Chapter 48: Encounter with zombie dogs
They spent the whole morning driving and stopping by the places they thought they needed to stop by.
But they still haven't seen a farm, even if it's just a small one.
They have other plant users in their team, not just himself, so they could, of course, grow plants for them to eat.
However, it won't be enough for all of them to have it for every meal they're going to have because of their numbers.
Nichole and the others' plant ability also wasn't at a high level, so they still needed to upgrade their abilities.
It meant that they couldn't just continuously produce vegetables for their consumption. They also needed to keep absorbing the energies around them so that they could improve their abilities.
Even if they continued training their proficiency by growing vegetables, they wouldn't easily level up if they didn't have enough energy reserves.
If they wanted to have a continuous supply of fresh vegetables in the future, the ability users in their team needed to level up their abilities.
So, for now, they could still look for farms to get some vegetables from them for their meals.
Of course, even though he was a plant ability user himself, he wasn't included in the roster to supply them with vegetables.
They already knew that he wouldn't do it himself, and he was already supported by their boss, so unless he was willing, he could just sit there and do nothing.
They didn't manage to find a farm near the roads where they were traveling along, not until the afternoon.
In the afternoon, they finally spotted a farm near the road.
Treyton directed the others to stop by the farm to get some vegetables.
They didn't see any zombies around, so they all disembarked, but they still didn't let their guards down of their surroundings.
When they entered the farm, they only saw a farmhouse, which was surrounded by fences.
Zam and the others entered first and only dealt with two zombies inside. They should be the owners of the farm, but unfortunately, they turned into zombies.
"What kind of place is this?" Ava said, full of dissatisfaction, while looking at the farm.
"This place is—aahhh!"
Ava didn't even manage to finish what she was saying because soothing suddenly attacked her; fortunately, one of her bodyguards reacted fast enough and pulled her aside while also shooting the attacker.
"W-what is it?"
"Did you see it?"
All of the others were alarmed, and their alertness also doubled. They were looking around carefully to look for the one who attacked Ava.
After waiting for a while, the attacker finally appeared in front of them.
The one who attacked Ava was a big zombie dog. It had been injured by Ava's bodyguard, but it was still fine.
"It's a zombie dog? Be careful, it's fast," Treyton said.
The zombie dog started attacking them again, unlike the zombies they had met so far. The zombie dog moved very fast and could even avoid most of the attacks from Treyton and the others.
Treyton's bodyguards immediately formed a protective circle around them while dealing with the zombie dog.
As one of the people at the center, Luceil observed carefully and saw that there were two more zombie dogs coming.
Those 2 dogs should have heard the gunshot, so they were rushing to their location.
"There are two more zombie dogs coming. Let's deal with the first zombie dog immediately," Treyton said.
Mia and Wes controlled the earth to let the dog into a hole, then Myla controlled gravity to hold down the dog. Afterwards, Wes and Treyton finished the zombie dog with their abilities.
They perfectly timed their attacks and successfully dealt with the first zombie dog they encountered.
When the other 2 zombie dogs appeared, they divided their groups into 2 and dealt with the zombie dogs.
All of them needed to cooperate with some people just to deal with three zombie dogs. It shows that their ability level was still low.
If their abilities were at a higher level, they don't need to cooperate with others, and they could just deal with it on their own.
Well, if they had used their guns, they might have dealt with the zombie dogs immediately, but they were afraid that the gunshots would be heard by others and join the fray.
It would be bad for them if there were more zombie animals around. So, they didn't use guns but just used their abilities.
"Hurry up and look for vegetables and other plants. We can't stay here for long," Treyton ordered.
The other people, mostly the ones from the food hall, went to gather vegetables while Treyton's bodyguards and the others were in charge of protecting them.
They weren't sure if there were more zombie animals on the farm, so they were all careful.
Ava, who was the first person to be targeted by the zombie dog, was frightened, so she immediately went to her car and didn't dare to go out.
If she didn't speak too loudly at that time, the zombie dog would surely not target her. She spoke too loudly that time; that's why she attracted the zombie dog and was attacked.
Fortunately, she had a skilled bodyguard by her side; if not, she would surely not have survived this time.
However, with this event, he finally understood why Ava managed to survive for a longer time.
The bodyguard beside her was very skilled; that's why she always managed to survive, even though she was always causing trouble.
"What's the name of the bodyguard that saved Ava?" Luciel asked Treyton, who was walking beside her.
"Why do you want to ask his name?" Treyton asked, obviously resistant to saying anything.
"What's with your reaction? I just want to know the name of such a skilled person," Luciel replied.
He needed to know the name of the person to see who he was in the novel.
"I and some of my guards are stronger than him. No need to know his name."