Chapter 37: The Training Starts

" Then can we start our training earlier? Arthus? " Adam said enthusiastically like the training is his greatest goal in life

' Boss, are you really that happy to die? We object! '

While Adam was excited, Gil and the others feel different. According to the caliber of Arthus, they will surely be in pain.

" Of course... it's possible.. my [ lord ]. Your people... Will Also like it. Right? " Arthus said as he directed his gaze to Gil.

Try to say no and I'll break all your bones.

" O-of course we l-like it! W-we'll be in your care Sir Arthus. " Gil said while his thought are running through scenes in which they will be abused to death.

Ah... poor souls. Sir Arthus please send me to die gently.

" That's amazing! Then Jaya, please make something delicious for dinner tonight. "

Adam is really excited for training. As a sickly person in his past life, he never experience joining martial arts training. But now he can also experience it himself.

Blood and sweat is the foundation of being a man!

Adam's thought are beautiful but reality is cruel. He will soon regret the decision he made today but that will be something for the future.

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" Open fire!!! Kill as much as you can!!! "

" This is for your families and friends!!! Annahilate these zombies if you want them to survive!!! "

Countless bullets are flying as the first line of defense situated several kilometers from the Pandora base is confronting the zombie wave. In the midst of these intense battle for survival, dark blood spills on the ground and decaying flesh are flying. But, this doesn't seem to affect the advance of the army of flesh-eating monsters.

The survivors, either awakened or evolutionary are fighting with all they have to give their love ones and friends a chance to live longer in this hellish world.

" Leader, we will soon runout of ammunition. We need to retreat and let the next batch of teams to defend! " a young man with glasses said as he stand beside the sturdy looking leader.

" How much time till reinforcement arrives?!! And how long can our bullets last?!!! " the leader asked the young man.

" It can only last us for only less than an hour. The awakened who have strong firepower are already dispatched but it hardly prevent the zombies from advancing! At this rate, we will be overwhelmed. " The young man explained.

Even though the young man looks weak and fragile, his ability as an awakened is very useful.

He is a support type awakened with the legacy of an ' Overseer '. The abilities are helpful in managing the overall situation in the battlefield because he had an absolute view of what is happening in his field. The ability of an overseer is like a 3D radar that encompasses the whole battlefield.

Thanks to this young man, the chain of command is very efficient and the survivors are holding the initiatives of the battle as they can retreat accordingly as their ammos and personal strength are insufficient.

" Leader, we had already lost more than a hundred of normal people, 4 awakened and 28 evolutionaries. The higher tier zombies are barely making moves but they are targeting stronger humans. " The young man said.

The arms are capable of eliminating normal zombies but these weapons have minimal damages to higher tier zombies.

If this continue, more evolutionary and awakened will fall which will greatly decrease Pandora's overall power.

" Is there any weird movements on the higher tier zombies? How about the top teams present? "

" The higher tier zombies mostly ranging from tier 3 to 4 are standing on the backline at this moment. As for the top teams, they are currently spread out and defending the front lines. " the young man explained.

" It seems that those higher zombies are planning to thin out our numbers first by sending those ordinary zombies. "

" That is prob- Ack!! " the young man was suddenly startled as he saw something terrifying in his field.

No way.... This... T-this is terrible!

How can something like this monster appear in this horde?!!

" L-leader, something e-entered my field. A monster!!! "

The young man is pale and sweating cold beads of sweat as he watched the arrival of the monster.

How can it be?!! Are they really going to die in this zombie horde?

" Hey kid!!! what the hell happened?!! Stop freezing in place!!! "

The leader is quite nervous about the terrible news the young man would send him.

Is there a tier 5 zombies?

Their base only have tier 4 humans and if a tier 5 appears, there chance of survival is way too small.

The only choice would be to flee on diffferent direction so that some could even survive.

But in this process, the base is already over.

" I-its a tier 4..."

Tier 4? It's okay then. There are 2 tier 4 awakened in this groups of survivors fighting. If a tier 4 zombie joins the fray, these two awakened will be dispatched to deal with the tier 4.

" L-l-leader.... It's not a tier 4 zombie...but.. a tier 4 intermediate variant zombie wolf. "

The leader was silent upon hearing this news.

Variant zombie wolf.... tier 4... ha. haha...hahaha

Are they really gonna die right now?

A variant animal zombie...

Even though it's only an intermediate stage, even peak tier 4 awakened can't kill it alone easily.

Then how about them?

How are they gonna face it?

" G*dammit!!!! Everyone! prepare to fall back! All units, organize a retreat!! " the leader said as he shouted on a walkie talkie.

This is something that they can't deal with.

To defeat this zombie wolf, all tier 4 awakened of Pandora including the base chief needs to fight it together to defeat it with the lowest possible lost.

*AwooooooOO!!!!!!*

A howl suddenly enveloped the whole area as a majestic grey wolf as big as a car stood on the middle of the zombie horde.

It's body brimming with power and majesty made all humans and zombies present to stop their movement. The presence alone of the tier 4 intermediate variant zombie wolf is already a big deterrant to everyone present.

An apex predator had entered the battle.

" Retreat!!!!!!! Everyone retreat!!! "

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" [ Flame Bullet ]! "

A concentrated flame is being compressed in Adam's index finger as he portray his hand as a pistol.

Then a laser beam from the concentrated flame fired towards Arthus who is currently having a training match with Adam.

" That's... a powerful attack... my [ lord ]. " Arthus said as he swung his sword to deflect the [ flame bullet ].

Yes, [ flame bullet ] is fatal to tier 3 opponents but against Arthus who have the combat power of a tier 5 for his demon lineage, such attack is hardly effective.

Adam then dashed and tried to face Arthus in melee.

" [ Shadow Control ]... bind! "

From Adam's shadow, thick strands of shadow emerged then tried to wrap Arthus. This is one of the application of shadow control as explained by the system that Adam is practicing.

If his binding strength is strong enough and fast, enemies will surely be easy to defeat.

The shadow is very sturdy and can trap the enemies but for Arthus, it was only amusing.

" [ Shadow stab ]! "

Adam then took out [ Fang of Leviathan ] and tried to stab Arthus only to be deflected again and made him lost his dagger.

'Facing Arthus is really hard and I can't seem to see any opening.'

The lord is really amazing and cute. To dare tie him with shadow ribbons, the [ lord]'s bravery is unprecedented.

In the Abyss, only few dared to fight with me, Arthus.

Adam: ....

Like hello, your standing there in place and you told me to do it!

" You... must become familiar... with your...skills...my [ lord ]. We'll continue these...for 5 hours. "

5 hours?!

Even if I have the strength of a tier 4, I can hardly last 3 hours using all my skills!

Then now 5 hours?

Hey Arthus, you must be crazy man.

" I-i see. T-then we'll do this for 5 hours. How diligent Ha-ha-ha."

" I like... how optimistic... you are..my [ lord ]. "

I'm not!

You'll drain me dry!

" Are we not gonna train on hand to hand combat or something like karate or anything? " Adam asked.

This training should have been about martial arts, Hays.

" Why would you...practice...those inferior arts...? "

Nevermind.

Adam then looked at Gil and others who are sparring with the skeletons as instructed by Arthus.

" Aaaah! "

" Stop twisting it! "

" Please be gentle you bones! "

Nice jab!

Hit him on the nose uncle skeleton!

So refreshing!

So martial arts training are like that? It looks painful though. Maybe I should just stick to being on the backlane. Yes!

I see now how caring Arthus is towards me letting me escape such painful experience. Big guy, I owe you one. I'll make another bumblebee for you to play with.

Leave the pain and suffering to these guys and I'll do my own training here.

Gil and others: Boss! Save us!

I don't see your hardships or hear painful screams. Please stay alive and see the sun of tomorrow.

Ah. I forgot. The sun is covered with thick dark clouds. How unfortunate.

" Aaah!!! "

" Pain! pain! paaaaiiinn!!! "

Hmmm... music to my ears.

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A/N: We were having our exams and I become quite busy. So, that's it.