
About three to four hours after the fight.
"How are you feeling, Darin?"
Looking at Darin's figure, Ark asked casually.
"Excellent, Chief. My left hand has also healed completely. It doesn't matter at all if it's used for fighting."
Darin relaxes the muscles of his body. He feels amazing. Never felt this comfortable since apocalypse happened.
"So, what abilities do you have?"
"That's ..." Darin stroked his chin. "Not so great. I feel like I can increase the attack power, just like when absorbing the Miracle Root from the red zombies. But it seems that the power and impact are stronger. Besides ... climbing talent?"
"???"
The three girls stared at Darin with puzzled expressions on their faces.
"Please don't look at me that way. Not unique things like body hardening, camouflage, or toxins. But this is the skill I got."
After saying that, Darin ran towards one of the buildings. Then he jumped. The jump was quite high, but that was not the case.
The young man easily grabbed the part of the window, climbed up, jumped up, then grabbed another window. Climbing fast and agile. There was no elegant style like a ninja or a parkour expert, but he was very fast. His movements are also very natural.
In an instant, Darin had ascended to the fourth floor!
"You don't have to climb to the top of the building to prove it, Darin. Downhill!" ark said in an indifferent tone.
Hearing Ark's command, Darin descended and walked back towards them.
"Truly looks like Kera~" Lisa chuckles.
"..."
Darin. The corner of his lips twitched. The young man was actually a bit angry, but could not deny it at all.
"Indeed seems rude and careless, but this skill is actually very useful.
Just imagine you are being chased by a thousand zombies and there are many special types among them. Rather than running straight, climbing quickly and jumping from one building to another is more effective. They could have cheated and left them.
Easy enough to use to escape from all sorts of dangers."
Hearing Ark's words, Darin who initially felt somewhat embarrassed and angry instead became satisfied. He felt that what his boss said was right. Not so pretty, but very useful!
Lisa who saw the relieved and satisfied expression on Darin's face could only frown. Among the people who left this time, only he was still at the first level. This makes Lisa uncomfortable, even quite jealous.
Ignoring Lisa's disappointed expression, Ark said again.
"I guess, your abilities aren't just those two."
"What do you mean, Chief? I don't feel like there's any other change. Could you be wrong?" Darin looked confused.
Just then, Ark's figure approached Darin. When the young man was unprepared, he suddenly pulled the dagger quickly and instantly slashed at Darin's neck.
Sensing the crisis of death, Darin subconsciously dodged. Yep. In the blink of an eye, he was able to dodge the surprise attack from the Ark.
"This ..."
Darin's eyes widened, seemingly in disbelief that he had managed to dodge the sudden attack from the Ark.
"reflex ability. The reflexes you have now are better than ever before. Almost arguably a super reflex."
Another skill that was not so noticeable, but everyone in the group knew how valuable the skill was. Especially for those who fight often. Suitable for survival in this chaotic world!
"Since you've rested, let's continue the journey immediately. We'll get to the city park at night, maybe late enough.
So after arriving, we will sleep and recover the energy overnight. Go inside the city park to hunt in the morning."
"Good, Chief!" answer them in unison.
Ark and his colleagues continued their journey to the city park.
***
The next afternoon.
Swooshes! Swooshes! Swooshes!
If noticed, what was chasing Ark was a spider. A spider with a large body size is black and red. What was even more terrifying was that the spider's legs that had a length did not match his body, roughly two and a half meters!
Just then, Ark suddenly turned around. There were ten thumb-sized pebbles on his right hand. The young man immediately made a move like he was throwing a baseball.
Swooshes! Swooshes! Swooshes!
The pebbles darted fast like bullets that tore through the air. Directly targeting the right part of the giant spider's head. The spider that rushed forward reflexively dodged, jumping onto the tree that was on the left side.
"NOW!"
Hearing Ark's words, Darin's figure hiding in the tree immediately jumped towards the giant spider while slamming his spear with all his might.
Swooshes! Cracks!
A cracking sound emerged as the four legs on the left of the spider bent in a strange manner. But just then, Darin's expression changed.
The giant spider managed to dodge the fatal attack that was supposed to cut off all four of its legs. Turning his body before falling, a right leg as sharp as a spear instantly shot towards Darin.
Darin tried to dodge, but the difficulty was due to being in the air.
JLB!
One leg scratched the cheek, one leg pierced the left shoulder, and two legs pierced Darin's abdomen.
BRUK!!!
Both fell to the ground hard. Just then, Ark's voice came back.
"NATASHA!"
The figure of Natasha who was surrounded by a reddish mist emerged from the bush. Directly rushed to where the giant spider fell.
Not only him, Ark also instantly rushed forward as all slightly deviated from the plan.
Just as the giant spider was about to rise, the figures of Ark and Natasha appeared on its right and left sides. Slashing right on unprotected leg vertebrae hard exo-skeleton.
SLASH!!!
Eight legs were neatly cut, making the giant spider make a shrill sound that hurt the ears.
Seeing that they finally managed to take down the giant spider, Ark seemed quite relieved.
Because the enemy was troublesome, they used the tactic of provocation and injuring it bit by bit.
Lisa provokes, after which Stacy appears and attacks. When injured, the giant spider will chase after Stacy. After a while, Ark appeared and made the wound even more fatal. Then the young man led him to Darin's position and Natasha waited.
Conquer the creature together!
Ark looked towards the giant spider with no legs. The cut marks on his eight legs healed quickly. Not only was the foot scar cut, but the slash wound from Stacy or the stone throw from the Ark on his body had also healed. Fortunately, despite healing quickly, the creature could not easily grow its legs.
Ark stood in front of the giant spider. The creature had eight large eyes, looking quite terrifying.
The young man felt that the eight giant spider eyes were staring at him fearfully and hatefully. More expressive, even a little human. It made Ark secretly think.
'Is what I did right? Is killing these creatures spelled out the truth?
Before apocalypse, humans were at the top of the food chain. They kill many animals including insects because they consider them pests. Kill to take feathers, leather, fangs, ivory, horns, and others.
Then when the apocalypse arrived, the beasts retaliated and slaughtered the humans. Is the beast wrong?
Which is right? Where's the wrong one?"
Ark stared at the figure of the giant spider with a blank expression. He held the sword hilt with both hands upside down then raised it up high.
'It's no longer about what's wrong and what's right.'
The sharp sword instantly pierced the head of the giant spider and ended its life. Green blood splashed onto Ark's face. The young man looked down in silence.
'To live.'
'That kind of simple excuse is enough to keep me moving forward.'
>> Connect.