DE into his body was used to release that same energy.
[Host has higher concentration of DE then level 5 Shadow Corpse. Infection Impossible. Timer Ended]
For each bite these messages had flashed across the system screen annoying Baladan.
Bal: "Turn off repeated messages"
He thought he might as well try, fortunately it did the trick! With him killing corpses like crazy with the help of his group they had made quick work of the parking lot.
With the majority going after Baladan, the leftovers were slowly moving into a trap that killed them off. The only Shadow Corpses that hadn't been killed by the survivors was the ones still inside the science building.
———
Rosa didn't say a word, when the last of those undead had been put down she immediately started running through the school. Her consciousness was slipping, her body was ready to pass out however she pushed through for her Prince.
Even with her Mana at zero she still ran out into the blood covered parking lot. There she saw the "creature" standing in the center covered in blood. The bite marks had already long healed from the constant levels.
Those had been the only things that kept him going. If he didn't get immediately healed and restored back to peak condition he would have been ripped to shreds.
At some point the hood on his head was pulled back leaving the black skull mask on his face. The eyes had glowed with purple light but the aura of white around him made him look like a holy black skeleton.
Rosa: "B-Baladan!"
He didn't move a single inch, his mind was completely exhausted. The only thought keeping him going in that fight was the thought "I can't die here! I can't leave my mom in a world like this alone!"
With all of them dead and Rosa calling out to him his mind slipped making him fall asleep on his feet.
———
Harry: "Ok everyone! Get everything ready! We are going to hurry up and transfer to the gymnasium! With the path cleared we need to hurry before any other creatures show up!"
This made all those bottom feeders grin and actually volunteer to help shockingly! They had the thought of getting there as fast as possible where the group isn't run by a lunatics who wants to rule over them.
"Honestly I hope that bastard got what he deserved in the fight"
A certain crazy girl had been watching over Baladan when she heard that. With Chris watching over Baladan who is now laid on a bed with a privacy curtain she felt comfortable to leave him for just a second.
The moment she left she found the person who wished Baladan dead. Her eyes shinning with fury as she looked at him.
"W-What! Why are you staring at me like that!"
Rosa: "You better take what you said back right at this moment without even a moment of hesitation or you won't like what happens next"
She was unarmed for now, her steps inched closer as the man took a step back.
"N-No way! He has been treating those who doesn't want to work like shit! Why should I t-"
That is all he got out when a dagger appeared in her hand and slit the man's throat. His eyes filled with terror the moment he felt the warm blade pass through his neck. The man's feet soon gave out with his hands on his neck he choked on his own blood slowly dying.
Rosa: "Anyone else want to wish Baladan dead…"
The look in her eyes wasn't one someone should have after killing for the first time! This was the eyes of cold indifference, she didn't care if they lived or died!
"Y-You are crazy!"
"Ahhhhh! Terry!"
"Someone help! She's killing people!"
The weaklings immediately yelled out, seeing one of their own fall to the ground dead they shuffled away from her trying to get the furthest possible.
[Congratulations! You have gained a new title! "Crazy!" Has been added to your status!]
Harry already had enough on his plate but with the weaklings death everyone was put on edge! They thought as long as the strong was around their safety was guaranteed. This was a rude wake up call to all of the weak, humans are just as scary as the corpses.
Rick: "Everyone come on! You don't want to be around her then get all this shit out the door already!"
He quickly took charge pushing the weak out the door behind the supplies rolled out on beds. The look he made when he glanced at Rosa was one of regret. Soon he looked back into the hallway as he hauled the supplies with the others out the door.
Rosa put the blade up and left the body laying on the cafeteria floor before sitting on the bed next to Baladan.
Chris: "Let's get a move on, the sooner we get him to the rest of the group the safer he will be"
———
Baladan had been sitting in the middle of a large room. If Harry and his friends saw this place they would recognize it as their hideout outside City-L in a old run down workshop.
Currently he was sitting in his leather chair surrounded by the decorations the old ladies of their gang had put up. He was young back then but with no choice but to get shit done he forced himself to do a lot of things.
(Old ladies is a biker term basically meaning she is his girl)
In this space he was alone, at least that's what he thought. When he looked up from his "Throne" he saw a hooded figure staring back at him.
Bal: "Was it you who helped me in my time of need?"
???: "Yes, it was me who guided you to use your power."
He took a second to look at the being in front of him. No matter how much he tried his eyes couldn't pierce the veil of darkness covering the beings face.
Bal: "Thank you… if it wasn't because of you they may have all died"
Necro: "That wasn't completely me, it was but wasn't at the same time. You'll know in time but for now know this, my name is Necrosis. Now then, you need to wake up, you still have some business with your group before you can take it easy"
With that Baladan's eyes shot open, he was immediately greeted by a new ceiling before the face of the obsessed girl Rosa came into view.
Rosa: "Thank you…"
Those were the only words she said while looking into his eyes with a passionate gaze. He didn't understand why she was thanking him but he decided to put it in the back of his mind when his status window appeared in front of him.
[Death System]
Innate Ability: Time Of Death, Steal Time, Consume Death, Sense Death, Hell Trap (New).
Title: Surrounded By Death, Grim Reaper (New).
Level: 11
Exp: 46,000 (Next Level: 100,000)
[Status]
Strength: 16/21 (+5 Jacket)
Agility: 14
Health: 31 (16)(+15 hood)
Stamina: 15/20 (20) (+5 Jacket)
Pure Mana: 11 (11)(New)
Mana: 30 (30)
Death Energy (DE): 100 (100)
Pure Aura Points: 50 (12)
Attribute Points: 30
[Spells] (New)
Rank 1:
[Bind]- Creates chains out of Mana to restrict and restrain the target. These chains can be manipulated at will making them very versatile.
(Once Pure Mana hits its maximum, Mana and Death Energy will disappear being replaced by Pure Mana)
He immediately started going down the line tapping on the new ability and title.
[Hell Trap]- You place a portal leading to Shoel, only undead may be sent through the portal. Once an undead is sent to Shoel in this way it is given a time limit. Once the timer is up the portal will open once more releasing the imprisoned undead.
The creature if defeated in Shoel by the one who sent the beast there will become a servant to the being. At any time you may open the portal to Shoel and release the beasts you have trapped or tamed.
Once tamed or released ability may be used again to trap another undead within Shoel.
Current Limit: 1
Grim Reaper- When equipped title will steal Death Energy from undead targets upon death.
This title allows you to enter and leave Shoel at will. Enemies killed while equipped has a chance to send target to Shoel.
-Once user sends 50 undead souls to Shoel user will be given 1 Rare Gift.
Undead Sent: 0/50
With the new title and innate ability he instantly started to wake up more. His mood was getting better as he allocated all 30 points into Pure Mana.
Pure Mana: 11 —> 41 (11)
He quickly got out of bed, his mask being thrown into his Soul Sea before looking over to Rosa a smile on his face.
Bal: "Now what is all this about you thanking me? I don't remember doing anything to deserve your thanks"
Rosa took a second to respond, she thought about if she should tell him or not but decided to do it anyways.
Rosa: "T-Thank you for being alive…"
He took a second to understand what she meant by that before talking a deep breath ready to ask.
Bal: "Rosa… why is it that you li-"
Harry: "Look who is finally awake! Why the hell are you standing over there chatting with a beauty when we got important business to finish up now that we are here!"
He had yelled behind the curtain from the stage, with the bed being close by he could hear Baladan's voice and thought he saw a shadow suddenly stand up behind the only slightly translucent curtain.
Bal: "We will talk later I guess, ever since this damn apocalypse I feel like I'm always going around everywhere now, at some point I'm really going to need to take a break! Haha"
He was laughing off the fatigue as he came out from behind the curtain and met up with Harry.
Harry: "Ok! Now that our leader is here. Let's get down to business!"