"It’s fine. I’m just glad you weren’t scared."
As soon as Nina Jacobs spoke, Wayne Warner ripped open the trunk of one of the cars.
"If it weren’t for you, we’d probably be the ones dead on the ground."
Cordelia replied.
They had seen far bloodier scenes. The only reason they were shocked was because she had never seen anyone in Keldorn as formidable as Nina Jacobs and her companion.
"Let’s gather all this."
Nina Jacobs said, pointing to the scattered backpacks and supplies in the trunk.
It looked like all of it had been stolen from other survivors.
After killing those men, she had triggered the system’s "The Best Defender" title several times.
She had also received a few bags of "Diamond Sand" and several "Alloy Blocks."
Of course, she also got "Healing Potions" from the Savior title.
"Understood. Corin and Rhonda were apparently together, which is why Rhonda is taking it so hard."
Cordelia explained while gathering the items.
Silas Crowley walked over, holding a fuel nozzle, and opened the car’s gas cap.
Nina Jacobs glanced into the distance. Reginald Sutton and Tobin were trying to pull Rhonda Rowan up, but she remained hunched over Corin’s body, crying.
Corin wasn’t quite dead yet. "I’m sorry, Wendy... I did something wrong. Can you forgive me?"
"I forgive you! Just don’t talk. I’ll take you back to the base and find the best Healer to fix you up. Just don’t die yet."
Rhonda Rowan said through her tears.
"Don’t... don’t believe what Ethan Cole says. Just tell them... tell them I died out here with everyone else, understand?"
With those words, Corin took his last breath.
No one could withstand a full-force blow from Wayne Warner, not even a Superpower User.
Nina Jacobs deactivated her "Five Senses Enhancement." Rhonda Rowan’s crying was just too loud.
Just then, Cordelia gasped.
She stared in disbelief at the back of the other car whose trunk Wayne Warner had pried open.
"These are our people’s things... This is Leo’s backpack, and these canteens..."
Cordelia’s tears fell uncontrollably as she listed the items.
"That bastard Corin... what the hell did he do?"
Silas Crowley couldn’t help but mutter when he saw the items.
If they had really run into a zombie horde on the way, their things wouldn’t be this clean and intact.
Among the supplies were sun-protective clothing and hats. While not particularly valuable in Keldorn, they were still essential.
And those clothes and hats were familiar; they belonged to the teammates who had been separated from them earlier.
Seeing this, Nina Jacobs opened the car window and discreetly removed the memory cards from several of the vehicles...
Besides supplies, they also found some drinking water in the cars.
MEOW—
Lexy seemed to be the first to notice something was wrong. The scent of blood was thick in the air, and it had already spotted the figures of zombies in the distance.
"Get back in the vehicle, quick! Zombies are coming."
Silas Crowley said.
The road ahead of the vehicle had already been cleared.
The heavy-duty RV set off once again, but a heavy silence had fallen inside.
Rhonda Rowan kept her head down, her gaze vacant.
Silas Crowley was the first to break the silence. "I suspect they have accomplices, or a base of operations."
"What makes you say that?" Tobin asked.
Nina Jacobs also looked at Silas Crowley, a little surprised.
She thought the same thing, because she had found a Badge from The Aegis Conclave in one of the cars.
It was only a Badge for an external member, though.
But it was enough to prove that people from The Aegis Conclave had already arrived here.
So she was also curious about what Silas Crowley was basing his theory on.
"Among all those items, Aeliana’s and Annie Stone’s things weren’t there.
They probably don’t kill women. As for why..."
Silas Crowley’s tone was heavy, but if his suspicion was true, he hoped it meant Aeliana and the others were still alive.
"Are you saying you just found our people’s belongings?"
Tobin’s expression was full of disbelief after hearing what Silas Crowley and Cordelia said.
"It’s just a shame Corin is already dead. I think he’s the one who sold everyone out."


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