Chapter 47 Leaving the city [3]
Seeing that he had become angry, Rio and Julia lowered their heads and nodded, "Yes, sir."
Grrr! Growl!
Just then, the zombie horde started moving, growling as it did.
BANG!
A loud bang resounded from the front of the group, causing Max and Alice to narrow their eyes.
"He seems to have encountered a level 10 or above zombie or he wouldn't have engaged in a fight." Alice commented and then asked, "Should we go and help out?"
Just as she said this, professor Nina and others looked at Luke in worry. They wanted to advise against it because it was sure death if they fought against the horde.
Luke thought for a brief moment before he tightened his grasp on his sword and nodded. "Let's go."
"Luke…" Professor Nina stepped forward when she heard this, wanting to stop them, but just then…
They saw Shadow limping out of the zombie horde that was still moving away, ignoring him. He was cradling his gut with a painful expression, and there were bloodstains at the corner of his lips.
Whoosh!
Luke rushed to help him and asked, "What happened?"
"There was a zombie the same as the one you killed yesterday, the first order zombie. As soon as I arrived in its vicinity, it noticed me and attacked." Shadow explained, putting his hand around Luke's shoulder for support and grimaced:
"It was too strong. I couldn't take even a single punch."
Luke nodded. Of course, a first order being was strong. He then asked, "What about the zombie? It didn't chase you?"
Hearing this, a smirk appeared on Shadow's pale face, "When it punched me away, I hid amongst other zombie and quickly moved out of its perception range. It must be still searching for me."
"It doesn't make sense." Julia narrowed her eyes and said, "Since you caused a commotion there, the other zombies must have noticed you, too. How did you manage to hide amongst them?"
Thinking something, she glanced at Luke and said meekly, "Of course, I'm not doubting you. I'm just curious."
Shadow glanced at Luke and then Julia before saying, "Although my concealment ability is pretty much useless against the level 10 or stronger zombies. Those below level ten won't notice me as long as I don't touch them directly or cause a combination that is impossible to ignore. You must have seen it when I led you here last night?"
Julia looked at him for a moment before reluctantly nodding.
Shadow shook his head and looked at Luke. "It seems they don't believe me, huh?"
"Can you blame them?" Luke asked.
"You are right. Well, it doesn't matter much as long as you, the group leader, believe me." Shadow chuckled and then said, "We should quickly leave this area in case the first order zombie leads the horde here."
"Can you walk without support?" Luke asked.
"Yeah. Don't worry."
"Alright. Let's go guys." Luke announced.
The group departed and headed toward the construction area. Luke planned to leave from the wall near the garden since there weren't many zombies in that area.
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They avoided most zombies on the way to the construction area. But they couldn't avoid the zombies on the way to the garden because there was only one road that led there.
Fortunately, there were only a hundred or so from what Luke had seen last night.
He turned to professor Nina, and others, as he pointed at the group of five zombies in front of them, "It's time, guys. Kill them and evolve."
He then glanced at Lori. "Lori, you join them too. You need to level up and gain some fighting experience."
Gulp!
Professor Nina and Julia gulped when they saw the zombie trudging toward them and felt their resolve weakening.
"L-Luke, I… I don't think we are ready yet," Professor Nina said, her body trembling in nervousness and fear. Julia had the same reaction.
Before Luke could say anything, Lori glared at the duo and coldly said.
"What? You guys want to stay weak and be protected at all times? Is that really what you want?"
"N-No. I want to become strong too, but…" Professor Nina said, gripping the sword in her hand tightly.
She didn't complete her sentence and Julia didn't speak up at all, but everyone could see they were afraid.
Luke sighed and glanced at Alice. "Alice, kill one of them and stop the others for a while."
Alice glanced at him and nodded before immediately intercepting the group of five zombies.
Shing~!
Her sword swept out in a one fluid motion, severing a zombie's head from its neck.
She then kicked the rest of the zombies back.
Luke walked over to the trembling professor Nina and pulled her into his embrace, gently caressing her back as he said,
"Don't be afraid, professor. I'm always here for you. I won't let anything happen to you. You believe me, right?"
Feeling his warm embrace, professor Nina calmed gradually calmed down and nodded, "Un. I believe you."
"You want to become stronger like me and help me, right?" Luke asked again, his voice very soft.
Hearing this, professor Nina's eyes flashed with determination as she nodded and spoke in a firm tone, "Yes."
She didn't want to feel helpless like she had yesterday when he didn't return. She wanted to go look for him, but was also afraid that she would die since she was too weak to fight even the weakest zombie.
At that time, she kept thinking, 'only if I was as strong as Luke or Alice' and 'I need to become stronger.'
Now, after she calmed down, she had regained her will.
"Good." Luke smiled, sensing the change. He then pulled away, breaking the hug, and smiled. "Now, go and kill one of them."
Professor Nina nodded and slowly walked toward the zombies that were being manhandled by Alice.
Luke then glanced at Rio, who, although a little nervous, wasn't afraid like the ladies. He nodded at Luke and followed professor Nina.
Luke then glanced at Julia. He didn't know how he should motivate her, so he glanced at Lori, who nodded.
However, before she could say anything to her, Julia took a deep breath, walked over to Luke, hugged him and grumbled, "I should also get a hug."
She then walked toward the zombies, leaving both Luke and Lori stunned.
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