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Chapter 340: Looting+

In the end, Takashi's group makes the difficult decision to follow the stranger and attempt to bring him into the fold. Everyone in the group had a variety of reasons for this, but all in all, they came to the conclusion that it was their best chance for both survival, and the quality of living that they wouldn't be able to get under Shido.

A few people from Shido's group had issues with them leaving of course, particularly Shizuka, who was one of the only medical professionals in the entire group of survivors. That, and her strange skill at driving despite her air-headed nature had both groups facing off.

Shido attempted to convince them to stay, even using emotional manipulation to beat them down in compliance. But no one cared to listen to that man's babble.

Saeko takes a step towards Shido and in a series of quick movements, holds her bokken up to his neck, causing him to freeze up... He'd seen her split the skulls of many monsters with the same weapon, so he wasn't keen on personally testing how it felt. "We will be leaving now. You may do what you want, but keep us out of it." she states before turning and leaving.

The others in Takashi's group follow her has she briskly walks toward the shopping district, wanting to see if the stranger had succumbed to exhaustion yet... At this point, she'd be more surprised if he wasn't still fighting...

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Takashi prods a corpse with his baseball bat as the group walk through the empty shopping district. There was no sign of the cosplayer other than the mountain of corpses he'd left in his wake... It was disturbing to think that someone around his age was capable of something like this. It was beyond what most psychopaths could imagine, and the human body itself shouldn't be able to function after such intense movements for so long. As someone who'd played sports for most of his life, he was certain it wasn't possible.

"M-Marikawa Sensei! Don't wander off!" Kohta exclaims as the bust blonde nurse pokes her head into a designer clothing store with little care for her own safety.

"Ehhh? I wanted to pick up a new skirt after Busujima-chan tore this one." she gesture down at her torn dress skirt. "But look! There's nothing inside!" she exclaims, drawing everyone else's attention .

"What are you talking abou-t..." Saya trails off as she looks through the shattered glass of the store and sees exactly what the nurse was referring to... Every clothing line, rack, and storage unit had been picked entirely clean. Not even a single sock was left behind, displaying just how thorough the looter had been.

"Could this have been before the monsters came?" Takashi wonders aloud, not sure how this would've happened.

"Hey! It's the same over here as well!" Rei shouts, pointing into a hardware store that'd also been emptied.

...

The group slowly walk around the shopping district, dumbfounded and confused at the fact that every store was in similar straits. Toy stores, electronic stores, supply stores, sport stores, clothing stores, supermarkets, you name it.

The group's thoughts weren't even on the undead anymore, instead focussing their efforts on rationalizing how this was all possible...

"C-could this have been the cospalyer?" Saya asks, looking disgruntled that she'd had to say it herself.

Rei blinks at her, "Weren't you just calling all of us idiots and liars an hour ago?"

"Nnnn! Yes! But there's no other explanation for this anymore! The fighting, the looting, what else could have done any of this!? He's either a super-soldier or something else equally fictitious!"

...

"Huh, something has finally stumped you, Takagi-san." Kohta mutters and receives a chop to the head by the pink-haired tsundere.

*Crack!*

The group spins around towards the entrance of the store just in time to see a zombie fall to the ground with its head backwards with no sign of whoever had caused it.

...

"T-this is getting-... Kind of fucked up now! What the hell was that!?" Saya exclaims fearfully, the idea of monsters worse than the undead causing her body to tremble all over.

Takashi anxiously chews the inside of his cheek, "Whatever it was, we can't stay around for long. We need to find that guy and have him explain this all to us. I'd bet he knows more about this situation than anyone! After that, we'll find our families, and get somewhere safe to weather this all out!" he says, though, multiple people in the group send him unsure glances. It was clear to them all that things would never be the same after this event, was there even a safe place to get to? They'd seen the news, every country seemed to be affected by this disease all at the same time.

Despite their doubts, the group was on board with his plans. There wasn't much else they could do after all... They exit the store and briskly follow the trail of corpses that leads further around the city, hopefully, they'd catch up to the cosplayer before the monsters caught up to them.

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*Achoo!*

Michael grimaces at the fact that he'd just sneezed into a thong that he'd picked up for Tiffania, the lingerie now damp with snot. "Man, I thought this one was actually her size!" he mutters, shaking his head and randomly storing everything else in the store, not wanting to waste EXP harvesting time for sexy clothes... Even if he would enjoy them once he got back to Skyrim.

"Master." Darth asks as the shadow hand sprouts from the ceiling above him.

"Yeah? Something wrong?"

"Humans are attempting to follow you. Should I remove them?"

Michael shakes his head, "Don't bother, just focus on killing any zombies you find."

"By your will." with that, the hand disappears and continues on with its duties.

Michael glances down at his shadow where Darth had stored Deflinger, something Michael had been unable to do with anything else but the sword. "You sure you don't want to join in? Darth's gonna have all the fun without you."

"Go to hell! Evey since I've touched that stone I've been feeling things a lot more! You want me to tell you how sliding into a corpse's cold intestines feels!? Huh!? That's what I thought!"

...


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Chapter 341: Power Level

Night had finally rolled around, and Michael had decided to take a break for the day and check his progress. He casts an Alteration spell called Cleanse to rid himself of the blood and gore and leaps ten feet into the air to land on a nearby shop front's sunshade, the thing easily supporting his weight while acting as a firmer kind of hammock

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Name : Michael Tahlin

Rank : Hero

Stats :

Strength : 35 > 39

Agility : 60.2 > 66.6

Intelligence : 47 > 48

Birthsign : The Mage

Familiar : Darth, Dark Monolith Parasite

Abilities :

[The Mage] : Enables user to learn all magic-based skills 20% faster.

[Gandalfr] : Enables user to utilise any weapon at two ranks above their current proficiency while granting them the knowledge necessary to use them. While wielding a weapon, temporarily gain +100% in all stats.

[Language Comprehension] : Enables user to understand all spoken tongues, and increase the rate of which they learn reading and writing.

[Novice Mana Manipulation] : Allows user more control over his magic, spells, and some abilities. Mana efficiency and control of power is increased.

[Pain Tolerence] : Allows user to endure great amounts of pain with little to no negative effects as a result.

[Apprentice basic Swordsmanship(Two handed swords/One handed swords)] : Determines how skilful the user is when handling swords.

[Apprentice basic Dagger techniques(Single edge, curved, straight, double edge.)] : Determines how skilful the user is when handling daggers.

[Desensitized] : Things of a violent or shocking nature fail to draw a reaction like they used to. Emotions are dulled somewhat and user is more easily able to think and rationalize in high stress situations.

Affinities :

[Lesser Water Affinity], [Fire Affinity], [Lesser Lightning Afffinity] > [Lesser Space Affinity], [Lesser Darkness Affinity], [Ice Affinity]

Spirits :

Commoner Tier :

Shadow Shaman : MAX

Slark : Lvl MAX

Riki : Lvl MAX

Hero Tier :

Anti-Mage : MAX

Lina : MAX

Winter Wyvern : 7 > 17

Magic :

Tamrielic

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Spirit : Winter Wyvern

Level : 7 > 17

Abilities :

Studious Mind (Rank 4) : Drastically increases the effectiveness of studying, rom reading books to research and practical experiments.

Arctic Burn (Rank 4) : User temporarily gains the ability to fly and breathe blistering cold winds that deal damage to any caught by it. Those affected will be afflicted with a short curse that rapidly drains their lifeforce and slows them.

Splinter Blast (Rank 2) : User throws a large ball of brittle ice that does no damage to the initially struck, but explodes outwards, launching large shards of hardened ice that both harm and slow.

Cold Embrace (Rank 4) : Temporarily encases an ally in a block of solid ice, the target gains massive damage resistance and also rapidly heals while frozen.

Winter's Curse (Rank 2) : User curses an enemy, freezing them in place and forcing those nearby to mindlessly attack them.

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"Nice." he yawns as he claps the book closed. To be honest, he was actually surprised at how quickly he was progressing. He had thought that the zombies would give little to no EXP, but it seems he had underestimated just how many he had killed today.

Even with his EXP gains, he'd also gained a lot from looting alone... All the things he missed from the modern world like games, electronics, clothes, hell, even things like toothbrushes and toilet paper.

He made sure to take occasional breaks from his rampage to steal everything in sight... After all, it wasn't like the people in this world were going to use them. As far as he was concerned, they were fucked anyway...

Anyone who learned to survive in this apocalypse wasn't going to be people he liked regardless, so who cared what happens to them? The good people would die out while the murderers and rapists lived slightly longer.

He lets out another yawn and decides to ignore his Spirit training today. He puts in headphones and pulls out a phone he'd stolen from a corpse and begins playing some of this world's music. Completely disregarding the occasional zombies that wander over and try to reach him while he rested in the sunshade.

*Crack!*

*Squelch!*

He plucks out an earphone when he hears the sound of combat, not even looking over to address it. "Ah Darth, you're back. How many did you get rid of?"

...

"Who the fuck is Darth?" a familiar voice growls from below him, causing him to sit up and look over. There, he spots the folks he'd met and almost accidentally killed earlier. The group was systematically removing any zombies that'd wandered over while he was restng, the fat one with the nail gun, the bitchy one with the mop-spear, the normal one with a baseball bat, and the sexy one with the wooden sword.

The pink-haired girl and the nurse who looked suspiciously like an older version of Tiffania seemed to be noncombatants, judging by their expectation to be protected...

"Do you guys need something?" he casually asks, not a hint of exertion from him despite the countless zombies he'd slain today.

The pink-haired one steps forwards with folded arms, "Yeah! Who the hell is Darth!? Some imaginary friend of yours!? Should have expected it from a chuunibyu cosplayer!"

...

Michael's eye twitches at the insult, images of Megumin springing to life in his mind, "Soo, that's a no then? Alright, piss off and leave me alone." he says, laying back down and wiggling a bit to get comfortable.

"W-wait! Don't listen to Takagi-san, she's just stressed from all of this." the fat boy says, attempting to calm things down.

"Look, I think we've started off on the wrong foot here... I'm Takashi Komuro," the boy starts, introducing everyone else before he continues, "We split off from the other survivors to see if you needed any help. No one, no matter how skilled can survive all of this alone! We should stick together and find a solution to all of this, maybe even a cure!" he says with determination firm on his face.

...

A low chuckle frees itself from Michael's throat as he hears this, he leans over the sunshade with a look of contempt, "You think there's going to be a cure to any of this? Are you stupid? Diseases don't just reanimate the dead and sent them around munching on people... Have none of you ever watched a zombie movie before or something?" he asks and the group slowly nods.

"Yes but, this can't be that! It just can't!" Saya states, not wanting to believe that their situation was so dire. If these creatures were in fact the zombies they'd seen in fiction, there was little to nothing they'd be able to do. If they were still alive and just infected, sure. If they were monsters in human skin? Sure. But zombies? Hell no!

"You can deny it all you want Tsundere girl, but this is your life now." he says, gesturing at the blood-covered district, plumes of smoke and occasional fires dotting the place. "If you think there's any coming back from this, you must be more stupid than I thought."

...

The group glances at the girl who was visibly trembling in rage, "HOW DARE YOU! YOU STUPID COSPLAYING LUNATIC! BRAINLESS! I AM A GENIUS! THERE IS NOTHING I CAN'T FIGURE OUT, SO THINGS WILL WORK OUT NO MATTER WHAT!"

Michael laughs, "Alright, genius-girl, you should probably deal with the guests you've invited now though." he adds, pointing a finger at the undead now stumbling in from up the road, Saya's voice having attracted them.

"Can't you help us!? We're all humans here! Shouldn't we help each other!?" Rei implores him while readying herself for the group of undead that were approaching.

"Just stop, it's clear this imbecile won't help us." Saya angrily retorts.

Rei scoffs, "Only because you keep opening your mouth, Takagi! If you can't fight, then stay quiet while we deal with the problem you've created."

...

Saya has nothing to say to that and continues to just stand in place and watch as the others fight off the undead. All while Michael was watching on his belly with his head proper on his hand as if he were watching T.V from his couch.


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Hope you bois liked the chap, if I missed anything please let me know. Thanks!

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