Chapitre 7: Will To Survive
Leo didn't pay attention to the screen as he forced himself to stand up. He staggered to his feet as he pushed his exhausted and near-freezing point body up from the zombie's decapitated body.
He took a deep breath, trying to steady his shaky breath and rapidly beating heart. After he finally steadied his breath, he took a look at the zombie on the floor, with different thoughts crashing around in his head.
No matter how sees it and no matter how he wants to put it, he just killed a human or something that looks human.
Even though the headless body lying on the floor with its severed head a few steps from it was trying to kill him a second ago, it made no difference to him.
Leo knew that the presence of the zombie meant that the world as he knew it was long gone and has now been replaced with one where everyone has to fight to stay alive.
He knew that he would have to survive first if he wants to live in this new world and to survive, he must have sufficient strength. This is what the battle with the zombie taught him.
He knew that if he doesn't have the strength, he might one day end up becoming food for the zombies and potentially turning into one of them.
He previously thought that after he came out of the orphanage home, he would do the things he has always dreamt about doing.
But he was quickly made to understand that the world where dreams exists is no more and that in this new world, there's no such thing as living one's dream. It's all about survival, and it's as simple as that.
From now on, everything depends on his ability to survive. And if he wants to continue living in this new world, he would need to get stronger.
He would have to get stronger and survive, if he wants to meet those kids in the orphanage home one day and he would have to get stronger, and survive if he wants to see the sun rise up every day, and set every evening.
Leo was determined to see to it that he doesn't die. Even though the world has ended, he still felt that there are a lot of things he can still achieve in the new world.
He felt that this was the tugging feeling has been trying to tell him about. About this new world.
He raised his head and saw the young lady being referred to as princess, standing at a distance and looking at him with a smile on her face.
He has no idea what the identity of the young lady is but he knew she wasn't human and he has a very strong feeling that he would be able to get the answer to his questions from her.
Leo closed his eyes briefly and let out a sigh of relief. The battle with the zombie left him feeling completely exhausted. He didn't know how well he did, as it's his first ever fight and a very deadly one at that but the fact that he's still alive goes to say a lot.
He took a look around him and he saw that most of the people who were thrashing around violently on the floor had already gone still.
Seeing this, he knew that he has to quickly get out to a safe place or one of two things will happen; It's either the zombies kills him or the cold does. Either way, he does.
Still tired and exhausted from the fight with the zombie, he walked towards Ms Ves who was lying unconscious on the floor.
He picked up her hands and he felt how cold it was. The heavy rain and snow has been falling for a while now and has caused the ground to be very wet and cold, and the fact that he left her lying on the cold hard floor meant that the cold has already penetrated deep into her body.
"Let's get out of here first," Leo said as he held her hand tightly and started dragging her towards the building.
As he made his way to the building, he heard the familiar growl of a zombie and looked towards where the sound was coming from.
A chill ran down his cold spine when he saw the newly turned zombies standing up and bolting towards him the next moment.
He knew what had to be done as he immediately picked up the pace. He forced his young body that was already on the brink of collapse to muster up whatever strength it still has left.
He knew that fighting another zombie in his current condition would be suicidal. It would mean certain death for him if he's to face off against the horde of more than five zombies rushing towards him.
He continued to push his body to its limit but no matter how far he tried to push it and no matter how much more strength he tried to squeeze out of it, nothing came out.
This is the aftereffect of the previous rush of adrenaline he had from the fight with the zombie. His body was completely drained.
Leo knew that he was going to die if he doesn't come up with something. His brain kicked into sixth gear as he quickly tried to think of something.
His eyes lit up the next moment when he remembered the message he saw after he killed the zombie.
He quickly brought up the status screen and glanced at it. The glance gave him a quick understanding of what he has to do.
He immediately spent the three free stat points he had, adding one stat point each to his Strength, Agility and Stamina.
He instantly felt some subtle changes in his body after he added the stat points. The changes were very small, almost unnoticeable but Leo felt them because his previously exhausted body had recovered slightly.
Immediately, Leo mustered up all the strength he could and continued making his way towards the building.
The zombies were almost close, just a couple of distance away from him but he was also just a few steps away from the building.
"I can't allow myself to die here! Just a few more steps!" Leo said through gritted teeth as he pushed his body beyond its limits.
The next moment, he felt another rush of adrenaline pumping through his body. His previous wobbly legs that refused to listen to him, started moving on their own and fast.
Leo capitalized on the new adrenaline rush as he pushed his body to its new limits. Right now, it's only three steps between him and the building but those three steps felt like three miles, and an insurmountable mountain to climb.
The mountain was even harder to climb due to the fact that he was dragging Ms Ves along with him and to make things worse, the new wave of adrenaline rush has already ended.
It was too short but Leo couldn't complain. He could only continue to push himself but it was extremely difficult due to the aftereffects of the adrenaline rush.
His breathing was now rapid but very shallow. The pounding in his ear was loud and almost disorienting and the freezing cold he was feeling didn't help matters.
He could hear the thudding steps of the zombies as they approached him. Their growls filled with intense hunger and malice reverberated through his body and their sickening rotten appearance almost made him puke.
"Three more steps!" Leo gritted his teeth as he forced himself to take a step. He has to push himself or he would become food for the group of walking dead rushing at him.
The zombies were already so close that even with the heavy rain and snow, Leo could perceive the rotten smell of their dead flesh.
"Two more steps!" Leo forced himself to take another step.
At this point, the zombies were already less than five heartbeats away from him. Leo saw this and bit his lips hard, almost drawing blood as he forced himself to continue.
"One more step!" Leo screamed with a hoarse voice as he finally stepped in through the automatic glass door of the building
Immediately after his leg got inside the building, it was like the previous exhaustion he was feeling was a lie as his body suddenly became energetic.
He quickly dragged Ms Ves inside and away from the door, allowing it to close. With his heart in his mouth, he watched the zombies hit the glass door one after the other and bounce back.
Seeing this, Leo felt that he could finally breathe easy. He let out a sigh of relief and immediately collapsed to the cold, hard floor in exhaustion.
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
-- Classement
Power Stone 
-- Power
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