"Wow you went through all that..." Bruce the tanned-skin man said with astonishment gleaming in his eyes as he stuffed his mouth with the last bits of rice and curry.
"For a kid, you did well" Max complimented, staring at Noah with curiosity in the depths of his eyes.
"Why don't you join us since you don't have anywhere to go, we need young talents like you" Bruce suddenly said with a soft smile but for some reason, he felt uneasy, he then gazed towards Layla to meet her deep stare.
She looked a little bit furious but Bruce just ignored her and took a sip from his bottled water.
"Hm... That sounds nice!" Noah held his jaw thinking for a while before he replied with a smile.
"That's good, well I think we've rested enough" Max nodded before standing up and putting on his backpack, the others also stood and put on their backpacks.
-Bam!
"You just had to move it though..." Noah mumbled as he stared at Bruce who broke the door with a gaze that questioned his intelligence.
Walking along the streets, Noah and the group discussed amongst themselves as though the earth was not even facing an apocalypse.
'This kid, he fits the description Xavier spoke about' Layla thought as she gazed at Noah who was busy conversing with Bruce and Max.
'We need to take him to Xavier immediately' She thought inwardly as she walked with the group.
-Grrr!
"Huh?" The group looked up ahead only for their expressions to change to horrified ones, a large number of dogs were making their way towards them.
-Ding!
[Quest received! Slay all Mutated dogs in the surrounding area]
[Count: 0/50]
[Reward: Varies depending on contribution]
The group stared at the interface that suddenly popped up, they were stuck but they knew that they had to survive first before any other thing.
Leading the pack of zombified dogs was the one that had escaped earlier, he could sense the anxiety coming from the humans as they rushed towards them.
-Bam!
Suddenly its head was bashed in and its skull broke open, the other dogs instinctively backed away from Noah whose bat was now covered in a green substance.
[+20 Experience]
[+20 Coins]
"T-this..." Max stuttered staring at Noah in disbelief, he had thought Noah had survived only by sheer luck up until this moment but now he knew he was wrong.
The group had remained standing, staring at Noah who was busy killing the dogs for some reason it seemed like he was the hunter rather than the hunted.
"Aren't you guys going to help?" Noah asked with a confused expression, his bat resting on his shoulder and his crimson-red eyes gazing at them.
"A-Ah!" Finally, they snapped out of thought as they grabbed their weapons before rushing towards the mutated dogs.
The mutated dogs also rushed towards the group but something was weird, they were avoiding Noah not daring to go even inches close to him.
These mutated dogs didn't have a conscience to guide them rather it was in born instinct, they acted only based on instinct and currently their instinct had told them to avoid Noah at all costs.
'What the...' Layla thought inwardly as she noticed how hard the dogs tried to avoid Noah even if they were pushed towards him they would try to change their direction.
From the onset she had been curious about him, for her it was like hate at first sight.
She didn't know why but seeing him made her furious each time and earlier when he stared at them with those crimson-red eyes of his it felt like she had seen them elsewhere.
"Layla focus!" Bruce yelled smashing the head of the mutated dog that had planned to pounce on her back.
"Thanks" She mumbled as she gripped her blade ever so tightly planning to release some of her fury on the mutated dogs.
Suddenly a slightly visible aura covered her body, her movement was now more nimble and her reflexes were quick.
[New skill acquired -Fury-]
Noah who had been trying to attack the mutated dogs that kept avoiding him sighted her and couldn't help but be amazed.
[Quest completed!]
[Calculating rewards...]