Chapter 29: I’ve got rheumatism
The sun was still low when the expedition group left the base. For a moment, they walked together in silence, but after a few minutes, Grzywacz stopped and nodded to Nira.
"We’ll head to the supermarket. Check the entrances and the back of the building. If they’re locked, we try the roof."
He then looked at Adam and Sareth.
"You two go to the pharmacy on Zielna Street. We’ll meet back at the base this evening. Stay sharp."
Adam and Sareth nodded and split off, turning into a narrow alley that led toward the city center. The city looked dead. Quiet, suffocated by dust, full of traces of former life and new dangers.
They didn’t speak. Every zombie they encountered was eliminated without hesitation—Adam from a distance, manipulating nearby objects with Void Manipulation to strike with surprise and precision. Sareth hurled energy knives with blinding speed, each one slicing through the air with a glowing pulse and hissing as it hit its mark. Bodies dropped one by one, none even daring to approach.
After several kills, they stopped near one of the corpses.
"How do we even prove we killed them?" Sareth asked, glancing at the filthy body with a punctured throat.
Adam shrugged.
"I’ve been thinking about that. Maybe... cut off their ears?" he offered after a moment.
Sareth grimaced.