Noan was right to worry about this, because he could see that... There weren''t many zombies in this place.

    Usually, in the city, the number of zombies will be very large, so many that a ''zombie flood'' can appear.

    However, the zombies in the city were strangely few. But Noan quickly found out why the number of zombies in this place was so small.

    Judging by the state of decomposition of many zombies, the zombie apocalypse here must have been over for quite some time.

    Besides, due to how the trees pierced the road surface to grow, it could be deduced that the zombie disaster site must have been at least 5-7 years old.

    The undecayed zombies were probably the last survivors in this place.

    Good news... fewer zombies, less danger.

    Bad news... Zombies are few, and it''s hard for him to find energy stones.

    Extremely bad news... As time passed, perhaps... The zombies here have evolved and become much stronger.

    If he had come at the beginning of the zombie apocalypse, he would probably have become the overlord of this place.

    However, the zombie disaster seemed to have been over for many years, and he was unclear about how much the zombies in this place had evolved.

    But he knew one thing: this place was definitely many times more dangerous than the territory reserved for a new lord.

    Crack!

    While Noan was thinking, Urlgan, who was standing next to him, suddenly clenched his fist so hard that it made a sound similar to a tree branch breaking.

    Noan glanced at Urlgan, who was trying to restrain himself, and sighed.

    He forgot that the Orcs, especially the High Orcs, all had an interest and passion for fighting.

    It''s like opium to them; if they don''t fight, they will become irritable and easily go crazy.

    Noan raised his head to look at Vylyss flying in the sky; she was waving her red scarf at him, and his eyes gradually became sharper.

    "Urlgan!"

    Hearing Noan''s voice, Urlgan hurriedly bowed his head: "Master!"

    "Go, but be careful."

    Urlgan smiled ferociously, revealing his large and frighteningly sharp teeth: "Yes, noble master."

    ...

    In a large cave made from a ruined building and countless pieces of the structure, a horde of Lickers were hiding inside.

    Jingle! Jingle!

    In the eerily quiet space, suddenly, a strange sound rang out.

    Jingle! Jingle!

    It was like the sound of a chain being dragged across the ground by someone, which immediately caught the Lickers'' attention.

    Gra! Gra! Gra!

    Gra! Gra! Gra!

    The Lickers began to stretch out their long, pointed tongues, crawling towards the sound.

    Their speed was extremely fast, crawling towards the entrance of the tunnel created from these ruined buildings.

    Jingle! Jingle! Jingle! Jingle!

    The closer they crawled to the light, the louder and more intense the sound became.

    Although they were afraid of the heat of the sun, hunger and instinct were urging them to crawl out of the cave.

    The fastest Licker was about to burst out of its cave, stretching its long tongue as far forward as it could as if it wanted to be the first to taste its favourite food.

    10 meters...

    "Not good... I should go back..." Noan looked into the distance, deciding to return to the bunker.

    The terrain here is too dangerous; there are ruined buildings everywhere, and there are too many places for other monsters to hide.

    If there really was a high-level zombie, then even if Urlgan or Vylyss fought together, they wouldn''t be able to protect him.

    Noan hurriedly took Urlgan, Vylsys, and the four skeletons and left. Although the two skeletons had only taken six energy crystals from the Lickers inside the cave, his life was more important.

    If he is still alive, he can return here to continue harvesting the remaining energy crystals, or he can continue hunting to gather more resources.

    But if he dies, it''s all over.

    Noan took all the monsters and Vylyss and quickly started returning to the bunker.

    He decided to move in the middle of the highway; at least there weren''t any structures to block it. Even if there were monsters, they wouldn''t be able to hide.

    "Master!" Vylyss immediately shouted.

    Noan startled, turned back.

    At this moment, he saw a black shadow rushing towards him at an extremely terrifying speed.

    Noan didn''t have time to react; he could only watch that dark figure getting closer and closer, as if death was coming to take him away.

    Suddenly, at this moment... a black streak appeared beside him, swung straight towards the black shadow that was charging towards him.

    BAM!

    A loud bang rang out as Urlgan''s thorn mace collided with the black figure. The force of the collision was so terrifying that it created a hurricane, blowing Noan backwards.

    He fell to the ground but immediately got up. Four skeletons stood in front of him, ready to act as his shield.

    Noan looked forward; he saw that the black shadow, after colliding with Urlgan''s thorn mace, seemed to be uninjured but only retreated a little.

    At this moment, he saw the black shadow clearly, and of course, he knew clearly what that black shadow was.

    "Hunter!" Noan muttered, his face showing worry and tension.

    The Zombie looked like a lizard in fantasy novels with huge muscles and strong legs like a kangaroo''s.

    Its two big, long hands, which contained sharp claws, could cut through a tree trunk more than 20 cm thick like cutting through a cake.

    The bizarre head resembled that of a turtle with sharp fangs that could easily crush human bones.

    Unlike in zombie games on Earth, Hunters in this world are extremely strong.

    Not only its speed, but its physical strength is also extremely terrifying.

    It was truly a perfect killing machine. Its rank... was (D - Peak), approaching C rank.

    Looking at the rank, people probably wouldn''t think that Urlgan is much inferior to a Hunter. However, they would be wrong.

    The higher the rank, the bigger the difference.

    Typical examples are Urlgan and Licker. Urlgan''s rank is (D+), while Licker''s is (E+), however, Urlgan alone can easily slaughter a whole group of Lickers.

    The case now is the same; Hunter is rank (D - Peak), although only a small level higher than Urlgan''s rank, but the difference is very large.

    "Vylyss, support Urlgan."

    Hearing Noan''s command, Vylyss also immediately swung her arms up; chains shot out from her palms, rushing towards Hunter.

    However, its speed was too fast; the chains couldn''t touch it.

    "GRAAA!!!" Urlgan roared as he charged towards Hunter.

    The thorn mace in his hand was swung towards Hunter with all his might.

    Hunter suddenly dodged to the side, then charged towards Vylyss; it was so fast that Noan couldn''t even see how it moved.

    Only a dark shadow was seen stretching across the ground; in the blink of an eye, it appeared in front of Vylyss.

    The Hunter then swung his sharp claws up, chopping down on her head.