17 Battle Between Survivors

The men were aiming their guns towards William as they watched him carefully. However, William was also not willing to give up so easily. This residential area was spacious with a lot of locust trees on the side of the streets. These threes were tall and thick, providing great cover for some of the men who were lying in ambush.

They had no grievances or whatsoever with each other, but by simply passing down this place, they had already placed themselves in the position of the hunted.

"You're passing through our territory, so of course, you have to pay!" the men shouted loudly.

William crossed his arms. "There are no marking whatsoever that shows this place is yours."

"It doesn't matter, now that you're already here, give us your car!"

William and Yakov sent a glance to each other. They knew that there was no way to reason with these people who wanted to rob them. Even though they were facing the threat named Xermo, there were still disputes between the survivors here.

It was inevitable.

Everyone only wished for their survival. As for the method they used to survive, it was all completely up to them.

"You…"

BANG!

Shooting could be heard from the back of the car. William immediately made his move when he heard that. His two hands were already holding guns as he stuck his hands out of the window and began to shoot the people.

One, two, three, four…

With Yakov was also doing the same thing, it was clear that the people there were not a match to them at all.

Bang!

By the time it was over, only one person was left alive. William glanced to the back and saw Gloria sitting with her arms stretched out. She was slightly trembling after shooting someone, but it was clear that she was still fine.

He chose to leave her be for now. In this situation, they have to grow up quickly because the situation had changed. There was no way he would have the time to take care of the young girl. She had to come to terms with this new situation by herself.

Tep!

Jumping down the car, William looked in the direction of the people around him. He felt disgust when he thought that he had to kill ordinary people. However, he knew that they were the one who wanted to attack first.

"Tell me, who are you?"

Yakov watched with a frown. "Will, I don't think it's a good idea to get out of the car."

William nodded. He knew that it was not a good idea to jump down, but he wanted to know what made these people were so confident. His eyes scanned the surroundings while still paying attention to the sole person whom they left alive.

The man was looking at William with fear in his eyes. His hand was holding onto his wounded leg. "B…Boss will not let you off!"

"Who's your boss?" William asked.

"It's me."

Swish! Clang!

William raised his hand and used the gun to block a sudden attack. His eyes narrowed when he saw a man jumped and twisted his body midair as if he was on the ground. That kind of movement was supposed to be impossible!

Bang! Bang!

There was no time for him to think as William rolled to the side. The man was holding a pair of handguns in his hand. His eyes were looking at William with calm and crazy eyes. At the same time, the dilated pupil looked different from normal people.

For some reason, that pair of eyes gave William bad vibe.

He swiftly raised his gun and began to shoot. However, the boss swiftly moved to evade the attack. His movement was so quick as if he became one with the wind. It was strange and bizarre.

William's face was grave as he rushed to the side and evaded the boss's attack. The boss's movements were so quick, nearly didn't give William enough time to respond at all.

"William!" Yakov shouted from inside the car.

Bang!

He shot a few times towards the boss. One of the gun hit the boss' leg as it momentarily stopped his movement.

William raised his gun and pulled the trigger a few times.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Thud!

The boss's body fell to the ground.

William was still looking at the boss before him with trepidation. That speed was certainly inhuman. For some reason, he felt as if the speed the man showed was even above the fastest man on the world.

But how?

Pulling himself from his thoughts, William scanned the area. He could see some people were watching his fight from a distance, so William quickly rushed over to the car again and sat down. He nodded at Yakov.

"Go."

This time, Yakov didn't waste any time and started the car. Not only William, even he could sense that there was something terribly wrong with that boss from before. It didn't feel like they were facing human but rather mutated Xermo just like the one they faced not long ago.

"William, do you think we're seeing things correctly?"

"Yes, we do."

"That man… he's not human is he?"

"He's human," William said for certain. Even though the pupil did look different from what he had seen, the boss still could speak and acted like normal human. It was not something that Xermo could possibly.

Yakov took a deep breath. "In that case, you're telling me that he had a positive mutation that makes his speed faster?"

William was silent for a moment before he replied, "I'm afraid that's correct."