215 Immortals (1/2)

Jun got confused with the nametags above those people's heads. Their nametags, even though currently unknown and only filled with question marks, would repeatedly go on and off like it was blinking.

”There's thirteen of them. If we count those that remained hidden in some cars there's around fifteen to twenty.” Jun stated as he counted the nametags that he could see. Due to range limitations, he couldn't give an exact number to everyone.

”These are the threats that I've been trying to tell you about. I've only read it from reports but they sure look half-dead with all those weird black patterns all over their bodies.” Carl said.

”You know them?” Jun asked as he watched the people made their move and slowly approached closer to them.

”It would take a long time to give you a clear background of who these people are and we don't have enough time for that, so I'll just give you the short version. A small group of military forces happened to be passing by and took back control of the town from the undead. After the town was partially safe, one guy chose to destroy it all. We don't know why but he had some personal beef with the military. He contradicts everything the military wanted and even rallied same-minded people who wanted 'change' to happen. Taytay was then plunged into a civil war and innocent survivors were 'convinced' to join a cult. From our investigations, the man was called The Whisperer and his partner was called The Queen. Both have unidentified skill sets, and the numbers of those half-dead lackeys they control were increasing. That's also the reason why we're leaving the town in a hurry.”

”You won't be able to leave this place.” said one man with a piercing on his lips and nose. He raised the baseball bat he was holding and pointed it on Jun. ”Unless you give us that man, every last one of you will die. You see, that man wronged numerous people on my turf and I had to give justice to them. My face would be scraped off if I don't get to kill him. Literall—”

A loud gunshot rang over the area.

”Matias died again.”

”Hahaha.”

Jun hurriedly switched to another target after firing his revolver. He ignored the weird chatter from those people and continued firing.

He could save ammunition if he were to fight in close combat, but just like what Carl had said, they seem to not have enough time since people were waiting for them. Besides, he was too eager to see Marianne and he want to deal with this trouble as soon as possible.

”To be honest, I don't understand what he meant by what he said earlier. Nevertheless, I already started things up, so that you can't think of handing me over. Is there any problem?” Jun spoke nonchalantly as he asked Carl who was dumbfoundedly staring at him.

As the two were talking, numerous yells and footsteps came from all around them. Jun became shocked once he learned that there were more reinforcements than he initially thought.

Carl sighed then raised his hand to perform a hand gesture. Afterward, several gunshots resounded and every shot hit those deathly-looking goths.

The fight was to their advantage due to the environment. Even though the tide of people charging from all directions was numerous, they still couldn't do anything in the face of modern weaponry.

The gunfire echoed endlessly until the last one slumped down after getting hit on the back of the head when the man tried to escape. The tranquility of the night was once again restored.

Jun shrugged after watching the soldier's performance. ”Well, at least you're not lying when you said that they're elite marksman.”

Carl ignored him and headed towards the military trucks parked by the side of the road. ”Let's go.”

The team moved as one cautiously towards the trucks. The half-deads that tried to sneak away would get shot once found and those who remained in hiding were killed by Jun.

Jun tried looting one and found out that they were already infected since the looting system appeared instead of absorbing. He quickly lost interest but still continued looting.

When the countdown hit zero, instead of an essence shard, a bunch of random items littered the ground. There were several clothes, a bit of food, and various types of blunt and sharp weapons. Did the looting system malfunctioned? But can it even malfunction?

”Hey, let's go!” shouted Carl sitting by the passenger side of the truck.

Jun stood up in confusion. He left the loot behind since it felt strange and if any of those item were cursed, he would be the one to cry.

As he approached the truck, he glanced towards the way they came from and became confused when he saw that there were no bodies to be found. if it weren't for the trace of blood and the numerous items on the ground, he would have doubted whether they actually encountered those weird people.

Jun leaped up to the back of the truck and sat together with the soldiers.

One of the soldiers hit the side of the truck twice while shouting, ”Let's go!”

As the truck disappeared around the corner, people started crawling out from under the cars.