RETURNING TO THE CITY

He continued with killing off the horde of zombies, despite knowing he could leave easily he felt more comfortable with killing them all.

In an hour the whole place was littered with zombie corpses, he was finally able to take a breather as he looked at what he had done, which very much shocked him.

He threw the thought of what he was going to do later, he just searched through the horde of corpses looking for the box which contained the zombie samples. It took him about fifteen minutes to finally find the box which was hidden under the corpse of a bunch of zombies.

Opening the box, he inspected the samples, after making sure that he the damaged samples were not much he closed the box before looking into the distance.

Wasting no time, Ray began his journey back to the city shirtless as he ran with the box in his hands and his swords strapped to his back, he moved at his normal speed since he had already exited Blood State, so it would take him about fours back to the city.

…

Although Ray was injured all over his body after the fight with the horde of zombies, after he entered Blood State the pain and exhaustion were erased leaving him in a refreshed and jumpy state. It was equivalent to when a kid had too much sugar.

Ray moved nonstop as he ran past zombies instead of clashing with them it was as if his normal agility rating was tripled, if his agility rating before was 7, now it was 21, it felt as if he was merely floating as he leaped over all the obstacles in his way.

He even ran almost a hundred meters on the wall when he had to avoid a small group of zombies easily the moment his legs left the ground.

It was like he was experiencing runners high, he felt unstoppable, he felt like he running on air.

…

Ray slowly saw the silhouette of the city which was surrounded by walls, he felt like there was nothing more beautiful than it right now.

His eyes turned red as he unintentionally enters Blood State and he rushes back to the city.

Just when he was not more than a Thousand Meters away from the city he slowed down, as he saw the huge city gates, he looked at himself as he laughed.

"They'd would make me go through more test than the ones necessary before letting me in" though Ray as he saw his pitiful appearance.

He walked all the way to the gates as he stood in line while waiting for his turn.

…

It took him about two hours to finish all the tests they had before he was allowed into the city. He was given a clean shirt to put after he finished all the tests and inspections.

"I thought they were never going to let me go" said Ray out loud as he left the city gates.

"I better go submit the samples so I can finish this mission before reporting my findings to the Hunter's Association" thought Ray as he made his way down to the Hunter's Association.

Entering the Hunter's Association building, it was more packed than usual, there was even an extra mission board, for some reason there were more missions than normal as well.

Shrugging his shoulders Ray made his way to the counter to submit the samples.

"Mr. NorthStar, I thought you were gone" said Victor the moment he spotted Ray. He switched stations with the lady at Ray's counter so he could talk to him.

"Hey Victor, don't joke about that even I thought I was a goner when I was outside" said Ray with a look of dread in his eyes.

"What happened to you kid?" asked Victor as he saw the look of dread in his eyes despite it only appearing for a second.

"I can't talk about it right now, I just want to be done with this mission" said Ray as he shook his head, "Where can I talk with the relevant office when we discover something strange outside?" he asked as he placed the box on the counter.

"Oh, you need to go upstairs" answered Victor as he checked the box containing the samples. "I will be off duty in an hour, I'll take you there once I'm done" he said.

"Thanks, but I can handle that on my own" replied Ray while he waited for him to finish making sure the samples were okay.

"Alright if you say so"

…

Ray finished completing the submission of the samples before making his way to the elevator heading to the next floor.

Ding! The elevator doors opened as he stepped inside, the Head of the Hunter's Association stepped into the elevator with his assistant in tow.

"Mr. Leonard, you can't possibly expect the other directors to be okay with your plan" said his secretary.

"That's not my problem, that's the plan whether they like it or not" replied Mr. Leonard, "Now can I at least take an elevator ride without you nagging me" he said as the elevator doors closed.

Mr. Leonard was in no way a regular man, He had a large build with well-defined muscles which were not hidden despite wearing a suit. At the age of 57, he still has an unbelievable amount of fighting ability even though he quit being a hunter to become the Head of the Hunter's Association.

It was quite surprising to see his mousy secretary was busy acting like the boss as she scolded him more she was not more than 29 years old I guess, she was beautiful with a nice figure and her long hair was held together with a band in a pony tail, well you could say she was one of those classic Secretary characters who were super-hot and nerdy at the same time with a lot of attitude in novels.

"Cynthia" he said as he coughed before signaling her with his eyes that there was someone else in the elevator with them.

"ohh" she muttered before ignoring me.

Ding! The elevator door opened as I left them both as I searched for the office to report my findings to.

"Hm, interesting" said Mr. Leonard as the elevator door closed.

"What is it?" asked Cynthia his secretary.

"Get me the file for that young man who was in the elevator with us" he said with a mysterious smile on his face.

"Okay"

"Since when was there a kid whose Blood Lust is that strong?" He wondered as the elevator continued on its journey to the top.