217 Alliances (1/2)

The sharpened pole was skillfully removed from the soldier's thigh with the help of the team's medic. Then, he placed his hand on top of the wounded thigh as he activated his skill, Emergency Medical Care. The wound showed signs of vitality as the ruptured skin and flesh miraculously regenerated but at a slow pace. With the application of the skill, the pained expression of the soldier eased up.

Although the pain was reduced, the bleeding did not stop. The medic cleaned the surrounding area of the wound cautiously since the truck was shaking randomly. Afterward, he took a bandage from his dimensional storage and planned to wrap the wound, but Jun stopped him.

”Use this. It can help with the bleeding. I haven't tried using it since I never got injured, but they told me that you can directly apply it on top of the wound. But they, don't take my word for it. You can try to apply it on the swollen areas first.”

”Oh, you're not grumpy anymore?” the medic replied jokingly.

Jun smiled wryly. ”There's nothing we can do, so it's better to move on.” He then handed another bottle that can help with health regeneration.

”Thank you.”

The wounded soldier sent a nod of appreciation to Jun before closing his eyes as he leaned back to get some rest.

One of the soldiers watching them saw the dead body on the floor twitch. He stared at the dead body to make sure that he wasn't hallucinating when the dead body suddenly started heaving.

The soldier readied his assault rifle when a Warhammer suddenly struck the body's shoulder. The ax-side of the Warhammer lodged itself all the way inside and the breaking of bones could be heard.

The 'dead' body suddenly screamed in pain as he squirmed around on the floor. The more he moved around trying to escape the more damage he received from the open wound.

If the soldier was hesitating whether he was seeing things, Jun wasn't. He could clearly see the nametag above the body and dead people doesn't have them.

Wait a minute... If dead people don't have them, why did I see names in the middle of that horde!? Are they being eaten at the time? That's impossible! If it was that, then the horde wouldn't be calm!

Jun decided to force answers out from the 'dead' man, so he could understand what was happening. He looked down and saw that the man has stopped moving. He was dead once again.

The man revived with a quarter of his full health and Jun's damage alone almost instantly killed him. His struggle and loss of blood further hastened his death.

'This is good. Let's see how long it takes for you to recover.'

Jun took the Warhammer back since he did not want the man to accidentally die once again.

”Since we don't know the area well, I suggest we go south for a bit then go east. The horde was blocking the highway up north and there are strange people chasing us from the west. We could detour or find a new vehicle later on. As long as we go north, we'll probably reach the destination, right?”

Carl watched Jun from the rearview mirror and responded hesitatingly.

”Let's hope that works... for our sake.”

Carl was thinking of how to get out of the situation because they only have limited ammunition with them. He did not think that the enemy's number was this great and only had the right amount of ammo a swift operation would take. They used quite a lot to get out of the nasty situation earlier. Now, they have to save and make sure that every shot counts.

Sometime later, the tattooed man woke up once again. Jun asked nicely for the information he wanted, like how can he revive and why is he attacking them for no reason.

Unexpectedly, even with the meticulous care that Jun was giving the man, he remained tight-lipped. Jun noticed that the man doesn't care for his life. It seemed like the man doesn't care if he dies or he just had a strong belief that he would never die. If that was the case, Jun had to tell him a bedtime story.

After hearing Jun's bedtime story, the man's ashen face further darkened in color. The confidence and bravery he once wore slowly disappeared and replaced by fear.

Instead of cooperating since his life was now in danger, the man shrieked loudly in high pitch before biting his tongue. Blood appeared from the corners of his mouth.

This time, Jun has no clue as to what will happen and decided to lodge a bone dagger on the man's head to keep him from resurrecting.