129 Mega Centre (2/2)

Past the gasoline station, after the intersection came to sight. Stranded abandoned cars were in the middle of the road. There were some cars that crashed into different buildings. Numerous carriers loitered around the area. There are men and women wandering aimelessly while some children could be seen along the sides.

Jun happily slaughtered them and the carriers didn't back out. The regular carriers would growl, shriek and snarl causing a disturbance in the area. If it were one or two carriers making noise it would have been finem but since there's dozens of them, the local bully finally decided to show itself and charged right into the crowd.

Jun noticed the early signs of the earth quaking and was able to prepare himself in advance. He did nothing extraordinary. He just repositioned himself and clashed with the D2 repeatedly. He ordered for everyone to stay back since he wanted the solo experience.

And he won the fight.

\”We continue east?\”

A shade covered Jun's head and so he looked up. Nik was standing beside him and was waiting for his orders.

The intersection leads to three places. A barangay, a diversion road towards the town plaza, where the public market and the dock could be found, and the national road that continues eastward.

\”Yeah, stick to the highway.\”

Jun chose the national road for a single reason. The road is the place where you could regularly encounter people. He could choose to go to the barangay and get lots of experience, but after clearing the barangay, he would have to double back and that would waste too much time. Besides, it was the police force who took charge of clearing the nearby areas.

As the group advanced, it became common knowledge that carriers were now always in groups. Since they started their leveling journey, the group always encounter atleast ten carriers per group while the highest was around thirty, which was still doable unless they met some evolved ones. When that happens, Jun had to work extra hard, so no one dies for no reason.

He already killed several evolved carriers along the way, and the solo kills were giving him huge amounts of experience. With the previous accumulated experience and these days experience, Jun managed to level up two time, which brought him to level 7. He then invested all of his points in strength which raised it to 34.

The group passed 2 barangay's and chose not to enter it, staying only by the roadside and clearing any horde that came rushing to them.

Fighting the carriers everyday was becoming easy for everyone. The repeated duels with the carriers made everyone's body automatically remember how to fight them. Their hands and feet automatically move when a carrier dash towards them. They would easily dodge the lunge by side stepping, then stabbing the back of the head. The group's muscle memory was being trained every minute and every second. It also helped train their awareness since they have to keep an eye on everything that's happening around them while looking out for threats.

Noon came and the group finally decided to take a break.

Jun looked around.

There's an event center futher ahead the road, but he wasn't sure if it was empty. On the other hand, there's a construction supply store nearby to their left. Both were probably infested but after thinking logically, he decided to head first to the construction supply store.

He led the group and entered the parking lot. A big sign was on the side by the decorative plants, it has the store's name, Mega Centre.

He then strode towards the door and knocked loudly. He then leaned by the door and waited for a few seconds to make sure that there was nothing inside.

Several seconds later, he entered and searched the lobby first before looking for a place to sit down. Normally, he wouldn't really allow breaks since walking could be considered resting, but this time it was different.

He cleared the counter top of everything, then brought out a chair. Jun then shook his head as he stared at the chair which barely reached halfway the counter top. He then took it back and chose to stand. He then swiped his hand over the counter top and numerous items appeared.

He agreed to have a break since Marianne prepared something for him.

On the table were a pink lunchbox, a water bottle and a red apple.