A Horrifying Impulse

The battle between Zane and the awakened who he had come across lasted for less than five seconds. Before they could even realize what had happened, Zane had rapidly switched targets and silently eliminated them with his SPR.

With his increased intelligence, in addition to his increased physical capabilities, Zane was able to acquire targets and precisely lay down lethal shots with breakneck speed. It was almost scary how quickly he had killed the awakened.

After reaping the souls of his victims, Zane rushed towards their corpses and found that they indeed had some good loot on them. Along with the massive haul of blood crystals. Enough to give him a level up. The group had some much needed supplies that Zane had been looking for.

Looting as much as he could reasonably carry, Zane was about to abandon the bodies to the undead when he heard a voice whisper to him.

"The hearts…"