Watching the teens leap down form a height which was hard to survive as a human, he noted that they were awakeners like him. " David's dog, I thought you would have been dead by now." One of the boys in the group said as they approched.
With a low scoff, Arthur replied. " I don't think that's something you would want to call me, Mara's orbiter." Turning to the boy who saved him. " I am so glad you survived bro. What would we be without your presence."
" I Ethan Cole, not survive an apocalypse, you should know me by now." The boy said giving Arthur a deep hug. Breaking free moments later Arthur's face turned serious.
" We would chat more once we reach the hall." Arthur said looking behind him. During his wild dash he must have out ran the zombies a little, but they would catch up pretty soon.
Ethan straightened up, " Yes we were surveying the area before we found you. There is still a little distance we must cover, we spotted a great valley which leads to the hall."
Looking around Arthur pointed out, " The topography has really been affected. At the junior section I could see the top of the hall without realizing how far it was."
" It seems we are running through a sloping valley, anyway how did you all get here." Immediately after he completed his statement something slammed into the ground besides him.
A smile appeared on Ethan's face, " He's the reason." Hearing his friend's words while staring at the person who just appeared from nowhere, Arthur scoffed. " Oh another one of Mara's orbiters, Great!! And why is he dressed like a knight."
The newly emerged boy smirked, " Ahh, David's dog I thought you would be dead, and remember I am not an orbiter but her official…" Arthur didn't let him finish and burst into a sprint.
Ethan followed and soon the group knew what the cause was, a horde of zombies appeared from a sharp bend, charging straight at them.
The remaining boys and girls ran leaving the armored boy to face the horde. " Silas, what are you doing." A girl screamed at him. He flashed her a handsome smile and walked over to a seven meters long pillar.
Arthur watched as he lifted it above his head, and threw it towards the zombies before joining them in their sprint. The pillar rolled to the zombies feet tripping most of them in the chaos.
' Nice plan…, for someone so dumb.' Arthur looked over at Ethan who had caught up to him and was slowly over taking him. " You added more stats to speed? " He asked.
Ethan turned, " Do you think I was gonna let anyone surpass me in speed. Just because the world gave up on logic and gave us a system." Arthur smiled, " No you wouldn't."
" That's not the question though, what are in those bags?" Ethan asked, " I raided a police station." Arthur replied jumping over the boulder blocking his path.
" You didn't change at all, you raided a police station instead of a convenience store." They slid under an oil tanker. On the other side, They were confronted by two moles.
The oil tanker behind them rose over the duo, then slammed into the moles charging at them. And explosion caused them to stop as everything went bright with flames.
Opening his eyes Ethan found himself inside a metallic shield. Arthur held out his hands holding his barrier against the force of the burst. Slowly the metallic shield began glowing yellow and then began melting.
However before it was full destroyed, the flame blast stopped. Disabling the remaining scraps of the shield, Arthur joked to Ethan, " Don't mess with me or you would get a tank on the head."
His friend held a dismissive expression before checking on the rest. They were shaken by the blast but safe in a protective bubble. even Silas the strongest was a little shaken.
Patches of flames burned around them, it even scorched some of their pursuers.
[ Task Accomplished ]
[ Level Up X3 ]
Tapping Ethan's shoulder they continued their sprint, but now through a blazing flame. As awakeners their endurance had increased a little, so the heat didn't affect them much. Their clothes however spoke a different tale.
As they ran the valley Ethan talked about. Arthur observed three paths converging into the valley, it was then he noticed they had been running through the middle and second one.
The track had walls of earth on both sides, he didn't notice this till now. As they reached to the converging point they all crashed into the ground.
Arthur was able to see before had other returning students utilizing the first and third paths to reach the greater valley. He stopped letting everyone unknownly crash into each other.
While everyone groaned on the ground, some sat on the sharp edge of the wall separating the second path from the third. Only they hadn't been caught in the crash.
The boy jumped down from the edge and looked over at him. ' Ahh, too many competition over handsomeness.' " What's with the frown Arthur." The boy said with a smile.
" Nothing, it's just that this apocalypse is giving me nothing to smile about." He replied blankly. " Ohh, I had to kill my zombified grandparents, so I had my share." The boy said his expression turning a little sad.
" Who are all these people and where did you bring them from." Arthur asked looking at his classmate's group. They were all students from two different schools.
Arthur could tell due to their different uniforms. Arthur's school's uniform was white shirts and purple trousers or skirts.
But the majority of the boy's group were wearing white shirts, marron trousers or skirts and black jackets. The minority wore yellow shirts and blue trousers or skirts.
Helping someone up, the boy looked at him and said. " My grandparents owned a big private school, the majority are their students. The rest were from a nearby school, I just decided to save them."
Lifting another person he asked, " Didn't you save any body?" To which Arthur replied, " I saw no one who needed saving." By now everyone had rose but their problems had just multiplied.
Through the flames of the middle path, more resilient zombies dashed out of the flames. Burnt but moving. " Peter, your alive, but…but I say you get crushed by a gravity… "
Cutting his friend off, Arthur raised his hand and dozens of concrete spikes were made from building parts. " Now is not the best time to address Peter, we need the strongest here to slow hese things down."
The boy who Ethan had already addressed as Peter nodded. " I and Arthur would hold them off, lead everyone else to the hall." Peter said. A heavy thud landed besides both of them.
" I would help." Silas said, " Ethan and seven other stronger awakeners should lead from the front, the rear is ours." Ethan nodded and ran into the crowd of survivors calling a few names.
' How does he remember names and I don't, I didn't even know this guy's name was Peter till he said it.' Dropping his bags, he straightened his stuff bones, his eyes staring straight at the zombies.
" Let's hold them back a little before joining the others. " Peter suggested. Sighing Arthur, Peter and Silas got ready to face the incoming hoard.