The Earth After Rebirth

"It wasn't on purpose." Kiro threw his hands in the air as if to surrender.

He slouched on the only seat that was available in the building. Others gave him dirty looks for this, they didn't claim the chair under the impression that, since they would fight over it none should get it. But Kiro was oblivious to their unspoken agreement.

"So what was it like, being brainless and taken over?" Ishaan asked that with an air of confidence and mock.

"Need I remind you, I scored better than you in the exams?" Kiro shot back with a smirk.

Ishaan clicked his tongue. Kiro admired his newfound courage and battle prowess. He thought it was too bad they didn't have true blood potions, so he could also be a guardian.

"The system, it said this was one of many, so what's our way forward?" Nikolai prodded.

"We obviously hit them all until the last boss shows itself." Hiro answered him absentmindedly.

Kiro agreed. But he also needed a bit of rest, so they didn't immediately go searching for these undead bases.

As tired as he was, he didn't make the mistake of letting Ishaan cook their food this time. He did it himself, he didn't quite trust the rest to be any better than him either. So to avoid eating less than appetising food, he did it himself.

After a few hours, they decided to head out. Buildings moved, so Kiro ordered Kel and the spectres to scout from the top and guide them from there.

It wasn't long until they ran into ghouls. Unlike the zombies they weren't restricted by bindings on the door. They just stood there, in the middle of the street, as if waiting for them to be found out.

Ding!

[You've encountered aimless ghouls. They walk around the town, with no particular goal in mind. They are extremely dangerous.]

Ghouls

Level 65

HP: 40 000

MP: 20 000

No one waited for the other. As they all went full attack on the ghouls without a care about their formation. Including Felix, he had so much fun fighting Kiro back then, he didn't want to be a healer in this round.

"You guys will have to use the potions Hiro brewed. I need to be acquainted with my subclass." That's what he told them at the movie theatre, they didn't argue and simply agreed with him.

They were more than likely to run into stronger monsters. The stronger they are with battle prowess, the easier their raids would be. Especially for them, since they were guardians, they'd run into creatures such as Harbingers.

Kiro knew that it wasn't the end of them, he'd see more of them in the future. He just needed one last potion to boost Ishaan up, he wasn't sure he'd keep up with them if they didn't find it.

They decided that, Felix would be the main attack while they supported him. And he didn't disappoint them.

The weapon he asked for was peculiar, but it seemed to work well with its owner. He danced around the ghouls, decapitating their heads and limbs as he went.

When there was one he'd missed, the support team would help him. He went deeper and deeper into their little army. The rest followed from behind.

Felix fought more sadistically the more he killed, he didn't like the one shot one kill the weapon seemed to offer him. So he used it to gently cut their tendons. He was practising for when he was fighting against other players.

Undeads may not feel pain, but they still were decent target practice for him.

"Oops." He exclaimed, as he cut too deeply, causing for the thing's stomach to fall out.

His teammates looked at him funny. 'Let's never get on his bad side.' Was written all over their faces. As though they'd communicated telepathically, they all nodded at the same time.

It was a second time they'd fought these kinds of creatures. Kiro didn't remember them being so weak. Their every move was slow and clumsy. He'd think they would be given insane buffs since they weren't at beginner's village anymore but they were just a bit strong.

He could predict their every move through vibrations which made the fight less fun. He didn't even need to use Ryu, and Kel was on vacation. He wasn't fast enough to keep up with them and go for kills.

"That's alright Kel, you'll get your shot eventually. Don't be so depressed, you're killing my mood."

They didn't have a deep bond as Kiro reserved his main mount spot for Hubris, even though they were realms apart. He still could slightly feel what he felt.

Ding!

[You've defeated ghouls and angered the boss a little more. He vows to cut you up and sew you back together, making you a new species of undeads.]

"That's not a bad idea actually. I'd like to meet this boss and cut him up myself." Felix murmered.

The undeads didn't have a chance against their strength. The more they fought together the well coordinated they became. One could've sworn they could communicate somehow, but they just used their skills to judge situations better.

Kiro felt like they were ready to take Asgard by storm. So he started recording the dungeon run.

They encountered banshees, nightwalkers and more wraiths would show themselves occasionally. Kiro started to feel like an A ranked dungeon wasn't so special after all. But it wasn't like the dungeon was weak, they were just that strong.

"Well, I suppose the boss is in that big mansion." Ishaan commented as they walked towards it.

They hadn't taken a single break since the movie theatre. That's how easy they had it with the rest of the monsters.

Luckily, none of the undeads that they encountered had the ability to bite and infect them. Of course they didn't defeat them completely unscathed. They had at worst, bruises all over.

They entered the dark mansion. No lights were on, but they could see nonetheless. It wasn't as sophisticated as the castle in beginner's village, there was a hall with a single chair inside of it.

There was a silhouette of a man sitting on it. Drinking what seemed to be tea to them.

"You've killed every single one of my children, for that you shall pay and act as their replacement." The ominous voice sounded throughout the room.