Chapter 111: Nico’s Mentality (1/2)

”Huff--Huff--Huff,” panted Nico.

It had been more than thirty minutes and the zombies still flowed like a dam that had been punctured. Fierce, endless, and damn effective!

'Duck!' Nico mentally commanded himself as he saw a zombie stretch its arm beyond any possible limit at him.

Frantically, Nico swept his body out of the way just before the zombie's claws could reach his head.

Not letting the chance go, Nico, with quick reflex, stood back up and held on to the hand.

His initial plan was to use the arm as a rope, dragging the zombie to his side.

However, he dropped the plan before it even started due to the tremendous strength hidden inside the zombie's body.

Nico had always been proud of his strength. His base strength alone far surpassed anyone of equal cultivation base.

Yet, he found it hard to engage in a tug of war with the zombie.

Thinking on the spot, Nico still held on to the zombie's hand and chanted, ”[Path of the Sun].”

Instantly, a yellow fire ignited from his palm and snaked it through the arm of the zombie.

Its movement formed a small yellow snake as every where it went, fire followed.

Getting to the chest region of the zombie, the snake set the zombie aflame and dug itself into the head of the zombie, effectively killing it.

Nico's expression wavered for a second before moving on to another zombie.

After staying in Aztec for more than half a year, he already knew the rules of the land.

It was kill or be killed. The same everywhere, but in Aztec, it was more stylish.

While they were technically under the law, deaths were permitted as long as it followed the grounded rules.

Nico had understood this very well during the annual competition. Even the king permitted death as long as the perpetrators followed the rules.

That was also what Nico was doing right now.

He was killing zombies, former humans!

However, he wasn't emotional about that, instead, it was about his future.

Today would mark the first day he killed without making any fuss and once he adapts to such a state, he would start killing actual humans without regret.

He knew he was given no other option, but still...

Shaking his head, a zombie shot out spikes from his body at him.

He was about to retaliate when another zombie jumped at him.

Before he knew it, he found himself surrounded by zombies!

'Kill or be killed,' Nico repeated those important four words.

It was easy to say and easier to do.

It was almost like an excuse one tell themselves for comfort.

Yet, it was not wrong!

Nico looked at the zombies that kept attacking him.

'They want to kill me,' he sighed.

Nico was far from foolish.

He knew he shouldn't deliberate over the matter, yet, if he didn't do that, he would be on his way to a gloomy future.

By giving himself a choice whether to kill or not, he had indirectly considered zombies as something of importance…..of value, giving them the respect their past self deserved!

A yellow sun appeared in Nico's goofy black eyes as his emotion faded away…..his worries…..his hesitation…...they all floated away.

His bearing changed from the usual warm one to that of a cold yellow sun.

If Jake was here, he would smile as he had foreseen this contrasting change in Nico. He had seen his potential as a being of the chilling sun!

Nico joined his two hands together and his glove ignited, conducting his special yellow flames.

He whispered in an immensely cold, yet fiery voice, ”[Snake of the Sun]”

Immediately, he made a few fist movements at the head of the zombies, and the familiar yellow snakes ejected from his hand, going to the trajectory that had been planned for them.

The snakes burrowed into the head of the snakes and killed them.

Following that, Nico fell to his knees and panted for breath.

He had depleted his energy reserves. Now, he was left defenseless, but his friends covered for him.

Nico looked at the zombies he had killed and saw his yellow flames still burning their dead corpses.

He smiled as emotion seemed to come back to his pale face.

Far from what others might think, the [Snake of the Sun] was not an extremely powerful technique.

Its grade was [Low-Earth Rank]!

However, that was where Nico's version of the technique came in.