Zombie Chase

The shots did save up enough time for everyone to run a few more steps ahead, but the Zombies left within this small group were Tier 3 at minimum.

They charged over like rabbit dogs, and easily caught up to the running players. '...Shit.' Jason cussed as he ran even faster, yet still making sure to remain behind.

He had long deactivated his form, and his ERG was slowly building up back to 30. Yet it was still below ten at this moment, which meant the average stamina of a human.

Sooner or later, he would slow down.

Meanwhile Adolf did not stop firing his gun, but the Tier 3 and Tier 4 Zombies were tough enough to at least deflect the bullets with their bare bodies.

And taking in the fact that they were undead, made them more frightening.

"Kya!!" The little girl that had been running with the lucky woman suddenly tripped and fell.

The woman holding her hand subconsciously paused, but when she got a glimpse of the rushing Zombies, she continued to run.

Unfortunately, the fear was great, and it caused her to trip and fall down as well. Both little girl and woman were about to become preys to the wild Zombies.

Ba-dump~

The woman hurriedly took the little girl into her embrace, and hid her face within her bosom. She was fearful, and thus trembled as the thunderous steps got louder and closer.

Da‐Da-Da~

Ba-dump~ Ba-dump~

The got closer...

BA-DUMP~

...And closer.

Her heart beat raced at speeds that she never knew of, as the Zombies got closer and closer. 'Lord, please save me.' She prayed as they continued to get closer and closer.

BA-DUMP~

The scent of death became real, and she could feel the breeze caused by their charge, and their pungent smell.

The woman suddenly thought about the life and death experience she had moments ago, and her breathe came to a halt.

She was afraid. She was afraid of dying. She didn't want to die. She wasn't ready yet. But death was right before her face!!

Her heart beat stopped at such thoughts, the world fell silent, and only her thoughts echoed out loud. 'Lord... please, SOMEONE!!'

The woman trembled to herself at the face of death. The young girl hid her face away at the face of death. Everything else was ignored, and at this point, she was not even sure.

Yet they were met with more silence.

'Am I... dead?' She thought and opened her eyes. It felt like a lifetime had occurred, and her thoughts were at tranquility. But the moment she opened her eyes–

"RAAGGHH!!!"

A Tier 4 Zombie appeared right before the face of the woman, and she could see the insides of it's mouth. And it felt like time had slowed down for her.

But that was briefly, for the moment she realized that the Tier 4 Zombie was right before her face, her mind perceived everything at a normal pace.

And it was about to swallow her face whole with a single bite. Until–

"Fuck off!!"

Bang!!

The Tier 4 Zombie was tackled by a fast rushing figure, and they both fell to the sides. The figure, which was Jason, hurriedly got up and placed his hand on its face.

He activated his two Talents at the same time, which he believed could directly deal great damage, if not kill this thing.

[ Fireball (Level G) - Conjurs a Fireball within one's hands, that deals 50% magic damage equivalent to the user's INT ]

[ Fire Blast (Level E) - Releases a burst of flames within a linear direction of the user's arm, dealing 100% the user's INT ]

[ Your two Flame-type Talents have resonated. Your flames can deal magic damage worth 200% INT ]

Boom!!

An explosion worth almost a hundred points of damage exploded ontop of the Tier 4 Zombie Lord's corpse, directly exploding its head into charcoal.

But behind him, tens of Tier 3 and Tier 4 Zombies were only a few inches away from him, but for a moment, Jason was unphased.

It was as if he knew he would not die. Or rather, these people would not let him die!!

Tatatata!!

Tatatata!!

And alongside Jason's thoughts, was Adolf's valiant war cry, "Rrraaaaaaaggghhhhh!!!" He roared out while releasing a massive barrage of bullets.

And at the same time, with a clear mind, no fear within, Jason appeared besides the two and picked them up using his enhanced strength. And along with enhanced speed, he rushed away.

His stamina (ERG) was quite low, and after the massive barrage of bullets, even Adolf was low on stamina. Yet they still ran.

Jason the last, and Adolf a step ahead of him. The Zombies being fast on their tail. Getting closer and closer to them.

"Earth Sink!!" Joe placed his hands on the floor and drained all his stamina to release his Talent to the extreme.

And his hard work paid off, as the ground behind Jason became mushy, then muddy, like quicksand. The Tier 4 Zombie Lords that rushed in with their speed also fell deeper into the mud.

Some being halfway deep, slowing down their progress greatly, and giving everyone the chance to run for their lives.

"Run run run!! And don't even think about looking back!!" Roared Adolf as he picked up the exhausted Joe from the ground.

Everyone ran, and Jason was behind everyone. His thoughts went on an overdrive as he read the notices that appeared when he killed the two Tier 4 Zombie Lords.

[ Infinity Extraction Complete!! You have extracted the Level D Talent - Madness Screech ]

[ Infinite Extraction Complete!! You have extracted four Distributable Points ]

[ Infinite Extraction Complete!! You have extracted the Level E Talent - Undying Resolve ]

[ Infinite Extraction Complete!! You have extracted four Distributable Points ]

[ Your ERG has increased by two points ]

[ Your INT has increased by one point ]

[ Your AGI has increased by one point ]

'As expected from Zombie Lords. I wonder if they can control other zombies since they're lords and stuff.'

He read through everything and realized that killing Tier 4 Zombies gave him two oriented points each. Which was actually amazing.

Or maybe it was because his level was low, and he obtained more from the opponent?

He was not sure, but he hurriedly called out his Template. As for why he did not receive anything from the other twenty or so Tier 2 and Tier 3 Zombies, was because he did not have enough time to extract anything from them.

It was kill, and move on.

[ STR: 11 ]

[ AGI: 13 ]

[ VIT: 5/11 ]

[ ERG: 7/34 ]

[ INT: 31 ]

[ Talent: Infinite Extraction - SSS ]

–[ Distributable Points: 14 ]

Jason first ignored everything and checked the number of Distributable Points he had. Seeing the number, he was glad and immediately distributed them.

Speed would be more important, but then again, he had Talents to add up to that. Plus, he could not leave these guys here, lest they would die.

Then Strength, not now. Vitality, also not now. Even if he increased these two, he would still die with a single full-blown attack of a Tier 4 Zombie.

Plus, his Vitality was already low, and was slowly recovering. Then Intelligence, it was also out of the way for now. But it could help him keep calm under stressful situations.

Hence he chose Stamina and Intelligence. Five points sent out to Intelligence (INT) and nine points to Stamina (ERG).

This gave him a bit more stamina than before, hence more energy to run. And to run they did, for the threat of death was thick and potent behind them.

'Damn. Where did we go wrong? Hell I should have agreed to form a team in the first place!!' Jason thought, self-blaming himself for being in this situation.

Had his arrogance not taken over him, he would have just told them that the opponents were Tier 2 and above. 'Fuck!!' He cussed and ran, making sure to stay behind everyone.

"RAAAAGGGHHHH!!!"

Then suddenly, out of the blue, a powerful Zombie roar rang out, and directly caused fear within everyone that heard it.

...!!!

[ You have been affected by an unfathomable being above your rank or your knowledge ]

[ The Fear status has affected you ]

[ Those with INT below ten will be affected by an Absolute Paralysis effect. The higher the INT, the lower the effect range ]

[ You have been affected by a three second Paralysis Effect ]

...!!!

Jason suddenly dreaded his fate more than ever.

From his knowledge, everything he obtained data of a Prey or predator, he will get information of it's next subsequent ranks.

Now, he had information of a Tier 4 Zombie, meaning that even Tier 5 and Tier 6 Zombies could not hide away from him.

But these messages before him claimed he could not understand the level of The attacker. Was it a Tier 7, Tier 8 or even the current strongest Tier 9 Zombie?

Jason did not know, but he knew that three seconds were a lot. And worst of all, that was only him, most people here had less than ten points on most of their stats.