Chapter 12
Footsteps echoed around us . A runner had caught up to us most likely drawn by the terrifying fight that had echoed throughout the lifeless city .
And I was willing to bet that there were more that were coming . Haven tried signalling Yukio to leave him but he paid no heed to his plight, preferring to do as he pleased with the small amount of time left .
Before we could move to another spot however, a roar rang out from behind us . The roar of a Runner . We turned around to see one sprinting towards us with all its might . At this point, Yukio had barely recovered to having the strength of a normal person . It wasn't enough to block off the Runner but with his battle experience, it didn't pose much of a problem to dispatch it .
He grabbed the sword, hanging from his back and unsheathed it . A gleaming black obsidian colored blade greeted Haven's eyes . Moving to the side, to avoid the leap, Yukio cut down with his sword, timing it perfectly so it could reach the zombie's neck .
The sword seemed to slightly resonate with the air, taking on a slight hum as it swung down onto the Runner .
The blade sliced through cartilage and flesh with ease, readily decapitating the runner, as it leapt through the air to greet him .
Its headless body rolled forward, stopping just shy from Haven's own .
Before Yukio could go back under cover however, more roars resounded through the surroundings . The other Runners seemed to have caught up with the first one and heard its cries .
Seeing Yukio with his blade at the ready, they charged at him with all their might . Haven could count at least 10 of them running towards him .
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Yukio: Shit! Well . . . Haven the plan of forgetting the gun is shot now .
Haven: (wheezing)F*cking terrible pun . You . . . should leave . Go
Yukio: Even if I leave now, there's no point . They've already seen me and are probably going to try to kill me any way . Stay there, you'll be fine . . . probably
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Yukio, unwilling to take the chance of close combat anymore, prepared his gun and switched off the safety . Aiming, he shot down three of them before they got closer . The others started swarming him as soon as they got close . He rolled backwards, avoiding a leaping zombie from catching him unaware . He was unable to aim properly when he had to avoid another Runner from getting too close, lest he be bitten and piled up on .
Getting up from his disadvantageous position, he leapt off a wall to climb onto the broken floor above him . The zombies paid no attention to Haven . It might have been due to how camouflaged he looked surround by the debris and dust but in any case, they weren't aware of him .
Haven on the other hand, was worried about the outcome of the fight . He believed that the zombies only weren't paying heed to him due to Yukio distracting them . Once he falls, it was inevitable that they would look to face off against him next, and because of virus coursing through his body, he wouldn't even have a smidgen of a chance at defending himself .
Mustering his willpower, he forced his body upright and to move forward . As much as he had kept urging Yukio to leave him, the truth was that Haven never wanted to die . He wanted to live . He never wanted to feel as helpless as he was currently feeling now, barely able to move with the meager strength left in him . He vowed, speaking up with his last few breaths of consciousness, as he forced his body to stand amongst the debris, blood and sweat rolling off of his body in waves .
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Haven: I won't fall . . . this . . . I refuse, to die here . Not like this . When I die . . . it will be on my own terms . . . do you hear that devil? Or whatever shitty f*cking God that runs this place!
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And through his efforts, a small miracle happened .
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- LONGEVITY REALM LIMIT BROKEN!
REWARDED 500 POINTS, CELL VITALITY INCREASED BY 10 POINTS AND IMMUNIZATION STRENGTH INCREASED BY 50 POINTS!
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He did it . . .
I couldn't believe what I was seeing, but our body's condition spurned us otherwise . Haven's will to live, his final show of willpower gave us just the perfect reward we needed, just enough to survive .
Unknown strength filled his veins, surging through his muscles and through his body whole . Energy returned to us and our breathing changed from rasping blood filled to clean and strong . Haven was by no means healed to perfection, in fact he still felt like crap but at least he had the strength to walk once again .
The virus that was slowing killing away at his body appeared to have halted its momentum, giving him a reprieve to keep on going .
Before he could think on anything else however, another notification rang out .
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- HIDDEN GOD'S QUEST COMPLETE!
AS A NEW PLAYER, YOU HAVE REALIZED THE THREE BREAKTHROUGHS IN THE FACE OF HORROR AND LIVED, COMING EVER SO CLOSER TO THE NEXT STEP IN THE EVOLUTION OF MAN .
REWARDED 3000 POINTS, RANK B REWARD AND AN UPGRADE CERTIFICATE!
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- UPGRADE CERTIFICATE!
A RARE CERTIFICATE GIVEN TO PLAYERS BY GOD .
ALLOWS FOR THE UPGRADE OF A LOW OR INTERMEDIATE LEVEL NON-GENETIC ENHANCEMENT, IGNORING POINTS AND REWARD REQUIREMENTS . CONSUMABLE: ( 3 ) .
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[Haven! You . . . I actually . . . you did it!]
Haven: I . . . shit . This . . .
[Do you know what this means?!]
Haven: D-do you really think that God will . . . ?
[Yes . It's almost all but guaranteed now . . . ]
Haven: I see . . . I . . .
[We'll discuss this later . You should have enough strength to help Yukio out now . ]
Haven: This is really going to hurt isn't it?
[Yep . You won't die though . ]
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His body felt slightly more responsive then it did before . The realm breakthrough enhanced his immunization strength by a grand total of 50 points which had massively increased his abilities, resulting in his body acquiring enough strength to actively fight off the weak zombie virus invading his body .
Haven breathed in a deep breath before yelling out .
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Haven: Hey! Zombie F*cks! Im here, an all you can eat buffet! Come and get some, you bastards!
Yukio: Haven?! What the F*ck?! What the hell are you doing? Or rather, what I should be asking is how the f*ck are you still standing!?
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