The Bodyguard System

From the previous battle between mutants, it had now turned into a bottle of races. The humans were fighting against the mutated animals, and they realized something as they kept on fighting against the mutated animals.

That was the fact that it seemed that the strength of the mutated animals kept on increasing as time went by. Initially, it would have been easy for them to be able to deal with any mutated animal, as long as their abilities or good enough.

But as time progressed, they had no other choice but to face a single mutated animal in a two versus one battle. And in a situation where a single mutant was faced with two or more mutated animals, there was always a high possibility that that mutant would end up dying.

But even if they manage to escape, they would only end up living with grievous injuries. And that was something that sent the entire human race into a moment of despair.

They understood something. If they wanted to survive and not be wiped out, they would have no other choice but to clear out the mutated animals before they got even stronger.

But what was the number of animals that could be found within the entire world? The number was obviously high, and it was almost impossible to be able to get them all.

There was going to be a large number of mutated animals that were going to remain within this planet, and they would grow stronger, and the human race would definitely be wiped out.

But what other choice did they have? They had no other choice but to fight the mutated animals, because if they did not fight, they would end up dying. While it was true that initially, they were the ones that were going to look for the mutated animals, the situation had changed.

Several strong mutated animals, even those that were considerably weak as compared to the others, would occasionally attack the strongholds. As for the cities that had still existed even 6 months after the mutation began, they had already been wiped out.

Only the strongholds remained, and within those strongholds, the remaining hope of the human race was there. Well, the population of the human race had decreased, but it was not by a huge margin, at least by comparing to the entire population of the human race.

By now, about 10% of the human race had already been wiped from the face of the planet. Well, even though the number was not that high as compared to the remaining population, it was still quite a big number.

The only reason why humans continued being alive was due to the fact that they had established strongholds. Yes, the strongholds did not actually have the capability of stopping the mutated animals from attacking.

Instead, within a stronghold, many mutants with combat abilities had gathered. And so, they would be able to easily deal with the mutated animals that would come attacking the stronghold.

Even if it was difficult for just a single mutant to be able to deal with a single mutated animal, considering that there was a large number of mutants within a single stronghold, they could simply team up, and deal with the mutated animal.

But of course, the situation was not the same all over the world. After all, for those strongholds that were not prepared, or only had a few mutants that possessed combat capabilities, they faced a dire situation.

For example, there was a stronghold that existed close to the forest. During the establishment of this stronghold, it was established in such a way that it was going to be close to an area where hunting could be done, and it would be a very good source of food.

But then things changed. It was not just animals that had mutated, but even plants had done that. While it was true that most of the plants had only a grown huge over time due to the mutation, some of the plants had actually gained sentience.

And, they had turned into plants that needed to devour organic life forms in order for them to be able to improve. So, they also began hunting animals and humans alike.

For this stronghold that was located close to the forest, it was targeted by mutated animals and mutated plants. I'm so, it did not even last a single day before it was completely razed to the ground.

Scenes like this kept on happening all over the world, with many strongholds not being able to hold on for a long time. Even if a stronghold was not destroyed in a single day, or a week, it would still happen after a month.

With each and every time that mutated animals attacked, there was always a certain number of casualties. And comparing the population of the mutated animals and plants to that of the humans, it was clear who had the advantage.

And for that reason, in a battle of attrition, the humans obviously lost. And so, the casualties on the human side kept on increasing as days moved by.

Regardless, the losses that the humans had suffered were obviously not without realizing something. It seemed that as long as they consumed the meat of the mutated animals, or the fruits of the mutated plants, they would actually be able to get stronger.

The Improvement varied from physical increase in strength, to an improvement in the level of the abilities that they had. And so, for the first time in several months after the emergence of mutated animals, humans actually began actively looking for mutated animals.

They all understood the concept of fighting and killing in order to be able to survive. Simply put, it was the battle of survival of the strongest. And to get stronger, they would have to devour the others.

This was something that happened for several months, and without them even noticing, an entire year had already gone by ever since the mutation began.

And after several months of humans realizing that they could actually get stronger by hunting mutated animals, and consuming their flesh, they had actually grown considerably strong.

It was just that the same principle was applied to the mutated animals and plants. They could eat other mutated creatures in order to be able to increase their own strength.

And due to that, they also actively went ahead hunting for humans and other mutated creatures. And, it could be said that the mutated animals and plants were the ones that were having it easy but at the same time, they had it hard.

It was quite easy for them considering that they had so many targets that they could consume. They could simply consume other animals, enabling them to be able to grow.

But it was also difficult for them, considering that they had so many enemies. Other animals around them, were considered as enemies. This implied that if they were not strong enough to be able to resist an attack from another animal, they would end up being consumed, being a supplement for the other animal.

Several years began passing by, and the fight finally begun subsiding. The reason behind that being the fact that the targets for mutation were no longer that week.

The entire population of both mutated animals, plants and humans had reduced drastically within just 3 years. But still, the strength of either side was obviously stronger as compared to 3 years ago when the mutation began.

Some form of balance had began being formed between the three sides, and the establishment of territories had been completed. The mutated animals would stay out of the strongholds that had been strengthened over time, while the humans would try as much as possible to avoid the areas where the mutated plants and animals could be found.

As for the mutated plants, majority of them could be found within thick forests. And of course, within those forests, mutated animals could be found, but only in small numbers, and only those that were slightly weak.

Regardless of the situation, after the battle that had lasted for 3 years, Jaden's aim had already been achieved. He wanted the entire civilization within this planet to get stronger, and they had done just that.

As for himself, during the time that all this was happening, he just passively continued being a bodyguard. He became a John's bodyguard for an entire year ever since the mutation began, before finally shifting to become a bodyguard of another person from the options that have been provided by the system.

And, after 3 months, he had no other choice but to shift, changing the client. It was this final client that he had been together with for all these remaining 1 year and 9 months.

As expected, all the clients had faced danger. And even though it was true that Jaden was the reason why they were facing the danger, it was indirectly caused by him.

He had created danger, but he had still created an opportunity, and that was the reason why he was still receiving rewards from the system.

And considering the level of danger that he was dealing with, the rewards from the system for those 3 years have been quite good. At least, they had allowed him to grow stronger, and understand how big the universe was.

But still, there was something that he had maintained. That was the bodyguard department of the Nightstar security company. With his interference, that department had not been decimated like other companies, or the other department of the company.

Instead, it still flourished even within the situation where the entire human race was facing a threat of extinction. And all this while, Jaden had not claimed any word that was supposed to come from the bodyguard department.