When she was asleep i looked at my status and wonder how I can strengthen myself more quickly otherwise if something bad happens I can't protect myself or my friends. i then saw that I have some energy point unused so I added them to the beginner path since it can use energy but leader path I don't know what it mean their no explanation about it and just percentage so I let it like that to see what will happen later.

Name: Chris Specie: Human Talent: In process... Bloodline: Warlord - stage 0/10

Path: beginner [ 5/20]

- [ leader - 1% ]

Energy point: 0 Level 0 - [ 10/100]

Tomorrow i will ask the others about that and their path, after that i posed lisa on the sofa in the living room and went to the window to see the situation of the city i can feel that entering there will be really troublesome but at least if i can kill more evolved beast i might be able to become more powerful too, outside there was still some light around the center town but the more i looked around the center town there was no light like if people around tried to attire unnecessaries attention.

i took some look trying to figure out what which way we will take to find their families but all around was blocked with cars and the short alley seems the better option, i stopped thinking about it we will talk about it anyway so i just seat myself and watched outside waiting for the end of my turn. it was past midnight when the second group with edward and claire exchanged with us when they arrived i woke up her.

" hey lisa wake it's the turn of the next group"

she started to wake up but after she remembered that she was asleep she stands up and said

" i am sorry we should have kept the guard together "

- " don't worry i wasn't so tired so it's ok"

" go let's go then you need to sleep too "

saying that she went upstairs i followed her just after, while edward and claire sit in each window next to the window and just looked outside.

at first, edward could stay concentrate but when he thinks they are alone

' maybe it's my chance to get her otherwise with all that is happening i will not have another '

" hey so how are you with all that is happening you are not worried about how are your parents"

she turned her face to him and said with an icy tone

" it will not help me know how they are since they are too far i better think how getting stronger and figure out what is happening"

after saying that she turned her face and didn't talk to him when noticing that edward just turned his face too and think what to do tomorrow since he got help from the system he didn't have a chance to kill evolved because even if he killed the common cat earlier he just got 10 energy point.

which he used for his path of lesser mind to strengthen his will but since he remarked that both time he faced the beast they emitted some pressure like the ball of light, so he decided to find a path that helps him resist this pressure and see if it work.

' tomorrow i will try to kill more beast and see what i can gain from them can't fall back behind Chris even if he didn't choose system help he still is as powerful as I wonder what kind of thing he gets'

after thinking about it he returned to watch outside no wanting to be attacked without knowing it, the night went quickly everyone started to wake up fred and sarah were the last to turn so they were still next to the windows.

When i woke up myself i was disappointed not saying lisa around me expecting something to happen like those novel seems like real life is a bit different even if our relationship advanced it still not as far as to sleep together. Anyway i stand up from the bed it was good to sleep in this bed but it was better than nothing, i walked toward the shower washed my face with cold water, and went to the living room everyone was already awake.

" seems like someone slept well tonight uhmm"

i turned my head to see who was talking and i saw fred giving me a knowing smile, i was speechless for a minute before i understand what he means and just gave him an awkward smile and take a sit on the sofa next to Philip.

Emily was the one to talk looks like she is really worried as quickly she can

" So where are we going today since we have food and other necessities we can move to the center of town "

Sarah came next to her and tapped her back

" calm down we know you are worried but if we go too fast we might die, this town is strange their no one outside but beast don't stop to jump at us if we are not careful "

hearing that she came back to her seat and looked at us then lowered her face, after this quick event we started talking about where to go, Philip was the first to give some idea since his wife and daughter should be still in their home and alive like all people in the town and his house was at the west of the town and we were at the north side and hector and Emily parents are working in the center of the town, but for Alex, it seems like they were on a business trip and took their car to go out of the cities not sure if they are still near the town so we will search for Philip then hector and emily.

we ate noodles since because of what happened yesterday we were too exhausted to think about it. after that we went out of the house it was about 10 a.m even if we wasn't sure about it with our phone not working anymore when we advanced on the road we tried not to stay next to some window or car but at least not completely in the middle of the street, when we were about to enter the business district we here some noise and just after that we saw a man who was running from something but it didn't take long before we saw what was pursuing him it was rats but those one were completely different they were as big as the dog before the apocalypse and there was dozen of them coming from the street.

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Even before i could say something claire and the other have already prepared themself we didn't have time to hide and it seemed they already noticed us we make a semi-circular with me edward hector, philp, and Lisa and faced our back next to a wall of a building, waiting for them to attack it didn't take long, they ate the body of the man in front of us sending a shiver down our spine we could hear the sound of cracking bones and tearing flesh.

at first, i wasn't able to move anymore the strength i showed before when facing the dog and cat completely disappeared replaced by the understanding that if i had made a mistake when fighting i would be the one being eaten alive it's real i play my life for being stronger at this time i felt my blood boiling and i know my bloodline tried to help but i decided to force myself to feel this fear and not forget about and using that for pushing me forward or else i will die and would not be able to protect those i care for.

just when i stopped dreaming i saw a rat jumping at me so i raised my shield and tightened my grip and said.

" guys stay together and don't let them enter otherwise we will all die "

after those words, the first rat landed on me he wasn't strong as the other beasts we faced but he wasn't alone before i could use my sword to slash him another rat throw at me but this time he uses his paw which added more power making me take some step back but i forced myself to keep and the other faced the same situation and the rats were about to enter inside but before that, i saw an arrow and what seemed like an ice cone of the size of my fist but sharp at the point land on the head of the rat who was trying to enter destroying his brain while the arrow landed on another who was behind the one and was killed by the arrow piercing his eyes.

i was shocked by what just happened and when i looked behind me i saw sarah and emily smiling

" don't worry guys you can fight, we will help the rats who try to enter but be fast i have only 3 more shot before i can't help you anymore "

said sarah with an urging tone seems like she can't use it continually, so we better be fast i took my sword and pierced on the head the incoming rat who stamped on the body of his comrades.

edward was dealing with two rat his huge shield could protect all his body

' damn they aren't so powerful just need to be careful and i can kill them'

said edward to himself then pushed his shield in front of the two rats on their head making them fall on the ground and he used this chance to kill them both.

And just after that, he saw a screen appearing in front of him saying he killed two commons and obtained twenty energy almost making him killed since just when the screen appeared another rat jumped at him but this time he was ready so he took two steps back and posed his shield on the floor letting the rat bump on it and killed it.

hector side was the same he protected his body with the shield and slashed the head of the rat with his ax this time he was more confident when fighting.

philip was behind protecting emiliy and sarah, and claire emily and alex also killed the rat coming at them while john finished another too but this time one rat who was bigger than the other appeared he seemed even more powerful than the cat and dog we fought before i could tell it because of the instincts of my bloodline was telling me that it was more strong, even if i didn't saw a skill like that on my status screen i could know his strength.

when i was about to prepare myself i saw him jumping to claire side she was able to dodge and in the same take alex with her on the ground but lisa wasn't so lucky she was bitten at her arm by the rat and just after i heard her

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

my body shivered when i hear her scream and when i saw how the rat was trying to bite her for the second time i didn't waste time to think just used all the strength i can use from my leg and pushed my body forward, all i was thinking was to be able to make it in time.

when i was not far from the rat he let Lisa arm and dodged on the side and then used his tail to send me away but i used my shield blocked his tail but the force of his tail was more than i expected i was sent far just next to claire and Alex.

" claire,alex stand up help me dealt with this rat i will charge at him you attack him if you find an opportunity "

this time i didn't try to rush alone i learned that i wasn't enough strong so i used my brain instead

hearing me the both of them take place behind me but before i could even attack him, the rat was already in front of me not knowing how he was able to arrive in front of me so fast i raised my shield preparing for the attack but he didn't attack but claire who didn't have a shield but to the surprise of the rat and me, she dodges the rat easily and slashed one of his front leg cutting it making the rat growl in pain.

And for the first time since he appeared his eyes started becoming red, i know we can't waste time so i charged him the rat tried to not confront me since he had one leg cut but his speed was slower so i caught up to him rapidly and raised my shield knowing he his paw or tail protecting me and advanced just when i was about 1 meter from him he throws it tail at me but dodged to the left then used my sword slashing his head this time due to his missing he wasn't able to escape and my sword cut through his head making him growl before falling on the ground.

just after that my body was aching so much that i could feel like if a needle entering my skin i bit my lips and supported it wanting to at least know how was lisa was i turned my head looking in her direction and i saw sarah healing her and just after that my mind went black i couldn't move my body anymore i hoped other will find a safe place before they get attacked again.

and fall unconscious but what was strange was that even if i know i was unconscious i was in what looked like a black room with nothing more than a chair in the middle of nothing with an old man sitting on it.

i came next to the old man and asked

" old man who are you and why i am here "

after i said that the old man turned toward me i couldn't see his face even if i just looked at him there was a sort of black cloud on his face

" oh it seems that there still some people willing to follow this path hope you will be able to obtain what you search young man "

- " heuuu what are you talking about old man i don't think you know me and i never saw you "

" you will understand everything later normally to make thing clear this is where those who chose didn't want help from the system find their path since you chose a path filled with battle but you still have people you care for you need to understand what you want to accomplish with your bloodline and it will respond to your will "

- " so you mean i can change my bloodline"

" no i just said that by choosing a path your bloodline will help you but in the end, you will always have the bloodline you gained after your awakening and it will never change"

after saying that the old man disappeared and i woke up in a room i don't know when i looked around i was in a bed and it was already dark outside

" seem like i slept a lot this time"

after that, i saw lisa entering the room

" How are you feeling you seemed pretty bad when we took you your body was cold like if you were a corpse i was afraid y you ...."

after saying that she started sobbing i took her in my arm and said to her

" calm down i will not die so soon not before i ate you "

after seeing that i took my hand on her ass, hahh damn i really want to know how i was so dumb before how could i have not seen it more earlier.

" haaa stop it are you crazy you almost die and the first thing you think is that "

saying that she slapped my hand and grabbed it and let it in front of her like that i can't do something

" ok i will stop now tell me where we are "

- "We are in the house of Philip after your fall unconscious we stayed for some time in the building in front to heal ourselves and take some rest and after we continued to Philip house in our we encountered two more evolved beast but emily and sarah killed them before they came too close and it took about 1 hour before we arrived it seems like Philip wife and daughter were at home just like he said "

" seems like you were lucky not encountering another group of rats "

- " We did but we hide before they saw us you were still injured and sarah couldn't use her skill for some time"

" yeah at least you are safe so it's ok "

saying that i wrapped my hand around her and just stayed like that the thought of losing her at that time when the rat-bite her scared me so i need to get stronger fo not letting it happen again