Chapter 442 - Continued Search - Ideas (1/2)

”Anyway, you could keep going melee if you wanted to but find the right balance, okay? It's good to save on bullets but using them also gives us more time to do other stuff.” I said to Ibarra after we cleared that block.

”Okay, Sir. Understood.” Ibarra replied.

”Bro.” Jared called out to me.

”Yeah?” I looked back at him filling his used magazine to the brim.

”This Humvee is cool and all but I'd still prefer we use the Raptor. I'd like to be in the back so I could easily shoot a few down while we're driving around.” Jared replied.

”I agree as well. We keep using the sunroof but it isn't enough for us two.” Kaley added.

”Then we'll switch next time or bring both. I just wanted to check if other walls exist so we might need to bring an extra vehicle and people tomorrow.” I replied.

We drove back to the main road and we continued to look for our objectives. We immediately noticed a pile on top of one another from a gasoline station but upon checking their heads, they weren't the hollow ones. We performed the same procedure of taking care of the cleared ones and we left the gas station quickly after.

Time spent inside our vehicles wasn't wasted because aside from shooting down the dead from the windows or through the sunroof, we were replenishing used mags and wiping down the muck from our melee weapons. Sometimes when we were about to park, we would attract the dead with our horn so we wouldn't need to attract them and would just need to kill them after making a complete stop.

”Hey Boss, I spotted something near that chapel and bakery. The one with the red roof.” Mikhail pointed to the left.

”Yeah, that seems to be one.” I replied as I turned the vehicle in that direction.

The moment we stopped, Mikhail and Tatiana sprung into action while Ibarra fanned to the side to check the other passage for threats. I followed his lead while holding my katana and scabbard.

Ibarra swung deep into an elderly's head and he kicked it back so he could pull his machete out. A small student wearing his school uniform was approaching our side but a quick flourish removed his scalp from the rest of his body. I held my left hand holding the scabbard to stall one sluggishly approaching me then Ibarra finished it off by stabbing it on the side of its head.

A decapitated head suddenly flew in the air and it was Mikhail's doing. He held his fire axe with both hands and swung violently to the last one that was following us. By his side was Tatiana that brought down several times his number. They were surgically stabbed in the eye sockets so bringing them down required less movement and power.

”Leave a few for the rest of us, sheesh.” Jared joked then Kaley chuckled.

To leave space for Kaley and so he could have a better vantage point, Jared climbed over the roof of Tatiana's Humvee. He was always on sprinter duty aside from Kaley who was on cl.u.s.ter duty. They were free to fire whenever they could and each gunshot was always equal to a deadhead being free by the shackles of undeath.

The area we stopped by was filled with several automotive shops and a few eateries right next to each other. There were small and medium-sized houses a bit further in but there was a mass of them still getting held up by a huge gate belonging to the chapel in question. Their hands were sticking out, trying to grab anything that came close. However, the wall we discovered was between that chapel and the bakery.

The only thing different about this wall was that it wasn't blocking a passage, unlike the one we encountered earlier. It was just placed right next to an existing wall and it wasn't causing anyone trouble. Instead, the mass gathering at the chapel was the one that needed more attention.

The gate holding them up was slightly swaying and time could only tell how much they could be left alone. It wasn't safe trying to pick them off by simply stabbing their heads from the other side of the gate because the moment it falls down, there would be a lot more trouble due to their numbers.

”Jared, hover the drone above them and estimate how many of them are inside. After that, try to lure as much of them to the back so the gate could have some breathing room.” I said as I wiped my blade with a spare cloth.

Mikhail and Ibarra started to drag the bodies we took down to a corner to be burned later when Jared was handed the drone by Kaley. Tatiana was floating around the perimeter and she was watching out for any threats while Jared was busy.

The drone started hovering in place and then it entered the area of the chapel.

I was looking through the paired display and the number of them inside was something else. It could be comparable to a small herd but judging from the state of the bodies inside, it could be a few weeks when they all turned. Deadheads of varying ages were present and most of the small ones were still confined within the chapel itself.

It was readily apparent because the blood staining the glass windows were only up to a certain height. Not only that, little decaying and discolored fingers started rising up when the figures inside heard the drone coming close. The main objective for this day was to clear the walls of the undead but taking care of these kinds of messes was also important.