When exiting the special challenge, Zain looked around him and he was lying on the floor. He was in the same room as he left, and a small beam ray of light could be seen poking through the windows.
A habit from when Zain was travelling with Kun, he would board up the windows, but since Zain was on his own and wouldn't turn on the lights anyway, he never did a full job of it.
'I was in that challenge for the whole night, and judging from my nose I can still smell that the others are in the other room. It looks like nothing bad happened while I was away.'
Checking out the system, Zain could see that he could still access the challenge. There was a little pause icon next to it, and whenever he wished he could select continue and would be thrown back into the challenge where he left off, but that wasn't what he was checking on. He was checking to see what type of crystals the system had rewarded him.
'It's just like I thought, I have two Bonezom crystals, which means I can unlock a different weapon!' Zain thought.
Wasting next to no time, he immediately stood up and looked at his bed. The Titan machete was still there, but his other machete was just its regular self. Just like the last time, the crystals were called from his system and then when touching the two items together the prompt to begin crafting had appeared and he selected.
[Yes]
It was turning out to be quite a haul. First a new weapon and now a second one, one that would be different from the Titan blade. He was sure that each weapon created with the different crystals would have their advantages and disadvantages, but for the Stage 2 zombie that gave him the most trouble, he was expecting quite a bit.
When the light faded around the weapon, it was the sign that the crafting was complete, and the weapon in front of him now looked different compared to before, just like last time.
It still had its machete like shape, but the edges looked to be more jagged, like a set of razor sharp teeth. On top of that, the colour of the weapon had completely changed. It was now a pale white. It looked like the whole weapon was made from some type of tooth.
'The evolved zombie was fast, sharp, and agile, so I was expecting something like that, but I guess it would be hard to put those traits in a weapon. Holding the Bonezom weapon, I don't feel any stronger, just the strength of the weapon changed. The shape of this weapon… it hasn't changed much and I doubt it's stronger than the Titan. Was I expecting too much?'
Either way he needed to read the system details to get more information.
[Bonezom Machete (Current form)]
[You have unlocked a second variation of the machete evolved weapon 2/3]
[This weapon is made from the crystals from the Bonezom. A zombie that is light on its feet, fast and is able to reproduce the bones in its body. Like the Bonezom, the weapon is also incredibly light, yet still stronger than the regular machete.
[The weapon has a passive skill (regrow)]
[Skill Regrow: If the weapon is broken, depending on damage, over time the weapon will regrow back to what it once was]
[The weapon has an active skill (Reshape)]
[Skill Reshape: Once an hour, the user is able to reshape the weapon to the image in its head, to a certain degree.]
After reading everything about the weapon, his opinion had quickly changed and picking it up, he had to double check if he had something in his hand. It was so light. He swung it a few times in the current shape. It was at the moment, and with his strength and speed, it sliced through the air making a sound like a rope.
'This thing, it's stronger, lighter, and can be repaired on its own. On top of that, I can reshape it. It will do well to allow me to improve the mastery of other weapons. For now though, I'll keep the shape as it is.'
Exiting out of the room, Zain was in a happier mood than he thought, and the Wild Bones seemed to notice this as well. With these weapons he was confident that his journey to the Reborn group would be easier, so it was time he escorted the group as soon as possible.
While walking down the streets of the city, it didn't go unnoticed by the others that Zain had two different coloured weapons compared to before on his back. Where he had got them from no one had a clue, and they certainly weren't going to ask… not while he was in a good mood.
"Hey, don't you need us to fight one of those Titan's for you again?" Nit asked.
"No need." Zain repleid. "Today, is the day we head to the Zombie Hunters base and after that, we will part ways."
Dali and Wiz were both sad to hear this news, but they knew that this day was going to come eventually, so they needed to pick up their spirits and start whacking some zombie heads.
Before heading straight to the base they were getting hungry and their supplies were running low, so they took a slight detour, but still in the general direction of where they wished to head, and that was when they ended up arriving at a supermarket store.
For a second, images flashed in Zain's head, as he pressed his hand against it.
"Are you okay?" Dali asked.
"Yeah… I'm fine, it's just a bad memory." Zain replied.
The group continued walking forward, but Dali was having second thoughts on whether they should continue or not. In the end they needed the supplies, so they pushed forward walking through the carpark.
"Hey look at this?" Nit said, as he pointed to a dead zombie next to a car, which had a hole through its head that looked to be burnt. It didn't look like an ordinary bullet by any means.
At that moment, the doors to the supermarket could be heard opening and a group of people were seen coming out. All of them were wearing black leather jackets that had white paint spelling out certain words… the words 'Zombie Hunters'
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Thank you for all the support so far on LUZ. LUZ will be continuing on, and I hope I can do more chapters for all my series as time frees up in the future