Episode 24: Round Two
The sound of cutting and squirting filled the air. The fight had gone for a bit now and most of the zombies had already been slayed, this worked in Kilr's favour since he would need a bit of a distraction to take down the Gym Lord zombie and what says distraction better than a group confused teens fighting for their lives?
Kilr rose to his feet and alerted the two with him.
"It's time!"
His tone came out more forced than it should have been startling Duke and Chaz. "Why now?" Asked Duke who had been enjoying not being part of the fight.
Kilr pulled out his sword from the inventory and said.
"Because my time is counting down!"
He only had two hours to avenge his death and knew nothing about the reward of the penalty.
The gym lord zombies jumped into the midst of the other students and their body parts went flying in the air almost immediately. The once strong moral of the allied forces of the students started to crumble.
"Tsk!" Kilr hissed. This worked against his favour! He needed every on high spirit to beat the zombie.
The gym lord zombie grabbed a lady by the leg and raised her high in the air for them all to see. Her short skirt fell over to reveal her yellow poker dot panties. She wailed and summoned her wind magic which proved ineffective against the zombie.
Kilr broke off into a sprint and cursed. "S**t!"
What was Kilr's intention? To save this girl or to confront the zombie?
Before Kilr could reach there in time Narci did much to his surprise.
"That fool!" He muttered.
The girl wailed as she swung helplessly at the zombies mercy. Narci kicked off the ground and used Advanced Combat on the zombie but the zombie was much faster. Her sword cut through the air where the zombie once was.
"What's going on?"
A scream erupted from the group of students as three students heads vanish off their bodies sending red blood squirting in the air. It was in that moment that she realized it…
The Gym Lord was far stronger than anything they had faced.
It overwhelmed Narci with it's sheer force and threw a strong blow for her face. Seeing such a have obstacle before her again, Narci froze up on the spot.
"Why? Again it's like I'm stuck in mud!" She could see herself being devoured by quicksand. "Is this guilt? Or is it fear? Is this why Kilr left me?"
Kilr appeared before her like a phantom and blocked Gym Lord zombies punch with ease. A gust of wind escapes from their clash and shatters the sword with him.
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"K- Kilr?" Narci could not believe it. The fact that she had been saved by the number one slacker or the fact that she was happy to see him?
The gym zombie pulled back and chuckled.
Kilr knew immediately that his plan had just crumbled to bits.
"Narci? I see you've gotten stronger but I want you to run!"
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"You too! Duke! Chaz!" Kilr screamed. "Run!!"
Kilr's leg trembled beneath him.
"If I can't beat him… it's over!"
The gym lord threw his fist at Kilr who was still striken with fear and an explosion of wind sent everyone flying.
"KILR!!" Narci screamed with tears in her eyes.
Kilr blocked the hit with his arms in a guard position but not after suffering a major drawback.
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His forehead was coated in red blood, his eyes fluttered weakly as he looked up at the zombie and laughter.
There was that thrill again tingling his spine, the black thread appeared again telling him what to do.
"Tut!" He spat out. "Thanks for clearing my head! Now… round two!"
Kilr summoned Zombie Slayer sword, boosting his attack power by 50. The zombie gave a pleasing grin as it threw another blow for Kilr.
"When we last fought! I was s**t!" Kilr followed the string of black thread, the line between life and death! The line no one would choose to dare thread! "Allow me to repay the favour!!"
Swish! Slash! Splatter!
Kilr cut through the zombies body but it's hard skin made it hard to make a more lethal attack.
"S**t!" He cursed as the zombies backhanded him creating a huge ear deafening shockwave that shook the whole gym. Kilr blocked the hit with his sword dropping it's durability by 10% before being sent skidding back. "You are strong, but so am I?"
Kilr reeled himself back to reality and charged against his creaking bones and aching joints. He swerved sideways, avoiding the zombies huge fist that ruptured the ground. The other students were too striken with fear to make a move.
"ROOOOOOAAARRRR!!"
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Kilr felt a weight drop on his head and glanced around to see everyone rolling on the ground. It was hard to get his thoughts collected but something pulled him. A rotten stench leaving a trail of black, he followed it and jerked out of the way just before the gym lord smashed his head in.
Now close to his target he threw all his strength into the next hit like it would be his last.
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Kilr slashed the gym lord on at the back of the knee and it cut right through!
"Yes!"
He followed the black thread and activated blade fury once more this time.
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A high explosive force blew the zombies body to bits. Kilr felt to his knees unable to breath!
"Did I do it…?"
Kilr stared in disbelief at the next notification before him.
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"What the hell!!" Kilr screamed.
The gym lord chuckled as the pieces of his body reattached in a horrid fashion. Before the zombie could smash his face the most unexpected person jumped before him.
"Hey stop!!" Chaz screamed as he waved his hand frantically. "Get the f**k away from my senior!"
"W- what?" Kilr muttered. "How are you not affected by the pressure or is your intelligence higher than mine?"
Chaz did not move an inch and stood defensively before him. Kilr did not know how to feel since they were strangers but he bit his lower lip and said in a muffled voice.
"I hate heroes!!"