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Chapter 5 - Silent followers

[ You have gained the soul essence of a Zombie level 15. Stamina +8 Strength +6 Vitality +5.]

[ You have leveled up to level 6....]

[ You have leveled up to level 7....]

[ You have leveled up to level 8....]

[ You have leveled up to level 9. You get 2 free stats points.]

Adrian felt warmth flow throughout his body. He felt his body become more powerful than before in a matter of seconds. 

'STATUS '. He called up his status window. 

[ Name: Adrian Turin 

Level: 9

Race: Human

Subrace: Lesser demon chimera

Class: None

Title: None

Vitality: 21/ Mana: 192/ Strength: 27/ Agility: 18/ Stamina: 27/ Intelligence: 151

Free stat points: 18

Skills:

Glutton (unique skill)

Ultimate chimera (unique skill)

Demon chimera physique

Morph (unranked skill) ]

Adrian took a moment to rest, at the same time he decided to check out his status and couldn't help but smile. Recalling the zombie now laying beneath him, the smile disappeared recalling the strength displayed by the zombie.

_ This daddy almost kicked the bucket this time! I may not be taking this seriously. If I go out and meet an opponent as this zombie, I'll be done for. It's decided!_

He stored the zombie, thinking of his next course of action. 

_ Right, I still have those zombies I killed earlier._

' Absorb ' He devoured all the zombie corpses he had stored, together with the one he just stored made up a total of forty zombies. 

[ Vitality +10 Strength +15 Agility +8 Stamina + 15 ]

Adrian felt a great flow of warmth wash over his body. His bones made popping sounds when he clenched his fist. Adrian may not have noticed, but his height increased by one centimeter and his muscles tightened around his body. His face also became more chiseled.

' Status' 

[ Name: Adrian Turin 

Level: 9

Race: Human

Subrace: Lesser demon chimera

Class: None

Title: None

Vitality: 31/ Mana: 192/ Strength: 42/ Agility: 26/ Stamina: 42/ Intelligence: 151

Free stat points: 18

Skills:

Glutton (unique skill)

Ultimate chimera (unique skill)

Demon chimera physique

Morph (unranked skill) ]

"... Now with this power, I feel safer... Now then... It's time I move out of this place..." Adrian stood up and walked to the exit.

Outside, students were rushing in a disorderly manner being chased by zombies, oversized insects and terrifying beasts.

Right now, it looked like hell had descended on campus. 

This terrifying creatures were also killing each other. The defeated becoming nothing but sources of power for the victors to grow stronger. 

Many students were bleeding screaming and crying constantly asking for help, it was utter chaos.

Adrian wasn't a social person, he didn't have many friends and he was mostly indifferent to other people. But seeing his kind being slaughtered wasn't at all pleasing to the eye. 

With his 151 Intelligence stat, he understood that the laws that governed beforehand had collapsed, the food chain had been turned upside down and humans had turned from predator to prey. Humans kill pigs, cows, goats and sheep and consume them.

" The world has changed, humans are no longer the only ones who hunt to survive. The new world order is either you're prey or predator. The sooner you accept this fact the better for you. " Adrian muttered these words directed at himself and proceeded to silently stand there watching the chaos ensue before his very eyes. It was not easy to change the mind of a person in a matter of minutes, however, he knew his number one priority was to survive. 

"If the mind doesn't accept reality easily, I'll force reality into the mind. "

A girl ran while a white cat almost the size of a cheetah chased after her at outrageous speed. In a matter of seconds, the white cat pounced on the girl throwing her to the ground. 

The girl's eyes flashed with terror as she saw the monster open it's jaws wide. Just then, a sharp flash flickered for a moment. 

The white cat's movements stopped completely and a second later its head detached from the body warm blood spreading on the ground. 

[ You have gained the soul essence of a mutated cat level 10. Agility +5 Stamina +5 ] 

The girl did not scream, she turned her head to see the back of the person who had just saved her life. She could hear him mutter to himself. 

"If the mind doesn't accept reality easily, I'll force reality into the mind. " She didn't even notice the corpse of her assailant disappear and without knowing, she started replaying those words from her saviour.

The person was naturally Adrian.

The girl, scared, quickly stood up and began to follow him knowing fully he was her only hope of living.

Adrian quickly moved to another target cutting it with his sword. Other students also noticed Adrian, and also followed in his footsteps without delay.

Adrian moved across campus killing monsters and storing them without delay while repeatedly muttering "If the mind doesn't accept reality easily, I'll force reality into the mind. "

Along the way, Adrian unintentionally saved the lives of more students who became loyal followers of his 'silent crusade'. Some were either being chased by animals or insects. 

A group of students ran while a group of zombies chased behind them. The didn't dare to look back and just concentrated on running with all their might. Just as they turned the corner, a shadow dashed past them. They turned their heads behind them only to see the sight that left their jaws drop.

There, there were several sword flashes and in just over ten seconds all zombies were decapitated.

" Strong!" One of the male students couldn't help but exclaim watching Adrian killing the zombies that had terrified them as if he was slaughtering chickens.

" Was there a student this strong in our university? Look at all the people following him!" Another student muttered watching Adrian's ' silent crusade ' following him.

After beheading the zombies, Adrian didn't even spare a glance at them and didn't store them either. He proceeded forward, for some reason he had encountered more zombies. He had killed about three mutated cats, two mutated dogs and over ten giant insects. As for the zombies, unless they were high level he didn't store them.

All those kills enabled him to level up to level 10. Thanks to his stamina being almost five times that of a normal person, he didn't feel exhausted that much.

The group of students following him stood behind him silently. They would stop a distance from Adrian when Adrian engaged an enemy, looking at the surroundings in fear of any surprise attacks. All in all they always kept a distance with Adrian and none ever muttered a word, fearing they might attract some monster.

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