Chapter 55: Life or death gamble
Davi ran as fast as he could back to the camp. The students, who were finally enjoying a brief moment of peace, felt their bodies tense as they noticed his hurried footsteps and worried expression.
"What happened?" Marc immediately approached, concerned.
The boy wanted to simply smile reassuringly and tell everyone not to worry. But unfortunately, that wasn’t an option.
"Listen!" Davi said in a firm voice, prompting everyone to gather around him. "I saw a horde of monsters heading this way. They’ll be here soon, so we need to prepare to defend ourselves."
But he was too late. Before he could even give his first instruction, the lookout rushed over, desperately warning that a large number of enemies was approaching.
The students’ hearts sank, and fear began to spread through the camp. Seeing this, Davi had to act quickly, offering a few words of motivation before charging at the first monster that appeared.
Those zombified beasts were much weaker than their living counterparts, after all, they were just corpses being manipulated. The ease with which Davi defeated the first enemy gave everyone a glimmer of hope.
Marc was the first to react, joining Davi in the fight. The initial enemies were defeated with ease.
But the problem was that the strength of the zombie fungus never lay in individual combat power, but in overwhelming numbers, and that soon became evident.
The more the students fought, the more exhausted they became. Yet, with every passing moment, more and more enemies appeared.
The cave they were in seemed to grow smaller and smaller, as beasts emerged from all sides. They didn’t even have anywhere to run, completely surrounded by enemies.