"ALICE! Hurry and kill it. Another two are coming down. Remember, they aren't humans anymore. They are monsters who want to kill you. You don't have to feel guilty or be scared." Luke shouted.
At the same time, a small orb of light entered his body, and an announcement rang in his mind.
[You gain level one zombie's soul power. Agility +1]
Hearing Luke's shout, Alice gritted her teeth and took a deep breath. It was as if a switch had been flipped; she became calm.
Whoosh!
She ducked, dodging the zombie's attack, and then swung her club horizontally at its head.
Bang!
The club connected perfectly, and with a loud bang, the zombie's head burst open.
Witnessing this scene, Luke was left aghast. To think she was physically stronger than him even though she was just a level 0. But on a second thought though, it wasn't surprising since she had been training for years now while Luke never even exercised properly.
Ben looked at Alice, stunned. He then glanced at Luke and asked in a low voice, "She… isn't she stronger than you right now?"
Hearing this, Luke's lips twitched. He glared at him and asked, "Why? You want to switch teams now?"
"Hehe, no. I'll always be in your team, no matter what happens." Ben laughed.
Thud! Thud!
Grawr! Grrr…!
Just then, two zombies entered the room and growled at them.
"Ben, stay behind me. These two aren't simple level 1s." Luke said, pulling Ben behind him.
Grawr!
Whoosh!
Both zombies growled and charged toward them. Their speed was quite faster than the normal zombies' speed.
"Leave one to me." Alice shouted from the side. She then picked up and glass bottle from the table and threw it at one of the zombies.
Crash!
Grawr!
The bottle broke upon hitting the zombie's face, doing no damage, but it still did its intended work as the zombie growled and ran toward her.
Instead of waiting for the zombie to reach her, Alice charged forward.
Swoosh!
The zombie clawed at her face. But even though it was faster than normal zombies, it was still slower than her. She easily dodged its claw strike and smashed her club on its head.
Bang!
A loud bang resounded, but unlike before, the zombie's head was merely damaged and showed no signs of bursting open.
This surprised Alice because she had used a little more strength than she did when she killed the last zombie.
Grawr!
The zombie lunged at her and claw at her chest. She couldn't react in time because of her surprise and, as a result, the zombie almost struck her. Thankfully, at the last moment, she blocked its claw with her club. She then followed up by a kick in the gut and sent it staggering backwards.
On the other side of the room, Luke had also clashed with the other zombie.
Although he had to put some effort into dodging the zombie's attack, it wasn't too difficult since his agility had risen to 10 points after killing the last zombie.
He kept moving around it, dodging its attacks. After a few rounds, he finally got the opportunity to strike its head from behind, with no risk of being scratched in return.
Immediately, he took a step forward and swung his club at its head with all his strength.
Bang!
It was a clean hit and a crisp sound rang out. Luke, however, didn't become complacent and hurriedly retreated to the side.
Swoosh!
Just then, the zombie swung his hand backward and struck through the place where Luke was a moment before.
'Phew! That was dangerous.' Luke sighed in relief. He could feel his heart throbbing in strange excitement.
Then the fight continued where he would dodge the zombie's attack and strike its head whenever he got the relatively risk-free opportunity. After a few times,
Bang!
The zombie's head finally burst open, and it fell to the ground, dead.
[You gain level 3 zombie's soul power. Strength +2, Stamina +1]
[You've reached level 2. You gain 2 status points to distribute freely.]
Phew!
Luke took a breath in relief before glancing in Alice's direction to see if she needed help. But it seemed he was worrying in vain, as she had already killed her zombie and was picking up the item dropped.
"Wow Luke! It was an amazing fight. I wonder when can I fight like that." Ben came toward him and gave him a thumbs up.
"Don't worry. You'll soon become like that. Initially, I wanted to let you kill the last zombie, but I never expected it to be an evolved one. It had already reached level 3." Luke said, his eyes flashing with seriousness.
'It hasn't been even an hour since the apocalypse descended and this zombie had already reached level 3. Just how many humans has it eaten?' He thought, looking toward the second floor.
Just then, Alice came toward him with a skillbook and a red box in her hand. "I got these." She said, extending her hand to give them to him with some reluctance.
Luke shook his head. "You killed them. So, these are yours to keep."
"Oh, right?" He then suddenly remembered something and added, "Congratulations on becoming an evolver."
Alice's eyes flickered with surprise because she hadn't expected him to be so fair, especially since he was the one who saved her life and took a lead in everything.
As an intelligent girl, she knew about human behaviour in difficult times. In these times, people would become extremely selfish and they would want to hog all the benefits to themselves.
Although she didn't know what was the special about the book because she hadn't read its contents yet, she knew it was something good because when Luke got one last time; he was thrilled. As for the box, it was certainly a treasure box that would give her a treasure just like Luke's protection vest.
Therefore, she had expected him to keep them, but surprisingly; he didn't. This made her view him in a new light.
"Thank you." She nodded in acknowledgement.
"Alright. You check what you got." He said before going to pick his loot from the two zombies. This time, he didn't get any skillbook and only got two red boxes.
Although he was slightly disappointed, he didn't think too much about it since he knew the probability of a skillbook dropping was very low.
He then proceeded to open the boxes.
From the level 1 zombie's box, he got a pair of boots.
[Velocity boots (Level 3): These boots increase the user's speed. Agility +2.]
When he opened the second box, which he got from the level 3 zombie, he got what he wanted.
[Rake's sword replica (Level 5): A legendary swordsman, Rake used his sword to kill countless demons and deities. This sword is a low-level replica of his sword. It can easily pierce through the defence of any creature at and below level 10. Strength +3]
Luke equipped both immediately. He then opened his status window and put the two free points into the stamina and raised it 12.
[Luke Greyson
Level: 2
Race: Human
Class: None
Title: None
Strength: 13 (10 +3) / Agility: 12 (10+2) / Health: 10 / Stamina: 8 (12) / Mana: 29 (31) / INT: 100
External active skills: Berserk Level 5 (First order skill)]
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{A/N: In strength: 13 (10+3). 10 is his basic strength attribute points and +3 is the addition of strength because he has equipped the Rake's sword. The same is true for the [Agility] where 10 is the basic attribute while the +2 is addition of agility because he has equipped Velocity boots. I hope you won't be confused. If there is something else you like to know, please do comment.}