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Chapter 19. Raline’s Feelings
Everything instantly went dull and grey. The pillow, which had been flying toward his face, now moved in extreme slow motion. Devon’s body felt weightless, insubstantial, like he was made of smoke.He tried to step aside, but the movement felt strange. He glided rather than walked. The pillow passed through where his body had been.Then, abruptly, the world slammed back. Colors returned, sounds rushed in. Devon stumbled, nearly falling over.[Ephemeral Shift ended][Duration: 2 seconds][Mortuary Essence consumed: -25 ME][Cooldown: 60 seconds]“Whoa…” Devon gasped, his heart pounding fast. “That was… intense.”Raline rushed over. “Are you okay? You looked like you actually disappeared for a second!”“Yeah, that skill is insane. Devon sank onto the mattress. “For two seconds, I was basically untouchable. But it’s disorienting as hell…”“Could you fight while using it?”“Maybe? It was hard to move normally, I was floating. But if I’m about to get hit by something I can’t dodge…” He sho
Chapter 18. Testing the Powers
Devon just stared at the list of abilities in his Status Window, realizing he had been relying purely on his physical combat and Death Sight. The other skills remained untouched.‘Essence Siphon, Minor Life Drain, Spectral Hand, and Ephemeral Shift… I haven’t even tried them once.’He sat up slowly, wincing slightly. His whole body still ached from the corruption purge, but the pain was manageable now, he could actually move. Raline was humming softly, busy cooking something that smelled ridiculously good, considering they were in a store hiding from the undead.The sight made him smile. At least one of them was keeping things normal in this disaster.“Sis, I’m gonna test something. Stay back a bit, okay?” he called out.Raline turned from the camping stove, holding a pot of instant ramen she had apparently enhanced with a can of peas and carrots. “Try what?”“My skills. I’ve only been using one of them this whole time.”She nodded eagerly, setting the pot down on the folding table sh
Chapter 17. Death Corruption
BANGGGG!! BANGGG!!!The rolling door suddenly vibrated with a deafening noise, making Raline jump in surprise, and the flashlight she was holding clattered to the floor. She instantly ran toward her brother, who was walking between the fallen shelves.But seeing her brother not care, she also calmed down. He wasn't scared, so she didn't have to be, either.Ignoring the commotions, he lifted several shelves, pushing them aside to form a crude partition around their spot. After that, he found some foam mattresses, stacking a few to create two sleeping areas for himself and Raline.The sound of the undead hammering on the rolling door echoed a few more times, but after a few minutes, the banging stopped. Devon could still see the auras of the Zombies outside the rolling door, moving back and forth, up and down, a restless patrol."Dev, why won't they just leave already?" Raline, who could also hear the low growls coming from behind the door, asked. She was busy unfolding blankets and pil
Chapter 16. Death Corruption
BANGGGG!! BANGGG!!!The rolling door suddenly vibrated with a deafening noise, making Raline jump in surprise, and the flashlight she was holding clattered to the floor. She instantly ran toward her brother, who was walking between the fallen shelves.But seeing her brother not care, she also calmed down. He wasn't scared, so she didn't have to be, either.Ignoring the commotions, he lifted several shelves, pushing them aside to form a crude partition around their spot. After that, he found some foam mattresses, stacking a few to create two sleeping areas for himself and Raline.The sound of the undead hammering on the rolling door echoed a few more times, but after a few minutes, the banging stopped. Devon could still see the auras of the Zombies outside the rolling door, moving back and forth, up and down, a restless patrol."Dev, why won't they just leave already?" Raline, who could also hear the low growls coming from behind the door, asked. She was busy unfolding blankets and pil
Chapter 15. The New City
Around fifty meters from the city limits, Devon spoke to his sister. "I'm gonna test out my strength, okay? Bony, you walk slowly and catch up with her, got it?"But without waiting for Raline's reply, he sprinted forward with impossible speed toward the city boundary, then leaped over the two-meter-high border, landing silently inside the city limits.Thirteen Zombies were shambling nearby. They instantly turned, sniffing the air, having caught the scent of human life. Devon gave a cynical smirk as he watched them begin to stagger toward him.He drew his sword, Caldemor, and charged toward the first zombie. With fluid, lethal grace, he swung the blade at the first one, aiming straight for its neck.He repeated the move with the next one. His movements were a blur of attacks and evasions, executed at a speed far exceeding that of a normal human.In no time at all, he had severed the heads of all the zombies.'Heh... those were too easy to kill,' he thought, wiping his blade clean wit
Chapter 14. Leaving the Mountains
The bodies lay sprawled inside the cave, clustered around the remains of the campfire that was now nothing but cold charcoal. Three small children and five teenagers were scattered among the adult corpses.They had all died violently, in various ways. Some bodies were burned to a crisp, charred and blackened. Others lay with their heads nearly severed, dangling grotesquely.Raline let out a sharp gasp, then bolted out of the cave. Devon remained for a moment, his gaze sweeping the interior.The Revenants hadn't spared the children, not even the smallest ones, and the reality of that made him feel a cold twist in his stomach. He swallowed down the nausea, forcing it back, and walked out.He had no desire to take any useful items they might have left behind—though he doubted there would be any. All that was in his mind was the image of the gods he had seen rolling dice.Was this what they were playing with? A game where human lives were the chips?Feeling strangely weak, he walked towar
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