Skill Book!

Ryver was immediately stunned.

'A skill book!? And an actual legendary skill book!'

Ryver almost couldn't contain his emotions and it took everything in him not to leap at Richard's corpse.

Taking in a deep breathe, he calmed his nerves and slowly searched Richard's corpse. Within his bathroom robe, hidden beneath his naked body was a dirty crimson, beastly looking antique book, looking like some indiana Jones type of relic.

Ryver stroked it and a message appeared within his line of sight.

[Do you wish to wish to learn Skill: Blood Asura?]

Ryver had no hesitation and immediately accepted. "Yes!"

[Vitality below 5 points. Unable to learn Skill: Blood Asura.]

Ryver's face darkened slightly. Do you know the feeling of being in a desert only to see an oceans worth of water but not being able to touch it?

That's exactly what Ryver was feeling right now.

Calming his nerves, he secured the skill book tightly on him and then proceeded to search the other rooms for any more human treasures.

Sadly, he couldn't find anyone, neither dead or nor alive.

Ryver had expected something like this as he had long memorised the work schedule of everyone, but it was worth the try.

The elevator came up and the door opened.

He was about to step in when he heard crunching sounds as though the shards were being crushed.

He paused in his steps and glanced sideways at Richard's corpse. The corpse slowly stood up clumsily, its body shook as it glanced around, and then its gaze locked onto Ryver.

Its eyes stared at him, the deep hatred that had been there before he died suddenly appeared behind its mucky white eyes, exploding with killing intent.

Ryver was surprised it took this long for Richard to turn and was even more surprised it seem to know him. "You recognise me?"

Zombie Richard didn't say a word or rather, he couldn't. Its head suddenly dropped backwards and the slit on its neck opened up, revealing sharp rows of four segmented teeth!

"ROOOAR!"

Ryver's expression changed slightly. Immediately entered the elevator, clicking on the button going to the ground floor. The elevator door slowly closed.

Richard hissed loudly and immediately took chase. Its speed was even faster than an ordinary zombie and it was already in front of the elevator, but it was too late, only a five-centimetre gap was left and it was closing rapidly.

Suddenly, the slit on Richard's neck opened and a sharp tongue shot out from the slit-like a bullet, stabbing toward Ryver.

Ryver swiftly twisted his neck while he fell sideways. There was a thud sound as the tongue pierced the elevator wall behind and then retracted.

As the tongue retracted due to recoil, the elevator's door closed as it descended downwards, exhorted by the fading hissing sound of zombie Richard.

Ryver's brows remained furrowed. Richard turning into a zombie was within his calculations.

The radiation seems to automatically mutate a corpse back to life, this was one of the reasons he killed him in the first place. He just didn't think he would transform into a variant form of a zombie. Was it the grudge?

He saw the hatred within Richard's eyes and he knew for sure it was a strong one.

Ryver clicked on the 49th-floor button, he was going back up there. He wasn't someone to leave a task unfinished. Unfinished business always leads to variables and variables were something Ryver loathe, he tried to put everything within his calculations.

Ryver decisively dropped the bag on the elevator's floor, took off his boots and his overall and began his preparation for the upcoming battle.

Muzak rang out within the elevator's speaker and Ryver expressionlessly remained still.

Time passed and a few seconds had gone by. The elevator then chimed to a stop while the doors opened slowly.

BANG!

A sharp tongue extended from the tiny space between the still expanding doors, stabbing through the bag Ryver had placed on the elevator's ground.

But there was no one within the elevator. Richard roared loudly as it entered into the elevator on all fours, sniffing Ryver's clothes and the bag, angrily ripping them to shreds. Suddenly it seem to have noticed something as it sniffed upwards.

Ryver moved, falling headfirst through the elevator's escape hatch. He kicked forcefully at the roof, increasing his descending speed.

The steel combat knife stabbed right into the skull of the zombie, as Ryver landed on its back, his weight collapsing it to the floor.

"Roooar!"

Unexpectedly, the Richard wasn't dead even after receiving such damage to his head

He roared furiously, enraged as it struggled intensely, slamming it's back forcefully at the elevator walls aggressively.

Ryver grunted, couldn't hold on much longer, his body was blasted put of the elevator as he slammed into one of the intact glass partitions of the skyscraper.

Luckily this part hadn't been really affected by the explosion therefore, the glass was still intact.

He kicked at the wall, explosively propelling his body sideways as he rolled on the ground.

A sharp object pierced through the spot he had previously been standing and the tampered glass instantly shattered.

Ryver moved quickly and he was before the nearest room.

The door was still opened therefore there was no need to consume more time unlocking it. Ryver swiftly entered the room.

He was about to shut the door when he felt an enormous force pound the door open, pushing him backwards. Ryver used the impact to swiftly leap over the sofa and quickly hid behind it.

Zombie Richard's strength had definitely entered two points or possibly three points, combined with the extra ability to stab its tongue forwards, it was almost thrice more powerful than regular zombies.

The zombie screeched through the slit in its neck, revealing three sharpened rows of teeth. It pushed the glass table away, breaking it in the process as it scanned for Ryver's whereabouts.

A combat knife was still embedded deeply into its skull, but it appeared to be unaffected by the wound. It's as though its brain wasn't located in its head.

The zombie snarled, searching for Ryver as it got closer to the sofa he was hiding. Immediately its claws swiped at the corner of the sofa, Ryver moved.

He slid forwards, slashing his blade at the back knee of the zombie. Richard cried out loud as it fell on one knee. It swiped its claw forwards again , but it was as though Ryver had expected it. He moved sideways, avoiding the claw.

His hand reacted fast as he pierced his sharp rod at the arm that the zombie had swiped forwards with. The sharp rod hooked into its arm bones, Ryver tugged, pulling himself forwards until he was behind the zombie.

He quickly withdrew the rod from between the arm bone, held the zombie's hair in one hand and immediately drove his combat steel blade from the slit in its neck, all the way up to its skull.

"Ssssssss!!!"

Ryver was blasted backwards as the zombie reflexively slapped him. His body flew backwards, crashing into the fallen mini bar as he rolled sideways. His nose mask had also fallen off.

Ryver groaned with a grin on his face as he stood up, watching Richard's corpse collapse to the ground. Its long tongue flailing and twitching on the ground and then there was no motion from it again.

Ryver didn't relax yet. It wasn't until he saw the flashing red notification from his bionic smart lens did his guard drop a little.

[You eliminated a Partially-Mutated Infected; Licker.]

"That's all?" A bit of disappointment flashed through his eyes. Nevertheless, he wasn't discouraged and didn't put it to heart.

He went towards the corpse and cleaned his tools with Richard's bathrobe.

He rummaged through Richard's closet and found a few clothes to his liking. The shirt was a long sleeve white t-shirt while the pant he chose was a black fitted Jean.

"Status."

[Ryver Mvcyger]

[Sex: male]

[Age: 28]

[Strength: 1.43]

[Agility: 1.45]

[Vitality: 2.0]

[Injuries:Extreme Antisocial Personality disorder, Road rash. ]

[Remark: It's advisable to see a therapist first then seek medical assistance for your injuries.]

[WARNING: Evacuate the Environment or use a Gasmask! The air is poisonous!!! ]

[Report: Due to the nuclear explosion, Radiation within the environment has risen to an extreme level (500rads).]

[Host is inhaling 0.5 units of radiation per second. If this continues, the cells within the body will slowly mutate uncontrollably and within 4 days of continuous absorption, the host's body will fail and death!]

[Verdict: You're twice as healthy as a normal human. ]