Central District
Heading East a creature could be seen, it had 3 eyes, as well as horns creating what looked like a crown on its head. It had a big mouth with jagged teeth, it looked like it could fit a human head with ease!
The creature had red skin, the same shadows from the corpses had been rolling off its body as it follows something.
???: 'Mmm~ the smell of a strong beast~ don't mind if I do!'
The creature had been a miniature giant! Standing at 10' feet tall. It's body built with large bulging muscles! The creature had been wearing nothing at all, but it did hold a peculiar looking axe. The axe seemed to be a saw attached to a very gruesome looking handle made of some kind of beasts spine.
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Bal: "Grim we had actually prepared to leave this place soon. If you would like you can follow us, only if you don't mind that is.
Grim: "I will go… owner gone… head hurt…"
Bal: "Ok then, let's get you dried off so we can head out! I'll introduce everyone to you on the way. I'll even have Amber check you for any injuries but you can ask anything"
Grim stayed quiet as he lowered his head rubbing it against Baladan making him almost completely fall over.
Bal: "I've always wanted a dog but couldn't ever have one. If you want I could be your new owner?"
Grim: "Grim would like that…"
Bal: "Then it's settled! We will find something to use as a new collar but for now you are my dog! I'll make sure you get everything you need buddy!"
He was secretly very excited, even though he never thought his little wish to have a dog would come true in such a dire situation. When he thought he would get a dog it would be something small that wouldn't be difficult to take care of.
Now he had to take care of a massive dog a head and shoulders taller then him while standing on all fours…
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Harry: "We are ready too leave at any time! Just give the word and we will start heading out to look for a care while heading south"
Bal: "Good! Let's head out now then, I feel like if I stay here for even a moment longer I'll get attacked by that Ryder asshole. Everyone we are leaving!"
With Grim now completely clean he was so fluffy that most of the females in the group couldn't stay away from him! He was just way to adorable for such a big guy!
Finally they had left the school, of course they would stop sometimes to search for any trucks or vehicles they could use along the way.
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???: "The smell has gotten stronger! It must be here but… the scent of Death Energy is so dense here, must have been a horde of the corrupted… oh well! They can't do anything to me anyways!"
The creature let out a demonic laugh as it walked through a parking lot filled with blood towards the gym.
???: "OH!! Fresh human meat as well! This couldn't get any better! It is an all you can eat buffet!"
He laughed even harder as he ran towards the wall of the gym.
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Ryder: "Carson how is your experiments going? I've had some of the fighters who stayed bring in all those samples of blood so I ho-"
While he was in his office talking with Carson a loud banging sound was heard echoing through the building followed by screams of terror along with a faint laugh.
???: "Human livestock! Be grateful that I a demon of the First Circle has decided to feed upon your worthless existences!"
That was the only word he said, just like sheep facing a foe they can't beat they started to run away trying to leave only to find the whole building had been locked down by some kind of force.
With every step the demon made a loud thump hit the floor before he started to swing his axe. It was a slaughter! Even with the fighters trying their best to force him back, all it took was one hit for those weak beings too be killed in moments.
Ryder: "What is going on down there!"
He immediately ran out of the office, the hallway had been connected to the stage leading him up there only to see a demon busy with cutting through human meat.
Sometimes the demon would even grab one of the humans just to latch it's mouth onto their head before bitting down eating it immediately.
Ryder: 'Oh my god! What the hell is that thing! It looks like the thing from nightmares!'
"S-Stop!"
Using his command ability he tried his best to force the creature to stop its senseless slaughter.
Surprisingly it stopped, it's body didn't move a inch as it used its third eye to look where the Mana used to make him stop came from.
???: 'What a pain… this is why I hate humans and their "abilities" if I was a magic class demon I would have easily broken this command and slaughtered him already!'
Seeing the demon follow the command he jumped for joy. He quickly began to give more orders.
Ryder: "Leave and never return!"
Unable to resist the effect due to his low mana amount compared to Ryder it just casually walked out the hole. It's face was filled with anger, it had never felt so humiliated before.
???: 'Fuck! I only got to eat a couple of them! So much food wasted all because the humans got lucky with a control type ability! Ahhhh! I really need to eat more creatures with high mana!'
Even though it walked out of the building it now had a little freedom. The command said to never return but it wasn't specific, it just said to leave so as soon as he exited the building the condition was completed.
???: 'Where is that beast at least! It's smell is heaviest here but I can't pinpoint it!'
That was when the demon saw it, the pool of water and beast fur. This got him angry as it started smashing the ground with its axe.
???: "Fuck Fuck Fuck!!! Who did it! Who washed away that beasts scent!!! I'll fucking gut them! First I get humiliated by a weak human and now I'm being made a fool of by them!!! Ahhhhhh I swear I'll kill them!"
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Bal: "Finally! It only took the whole morning to find them but we can use this!"
He was looking over at two parked trucks, they had been in great condition outside of an office building.
Bal: 'Well this is a world where we take what we want. Sorry guys if you are still alive I might think about helping you later but for now! These babies are mine!'
With these being newer models they had electric locks. Of course they could take the key to unlock it but since they didn't have the keys they had to use Chris's ability to create a very small EMP only on the lock just so they can easily get in.
With Baladan and his friends being from a gang they had to do many things. One of the jobs they did a lot of was actually repo, even if they didn't have the key they needed to get the car no matter what.
So they learned how to bypass electric locks and how to unlock doors without needing the keys. This usually required a special set of tools they didn't have but with the abilities they improvised by using their enhanced strength to pull off the panel before hot wiring the trucks.
Bal: "Grim, I think you'll be a little too heavy but I want you to follow us ok? You are big and look very strong, so follow close we will make sure you don't get left behind"
Grim: "Ok, I shall follow"
His tongue was out looking like a massive plush dog toy with its adorable face as it waited for them to start moving.
They at first took it slow, testing Grim's strength and speed. Once they saw him easily keeping up they went faster, eventually they broke past 50 mph only to find Grim running beside them easily. It was almost like he was jogging!
When they find cars or Shadow Corpses blocking their way Grim would run ahead just to use its paws and mouth to smack away the cars while killing the undead.
The thing that intrigued Baladan though was the sight of green energy coming off of Grim when he attacked.
When Baladan used his Sense Death ability he saw that Grim had some how hit the max of Death Energy. So far he had only seen people have Mana as well as the one beast he had killed before it turned.
Bal: 'Is Grim like me? Is he able to see the timers… or does he have some connection with those Shadow Corpses?'
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Ryder: "How many died…"
Looking at the bloodstained floor near the hole in the gymnasium wall he broke out into a cold sweat. A single creature had broken the wall and casually walked in before killing a large portion of them.
Ryder: 'I-If… if my ability hadn't worked on that monster we all would have…'
He didn't even want to think about it! Just seeing that creature was already traumatizing.
Carson: "…142 people died… 32 injured… out of the fighters… there is only 5 people left! Before we got here that monster was tearing apart our fighters like they were paper!"
This spelt disaster for the group, now all they had was 5 people willing to fight and a whole bunch of dead weight just waiting to die.
Ryder: 'What do I do…! My plan is ruined just from one of those creatures… at this rate… I will die!?'