"Finally, you stopped biting me."
Alfred said as he looked at Allisha's face now without the trace of a look that wants to kill him. And slowly stood up and gently came closer to her.
Then wrapped her with his arms, giving her a gentle hug while saying to her in a soft voice:
"I'll do my best to make you human once again, Allisha, no matter what it takes."
After that, he looked around his girlfriend's room, that has no signs of blood stains anywhere. Making him ask himself in his mind:
"Did Allisha also become a zombie because of that sudden pain in the head?
If so, where did that pain come from, and why did it happen?
And why..."
Alfred's mind slowly got filled with many questions, one after another, but he suddenly stopped when he saw the system giving him his first task ever.
[SYSTEM MISSION]
KILL ALL THE ZOMBIES WITHIN THIS APARTMENT BUILDING.
SPECIAL REWARD:
TWO BLADE DAGGERS
GIVEN REWARD: HEART FLAME ESSENCE. (stats based on how powerful the zombies you kill)
NOTE: ACCOMPLISHING CERTAIN TASKS CAN GIVE YOU THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS OF YOUR HEART.
PENALTY OF FAILURE:
ALLISHA IS NOT GOING TO GET TO EAT ANY HEART FLAME ESSENCE TODAY.
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"Damn, system you really just gaved me my first system mission without letting me take a break huh? And it's hard one?!
Come on, can't you just give me a much easier one? It's my first mission after all."
Alfred continued to yell at the system, begging for a much easier one, yet the system didn't budge and said to him:
[SYSTEM MESSAGE]
YOU DON'T WANNA DO IT?
IT'S FINE IF YOU WOULDN'T, THE GODDESS OF LOVE WOULD NOT FORCE YOU, BUT I'M TELLING YOU IF YOU WOULDN'T DO IT, YOU'RE COOKED AS HELL DUDE.
DO YOU REALLY WANNA MAKE YOU'RE GIRLFRIEND HUNGRY AND MAKE HER LOOK AT YOU AS FOOD?
---
Alfred, after hearing that harsh truth, immediately shut his ranting mouth and made a face like a kid getting scolded hard by his parents as he looked at the system message and answered:
"Ok fine, I'll do it."
[SYSTEM MESSAGE]
GOOD BOY, NOW KILL THOSE ZOMBIES QUICKLY. THE GODDESS OF LOVE IS LOOKING AT YOU. YOU BETTER NOT MAKE HER REGRET GIVING YOU THE POWER OF SOUL CONTRACT.
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"Yeah... yeah," Alfred said in an annoyed tone as he looked around the room, trying to find any weapon.
Then his eyes saw a wooden baseball bat below Allisha's bed.
"Ahahaha, I'm really a lucky guy, huh? who knew my freaking old baseball bat that I left at Allisha's room a day ago would be such a useful thing today," Alfred said as he crouched and grabbed it.
Once Alfred grabbed the baseball, he glanced back at Allisha, who was just standing beside him and staring at him emotionlessly.
"Just wait, Allisha, I will bring back those warm faces of yours that are filled with emotions" Alfred said as he raised his hands towards her, making a small flame essence aura appear in Ella's chest area and on his hands, and said:
"Please follow and protect me, Allisha."
Which instantly created a transparent blue rope connecting Alfred's hands and Alisha's.
Then Allisha, with her emotionless face, nodded and immediately followed Alfred as he walk towards the door.
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Alfred slowly opened the door slightly and was about peek, yet as soon as the door created a loud squeaking noise, 2 zombies nearby instantly roar monstrously and start running towards him.
But as if it's already an instinct embedded in Alisha's mind, she immediately rushed straight forward against the two zombies.
As soon as Allisha met the first zombie, she immediately punched the zombie in its head for 3 successive sessions in just one second, breaking its head, then immediately she diverted her gaze to the 2nd zombie and did the same brutal succession, covering her white dress with blood stains.
"WHAT DID I JUST SEE?!"
Alfred said to himself as he stared in awe at the brutal strength that his girlfriend just showed.
But before he could continue to open his mouth in disbelief, the two small white Flame essences appeared in the chest of each of the zombies and immediately came straight to Allisha's chest and merged, creating a glowing light, with the system appearing shortly after:
[SYSTEM MESSAGE]
CONGRATULATIONS ALLISHA HAS EATEN TWO SMALL WHITE HEART FLAME ESSENCE (Rank F-).
BUT DON'T JUMP IN JOY ALREADY, YOU STILL HAVE TO MAKE SURE TO CONTINUE GRINDING FOR THOSE HEART FLAME ESSENCE,
OR ELSE THAT CRAZY STRENGTH THAT YOUR GIRLFRIEND JUST UNLEASHED WILL BE DIRECTED TOWARDS YOU IN THIS VERY DAY.
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"Yeah, system, I know that. You don't have to keep repeating it"
Alfred said in annoyance at the excessive message of telling him to continue grinding.
But deep inside he felt a slight joy knowing if he continued to keep grinding the heart flame essence Allisha will slowly return back to being her once usual self: a girl that always has the ability to smiles even at the worse times and able to gives the feeling of love and care to anyone she wants to give it.
After the system message disappeared, Alfred walked out of his girlfriend's apartment room and looked around at the apartment corridor.
Then, as if the world does not really want him to take a break physically and mentally, a strange sound of heavy footsteps echoed throughout the corridor along with a foul stench and a murderous aura.
Making Alfred and even Allisha freeze for a moment.
Then, as soon as Alfred saw it, he immediately said:
WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!
Alfred saw with his two bare eyes a 7-foot-tall fat zombie slowly approaching that had a very large, inflated stomach, glaring at him with his red and murderous eyes
With every step of the zombie making the corridor and walls shake like as if there's an earthquake.
And as soon as Alfred saw the stats of the zombie, he immediately felt as if his body became stiff and unresponsive, along with his eyes twitching and his body shaking.
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[MUTANT ZOMBIE STATS]
FAT BELLY ZOMBIE MUTANT (LVL 2)
HP: 800/800
HEALING: 1 HP PER SEC.
DEFENSE: 10
ATK POINTS: 360
ATK SPEED: 2 PER SEC.
MOVEMENT SPEED: FFF (very slow)
OTHER STATS: NOT YET AVAILABLE