No chance to forfeit

After Cole finished acting like a brave man, he changed directions. He went back into his room and his. Both Jack and Sam had bizarre expressions, his acting was pretty good, they were about to crack a laugh.

"Lets just sit here until that monster leaves." Cole Said while acting like nothing happened, he didn't want to risk it just to show off.

But unfortunately he got an unexpected message.

[Event! Kill a mutant monster by daylight and receive hefty prices. Goodluck to all the surviving humans!]

The system popped a message to everyone's screens. Cole's eyes changed, but he still didn't have the will to kill that monster. "I think we should launch an attack, I have an idea." Sam suggested while doing a cheeky pose, his glasses glinted too.

Both Jack and Cole asked Sam about the plan, and they started discussing their tactics, a surprise is awaiting for that poor monster.

Everyone is outside, Sam went to bring something from the store, that means only Jack and Cole are left. They launched an attack from both sides at the same time. Their intention wasn't damaging the monster, but keeping it distracted until Sam comes.

They battled for long and Sam still wouldn't come, that monster wouldn't get damaged, his structure was like a big meat ball, but a shady one, since his existence is influenced by the dark abyss.

Mist essence is different from the dark abyss, there are many energy sources, mist essence is similar to mana, since there are abilities which require the use of mana.

Finally! Sam arrived with 3 buckets of feul. Jack noticed Sam first, then Cole saw him. The plan must commence now!

Sam went and ran inside the apartment building, he climbed up to the second floor and shouted, "Dodge guys now!"

Cole and Jack dodged quickly to escape from what the monster is about to be doomed for. A flame suddenly emerged! It was so huge that the monster started screaming, but his stamina was depleted from their previous attacks. The monster burned rapidly from the fat.

What Cole and everyone else saw freaked them out, the monster was burning and the flesh was melting, the scene was unsatisfying. Smoke erupted to the sky, it probably will alert other survivors and monsters.

Actually that's quite a good idea for people who were stuck, and now they have the ability to escape since the monsters are distracted.

[Killed a mutant monster by daylight!]

[Reward: three options available]

- Unlock your abilities

- Receive the key of a hidden challenge

- Double mist essence

These three options were suggested to them, they had to choose one, Cole was curious about which options would be the best.

"In our current situation I think unlocking our abilities would be the greatest advantage." Sam analysed correctly and everyone agreed to his brilliant analysis. It was brilliant because they didn't know what the key is, and the value of the essence compared to the ability.

After they choose one of the options, the essence will be distributed.

As soon as Cole was gonna choose the ability option, he heard a small, soft and gentle whisper that he recognised.

The key.... Choose the key....

The Supreme being's wisdom far surpasses any existence he could imagine. A reason must be behind his intention of choosing the key, it might be more valuable than Cole thinks it is.

Jack and Sam chose the unlocking of their abilities, while Cole chose obtaining the key of the hidden challenge.

Everyone was excited to see what can of ability they would get. "Hey guys what did you get!" Cole said with excitement. They sounded disappointed. "We lack mist essence, and it won't show the exact number." Jack said with a disappointed face, he was excited to see what kind of ability he would get.

Sam nodded and remembered that they had to flee from this area. "Pack your stuff!" Sam shouted to his friends. "We need to escape from here fast." Cole said as he ran up the stairs and packed all the stuff he needed, and precious stuff.

They all took their bags and clothes, but Cole forget to take the photo of him with his family, he quickly ran up again and took it.

Growl... growl... growl.. growl.. GAAAARRRR...

One after another zombie's came as a swarm. The swarm of zombies was like a huge wave, it wasn't too late, they have a slight chance to escape. "Dammit." Cole said while sweating a dozen.

"RUNNNN!" Jack ran while the others followed behind him. Everyone ran with their full strength, it was the first time in their lives experiencing something like this, and their stamina increased by alot, Sam's stamina only increased a little, since he only managed to kill one zombie in the beginning.

They didn't stop running, in about 20 min of running they stopped by a super familiar place, both Cole and Jack laughed in relief, it was the company from before!

Cole grinned hehehe, Jack also went into his evil mode. Sam noticed their expression and knew they were planning to do something unexpected, Those devils.

Cole went and tried to sneak again from the storage, but this time he couldn't lock-pick it, THERE IS A GUM IN THERE! His nerves shook intensly, it must've been that guy, the short katana guy, similar to his height, "That.." Cole was about to cry because of that heartless guy.

Sam was gonna crack a laugh, but he knew he was gonna get judo attacks, better not to risk it.

"I have an idea." Sam said while looking up.

"What is it?" Cole said while grinning, he wanted to get revenge at that short guy.

"Let's enter the other building and jump inside the building through the broken side of the building." Sam said while being proud of himself for being smart, his nose was high up in the sky.

Jack was gonna smack that guy for being so cheeky.

They went to the other building and entered through the main entrance. It was slightly risky incase of zombies being there, but they wouldn't get scared from those puny weaklings.

After they entered they managed to kill one zombie after another. Cole managed to kill 6 zombies, while Jack killed 4, Sam only killed one, but since he was the one who contributed the most between them in killing the mutant he got 10 mist essence, Cole and Jack got 7.

They reached the floor they desired now, Cole went ahead and opened the window, it was slightly windy and blurry, they couldn't see the other side, but tried to guess where the broken part of the building is.

"Bring the ladder." Sam commanded them.

Sam went and threw the ladder straight ahead to the other side. The ladder managed to land. Now they can climb to the other building! Cole laughed, he was excited to meet that guy.

They walked across the ladder and reached the other building, when it was Jack's turn it shook intensly, but it didn't throw him over that tall height he was in.

phew...

Everyone sighed in relief. What surprised everyone was the silence spreading through the company, what is happening in here?