If the strange virus was causing humans to act like zombies, then there was also a chance that it could affect the animals as well. Not always were diseases and viruses transferable from different species of animals, but it seemed like it was the case here.
"They say a dog is a man's best friend, so it's only right that you join our group!" Zain stated, as he put his sword away. In this fight and match up, he didn't want to hurt his new companion.
Watching all of this go on, Kun was a bit annoyed, as he held his ankle.
"Damn that dog, now I'm going to have to eat more flesh for this to heal!"
The other Reborn Zombies were able to heal wounds, broken bones and such just like Zain. The only difference was that they needed to consume flesh each time and allow for their bodies to naturally heal somewhat like a human.
The healing process was a lot faster than for a human, it would take an hour or so at most to heal even a broken arm, but it was nothing compared to Zain's healing speed, and he didn't need to eat flesh unless his energy had completely been depleted.
"GRRR!!" The dog parted its lips, baring its teeth towards Zain, but he wasn't afraid, instead he was just focused.
"Come at me!" Zain shouted.
Immediately, the dog started running forward at a fast speed, then when it was close enough, Zain moved to the side, rolling out of the way. However, the dog was quick to turn, and leapt up again, straight towards Zain.
'This is going to be harder than I thought without hurting it. Guess there is only one thing I can do.'
When seeing the dog open up its mouth, rather than hitting the dog, or avoiding the bite once again. Zain shoved his forearm right into the dog's mouth. It clamped down hard and blood started to pour down Zain's forearm.
The others watching flinched, but they quickly realized that Zain felt no pain, it was just their memories of what it would have felt like were embedded into their heads.
"Why did Zain even let the dog bite him? I mean, I know he won't turn but was there a need to take a bite?" Pink asked, confused, and the next scene had confused them even more.
Lifting the dog up in the air, it hung onto Zain's arm, and then opening his own mouth he bit down on the dog's front paws.
"What the!" Kun said in shock. "Zain have you gone mad? Or are you just retaliating by biting the dog back."
[Tame skill has been activated]
It was none of those things, it was simply the requirement that was needed for him to complete his tame. Although according to the system there was always a chance it wouldn't work out.
Once again, there was a strange feeling in Zain's teeth. It was almost as if when he bit into something, he could feel something flowing out from his teeth. A strange sensation that is somewhat similar to one urinating themselves.
The dog's grip started to loosen, but Zain was still waiting for something, and that's when the familiar noise dinged in his head.
[You have successfully Tamed 'Mutated Zombie Dog']
[Would you like to keep the name 'Mutated Zombie Dog?']
Its grip had loosened and the dog fell to the ground, it then sat there as it looked up at Zain with its large eyes.
"Are you seeing what I'm seeing?" Pink asked.
"I think… Zain just tamed that dog, is that what he meant earlier?" Kun replied.
When they were with Shark, the others had tried a few things themselves or at least Shark had. He had stated that once someone was a Zombie, they were unable to eat their flesh to gain energy from it and it had no effect on them if they were to bite them.
However, it was clear Zain knew quite a few things.
Bending down, Zain looked at the Corgi Dog's face. He could see that it had quite the large white mane making it look somewhat like a lion, but all over its face, it was covered in a red colour. It was clear it was blood and had dyed a lot of the dog's fur.
"Let's call you Jam." Zain said.
['Mutated Zombie dog' has been renamed to 'Jam']
[Jam has successfully been tamed and is now a member of your horde]
[3/15]
[Quest update]
[Form your horde]
[3/10]
[Reward: Silver Card]
It was as Zain thought, taming zombies was also a way to bring them into his horde. Which meant there was no need to go around looking for humans. However, at the moment, a larger group would attract more attention.
'Maybe there is something that I can do… I just need to see first.'
[Horde Member Jam]
[Level 1]
[Strength: 1]
[Agility: 1]
[Vitality: 1]
[Intelligence: 2]
'Jam has better stats than I imagined.' Zian thought. 'It's not quite at the level of a super human, but it certainly is decent and with its intelligence, it should be able to follow quite complicated orders then.'
When looking at Skittle, it was strange to think that his starting stats were worse then this dog. It was either due to the fact the dog was special, or just Skittle was incredibly weak.
"Alright everyone, welcome the newest member to the group, Jam." Zain introduced, and showed that it could do a few tricks.
Saying words like, sit, stay, roll over, jump, and bite. All of these commands seemed to work, but when Kun tried them, the dog just sat there doing nothing. It seemed only Zain was the one that was able to control the dog.
"What do we do now?" Kun asked. "Now that we got our weapons sorted."
"You guys, continue hunting for the crystals and clear the streets, as for me, I got to complete something I was given a long time ago. I'm going to form my horde." Zain smiled.
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