Rise of the Strongest War God

Chapter 49  Leaving the city [5]

Luke's eyes widened in horror.

'She is still not level 5. She will be… infected.'

As this thought appeared in his mind, his heart shuddered, and the black rune representing [Berserk] flickered. A faint black light silently appeared around him and his eyes started turning red. He seemed to have lost his reasoning at this moment, appeared even more ferocious than the mindless zombies.

If he wasn't this agitated and looked carefully, he would've seen a sword sticking out from the top of the zombie's head while professor Nina firmly held the hilt under its chin.

Whoosh!

He appeared beside professor Nina and,

Bang!

Punched the zombie in the face, making its head explode. Along with its head, the sword inside it also shattered into pieces.

"Professor, are you—"

He turned to look at professor Nina with a look of worry and guilt, but suddenly, he paused mid-sentence and his mind cleared because even though he had 'killed' the zombie, he didn't hear the kill announcement.

What did it mean?

It meant that the zombie was already dead when he blew up its head.

Besides, now that his mind had cleared up, he could see apart from the zombie's blood that had splashed onto her thanks to him, she didn't have any visible injury.

"Professor… you killed it?" He asked, surprised. The black light and red color from his eyes had vanished the moment his mind cleared.

Professor Nina released her grip on the broken sword and pushed the zombie away, making it fall to the ground.

Thud!

She then turned around to look at Luke and her lips curled into a smile, "I-I did it. I… killed it." Her voice broke even as she announced her victory.

"Yeah. You did it." Luke nodded, also smiling. He then put his arm around her shoulders to support her because she seemed as if she would collapse any moment now.

Just as he expected, her body swayed. If not for his support, she would've fallen to the group.

"Are you feeling lightheaded, professor?" He asked, looking at her face that had turned paler and her blurry eyes.

"Y-Yeah. Give me a minute." She said, resting her head on his shoulder.

Luke smiled, "It's alright, professor. Take your time."

He then turned to look at Lori and Julia, who were still fighting their respective zombies.

The zombie Lori was fighting had gained many small injuries all over its body but they did nothing to slow it down as it rushed at Lori with ferocity every time but she dodged it each time, maintain a safe distance from it. Although it was taking her time, there was an excited expression on her face.

As for Julia, she was as nervous and fearful as professor Nina was and her movements were too sluggish. If it wasn't for Alice being there to protect her, she would've become the zombie food by now.

Luke sighed, but he couldn't blame her. She was, after all, a sheltered, tender girl who devoted almost all her life to her studies and nothing else. How could he expect her to suddenly be able to fight these monstrosities? It was already good that she hadn't fainted and was still trying to fight it.

"Sss~!"

Suddenly, professor Nina winced in pain, prompting Luke to ask, "What is it, professor? Are you injured somewhere?" He was worried that she had gotten some hidden injury.

Professor Nina looked at him with a blaming look and opened her right palm in front of him. The web between her forefinger and thumb was broken and blooding was seeping out from the wound, making the entire palm bloody.

"How? How did it happen?" Luke became frantic when he saw this. He hurriedly took out a clean handkerchief, tore it up, and wrapped it around her hand, making her wince in pain due to his clumsy movements.

"Damn it! We should have looked for some medical supplies." He said, gritted his teeth in frustration.

"It's alright. Don't worry too much. I'm not your average girl who can't handle such a small injury, you know it, right?" Professor Nina smirked while her heart warmed, seeing how worried he was for him.

But then she put on an angry look on her face and raised her brows at him and complained, "But did you have to destroy my sword, too? Now we will have to open more treasure boxes."

"Huh?" Suddenly Luke's eyes opened wide when heard this. "You mean… I caused this injury?"

"Yes." Professor Nina pouted adorably and said, "But you don't have to blame yourself. I know you did that because you were worried about me."

Luke had a stiff, remorseful expression on his face.

Seeing this, professor Nina sighed inwardly and then said, "Since you feel so bad about it, how about you help me kill a few zombies and level up."

"Okay. I'll help you." Luke nodded, feeling a little better.

"Hey lovebirds! I don't think this is the right place and time to flirt, don't you think so?" Ben called out, snickering as he stood beside Shadow.

Luke glanced at him with an impassive look on his face before turning to look at professor Nina and was about to lead her back to the group when he got a little dazed and his heartbeat increased because professor Nina saw blushing.

"What are you looking at?" She huffed when she noticed him staring at her face.

"N-Nothing. Let's go there." Luke shook his head and walked her to the group where Ben and Shadow were grinning at him.

He narrowed his eyes at them and thinking inwardly, 'I'll deal with you two later.'

Ben and Shadow immediately stopped grinning and started congratulating professor Nina on becoming an evolver. Rio, his wife, and Kean also did the same.

"Thank you." Professor Nina nodded.

Rio then took out a book and handed it to Luke. "Sir Luke, I got this skill from the zombie I killed."

Luke took the book and nodded at him. "congratulations on becoming an evolver."

"Thank you, sir Luke." Rio gratefully nodded. Explore the labyrinthine roots of this substance at Nøv€lß¡n

Luke glanced at Ben and said, "Help me see if the zombie professor Nina killed dropped something."

"Alright." Ben nodded and walked over to the zombie while Luke inspected the skillbook in his hand.