A near-death situation.

Hugo's eyes widened as he muttered to himself, "Holy shit!".

Immediately, the zombie attacked him, but Hugo hit it with the stick he was holding in his hand. The other zombie attacked him, and Hugo hit it with the stick also, before the third one could attack him, he took to his heels. At this point, he was f**king scared, he can't die now? He can't get bitten by those zombies.

Hugo's running was enough to attract more zombies, and more zombies were coming in front of him...one was chasing him from the back. The system notified him of the incoming dangers,

[ Ding! Ding!]

[ Alert! incoming dangers]

[ One zombie is coming in front of you...two zombies...three zombies...four, five, six, seven, Oh no]

Hugo already understood what that meant, he was f**ked. His will to survive was high, so he was gonna try his very best not to get bitten. One zombie came in front of him and tried to attack him, but Hugo hit it with the stick in his hand. He had already sighted about four zombies coming in front of him, so he quickly hid behind a tree.

He had already forgotten that a zombie was chasing him from the back. It was after he had hidden behind the tree that he sighted the zombie coming in front of him. Before the zombie reached him, four of the zombies that he hid from ran past and hit the zombie coming in front, and all of them fell to the ground. You know, they were just like mad dogs, all they want is to suck fresh blood and convert an innocent person to their kind.

The moment they fell to the ground, they started making effort to stand up though they were on top of themselves, they were just like mad dogs. But Hugo wouldn't wait for them to stand up, he took to his heels once again. There were still zombies coming in front, so he wasn't free yet. Still in motion, a zombie attacked him, but he hit it with the stick, and that's what he did to the next three zombies that tried to attack him.

Remember, Hugo was carrying a bag filled with foodstuff, the bag was light, at any moment, the bag could tear 'cause of the way he's been running and fighting. And he was really concerned about that, he was concerned about not getting bitten, but he was also concerned about the foodstuff. And one of his greatest fears happened, while he was still in motion, one of the bread in the bag fell to the ground.

"Oh no". Hugo muttered to himself, how could this happen?

He just felt like running back to take the bread, but that would be a very foolish thing to do. Zombies were chasing him from the back, so going back would just be like going to his doom. A type of anger built up in him, his bread fell to the ground 'cause of them...these f**king bizarre creatures. His will to survive became stronger, a type of energy built up in him.

Zombies were coming in front of him, sighting them made him angrier, he shouted at the top of his voice,

"Arghhhhhhhh".

Gripping the stick in his hand tightly, he began hitting the zombies out of his way as he got closer to them, he didn't stop running either. But there was a limit to that, it got to the point where the zombies coming in front of him were really many, he knew hitting them with the stick wouldn't work out this time...one of them would surely bite him.

There was a short tree in front of him, it had really large openings 'cause of the way the branches sprouted, he was running towards the tree at that moment, and the zombies in front were running towards him. As he got closer to the tree, many of the zombies had gotten closer to him, and most of them had already jumped to push him to the ground and feast on him, but Hugo wouldn't let that happen.

Using his might, he jumped through one of the wide branches of the tree, his hands played an important role in him achieving this. He landed on the ground and began running once again. Many of the zombies had fallen to the ground 'cause of the might some of them used in jumping to push him to the ground...once again, they were just like mad dogs.

But that wasn't a hindrance to many of them, the ones that didn't fall turned around and began chasing him once again, the sound of his running was what grabbed their attention. But Hugo had given them some distance, they were somehow far from him. They were fast runners, and Hugo was a fast runner also.

And seems like there were no zombies in front anymore, he was running freely, but he was still very cautious, he was still gripping the stick in his hand tightly ready to hit any zombie that pops in front of him. He prayed that no foodstuff would fall out of the bag anymore, that bread alone was still paining him. He glanced back, the zombies chasing him were far from him. He smiled, faced front, and continued running.

Seems like he was already seeing the end of this forest, he was gonna be out of here soon, just a little more running. But things wouldn't go as expected, he wouldn't be able to go out of this forest just like that. He was still running when a zombie jumped out of nowhere and pushed him to the ground, terror was on Hugo's face. A soft drink rolled out of the bag Hugo was carrying the moment he landed on the ground.

The zombie was on top of him, and it was trying its very best to rip out his neck, but Hugo wouldn't let it. It was very strong, it was trying its very best, but Hugo's will to survive was really strong too, so he kept on holding it back. Hugo could see right through its mouth, look at its bloody teeth...teeth that want to rip out somebody's neck.

The zombies that were chasing Hugo from the back were coming, and once they reach here, definitely, Hugo would be feasted on. He kept on trying to push the zombie off him, but the zombie wouldn't let go. The zombies were getting nearer, but this f**king zombie wouldn't let go, it was still trying its best to bite Hugo's neck.

He wouldn't die, he wouldn't let these bizarre creatures bite him and turn him into them. He had determined this before, but he made a new determination right on that ground...at least, let him get to see the Lotus sage academy. He shouted at the top of his voice once again,

"Arghhhhhh".

Then he began hitting the zombie's face with all his might with the stick in his hand. He hit the zombie's face until blood started drizzling out of its face and pouring on Hugo's face. He made sure to close his mouth so the blood wouldn't enter, then he pushed the zombie off him, stood up, and began running. The zombies had gotten so close to him, and one of them almost grabbed him, but it didn't succeed.

Hugo was running so fast, he was gonna escape death in the meantime, but unfortunately for him, the light bag he was carrying tore, and all the snacks and drinks fell to the ground. Hugo couldn't run back to carry them 'cause zombies were right behind him, so he just kept on running. He came out of the forest, and the zombies came out along with him. But somehow, he found a way to hide from them as they run past him.

He sat on the ground and cursed at those bizarre creatures, all the snacks and drinks he was carrying had fallen to the ground. So, he didn't get to eat any of them in the end, he just wasted his time carrying them. He was a little frustrated at that moment, he sat there for minutes without standing up for a second. It was then that he heard the system's voice,

[ Host survived death]

[ Host is not happy]

He didn't say anything, he just sat there glancing at space. Then the system spoke again,

[ Host would have to continue his journey]

'I f**king know that'. Hugo uttered to himself in his thought.

No matter what, he'll have to get to the Lotus sage academy. So after sitting there for some minutes more, he stood up, it's time to continue his journey...at least, he knew that he was close to the academy now.