Becoming a Monster

Chapter 53 I Can Do It All By Myself

A/N: Hey guys, Iʼm still feeling under the weather, but I didnʼt want to go to many days without posting anything.

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But if what he said about the zombies not being the abnormal ones then this is our chance to get stronger like youʼve been wanting. Well nowʼs the time…”

Bang Bang Creak!*

From the sound of the doors, it wouldnʼt be long before the zombies made their way into the building. Slight bulges could already be made out from the hollow metal door. Creaking sounds could be heard originating from the door hinges, It wouldnʼt be long before the zombies invaded.

Bailey cautiously placed Ailetta on the seats as close as she could to Noah, believing that she should be the safest there. The group banded together to dish out their roles. ”Thereʼs not much time so we will keep it simple.” Jasmine took this chance to coordinate the team. She knew Mark would have a problem if Bailey stepped in to lead and the same could probably be said if Mark tried to step in.

She quickly observed around the area and noted that everyoneʼs attention was on her. She couldnʼt help but notice the frown on her brotherʼs face, but there was nothing else she could do. She focused her thoughts on the task at hand. Their life was at stake, she couldnʼt allow her mind to wander.

”Paul? I need you and anyone else who can be the front line to approach twenty feet to the door. If thereʼs anyone with distant magic skills then now would be the time to use them. Donʼt let your fear make you neglect that our world is different now. Mark? Can you, Bailey and anyone else who has confidence in taking on the zombies take care of the ones that can run?

Mages after using your skills, I need you to support the front line. Isabelle? We need you to stay in the back, if you have a support skill, donʼt use it. Your healing will become valuable to us. We may still get infected but that doesnʼt mean we canʼt fight.

The tension was building and many of the people were beginning to grow nervous. Luckily there were more people than they could ask for. Out of the sixteen people who were in charge of fighting the Zombie King subordinates, eleven of them were still alive and ready to fight. Jasmines and Baileyʼs group were included into the mist of the rest of the students present. They had close to forty students left alive.

But from the looks of the peopleʼs nervousness and fear, she felt that she should still instruct them further.

”Look around you! If you can, hurry to open the chest to see if thereʼs anything that could help us! For anyone else without a weapon or one that youʼre not used to, quickly find one on the ground.”

Once that was said, everyone quickly scattered, the people who were familiar with at least killing zombies headed towards the chest first.

While everyone was still scattered, Bailey used this chance to approach him once again. She wanted to know if he would really leave them out to die, but when she approached within 15 feet of him. His werewolf began to growl towards her, causing her to halt in her steps.

She looked up towards the huge beast while taking a step back. Even if Noah doesnʼt personally help them, she believed that if the wolf joined them then they would have nothing to worry about.

While she stood there, Noah couldnʼt help but become annoyed since his werewolf would continue to growl until she leaves so he had to address the issue.

”What do you want?” Bailey jumped after being addressed so suddenly. For some reason, she just couldnʼt help feeling like a kid while in his presence. Placing her hand on her chest, she inhaled deeply to calm herself. However her voice still appeared feeble.

”Ar-are you really not going to help us?” She asked with watery eyes. She began to feel helpless when she noticed that he still hadnʼt opened his eyes to talk to her.

”Bailey! We need you here now, they are about to get through!” She looked back and saw multiple hands reaching through the gaps of the bulging door. Everyone was already getting into position. She took one last look towards Noah before making her way towards them.

Leaving Noah alone to think about what he should do. ʼSigh….itʼs not like I want to help them, but this would be a good time to level up Arachne and…..ʼ he thought about his new companion, he would need to come up with a name for him soon.

His thoughts went back to the Zombie King and how it was manhandling the big bad wolf. He needed to be able to rely on his creatures more so even though he didnʼt want to help the group, he felt that he couldnʼt allow so much experience to go to waste.

ʼHmm Iʼll just wait a little bit and then Iʼll start collecting that juicy experience.ʼ He thought to himself while he readjusted in his seat for a more comfortable experience.

Bang!*

But as soon as he tried to get comfortable, he heard the doorway finally giving in while the zombies on the other side fell over themselves falling with the door.

Noahʼs curiosity got the best of him when he decided to observe how the group would handle the situation.

First he saw the earthquake move from before, Noah figured they would try to replay what happened before and barricade the door with it. However this time, the spell was less forceful as before. Above the door crumbled from the force of the ability while falling over multiple zombies rushing to get in.

The spell was used to create obstacles making it more difficult for all the zombies to rush in at one time. Immediately afterwards, a barrage of spells rained down towards the entrance. Noah wasnʼt sure how much of the attack was planned, because the effort that was put through to funnel the zombies were almost ruined when the barrage of spells destroyed some of the rubble.

At this point, their front line advanced to stop them at the door. With Paul leading the way with his stone ability, halting the zombies advances was going well. However there was a saying, ʼyouʼre only as strong as your weakest linkʼ.

Due to Paulʼs ability, his movement was impacted to the point that he couldnʼt cover every side. This left him to depend on the ones around him to do their job which they failed terribly.

”Ah! theyʼre getting through!”

”Thereʼs no way we can hold them by ourselves!”

Fear began to play its role, one by one the frontline broke down and scattered till only a few stayed with Paul. But how could those few ward off so many zombies by themselves? Soon Paul was left by himself while the zombies swarmed leaving the left to rush inside the room.

”Tsk! You cowards are ruining everything!” Mark stepped up to the plate to deal with the incoming swarm. With the advance team in tow, they started to make quick work of the incoming zombies. Even the ones who fled before were left in awe of their group abilities that they two tried to return to the fight.

Around 10 mins passed while the group struggled on, but the swarm appeared to be never ending, 50? 100? No one knew how many they killed so far.

All everyone knew was that the number of wounded was increasing.

”FUCKK! We canʼt keep doing this! We need to retreat!” Mark barked out, it appeared that everyone was waiting for that order. Dropping whatever zombie they were engaging, most of the students began to flee towards the locker room. But how would the people still engaging with the zombies find the time to leave if they didnʼt have back up?

”No! We canʼt leave when Paul is still in there! Paul!” Unlike everyone else, Paul was still in the thick of the fight. It was unknown how much longer he could keep up with skill after the previous interactions with the wolf.

Bailey pleaded for the rest to help but it seemed like her pleas were being ignored.

She wanted to dive into the fray and help him, but she knew that it would be impossible for her on her own given the fact that more zombies were coming through.

At the thought of his impending death, a flow of water works made their way towards her face while she continued to stab forward to the incoming zombies.

”Awhhooo!” Soon however, the dreaded howl that still lives vividly in their memories sounded before a giant black and grey figure jumped into the horde of zombies.

Boom!

Using one of its ginormous claws, it swept away the zombies ten at a time. But because the zombiesʼ brains werenʼt destroyed, they still continued to get up. However this didnʼt stop the werewolf from continuing to swing left and right. Out of every ten zombies slapped away, at least three would die. Soon it made its way to the entrance of the building where Paul was still struggling against incoming zombies.

Smack!* The wolf slightly remembered that this individual was extremely hard to eat. He wasnʼt allowed to kill the people here but that didnʼt stop it from venting its grievances. With the back of its hand, it smacked Paul across the room near the others. A huge collision could be heard with Paul impacting the ground.

Noah saw this and could only wryly smile before looking towards Arachne who approached him asking to fight too.

”Fight as much as you want.” His smile grew, with Arachneʼs mentality, he was sure that she would continue to grow stronger.