Chapter: 98
A car sailed through the air toward me, propelled by the green monstrosity roaring at Sif and me from below.
I quickly evaded the oncoming vehicle just as it collided with the roof we stood upon, causing the upper part of the building to erupt in a cloud of debris and drywall.
Sif and I gracefully touched down on the adjacent building. We observed together as the building we had just vacated began to crumble before us. As it turns out, a car hurtling at hundreds of miles an hour into a building proved detrimental to its foundations.
"Roooooooaaaar!"
The Zombie Hulk unleashed another deafening roar at us. His undead eyes were filled with rage and intelligence. Actually, that was the same for The Zombie Punisher as well. You wouldn't have expected the average zombie to still know how to use weapons after all.
"Layla! What in the nine hells is that green beast? And where are we?" Sif asked with some trepidation in her voice. I'm sure a regular Hulk would be an intimidating sight, let alone this one whose muscles were showing underneath rotting green flesh.
"That's the Hulk. Earth's 'strongest' champion… Well, he was. We're apparently in an alternate universe where a virus has turned the entire world into a zombie hellscape. There's probably not a lot of living people left, as we saw from that poor guy's half-eaten corpse earlier."
The zombie Hulk started advancing towards our building slowly. I didn't think it was going to just let us go. "I think we're going to have to kill this thing, Sif, and we'll have to do it quickly before any more like him show up," I said as I conjured a [Lightspear] in my hand and supercharged it with extra light energy. I grimaced as I felt my already low amount of MP dip further. The more I used my MP, the longer we'd be stuck in this universe.
"Fine then. We shall kill this Draugr champion and leave this wretched place post haste! Raaaaah!" Sif bellowed with a resounding war cry, leaping off the rooftop towards the Hulk. Sword first, she aimed to impale him from above. The Hulk, however, thwarted her attempt by swiftly reaching both arms backward before rocketing them forward, clapping them together with incredible force.
The shockwave from his super-powered clap slammed into Sif, sending the goddess flying backward into a nearby building. The brick and mortar crumbled quickly as she crashed through the walls.
"And that's why you don't charge an opponent much stronger than you from the front... Sif basically did the same against Grayfia as well. She needs to work on her tactics."
I sent my overcharged [Lightspear] toward the Hulk's head while he was occupied by the destruction he had just caused. He must have heard it whistling through the air, as right before it made contact, he ducked his head to the side. My spear mostly missed him, but I could still see a slight burn mark on his rotted cheek.
That was a good sign.
Undead were supposed to be weak against holy magic, right? I spent some more precious MP and conjured another spear that was just as potent. The Hulk now had all his attention on me.
That was good because Sif burst out of the rubble behind him. Her skin glowed orange, healing her injuries as she charged forward again. I flapped my wings hard, rocketing towards the Hulk from the other side.
The Hulk jumped over 100 feet in the air to escape our simultaneous attacks. Sif slammed her feet into the ground, and I spread my wings wide. We both stopped short to avoid crashing into each other. I heard some noise above us, and my eyes widened as the Hulk was falling back down right on top of us!
"Move!" I shouted.
Sif and I dove out of the way before the green zombie landed and pulverized the concrete below. It didn't give us a moment of reprieve before it lashed out again towards Sif. She threw her sword up in front of herself to block a powerful kick. I could hear the sound of metal straining before a loud snap! Sif's sword shattered, and she was sent flying a few blocks towards the nearby hordes of zombies.
The Hulk then spun around and tried to throw a punch at me. I met it head-on with my [Lightspear]! His rotten fist collided with my spear in a powerful clash, generating shockwaves all around us. I immediately felt my enhanced strength give way to his own, but I could also hear and see his hand sizzling where my spear made contact.
I could hear sounds of fighting in the distance. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a couple of regular zombies launched into the air. It seemed like Sif was fighting her way out of the massive horde the Hulk had sent her crashing into, but without her sword, it would take her longer.
That meant I'd be taking on the Hulk myself for now.
[Instant Quest Initiated!]
Kill or escape from the Zombie Hulk!
Reward - Level up for escaping and the Hulk Serum Formula for slaying the Hulk!
I had to quickly dismiss the prompt to dodge the Hulk trying to tackle me. His large frame attempted to grab me when I stabbed him right in the torso with my spear. There was more sizzling as it pierced all the way through and out his back!
Unfortunately for me, he didn't seem to even notice what should have been excruciating pain!
[zombies don't feel pain…]
"Dammit!" Was all I could shout before he grabbed me and slammed me hard into the ground. I felt the air immediately leave me with that one!
-500 HP!
And then he did it again and again. Before rapidly spinning me around and throwing me away!
-1000 HP
-700 HP!
I felt my body crash through a couple of buildings in a row before I finally came to a stop.
"…fucking ouch."
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