"Ava, help me bring this one," Theo shouted while dragging a six-foot-tall boar with his bare hand. "A monster this big can last for a day, so this is the end of our search."
"Kyu!" Ava nodded and jumped to the monster, asking Theo what he wanted to do with it.
"Help me push this monster to the bottom of the hill."
"Kyu!" Ava agreed without hesitation. They had been hunting several monsters, which Ava killed to allow Theo to cook.
She pushed the monster from behind, exerting a powerful strength that certainly didn't reflect her body size.
Theo, on the contrary, brought four smaller ones together with his clone as they returned to the hill together.
When they arrived at the bottom of the hill, Theo used his Telekinesis to carry all of them to the top, finding another five corpses lying down on the grass.
Theo took out a small knife from the bag while saying, "Anyway, I'm going to dress these monsters and preserve them. You watch over the entire area to make sure no one is approaching us. We don't want our food stolen, right?"
"Kyu!" Ava nodded and left him alone.
Theo activated his Cooking Glasses and searched for the method to preserve the meat. He followed every step according to the instructions, such as draining their blood and cutting them into pieces.
He wanted to make sure that the monsters didn't go bad while they stayed here.
As expected, it took him three hours, considering the monsters' size.
After he finished, he set up the tent and other things. Luckily, there were no monsters on this hill and they were surrounded by trees, so it was hard for this location to be spotted in a single glance.
And as Theo predicted, he only finished his jobs when the sun had come down.
Ava returned to the camp when she picked up a delicious smell from Theo's cooking which was obviously assisted by the Cooking Glasses.
Theo saw her drooling, considering they skipped lunch because of all these preparations.
"Sit there. I will be done in five minutes." Theo pointed at his baggage.
"Kyu!" Ava happily complied while waiting for dinner.
…
An hour later.
Ava laid down on the ground while rubbing her belly like she always did. However, she suddenly heard something from the valley as she rose from the ground with a shocked expression.
Her action didn't escape Theo's eyes. He asked, "What are you doing?"
"Kyu!" Ava pointed down the hill while jumping toward the best spot without any tree, allowing them to watch what was happening in the valley.
Although Theo didn't understand Ava's intention, he still followed what she wanted and followed her.
Ava brought her surprise when he saw three hundred zombies walking on the valley peacefully as if they just strolled around. There was no sign of aggressive movement, so it should be safe to assume that the zombie's perception didn't pick up any living being in the valley.
Theo furrowed his eyebrows because he watched more hands coming out. There were around a total of 500 zombies in the valley, making Theo suck a cold breath.
He might have suspected there were thousands of zombies, but this number alone was enough to make him a bit scared. From what he got, the zombie might be on the weak side among the Rare Class monsters, but they were still Rare Class monsters.
"500 Rare Class Monsters?" Theo gulped down. "Is this what I'm going to kill for the next seven days?"
Suddenly, the ground began to tremble as there was an eruption of a green-colored flame from the ground. The energy was coated by a black glow, making it look even more ominous, especially with the current darkness.
If Theo didn't use his Night Vision Glasses, he wouldn't be able to see this glow.
Theo observed this energy before finding a hand coming out of the ground.
"Kyu, Kyu!" Ava suddenly pulled Theo's pants down, grabbing his attention.
"Ava?!" Theo tilted his head in confusion.
"Kyu!" Ava tapped the ground a few times before laying down on her belly while looking down the valley.
"You want me to lie down?"
"Kyu!" Ava nodded furiously, asking Theo to speed up.
Although he didn't understand what Ava said, her instinct was supposed to be better than him, so he followed her words to see what she was up to.
He lied down and crawled a bit to get a better angle while watching what was coming from that hand.
The body began to make its appearance. At one glance, the body seemed to be similar to that of a zombie. It had rotten flesh here and there.
A few holes were visible on its body, but half of it was hidden by the dirt attached to the flesh and bone. Unlike other zombies, this one didn't have blood-red eyes that only knew how to kill. Instead, his green eyes appeared to have a certain amount of wisdom.
Theo quickly took out his Skylink and pointed it to this special zombie.
Because of their distance, he needed to do it a few times before he luckily captured the zombie's face, thus resulting in the investigation of the Skynet.
The Skynet quickly pulled out the zombie's information that somehow shocked him.
Name: Zombie Lich
Level: 251-255
A peak Rare Class monster. It is said that the zombie has enough wisdom to use at least five magic or skills. The zombie requires a thousand corpses to be sacrificed to make a perfect body to advance to a General Class monster.
"!!!" Theo's body shook when he saw the explanation.
"A General Class monster… Isn't that like the Unending Tree?" Theo muttered while sucking a cold breath. "The Zombie Lich may have the ability to command all those zombies as well? I want to fight it, but it's not possible to handle all of them at once.
"For now, I need to mark the lich's place and make sure not step too close to that area while eliminating the zombies. If I can eliminate all of them in seven days, I can probably challenge the lich. But… We will see," said Theo before his heart skipped a beat.
The most frightening thing that happened to both Theo and Ava was when the Zombie Lich turned around and looked at the top of the hill as if it felt their gazes.