The next day, when lily woke up, she tried to swing her hand to find her mobile phone. But it wasn't there with her.
Slowly, when the grogginess faded from her eyes, and when she remembered that her life had changed forever, tears started coming out of her eyes upon realizing the fact that she now has to liv a life of killing, endless killing.
"I must stay calm." Lily tried to calm her mind by meditating.
The same was happening with Vicky. But the change was that Vicky wasn't completely hopeless like lily. He was able to see the far future of staying with jin. He had realised the fact that staying with jin is his and lily's destiny. They must follow it no matter what.
Vicky got up from his bed and walked out from his room. It was still around 4 am. He realized that everyone was still sleeping and hadn't woken up yet.
"So, I am awake earlier. What should I do now? Maybe I should try something new which may be will help me during this apocalypse.
There was a small training yard in the university for the students to practice and improve their veppens mastery skills. When Vicky got there, he was surprised to see jin and Hardik already practising their swordsmanship skill.
Vicky saw that jin swung his sword made out of wood towards Hardik which was successfully parried
by Hardik's own sword.
"Simple training is the essence of combat. Always remember this. You can't be a winner without being a loser first. In order to train your swordsmanship, you should start from the beginning." Jin instructed and started his harsh training again.
Poor Hardik was crying! "Please master, isn't this enough already? How much are you going to torcher me?" but his prayers were not answered because jins training was getting much harsher and harsher by the second because jin was putting a lot of pressure on Hardik. But he was being careful not to damage his body in any way.
As Vicky watched, his mind was filled with a strange calmness. He had never experienced anything like this before.
Their training got even harder as it included Hardik to climb on a tree and then using a chain to control his sword to attack from a distance.
Jin got up on a tree and used his blood manipulation to condense some blood which was in his bag in a sword. Then he swung it around and to Vicky's shock, the sword enlarged and was now able to attack from that distance as easily as it would if swung on ground.
Suddenly, Vicky turned towards his back and looked at the figure who was approaching them. It was
lily
her eyes were no longer groggy like before. She had also changed her dress, instead of a whitish night gown, she was now in a red dress of some sort which was traditional among the vampires.
Jin and Hardik who were training stopped and Hardik looked at lily, full of gratitude for Cumming here and stopping his master's harsh training.
Jin walked forward towards lily and asked, "why are you up so early?" and turning to Vicky, he asked, "what about you Vicky?"
"I just woke up and thaught to do something useful which will may be help me in the up-coming war with the zombies". Vicky said.
By now, it was no strange fact that there would be a war with the zombies. Every survivor had been already told that the higherups [Jin and the other powerful people] are going to attack and kill the zombies in a bloody war.
"Ok and what about you, lily?" jin asked.
"It is much the same. The only difference is that I am not here for any practice, but only to calm my mind." She replied.
They all chatted for a while before jin got up and said, "I am getting very hungry. I have thaught to make some food myself today. Do you guys want to eat some?" he asked politely.
They all agreed before jin could even think of another word to convince them to eat his food.
"But there is a small problem in you cooking food." Lily interrupted.
"What is the problem?" everyone asked in one.
"The problem is that you are the strongest person among us all. You also have to bring blood for the kids here." Lily replied.
"Blood, why do we need blood? Didn't we have enough already?" jin asked. He had examined the base supplies when he got up. And he found out that they had enough blood from the 2-meter beetle and the mutated dog which could laste up to a weak.
"I am not talking about the blood present in our storage at the moment. I am talking about the blood with low density which kids need to drink" lily explained.
The blood jin and the other adult vampires drank had high density elements in it. A kid's body was very soft from the inside. There is special blood in the vampire realm for the kids. The blood has lower density in it.
"So, is it important for me to go, can't any of you go there?" jin asked.
"No, we won't! you're the strongest among us present. We don't want to encounter a deadly creature in the way which could take our lives." Lily said.
Can't it take my life also? Jin thaught in his mind but he did not say it out loud because he also knew the fact that he was the strongest out of all of the people present and he did not want any of them to risk their lives.
*sigh* "ok I will go after 8:00am." Jin said.
"Anyway, why are you so obsessed with your cooking? Were you a great Sheff before?" Vicky asked jin.
"Haha noap' I wasn't a great Sheff or anything of the sort. But I have cooked some meals before at my home and just wanted to try it on you people." Jin said while laughing.
It was 6:00am. everyone was sitting around a small table which could host up to 10 people if not forced. Vicky, lily, jin and Hardik were sitting at the table together and were eating the meat of a mutated dog which jin had hunted a day ago.
Jin asked while eating. "Did all the survivors got their meals?"
"Everyone has gotten their meals. Now we can eat. I was so hungry from all the training anyway." Hardik replied. he had served the food himself to all the survivors in the base on jins order.
"Wait! What is this, why am I receiving stats from the food I am eating?" Lily exclaimed in surprise.
Ye'p, I have also noticed this fact, Vicky said.
Author note: hey guys, isn't this Vicky too silent in the novel? I think that he doesn't want to speak to anyone if not necessary.
I don't know why this food is giving us stats. But I do know that this is very beneficial for us at the moment, and we should also try to give this food to everyone, if possible, it will help us to build a stronger military force. Jin told everyone.
Everyone agreed with jins thoughts. When everyone finished their food, it was around 6:30am. It was now the time to speak to the survivors.
Jin called everyone to the stage of the university. Stage was the place where the programs and competitions of the university were held. A Croud of around 500 men/woman gathered slowly at the place. Soon, the place erupted in chatter of all kinds. some were talking about why jin had called them. and some were chattering how helpful the base was for them.
"Silence everyone!" a voice reached everyone's ears.
The voice wasn't loud much, but it had the trait of reaching far towards the back of the Throng.
Note: hey guys, I am not only a writer. I am also a reader as well. And I have learned from some novels which I had red about some people's voices being like what is mentioned above. I don't know if that is true or not. But if it is true, can you guys mention it in the comment section? Thanks.
"You have been gathered here for some things which you need to know and follow." Jin said.
Everyone listened in silence. Jin continued speaking, "you must all know, we have saved you from the mouth of the Apocalypse. But we are only three people in total. We can protect you now because the creatures are week. But can we be able to protect you in the future? So, you all must help us to fight the apocalypse. I want supporters. I want you people to fight for your own survival. if you want to liv in this base, then you must learn to protect yourself from the zombies. I am not telling everyone to fight. I am telling you to do some work. It is fine if you pick up bags of food for us. Those who are intrusted to fight with the zombies can come now!" jin ordered.
For some seconds, nothing happened. Jin waited in silence, but he had already thaught of what to do with the survivors who won't agree or will try to revolt. He was prepared this time.
There were only two things in his mind regarding the survivors. It is either do or either die. It is your choice to choose between them.
Anyone didn't come out even after waiting for 30 seconds. Jin was getting hopeless now. He was ready to strike at any moment.
"I will fight for this base! I will defend my fellow survivors!" a voice of someone with a minimum age of 18-20 reached out to everyone's ears.
Chapter end.