Right now, the largest concentration of zombies was just outside the neighbors’ gate.
But quite a few had gathered outside their own gate as well.
Especially after they had stepped out onto the balcony; an unknown number of zombies had already caught their scent.
"We’re not going out. We’ll stay in the courtyard and kill as many as we can."
Nina Jacobs could tell that something had drawn away a number of the zombies outside.
"Sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen..."
Leo Hale counted the zombies outside their gate on the drone feed. Curiously, a portion of them was now running in another direction.
"What in the world is happening?"
"Someone was discovered by the zombies."
"How do you know?"
’Looks like cursing out Shannon Renner worked,’ Leo Hale thought, thrilled that Nina Jacobs was finally talking to him again.
"Just a guess."
It was indeed a guess. Nina Jacobs had overheard Holt Tate’s words earlier and deduced that a group of people in hiding had met with disaster.
The four of them quickly formulated a battle plan.
"Wait for me. I’m going to grab something."
Nina Jacobs went to her bedroom.
She emerged with a sleek, long blade in her hand.
The blade resembled a traditional Drakonian Imperial Blade, but it wasn’t quite as long. Its design was simple yet elegant, and the intricate patterns on its surface faintly reflected a red light.
Nina Jacobs had a rather slender figure. Holding this blade, she looked like a character straight out of an anime.
Chelsea Walsh was momentarily stunned.
"Where’d you get the blade? It’s so cool."
Leo Hale couldn’t resist reaching out to touch it.
"Found it when I went out a couple of days ago."
’She had indeed gone out a couple of days ago, but it was to complete a mission.’
Leo Hale wanted to ask her to take him along to get one for himself next time, but he knew this wasn’t the time to bring it up.
After Leo Hale used his Superpower to open the reinforced main gate, the zombies pressed against it immediately tumbled to the ground in a heap.
The four of them stood back-to-back in the center of the courtyard.
Just as the zombies behind them were about to lunge, Chelsea Walsh used the electric current from her Thunder Element Superpower to temporarily pin them in place.
With a BANG, Leo Hale used his power to lock the iron gate tight again.
The moment the 12 zombies entered the courtyard, they scrambled to their feet and rushed toward the four of them.
Upstairs in her room, Vera Coleman cried out in alarm, but Daniel Hale quickly covered her eyes.
"Have faith in the kids."
It was impossible not to worry. Daniel Hale wanted to go down and help, but his wife needed his care more at that moment.
In the time it took to speak, Nina Jacobs had already lopped off a zombie’s head with her long blade.
"Works like a charm!"
Nina Jacobs found the length of the blade was perfect for killing zombies.
It cut through them as if they were mud.
SCHLICK!
Ian Chandler kicked a female zombie to the ground, and Nina Jacobs followed up, plunging her long blade into its skull.
"Watch out!"
Seeing another zombie lunging for Nina Jacobs, Chelsea Walsh was about to use her Thunder Element Superpower to paralyze it, but saw that Nina had already cut it down!
As a Fireball flew past her, Chelsea Walsh finally noticed a zombie that had snuck up behind her at some point.
The Fireball blew right through half of the zombie’s face.
From her balcony not far away, Shannon Renner also witnessed this scene.
Her eyes were filled with shock.
She had tagged along for the past few days while they killed zombies, and Nina Jacobs had rarely used her Superpower.
But only now did she realize how much Nina’s Fire Element Superpower had advanced.
After all, newly awakened Superpower Users were supposed to be weak.
But she had no time to dwell on it.
The scent of blood on Keaton Sloan had agitated the zombies outside, and they had already broken down the gate...
Meanwhile, the dozen or so zombies that had been let into Nina Jacobs’s courtyard were quickly annihilated.
Although most of them had died by Nina Jacobs’s hand, it gave the group a huge boost of confidence.
’Maybe we can survive this crisis after all!’
"Next door..."
Chelsea Walsh also heard the sounds coming from next door.
It sounded like the zombies had all rushed into the neighboring courtyard.
"Ignore them for now. Let’s continue."
Nina Jacobs wasn’t interested in the situation next door. They just needed to make sure the zombies in the adjacent yard didn’t climb over the wall.


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