Chapter 255: In Danger
Meanwhile, as the fighting went on, Aspen and Danos kept the pressure up as they made sure that the undead horrors were well occupied with fighting them instead of the people outside. Not that the latter cared about the humans, of course, but at least these monstrosities made him put a bit of effort into his attacks.
"These things are hideous as they are fun to hit," Danos chuckled as he brained yet another walking corpse right in the head with his fist. "Too bad we can’t bite them."
"They have poison running through their veins," Aspen reminded, his own hands still holding a stray pipe that he picked up to bat away at their enemies. "You’re already risking yourself using your fists like that."
"As if they can even think of a proper attack strategy to make use of my openings," Danos scoffed, his outstretched arm still piercing through a zombie’s chest even as he spoke. "They’re literally brain-dead idiots. The only thing they’re good for is dying by our hands."
Aspen could only sigh as they slowly made their way through the facility. The horde of undead never seemed to end even as they killed them by the handful, the machines churning them out by the dozen as they struggled to make progress. Thankfully, the beasts were mindless enough for them to easily lead them along the nose like they were nothing. They also weren’t even half as durable as a normal human, having easily dispatched them with even the slightest swing of his pipe. Still...
"Shouldn’t we start destroying these machines already?" Aspen piped up, his weapon dripping with grey blood as he bludgeoned yet another zombie to pieces. "The King might need our help."
"Aren’t we doing that already?" Danos scoffed. "It’s not as if we’re not helping. These things being plenty enough to slow us down is really annoying."
The former let out another sigh. Their job had been rather insightful, at least. If it were anybody else, they might have already been overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of these things. And if they didn’t know how to avoid the poison, then they would’ve already died from the first encounter. It was only a good thing that they came in prepared with heavy duty masks ahead of time.
"Let’s just get on with it," Aspen sighed. "We have more than enough things to worry about."