Only after the rad rat stampede went out of Zeds sight did he realize that they were going in the direction of the shelter.

He looked in the direction of the shelter and evaluated his options and reasons for going there.

'That is the only place I know where there would be more than 1000 humans in the city and without great risk, there are no great rewards.' Zed wasn't willing to bet on the possibility of there being another shelter with more than one thousand people in it.

Zed traveled back to the shelter and climbed up to a building that faced the supermarket.

The rats were surrounding the supermarket surprisingly unsuccessfully.

The ground was on fire and the sound of gunshots was drowning out any other sound in the area.

Zed could see the survivors throwing out Molotow cocktails and others highly flammable objects as they fought back against the rad rat horde.

Cladding the street in a constant fire as the Rad rats burned making the whole place reek of burned fur and meat.

But the most eye-catching thing here was the general fighting in the middle of the rat horde.

The rad rats could not touch him at all as they tried to bite and scratch him and most of all he was taking the Radiation gnawer on by himself he was holding 2 guns and shooting at it as he kept dodging all the attacks from the rad rats and the radiation gnawer.

Seeing this situation Zed acted fast as he saw the possibility of reaping a great reward for killing such a creature as radiation gnawer.

He quickly climbed down from the building and joined in on the fight going straight for the radiation gnawer.

Ignoring the rad rats he charged into the horde or rad rats as he knew if the leader died they would scatter.

Using the nearby rad rats as foothold he jumped on top of the radiation gnawer.

As he held on he could feel the flees on it craw onto him, but he ignored it for now as he used both of his knifes to butcher the Radiation gnawer that he was on top of.

It let out a roar that brought out a neon green could that covered the surraundings expelling the flames it touched.

Yet it did little to stop zed from his assault.

Under the output of his two knives and the gunfire from general, the radiation gnawer was soon finished off.

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It slummed to the ground with a thud as its body went limp with a thud.

Misson finished Teleporting back to The Realm in 1 minute

'What?' Seeing this sudden message Zed was really surprised as he had no idea how he had finished the mission.

It only took him a moment to get out of his confusion as he swiftly started checking around the radiation gnawer for loot.

He ignored the questioning glances of the people around him as he looked around the Radiation gnawer.

'Is this it?'

He was starting to feel a bit lightheaded from the flees that were still on him as he clutched the round object in his hands.

Before he could fully read what it said the familiar darkness covered him once again as he was soon greeted by the light of The Realm.

"Was that really it?" Zed felt a bit perplexed as he had only been in that world for barely a day.

As he turned around to start reading what the Realm said he understood what happened more.

World rank 1 growing Mission successfully cleared Create a base of 1000: Completed Destroy a base of 100: Completed Reward 2 Point Additional bonuses. 1 Point for finishing the mission in 1 day 1 Point for killing The Radiation gnawer By completing your second mission you have unlocked the ability Realm storage. 29 Days have been added to the free time.

"So by killing the radiation gnawer I saved the shelter and destroyed the rad rat base?"

"But didn't I need to destroy a human settlement?"

"Come to think of it it never did specify what kind of base I had to destroy or create."

'is there something wrong with me for assuming it was a human one?' He felt a bit bewildered by his line of thought but didn't let it affect him much.

He looked at the next screen as it had changed a bit.

Stats Skills Titles Exit Realm Next Mission Current Points 4

Free Time 29 days

"Its time to check the loot!"

Skill stone Rarity uncommon Conversion of corrosion: The corrosive abilities of the radiation gnawer at your on fingertips you can convert your mana into corrosive energy.

Converting 25 mana will deal 50 damage for 1 second

Every 10 extra added mana will give another second.

3 times more effective on things with no lifeforce.

Do you accept this skill Yes No

'Wow... This skill seems so powerful.' With his current mana, he could do at least 150 damage with this skill to living creatures.

That would be enough to almost kill 2 of him.

Zed liked how this skill sounded but he didn't know how to control his mana at all.

nevertheless, he still accepted this skill as he didn't see any downside to it.

As soon as he pressed yes his vision changed to one of an immense seemingly never-ending green liquid its surface was bubbling as zed could feel himself falling into it.

He couldn't move or do anything just see himself falling into this seemingly endless green liquid.

As his body hit the green liquid it created barely any ripples in its vastness.

He could feel his body slowly disintegrate in this green liquid. It felt like every cell in his body was being devoured

.

The pain was unimaginable he felt like his sanity was slipping from him.

Just as he felt he was about to lose his sanity a throb came from his hearths as it started to recover his mind and body.

The devouring of his body slowed down drastically as the recovery process began from that throb.

He believed that insanity or death would be a sweat release to him compared to this constant feeling of being devoured by tiny little bugs that burned him with every touch.

This process seemed to go on forever as the constant devouring and recovery happened.

He didn't even realize when he came back to the realm.

In reality, this process was only meant to show the power of corrosion to the contestants of The Realm so they can understand it and use it better, but because of his innate regenerative powers, this whole process became much longer and taxing on the host.

'At least I can use this power now.' A neon green glow covered Zeds hand as he tried to use his new power.

For now, Zed was done with The Realm as he chose to exit it.

The now familiar darkness greeted him as he exited.