Felix VS Mercenaries

Seth could feel it, a corrupted, ruthless and maddening desire– not to kill– but to toy around with the humans!

To pester them as they begged for their deaths! To make them scream as they saw their bodies getting dismembered! To eat them alive as they begged for mercy!

A smile appeared on Seth's face. He liked the idea! He wasn't a human after all... he was a monster! So why would he give a damn what he did to humans?

He liked it!

Seth liked it!

He slowly got up and excitedly stared at the advancing humans, his hand resting silently atop his dagger, intending to play with his toys as soon as Felix's desire erupted.

Felix panted like an excited dog playing catch with its owner. Just that... the dog had become a monster and the owner at that! While the real dogs had become humans who were conversing without a shitty clue what was about to go down with them.

"Hey! I've been wondering. Will the Grade E's plan work? Do you think this kidnapping would really stir the Orcs and spread them out?" The shady-looking man with dark skin asked while glancing at the strange-looking Orc they had been dragging behind them inside the cage.

"Honestly speaking, I don't give a shit about how the Orcs' numbers are becoming dangerous. The only reason I took this job was for the pay that scum was giving." The lean-built man spat at the Orc behind them- causing it to oink timidly.

"Well, what can we do? We couldn't possibly deny that scum either!" The scarred man shrugged and kept walking like a mini mountain, "Though if I had to say, this should bring even more money. When those pig bastards spread throughout the forest for this High Orc cub! I just," A vicious grin spread atop his face, "Can't wait to murder these pigs!"

[● Quest:

- Eliminate the humans

● Rewards:

- Infection ratio increases by 3.]

As if helping him snap out of his trance, the quest reappeared in front of Felix. As he eyed the humans, a screen materialized beside each of them.

[Name: Chipp

○ Race: Human

○ State: Alive

○ Level: 15

○ Experience: 671/2500

○ Talent: Alertion

○ Stats: Strength-18 | Speed-22 | Defense-18 | Intelligence-11 | Mana-45

○ Skills: Sneakiness (Level: 1) | Short-Sword Mastery (Level: 3) | Stamina-Burst]

Felix looked away from the lean-built, assassin-type guy to the scarred macho man.

[Name: Gutto

○ Race: Human

○ State: Alive

○ Level: 16

○ Experience: 890/3000

○ Talent: Stun-Blade

○ Stats: Strength-23 | Speed-20 | Defense-20 | Intelligence-11 | Mana-45

○ Skills: Minor-Healing-Boost (Level: 1) Large-Blade Mastery (Level: 3) | Adrenaline Charge (Level: 1)]

Finally, he glanced at the shady black-toned man.

[○ Name: Ris

○ Race: Human

○ State: Alive

○ Level: 14

○ Experience: 122/2000

○Talent: Flame Arrow

○ Stats: Strength-19 | Speed-19 | Defense-19 | Intelligence-12 | Mana-35

○ Skills: Bow Mastery (Level:3) | Mana Arrow (Level: 2)]

Felix's eyes fell upon Ris. He calmly eyed the group getting closer and closer, walking right in front of him without realizing his presence, as he gazed from behind the trees. He didn't draw breath like them after all... he had no presence to speak off! Even if they gazed at him, they would take him to be a rotten corpse!

Just as they started walking past him, Felix stepped forward. The spiked club fell between his hands and the System's notification rang in his head.

[Talent 'Stealth' has been activated!]

Felix grinned savagely. Seth traced right beside him.

Felix rushed towards Ris while Seth inched closer to Chipp.

The instant Felix appeared behind Ris, a grin stretched across his face.

"Hey! Someth--" The suspicion brewing inside Ris remained apprehension alone. He couldn't even complete his words much less hear the heavy thud the club made as it struck at the back of his head.

"Grrrr!!!"

"SHIT!!" Chipp screamed, his Talent activated and warned him of the incoming danger. He instantly ducked down and rolled ahead.

"What?" Gutto swiftly shifted back, his large blade already squeezed in his hands.

His eyes fell down atop Ris who had already collapsed onto the ground and Chipp who had narrowly dodged.

"What the hell? Zombies? What are they doing here? Aren't they only supposed to be in dungeons mostly?" Gutto stared at the two undeads in surprise.

Before asking Chipp, "Can you return a punch or two or not?"

Chipp rubbed his chin, "My Talent is now on cool-down. I need to be careful. But... leave that shitty Zombie to me." His eyes flared up as he drew out his short sword.

"Good! I will take that club one. I wonder if he even knows how to swing that bad boy. Hahaha!" Gutto smirked and rushed at Felix. "Adrenaline Charge!" His muscles tightened as his stats increased a bit.

"DIEEE!!" He roared and slashed his blade down.

"Grr!" Felix groaned and countered with his club.

The large blade dug inside the club but didn't sever through. While Felix with almost equal strength kept pushing onward but still failed to overpower the human.

"Damn that's hard!! Stun-Blade" Gutto exclaimed. Tremors traveled down from the large blade into the club and ran wild inside Felix.

[You have been affected by Stun-Blade. As you are an undead, you are immune to the effects.]

"Humph!" Thinking Felix had been stunned. Gutto pulled back his sword, hurling out the club from Felix's hand as a bonus.

The instant the club left his hand, Felix's blood boiled. His eyes grew wide from rage as he gasped and stamped his leg on the ground like a bull.

"GRRR!!" Letting loose a wild roar, he slammed his head into Gutto's belly.

[Mad Rush activated!]

"Blarr!!" The blade dropped from Gutto's hand as he collapsed down to the floor, feeling intense nausea.

Felix growled and slashed at Gutto's head.

Instantly, a notification appeared in front of Gutto.

[Warning! You have been infected by the zombie virus! You have begun to convert into a Zombie!]

'Huh!? The shit!?' Gutto stared at the screen in disbelief. He knew all too well about zombies. Not just every zombie could infect living beings. The zombie had to have at least gone through two to three evolutions. But if this zombie had gone through so many evolutions then... he would've directly been killed!

Ferrin groaned and bit into Gutto's flesh.

Without any unnecessary notifications, an alert popped up in front of him.

[Ding! Worst quality flesh devoured! Tracing Origin of the flesh!]

[Ding! Origin trace failed!]

"AHHH!!" Gutto's hand flailed around and barged into Felix's chest. Sending him back a step. His eyes flared up, trembling as he saw his life flashing away, 'Shit! I need to do something! And fast!'

But before Gutto could even regain his bearing, Felix's eyes boiled up. He skidded his feet against the ground before charging forward and headbutting Gutto right on his face.

[Mad Rush activated!]

"Ughh!!" Gutto fell back, his nose broken and blood gushing out of his broken jaw. His mind kept ringing from the pain, 'What the hell? It hits like a sledgehammer!'

Ferrin groaned and bit into Gutto's shoulder.

[Warning! You have been highly affected by the zombie virus. Your conversion has sped up!]

"The fuck?" Gutto screamed, his body trembled as he struggled to get up. But nausea hit him right where it hurt.

"Blrr!!" His vomit splashed down, mingled with blood. A notification popped up in front of his eyes.

[Congratulations! You have successfully died and turned into a zombie!]

[Congratulations! You have become completely loyal to the Awakened!]

"GRRR!" Felix's eyes shifted toward Chipp, he took his club and grabbed the large blade in his other hand. Flashing a smirk, he sneaked toward Chipp, hidden under the effects of Stealth.

Chipp, busy overpowering Seth, didn't feel Felix sneaking behind him due to his Talent being under cool-down.

"GRRR!!" Letting loose a wild roar, Felix tried smashing the club on Chipp's head but due to him using only one hand, the club didn't fly high enough and instead landed on the waist.

"UGHH!!" Chipp stumbled forward and looked behind at Felix in rage.

"YOU SNEAKY PEST!" Chipp gazed at Gutto, seeing the dude's skin turning a strange black color, his sweat broke out.

'Shit! Has he been corrupted by the zombie?' Chipp frowned and looked at Felix.

Only for the latter to instantly drop his large blade and charge over with the club after getting notified by the System that he couldn't lift both these heavy objects at once.

"GRR!!" Felix's swung the club right at Chipp's skull.

"SHIT!" Chipp felt his body shiver even without his Talent. Forcing him to roll backward.

The instant he flipped to his feet, Seth sneaked over and plunged his dagger toward his neck.

Right at the brink, Chipp's Talent went out of cool-down. Allowing him to swerve out of death's grasp. Still, the dagger grazed his windpipe, splashing his blood out in the air.

"GRRR!!" Felix's club swung right when Chipp felt at ease.

"Dam–" Chipp flung away, his face slamming hard on the wooden cage keeping the High Orc sealed inside. His tongue got bit in half under his own teeth, dropping in front of the High Orc who quickly kicked the ground and pushed away. His heart frozen in terror as he gazed at the Zombies... the Awakened in particular!