Pretty damn smart!

"What the hell is going on?" Mathew muttered while still frozen in place, struggling to connect the dots into a picture that would make any sense.

Someone in the group of hunters fired their gun which led to everyone retreating in a more or less orderly fashion? And a mere moment after the shot?

'If it was an accidental discharge, everyone would panic instead,' Mathew thought before moving his eyes further down the street.

And contrary to his expectations, not a single zombie gave any signs of being shot! Not a single animated corpse wavered from the force of the impact. Not a single one of them fell to the ground only to be crushed by the hundreds of rotting feet walking over it.

No.

Whoever fired, clearly didn't aim their gun at the zombies at all!

"Mathew!" A single person rushed out of the retreating group. Yet, rather than causing panic, everyone actually moved aside to let him pass.

"What happened?" Mathew asked as he looked down at the panting Kasper.