270 Turnaround, The Start of Destruction of the Filthy Settlemen (1/2)

Day 41 – 4:23 PM – Barangay Poblacion 38, Infanta, Quezon

Adrik was besieged by a sudden dread when what should have swelled inside him was anger. They were already basking in their success as they finally managed to cast their net towards the people of the East Port Settlement. It should have been a flawless plan, a plan to catch these people in one go.

They had been aiming to usurp the settlement and capture the people to replenish their dwindling supply of slaves. After all, the people in Death Valley Settlement sometimes get rough with their slaves and would ”accidentally” kill them. There were also some other activities that involved slaves killing other slaves and using them as bait for hunting animals in the mountains near their settlement.

Furthermore, because of the location of Death Valley Settlement and as more and more days passed after the apocalypse started, they started to have a hard time capturing more people.

Since it would be hard to target the Military Settlement, they chose to deal with the East Port Settlement first. Even though there were many Mutators in that settlement, most of them were not well versed in killing and fighting. Compared to normal soldiers, the Mutators of East Port Settlement mostly lacked the skill.

In order to lay out this opportunity, he took the Ruanto Family as allies despite the fact the he hated the government and their people. It was all to use Jacob and kill the bastard when there was nothing left to use him for. After all, just being beside an arrogant government official like him was already revolting not to mention the overwhelming ambition Jacob had.

With Jacob and his spies serving as their informant, the net had been cast and only needed to be pulled back into the boat. Their easy success however fell apart abruptly. It was too abrupt that it was like a nightmare.

Where did it start? Where did the flaw come from? Adrik thought these questions while he clutched his wrecked arm as he was escorted to their vehicles.

The first thing that came into his mind was when he underestimated the little girl. Not only him but everyone thought that it was just a little girl. She was a weak and fragile child that would not be able to do anything. Yet, the same weak and fragile girl wrecked his arm in one punch. She was able to break his bones even though his bones should have been sturdier due to being a Mutator. Furthermore, the little monster did not die after she was buffeted by countless bullets and even caused more casualties in their ranks.

Another thing was those slimes. He remembered those creatures being popular pets in the auctions that happened between the high ranking people in their settlement. However, none of those slimes were capable of killing people or even being tamed. It became a huge wonder as to while the slimes seemed to help the people from the East Port Settlement.

There was also the infected. They suddenly appeared and attacked his men when they all lowered their guards.

Adrik froze in the middle of running away.

He finally noticed and turned to one of his men.

”Did we encounter the infected before we surrounded those bastards?”

”Emperor, no. It's strange but we did not even encounter a single one.”

Adrik finally came into a conclusion.

They were bound to lose since the start. Even though they noticed that they did not encounter the infected, they all failed to realize the peculiarities of the situation. If it was just the little girl and those slimes, they would still be able to handle the situation but the appearance of the Infected turned everything around instantly. The infected ambushed them from behind and no one was able to comprehend how. It caused their ranks to fall into sudden disarray.

”F*ck. The operation was a failure from the start.”

Adrik murmured.

With the sudden appearance of the infected in a coordinated manner, he could not help but feel that they were being controlled.

Arriving at their vehicles after being blocked by the infected, Adrik slammed his fist on the door of the vehicle in frustration.

***

While Adrik and his entourage fled, the remaining men from Death Valley fought for their lives desperately. However, they fell one by one because of both the infected and the people that they besieged. Among the evacuating people, many also died but in the least, their deaths now was something more valiant and not because of cowardice.

The situation reversed too suddenly but the people of East Port Settlement felt relieved as the men from the Death Valley died one by one because of the onslaught of the infected. However, the people also felt stifled. After all, there was too many infected surrounding them now. The numbers amounted to a thousand or more.

Unexpectedly, the infected ignored the people from the East Port Settlement as they tore apart the bodies of the enemies. There were times that one or two infected would move to confront the evacuees but with a growl from a Mutated infected that jumped into the room of the house nearby, the infected stopped and changed their targets.

Miracle who still looked like a lump of flesh tentacles walked back to the people making some of the step back. The current appearance of then little girl was revolting to the eyes of many. Fortunately, Alana and Karlene thought differently.

”Miracle! Are you alright? Your appearance…”

The two approached Miracle with worried expressions ignoring disgusting felling from her current appearance.

Miracle turned her body around seemingly looking at the situation around them. Seeing that the fight was almost over especially since the retreat of the commander made the enemies fall into panic, the tentacles on Miracle's body wriggled and started to retract.

Soon, the little girl whose clothes were filled with holes appeared once more. Her looks was too pitiful. Her clothes were torn, bloody and the armor she was wearing was filled with dents.

Seeing that she returned to normal, Alana and Karlene immediately hugged her.

”You made us worried you little brat!”

”Right! Who told you to do that?”

Miracle received some scolding but she did not mind.

Then…

BUZZ!

A single buzzing sound was heard and a huge and beautiful red insect landed beside Miracle. Both Alana and Karlene were shocked. This insect was very familiar to them. It was the parasite queen that caused the attack of the four-thousand infected horde at the Military Settlement.