The Guard

They approached slowly with great caution.

Their eyes spread around and tried not to let anything out of their sight.

Until finally a few moments later the five people arrived at the gas station.

Absolutely no zombies here. And it's very strange. Where are the zombies actually located right now?

Those who had swarmed and competed to eat them were now gone. There are no zombies within a few tens of meters of this location.

That can only indicate one thing. That indicated that inside the gas station there were likely bigger, or stronger, zombies.

They all came to the same conclusions on the circumstances that occurred here before even saying anything.

They prepared to face anything near the Supply Cache.

There is a convenience store near the gas station. Because they couldn't find the Supply Cache anywhere in the gas station area, they all concluded that the Supply Cache must be in the convenience store.

Leon peeked through the glass door. As soon as he took a peek, he immediately saw what seemed to be the Supply Cache.

It was a black box covered with a silver metal line. The box is approximately one-meter square. Not too big but it seems enough to contain whatever reward awaits them inside.

"It's there," Leon said in a whisper to his group members.

"What else is there?" Wiley asked.

"I didn't see anything," Leon replied. "I'll go in first and check things out."

They knew what Leon was capable of, so no one tried to stop him.

With his ability, Leon was indeed the most appropriate person to enter first.

"Be prepared if something happens to me."

After saying that Leon stood up and walked into the convenience store.

His jaw tightened because of anxiety. His eyes moved non-stop to scan every inch of the convenience store. But he still found nothing.

'This is weird. Very weird.'

Leon stepped closer to the Supply Cache but nothing happened. He stretched out his hand to touch the black box.

*BRAAAKKK!*

Suddenly, from above him something fell through the minimarket ceiling.

The falling dust blocked his vision so he couldn't see what was falling. Leon only felt something hit his shoulder.

Something very hard hit him with tremendous force until Leon fell to his knees.

"Urghh..." Leon groaned.

A moment later the dust and debris cleared so Leon could see what had attacked him.

The creature was hulking two meters tall. Its head was covered by a white sheet that was almost black with blood.

Its body was also wrapped in a white cloth stained with blood.

It gripped a giant ax with both hands that had bulging muscles. The blade of the ax was now on Leon's shoulder.

Leon finally knew what hit him on the shoulder. If it wasn't for his ability, Leon's shoulder would have been sliced ​​open by now. Then he bled to death.

This is the zombie that guarding the Supply Cache.

A purple blob suddenly hit the ax zombie's head. Making it let out a groaning that sounds deep and disturbing.

Leon used the chance to heave the giant ax on his shoulder and rolled away.

After that, he stood up and swung his machete at the creature's back.

*CRAAATTT!*

Leon's machete can injure it. But he couldn't make the wound too deep because it's hard muscle.

The creature which was some kind of evolution from a zombie swung its ax toward Leon.

Leon was able to duck in time so the ax just destroyed the food shelf behind him.

"HYAAARGHHH!"

From behind the zombie Rosie jumped up with her electrified hammer.

*BUAGHHH!*

*JZZZZZZZTTTT!*

After the hammer hit its head hard, electricity flowed through its head and staggered it.

Albert followed shortly after and stab his dagger.

*CRAAAT!*

The dagger penetrated the white cloth and a bit of skin from the zombie. However, as happened with Leon's machete earlier, the dagger didn't do much damage.

"GRRAHH!"

The zombie waved its hand at Albert. But Albert had already used his ability to become transparent so the zombie's hand just went right through him.

Seeing that the blob he threw earlier did no significant damage to the large zombie, Wiley decided to create another one.

Behind him, Lola was staring at the store with frightened eyes.

After Wiley had created a purple blob in his hand, he threw it at the zombie's head again when he saw an opening.

*BLART!*

The blob hit the back of the zombie's head. It groaned in pain again.

This time something happened. The dirty white cloth full of blood that covered its head began to decay and finally fell off.

Revealing an ugly face that was rotting and full of maggots.

"Fuck! I should have just left it there!" Wiley again groaned.

However, Leon, Albert, and Rosie seemed unfazed by the ugly sight of the zombie's face.

They continued to launch attacks in hopes of dealing enough damage to the zombie.

The zombie swung its ax at Rosie. Rosie blocked it with her electrified hammer.

*CLANG!*

Then Rosie uses her ability to transmit electricity through the ax to the zombie's body.

*JZZZZRRRTTT!*

Rosie grimaced and gritted her teeth. It indicated that she was squeezing her Magic Power to transmit the electricity.

But Rosie's efforts ended well because soon the zombie convulsed as electricity filled its body.

The purple blob was also spreading faster and faster from the zombie's head to its entire body. Thus causing it to weaken quickly.

Leon and Albert did not waste the opportunity. They immediately charged and swung their machetes and daggers.

*CRAAAT!*

*CRAAAT!*

*CRAAAT!*

...

Leon and Albert attacked repeatedly with their weapons.

The zombie could no longer attack as its body convulsed due to the electricity from Rosie.

The two of them also noticed that Rosie's Magic Power was running low. So they made their attacks as stronger and fast as possible with the remaining time Rosie gave them.

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