The World Cataclysm

Thud!

Complete silence had fallen in the underground basement as Kyle fell on the ground. Everyone looked at Dave in amazement. It took only one punch to knock Kyle down. The only person who fought with him just a while ago, Arthur, had also looked at unconscious Kyle in surprise as he thought, 'How strong is David?'

Arthur wasn't sure how strong Kyle was, yet he knew that his strength couldn't even rival him in a bit. Only Dave could accurately assess his strength level.

Kyle's strength was even higher than his. Probably, 20 or 21 points in strength. Considering that Kyle was at level 3, he automatically gained 5 points in strength after becoming an Evolver: 2 points as a starter bonus and a point for every level. However, he should have also put all his free points into strength, so 11 points-increase in total.

Dave thought that it was another proof of Awakener's advantage. Even though his level was twice as Kyle's, Kyle's strength was even higher than his strength, not including other stats. If not for the Stat Potion, his strength would have been even lower than now.

Well, he had already accepted such unfairness in his past life. It was easy for Awakeners to quickly grow stronger, especially for those with combat-related abilities. However, everyone was the same before death.

'Should I just cut his limbs? No, he will die before Evelyn wakes up.' Ignoring amazed stares, Dave pondered over how to preserve Kyle's life without him causing any troubles. He thought, 'Maybe just one limb?'

Eventually, he decided to tie him up with his Mana Threads. He used quite a bit of his mana to produce and condense tougher threads of mana, so Kyle won't free himself up. On top of that, he had also used wires from the electrical room.

The underground basement took full space under the supermarket. There were lots of empty boxes and old items in the basement. It had several pathways leading to empty rooms, but only two of them had functional purposes. One of them was an electrical room, while another one was where pipes were linked to, perhaps, a water filter or water pump.

"What are you gonna do with him?"' Arthur asked as he approached Dave. Perhaps, he was the only one who dared to do so among all the people down with him.

"Let me ask first. What did you plan to with him when we were going here?" Dave glared at him calmly waiting for his answer. Dave wanted to see how Arthur planned to deal with Kyle since he was one of his victims.

So he waited...waited for a satisfactory answer from Arthur. Perhaps, he would even follow his words if he found them reasonable enough. However, several seconds later, Arthur said nothing about it. Losing his patience, Dave asked, "Hey, are you there?"

"..." Arthur kept looking blankly at the air, but quickly woke up when Dave had called for him. "Sorry, I just never thought about it before. Let me think about it..."

"Let's...beat him up!" Arthur said conflictedly.

"It goes without saying. What then?" Dave kept asking.

"Keep him tied?"

"Too long and too stupid."

"Untie him and keep a close eye on him?"

"Too risky. Be harsher on him. He tried to kill you, drove your friend outside, and tried to force himself on your girlfriend. Why're you so soft?" Dave kept denying his suggestions harshly. Indeed, it was good to be kind, yet it shouldn't be unconditional.

"Then, should we chase him away out of the supermarket?" Arthur asked angrily. It seemed that Dave's words hit him hard.

"Even though it's unlikely, he might survive and want to revenge us in the future, so we shouldn't risk it." Dave smiled slightly as he finally heard something sensible. They could just leave Kyle on his own and leave him alone in the university full of zombies.

"Then, what are you suggesting to do?" Arthur asked confusedly as he couldn't understand where Dave was leading. He was truly naive since Dave thought that his intentions were clear enough.

"Huh...Okay, let's wait for Evelyn since she also has a say in this problem," Dave said, yet he thought inwardly, 'I hope that Evelyn would be decisive enough to do it.'

Hence, Dave decided to wait till Evelyn woke up from her feverish state. He found a silent place for himself as he continued meditating. Meditation has already become his daily routine from his past life, so he didn't find it a boring thing to do.

15 minutes later, Kyle had also woke up as he found himself tied with elastic wires and blue thin threads. Stunned that he couldn't tear them up, Kyle started cursing and thrashing as he threatened everyone he saw. He kept repeating "I'll kill you!" and "Motherfuckers!", so Arthur shut him up with a piece of rag he found in the underground basement.

...

Several hours later, Evelyn slowly opened her heavy eyelids with a grunt. She felt so terrible that she thought that her head was going to explode. Her temples burned as she felt soreness in her body due to lying on the stiff floor. She said silently, "Ahh...Where am I?"

"You woke up! Are you feeling okay?" Rebecca asked with worried eyes as she concernedly inspected her face colour. Even though her face still seemed a bit flushed, she looked healthy enough to her.

However, Evelyn's eyes weren't on her since the blue system window was floating right before her eyes. Carefully reading it, she was still confused about its content since it stated that she became an Evolver of agility. Hence, her agility went up by 3 points.

"If you have finished looking at it, then let's go to the underground basement. We'll eat there and you can also meet your friends." Dave's voice sounded inside the room.

Not noticing Dave in the room, Evelyn winced slightly in her place yet quickly regained her calmness. Without saying anything, she only nodded weakly as her ruby eyes shone in expectancy to reunite with her best friend.

"Don't worry! We made a prior visit to the underground basement and I left Arthur there, so he would keep others in check." Dave said as he noticed how Evelyn was searching for him.

He didn't see any need to bring Arthur here. Furthermore, he needed him down there to calm other survivors and to keep an eye on Kyle. Even though chances were slim that Kyle could tear the wires, he didn't want to make such a careless mistake.

First, he handed her a dagger which he took from Kyle. Evelyn quickly recognized the owner of the dagger, but she decided not to ask what happened since she would learn about it anyway when she would reach the underground basement. However, she didn't for such a question from Dave.

"Evelyn, would you dare to kill a person to save troubles for the future?" Dave asked suddenly as he glared into Evelyn's scarlet eyes.

She panicked slightly as she mumbled confusedly, "What do you mean?" Rachel and Rebecca had also looked at Dave shocked as even such thought made them feel uncomfortable.