Fight From The Grave II

I better not die, I thought.

My almost dying, cold body begins to warm up. A surge of power flows through my body, blasting away all the zombies that were within a 50-meter radius. My once beaten body lights up, and all wounds and life-threatening injuries healed up. Once my body was done healing, another light, this time black, lights around me. Before I can process everything, my body alarmingly moves against my will as I watch my hands rip the zombie body and head apart.

"What's going on!?" I yell while a zombie carcass flies all around me.

Another message pops up:

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You can now see the following contractors' true names:

-ARCHANGEL, ARIEL

- 7th DEMON PRINCE, BAAL

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The black message now has a name to it: 7th DEMON PRINCE, BAAL. Another message, white, also chimes in from ARCHANGEL, ARIEL.

[7th DEMON PRINCE, BAAL SAYS THAT RIPPING THESE SMALL FRIES ARE FUN.]

[ARCHANGEL, ARIEL CLAIMS THAT WE ARE ALL FRIENDS AND TO NOT BE SCARED.]

I watch myself stick my whole arm up a zombie's gut. I internally gag as I pull out from the fresh hole. [+1 Kill]

"Like hell you guys are friends! My body is moving on its own! AND I don't have any mana to afford these skills!" A demonic chuckle rumbles out of my lips. My eyes widen.

[7th DEMON PRINCE, BAAL: SAYS THAT YOU ARE A WEAK HUMAN. BUT TO NOT WORRY FOR HE WILL HELP YOU KILL YOUR ENEMIES.]

[ARCHANGEL, ARIEL INFORMS THAT YOU UNLOCKED YOUR MANA AS SOON AS YOU MET THE SUB-SCENARIO REQUIREMENT]

What felt like a whole hour was just a few minutes. Before I knew it, the power I once had left my body. Exhaustion and hunger rip through me, while the zombies around have also slowed down a bit. But it doesn't mean they were done attacking me. I weave through the dead bodies and reach for the bat lying on the ground. I aim my weapon at the zombies once again, my back to a wall to keep them in front of me.

I double-checked on my profile regarding my mana, and indeed, Archangel Ariel is telling the truth.

[ARCHANGEL, ARIEL SAYS THAT ANGELS DON'T LIE. SHE IS TELLING THE TRUTH.]

"Okay, Marianne, I got this. I still have eight mana left to survive a little longer. Let's just start by holding on for five minutes." I take another look at the screen hovering in front of me.

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SUB-SCENARIO: FIGHT FROM THE GRAVE

REQUIREMENTS: Fight the 666 people who have died after you in 6 hours.

REMAINING TIME: 00:05:08:14

KILL COUNT: 114

FAILURE: Permanent Death.

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I might just make it out of here.

My kill count isn't the only one that has risen.

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Name: Marianne Primrose LVL: [ -10 ]

Height: 168cm

Age: 24

Occupation: N/Aaq a

[Hidden Occupation:The Unfaithful One]

STR: 5

SPE: 6

STA: 4

DEF: 3

INT: 8

LUCK: 10

MANA: 8

Unallocated Stat Pts: 19

SKILLS: [UNFORTUNATE'S BLESSING] [HEALING ON AN ANGEL] [DEMON'S POSSESSION]

EQUIPMENT: [It's Just An Old Wooden Bat That's About Done For]

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While I swing my bat at the walking corpse, I try to understand what skills I have been given.

[DEMON'S POSSESSION] seems like the perfect skill for someone as unskilled as me. I can fight like a demon to avoid death.

[HEALING OF AN ANGEL] is pretty strong to just heal me 100% instead of just a portion of 70% healing others. The chance to heal life-threatening injuries is amazing.

"You guys don't happen to know how to allocate unused stat point by chance?" I headbutt a zombie with my bad and kicked one down. [+1 Kill]

[7th DEMON PRINCE, BAAL SAYS TO PUT THEM ALL ON STRENGTH. STUPID HUMAN.]

" . . . "

I ignored the insult and proceeded to move my stat points.

I waited for a glow or a surge of power course through my body, but I felt nothing of the sort.

"Is it broke?" I perplexed.

In the corner of my eye, I see the mother and baby duo surrounded by other zombies. She was waving her arms like a mad woman saying the devil knew what. She then snaps her head in my direction and gives me this eerily smile that reached from one ear to the other.

"That mother fuc--"

[ARCHANGEL, ARIEL WARNS YOUR USE OF INAPPROPRIATE LANGUAGE.]

Great, now the angel sounds like any other mother. I wonder if she'll pull the dish soap threat.

A herd of zombies rush back to me. Unlike any other time when I hit them, they just get knocked down. However, I blasted five heads in a row. [+5 Kill]

"Huh. So that's how it works." An evil grin makes its was to my face, and I eye the now confused zombies.

"I guess it's your turn to run?"

The little group of zombies ran into the darkness.

"Ha! That's what I thought - Are you kidding me!?"

The small group came back with more zombies, this time, the ones they brought were human body builders. They slam their fist and flex their muscles at me. One even ripped a fellow zombie's head and threw it to me. The head rolls to my feet and blinks its red rotting eyes at me. I cringe at it before stepping hard on it.

A bone-crunching and sloshy sound reaches my ears. I gagged.

[+1 Kill]

I look back at the mass of dead muscles and waves.

"We'll it was nice meeting you guys, but I think I need to... RUN!!!"

I sprint back to the direction of the pit. I hope that there will be another tunnel I can take.

Since luck is on my side, a tunnel opens up ahead of me, which leads to a series of stairs, ramps, and large jutting rocks for me to climb up.

The zombie head is only a few seconds behind me. I start climbing the stairs and hopping from one rock to another.

I was fairly certain that I was getting further and farther away from them. What I was not prepared for is them appearing everywhere around me.

Red light opens up, and one by one, zombies begin to surround me.

"I'm starting to find this scenario to be made unfairly." Four zombies from different directions all lunge towards me.

As if I was in a kung-fu movie, one fist connects to a face, the other crushing another's neck, my foot to a different face, and my bat bashing another. [+4 Kill]

My fight continues on for another hour. I'm kind of proud of myself with my current strength.

[7th DEMON PRINCE, BAAL ASKS HUMAN WHY IS SHE NOT USING HIS POWER. AS ONE OF THE STRONGEST DEMON PRINCE,  HE CAN SLAUGHTER THEM ALL.]

I roll my eyes upon seeing the message as I continue to kill zombies left and right.

"I-- HIYA!-- Don't want to -- UGH -- Rely on. . ! ! !" I hiss when one of them manages to bites down and take a big chuck of skin from my thigh.

"YOUR POWER!" I kick the zombie off the rock I was on. [+1 Kill]

[ARCHANGEL, ARIEL SUGGESTS YOU TO AT LEAST HEAL YOURSELF.]

I am slightly thankful that the Archangel is not a vain creature like the demon prince.

"I'm okay right now. I've experienced worse than this." I slowly jump to another position and continue my zombie subjugation.

"I'll use you guys' powers when I'm exhausted. Right now, I can still fight -" I club one on the head.

[+1 Kill]

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SUB-SCENARIO: FIGHT FROM THE GRAVE

REQUIREMENTS: Fight the 666 people who have died after you in 6 hours.

REMAINING TIME: 00:04:08:37

KILL COUNT: 210

FAILURE: Permanent Death.

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I look at my profile, and another and more unallocated stat points were added during the hour. I quickly distribute them.

To my surprise, the pain in my body slowly disappeared. A new message pops up:

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PASSIVE SKILLS UNLOCKED:

[AUTO-HEALING]: The user's body will heal minor wounds and lessen pain every 5 seconds. 10% chance critical wounds can be partially healed . SEVERED limbs can't be regenerated. _____________________

I smirk at the on-coming zombies. When they see my body slowly healing itself.

"Tag! I'm it!" I lunged forward, killing two of zombies who were trying to run away. [+2 Kill]

I am stronger and faster now. No zombies will get in my way to escaping this underground hell hole.

"Goo-goo-ga-gahhh!" A familiar and aggravating baby noise yells from below. I peek down and see the mother and baby duo yet again. This time, they have the bodybuilder zombies with them.

"Great. Round 2."