After a while of watching the group of five, Astrick was secretly admiring their great teamwork and the good connection between them.
But even with that teamwork and connection they still unable to beat that fat mutated zombie, which was a fact even Astrick was able to discover.
Although it seemed like they beat the zombie, it was clear for Astrick that the Zombie still hasn't used any of his simplified mana to make some sort of final attacks or something...
And so Astrick came to the conclusion that the zombie is waiting for the best moment to do so, which to do the Zombie has to has some sort of intelligence.
'But how can zombies become more intelligent? is this zombie an exception or is it one of the results of being mutated...??'
Astrick wondered as he kept watching the Five's great teamwork and how they brought down the mutated zombie.
But not too long after that he could see through his senses that are supported with mana that the zombie started to gather his simplified mana for what Astrick assumed a last charge.
'Now..!'
Astrick instantly took the chance as he jumped towards the back of the fat zombie as he unlocked his sword from its scabbard as he made a quick oblique cut aiming to cut through the zombie's neck.
At that point the five realized that the zombie was still not dead and that it was aiming towards one of their teammates, which surprisingly happened to be the one who gave it the final attack, which was the boy with the axes..
Seeing the giant hand getting closer and closer to him, the boy felt all the energy and power leaving his body as his legs were unable to hold him no more causing him to fall on his back...
'Is this how it ends..? no! no, I don't wanna die yet, not like this, not like this...' the boy thought as he was looking at the upcoming punch with fear apparent in his eyes as a tear started dripping down his eye slowly without his knowledge as he closed his eyes out of fear...
But even after a few seconds the pain he expected never came, opening his eyes slowly he was able to see the Zombie's gigantic hand one hair away from turning his head into a complete bloody mess...
The boy's mind stopped for a few seconds unable to process what's happening as it was hit by many different emotions in a short amount of time.
He was happy for killing the Zombie but then was surprised for the fact it was still alive and felt fear and sadness from facing death as well as regret for all the things he was unable to do yet... but then he was somehow still alive making him confused to the point where his mind just gave up on trying to understand the situation.
After a few seconds of looking into plain air he heard a young voice coming from the zombie's direction, looking towards the source of the sound, the boy was surprised to see a young kid that doesn't seem to be older than 14 years standing on the zombie's body while covered in its blood and holding the sword that cut the Zombie's neck making the boy doubt if his eyes are playing tricks on him...
But even after rubbing his eyes to make sure he's seeing right the kid was still there, and though it was a 14 years old kid, the axes boy was so astonished by his beauty and the charm this kid had as he was sure when this kid gets older will become even more charming and women's saliva will be dripping after seeing him..
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Seeing the axes boy stare at him again ignoring what he just said, Astrick felt sort of angry as he repeated what he had just said in an annoyed tone,
"What the hell are you staring at like an idiot...?"
Hearing Astrick's words got him out of whatever weird thoughts he had as he finally realized how rude his actions were....
"Ah, excuse me, i was just astonished to see someone your age here... thank you for saving my life...?"
The axes boy said the last sentence in an not-so-sure type of tone that made Astrick's eyebrows furrow in anger ...
"Tsk, you're welcome, if it wasn't for me this Zombie would've crushed your head"
Usually Astrick wouldn't react that much even if someone insulted him for hours, but for some reason whenever this axes boy talks Astrick suddenly has the urge to cut through his head...
"Hah..? you little brat... who in the hell do you think you are..? you think you're so great just because you killed that fat ass zombie..? well guess what..? it was already injured pretty bad, you only got the final hit on it... so don't feel too good about yourself.."
The axes boy said in one breath as he had an angry look on his face, he was just thanking this little brat for saving his life but then he started talking to him in that insulting tone like he was some sort of an insect out of nowhere...
'Even if he saved his life, it doesn't mean he's better than him' that was the boy's thought as he started barking his insults at Astrick, which of course Astrick didn't take in and the two started throwing insults back and forth at each other...
Meanwhile the rest of the group was looking at all this with strange looks on their faces as they could see sparks fly between the two boys' eyes...
After a while when the rounds of insults seemed to not go anywhere the middle aged man with the blue hair decided to step in and stop this nonsense...
"Mhm, why don't you guys both chill... and Mark, don't forget this boy just saved your life and maybe even ours, you should apologize now..."
The middle aged man spoke in a tone that doesn't accept rejection as he started to turn his head towards Astrick....
"I'm sorry for our teammate's rude behavior, he's just an over reactive type of person, my name is Karl, I'm a former soldier in the military, I'd like to thank for saving our Mark's life..."
Karl started to introduce himself but Astrick didn't listen to the rest of the sentence after hearing a certain word.
"Military..? you said you were in the military...?"
Karl didn't seem to be annoyed by the fact that Astrick just cut him off as he had already expected this reaction, with the same quiet voice he used this entire conversation he answered...
"Yes, your presumption is correct, we're from a base that the military created to hold and protect the survivors of this zombie apocalypse, and I'm wondering if you would like to join us...."
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