LIGHTNOVELONLINE (Vol2)74. Apocalypse(2)
We stroll down the mountain back to the town. I can check everyone's status screen from the organisation tab and notices the children and Liam hurt.
"Hey, are you guys okay?" I ask into the communication orb.
Jon taps my shoulder and points in front. Two survivors are ahead.
I put the communication orb back into my coat and bring up the gun.
The two men notice us and ready their respective weapons, one of them using a musket. When they notice my firearm, they throw their hand up. "Hey! We are normal!"
...
I put down my gun.
"Wait, how are we so sure?" asks Jon.
"The infected rarely use firearms that kill immediately. They prefer torturing and bathing in blood."
"Hi." The two men go up to us. "Did the both of you come from the fort? How is the situation up there?"
"Soldiers?" I ask them.
"No, his brother is." The man glances at his partner.
I sigh. "It's a bloodbath. A total massacre. We didn't stay long but everyone we saw is dead. How is the onslaught in the towns nearby?"
"Bad. It happened so suddenly as the majority turns into crazy freaks. The government and the army aren't responding either." the man says.
Tch, we removed as much drawing as we can but to no avail, looks like this is inevitable.
"Alright, thanks. We best be on our way." I say.
"Us too. Good luck."
We exchange farewell and descend.
"Arsto!?"
Liam's voice ejects from the orb, I pull it out and reply "Hey! Are you okay?"
"Yeah...huff...W-We hid in the basement under the tavern for now. But soon, they will find us. Some of us were injured. Lily was stabbed...Fuck..." says Liam.
I grit my teeth.
"..."
"Stay put. We are coming."
"What? No no! Leave! Leave this fucking town."
"No."
"Arsto! Listen! Leave! Just...there's a route out of Rodgof at the south border to Elvis-"
"I'm not letting any of you die," I say. "I don't care if thousands or millions of strangers die but not a single one under me shall perish," I say firmly. Every single one of them is my valuable asset.
"...A-Arsto...I..."
*BANG BANG!*
!
"Shit-"
The connection cuts and I shove the orb back into my coat.
We squeeze and shuffle through the forest. The sight of smoke and fire comes into view.
"Wait, are we just going to barge in?" Jon asks.
"We don't have a choice! They are attacking your siblings! We can only be their live bait!" I say. "Just...be my shield. That's what you've been training for."
Jon gulps and nods.
"Save all your energy to defend and leave the killing to me," I say to Jon as we get to the outskirts of the town.
I pull out the Blade of Eternity and grip it on my right. My left holds the firearm.
A crazed woman not far sees us and grins. "Ah! My love!" She says with a knife in her hand. "Give me a hug!"
She charges at us and I show her no mercy, sending her head flying into the air spraying a crimson waterfall.
The streets of the town now roam with countless junkies high on insatiable euphoria, rummaging through everything they find to search for new victims.
"I know you are here somewhere. Hahaha!!"
"Come out come out wherever you are!"
Jon stays beside me as we walk through the bloody streets. Most don't even notice our presence.
"Die!" a man charges at us with a spear and Jon grabs the tip. His impeccable defence breaks the metal into scraps.
I follow up with a stab to the heart and push the body aside.
I sigh and aim my gun at one madman.
*BANG!!!*
The madman's head bursts like a watermelon.
...
The sound of gunfire echoes throughout the town. Every infected near turns their attention to us.
I take out the Dragon Essence pill and pop it into my mouth.
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"Dragon Essence(Impure)" consumed.
+20 Atk for 20 minutes.
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"A human!"
"Come!"
"Kill!!"
"Die!"
Like a tsunami, the hordes of infected rush at me in frenzy, tumbling, rolling, and destroying their way through the obstacles.
"They are fucking zombies but worse," I mumble.
"Jon, get ready. Cover my back."
Jon goes behind me.
A surge of purplish black mana swirls around me forming an aura around my body and one that extends the broken Blade of Eternity.
Pulling back my right arm, I send a diagonal slash at the oncoming horde.
*BOOOOOOOOOM!!!*
A large diagonal crescent energy that pulsates bigger the further it travels shreds through the ocean of meat, dividing them as if Moses descended.
Jon expands a large barrier and blocks the onslaught behind.
"Jon, duck!"
He squats when I swirl my body and sends another horizontal slice, cutting through both humans and infrastructures.
Then, I inject a massive amount of mana into the gun and point it at the remnant.
*BIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!*
The tip of the gun glows increasingly as more energy gathers in the barrel.
*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!*
Doom descends as a large energy beam zooms through the city, obliterating everything in existence. Jon and I were ejected back from the power, crashing through a building.
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-1000 Mana
+800,000 exp
+1 skill exp
2/100(Revelation Ray)
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Smoky black char layers wrap the cylindrical hole in front of us. My body feels drained.
However, at the far end, my attack splits into two. One burly man in a blue coat holds up his gauntlet. Everything behind him stays intact.
...Yeah, I figured. It won't be that easy.
"C-Can you shoot that once more?" Jon asks.
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Samuel
1200/1200 Hp
0/1000 Mana
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"No, I'm out," I reply.
The burly man widens his creepy grin like the rest around him. "What luck! I have more balloons to burst!!"
"That's Captain Gastwell of the Virtue Bureau...he had a reputation of kindness and mercy." Jon mumbles.
"Not anymore. Leave, you can't take his attack. Go find the kids." I say.
"A-Alright." Jon nods and runs off.
...
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Gastwell Bruno Wesli
Strength: Power, Defence,??
Weakness: Speed,??
Status: Agitated, Excited
Tribe: Human
Lvl: 201
Hp: 300000/300000
Mana: 500/500
Atk: 208.5
Def: 210
Dex: 45
Mag: 6
Luck: 28
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A tank cannon huh...
Gastwell pulls back his fist as golden energy gathers.
*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!*