6 Episode 5: Learning and Adjustment 4 (2/2)

I can hear something moving inside the tunnel.

I lift up the torch to light up what in front of me and was surprised to see someone.

I didn't have time to see who or what it was because it started to swing something at me.

I managed to block the attack using the torch but I still got hit in the left shoulder.

”Aah!” I screamed loudly.

I don't know how I still got hurt even after blocking the attack but I can clearly see now my assailant.

It's a zombie with a stone hoe.

That's why I still got hit even though I blocked the attack. I only blocked the handle of the hoe but the curve stone on top managed to hit me.

The zombie's hoe buries deep in my left shoulder. It really hurts and I'm starting to bleed.

I kicked the zombie in the mid-region out of reflex and managed to fall him to the ground. I screamed loudly once again when the hoe was ripped out in my shoulder.

I drop the torch I was holding and immediately equip a stone sword.

I can only use my right hand since my left hand is hurt.

The zombie is trying to get back on his feet.

I thrust my sword forward with everything I got right before the zombie got up.

The zombie didn't have time to block or dodge or its just didn't care.

My sword went through zombie's chest and it stops moving.

I push the zombie forward and let go of my sword that still stuck in the zombie's chest. It went down flat on the ground.

My knees suddenly gave up and I fall down on my butt.

Blood is dripping in my left shoulder but I didn't care.

I am still shocked and was still processing what happened.

After a while, I stood up and picked up the torch that I drop and slowly approach the body.

I don't know if it still alive but it stopped moving so it's probably dead.

I moved the torch over the body to have a clear look.

It looks like a normal person like me but the color of its skin is green. It is wearing a brown shirt and a brown pants. It also has shoes on. The eyes are still wide open and its color is black. It is definitely a zombie.

The stone hoe is still in its hand.

I kicked away the stone hoe it's holding just in case it starts moving again.

When you kill a hostile mob in the game, it will disappear and drop an item. I don't know why it is still here but it is definitely dead. It has a stone sword stuck in its chest.

I remembered that I'm bleeding hard and have to take care of the wound.

I opened my inventory to see what I can use to cover up the wound.

There is only wood, charcoal, stones and tools in here. I also got single wool.

I tried putting the wool in the crafting grid to see if I can craft something with a single wool. There are 2 carpets in the output slot. It seems that I can craft carpets here with using only one wool.

I turn the wool into carpets and grab one in my inventory. It is really big so I rip it into two to use as a bandage.

I remembered my first-aid training in my company I was working on. I carefully covered the wound with the makeshift bandage to stop the bleeding.

After taking care of my wound, I opened my status to see how many hearts I still have left in my health bar.

I still have 6 hearts left so I received 4 hearts of damage. The zombie probably dealt only two or three hearts of damage and my health only went down to 6 because I didn't take care of my wound early.

I tried eating some apples to see if it will increase my health but nothing happened.

There is also something else besides my Name.

1 (1 up) 25%

This is probably my level since I killed a hostile mob and gained experience points. I didn't see any glowing orbs though after killing the zombie. It seems that you automatically gained experience here. The percentage is probably my progress towards next level. It looks like you gain a lot more experience killing a zombie than in the game.

There also something different with the status. It usually says healthy but now it says 'Damage: Left shoulder'. Great. Thanks, status, for letting me know I got hurt on my left shoulder as if it is not already obvious.

I closed the status and stared at the zombie.

I know in the future that I might have to fight some monsters but I didn't expect it to be today.

God dammit. I didn't expect my day to go like this.