I looked at the screen then at the dog that was sitting submissively on the floor looking at me.

I wasn't sure how to react I was sure that the dog could have escape twice, the first one with the other dogs and the last one by going by the hallways or just try to pass me even if I would have killed him before he goes too far from me.

' Should I kill him or not '

I thought about what to do before just choosing yes, it's something new about the system and if I can learn about more features of it then why not accept this dog.

You accepted an equality contract with you as the master, ( Be aware the contract can be broken as long the contracted servant feel mistreated)

reading the New screen I wasn't sure what it means by that but at least I am the master, And about the part of mistreating it wasn't like if I would do something to him.

' At least he would be useful to smell the others more easily with all those types of energy it's hard to found their energy signature'

< Human I am not your slave!, even if you are stronger than me I won't accept to be treated like a lowly dog>

" who is talking to me "

I was surprised when I heard someone talking to me I looked around but found no one and then looked at the dog that was now standing in front of me I wasn't sure from which type of dog he was but he looked like a breed between a wolf and dog with more trait of a dog than a wolf, his yellow eyes looking in mine.

" is it you who talked to me"

< yes human, why are you so surprise >

I heard once again the voice, and the dog turned around me sniffing me before stopping and looked outside.

' yeah now I am thinking I might have lost too much blood'

< We need to leave this place quickly human!>

" hmm..."

I looked toward the dog that kept calling me human, who is the master here? shaking my head this thing of contract and master is still hard to adapt.

looking outside I saw a group of rats coming toward us, still far from us but with my enhanced senses it was like if they were close to me.

" ok let's go if I am going crazy then be it, a little craziness in this new world shouldn't be bad "

We went out of the buildings but before that, I quickly took out the three energy core of the dogs I killed, growls getting stronger with the rats at just one meter from us we started to leave the place distancing ourself from a few streets before I felt a huge surge of pain from my legs and shoulders.

' really need to learn to use properly my energy, the others can fight and use their energy without thinking twice and I am still blocked on it '

the backlash of the blood loss and the fact that I didn't use my energy properly, hurting my muscles in the process when I used it to move faster during the fight just a moment ago now came back like after working out intensively but with the pain double when you wake up the morning.

I calmed down and chase after this pseudo servant of mine that didn't wait for me and continued to run not waiting is master.

We quickly distanced ourselves from the rats but they still were chasing after us but it was all I wanted time to rest to restore my energy and wounds and in thirty minutes I was almost ok and waited for them near the place we fought the horde, the corpse of beasts still all around the street creating a route of corpse further from where the groups escaped leaving blood trace behind,

I made sure that there weren't strong beasts in the surrounding I could feel that there were energies of stronger beasts that followed the group that was at my level if not higher and it makes me want to hurry up to find them, once the rats were close I ordered the dog still not named to stay close to me and attack any rats I wasn't able to handle in time, those rats weren't stupid and didn't just jump at me knowing I was stronger than then and instead used their number trying to encircle me and the dog but even when doing that they weren't able to come closer to me My sword movement being too fast for them, slashing left to right and keeping enough distance to have a place to keep a good battle, they focused all their attack on the dog that was blocking their attack too, making it easier for me to kill them and when they realized it, it was too late with only one or two that escaped.

and in less than five minutes all the rats were dead, limbs and head in the streets the sun that was now starting to slowly fall.

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This time I was able to use my energy properly or I should say that the points all over my body aspired it did the job with my guidance after I learned that instead of just controlling the energy I could use my bloodline and subconsciously it was starting to feel more normal and I could feel that with more practice it would be natural to use my energy to the point I wouldn't have to think about it.

I now had enough energy to level up and it was going to be dark soon after taking ten-level four energy core and leaving the rest to my new servant that seemed to be close to level up or evolve not sure how it worked for beasts.

after two minutes I made it smell their odor and it wasn't that hard he could differentiate the smell of humans and beasts and with me that could do the same with their energy we followed the corpse first and when the blood and corpse were starting to be all over the streets and alleys, we followed their smell and energy going once again deeper in the city center.

And the low-level beasts after sensing that those two monsters left the street where there had the body of the rats still fresh came and suck their blood trying to get the last beat of energy from their heart and flesh and strangely the beasts didn't attack each other they were already doing there best to stay alive and they know that they needed to be fast a strong beast could come at any time.

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In the Center city somewhere deep in the west district, buildings everywhere for the rich people and hotels of ten or so floor but those buildings once beautiful were either enveloped by vines like an abandoned city and the showcases that gave a good view of the neighborhood at their balconies we could see people with lifeless eyes and pale skin looking outside but didn't dare look too long before coming back in their apartment with gigantic birds roaming in the sky.

A group of people in a cosmetic store was talking and in front of the stores, a snake of three-meter long and as big as a car was sleeping his body full of scar and with deep gashes at someplace.

" What are we going to do they are still chasing us "

- " shut up talk less loud do you want to attract the beasts around here"

" then what do you want me to do, we followed them, and now only look only ten of us survived and all of them are still alive"

In the store, we could see two separate groups a group of men and women that only all of them having a shield sitting away from another group of people that emitted a strong pressure they were all bleeding with almost no clothes on them sitting near the entrance the floor soaked in blood looking outside.

" Sarah how much time you need to heal us all "

Fred that was sitting next to Alex asked her he was starting to feel dizzy from the blood loss and the hunger didn't help at all they lost all their food when escaping the horde.

And they couldn't go out to search for food now most of the food stores in this area were destroyed by the horde of beasts, not even a single one intact the beasts ate the rest of the food that was in the debris.

" We can't go out now, not before we are in a state where we could at least defend ourself "

John looked at him too tired to even talk but did his best to not sleep he know if he sleeps now it will take long for him to wake up.

Sarah didn't respond she was doing her best to recover her energy she used the energy she gained after the level-up to heal first Hector, Lisa and Edward would be the ones to block most of the beasts so having them in top shape was necessary.

The others didn't want to talk too much either, the nightmare they just escaped still vivid in their mind they had escaped most of the beasts and received the prompt to have gained two-level they were all happy since the horde seemed to have lost them but suddenly twenty beasts from wolfs, dogs, rats and the demons with two horns found them and this time they were faster and stronger they weren't able to escape this time and choose to fight and this time no one was hiding behind Lisa or Edward and fought all at the front making the group of beasts surprise How those human got so strong.

They were able to survive the fights killing two of the demons with two horns that were called cleaymors and most of the rats but in exchange Claire almost died when she used her abilities to kill them a wolf jumped at her when no one was paying attention bitting her shoulder and dragging her down toward the others beasts.

the groups did their best to take her back before she was killed with Hector that jumped among the beasts protecting her from getting eaten alive before they got saved by Clement and George group that came to help even if they were more like sandbag getting clawed from everywhere but they gained enough time for the others to save John and Claire.

" Ok then but how is Claire she will survive "

Said Alex that was on the verge of crying, looking at Sarah then at the pale Claire that was lying on the ground looking like a mutilated corpse with wounds all over her body with only her neck and head intact.

" Calm down, Sarah healed her twice already and she's still breathing so she should be fine"

Fred tried to calm her down but it only on her sobbing more, no one knows how to calm her they lost one friend just three hours ago and now there is Hector and Claire that might die too it was a huge stress for them they never faced such a hard time and their hunger and this group of people that kept talking was starting to irritate everyone.

" Lisa... Lisa ......lis.!"

Lisa turned her head looking around her to see who was calling her, her eyes devoid of emotions she gave off a dangerous aura that everyone could feel by now they learned how to use their aura to threaten the low-level beasts to come closer to them, and now the aura of Lisa who was normally like a savage beast was stronger than ever giving the feeling like if they were being looked by multiples beasts all the times making them shiver and uncomfortable.

" Lisa don't worry I heard Chris voice and he seemed to have gone to the east side of the city maybe he is still alive"

Edward who normally didn't like Chris after seeing the state of Lisa know that she was on the verge of breaking but he only received a glance from her part but she still nodded she didn't want to talk to someone, she stood up and came close to the snake at the entrance and sit near him closing her eyes.

The snake feeling her state looked at her, and at the others warning them to not come near her letting out a hissed sound before closing his eyes once again.

Clement and George knew that it wasn't the time to talk with the group just sit near them resting their wound bleeding but they felt it as healing naturally even if it was so slow that they couldn't see a drastic change.

" Sarah once you restore your energy heal me first I will go with someone to take the energy core of the beasts we killed d in our way maybe there is some that wasn't taken it could help Claire "

John said to Sarah who nodded and refocused on absorbing the energy once again.

Everyone knowing that they would go outside in an hour before the night came started to rest trying to ignore the group at the back of the store that keeps complaining.