[Quest Complete: More is better!]

[Your base has too low man power. If you want your base to develop better and faster, having more people in it can never be a bad move.

Quest: Increase the number of people in your Base to 100

Current number of people: 124]

[Enchantment Paper of Fire received]

[Enchantment Paper of Jealousy Received]

[Orb of Good Health Received]

I saw the messages as we were traveling towards the Northern Directionhistorical

-Boom!!

-Booom!

I saw Caroline using the Crossbow at the incoming waves of the zombies at a rapid speed. I could faintly see some extra air present around the Crossbow. Perhaps she has learnt how to use the Crossbow fully.. or is it instinctive?

Then my eyes traced Myla, who was beside her, killing the Zombies at an equal frequency with her rifle. Both of them had an aim beyond anything I had seen.

'The distance should be.. at least 3 kilometers from here,' I thought as I focused on the distance where Zombies were getting bamboozled. The fact that they were doing damage far without much difficulty..

"..."

"..."

"..."

The three people in the car just blankly looked at the two girls competing with each other on a level that others could just gawk at.

After a few more minutes of rapid fire,

"267 Zombies," Caroline spoke with a bit of pride, but soon,

"312," Myla smirked at her, making Caroline glare at her as she spoke,"next time I will beat you!"

With an irritated face, Caroline sat on my left as she took a deep sigh. I looked at her for a few moments before turning to Myla, who soon sat on my right with a winning smile on her face.

"You sure are surrounded by strong people," Shawn spoke with a smile on his face. I looked at him before saying,"Beginner's luck?"

He chuckled a little before speaking,"you are strong too, aren't you?"

That kind of came out of nowhere, but honestly, it wasn't that much hard to predict, either. But still I want to know,

"And why do you say that?" I asked as I took a soda from their stock and passed another to him.

Taking the soda, he opened it before patting Clara, who was sleeping beside him as he spoke,

"A man with no energy whatsoever travels alone in a zombie infested city all alone by himself. Easily kills a group of Zombies with a crossbow that an A-Grade soldier like Sergeant Major was having trouble dealing with.

Everyone around him is brimming with energy that normally people would take months to develop and, funnily enough, everyone respects him without any hesitation.

Takes out a bunch of energy cores as if it's nothing.

At this point, only a dumb idiot like Clara could fail to see something wrong with all this."

He then chugged a bit of soda, and I did it too.

"Maybe. I mean, everyone has their secrets," I spoke with a bit of a secretive smile and he smiled back as he answered,"that they do."

-SCHREEECHH!!!!

All of a sudden, Jeff pressed the brakes as tightly as he could, stopping the car right where it was.

"Ouch!!!" Clara got hurt and woke up as her eyes looked at the alert faces of everyone and soon she, too, turned vigilant.

"What happened?" Myla asked as Caroline, too, looked around, trying to sense around. Jeff, however, was quiet as he looked at the front with a fear stricken face as he spoke,

"Something is there.. something really scary. We should-"

-BOOM!!!

A loud bang was heard from a distance and something flew right towards us, hit the building beside us, and fell down to the ground.

Then..

That thing.. or person, stood up, dusting himself up as he walked a bit in front and observed us. His eyes traced everyone before they fell on me,

"Hola Brother! On a vacation trip?"

His eyes then looked at the two girls beside me and his smile widened a little as he added,"honeymoon?"

"William?" I questioned as I looked at my brother.

-EEEEEEEEKKKKKKKK!!!!!

All of us heard a voice shouting in a really eerie voice before I sensed something coming towards us at a rapid speed from the same place where William came flying from.

[Temporal Deceleration!]

[Temporal Deceleration (Copy)!]

My eyes laid on the thing coming towards us

[Inspect!]

[Sonic Drifter (C-Grade Zombie)]

[A D-Grade Runner evolved its ability to use Sound and learnt the ways of use frequencies to its benefits. Has the killer instincts and can sense any form of danger towards him

Skills:

(1) Sonic Blast: Create a loud sound that could create an air current around him.

(2) Rapid Time: Increase the speed by 5 times for 5 minutes. The stats will be reduced by 90% after the 5 minutes are over for the next 3 hours.

Reward for Killing: +5000 Exp]

I was about to move, but then I saw strange branches forming out of the bottom, exactly where that Zombie was, before the branches covered it completely in an instant and began sucking its energy.

The Zombie set itself free, using its strength before I saw a sudden change in its feet ' structure.

'It's using its skill,' I thought as I then observed that Zombies began running away from here. The branches tried catching it and even more Zombies began forming out in the Zombie's escape path, but it jumped and escaped pretty swiftly.

I then undid my skill before turning at William, who was looking in the direction where the Zombie escaped to with a slightly annoyed gaze. He then sighed before turning to me and speaking.

"Long time no see brother. You look pretty healthy for what I was worried about all this time."

I nodded at him with a lot of questions in my mind, but first,

"Yeah.. a lot of things happened.. hop in. We got some extra sodas here."

Chuckling, he nodded before he too got in the Jeep and it was finally looking a bit congested. Though Clara just sat in Myla's lap to provide space for William, who just spawned out of nowhere.

"Jeff, continue moving," said Myla, but Jeff was still hesitating. Perhaps he had sensed the C-Grade just like Alex did with the basement Licker Zombie, and the effect of fear was similar as well.

"It is fine. As long as I am around, that thing won't be able to touch you.. and I guess, he should be quiet for another 2-3 hours or so," William spoke with a bright smile like he always had.

Jeff turned to William with a bit of a nod as he observed him carefully. Then, after taking a bit of breath, he asked Myla,"Sergeant Major, are you sure you want to go? That thing.. is nothing like we have faced up till now. It's on a whole other level."

Myla then looked at me for a few moments before looking at William.

"It's fine. Just keep going,"she spoke after a bit of consideration. Though her eyes seemed like she wanted to ask something.. yet she kept quiet.

'Probably if we can trust William or not.. especially after he wasn't what she was expecting,' I thought as I looked at her before turning towards William,

"So, what is going on here?"