6.SAFE HOUSE

"Those cowardly pussies!"

The middle-aged man Sai Krish cursed the Wilson brothers. There were up to twenty dogs in that vicinity, so their survival rate decreased tremendously. They didn't have any prior experience in battle. They lost their morale when they were betrayed by those brothers.

Nagendra tried to boost their morale.

"Everybody grab your weapons and aim for the neck of the dogs slay their throats which seems like their weakness. You ought to either hunt them or be hunted! If you desire to live. Survive this!"

They stood in their places while gripping their weapons and aimed their weapons towards the dogs with resolve. They chose to hunt rather than being hunted.

The woman named Sonali was surrounded by three dogs and there was Sai Krish who ran recklessly towards a dog. After getting close he successfully pierced a dog with his dagger. When he turned his gaze, he saw Sonali getting surrounded. Suddenly the eyes of the dogs that surrounded Sonali turned towards him with high killing intent. Their eyes gave out a glint red color to kill the one who killed their kin.

They started running towards Sai. A chill ran down his spine he reflexively started running but the three dogs caught up to him in an instant and pounced on him on by one they started biting his flesh off and at that moment the other four survivors lost hope but, they still gripped their weapons.

Nagendra shouted in a loud voice.

"Everybody get closer to each other."

Swiftly,

Nix and others started running to team up in a single place which could turn up into a good strategy rather than being hunted by running separately. They would be hunted because of the low number of people to oppose the dogs.

The one who was close to Nix was Shreya. She was shooting arrows with her bow but every time she shot an arrow she could hit some targets but mostly they missed but it was appreciable for a person who hadn't used a weapon in their life to use it skillfully.

When Nix ran a wild dog lunged at him.

Abruptly, an arrow pierced the dog's stomach. When he turned back he saw four dogs surrounding him and two dogs were chasing after Shreya, she was the one who shot the dog which tried to attack Nix.

He tried to damage those dogs by brandishing his sword randomly, but he couldn't injure them a lot though he gashed a dog by luck, the other three began to try attacking him. Nix felt helpless at that moment even though he got help from someone he couldn't kill the damned things.

In fact, Nix didn't actually feel that helpless against the dogs as he felt more potent following the merging process but the problem was he didn't want to reveal his trump cards.

[Private ability~Truth eye activated]

[Processing information of the target...]

[Opening the information window.]

〘MONSTER NAME: Creeper wild〙

"✪STAT✪"

『VITALITY: 11』

|TYPE: Carnivores|

|TENDENCY: Unruly|

|LIKES: Human flesh, undeads|

|DISLIKES-Monkeys|

〈Untameable〉

〚HEALTH CONDITION: GOOD\HEALTHY〛

'I see, no helping it I guess'

Nix's eye showed a Red glint.

Suddenly he started to slash and kill the dogs one by one. He accurately turned like he had eyes on his back and stabbed a dog which tried to attack from his back and then there was a dog which pounced from his left. It was like he was predicting every move of the dogs when they tried to attack him. He was not skillful in using a sword but by predicting the attacks he managed to kill them.

It was because he used his ability.

[Private ability~Doom prediction Vision.]

He started running towards Shreya as he wanted to help her since he owed her. When he ran towards her. The dogs left her and started running towards him. Nix reflexively used his right hand's hidden blade and slew the throat of the dog and slashed the other dog that jumped from the left after dodging its attack.

Nix shouted at Shreya who stood there like a statue in a Daze.

"Start running towards others!"

Shreya snapped out of it and started running with Nix. They started running using their whole energy. When they got close to Nagendra and Sonali they were surrounded by dogs. They both have successfully managed to resist by killing four wild dogs. Now they were surrounded by nine dogs after they had got teamed up.

This time Nix led the group by instructing them.

"I will take the rear, and Nagendra can you take the front? and can you both cover us from the sides?"

Everyone then replied in a single tone.

"okay"

Using his prediction ability Nix successfully killed two dogs and Nagendra skillfully killed three dogs. They began to feel fatigued after the battle. They didn't know if they could kill the last two dogs but suddenly the remaining dog's behavior changed.

The dogs began to retreat after seeing their kin being slain. All of them felt relieved seeing the dogs retreating.

Nix raised his voice and said.

"I think it would be good to carry the corpse of the dog if we don't have food. We only possess essential supplies needed to survive, so I think it is not a bad idea to take the meat of a dog."

Everybody felt disgusted hearing his idea but, what he said is true if one needs to survive. It is necessary to be cautious and take advantage of everything they receive on their way.

Sonali voiced her opinion.

"Nix I think it is a bad idea if we get in we may find any other creature which we could find more convenient to eat"

And Shreya voiced out.

"yes, I thought the same thing."

"Okay, but I will carry a dog in case if we don't get any food."

"hah"

Sonali and Shreya both sighed at the same time upon hearing it.

Nagendra didn't say anything as he thought it was a good idea to take it. They were in a dangerous environment. Who knows what may happen if they don't have any reserve food to survive.

They started to walk deep into the forest.

As they were walking, they planned a formation Nix will be at the rear and Nagendra was at the front when they both protect the team Sonali and Shreya who were archers will support the team. This was their current formation.

As they went in, they were attacked by a lot of zombies. The zombies were a lot weak compared to the wild dogs, so they didn't have any problem. They killed almost five zombies on their way.

After five hours of traveling, they found a yellow-colored house in which exactly four people could stay. By the time they got to the house the sky was dark which signified that it was night.

They got into the building cautiously after they found out that there wasn't anybody or any monsters in it so they felt relieved and got in but there was one problem that was food. They didn't find any food to eat.

The things they killed after the dogs can't be eaten as they were all zombies, their bodies were already rotten and grotesque, so They had no other choice other than eating dog meat that Nix carried throughout their whole exploration inside the forest.

They were lucky enough to get plenty of water in a pond which they found on their way. They were hungry but they were reluctant to eat it.

So Nix first went inside a room that seemed like the kitchen. He sliced and roasted the meat and started eating and everybody followed after him and started the roasted dog meat. They felt grateful that Nix carried the corpse around even though they said he needn't do it.

Shreya gave a slight smile and ate the meat and thanked Nix.

"Thanks for the food Nix and thanks for helping me during the fight with the wild dogs."

"I helped you because I owed you one."

"oh, the arrow that I shot on the wild dog during the fight?"

"yes"

Shreya gave a bright smile and opened her mouth.

"Well, I guess we are even now, so let's be friends then."

Nix hesitated a bit and shook hands with her. Sonali was sad as her colleague died during the battle. She didn't eat for a while and Nagendra insisted and made her eat. After eating they rested for a bit.

They made shifts to guard the house. Any monster around the vicinity would attack them so, by taking turns two people guarded the house for up to two hours, and then the turns changed Nagendra and Nix would pair up in a shift and Sonali and Shreya would pair up the next shift.

Like that shift went on and the morning came. As they woke up a message popped up after a long time of struggle.

{Day 1}

{Survive for two more days.}

They all gulped after looking at the message. They have a long way to go now.