Global Lord in the Apocalypse: I Begin with a Greenhouse

Chapter 9 - An Unexpected Attack

“This box must have some kind of use, right?”

Taking the small, rusty iron box out of his bag, Adrian examined it for a while.

Back in the old world, the reward chests that appeared after killing zombies had never contained anything useless. Everything inside them was bound to serve some purpose.

Yet even after inspecting it for quite some time, he still had no idea what this thing was for.

“All right. No need to force it. I’m sure I’ll figure it out soon enough.”

Lowering his hand, he casually placed the box on the floor beside him.

Unexpectedly, the moment the box touched the floor, it landed on the Weapon Altar.

[New device detected.]

A notification screen appeared before Adrian.

[A magical box with unlimited capacity. Place anything inside, and it will be safely preserved. Not only inanimate objects, but the host can also store food and other items while keeping them fresh. This box is capable of maintaining an object's condition exactly as it was when first placed inside.]

In other words, if Adrian put a box of steaming-hot noodles inside, he could take them out later in exactly the same condition?

That was actually pretty good!

[One hundred Elemental Stones are required to activate it.]

“What? I still have to pay for it? Good grief! This is absolutely outrageous!”

Adrian’s happiness evaporated as soon as he read the final line of the notification. He didn’t want to spend any Stones for the time being. He needed to conserve his savings.

Still, there was no reason to be disappointed. He could always activate it another time.

“Now that everything’s taken care of, I might as well get some sleep.”

After closing his bedroom door, it didn’t take long for the sound of snoring to fill the entire Greenhouse.

Unbeknownst to him, shortly after he entered his room, Darla stood outside his door, pressing her ear against it.

“He should be asleep by now, right?” she murmured. “I can’t afford to waste any more time. I have to do it now.”

***

Zap-zap! Zap-zap! Zap-zap!

“Growl! Growl! Growl!”

Adrian blinked as the deafening sound of laser fire outside filled his ears.

“Damn it! It’s only two in the morning, and these monsters are already attacking?”

Grabbing his bow and quiver, he immediately rushed outside.

“Good! At least none of them have managed to get inside!”

The turret on the Greenhouse roof and the four turrets at the corners of the perimeter wall continued firing at several points ahead.

It seemed Adrian was lucky. The zombies had only just appeared.

“Adrian, what’s going on?”

Darla emerged through the doorway. Although she was wearing a nightgown, the steel helmet was still firmly on her head.

This time, however, Adrian had no intention of questioning her about it.

“The zombies came earlier than we expected. I don’t know if there are more of them this time. Just stay here and keep your guard up. I’m going outside to check the situation.”

Adrian couldn’t rely on the turrets alone. If the attackers turned out to be an enormous horde, the laser cannons might not be enough to hold them back.

“Good grief! It’s pitch-black out here!”

Looking through a gap in the perimeter wall, he found the surroundings almost completely shrouded in darkness.

Aside from the zombies’ roars, he could barely see anything.

“There’s no point bringing a bow if I can’t even see where they are.”

Just then, a familiar fragrance reached his nose.

“Don’t worry. Just follow my instructions.”

Darla stood beside him, holding her Silver-tier sword.

“You can see in the dark?”

Adrian turned to look at her.

“Ten o’clock, straight ahead!” Darla shouted instead of answering. “Twenty meters!”

Drawing an arrow, Adrian aimed at the spot she had indicated.

“Nine o’clock! Twelve meters!”

Stab!

Stab!

Stab!

Although he couldn’t actually see his targets, Adrian was highly skilled with a bow.

Each arrow’s sharp whistle was soon followed by the heavy thud of a body hitting the ground.

More than ten minutes passed before Darla opened the perimeter gate and rushed outside.

“Darla, what are you doing?”

It wasn’t safe to loot while the surroundings were still dark. They should at least wait until morning. If another sudden attack occurred, Adrian wouldn’t be able to help her.

Even so, he had no time to stop her. Darla had already moved too quickly.

At that moment, a deep, thunderous growl came from somewhere ahead.

Zap-zap! Zap-zap! Zap-zap!

At the same time, the turrets that had just stopped firing sprang back into action.

Another group of monsters seemed to be approaching, and this time, their sounds didn’t resemble those of ordinary zombies.

“Darla! Come back! Get back here now!”