Demon Lord's Reincarnation

While I'd agree this last stretch was a little anticlimactic, there was something we forgot to take into account. If what we witnessed an hour or so ago was true, these babies' corpses were like fire from a moth's perspective or the marbles from Hungry, Hungry, Hippos.

And even though we weren't 100% sure that we got the facts straight, it only took a few moments of reprieve before Ilana and June shouted through our radio channel followed by Harold's angry voice.

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[T-THEY'RE COMING! S-SAME NUMBER AS THE— NO! THERE'S MORE THAN THE ONES WHO JUMPED FROM THE EXPRESSWAY ABOVE! W-WE GOTTA RUN!]

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[HOW?! W-WATCH OUT! A HERD FROM SULU AND ISAGANI— FUCK! THERE'S RUNNERS FROM HUERTAS ROAD TOO! WHERE THE FUCK DID THEY COME FROM! WHAT DO WE DO?!]

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[WE'RE BOLTING OUT OF HERE! IT'S TOO DANGEROUS! YOU SHOULD'VE BEEN MORE CAREFUL!]

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[FUCKING PUSSY! THIS IS NOTHING! FIRE AWAY!]

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[I ALREADY AM DIPSHIT!]

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[SHUT THE FUCK UP! WAIT FOR THEM TO BE IN RANGE BEFORE THROWING OUR GRENADES!]

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[THAT'S WHY I'M SHOOTING FIRST, DUMBASS!]

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In any case, everyone else from our channel started shouting at each other but as Artem's group had just stated that they'll try to cut off the furthest one coming from Huertas Road, I made sure to calm everybody the fuck down as I gave instructions:

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"FUCKING LISTEN UP! HAROLD! BRING MY RAPTOR BY HIZON ST. TO KEEP JUNE AND ILANA AWAY FROM THE HORDE WHILE EVERYONE ELSE DIGS DOWN! EVERYONE HERE WITH ME RUNS TO CATIBANG ST. TO MEET THE ONES BY SULU ST TO HAVE A KILL POINT!

YOU FUCKS PUT AS MUCH DENT AS YOU COULD BY THE ONES COMING FROM SULU ST AND WE'LL FACE EVERYTHING AT THE SAME TIME AS WE ARRIVE! UNC! JUST CIRCLE AROUND LEONOR RIVERA ST. AND LOOP BACK TO MEET WITH HAROLD! AND PREPARE US A BUCKET OF WATER! DON'T ASK JUST DO IT!"

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And at that point, everyone else quickly shut the fuck up as we heard the group at the back reverse or run towards the specific spots while some of them had already flicked on the happy switch and fired at will at the ones coming from Sulu St.

On the other hand, my group just quickly turned tail and ran to not get swept up by the horde but I'm pretty sure with the bits of babies on our boots, they were our main targets right until we washed them off.

But yeah, it's not like our only problem was the horde because a handful of quadruped deadheads dropped down from the roofs or crashed outside the glass windows of some stores we passed by—but with me leading at the front, they could just kiss their fucking heads goodbye.

"W-WATCH OUT!"

With my first victim, it had only landed from the roof but it lost its balance as I shot off one of its kneecaps sticking out from the side and a quick swipe from my blade nicked the side of its head, and black goo just oozed out from the open wound.

And right after that, the next one who came at me from the side fucking missed its lunge because instead of going from 0 to 60, I suddenly went from 60 to fucking zero.

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The only damage I received was the waft of rot and decay mixed with BO, trash, and some Hennessy. However, it just landed in two pieces as my blade came in abruptly, going through its flesh and bones like a hot knife through butter.

Its enviable waistline didn't do it much good since it offered little resistance whatsoever—and even if I could still cut straight through its thick thighs—it wasn't worth the effort and it wasn't the fucking time to show off.

Then again, everyone else did their own part though Kaley couldn't offer her expertise of thinning down dregs with her rifle since she had to be in a static position to shoot deathly accurate with it because right now, we were still mobile though a few quick stops to do a Run-Pause-Gun instead of a Run&Gun was her work around.

In any case, Tatiana was still bringing the rear—an equally dangerous position at the moment—but it seemed like the front would be a little more dangerous since the Ferals' little interruption caused us a few seconds, making the horde coming from Isagani street show up.

It would've been perfect if we funneled both hordes at one spot—as the third one was being held by Artem's group—but since I already knew their target was either us or the remnants of the babies we stomped on, I took out the only item in my miscellaneous back and threw it over the street corner where they were coming from.

"KALEY—"

"I SAW! I SAW!"

Then I picked up my radio:

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"DON'T WORRY ABOUT US! TAKE CARE ON THAT SIDE! RETREAT IF YOU WILL!"

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And right as I finished the transmission, the barrel of napalm just exploded on top of the heads of the deadheads coming from the street corner—and since most of them had to slow down because of the curvature of the road—a good number of them clumped up at the spot where I threw the barrel and they instantly caught fire, spreading the intense heat and flames to anything it touched.

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[WHOA! WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?!]

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"FOCUS ON YOUR END! THEY'RE ATTRACTED TO OUR SPOT BUT BE CAREFUL OF IRREGULARITIES!"

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[W-WE GOT IT, NO WORRIES!]

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At this point, it would've been badass to cleave down burning walking corpses but I'm not a fucking dumbass so I sheathed my blade and holstered my .22 LR pistol before proceeding to pull up my rifle. Then again, we were now trying to hold our position while hundreds of dregs were trying to eat us alive, but this was the most optimal position for Kaley as she took down dregs one after the other.