The Soul System in the Apocalypse
Chapter 232: Join the Zombies?
CHAPTER 232: JOIN THE ZOMBIES?
"But now, you can be considered lucky. I am not going to kill you right now, but, I’m here to give you a chance. It is obviously not my choice, but I have been instructed to give you a chance. Are you willing to hear it?" Looking at the dumbfounded crowd In front of him, Wilfred felt a little pleased. Still, he went ahead and stated the aim of him coming over.
Livingstone frowned as he did not understand what Wilfred was trying to talk about. Giving him a chance? Was there really a chance for him in the zombie race? He was pretty sure that if he accepted any offer from the zombie race, then, he better be prepared to get turned into a zombie.
But still, although he was not sure that he was going to accept, he decided to listen. And currently, he could say that Wilfred was actually so angry at him, but surprisingly, he was not doing anything to him.
Instead, he was just standing there, talking with resentment. At this point, it was completely clear to Livingstone that whoever it was that was behind Wilfred was so strong that Wilfred did not have a chance of resisting at all.
"What is it? If you have anything in your mind, you better say it right now before things get out of control." Livingstone said a little impatiently.
"Humph! Do you think that you have the advantage here? Let me tell you things clearly, if I decide to attack you, then, believe it or not, your entire whatever you’ve created here will be destroyed in a matter of minutes." Wilfred snorted as he responded.
Of course, he was not happy about the attitude that Livingstone was possessing at this moment. He was expecting that Livingstone was going to be afraid, but, he had not expected that Livingstone was going to continuously be arrogant.
Had it not been for the fact that he had been prohibited from just wantonly killing, then, he would have not hesitated to instruct the zombies behind him to completely destroy everything here.
Livingstone did not respond. Instead, he remained silent as he waited for Wilfred to say whatever it was that had brought him over.
When Wilfred realized that Livingstone was not going to say anything, he could only scoff, before unwillingly revealing whatever offer it was that the zombie race was offering to Livingstone and the people with him.
"The master has decided to give you a favor. And that favor is, you join the zombie race. Everyone below you is going to be turned into a zombie. As for those that are holding high positions and poses high combat power, they are going to be spared, allowed to remain as humans.
But of course, do not expect that you are going to remain completely human. Instead, you are going to be a halfling zombie like me. You are going to retain your thought process and other things, but, you will have to lose something as well.
But, all of this is because the zombie race is going to be the one that is going to dominate this entire world. So, you are not going to lose something and not gain anything." Wilfred said everything within a single breath.
After hearing the offer that Wilfred was offering, Livingstone nearly erupted. It might be true that he was a cruel person, and it might be true that he was also greedy of power, but there was always a limit to the methods that he utilized to gain power.
And currently, just the thought of becoming a half zombie like Wilfred in front of him repulsed him completely. Even if he had to become a person of another race, then, that race was definitely not the zombie race.
As petty as he could be, there was no way that he was going to become a zombie. They were too ugly for him to agree to become one of them.
Another reason was that, Wilfred was already there. And, he was not willing to be together with an enemy of his in the same camp. After all, there was no guarantee that Wilfred would have some plans for him.
And currently, it was clear that Wilfred held a high position. That implied that, if he joined right now, then, he was going to hold a lower position than Wilfred, and in case it was better, then, he was going to hold at the same position as Wilfred.
"If that is the offer that you have, then, you better get lost right now. There’s no way that I’m going to change my race and become a zombie. What other advantage does the zombie race possess other than the fact that they are just completely mindless, with infinite stamina?" Livingstone sneered as he responded.
His response immediately made the people behind him feel relieved. Initially, they had thought that perhaps Livingstone was going to agree to the offer that he was being given.
At the end of the day, they knew that Livingstone was a cruel person, who did anything in order to get whatever he wanted. That implied that, if he was given a chance of getting stronger, then, there was no way that he was going to refuse.
But if he agreed, then, all of them were going to be turned into zombies. And, that was definitely not something that they wanted. How could they agree to become mindless? How could they agree not to have control over their own actions?
At that moment, before Livingstone made his decision, they had already decided that if Livingstone agreed, then, they were going to fight to their own death. Why would they willingly agree to be turned into zombies?
Finally, for the first time, they had a good impression of Livingston. The negative something impression that they had of Livingstone reduced a little bit and became just a little negative, though it did not reach the positive side just yet.
At least, even though he had not agreed because of his own reasons, he had still not agreed to the offer being given to him. So, at least, they thought that he was not going to join another race to fight against the human race.
As members of the human race, they were not willing to betray their own race, unless there was no any other way out completely. Of course, the others that thought about the alternative were only a few of them, and not the majority.
"Oh, that is the case? Then, let me tell you one thing, I’m extremely happy that you have refused this offer. And you know what? Immediately after I transformed into what I am currently, I decided to come over.
I received information about the biggest camp that was present within the city. At that time, I immediately realized that if there was a person like you, then, you would definitely be the one that was in charge of a big camp like this one.
So, it is this camp of yours that we are going to use as an example, to tell all those that are having the intentions of refusing the offer to know that, they don’t really have any other choice but to become members of the zombie race." Wilfred stated.
At this moment, he was actually very excited. To say the truth, he was not willing to see Livingstone joining his side. But now, Livingstone had disagreed. So, even if he killed Livingston, then, there was nothing that he was going to be blamed about.
At the end of the day, he had been instructed that, he could only give a chance a single time, and if the other party refused, then, he was allowed to do anything that he wished to do.
Having already gotten a chance, Wilfred was not willing to give Livingstone a chance of changing his mind. So, he raised his hand and pointed forward.
Then, as if the zombies had been activated, they suddenly looked up. Then without hesitation, as if they had seen something frightening from behind them, they charged forward maniacally.
"All of you! Get ready to kill the zombies and protect our base. Remember that your families are behind you, so, don’t let the zombies get past you!" Livingstone shouted loudly.
And in the next moment, he decided to take this chance in order to get rid of Wilfred. After all, Wilfred was not that far from where he was, and he was completely powerless.
Because Wilfred was his enemy, Livingstone was not willing to let him leave. So, he made a move personally, charging forward.
Livingstone was actually a mage possessing the fire element. But, due to the fact that he had only managed to reach the level that he was currently in due to luck, he did not actually possess much combat abilities.
His control over the fire element was quite low, so, he had to close the gap between the two of them before he could attack clearly. As for skills, since he had been taking everything that the people got after killing monsters, he possessed several fire skills.
When Wilfred saw that Livingstone was approaching him, he did not panic at all. Instead, he looked at Livingstone with a mocking smile on his face. It was as if he felt contempt for the actions that Livingstone was taking.
Of course, Livingstone also observed the expression that was on Wilfred’s face. But, he really did not think much about it. He felt that Wilfred was just delusional, thinking that he was going to be saved by the zombies.
After closing about 50 meters gap between the two of them, Livingstone activated the energy in his body. And in the next moment, a long sword that was created from fire was launched towards Wilfred.