The situation was deteriorating too fast, at first the group of soldiers headed toward the east district filled with fierces aura surrounding them, but after facing the huge threat and reality of what the east district has become.

A pseudo post-apocalyptic abandoned east district of the city of Shazer a middle-sized city, the remaining retreating soldier under the cover of the people who could use powerful skill throwing, ball of rock and fire of human size at the evolved beasts.

This scene made them understand that human were no longer the ruler of the planet those small insects, stray dogs, cats and even domestics ones, became terrible beasts that could crush them if not careful.

" Hurry and Run faster !!, you mother fucker..."

The Vice-Captain Henry kept yelling at the back of the retreating group of soldiers with more than only five men with heavy shields on his sides, they already used their last trump card and those with powerful destructive skills in large area as it passed above their heads toward the groupe of beasts, after creating balls of energy from the skill pattern printed in their mind which mixed the surrounding energy giving life to differents destructive elementals power, but mostly were of fire, earth and water type and they were now completely unable to use their skill before a long one or two minutes of rest.

Wich they didn't have, he could only scream and curse at his men behind to hurry up, he could see some beasts coming out of the smoke after the differents explosion, red shining bloodthirsty eyes locking on their group, as thunderous snarls and growls came out of the beast's mouth.

As they started to rush at the soldiers, the fate of the captain already finished.

.........

While at the same time, Chris and his groups caught up with the three girls, Sarah was next to Lisa her body sweating after using half of her energy to close all the wounds on her body to at least stop the blood loss and infection which started to show on her wounds with green and violet bruise around them.

" Sarah I will never thank you enough " as I saw the state of Lisa, the uneasiness in my chest slightly calmed down thanking her quickly, with a ragged breath, I might have been completely healed up thank to my level up, but my endurance barely returned to 30% of it's total.

Clenching my teeth, I looked at everyone trying to sort a plan quickly, hearing the thunderous growls of beasts and the ground barely trembling thanks to my energy perception.

" ok let's move we need first to take our distance then thinks of what to do next "

Things were becoming more and more dangerous more than a week had passed and it's seemed that things would become quickly ugly in the east district, uncertain what is awaiting us in this fucking apocalypse, giant beasts, beats looking like humans, humans flying in the sky, system watch which by the way is mostly if not useless.

My mind tried to figure out,what to do as the gaze of everyone was focused on me.

Their body shook from the deafening roars as they quickly started moving. Hector and John stayed behind with me and Sky, while Lisa who was placed on the large head of her snakes which was the only part of his body which wasn't covered in his thin sticky mucus on the rest of his body, Clement and his two friends were at the front on each side of the snake while Sarah and Emily stayed near the head of the snake in his case any things come too close of Lisa. Making it easier for the snake to move without having to think of anything else.

Sky playing the intermediate between Chris and the snake about what he has to do and only make his master on his head not to fall.

Hiss!

Letting a discontent hissing sound as its forked tongue came out, frustrated to obey another human order except for the one on his head the snake quickly started to move.

The others trying to keep the pace around him.

The group quickly started to distance themself, from the east district quickly passing the crossroad and starting to enter the east district paved street, filled with the scenery around them of the unrecognizable street for those who passed here from time to time to go to work tree branches shadowing them from time to time as they continue to advance the sounds of fightings behind them seemed to have stopped and they could hear heavy footsteps coming from further down, as they turned their head to look behind a gruesome sight appeared in the distance.

The figure of human coming out of the west district, shout and scream reachings their ears despite the small gaps they were able to made in the last passing minutes, followed by groups of evolved beasts of human-sized car chasing the human that was scattering after reaching the crossroad, small groups of human who were more coordinate kept running for the west district trying to not engage in a fight and instead only repealing the beasts as best they could while retreating.

Everyone who had stopped couldn't help but held their breath if they hadn't quickly run from there they might be part of those running people.

" Chris should we help those groups, most of the beasts started to scatter chasing the remaining people and there isn't that much...."

Sarah said, as some group were able to enter the west district, suggested but quickly regretted having opened her mouth, shivering when she received a reprimanding and cold gaze from everyone even Emily who she was mostly ok with.

" now is not the time for this Sarah, Lisa state isn't stable yet, and we aren't out of danger either, have you forgotten those cats and Tiger fighting around the hotel last time who tell that there isn't some other like that around " this time instead of Chris, she saw John from the back coming at her quickly and telling her.

His face was filled with tiredness having to carry around his huge sword while running from the east to the inner part of the west district took a toll on him who had bloodline which gave him a sturdy body, so let's not talk about the others, they weren't like Chris, Lisa Claire and him.

Their stats playing a big parts on their performances now showing the bad distribution of the stat point, she was gasping for her thanking heaven for this timely rest when they looked at what was happening further down.

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The others didn't talk this time they couldn't or wanted to support her, tired as they were they'd didn't even dare think of fightings the weakest level 5 or 6 evolved beasts.

" let's go we need to group with the rest still at the hotel and thinks of a proper plan, I have a bad feeling about all this "I couldn't put a finger on it but now things started to get too strange, first the cleaymors and now those beasts man and they seem to target mainly human.

The others quickly nodded having recovered some strength they started moving once again, this time not caring nor daring look behind, they preferred not to haunt themself with the scream and gore scenes of people behind eaten although they were a little far from the crossroad the echoing sound still reached them and there was little left for imagination from the desperate cry, quickly swallowed with munching and crunching noise.

Following the traces left behind by the last beast's horde and some mind marks, from some points they had put since the environnement keep changing with a plant growing, they were quickly able to find their way back near the new résidence area of the survivors of the city, which was before a residence for the rich with several shops at disposition making it a convenient place to stay, but now everyone wasn't that sure.

" there are people coming back ! "

" tch, it's those strange people with their beasts, those bastard didn't waits before fleeing even with those huge beasts with them "

"I bet they just wanted to have easy kill from the scratch the soldier would behind in their road "

Several voices could be heard but Chris and the others couldn't care less, they were exhausted and with Chris keeping his gloomy expression they just prayed that he won't start fighting with some of those people, last time was already a close call, they didn't want to fight with human the evolved beasts and those alien were already, their life hard.

but saying some soldier coming toward them they knew it wouldn't be so easy making them all sigh.

All this time Chris who everyone in the group was worried about what he would do, was looking at the redhead girls lying on the huge snakehead, his hands crisped, it was his fault for being overconfident and separating their groups, he almost died several time so how would the others do better.

They didn't have the same hard skin as him or john.

But seeing the others stop moving and a group of soldiers coming toward them, he sighed once more.

...........

It has been almost an hour and still no report of what was happening reached the ears of the survivors nor the general who was busy dispatching his men around the area trying, to strengthen the surrounding building with cars blocking the main roads leading to the inner parts of this residential area.

The last batch of men the general had sent was first to go as reinforcement for the people they send, but also as a deterrence force to clean as many beasts in their way toward the east district.

In his improvised command tent, the general and his secretary kept hearing différents report about finished road beings blocked, while also some patrol groups came back from the surrounding area of the residential area but he couldn't shake the bad feeling in his heart as it kept beating every time some entered his tent with hurried steps only to report about some civilian causing trouble asking why they stopped them from coming in and out from where they wanted to go, and just as he feared.

Hurried step resounded in front of the entrance of the tent.

", let me pass it's an urgent report for the General, we have a group of survivor who went with our soldier and came back alone with terrible news " a soldier running to report scolded the group of muscular body guard with rectangular shields covering from their feet to neck.

The general hurriedly told his secretary to let him enter, cursing his pessimism for being accurate.

The soldier covered in sweat, despite having just run a few meters from the arrival of Chris's group, quickly narrated as a bet he could from what he was told from those civilians, trying to forget the leader of this group that make his hearts stop beating several time has he looked at him.

" I see you may, drink some waters and start gathering our soldiers around the residential area, we have to use all our forces and block these waves of beasts or whatever strange alien are coming at us "

The general after discharging the soldier who came to report started to look at a huge paper that was on his table which looked to be a rough plan of the residential area and the different road they blocked with only one still open the one the group of hundred soldiers took.

" what about the system does our plan seems to be able to works, with have gathered some useful information on how to use this watch but would it be enough ...." the general said looking at his secretary.

Wich the latter started to explain to him the advancement.

.............

" Chris we need to be quick and leave this place it's too dangerous, what's the point of staying here, our family and loved ones aren't here, they are outside somewhere "

Edward who was sitting on the ground, at the entrance of the barricaded hotel with cars said

Looking at Chris who seemed in deep tough, the latter had already figured the issue buy what's the points saying it, outside was the world of evolved beasts, and if they go out they will no more be able to come back even if they can their place here and all the supply under this hotel, would be taken from them.

Turning my head from the sigh of the people who were running here and there, in front of the hotel, trying their best to avoid Lisa snake's who was lying in front, the sky was nowhere to be seen he had let him go around as he wanted he had other things to think right now.

Looking a Sarah who was healing Lisa's who was lying on the ground with clothes around her as an improvised cushion, he was lost now in this apocalypse world except from having his friend Fred and Lisa's he didn't particularly care where he was not that it wasn't like that before the apocalypse.

" ok stop it Edward, you see he is too worried about Lisa's to have a clear mind stop pushing your worries on him " Fred who normally stayed out when the two of them argued intervened he too was worried about his family out there and Lisa's condition.

Now wasn't the time to try to put all the pressure on one person.

" dude don't start this shit!!,..with me, this guy is the first to always take décision, so, now you want me to wait, while his little heart calm down, ahahaha " Edward who was sitting a few feet from Chris glared at Fred as he kept spelling each of his words filled with anger and sarcasm glaring at Chris who was silent the whole time.

The others around couldn't help but sigh, whatever was decided they waited for Chris's first choice then only they would make a proper adjustment so far he has proved to make wise decision, and always fight at the front, despite his cold nature he didn't just forget about them.

Hearing Edward's mockery comment, Chris's eyebrows slightly twitched as a suffocating aura started to leave his body.

" Chris it's good she should be fine now, and Eillen is also somewhat still alive but I can't do better closing the wound after retiring the talons on the bird was already dangerous I'm not a doctor so better see if there isn't one in the military otherwise we can only pray "

Phillipe hearing the start of his wife, almost cried his heart hurting so much that he didn't know where he find the strength, taking his son to talk to his mother he knew that unless they found some things like the green mysterious healing potion they received the first time when they came out of this white room they wouldn't be able to save his wife.

If he knew he wouldn't have used it just after being attacked by this black wolf in the house in the east district.

" what about the system it said that we can buy a healing potion through the shop system which will be sent to us through the link of the watch "Hector's voice was heard he was a the center of the open area of the hotel behind the blocked practicing his sword and shield play his heart couldn't calm down after watching the groups of beasts ramming agaisnt the soldiers.

only by training could he calm down and forget that his family might be alraedy dead.

The other's eyes shinned, how could they have forgotten about this watch and the system shop, seems like they would have to later experiment with their system and this watch, as they started to discuss among them.

Phillipe's eyes regaining life at this sudden revelation.

Their excitement was short lived, when a ruckus of voices was heard, followed by some soldiers who were coming from the outside area of the residential area, looking at those soldiers they all guessed those were the survivor's soldiers that we're able to escape from the beast's horde.