Level up Zombie

[You have successfully defeated a Stage 2 Zombie, 'Titan']

[You have gained 2000 exp]

[First-time kill bonus has been added: 5000 exp]

[You are not the first to kill a Titan.]

[There will be no other rewards]

[You are now level 5]

[208/10,005 exp]

[2 Stat points have been awarded]

Zain was surprised by the amount of exp he had obtained. He thought it would be a standard amount across the board for all stage 2 type Zombies. Similar to how every mutated Zombie gave him two exp as well.

However, that didn't seem to be the case at all, and it was hard to tell what the pattern exactly was.

'So, defeating a new type of Zombie I have never faced before gets me more exp, and then there's the first to kill bonus, rather than the first time bonus. That was obvious as early in the day he had seen the army kill one, and who knew what was happening across the world.'

Just as Zain was about to decide where to put his two stats, he could hear the growling from nearby streets. The zombies were approaching, attracted by the sound of gunshots.

"Hey, we really need to get out of here!" Kun cried, getting out of the stupor, "The gunshots attracted all of these guys. And with more zombies, there's a higher chance of one of them being an evolved."

Kun was right. Zain himself had come to the same conclusion before, and looking to his left and right, he noticed the zombies were gathering by the second. They hadn't started running yet because the typical humans they would usually see weren't here.

'This is why the gun should only be a last resort.' Zain said as he put the two guns away and was ready to run away with the others, back through one of the alleyways.

Zain was going to follow Kun, but he noticed the latter was doing something strange. He had gone to the large Titan that Zain had killed not too long ago. So he knelt down and began to search for something.

Kun was ripping parts of its body the next second with his knife.

"Come on, where is it? Where is it? I can't find it anywhere?"

This scene reminded Zain of when he saw the mutated Zombie kneel down earlier. Just what was he looking for?

"Ah, screw it! We're just going to have to leave this place!" Kun said

The three had run out of the area where the attack had occurred. They ran for a good fifteen minutes to ensure they had cleared the area. Still, all they could see were apartment blocks in the sky.

It made Zain realise how much of the modern-day city he disliked. He would have much rather lived in a suburban area with houses and a neighbourhood, a county they could go by, and a nice forest nearby.

'Forest...why do I think about the forest...I never thought about that before. I didn't care where I was unless it was at home playing video games.' Touching his head, Zain was starting to worry a little bit.

"Alright, it's probably getting dark in around half an hour, so we should probably head inside," Kun said.

Zain didn't mind too much. Although it was hard for them to feel tired, he had used much of his energy. Taking a break to recover his mental state would be good. They went into the closest apartment building, which hadn't been affected as much by the zombie attack or the meteorite strike.

Once inside, they walked up to the second floor and went through the doors to look for a nice and safe apartment for the night. While walking through the hallways, they encountered quite a few dead people. Kun went up to a middle-aged female corpse slumped on the floor with blood splattered against the wall behind her.

The first thing he did was check her head, where all three noticed a cracked hole, but there seemed to be nothing inside. He gave out a sigh as he proceeded to pull out his knife.

"Hey, so you know what I'm going to do, right? I need to eat. Is this okay for you? There have been some people that were uncomfortable with this." Kun asked, just to make sure.

"If you weren't going to do it, then I was," Zain shrugged. He didn't mind this, and saying no to the former would make him a hypocrite.

This was some sort of comfort between the two of them. They both knew what they were doing was wrong. And it was quite ironic that they would have been dubbed as monsters for doing such things if it was just a week ago.

Never in their wildest dreams could they have imagined they would be doing the things they were doing right now. After cutting off a few parts, Kun handed some over to his ally.

He then proceeded to look away as he began to eat the food, and out of respect, Zain did the same, looking away as well. This was an embarrassment to them. They were no longer in the society they were in before, and neither of them had fully gotten used to the new state of the world.

However, Zain found it easier to accept things like this. His emotions dulled, acting like a human was getting harder, leaving him with a strong will to survive and protect his now only friend.

After getting some food, Zain's energy had gone up to 60 percent. It still wasn't full, but he didn't want to say anything to Kun. It made him wonder if Kun was full or if Zain's body just had a larger appetite.

After that, they broke the door to one of the closed apartment buildings. It looked like no one was inside or had broken in, so the entire apartment appeared rather clean.

"We hit the jackpot!" Kun said as he jumped and lay down on the sofa. "I guess these guys weren't home when the attack happened. There's no reason for the Zombies to come in here, and it's good that it was on the second floor."

Zain nodded, but before relaxing, he started to put the chain lock on and grabbed a chair, placing it at an angle underneath. He also moved a cupboard easily and put it in front of the door.

"What are you doing? If we get attacked, how are we going to get out?" Kun asked.

"We jump. It's only the second floor. Your body can handle it, right?" Zain replied.

"That might be the case, but I want to make something clear, me and you are not the same," Kun said.

Zain was a little taken back by this because he didn't understand.

"That super-healing power you had back there. That... I've never seen that before. So you need to explain yourself a little bit to me."

Sitting down on a chair not too far from Kun, Zain was wondering what to say, as it was time for them to have a talk and find out the circumstances they each had.

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