514 The Shooting Moon Edge , Finishing the Punishmen (1/2)

Day 127 - 8:36 AM - Atlantic 651, Absecon, New Jersey, United States of America

”Hah... Hah...”

The four mutators panted heavily. Nevertheless, most of the horde was already dispatched by them.

Compared to the commotion they had to experience back in Bally's Casino, this number of infected was nothing. However, the circumstances now and then were too different.

Inside the closed building, the narrow halls, walls, and pieces of furniture could help in hindering the infected. That way, there was a limited number of infected that they had to deal at a time. In this open intersection, however, the attacks could come from every direction, forcing them to move more than they were used to.

The most crucial thing was that they had to protect the non-combatants for the most part. Back in Atlantic City, the non-combatants would stay at the safehouse and deal with the jobs they could do there. Everyone that would face the infected on almost a daily basis was all mutators and evolvers.

This time, this was they had to fight in an open space while minding the protection of the people behind them. And due to that, they had to expend more effort and stamina to keep them safe.

They did not know why Mark and Mei suddenly disappeared. But if this was another test, they had to give their best.

Felicia, on the other hand, knew that it was more of a punishment to them than a test. This started after these men around her ogled on someone else's partner. As if she would not see that.

After all, Felicia was someone who worked on a casino before. One of their requirements was to have keen eyes and talent for observation for them to spot the literal money bags.

Although what they did was nothing but an appreciation of admiration for the scene they witnessed, it was still inappropriate.

Still, what a deadly punishment this was. One slip up and anyone could die. Was there not a safer find of punishment?

Were Mark and Mei watching? They could not even tell where they were.

And thus, they could only fight with their lives on the line. And only because of the shallow nature of men towards beauty.

Fortunately, they could manage this much.

It was quite tiring, but they were about to finish. Felicia and the others only wished that there would be no reinforcements coming.

Unfortunately, their thoughts jinxed it.

GRROOAARR!!!

A loud growl like roar was heard along with quick, heavy footsteps.

Following the sound, they saw what was coming, and the sight of the creature made them flinch.

A two-meter tall canine was rushing towards them from the direction they were supposed to go to.

Furthermore, it was not only big, but it had a lot of strange features.

After seeing it, it was not hard to think of a name.

Wolfdog Flower Chimera. No other name could fit this mutated infected beast.

The survivors gulped their saliva. They did not know if they would be able to handle this one. There was no option to flee either.

”Damn... That beast...” Arnold said as he readied to fight despite the danger. ”Just where is Sir Mark... He doesn't expect us to fight that thing, right?”

”Don't worry, We'll deal with that.”

A voice was suddenly heard a few steps behind the group. It made them flinch as they turned their heads towards that direction.

There, they saw Mark and Mei sitting on the pavement with the cart beside them.

”Just... How...”

Ernst could only mutter those words in surprise and confusion.

They had already seen that if Mei was to use her ability, there would be a flash of light. On the other hand, there would be a trail of fast-moving smoke from Mark.

Both abilities should be visible to them if they were looking, and they had been wary of their surrounding since the start of this battle.

Yet, as if they were ghosts, Mark and Mei suddenly appeared just beside them.

Mark then stood up and walked in front while Mei prepared her weapon.

”Oh, all of you still have to finish the rest of the horde, alright?”

Mark said while peeking at them over his shoulder. The group of survivors felt a bit of dismay, but their mood was much better.

CLICK! CLICK! CLICK!

With several clicking sounds, the white sword in Mei's hand became a sniper rifle.

SHHHHOOOOM!!!

With a quite loud sound, Mei fired her gun. The bullet shot with strong momentum, flying towards the mutated infected beast.

This white Sniper Rifle Sword was called [Shooting Moon Edge]. It was named by Mark after the completion before the attack at the Mountain Base happened. However, he did not let Mei use it at that time to keep it as an emergency trump card.

It was Huo Long Yue's Sniper Rifle Sword engraved with the name [Yuèqiú Biānyuán] meaning, [Moon Edge].

Mark changed the name a bit after he modified it using the materials he had and some unfinished blueprints.

And one of those blueprints was the railgun that was yet to be finished.

Of course, turning it into an actual railgun was quite impossible. Nevertheless, an accidental result of modifying the Huo Long Yue's weapon was the bullet having at piercing power of a tank's cannon.

In the first place, the weapon was designed not only to turn into a sword and a sniper rifle. It could absorb energy from the user to empower the bullets being fired from it.

While modifying it, Mark kept most of the weapon intact while replacing the energy conductors inside with strips of Spirit Wood he had.

And thus, the powerful firepower of the weapon was the result.

The end product was both a failure and a success.