Moving through a free highway Astrick could be seen walking alongside five other people...
Surprisingly Astrick didn't have to do anything as the five were more than enough to eliminate any zombies or threats that come near by...
The five were Karl and his group, and Astrick's decided to leave with them to this military base Karl talked about.
But Astrick's decision wasn't made recklessly as he asked Karl before about as many things as Karl could possibly know about.
The amount of questions Astrick had asked even Karl and his group very suspicious about him.
Afterall they're in a zombie apocalypse, shouldn't every normal person be excited and happy to join another group of survivors?
But Astrick didn't care a single bit about their suspicions as he kept asking about everything he needed to know.
Eventually after many questions Astrick was satisfied and decided to leave with the five to see how this military base looks like.
And maybe see how safe it is and even use his mana pills there if it's safe enough.
While on their way to the military base Astrick felt two pairs of eyes piercing through his back, looking to see who's staring at him Astrick was met with four black eyes staring at him as if they were going to see his soul if they stare long enough...
Realizing that they were staring too hard the two turned their heads away in embarrassment as their faces were as red as a tomato...
Seeing the two's reaction Astrick just shook his head as he recalled the names of these two.
The two were called Andrew and Maya, from what Astrick got about them in their short time together, Andrew...which is the boy with the Excalibur looking sword was your typical introvert, he didn't talk much and was mostly minding his own business, which is one the best features someone could have in Astrick's eyes.
While Andrew seemed like the quiet type of person Maya... the girl with the katana, was the complete opposite, she had this aggressive extroverted personality with the people she's familiar with, while she adopts a cold one when she's with people she doesn't like or doesn't know...
Fun fact, Maya is actually a superhuman just like Patrick, after the apocalypse some people seemed to have awakened some sort of powers that unlike zombies used a sort of blue energy that had little to no similarities with mana...
Astrick still doesn't know what Maya's power was exactly but he was sure that it had something to do with healing, he came to that conclusion because her injuries after fighting the fat Zombie couldn't have been healed that quickly if this wasn't the case.
Another thing that Astrick learned from the five was that for some unknown reason this energy that superhumans use have also affected stuff like swords and other weapons as well as some types of wood and metal.
And surprisingly enough the group of Five's weapons were all affected by that blue energy making them much stronger than normal weapons.
This info made many things come clear to Astrick because he was wondering how this group of five was able to survive this long as he didn't feel like the blue energy made any of them a superhuman other than Maya, but apparently it wasn't the humans that were affected by it but their weapons...
The military still haven't found a pattern or a reason for how or why this energy is changing and strengthening all sorts of random things living or not, but they knew that it had something to do with the virus responsible the zombies as it seems that some zombies have got some abilities as well as a big boost in physical strength.
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Of course Astrick didn't give much attention to this informations because he didn't think that knowing how or why this apocalypse started will help him in anyway, at least it won't in the current times.
"We're here.." After an unknown amount of time and when Astrick was getting bored of not having to do anything the whole way, he heard Karl's excited voice as a giant wall appeared in the distance...
The wall had some parts that were made of what seemed to be red oak wood while other parts were made of steel and metal as well as some other materials...
Although the wall didn't have the best looks as it was built in a hurry, Astrick could tell it had the best usage of its materials and their features, and he was sure that no normal zombies can get through that wall making it a very safe place for normal survivors.
Getting near the wall Astrick finally realized how gigantic it is... As it wasn't just a normal wall but it could be compared to one of these big country borders.
When they reached the base's entrance Astrick saw a few armed soldiers get out, then Karl instantly stepped out and he was the only one who talked to them and probably gave them a report of what happened to them outside.
After a while they let them all in after examining if they've got any bites and then asking Astrick a few normal questions like were he came from and how he survived....
Of course all that Astrick said about this was that he was lucky and his family used to own some sort of dojo and he knew how to fight and use swords effectively.
After a few more questions and telling Astrick about the base's regulations they let them all into the base...
Going to the other side of the wall Astrick was astonished by the scene he was met with as he saw the organized way the survivors' residenceswas built in.
Unlike what a person would expect of a normal base in the end of the world, this base was completely clean and very well organized with even some wondering traders going around the streets , it somehow created an atmosphere like there weren't millions of zombies on the other side of that wall threatening to end the human race....
Astrick couldn't help but feel some admiration and respect for whoever was the leader of this base as he had done his job very well to create such a safe organized base.
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After a while the five lead Astrick to his new home as they each left to do their own work and get their things done.
While so Astrick was looking around his new house trying to find out if there are any cameras or tools used to spy on him.
Fortunately, there weren't any even after he flipped the entire furniture down looking everywhere a spying tool could be.
Glad that he found nothing Astrick finally went to his bed as he got something similar looking to a pill out of his pockets...
Looking at the red mana pill in his hand he took a deep breath then....
*Gulp
Swallowing the mana pill he finally started his breakthrough as he had one thought in his head.
'It's time to breakthrough the demonic rank...'
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