HOTD part 19: Chaos.
Takagi mansion was in a peaceful time in these moments.
The weather started to change slightly with some clouds and winds appearing suddenly, and some black clouds on the horizon telling people that rain will fall after sometime today, but that didn't stop the survivors today.
Survivors doing their chores and helping the Takagi family workers in their works.It was a pretty normal morning in Takagi mansion except something that most people didn't notice about the mansion.
Most of the mansion guards disappeared from the mansion strangely without anybody noticing them because of the few guards that left to maintain order.
Some of the people noticed this strange event but they just ignore it while thinking maybe they went to gather supplies like always.
That was until some people noticed that Souichiro and his wife also disappeared with some people like their daughter and her friends.
But before the start of doubt and confusion, the survivors heard a loud voice coming from the main road of the mansion... the sound of an explosion.
The survivors stopped their work and looked over, although the sound was loud, but it seemed far, so even if the survivors start to feel uneasy they didn't freak out.
But little they knew this is just the start.
Before the survivors comprehend what is going on, another explosion sounded, and this time it was just near them in the front of the house, exactly at the road barrier.
The survivors watched the flames and the smoke rises from the barrier with shocked faces that turned into fear because they heard another voice. A voice they didn't want to hear ever again.
A zombie appeared from the flames and smoke while walking towards the house. But this wasn't the end.
More and more zombies started to appear after him while all of them were walking towards the mansion while forming in just a few seconds the most horrifying thing about the zombies... The hordes.
The survivors that woke up from the shock and realized what actually happening while watching the iron gate that was the only barrier between them and the zombies started to run while screaming before others woke up and did the same thing.
The zombies started to roar while walking faster towards the mansion when they heard the survivors scream.
The survivors ran away from their places, trying to find a way to escape from this horde of zombies in any way possible.
The chaos officially started in Takagi mansion and apparently will not end without a bloodshed
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Before the explosion occurred, there were three people next to the stone barrier in the road.
The three people seemed to prepare something while checking their surroundings.
There were two guards knocked out next to a forklift that was holding another stone barrier, they seemed to be trying to secure the road more, but they got knocked out by the trio.
"Everything is ready" John said while putting a round red object under the stone barrier.
"Yeah, everything is ready" Kevin said with an uncomfortable tone while putting a red ball under another stone barrier.
"..." Rebecca didn't say anything, but she still put her item under another stone barrier.
"I see... the school bus has just left, so we will back down a little, then hide and wait for the chaos to start" John smiled.
"The other team and that guy will have no other choice, but to take action when they see the explosion and the zombies" John said before standing up.
"Will those little things work anyway?" Kevin pointed at the red balls under the stone barriers.
"Of course it will work, I made it myself" John said with some pride in his tone.
John talent isn't something about combat or assistant, it something that totally focuses on creation and crafting.
Item manufacture is John's talent, although it's something that can appear in a couple of players with some change between them, but it's a very rare talent that got John a special place in the ascendant academy.
John's talent allows him to take primary material and craft a lot of different items with different properties according to the materials used and that is much cheaper than the game shop. This is why he kept using items during this mission.
Ascendant academy and some organization offered John a lot of benefits to make them some items, like allowing him to make and take some items from their material and other benefits.
"They seem to be small, but I made these from pure fire magic stones and that alone is enough to destroy these barriers directly" John said with confidence.
"...*sigh*... Your talent is so convenient unlike mine that needs a lot of preparation and conditions to control anybody's mind" Kevin said while moving away a little from the red balls.
"Every talent has their weakness and strength yours just hasn't been developed enough, and maybe some other skills will also help" John said with a smile.
"Are you sure from this John" Rebecca said after looking at John for a while.
"Yeah, this is the best we can do now" John said but Rebecca shook her head.
"I'm not feeling okay about this" Rebecca said while looking at the dark clouds that got closer.
"I know... Even myself, but this is our only way to win this" John said with a frown.
"No, I don't mean that" Rebecca said.
"What do you mean?... is it" John said before his expression turned serious.
"I don't feel okay about all of this, it's like something is about to happen" Rebecca said while John started to look around.
Rebecca talent is something that can protect her from danger or predict them as long as it's not something out from her talent rank.
"We need to go now! Kevin let's go" John said instantly because he knows Rebecca's talent and trust that instinct that gave her.
Kevin moved quickly towards John and Rebecca But before the trio take a step away from the barrier they heard a loud sound.
*BOOM*
The trio heard the sound of an explosion from the road front while seeing some smoke from the front.
John and his friends frozen for a second before they saw zombies started to gather in the road while some of them started moving towards them and the barrier.
"S**t... We need to run, NOW!!" John screamed at his two friends while running away from the barrier.
"What happen?" Kevin said while running with John.
"Our enemies that what happens" John said before running toward an alleyway in the road and hid behind a wall.
"What are we going to do" Rebecca said while watching the surroundings.
"I have no other choice... Now or never" John said while grabbing a red crystal from his space.
"Take cover..." John said before his two friends hid behind the wall.
"..." John saw his friends hide before breaking the crystal in his hands.
The moment John broke the crystal, all the red balls under the barrier lit with a red color and started expanding before they exploded.
*BOOM* *BOOM* BOOM*
All the barriers turned into a wreck the moment the balls exploded while the fire and smoke filled the place.
"...*cought*...*cought*... Did it work?" Kevin said while looking at the fire and smoke.
"Yeah, it worked" Rebecca said the moment she saw the zombies passing the flames and running towards the mansion.
"The chaos will start now" John said before he takes a deep breath.
"... Let's go back towards the mansion and prepare... this is our last chance we can't fail" John said while his two friends nodded.
John with Rebecca and Kevin started to run towards the mansion but before the leave the alleyway Rebecca pushed them back inside.
Gunshots were heard while the place that John and his team was now is filled with bullets holes.
"What!?" Kevin and John said in surprise while Rebecca stared at the front.
A man with a lot of swords and a knifes on his body and clothes was walking towards John and his team.
But was the most weird thing is the three machine guns floating around him while aiming at John and his team.
"You were able to dodge that?... That really impressive" the weapons gun smiled at John and his team that took a battle stance.
"But why are you leaving this early?... Can't you stay a little?" The weapons gun said before taking a rocket launcher from his space and aim at John's team with his machine guns.