Apocalypse After

Land of Death

Meanwhile, at Shelter 11.

Melissa came out of her room with a suitcase and a big box. His expression looked solemn, in contrast to his usual calm and friendly face.

The woman went down the stairs. Arriving at the first floor, he saw some people who were also preparing. They are all his subordinates. Just like her, those people also had serious expressions on their faces.

“Is everything prepared?” ask Melissa.

“Report Miss, everything has been prepared!” answer them while paying respect.

Unlike the free hunters, they all wore uniforms. To be more precise, the uniforms of the guards were assimilating with the Blood Cross.

Yep. Those people were not the free hunters Melissa had gathered before. They were low-class guards assigned by his mother to be his subordinates.

As for the previous free hunters, most of them decided to retire. It seemed that the previous battle and the subsequent wave of ferocious beasts made them receive a hard blow both in physical and mental terms.

Of course there are some exceptions, for example Claude.

“Good. Then everyone get ready soon. We'll be leaving soon,” said Melissa.

“YA!” answer them in unison.

After saying that, Melissa walked out of the house. There he was immediately greeted by the sight of dozens of people who were tidying up their luggage. But his gaze went straight to one of the people.

At the place Melissa looked, it looked as though Claude and his three comrades from Shelter 101. It seemed that they were discussing something with some soldiers.

Sensing Melissa's gaze, Claude who was talking to some people immediately turned his head. Seeing Melissa watching him, the man smiled confidently.

“Preparation has been completed. We can leave anytime, Miss Melissa!” said it.

Hearing Claude's words, Melissa also smiled. He nodded with a stern look in his eyes.

“Good. Then we'll be leaving soon!”

***

Meanwhile, at the place where Alexander and his comrades were.

“It's all ... people killed in this winter?”

Alexander muttered with a look of disbelief on his face. In front of his eyes, there were piles of human corpses. Not just one or two, but hundreds.

The bodies were scattered under the cliff. Of the clothes worn, most of them were refugees. However, there was one thing that made Alexander even more curious.

‘Why can their bodies be here?’

If it was a normal fight, they would definitely not be under such an abyss. Not to mention, their bodies were not eaten by beasts. So, most likely what killed them all was not a wave of ferocious beasts.

‘Kill themselves? Nah! They shouldn't have killed themselves.’

Alexander walked towards where the bodies were. He then knelt down and checked the condition of the corpse. Ignoring a portion of the body that was turning blue and pale from being frozen, the young man focused on several traits of their death.

“Bone fractures, shocks to organs, and from their expression ...” Alexander frowned. “Panic? Scared?”

Although everything had become corpses, Alexander saw traces of fear left over from their expressions. It could not help but make him look towards the cliff in front of him.

1004 Shelter.

Unlike the other low-level shelters, the location of the shelter was very strategic because it was in a cave. The cave itself is quite closed and is in a cliff area that is quite high. Plus there were no good resources around, the place was not at all targeted by flying monsters looking for a nest to live in.

Looking around, there were rivers and trees. Only, the trees were quite rare and the river was not too big. So the mutated insects also seem to be absent here as the environment is considered less suitable.

“Making people afraid to lose their minds and run out until they forget that outside the cave is a cliff? Fall and die from a broken bone, or be frozen to death?”

Alexander stared at the mouth of the cave which was at a height of nearly fifty meters, then his eyes narrowed.

“Attracting.”

Alexander got up, then glanced towards the five women who were rushing towards him. Just then, the approaching Aurora asked him.

“Do you know what happened here, Al?”

“Should these men be feared so escape and fall from the mouth of the cave,” replied Alexander flatly.

“Jumping off a cliff out of fear? Are you kidding me?” ask Aurora wonder. But when he looked at Alexander and saw his expression, he knew that the man was not joking at all.

Alexander did not care at all what the five women were thinking. He immediately expressed his opinion.

“Seeing like this, even fools would know that there was a problem with Shelter 1004. Do not know the level of risk big or small, which must be there is danger in that place.

I want to check it with my own eyes. Besides, we've traveled a long way. Although we can go straight to Shelter 1, but I am still reluctant. I have a feeling that there might be something useful for me in that place.

Besides, I suggest you wait here. If there is any abnormality, you can retreat as soon as possible.”

Hearing Alexander's remark, the five women looked unconvinced. Although they feel like helping, they also feel self-conscious. After training together with the man, they also picked up quite a lot of knowledge.

The geographical condition of Shelter 1004 was not at all favorable to the attacker. Not to mention the other four people, even Aurora who was a level 2 hunter felt that she would only become a burden if there were problems to arise.

Alexander himself had a trump card. If he could not fight the enemy, he could use telekinesis to surprise him and then retreat. Even if he jumped off a cliff, he could spread both of his wings and escape.

So, despite being reluctant, the five of them still nodded and obeyed Alexander's arrangements.

The man nodded with a serious expression on his face. He left the backpack to Aurora and went with the weapon and waist bag containing the recovery potion.

Two ink-sealed wings appeared behind Alexander's back. He then flew straight towards the mouth of the cave. Just approaching the mouth of the cave, a foul scent instantly invaded the man's sense of smell. Only, he also sniffed another scent.

To be sure, Alexander landed at the mouth of the cave. He retracted his wings then entered carefully.

When he entered the cave, two words immediately appeared in Alexander's mind.

‘Land of death.’

As far as the eye could see, Alexander could only see corpses. It seemed, without exception, all the inhabitants of this place had been annihilated. However, the strange scent that the man had sniffed before did indeed come from here.

The aroma is ... a burning smell mixed with a little bit of sulfur.

It was very strange because Shelter 1004 was not at all close to a volcano. So Alexander initially felt something was wrong with his sense of smell. But it turns out he was not wrong at all.

Having just entered the area of Shelter 1004, Alexander was stunned in place.

That time ...

The light of the flames lit up on the dark land of death, reflected clearly in the gaze.

>> Connect.