Advent of the Divine Mechanic

i take back my words

“Ugh…I take back my words, lady luck must hate me!”

Groaning, Dante felt a pressing urge to smack his face. It wasn't even up to a minute yet he was already eating his words!

The ferocious zombies however gave him no time to even think about that as they were already rushing up the stairs.

Luckily the stairs could only fit so many zombies at a time giving Dante amole time to fish out some instructions.

Turning to the three girls behind him he saw that they were nearly petrified from fear, however, he couldn't be bothered with pacifying them now.

“Stay behind me and ensure you move when I move, don’t do anything stupid……here, take this you might need to do a little bit of swinging later when we have strays.”

Pausing he thought for a bit before stretching his hand into the air as a metal baseball bat appeared in his hand.

Tossing the bat towards Amber he ignored the shock on her face as he prepared himself for the upcoming battle.

Naturally there was no way you wouldn't be shocked when you saw an item appear out of thin air!

Grabbing the handle she stared blankly at Dante's back.

“I, I, don't know how to use it,I…”. Rushing through her words Amber finally summoned enough courage to speak up when she saw how lost her friends were.

As normal, ordinary students before all this apocalyptic madness started it was understandable that they still found it hard to believe there were actual zombies.

Heck in their minds they were still wondering if this was all just a really nasty dream!

Dante's next words however chilled them to the depths of their being.”

“Then you and your friends can become zombie chow.”

With a low voice full of indifference Dante said without turning back. They were still reeling in shock when he continued this time facing the trio, his voice even more stern!

“This is the apocalypse not a training ground,the only person you can rely on is yourself!”

By now the first zombie had already scaled to the top of the stairs and was already swiping it's claws towards Dante.

Ignoring the girls he faced the approaching zombies as heet it's attack head on!

The claw was especially fast as it actually brought along a sharp breeze that stung Dante on the cheek. Sidestepping he swiftly dodged the attack before raising the Resonant chain blade for an upward diagonal cut while also delivering a kick to the zombie's chest.

There was only a swift black blur in the air before the zombie's claw froze in midair l.

The next moment a thin blood line appeared on its neck as a huge amount of blackish blood flowed out, few seconds later the head slid down falling in front of Dante while it's headless body landed on the stairs below with a sickening crunch.

Stepping on the head that rolled towards him he kicked it to the side which coincidentally was where Cory was standing.

She was still staring dumbly at the baseball bat when a terrifying disgusting head rolled in front of her nearly causing her to faint. Remembering Dante's threat though she scrambled back to where Amber and the other girl, Mia were staying.

Dante on the other hand couldn't be bothered as another zombie was already clawing over the first twitching corpse. This particular zombie was very fat and judging from it's tattered attire it had to be one of the managers of the hostel.

ROAR!!!

Opening it's scarily huge mouth it released a guttural roar as it's jaw snapped hard in the air. A wave of foul, disgusting air blasted towards Dante.

Raising the Resonant chain blade Dante simply sliced foward at the undead’s fat filled neck.

“Ugh? ”

However instead of the smooth cut he had expected the Resonant chain blade actually bounced off like it had hit rubber causing him to be surprised.

“A skeletal meatdud actually appeared here!” Seeing the fat zombie Dante couldn't help but think out aloud. Skeletal meatduds were a special kind of zombie with insanely high defence due to the excessive fat on their bodies.

Normally, they were not that common yet he had encountered one here!

Taking advantage of his surprise the fat zombie was already lunging towards him, clearly it was trying to crush him with it's sheer weight!

Forcefully, he altered the path of the Resonant chain blade that was traveling upwards before crossing it in front of him effectively blocking the zombie's initial lunge giving him some time to properly reorient his previous posture.

This move only made the zombie stagger for a mere second but that was all Dante needed.

Imbuing the Resonant chain blade with mechanical force, faint, golden coloured lightning tendrils danced chaotically on the Resonant chain blade.

With another horizontal slash this time aiming at the head the thing's skull split open splattering the stairs with foul smelling black blood and brain matter. Delivering a kick the fat body fell backwards crushing some zombies that were unlucky to be in it's path.

Some blood had also splattered on Dante but he wasn't too concerned about it, instead he gripped the Resonant chain blade even tighter, a crazed look appeared on his face as he suddenly thought of something.

“Hey system, I'm getting points for anything I kill right?"

[Definetly as long as you kill them with your own crafted equipment.]

“Good, good, come to daddy!" Nodding, continuously the way he looked at the zombies changed immediately. In his eyes the zombies had suddenly become walking point bags!

“Move when I move.”

Without turning to the three girls he said, the next second he flew out like a bowstring stretched to the max!

The zombies that were clamoring up didn't even know what hit them before they tumbled back down the stairs, before they could stand up Dante's blade was already falling.

This time around Dante was no longer using just the Resonant chain blade, another baseball bat was dangling from his left hand now.

The baseball bat had nails embedded in it a clear sign of modification.

With practiced motions he either bashed their heads into messy pieces or sliced them off completely. The three girls were so shocked they stood rooted to the spot for a while their mouths hanging open.

To them these zombies were overwhelming yet Dante's way of killing them without regard for himself made them wonder if he was even human.

As the natural leader among her friends amber soon snapped out of her daze when she realized that there were only dead zombies in front of them. Remembering Dante's words she quickly urged her friends.

“Guys stop looking and follow me we have to leave now!"

Snapping out of their shock the remaining both Cory and Mia hurriedly followed after Amber. As they passed by the battered zombie bodies lying on the stairs the shock and awe they felt towards Dante increased even more as a single thought rose to their mind.

This guy was not human!

With Dante's efficiency at killing the undead the whole length of the flight of stairs was free from any zombie and soon they found themselves at the lobby of the hostel.

At a glance there had to be at least a few dozen undeads rushing towards Dante causing Amber and her friends to feel like they were staring at death right in the eye.

“Fuck!”

Dante was also feeling the same thing although for another reason.

“Damn it, once I get out of this shithole I'm getting a gun blueprint. Definitely!”

At first when he received comfirmation that the zombies would surely give him gear points he couldn't control the greed in his heart.

Gritting his teeth now, Dante felt like a total idiot now that he thought about it.

The zombies were seemingly endless in number while he only had a saber and a baseball bat. Plus he was still an ordinary human!

A machine gun would be the best weapon for this kind of situation with a huge amount of zombies.

Despite the fact that he killed the undead quickly it was all because he was on the stairs, a terrain that was advantageous to him since it allowed him to control the flow of the battle.

Out here in the lobby though,it was more difficult since he had to watch out for attacks from all side.

You might ask, what about Amber and her friends, at least they were behind him and could help ward off some zombies of they collaborated?

Well……just forget about them!

To Dante the presence of the three ladies behind him was more or less just for show. If a zombie suddenly appeared behind him the probability of them simply passing out from fear was higher than them alerting him!

Crushing the skull of another zombie he flicked the handle of the Resonant chain blade to remove the blood while panting hard.

Looking at the horde of zombies that seemed to be increasing instead of decreasing he felt the urge to curse out loud again.

Fighting another bunch of zombies he quickly went through his inventory and his face quickly turned into a frown.

The electromagnetic grenades would definitely blast the bastards to pieces but he Amber and the other two students would also be buried under the hostel after it collapsed!

The Serax pistol on the other hand was simply too powerful and was solely designed for single target damage anyway. Using it would simply be a waste of it's potential in his opinion.

The only other weapon he could use now would be the power armour but there was a reason he avoided using it being that the armour was simply a bottomless hole for mechanical force. According to his calculations his pitiful Mechanical force would disaapear after less than five minutes of fighting!

“Damn it I really have to get a gun!”

He could curse all day but it wouldn't change a thing, the first thing he had to do was to make it out of here alive or else this place might end up as his burial ground!

“Dante! Lo…lo…look!”

Gritting his teeth, he was still deciding if using the power armour to clear a path was worth it when Amber suddenly shrieked distracting him.

“Are you a f*cking banshee?!”

The female zombie he was fighting with took this chance to swipe at his throat while another grabbed the baseball bat in his hand. Reluctantly he had to drop the bat while using his other free hand to block the attack aimed at his throat.

Pushing the two zombies back he quickly retreated back while glaring at Amber.

He was about to scold her when suddenly a sharp screech filled the entire lobby.

Immediately Dante's face turned white as cold drops of sweat instantly pooled on his back and forehead.

At the same time the system suddenly pinged.

[Mission initiated!]