The First Dragon God

Ves was almost frightened out of her wit my the roar. She immediately positioned herself and took a fighting stance, in preparation of what's to come. But when she saw that it was just one of the zombies in the lobby of the high rise building, ranting, she let a huge sigh of relief.

Her tensed body relaxed slightly and she turned to look at Leo, who seemed to have had the same reaction as her, as the blade in his hand was raised and he looked ready to rush towards her.

She couldn't help but smile when she saw this. The truth was that Leo showing such emotions and reactions was something completely new to her.

Throughout the time he was in the orphanage home, she always saw a passive expression on his face and rarely have she seen him show any emotion or reaction similar to what he's showing now.

The fact that he didn't leave her behind even after she had turned into what she is now, but instead, put himself in danger for her, made her to feel very warm inside.

"Who would had believed that I would become a hambie." She sighed, and continued slowly walking towards the building.

She made sure to be cautious and watch out for sign of any possible danger, beside the zombies in front of her.

As she continued to walk to the building, she noticed that she was already in the 50 meters radius of the nearest zombie but nothing was happening.

A small smile played on her face when she saw this. She continued to walk forward but even after getting very close to the zombie, that she was standing directly in front of it, and close to others, nothing was happening.

She smiled brightly when she saw this, "It seems the voice in my head was right."

Standing in front of the zombie, she decided to test something out. She stretched out her hand and held the zombie's head, and she snapped.

What she heard was a cracking sound before the zombie fell to the ground lifeless, and immediately, she felt changes in her body as a strange energy flowed into her, giving her a very cool and refreshing feeling.

She felt herself become stronger. She felt that if she's to fight that Black Phantom again, she would be able to hold her own without Leo's assistance.

Her senses also sharpened a bit. She could now hear things from a little bit farther than before. This was also the same for her sense of smell and her eyesight, but the most noticeable was that the smell of that strange energy was stronger.

Her eyes narrowed in suspicious when she noticed this. The strange energy was the same thing she sensed from Leo when she woke up back, and it was the reason why she attacked him.

But that wasn't caused her to narrow her eyes, it was this:

[Name: Ves Thalor]

[Level: 1]

[Specie(s): Human, Zombie]

[Class: –]

[Title: None]

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[Strength: 30]

[Agility: 30]

[Stamina: 50]

[Intelligence: 15]

[Mana: 100 (Locked)]

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[Skill(s): Regeneration (Innate), Enhanced Strength (Innate), Bone Claw (Innate), Life Force Detection (Innate), Enhanced Senses (Innate), Predator's Sight (Active).]

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This was what she saw when she woke up but she noticed that after killing the zombie, those numbers increased.

"I guess I did get stronger," She smiled and turned to look at the remaining zombies, who weren't reacting even after one of the comrade was killed.

'If that's so, then I should kill off the rest of them and increase my strength faster. It's the only thing I can do to help Leo,' she thought to herself, and just when she was about to start killing the zombies, she heard a voice in her head and something happened.

"Life force!" A low malevolent voice, hissed in her head, causing her to lose control of her body.

She saw her nails extending out of her fingers into a claw, causing a sharp pain to shoot through her body.

Her eyes took a milky color, almost hollowing out as she slowly turned to look at the nearest source of life force: Leo.

Ves knew that what was happening; her zombie side was taking control again and she knew what this means.

She immediately tried to regain control of her body. She forced her neck to stop turning towards Leo and she bit her lips hard, causing a sharp pain to shoot through her body, adding to the one coming from her fingers.

She saw that her actions were barely having an effect and it was starting to scare her. She knew that if she doesn't stop herself, she's going to attack Leo and that's something she doesn't want to see happen.

Just the thought of it alone causes her a lot of heartache. She thought of what to do and there was only one thing she knew she could do.

"I can't let that happen. I mustn't! I can't become that monster again," she said to herself, as she brought her hands closer to her neck.

Her hands trembled as they hovered over her neck. Tears blurred her vision, but she didn't care. If this was the only way to protect him, then so be it.

She added a bit of strength as she clenched her jaw, ready to end it, until a sudden clarity swept through her, breaking the zombie's hold.

Her extended claws retracted inside, her eyes returned to normal, and she was now back in control of her body.

She couldn't help but nearly break down in tears when she thought of what just happened.

"I'm a monster..." She sniffed as she looked at the clear blue sky above. She sighed in exhaustion and looked back at the building, and the zombies in front of her.

"A pure instinctual monster is what I am." She muttered to herself in unsteady breaths, as she started walking to the building.

She got to the entrance and pushed the glass door open. The glass door swung open with a creak, revealing a dimly lit lobby.

Debris were scattered across the tiled floor, and faint growls echoed from deeper within. The air was heavy with the stench of decay, but the zombies paid her no mind, their hollow eyes staring aimlessly ahead.

She didn't bother to watch out for any danger as she already knew that the zombies won't attack her.

But she wasn't herself at the moment. The recent shook her up completely and she didn't know how to go about it. She was scared that she would lose control again in the future, around Leo and attack him.

A shadow lingered in her mind, the memory of losing control, the voice whispering for life force. She shuddered, knowing it wasn't the last time she'd hear it

She wanted to leave but she didn't hurt Leo's feeling. Her thoughts were very conflicted at the moment and she has no idea on what to do. But she was also aware that there was very little she could do.

She decided to put those thoughts aside and focus on the reason why she came to the building.

"Things might just work out in the end."