If it's only those two... I can win!

There were only three zombies within range of Mathew's sight.

Only three of them.

And yet, the young man stopped completely.

"So did I," he informed Norbert of the situation while staring down the three monstrous beings that stood only about two hundred meters away. "How's the situation on your end?"

Mathew struggled to keep his eyes both open and closed, unwilling to let the three zombies out of his sight… while at the same time doing his best to maintain communication with the rest of his local group.

"Nothing yet," Norbert reported quickly, allowing Mathew to dedicate most of his focus to the enemies he found.

Those zombies… were unlike any of the ones Mathew fought with in the past.

They weren't monsters, as he could still recognize the general human-like shape of their bodies. Yet, at the same time, they reached a level where it simply felt wrong to call them zombies anymore.