Chapter 29: Elite Zombies
Coop spun, his sword cut through the air and, propelled by his momentum, sliced through the neck of another zombie. He didn’t even wait for the head to hit the ground before he was moving to the next room.
He kicked a flimsy door with the bottom of his foot, putting his weight into it, and the entire thing separated from its frame and slammed onto the floor. Coop stepped over it and swung his sword in a low angle at the next zombie’s leading knee. The blade pierced the monster’s leg, collapsing it to the ground before it had a chance to mount any offensive. Coop used the backswing to bring his sword into a rising swing that removed an arm before he executed the zombie with a powerful overhand strike to the neck.
He continued his rapid progress through the next door and into the corresponding room. He smashed a zombie that was waiting in the dark with his shield, launching it backwards. Before the zombie had reached the zenith of its backward path he was already leaping after it, with his sword chasing the monster’s neck.
Coop was leaning into his rapid assault strategy. Using his significantly higher Agility when compared to the zombies, he gained the upper hand of each fight in the opening seconds, and followed with an onslaught that never allowed the monsters to regain their footing.
He had already killed every zombie on the first level of the offshore oil platform and had continued to the second. The second level was full of prefabricated units that reminded Coop of the temporary classrooms that every school used for decades longer than they were meant to. They were all flimsy with thin walls and weak doors. He had lost his balance several times when he planted a foot too heavily and it smashed a hole in the floor.
Another zombie’s head was removed and Coop paused for a moment as he received another level. He exited the series of rooms to get outside. The sun was trickling through the steel canopy in between the buildings. Coop had been hunting zombies all night and judging by the location of the sun he was already halfway through the day.
Coop was covered in blood. A lot of it was his own, and he wasn’t even close to done yet. He checked his notifications.
[Congratulations! Your profession has leveled up!]
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[You defeated Elite Human Zombie (Level 26)]
[+305 Basic Credits]
[Congratulations! You have leveled up!]