The old man with the mask on his face stood there. His mouth raised to the side of his cheeks. His stance showed a large amount of confidence even though he was deep in enemy territory, and by his side, there were two of the chained zombies.
Zain had experienced this scene before, and just like before he felt like he was still in a helpless situation.
'Would I be able to beat them now? It's been a long time. Maybe not on my own, but if I was to summon my horde, I would have a chance… but why, why didn't he kill me back then?' Zain thought.
Zain could understand when Wendy spared his life, he was aware of the situation he was in, but he had seen the old man, the one named Humfree kill people without a second thought, and he was unsure if there was a reason behind it or not.
The strangest thing about it all, was just like Sarah, there were loyal zombies around him, far stronger than him and listening to his every word.
"It's been a long time Red Head, and in that short amount of time, I would say you have improved quite a bit." Humfree declared. He lifted his hand pulling the mask off his face, there was no longer any reason for him to keep up a particular charade.
His deep dark eyes could be seen, his bald head, his wrinkled skin, and visible veins. It was strange to think of such an old frail man as being so intimidating.
"That day, I knew you were special, and would continue to grow, but I just never thought I would see you in this place? It's strange, I thought by now you would have met up with Sarah… what do the group call themselves again, the Reborn group?"
According to Sarah, she and Humfree had worked together on the virus, but eventually split ways, but her reason, whether it was the truth or not, was hard to say.
"Can you not speak? Have you not met with Sarah?" Humfree asked.
"I have." Zain answered. "She told me about you and your group of Dark Zombies, but I decided to leave them after I found out that she was working with the demons. I left them and ended up here."
Zain had opened up to telling the truth because it would have been hard to hide the fact he knew nothing about Sarah or the Reborn group, but at the end of the day, the two sides were meant to be somewhat enemies.
The reason for him leaving was sound, and essentially Zain was dropping hints to him that at the moment he was a free agent.
"I see where you are getting at. It seems me and you are quite similar in the reason for us parting ways. I guess you want to know the full story, but here is not an appropriate place.
"So I will give you an offer, come, and join us Dark Zombies."
Zain looked around, everyone apart from Dart was mortified, their hearts were beating stronger than before, racing and trying to jump out of their throats.
"Do I have a choice, if I said no, then what would you do?" Zain asked.
The creepy smile on the man's face appeared again.
"Everyone always has a choice, no matter how desperate the situation may be, but I will say this, you shouldn't ask a question you don't want to know the answer to."
Humfree had the upper hand, and Zain doubted that the only zombies with him were the two by his side. To take out an entire group of Zombie Hunters in ten minutes. There had to be more of them in here.
"I will join, but I have a couple of conditions. The Zombie Hunter girls, Anna and Wendy, you let them live, and also the soldier man back there, I kinda like him." Zain said.
The old man was surprised by this and raised his eyebrows.
"You wish to save them… but they aren't like you, the soldier man perhaps I can understand but the other two, they once tried to hunt you. And, do you really think I have to listen to your demands?"
"Aren't you getting something in return, you are getting me. Besides, both of them I owe them my life at one point of time or another. So if I can, I wish to repay them. I can't just watch them die. That's the type of person I am, as you said, we all have a choice. I'm confident in my skills, I'm wishing to join you because I want to, not out of force."
Wendy and Anna had never been more thankful in their life that Zain was trying to make this deal for them. For Wendy she never really believed in karma, but felt like some was at work right now.
Meanwhile, Humfree was thinking about what Zain said. Based on his performance, he still believed that he was unable to beat one of the chained zombies, but Zain showed confidence like he felt like he could. He knew their strength, so did it mean Zain was hiding something even more than what he showed?
A skill perhaps that they hadn't seen.
'If I remember correctly, he was able to control zombies well… perhaps that number has become larger.'
"Deal!" Humfree stated. "Welcome to the Dark Zombies, but I'm afraid for your friends, although they will live, they will have to come with us as well.
"I can not allow them to leave this place, so they will have to stay with us, and if they die during our stay, then that is really not my fault. I look forward to working with you, Zain."
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