Chapter 24: Quest of Murderous Intent: Dragon Zombie(1)
[System Quest Arrived.]
Zakar stared up at the notification. He wasn't in his room. He was somewhere behind the refectory. A place where he knew not many would come to at that time. Though he wondered how long the quest would take.
During the time he awaited the quest, his Murderous Intent had risen to 59% and he had begun to feel slight changes in himself. He found himself aggressive and salivating over the aroma of human flesh.
He fought himself to control it and it did work for him because he was at the verge of eating a female player before he caught himself.
"Fuck, so what now?" he muttered in anxiety.
[Panel Up set. Transfer Initiating Immediately.]
"Hello. Who are you looking for?" a voice echoed from behind him and he shivered. Why on earth did he have to get caught few seconds before implementing his intention?
He turned around to see who it was but he got transported at the spot.
Turning around he got greeted with the gruesome sight of dead bodies stacked around. His eyes widened in horror.
"What the..."
[Slay Baruka.]
[Type: Dragon]
[Rank: B rank]
[Quest Time: 5 hours]
[Quest type: Moderate]
"What?! You call that moderate? That's inhuman of you." he muttered forgetting that the system was inhuman.
He clenched his fists and looked around trying to find whatever it was he was told to slay. He was currently transported to a town of ruins. He could guess that it was the work of the opponent he was to face.
Facing a B rank dragon was no joke and he knew that despite the fact that he was also a B rank, he knew that defeating it would be difficult.
He began to walk forward trying to study the landscape of his new environment. But his eyes caught a glimpse of a fresh blood. He squatted over it and inserted his picky finger into it. It felt greasy and fresh. Not hard or jelly like an old blood.
"A fresh death huh? Wonder where the hell the body is—" he paused as soon as he saw a trail of blood leading down the road towards a secluded area.
He stood slowly and walked steadily while following the trail strictly. He walked on until he got to an old large building. It looked like an abandoned church.
"Why a church?" Zakar muttered as he walked into it without a second thought.
Inside the church smelt of rust and cobwebs. It seemed like a buried building that had just been recovered few days ago. Zakar couldn't help but cough.
*Cough* Cough*
He rubbed his hands against his nose and quickly turned back to notice that a man was sitting beside him on one of the old insect infected wooden bench.
His face was pale and it was hard to tell if he was dead or alive. Blood streaked down his mouth and his body was stained in red juice. His left arm seemed to have been crushed to nothing but bones and ligaments.
"Fucking hell." he muttered as he drew closer to the man. He touched his palm against the chest of the man to know if he was alive.
'He's alive. Good. I have to help him.' he thought and then froze. A question lingered in his head. Where was he? Was he transported to this new place to save it?
With that last thought he grabbed the man and attempted to lift him up but what happened next was relieved as a shocker to him than he had expected.
The man swung him up and slammed him against the other side of the bench.
Crash!!!
He crashed over the bench and it sundered under him. His eyes widened in shock as he stared up to see the man staring at him with green eyes.
"What the..."
[Opponent: Dragon Zombie ]
[Rank: C rank]
Zakar rushed to his feet and stared at the man in shock.
"So this damn thing injects his victims to become Dragon Zombies?! That's...that's terrifying." he muttered and quickly back flipped to avoid the kick of the Zombie.
The kick struck the bench into pieces. Zakar smiled as he stared at him in shock. His eyes roamed around the inner church trying to find any clue to where the Dragon was. He didn't want to waste his energy facing the Zombie and getting weak for his main target.
"Getting a C rank for just a damn guy who got blooded randomly is a great fear but I'm sorry I can't afford to take chances in gambling with my time and energy."
He jumped above the Zombie and landed beside it. Then he swung a punch right into its gut and it coughed out violent and bitter blood.
Then he drove his knee into the abdomen of the Zombie knocking him off balance before elbowing him on his side jaw. The technique sent him crashing against the numerous benches along the line of projection.
"Hmm. Seems like I expelled a lot more strength than I expected. It does feel good to be a B rank. No wonder Justin feels proud."
"Wait what!?" he muttered in shock and as he turned sharply, he got smacked off the ground with a single swipe of the Zombie's arm.
He slammed his back against the ground and his eyes rolled in pain. He cursed silently as he stared out to see the Zombie smirking at him.
"What the hell?" he cursed as he stared at the Dragon Zombie. He struggled to his feet and managed to balance himself upright.
[HP: 9/10]
"You've got to be kidding. I'm a B rank for damn sake. How could a single hit from a C rank get off a bar of my HP? If I get more of such hits I could be dead?!" he muttered in disbelief.
"Seems like I have to face this thing squarely. I can't let my time be wasted on it." he muttered and quickly dived forward striking his fist hard against its face.
It drove it backwards and fell flat against the floor but Zakar knew it was far from dead.
"System any skills available for me?"