Over the next stretch of time, Miles stayed behind to manage the compound, while Ethan led the others out, clearing zombies one small town at a time.
As the days passed, Tier 6 zombies started showing up more frequently. On average, they'd run into one or two a day.
But because small towns had low populations, these Tier 6 zombies didn't have many underlings. Most of them had gathered the undead from nearby towns—some had around two to three thousand zombies under their command, others as few as seven or eight hundred.
Unlike the clustered towns out west, Redwood County's small towns were spread out due to the terrain. Within a six-mile radius, you might only find one or two small towns, with the rest being scattered homes and farms. That made it hard for zombies to form large hordes.
Which, honestly, worked in Ethan's favor.
With the firepower their team had, even two or three thousand zombies weren't a problem.
Any Tier 6 zombie they spotted? Dead on sight.
