Chapter 27: The Mysterious Sibling Pair: Part 4 (1/2)

*huff* *huff*

Letting out quiet, yet slow pants. Aurora, could be seen standing at the bottom of the staircase leading up to the roof.

She had exhausted so much of her ice powers that it had frozen part of her feet and hands. A frosty, snow white texture could be seen sperading up her body.

It was so cold that she could see her own breath.

In front of her, there was a trail of risen ice spikes going along the hall, blocking up the staircase and preventing the zombies passage.

A few zombie could be seen completely frozen from parts of their body either being submerged in the ice or pierced by the ice spikes. It was quite the scene.

”Knowing Gray... He should be able to use his skill to climb up the building from the sides like before... He's also not the type to die easily so he's fine... I'm sure of it...” She muttered, her voice slightly trembling with worry.

Whilst staggering, she slowly made her way up the stairs towards the roof. The only thing on her mind was reaching the top and finding out whether or not Gray and the kids he entrusted her with were safe.

'Please... Please be-'

Her thoughts were interrupted however, as a loud screech suddenly came from behind her. Confused, she turned around and at that moment, she was face to face with a zombie which had lunged at her.

It's shattered teeth, bloodied mouth and white dilated pupils, all reflected against her Gray pupils. Having no time to react, she could only watch as it drew closer and closer. However, before she knew it, her ability was activating on its own. This created a shield of ice to block it.

The problem was, it wasn't fast enough-

*CRASH!*

Her eyes widened, time seemed to stand still as a figure emerged from beside her. In that instant, the Zombie was hit by a kick from above, slamming it down into the ground, cracking it in the process.

Looking at the person from behind, she easily recognised who it was. Gray.

*Crunch*

In order to make sure it was truly dead, Gray further pushed his feet down on it's brain, crunching it even further just to make sure it was truly dead.

[You have slain a mutated abnormal zombie]

[You have earned 4 XP]

[XP required to level up: 6/300]

Gray's attention suddenly shifted from the notification to Aurora who suddenly jumped to hug from behind.

Having forgotten that the two were on the staircase, her sudden added weight onto him, resulted in him losing balance.

”Ah-”

[Pause]

Thankfully, Gray was able to react just in time with his ability.

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”Aurora...? I'm kind of covered in blood right now, not a good idea to hug me.” Said Gray.

Without saying anything, she simply tightened the hug, as she kept her face buried in his chest.