Various viewpoints

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Donald was silently walking down the streets together with his four companions. They all hold a long pipe with a strange box on one end. While they were walking down the street they were disturbed when suddenly a second phase beast appeared from behind a corner.

The group was stunned for a second before they all aimed the pipes at the beast, "whoosh whoosh" the sound of air being pierced by a fast-moving object resounded through the street.

The second phase beast was startled and painfully howled, shallow holes started to appear all over its body, annoyed the beasts threw itself at the nearest human, biting the human´s neck. "URHGR-", blood poured from the men´s throat, there was no hope for him.

Donald "IT DOESN'T WORK, CHANGE THE MODE!" Everyone from the group started to manipulate with the box on the end of the pipe, they screamed, cried as they tried to make the weapons work.

The men opposite Donald was hitting the box while snot and tears were pouring down his cheeks "shit SHIT SHI-" the box that the men were hitting exploded in a small explosion, shrapnel spread around and Donald could see as the men looked down at his open stomach and then fell on the ground.

With an even bigger sense of urgency, Donald operated the box and finally, he switched to the second mode of his mana rifle, aiming and firing just in time before the beast could jump on another man from Donald´s group.

With huge "WHOOSH" deep hole appeared on the beast, the beast was even thrown back a bit and with the bit of time they got, the group managed to switch to the second mode.

Bullets made of fire and electricity hit the beast and a painful howl could be heard, before the beasts managed to do anything Donald jumped before it, and with his heart wildly beating he put his pipe-rifle to the beast´s head, pulling the "trigger".

A hole appeared on the beast´s head and its limbs twitched in the few last spasms, seeing that the beast is dead Donald fell on his butt, heavily breathing.

Donald "th-the- there wasn't supposed to be beast this strong… SHIT!", they went on the routine lookout around the city in an area that was supposed to be already cleared, the beast must have somehow lost its way and that´s why it was here.

At least 3 out of 5 made it, looking at the weapon Donald couldn't help but wonder to himself ´without these we would be dead meat, it was a good thing I joined the mega heads…´

Unlike the demons and angels, the mega heads were a neutral faction. The mega heads even though selfish and completely absorbed in their research are the best option, at least in Donald's eyes, with them there is hope for the civilization to return to its tracks.

With them, the technology was slowly returning.

***

Mason was jumping from the mind of one undeath to another, it was several months since he became hive mind and he already got quite used to it. In fact, he had no problems with it other than the initial shock.

After the initial shock, Mason started to enjoy himself, regaining his senses and clarity of mind Mason started to lead the undead, preventing them from starving and absorbing each other's death energy.

With nothing but time on his hands Mason experimented and learned many things about himself, he learned how to spread the undead taint to land, learned how to control several undeath at once and how to mark them so that he can find them easily in the collective consciousness.

And slowly Mason even learned how to increase his power, having the undeath bring him the live sacrifice in form of animals, beasts, angels, demons, and of course humans. Killing them and absorbing the life force that left them as they died Mason increased his influence, and with the dead bodies, he increased his army.

Well, army… most of the undeath were useless zombies which anyone could deal with but just like Mason himself, there were unique cases.

Giant zombies made from piles of dead bodies, zombie beasts, and more. From what Mason saw the beasts changed or evolved after consuming life force or the death energy from other undeath and once they consumed a certain amount, they evolved to higher rank undeath, regaining bits of theirs senses and personalities.

Once evolved Mason can´t control those undeath but he can still talk to them and with their low intellect they mostly listen to him.

Hopefully, some of the undeath regain enough of their clarity to talk back because Mason is starting to get a bit lonely after not talking to anyone for several months.

***

Jacob looked at the forced workers which were making the wall around the field, some were hauling bricks and stones from the city that was just right next.

Some men he didn't remember my name came to him and asked "boss, we are lacking cement" Jacob looked in his notes and spoke "go to the construction shop, there should be some left" the lack of building materials is starting to become a problem. There are already people assigned on it but still… it will take some time before the production of cement, paper, and other necessities start to kick in.

Still, with good feeling Jacob checked the plans, as a citizen he enjoyed the privileges of not being required to do hard labor, with his qualifications he was assigned as a construction foreman, it was quite the promotion even though he was team leader before.

Truth be told Jacob was happy working under the demon, the demon saved his life, gave him a roof above his head, and much more. And most importantly Jacob got the biggest satisfaction of his life while working for the demon.

And that satisfaction was seeing his ex-boss work under him, hauling bricks. Remembering the wrongdoings his ex-boss did to him Jacob did things he would have never done before.

Seeing his ex-boss slacking Jacob began to scold him, remembering it Jacob could help but smile. His ex-boss didn't take shit from him and responded but that was the one thing he shouldn't do, Jacob will forever remember how the goblins whipped his ex-boss, it was the second most satisfying thing ever just behind how the ex-bosses complaints got ignored by the upper echelons.

At that moment Jacob finally understood, power is everything, and he will do anything to please the demon so that he can in exchange get stronger.