"Hercules, be careful with the unknown, it does not matter what it is, do not come near whatever happens, do you understand?"
"Woof."
"Good, walking."
He drove into the city. He remained vigilant of any enemy attack. A little carelessness and you were dead, it was that easy to die in these days.
They passed through several houses, buildings, establishments and places that were previously infested with people, but now, no one was wandering. Only corpses were seen everywhere, whether infected or people regardless of gender or age.
Henry tried not to make much noise, but it did not matter if he made noise or not, always the infected would be attracted to an uninfected person. Another reason was that his sense of smell intensified greatly.
He just pulled out his left arm and stabbed them with his hand when they were almost inside the car.
Hercules looking at his actions copied it in a certain way. He stood with his hind legs and easily towards the same as Henry, using the claws of his front legs stabbing the infected.
They did not seem scared at all, in fact, it seemed that they were only touring the city, looking from left to right, curious what was this or that. Fun to watch.
They arrived at a collapsed building, apparently there was an explosion inside the building. When Henry was going to pass by, he heard the cries of a baby.
"I should go or ..." With doubt he thought.
He knew perfectly well that in his previous life many people did this trick. Stealing the ignorant person like this.
But part of him prevented him from leaving.
"Damn Jade, why did you do that to me?" Unknowingly he got out of the car followed by hercules.
With each step he took, he wondered whether or not he should approach. But every time he came closer, the baby's cries were louder. He made Henry doubt whether it was real or false.
But in the end it ended up approaching.
He crouched down and effortlessly lifted the rubble.
What he found there aroused his doubts. He knew that he was deceived, he fell into the trap.
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Name: Henry (Mutant II-VII)
Level: 17
Leveling points: 18
Strength: 1.7
Resistance: 1.7
Agility: 1.7
Intelligence: 1.7
Good luck: 1.7
Charisma: 1.7
Essence: 3
Halo: 75
Skills: Absorption, transfer.
Hardness: 4.8
Speed: 4.8
Origin core: 75
Essence core origin: 1
"Yes, now I am a second-rate mutant and seven spheres, Hahaha!"
"Woof!"
"Hey, you also want to keep mutating? Hahaha, there's no problem, Hercules, come."
Hercules happily approached Henry and let him touch his head. The confidence he had in the human, not everyone would win.
He helped and protected her, gave her a home when it was difficult to find one, gave her food, gave her friendship and love. A human and an animal shared ties that in some families was not.
Name: Hercules
Age: 9 months
Mutant: I-7
Strength: 0.7
Resistance: 0.8
Agility: 0.8
Hardness: 0.8
Speed: 0.8
"Ready". He stroked hercules with happiness.
Although he lost the truck with all his supplies, he gained many halos and nuclei origin increasing by much his strength and survival rate.
"Anyway, we can go to a supermarket or stores to borrow more food and supplies, is not that right, Hercules?"
"Woof, woof!"
* Sigh * "Let's move on."
With the sun reflecting their bodies, both marched to the ends of the world, not knowing what awaited them beyond.