Chapter 25: Breaking through the Encirclement

After killing one variant zombie dog and letting the other two to escape, another crisis is coming towards Gil and the others.

The commotion that happened outside the warehouse had lured hundreds of zombies to where they are and now a swarm of zombies are surrounding them.

Within a kilometer, they can see the zombies making their way and the sheer number made the team pale and cold. They can already see their death right in front of their eyes and how cruel it is.

Being besiege by this number of zombie will surely overwhelm them even if there are the help of the skeletons and the devil bugs!

Gil is trying to find a way out in this situation but the severity of the problem just made his brain turn into turmoil. His wits that made him survive for so long can't even formulate a plan to save him and his team in this predicament.

We can't escape! The thought that only comes to Gil's mind.

Gil grits his teeth and look at his team with guilt. ' I failed to protect one member and now it seems that all if us are going to die here. I'm pathetic. '

He had already lost too many people in his life and he didn't want to lose anyone again. But right now..

" Get your ass ready and fight to the death! If ever we make it alive, I'll give you guys a treat and if we die here... I hope we see each other in our next lives! " Gil shouted trying to boost morale even though he knew how helpless they are in this situation.

" If I'll die here... please look after my wife in the base. " said Jackson without the usual smiling face on his face. At this point it seems like the team are all ready to die here.

The two women can't even help but burst into tears thinking how these zombies will ravage them to pieces.

When the zombies reached less than a hundred meters to them, they knew that the slightess chance of escaping is gone.

' So... it's time huh?' everyone can't help but think. In the apocalypse, everyday, a life will be lost and maybe now is just their turn.

While the team are losing hope, the skeletons suddenly made a move. The team were picked up by skeletons carrying them on their back and sprinted in one direction. Six skeletons carrying people are protected by the remaining skeletons as they made a run for a chance to live.

Before the team could react, the skeletons rushed in action not minding aborting the plan of retrieving the truck. The speed of the skeletons are very fast that the zombies they passed through couldn't even react before being smashed with shovels and being left behind as their body fall to the ground.

The zombie swarm is very big but under the protection of the skeletons, Gil and his team remained unharmed. Even the black blood never touched them and the skeleton are still as shiny as ever without a spec of dirt in it's boney existence. The ancient devil bugs even joined the fray and dive straight to the zombies ripping them as they pass. Anywhere these bugs flew, zombies are like weeds being razed to the ground without the slightest resistance. Their razor like wings made a buzz cutting the flesh of the zombies and their body who catapults like a canon can smash anything into pieces. Tier 3 devil bugs are actually the sharpest sword who mercilessly kill when they fight armed with their hard carapace and sharp wings and claws.

Seeing that there is hope for survival, Gil and his team was elated and their eyes were red at this moment. All their pent up feelings shows and they can't express how they felt that they were given the chance to live more.

" Take that you rotten monsters!!! " Gil can't help but shout while clinging tightly to the silver skeleton carrying him.

They see it! They can survive and return alive!

But...

But their joy didn't last long. A series of high pitched screech had taken their attention making them look up where the sound came.

On the buildings along their way, there are actually a lot of hunters ranging from tier 1-3 crawling on the walls with their sharp claws embedded on the concrete. They eye their prey from above and their saliva dripping with malice are overflowing from their mouth.

" They are coming!!!!" one of the women shout as she saw those hunters lunge towards them from above.

They were fast and decisive, directly jumping from above not minding the consequence of attacking the skeletons.

Before the first batch of hunters can reach the team from the air, there bodies were suddenly separated into two and their heads exploding into ground meat.

The attacked was done by the ancient devil bugs with the speed that even the hunters known for being the fastest zombie type can't actually contend.

The ancient devil bugs made a loud buzzing sound like trying to say something. After hearing this, the skeletons nods and continue fighting their way out.

Since the ancient devil bugs are taking care of the hunters, the pressure in the ground increases without the arial support. The skeletons continued to force a path of escape trying to bring the humans on their back to safety. Their blue soul fires are fiery at the moment and the power they are showing become stronger making the zombies in front to fall faster making a small hill of corpse as they throw the bodies out their way.

After a long struggle, the group of skeletons finally cleared the way from the zombies and escape the encirclement.

They had passed the most critical part and these few zombies left in front of them are only the residuals which can be eliminated without any sweat.

Looking that the situation was under control, Gil released a sigh of relief. They have never experience this level of thrill in the past but with these bones, it seems like it's only basic operation.

" Were not done yet! The zombies are still behind us. " Gil reminded but he knew that as long as they breakthrough out of the encirclement, they can hide sonewhere and wait for the swarm to disperse.

" We can escape the zombies but we lost the truck. Gil, Should we find another place to try our luck? " Jackson said remembering that the truck they needed to transport the supplies that is probably in the warehouse is impossible to retrieve.

"We'll find a safe place first and see what we can do. "

The skeletons carrying Gil and his team continued running until all zombies that have gathered were left behind. They then found a safe area without zombies to rest their hearts and catch their breaths.

After catching his breath and calming down, " Arnold, Do you know another place where we can get trucks? " Gil asked.

" *sigh* That was the only place I was familiar with. As for other places, I never been to one before. "

" I guess we can only return to the mall and asked Mr. Adam if he has any plans to go with us to the base. " Gil mumbled to himself. He noticed that Adam acrually didn't show any sort of things that could say that he belong to a force. If he did, he should have taken the supplies for his base. Therefore, the chance that Adam is a solo survivor is quiet high and convincing him to go to the base with them is high also.

" Let's return to the mall and see if Mr. Adam has any idea where trucks can be found. "

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Inside the mall, Adam had no idea about the near death experience of Gil and his team. He is still there in the clothing section as he made a final decision to take some clothes and underwear for women.

' Who knows! One day I might find my wife and she needed these. Uhmm.. Let's also have some copy of them. ' Adam said to himself as his hands held the lacy piece in his hand.

" How do they use this thing actually? Arthus, Do you have any idea? " Adam asked Arthus beside him who still refuse to keep his new Bumblebee.

" Arthus...uses armor. " Arthus replied.

" Not for you! I mean those female Arthus in your world. "

Arthus can only pause a little and tried to remember how their females dress.

" Females.... also wear armor. "

Adam could only twitch a corner of his mouth hearing Arthus.

" Your world don't have fashion shows? "

" Is... parading captives... counted? My [ lord ] ?"

" Nevermind then."

" Yes, my [ lord ]. "

" Seriously? "

Adam could only sigh and tried to figure out by himself how the complicated dress made of strings in his hand could be considered a functional clothes.

" You can already bind a zombie from head to foot with these. " Adam said while testing the tensile strength of the strings.

" Never mind then. Let just wait for my wife to come and let her figure this out herself. "

Adam then set his eyes on the underwear directly by passing his eyes on the plain and common and focus on the ones only held in place by thin laces.

" Let's just tell her that when I found the underwears, these are the only things left and I have no choice. Hmmm.. very good." Adam said also finding the most reasonable excuse that he could think of.

" This is the apocalypse. She can't be choosy right? " So Adam grinning happily made a copy of the things he find will fit his future wife in his imagination.

" Wife, your husband is so good to you that he is already preparing things even before you meet. Hays.. I'm so filial. Where can you meet a man like me in this world? " Adam said while shaking his head while contemplating in her head the suppose body measurement of his soon to be wife.

" All sizes, definitely all sizes. "

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