The First Dragon God

After the two of them finished eating their fruits, they wanted to continue the zombie hunting but it was already getting late.

Since they can't continue the zombie hunting, they decided to secure the two floors they have cleared out—the eight floor directly below them and the floor they are currently on—so that no zombie would be able to make it way into them.

Leo wanted the two of them to split up and for each of them to focus on a floor, but Ms Ves decided against it, saying that it was dangerous and better for the both of them if they stayed together.

Leo didn't argue with her or disagree and the two of them immediately got to work. The plan was simple. They will block off every single point to access to the two floors so that the zombies from the floors below and above can't get to them.

To do this, they will block off and barricade the stairwells and elevators. They will also reinforce apartment doors and windows on the two floors, by closing off the apartments and they will cover the windows to stop lights from getting in.

Leo has done multiple test during the time he was hunting the zombies on the ninth floor to know that they zombies are attracted to both sound and light, and this is coupled with their disturbing ability to sense one's life force from 50 metres away.

It was an ability that was both disturbing and terrifying. Leo didn't want to imagine how the awakened outside were faring.

No matter how he thought about it and with the amount of zombies crawling around, he knew that there was no way things would be easy for them.

And things would be even more difficult for those that are in regions where they can't find shelter immediately.

On their plan of securing the eight and ninth floor, the two of them will also have to designate a base and escape route. They will choose a central apartment to be used as their base and they will secure access to the emergency stairwell for the eventuality of them needing to escape.

Another important thing they must do is to stockpile essentials. They will gather water and food from cleared apartments.

Though the building still has running water and electricity, who knows how long it was going to last? And they can't just keep waiting until the foods and fruits in the fridge of the apartment they were in before, to finish before they start hunting for food.

Lastly, they will set up noise traps and an observation points for early warnings. They don't want to be caught unaware by a zombie or a horde of them.

Leo and Ms Ves decided to take care of the floor they are currently on first before going down to the eighth floor.

After they were done with everything, sealing off all entry and exit points, and everything they wanted to do on each floor, they made their way to the eighth floor.

But before that, they moved the corpses of the zombies into the elevator and got in themselves.

Leo and Ms Ves was also aware that zombies weren't the only threat in this new world, as they are also mutant animals and even possibly plants too.

And Leo couldn't get what Tatiana said about the world turning into a battleground and descending into even more chaos—before leaving, out of his head.

He knew that in his new world, what truly matters is one's strength and he has made up his mind to become as strong as possible.

Even if the dream life he envisioned for himself before leaving the apocalypse might no longer be possible, he would do his best to survive in this new world as he still has a lot of things he wants to achieve in it.

He still has people he wants to live for; Ms Ves, the children at the orphanage home—if they are still alive, his parents and himself.

Leo squeezed the hilt of Nightshade tightly when he thought of this. The world has changed too quickly and without warning, but that doesn't change anything.

As the elevator arrived on the eight floor, Leo and Ms Ves stepped out of it, leaving behind the pile of zombies' corpses.

Their actual plan for the corpses is to move the corpses on the two floors to the ground floor.

It's impossible for them to leave the corpses as they run the risk of exposing themselves to health hazards that would come from the decomposition of the bodies.

Also, they have no idea if the smell of the bodies would attract any threat and they sit around to find out, so they have to action.

It's for this that the first thing they did when they got to the eighth floor was to move the zombies' corpses into the elevator.

After they had done that, Ms Ves left Leo to go dump the bodies on the ground floor. The ideal for them to do would be burning the bodies but they are currently tight on time and they have no idea who or what might be attracted by the fire.

On the eight floor, Leo immediately got to work. He blocked off all possible entry and exit points, and set up traps.

He was still on it when Ms Ves camd back and she also joined in. They two of them were able to complete their objectives before the sky went dark completely.

After the two of them had completed their objectives on the eighth floor, they took the elevator back up to the ninth floor.

Immediately after they arrived on the floor and the elevator's door opened, Ms Ves extended her claws and grabbed the call panel of the elevator, and ripped it out.

Her action surprised Leo and he couldn't help but look at her strangely. He was very curious as to what she plans to do but he didn't ask as he knew that it was something related to their safety.

After ripping open the elevator call panel, Ms Ves ripped out all the wires connected to the panel.

"That should do it," she said with a smile after she was done.

She looked at Leo and saw that he was looking at her strangely, and she decided to explain.

"Just making sure no one—or nothing—can call it from another floor." she smiled faintly.

"Good call." Leo blinked, then nodded slowly.

Leo nodded slowly in agreement when he heard this. It was something he never thought of. He felt very happy that Ms Ves is with him as she's the one doing most of the thinking.

After the elevator has been taken care of, the two of them started moving out the essentials they gathered from the other floor.

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"That was hectic," Leo said after dropping the essentials he was carrying, in the apartment.

"Go take a shower but try not to waste the water. Let's micro manage it so that it can last us for a while," Ms Ves said, and Leo nodded before walking to the bathroom in the second room in the apartment.

While Leo was taking his shower, Ves decided to make dinner. She brought out one of the food containers in the fridge to warm the food packed into it.

Few minutes later, she was done and Leo was already out of the bathroom and seated at the dining table.

The two of them ate dinner and after they were done, they went to bed. They still have more to be done then next day.

The building has to be cleared out completely and they still have to secure the supermarket as planned.

Tomorrow, they'd face the rest of the building and the unknown outside. The thought was enough to keep Leo's grip tight on Nightshade, even as exhaustion finally pulled him to sleep.

The night went by uneventfully and it was already morning of the next day, marking the third day that the world ended.