Joe In Trouble

I sent Sakura to organize and maintain the independent space after taking all the essentials and gas from the gas station. Crystal and I continued on our trip while riding on her back, hanging on for dear life. I gripped the silky soft, smooth fur around her neck while she dashed around the cars and zombies on the road.

Crystal was running at 50 mph and was cutting through the streets, leaving a lightning trail behind. The only thing the zombies could do was look and watch as we zipped past them.

Finally, reaching Joe's street, I hopped off Crystal's back. Looking at the end of the road, I see a man's figure being pinned down by a giant monster. Getting a closer look, I realized that it was Joe and he was in trouble.

"Crystal, GO," I said. I yelled.

Crystal then took off, heading for the monster at the end of the street. Looking at her speed, I knew she wouldn't make it in time to stop it before it killed Joe. I am trying desperately to think of how I can save him while I'm running at full speed, and I somehow appear in front of the monster and Joe.

It was huge up close, and I could tell that it was another evolution of the zombies. The ugly face, the deformed body that looks like the muscles will break out its skin, and the disgusting breathe that smells like death. Its hands were big enough almost to cover Joe's entire body, and it looked like it was trying to crush him.

Without wasting any time, my spear appears in my hand, and I stab it towards the zombie's face knocking it off of Joe. To my surprise, it nearly left a mark on the zombie's skull.

"Yo Joe, what are you doing down there lying on the ground. I know planking was in for a while, but this is not the place and time," I said to him jokingly.

"Dwayne shut up, and I almost died to that piece of s**t. I could take that zombie out, but none of my attacks works on it. By the way, what's with that big a** dog you got there? Where can I get one?" Says Joe back to me

"First of all, that's Crystal, and she's no longer a dog but a wolf. Second, if you can overpower a beast and force it to submit, you might get the tamer skill. Lastly, could you leave it to me? I'll take care of the rest because I'm a little pissed that it just tried to kill my best bud."

"Crystal, back off. I got it from here."

"Yes, Master," says Crystal telepathically

Waving my hand, I send out Sakura as well.

"Where did this come from, and what is it exactly?" Joe asks, trying to poke Sakura with his finger.

"Don't worry about it right now; I'll explain later. For now, back off a little, please give me some room, and watch me work. I'm not going to lie; I'm kind of OP (overpowered) right now." I said while laughing at him.

"Sakura, you and Crystal keep him safe."

"Yes, Master," They both said.

[Skill acquired]

[Space - Blink: able to travel across space in a radius of 1/4 mile around host 100 Mp per use]

'That explains how I meticulously appeared here,' thought Dwayne.

"Inspect"

[Name: Basher

Breed: Zombie

Lvl: 13

Hp: 480/500

Mp: 70

Str: 65

Spd: 25

Vit: 50

Int: 7]

'It's pretty slow, but its strength is off the charts. No wonder I couldn't pierce it with my first attack.'

"Time - Suit" "Space - Shackle"

I am holding my spear firmly in my hands. I dash towards the Basher stomping its way over. Taking advantage of my speed and space shackle, I rush behind its blind spot. Jumping into the air, I stab my spear at the back of its head.

Only to see a small crack on its skull because I cant puncher through it. Back flipping in the air, I land on the ground dodging its mighty swing before it could hit me.

'Trying to compete with it in strength will never work. I must find its weak spot to kill it,' I thought to myself.

Circling it, I stab and slash my spear in different areas of its body only to get the same results as before. The defense on this zombie is just too strong. All I could do was roll and flip to dodge its heavy-handed attacks.

I aim for the eyes, ears, and mouth, following the human body's most vulnerable spots. Finally, starting to see some damage as it goes on a rampage in retaliation. I am concentrating all my remaining mana into my space element at the tip of my spear. Space started to fluctuate around the point of my spear. It looks like a hole in space was tearing where ever it passed. I jump up and stab it through the eye with all my strength. It falls over with me dropping to its side, exhausted because I used all my mana up.

[Killed Basher - Exp 2000]

[Rank up available; would host like to rank up now.]

"No," I said tiredly and out of breath.

I am looking beside the zombie when I see a coat glowing soft yellow light. It looks like a black trench coat with red stripes around the collar and the cuffs. The skin seems long enough to reach my calf if worn, and not sure what material, but it looks soft to the touch too.

[Overlord Coat (bronze rank) - a coat strong enough to take bronze lvl damage; +20 Vit, +10 Str]

"Bro let me have that you don't need it," says Joe as he checks out the overlord coat.

I took the overlord coat in my space pendant and told him to help me up. We were heading back to Joe's apartment, where we could recuperate from the longs battles of today. Reaching his building, I took Crystal and Sakura back into the independent space of my space pendant before we went inside. For one, Crystal was far too big to get into regular builds now.

Sitting down on Joe's couch, I close my eyes to regenerate more mana.