507 The Battle at the Lower Rooftop, A Very Strange Situation (1/2)

Day 126 - 1:15 PM - Monitoring Division, Atlantic City Parks Department, Great Island, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States of America

The soldiers in the monitoring room watched their monitors in amazement.

Although they could not see everything, they managed to witness how Mark appeared and disappeared from the rooftop of the hotel tower. Every time that he reappeared, he would have people popping out with him.

The soldiers immediately recognized the people Mark had brought back at the rooftop. Furthermore, even though it was hard to follow Mark's movements, some of the drones managed to record how he saved some of these people, especially the mutators that were left trapped in the lower floors of the tower.

While the soldiers were both relieved and thankful that Mark started saving these people, they could not help but notice that he was choosing which ones to save, and which ones he should not.

Although they found it reasonable if he was choosing those that deserved to be saved, they could not help but feel a bit dismayed as to how Mark could throw away the lives of others like trash.

Especially when Mark purposedly threw three infected inside one of the hotel rooms. They immediately controlled a drone to see why. There, the main screen in the monitoring room displayed how two men tried to struggle to open the door of the hotel. It was all before they were torn to pieces by the infected that was thrown inside by Mark.

Since they did not see what the two men did, they thought that Mark just wanted to kill them. It was until they saw a glimpse of Mark appearing in the hallway to save the children on the same floor as those two men.

They were soldiers with experience. It was not hard to understand why Mark did that. If they had children in that same situation, they might have done the same.

Still, watching by the side, unable to do anything... as honorable soldiers, it left a bad taste in their mouths.

Then, after Mark saved the three children, they felt strange as they saw Mark staring down to the lower rooftop.

”Quick! Find out what he is looking at!”

Major McGuire immediately commanded. For Mark to suddenly behave like that after moving about, there could be something wrong.

And the Major's hunch was right.

A few seconds later, their central monitor showed a pale-skinned woman standing in the middle of the infected horde latched with hundreds of spiders.

Even the mutated infected cellar spider latched at the back of the head of the woman looked very different from the others, especially that its body was glowing.

”What the hell is that?”

One of the soldiers could not help but voice out. Nevertheless, none of them could say anything else. This was also the first time for them to see that woman among the infected. They never expected this.

But then, an unexpected thing happened.

It might just be a coincidence. That was what everyone thought.

However, what was this sense of crisis that they were currently feeling right now?

They were just watching through the camera feed from the drone.

But why did it felt like the woman was staring directly at them?

Then, the woman suddenly jumped back.

What replaced the scene at the monitor was Mark, cloaked with Miasma, brandishing his scythe towards the woman.

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Day 126 - 1:15 PM - Bally's Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States of America

”Tch, I missed.”

Mark clicked his tongue as he waved the scythe in his hands.

He attacked while the enemy was distracted by the drone. However, he still missed it.

It was hard to hit two enemies at the same time, after all.

One empress? That was what would think if they saw this woman. After all, the mutated cellar spiders would deprive the host of their will and control the host like a puppet.

It was different with this woman, however.

The mutated cellar spider was showing signs of consciousness. It was the same for the woman host in front of Mark.

One was an insect [Empress Type], the other was a human [Queen Type]. Both were high class infected.

”Food... Enemy...”

A faint voice could be heard from the woman. Nevertheless, the two words seemed to be conflicting.

There was no doubt that one came from the woman, and the other came from the spider.

'I want to catch these two.'

That was what Mark had in mind.

It was the first time Mark encountered a [Queen Type] in the wild. As for the insect, it was the second time. However, the one he had back in the base was still a juvenile, unlike the one currently in front of him.

Mark vanished from his spot, leaving a trail of a black mist moving at fast speeds towards the two enemies. He appeared beside the woman, brandishing his [Blood Whip] to constrain the woman.

Of course, it would not be that easy.

As the [Blood Whip] circled around the woman's body, she immediately jumped, escaping the constraints before it could even touch her.

Then, while mid-air...

PUH!

The woman spat towards Mark.

A white ball shot out of the woman's mouth with a string that connected the ball to the woman's mouth.

As she closed her mouth, the ball expanded, turning into a large net that tried to trap Mark.

It was a futile attempt, however.

Mark's body blurred, letting the net pass through his body. The net fell to the ground while Mar was still standing at the same place.

Seeing that the attack failed, the string connecting to the woman's mouth was bitten off. She landed a distance away from Mark, staring at him fiercely.

”Dangerous Enemy... Prey...”

The conflicting voice was heard once more.

Then, with her glowing orange eyes, the woman waved her hands forwards. From the tips of her fingers, white thread shot out in different directions.

Mark stood there, anticipating what kind of attack this woman would do.

Then, the woman crossed her arms in front of her, causing all sorts of things, from dead bodies, to heavy debris, to fly towards Mark's direction. Each of these things was pulled by the strings on the woman's finger.

As the things pulled by the strings flew towards Mark, he brandished his scythe fiercely.

The dead and infected bodies were cut, the other furniture was broken, and the pieces of heavy debris crumbled to pieces.

That scene made the woman show an unsightly expression on her face. Even the spider latched on her head started hissing.

”RAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!”