chapter 9 : Level up

A large ball of green light shot out from the zombie's body and entered Isaac's body.

A radiant green light enveloped his entire body, when the light faded, Isaac's face had regained some color, the injury on his thigh had stopped bleeding, and the tissues had slowly begun to heal.

Several letters appeared before his retinas but Isaac was in no position to read them.

The clone held a skill crystal that was different from the other crystals as it was larger in size and the rune on it was dark blue in color.

The clone took out a stone the size of a small child's palm that was covered in brain mucus, then carried Isaac's body and entered one of the rooms. He laid it on the bed with the skill crystal and soul stone and then faded into a white light. It was a miracle that the clone lasted for a while after the loss of Isaac. For consciousness, it was the weakness of all his abilities except for Mind Shield and King's Fragment ability, the effect of the ability or skill disappeared when the user lost consciousness.

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“Ugh! What happened!?”

"Don't move, you'll open the wound!" Dr. Liam stopped Max's attempt to get up, took a small bottle of water from his side and gave it to Max

"You were injured in the arm, due to exhaustion and loss of blood. You lost consciousness for a while. I sewed the wound with the available things, but it is very susceptible to rotting..."

Max nodded and put the empty bottle aside as he scanned the place

“Did that giant zombie make any move!?, even with that fire blast, I don’t think the zombie is dead!”

Dr. Liam shook his head.

Max frowned, “ damn !! Just How can I get to Isaac’s place now!!”

It didn't take long for him to get his answer, he woke up from his thoughts after hearing the voice of the panicked survivors, he looked at where they were looking.

His facial features changed, "A giant mosquito!! It seems to have evolved as well. I feel a great danger from it. If I am not mistaken, the level of this mosquito is close to the level of that giant zombie, but for some reason I do not feel afraid!!"

"Max, can you fight!? My ability to confront this mosquito has failed!!" Dr. Liam spoke in a low voice just to be heard.

He didn't want to create chaos among the survivors. If they knew that the two strongest people in the group couldn't do anything against this creature, things might turn around to become more messy.

"Wait a minute! Are you hallucinating or is that mosquito carrying a paper!?" Max's level was higher than that of Dr. Liam, so he was able to notice that there was a leaf in one of the mosquito's legs.

The doctor was also stunned by this matter. Under his widened eyes, the mosquito did not attack them, but landed on the ground and threw the paper at Max.

Max looked at the paper and then opened it

“To Max, if you are reading this letter it means you are alive… it also means you are a mother turning into an even more hideous zombie than you are! Anyway, I know you will try to get to the upper floors, stop it and wait where you are , I’ll clear this building and then we go to find your family and mine… I’m cured of that thing, brother!!”

"Note, what do you think of my soldier, he's a little prettier than you, also don't try to attack him, it's on level 23!!"

Max put the paper in his pocket, a reassuring smile formed on his face, he was happy that Isaac was alive and was even happier after knowing that his dear friend whom he considered as his brother had recovered from that malignant disease.

Dr. Liam looked at Max who let out a long sigh and asked with a smile

“Hmm, is he your friend that you want to find!?”

Max nodded

“Yes, fortunately he is fine, and seems to be doing well…” He pointed to the mosquito.

“This mosquito is at level 23, that guy managed to control this thing that is several levels stronger than me, I can’t imagine how strong he is now!!”

“Good, I am happy for you,tell me what we are going to do now!?, as I told you earlier, I have an ex-wife and a young son that I need to find before anything bad happens to them!”

Max patted the doctor's arm and said

"Don't worry, when Isaac lands here we'll head off to find our families!"

The young man who had more than twenty people pinning their hopes on him, was now in a coma after narrowly escaping from the claws of death.

On the 12th floor, inside a room, Isaac was sleeping on the bed sweating profusely, the wound on his leg was healing at a fast rate, at least the speed of healing was five times that of the average person.

Three full hours had passed since he lost consciousness, the wound in his leg had completely disappeared, only a small scratch remained, Isaac's eyelashes moved weakly, he opened his gray eyes and stared at the ceiling with confused eyes.

"A-I'm still alive..." He spoke hoarsely.

He tried to get up, but he felt a great lethargy in his body

He gave up and lay on the bed. “I feel like every cell in my body has been drained of energy…”

He looked at the skill crystal and soul stone and frowned

“I didn’t expect zombies to become so dangerous!! It was an abnormal thing that reached level 42 so quickly…”

He looked at his leg and said " that's a high speed healing , i think it's 6 time than the regular human "

[Congratulations! You have successfully killed and received the spiritual energy of a level 42 mutated zombie.]

[Your level has increased to level 29]

[Your level has increased to level 30]

[Your level has increased to level 31]

[Your level has increased to level 32]

[Your level has increased to level 33]

[Your level has increased to level 34]

[Your level has increased to level 35]

[Your level has increased to level 36]

[You have gained Strength +30, Energy +50, Agility +20, Stamina +30, Health +100, mind +15]

[Telekinesis ability has evolved to the next level »» C]

[The mental attack ability has evolved to the next level »» E ]

[Speed ​​Boost skill has evolved to the next level »» D ]

[The ability of the mental shield has evolved to the next level »» C ]

[Fragment King’s ability has evolved to the next level »» D ]

[Clone ability has evolved to the next level »» D ]

Isaac looked at the huge amount of messages floating in front of his retinas.

It took him about ten minutes to read them all

Isaac rejoiced upon seeing the great changes in his Status window

“My level has risen to level 36, and my attributes have exceeded 100 points, except for the mind attribute….”

A triumphant smile formed on his face

“Although I was on the brink of death, the reward for this risk is great…”

Hover at the bottom in the box of skills and abilities with bright eyes

“Every ability I have has evolved by one level. It seems that higher attribute points have something to do with ability evolution.”

He began to examine the change that occurred to the abilities after they had evolved

[Telekinesis, a Class C ability: Allows the user to move anything within a radius of 250 meters

• The user gets a passive shield around his body that protects him from attacks

Consumption has been reduced by 1%.

• Energy consumption is determined by the strength or heaviness of the thing.]

[Mental Shield is a Level C ability: Allows the user to protect their mind from mental attacks, hallucinations, illusions, and curses.

• The user's mind becomes calm most of the time

• Mental Defense is boosted by 15%

• When attacked by an enemy higher than you, the damage is reduced by 2%.]

[Speed ​​Boost is a C-level skill: Allows the user to gain 110+ points in the agility attribute for ten minutes.

• Solid Leg A secondary skill that allows the user to gain stronger legs when kicking.

• Cooling time: 5 minutes]