Chapter 4: First Kiss

"Jason, Charlie, run, I've got it!" Rachel's voice came outside, Jason and Charlie heard Rachel's voice, hurriedly backed up and ran away from the convenience store.

　　Three people left the convenience store. Jason just wanted to ask Rachel what kind of prop she got, they did not expect that the zombie from the convenience store chased out.

　　Different from the previous time, the zombie's eyes turned red at this time and the injuries caused by Jason and Charlie were also cured.

　　"Noooo, it chased out, run, run." Rachel said.

　　Three people ran towards the back, but the zombie's speed was much faster than theirs, and soon caught up them.

　　"Charlie we fight with it, Rachel, you go first!" Jason said, turned back rushed towards the zombie.

　　Charlie followed Jason, two people fight together again with the zombie.

　　"How it is different from before, ah,it is much more powerful, speed is also faster than before."

　　"I don't know, focus on it, carefully, Charlie!"

　　Two people were beaten by the zombie, they kept backing up, Jason's arm was scratched hardly by the zombie and fell to the ground. His arm kept bleeding, and his axe fell to the side.

　　"Jason, are you okay?"

　　Charlie saw Jason fall to the ground and then hurriedly blocked in front of Jason to protect him.

　　"I, I'm okay, not dead yet, you watch out!"

　　Before Jason could finish his words, the zombie broke Charlie's pickaxe, Charlie froze in place with his empty hands.

　　"Run, Charlie!" Jason shouted.

The zombie wanted to bit Charlie directly. Charlie closed his eyes tightly

"It's over, I'm going to die. Dad, Mom, Sorry."

　　"Charlie run, do not freeze in here!" Rachel's voice came over, Charlie opened his eyes and found that he was still alive.

　　The zombie's neck was tied in a green vine, its mouth open widely, only a few centimeters away from Charlie's face.

　　"Run!" Rachel's voice came again.

　　Charlie picked up Jason who had fallen to the ground.

　　"Wait, Charlie!" Jason stood up, picked up the axe that had fallen next to him, and handed it to Charlie.

　　"Use the axe, kill it now."

　　Charlie took the axe and slashed viciously at the zombie's head. The zombie turned into a cloud of black smoke and disappeared. Three pieces of Soul Crystals fell on the ground, and a skill "Primary Berserk" was also dropped.

　　"Great, we finally killed it, I thought I was dead when I saw it ran to me!" Charlie absorbed two pieces of Soul Crystals, upgraded to level 2, and gave the remaining one to Jason.

　　Rachel ran to them and saw Jason who was covered in blood, she asked

　　"Jason, are you okay? Let's go back to the convenience store and find something to help you stop the bleeding!"

　　Charlie picked up the "Primary Berserk" and the three of them went back to the convenience store. Rachel found some alcohol and helped Jason disinfect. Charlie went to find food and flashlights.

　　"That green vine, is that a skill you learned?" Jason asked Rachel.

　　"Yes, this is the skill that zombie guarding. In that situation, both you and Charlie were in danger, so it is no time for me to think about, I just learned the skill."

　　"What does this skill do?"

　　"This skill is called "Primary Vine". It can summon a vine to control the enemy's movement. Each time to use the skill will consume 1 point of mental." Rachel answered.

　　When Rachel and Jason were talking, Charlie returned with food and flashlight.

　　"Thank you Rachel, you saved me and Jason."

　　"You guys also saved me before. We're a team now, we have to help each other! By the way, the "Primary Berserk" who do you want to learn this skill?"

　　"Charlie will learn it."

　　"Jason will learn it."

　　Charlie and Jason both looked at each other at the same time and said.

　　"You two are really modest, but now is not the time to be modest. Let's see the specific effect of this "Primary Berserk" and then we can decide."

　　The three opened the scroll of "Primary Berserk".

　　"Primary Berserk, boosts the user's strength and physique by 20% within 10 minutes, 2 times per day."

　　"That zombie must have used this skill. It can suddenly become so powerful. I think this skill is more suitable for Charlie to learn!" Rachel said.

　　"That's right, Charlie you learn it, your strength, physique are higher than us, use the skill to get a high bonus. We are now a small team, you become stronger, we are also safer." Jason went on to say.

　　"All right! Then I'll be a good tank to protect you and Rachel!" Charlie said. Then he learned "Primary Berserk" and added 2 points of strength, and 1 point of physique . This way, after using "Primary Berserk" , Charlie could gain 2 points of strength and 2 points of physique in extra.

　　"I've also decided that Rachel is a witch with high intellect and mental, Charlie is a warrior with high strength and physique, so I'll be focus on agility and perception!" Jason said.

"It's too late now, let's eat something and sleep here today. The only good thing is that now is summer, it's not cold at night.

We'll take turns keeping watch in the night. Then go back to Charlie's tomorrow during the day." Rachel suggested to Jason and Charlie.

　　"Jason is injured, you are a girl, I can be the night guard. You two just take a good rest." Charlie said.

　　"No, my injury is not serious, it does not affect me a lot. All of us need to rest, so that we can keep enough energy. Tomorrow there may be more fighting!" Jason said, put the axe on the ground, and then talked to Charlie

　　"Charlie, your pickaxe was damaged in the battle just now, so use my axe when you're on watching in the night. I am the first, then you, Rachel is the last."

　　Three people arranged the order of the vigil, Charlie and Rachel went to rest, Jason began the vigil first.

　　In the summer night, the temperature is not very low. After several battles, Charlie was very tired and soon fell asleep.

　　"Wuuuu, wuuuu, wuuu." In the silence of the night, Jason could hear clearly that Rachel was crying.

　　"Rachel, what happened to you, why are you crying?" Jason heard Rachel's crying and hurriedly asked.

　　"Wuuuu, I'm fine, wuuuu, I'm just too scared, scared that we won't survive tomorrow, scared that we'll turn into zombies, scared that we'll be eaten by monsters, wuuuu, wuuuuu, and my parents my sister, I'm scared that I'll never see them again!"

　　Jason sat next to Rachel, Rachel immediately hugged Jason and cried more in Jason's arms.

　　"Don't worry Rachel, I will protect you well, I will not let anything hurt you, I swear, I will use my life"

　　Before Jason could finish his words, his mouth was blocked by a soft thing. Jason knew that it must be Rachel's lips.

　　"Don't you to say things like that, each of us, you, me, Charlie, we all have to live well."

　　"Rachel, just now, was that you kissing?"

　　"Idiot, no more talk, I'm going to bed, you stay here for the vigil!"

　　Rachel's heart, beating so fast. She has been secretly in love with Jason for long time, just now suddenly feverish mind kissed Jason, she did not know why.

　　Now she calmed down, her own face also turned red. Rachel turned over her body, back to Jason, and then fell asleep.

　　A night passed quickly without any incidents. The previously consumed perception and mental also recovered. Three of them got up, ate something and found a backpack in the convenience store. Rachel put some necessities in the backpack on her back.

　　"I'll carry it." Jason said.

　　Rachel dodged Jason's eyes, looked down and said, "No, I'll do it. You and Charlie are going to fight, carrying a backpack is not convenient to do that. I just need to use the vines in a distance."

　　Jason was about to say more, but Charlie suddenly said

　　"Someone's coming!"

　　A middle-aged man cautiously entered through the doorway of the convenience store, saw they were inside the convenience store, and he took a long sword, held it in his hand, pointed at Jason Rachel and Charlie, he asked

　　"Who are you and why are you here. Where did the previous cashier go?"

　　Jason secretly used Primary Scouting to get information of the person in front of him.

　　Level 5 F Human

　　Strength 12

　　Agility 9

　　Physique 9

　　Intellect 4

　　Mental 5

　　Perception 3

　　"Be careful, he's level 5." Jason said quietly to Charlie and Rachel.

　　"We don't know where the cashier went, there was only one zombie in here when we got here." Charlie said.

　　"Oh? A zombie?" The middle-aged man looked around and stared at the backpack Rachel was carrying.

　　"So it's you guys, you killed Shawn, I'm going to kill you to avenge for him!" The man suddenly raised his long sword and slashed towards Rachel.

　　The man's sudden attack startled the three, but Jason was prepared for it and raised his axe to fight with him.

　　Rachel wrapped the man's left hand with vines, and the man could only slash the vines with his long sword. Jason took advantage of this time and slashed at the man's arm with his axe.

　　The axe hit the man's arm hard, but the man did not bleed. The man's arm turned grayish brown and bounced off Jason's attack.

　　"Hmmm, Stone Skin, you haven't seen it before. All three of you are going to die here today and pay for Shawn's life."

　　The man cut through the vine and charged toward Rachel again.

　　"We haven't seen Shawn, we haven't killed anyone, you're mistaken!" Rachel shouted.