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Chapter 21 - Rescue

Before taking the survivors out of the apartment Helmond's group first checked the state of all the survivors searching for anything lethal they might have as well as for any sign of infection.

Soon they finished their inspection and breathed a sigh of relief seeing no one infected.

There were altogether about ten survivors in the apartment with 3 women about 30 to 40 years of age, 4 men of ages ranging from between 20 to 50, and 3 children two girls and one boy of roughly 5 to 6 years of age.

"Looks like it will be one hell of a trip taking all of them to the city" said one of the team members.

"Seeing as the zombies are still distracted this is the perfect time to take them out of here" said Helmond.

Saying so everyone instructed all the survivors to escape in an orderly way with the team members guarding them from each direction while the survivors were made to move in the middle.

Soon everyone slowly but steadily evacuated from the apartment premises without much difficulty and the occasional zombies here and there were solved pretty easily by the team members.

In this way after reaching far enough to a somewhat safe place they sent a retreat and mission success message to Arman via the communicator.

"I hope you can get out of that mess safely, boy" said Helmond to himself.

"He looked pretty confident so he should be able to escape just fine" consoled one of the team member.

Meanwhile Arman's concert was gaining popularity rapidly with fans increasing in numbers exponentially with each passing second.

For as far as Arman can see it was covered with dense masses of zombies with seemingly no end in sight.

"Sigh, being popular is such a tough job, now the audiences don't even have enough space to enjoy the performance" lamented Arman.

"Shouldn't you be more worried about how you're gonna get yourself out of this mess" asked Light.

 "Hmm, what do you think is the possibility they will open up a path for me to leave this place as a fee for my performance" jokingly asked Arman.

"I say pretty high if you let yourself be turned into one of them" said Light.

"Lets just say no to that option then i am happy as a human" said Arman.

"Human for now that is" added Light in a mysterious tone.

"What do you mean by that" asked Arman.

"Nothing, you'll know when the time comes. What's the fun if I tell you everything" said Light.

"Humph, whatever" said Arman.

Right as they were in the middle of their conversation Arman's communicator vibrated indicating he received a message and checking the content of the message he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Look's like it's just us left now. Say do you have any plan of getting out of here" asked Light.

"Say have you seen any extreme sports" asked Arman.

"Wait, don't tell me your best plan is to run from here. Can't you see the hordes of zombies surrounding you, how even are you gonna run through them" asked Light.

"Hey don't be so quick to decided. Ever heard of parkour." replied Arman feeling wronged.

"And how is that any better you're still surrounded for god's sake" rebutted Light.

"Don't worry about that, why do you think I choose this combined building complex as the concert venue" asked Arman.

"Yeah right, that could have worked if you hadn't attracted so many damn zombies here. Now even if you jump from building from building you'll still be surrounded" retorted Light.

"True, but don't worry i also have a plan B. It's just that we'll have to get a really good shower when we get back" said Arman.

Hearing him say this Light immediately realized what his plan B was.

"So you're gonna go through the sewer's then. I suppose that is a better plan but do you think there won't be zombies in the sewer's" asked Light.

"There probably will be, but it'll probably be way less than up here. Anyways get ready we're departing soon" replied Arman while looking at the hordes of zombies gathered around.

"Hello guys thank you for your support. This concert has been a blast but sadly it has to end now. See you again next time" mockingly said Arman through the mic.

After that statement he hurriedly went from building to building looking around from time to time but still seeing no end of the horde. Some time later he came to a building connected to the sewer system and plunged himself in the sewer's without a second thought.

"Well that went pretty smoothly" said Arman.

"Don't jinx it you fool" said Light.

Right as light said it heavy sounds came from the passage infront of Arman.

And soon after a pungent smelling zombie with a lean body leaking out poisonous ooze from it's body came into their view. 

As soon as he saw it Arman used his talent to check the details of the new foe infront of him.

Info:

Name: Corrosive Zombie

Race: Zombie

Talent: Infection, Corrosion

Bloodline: Medium rank zombie

Rank: E Rank

Basic Stats

Strength: 3

Agility: 5

Speed: 5

Intelligence: 0.1

Source: 0

Endurance: 6 

Vitality: 10

Soul: 0

Description: Medium rank zombies sensitive to blood and living organisms uses its corrosive ooze as a means of attack. Due to its poisonous nature usually seen alone with no zombie near it for quite some distance.

Combat Rating: Beware of its poison can inflict agonizing pain.

Talent info:

Name: Corrosion

Rank: Medium Grade E Rank 

Level: 1

Details: Can corrode materials and organisms turning them to scrap and liquid.

"Good news you don't have to worry about alot of zombies nearby. Bad news you're screwed" commented Light.

"Thanks for the reminder as ifI can't see that" said Arman.

"Well it's not a hopeless situation infact it's pretty manageable i think" said Arman while taking out his pistol that he never got the chance to use previously. 

"Seems like it but if you let it touch you once you're definitely done for also its faster than you" said Light.

"Then I'll simply not allow it to taint me" said Arman while getting into position for a fight.

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