Chapter 106 - Rotten Blood and Flesh (1) (1/2)

"Meow!"

With Lily's meow, the battle came to an end.

Aleen gave a sigh of relief and closed his eyes.

His entire body hurt, and his left arm was bent in a strange way; Aleen suspected that it was broken.

He took a deep breath and tried to circulate his mana, but it was completely empty. He used it up with the last attack.

Despite it, however, Aleen smiled.

Inside him, he felt a strange feeling of satisfaction.

This time, he faced an overwhelming enemy, and he won. Though he would have preferred if the game was less dangerous, he could not deny the sense of accomplishment he felt after facing a dangerous trial.

It was… refreshing?

Aleen smiled wryly and shook those thoughts out of his mind. He urged his body to absorb mana from the surroundings and began to circulate, trying to recover his condition.

He could hear the cries and screams of the others, mainly the college girl, coming from the location of the bodyguard, but he ignored it. Either way, he couldn't do anything if another zombie, even a level-one, attacks now.

One minute later, he heard the sound of steps approaching softly.

Opening his eyes, he raised his head and saw Aya coming towards him while carrying Lily in her arms.

"Are you fine?" She asked in her expressionless tone of voice, but laced with a bit of worry.

Aleen smiled wryly. "As fine as someone can be with a few broken bones."

Aya smiled softly but quickly returned to her usual expression. She then let go of Lily and extended her hand.

"Let me help you."

Aleen accepted her hand and stood up. He could see Lily looking towards him with animosity. Was she angry because Aya released her to grab his hand? Aleen wondered about it briefly while holding Aya's soft palm.

Once he stood up, he examined his body. One of his legs hurt slightly when he uses too much strength, and his chest felt a little painful.

After confirming the state of his body, he looked at Aya. "How are the others?"

"… George survived, but he lost an arm. The stubble guy is also injured but nothing too serious."

Aleen nodded and walked towards them.

As Aya said, the bodyguard fortunately survived; apparently, the zombie missed his heart when it attacked. The stubble guy suffered an injury in his shoulder, and he could not feel his right arm. Aleen noticed that it was pale white, and showed signs of rotting; and wondered if it was better to cut the arm, but the stubble guy refused.

Aleen only shrugged his shoulders. Even if the virus was infectious, it probably could not transform him in a zombie before they reach the central tower.

After all, they were pretty close already, and the biggest danger was already dead.

Thinking about the patient zero, Aleen grabbed his sword with his right hand and walked towards its corpse; then, under the dumbfounded gazes of the others, he cut it into pieces.

"It would be bad if the body can move without its head." Aleen explained and pointed to the arm that moved alone after it was cut from the zombie's body.

The others nodded in understating.

Aleen then took four pieces of the zombie and put them inside his ring. He explained to them that it was to complete the sub-mission and that he was going to give one piece to each one when they are about to leave the game.

Once he finished with it, they departed towards the central tower.

Behind them, the pieces of the zombie were still twitching.