Rise of the Strongest War God

Chapter 15: Struggling to escape

[Stamina: 12 (14)]

After checking his stamina, he muttered under his breath, "Let's see if I can kill these 22 in 10 seconds."

Just as the first group of 22 zombies was just a few feet away from him, he activated his [Berserk] skill and dashed towards them.

Whoosh!

His speed was so fast that he seemed to teleport right in front of them.

Slash!

As soon as he appeared in front of the leading zombie, the sound of sword slashing rang out before he moved toward the next zombie.

Thud!

As he brandished his sword to slash at the second zombie, the first zombie's head was cleanly detached from the rest of its body that continued its previous attacking motion before falling lifelessly to the ground along with its head.

Slash! Slash! Slash!

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Luke continued to move, slashing with his sword. As soon as he moved to the next zombie, the previous one's head would fly through the air and their body would come to a halt soon after and fall down to the ground.

Whoosh!

Precisely 9 seconds later, he stopped moving and deactivated his skill. Behind him, all the 22 zombies lay dead.

Huff! Huff!

He was panting furiously while his clothes were drenched completely in his sweat and his face had turned pale.

Phew!

He took a deep breath before wiping away the sweat from his forehead. He then glanced at his status screen.

[Stamina: 3 (14)]

'Fortunately, I managed to save an additional stamina point. If not, I'm afraid it would have collapsed by now.' He thought and then smiled bitterly. It wasn't like he was in good condition right now because his legs were shaking and he felt if he relaxed his nerves even for a second, he would collapse.

Just then, he heard the announcement. The monotonous voice sounded like heavenly music in his ears.

[You gained 22 level 1 zombies' soul power.]

[You've levelled up to the level 4. You acquire 2 status points to distribute freely.]

Immediately, his hands moved, and he put the two free points into his stamina.

[Stamina: 5 (16)]

Just as he did, he felt his fatigue lessen a little and the corner of his lips lifted into a relieved smile.

He wasn't confident of escaping the incoming horde of zombies with just 3 stamina points remaining. But now he has 5, the story was different.

Wasting no time, he turned around and started running in the store's direction. He didn't even pick the dropped item since it would have wasted a few precious moments which he could use to further the distance between him and the dreadful zombies.

Grawr!

As he continued to run, zombies' snarling sounds gradually became weaker.

When he reached the store, he found the door wide open and there was no one.

Rustle!

Just as he was about to turn around, he heard a rustling sound from the then counter and saw a paper lying there.

He picked it up and read it. 'Luke, we are moving toward the south wall. Please come as soon as possible. – Nina.

Seeing the message, Luke smiled before moving in the south direction.

On the way, he saw a few zombies walking aimlessly around. There were a few zombie corpses, too. Their heads were cleanly cut off. 'It must be Alice's doing.' He thought before stealthily continuing on his way.

After half an hour, he heard some fighting sounds coming from behind the corner ahead. Hearing this, he increased his pace and approached the place without making any sound.

He wanted to see who was fighting. If it was Ben and others, he would have to join the fight, but if it was them, he would just ignore them and continue on his way.

"Professor, stay behind me." Just as he arrived at the corner, he heard Ben's slightly panicked voice.

'Damn it. It's really them.' Luke cursed and came out of hiding. When he saw the situation, he raised his brows.

Ben and others were surrounded by a group of eight zombies right now. He could also see 5-6 zombie corpses lying on the ground around them.

Swoosh!

Slash!

Grawr!

Alice was moving around, slashing with her sword. Because there were multiple zombies charging at her from different directions, she had to focus more on dodging, which made killing them difficult for her.

Ben, on the other hand, was protecting professor Nina, the store lady and the boy. Professor Nina was clutching her wooden club and vigilantly glancing around.

The store lady and the boy were frightened out of their wits, especially the boy. He couldn't even move out of the zombies' way due to his fear and this increased the pressure on Ben.

Whoosh!

After seeing their situation getting worse, Luke immediately charged toward the group of zombies.

Slash! Slash! Slash!

He brandished his sword and chopped off three zombies' head in one go, lowering the pressure on Alice.

Feeling slightly liberated, Alice immediately slashed out with her sword and killed two zombies.

Now only three zombies remained, two of which were trying to attack Ben and the group.

"You go kill them. I'll handle this one." Luke said. His stamina was already bottoming out after running for half an hour straight. Now, it had become difficult for him to wield his sword properly so, he left the two of the three zombies to her.

Alice nodded before moving toward Ben.

After a few seconds, all the zombies were lying dead on the ground.

Ben and professor Nina rushed toward Luke when they saw him. "Thank god, you are fine. We were worried about you." Professor Nina sighed in relief.

Luke nodded lightly and said, "The south wall is still far away. Let's take shelter in a house. I need to recover my stamina first."

"That's a good idea. Alice and I are also dead tired." Ben immediately agreed. He was also too tired after constantly running and fighting the zombies along the way.

Alice also nodded. After collecting the drops, she moved toward the nearest house with Luke and others.

"H-hey. We s-should leave the city first." The boy cried out. He was still trembling in fear.

Luke and others didn't even spare him a glance before entering the house.

The store lady glanced at the frightened boy and sighed. "Only those three can fight these undeads and they are too tired to do that right now. If we stubbornly move now, only death awaits us when we encounter more zombies. So we need to rest first."

"Come on, son. Let's go. You should also rest for a while and calm your nerves." After saying that, she also walked toward the house.

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