I woke up stretching my body and looked at the dog that was sleeping on the other side of the door, I wasn't sure how much time I slept and this room not having a window didn't help.

" Is it a local room or something "

I wasn't sure where we entered yesterday it was too dark to see something even if my sight was better than before, in the dark I could only see clearly one meter from me, after that, it was just dark figures that I repaired with energy perception, it's now that I noticed that I was using my innate skill instinctively.

Snapping from my small euphory I called the dog.

' Yeah better found him a name-calling it dog is really strange'

I heard his response and looked at him stretching his body too but barely able to move properly.

" Can you stop read in my mind "

I was a little surprised that he could read my mind and asked him maybe it's something that can be stopped.

I wasn't sure how it worked but I just thought about stopping the share of my thinking and I felt like if something stopped transmitting between us.

I cursed in my mind keeping a calm face but he seemed not to react smiling childishly I looked back at him, " it's normally good so let's go now, I will call you Sky"

It seemed not to care to know if it worked or the about name I gave him and stood up only to have his back hit the ceil.

" Since when did you become bigger "

ohhhh

" Ok then but try to not burry us alive next time you sleep outside, and what do you mean you got a name at a certain stage "

hmmph

it's just looked at me wagging its tail, like if seeing I want to go out but not wanting to respond to my question.

I stopped asking for now but kept in mind to ask him about it later.

Once we were out there were only some rats and dogs around, eating the corpses of the beasts we killed yesterday but after hearing footsteps coming from an aisle on the ground floor they looked at the new beasts entering the hall growling toward them trying to intimidate them.

but after feeling the pressure coming from me, they fled as fast they could their survival instincts warning them to leave this place, what they did and soon the hall was empty leaving Chris and sky that seemed to talk to each other turning their head toward the others but there were no words coming out of their mouth, using their link which Chris seemed to enjoy not having to talk to enjoy asking questions at sky, about what happened to him during the Arrival of the Universe System to which he explained but was merely like what he suspected they evolved thank to the differents energy wave that swiped the city and after that they just hunted beasts wanting to be stronger.

Outside the sun was starting to appear illuminating the city and at the same time, I saw a huge black cloud that let out high pitch scream leaving the city.

" There were so many bats yesterday, let's go we should use the sun to do as much thing we could because I don't think we will have the same luck to not have a huge group of bats attacking us"

I said to sky that responded through our link, and we started to follow the group's remaining smell.

Woof WOOF!

after barking to me, he started to ran and I followed him looking of the surrounding there was howls of beasts coming in the aisles with beasts that seemed to be at level four and five but seemed not wanting to attack us only watching us walking in the street.

scree!!! scree!!!

" sky go there "

I was surprised when I saw a group of birds came towards us so fast that I was barely able to dodge them in time and pointed at an aisle to tell Sky to come there but it was too late there were too many birds surrounding him already.

" fuck how did they come so close and I didn't detect them"

I cursed while entering an aisle and slashed at a bird that looked like a crow but bigger like a dog before the Change, cutting one of his wings and finished him.

I released my bloodline pressure on them making them freeze for a second, I used this chance to come out of the aisle and going toward Sky that was now running in the street with a bunch of crow on his track.

Ahooooo!

grooar!

his scream changed from a painful one to an angry one after noticing finally that his pseudo master came back and rolling on his back he clawed at any crows he saw sending some of them to the ground and killing others in the process bitting at their wings and hitting them to the ground, but it seemed that the group went crazy after that and kept attacking him despite having more of them getting killed, but before they could wound him badly and make him unable to move, they felt dangerous energy enter their body making their body stop for a second and after that some of the crows saw their kin got sliced in half by a human.

" let's go their claws are too dangerous "

I yelled at Sky that seemed more than happy with it and ran his fur red from their attack, his body that was almost healed once again bleeding profusely, and that attracted some of the low-level beasts that gathered in number trying to gain confidence before deciding to attack us or not.

I felt the situation going worse the more we tried to escape them, and turned using half of my reserve of energy and tried to send my bloodline pressure toward them about one meter from us but I miscalculated how much energy I needed, and felt that all my energy got sucked by my bloodline that sends part of his energy that enhanced its power and then send it to the beasts.

and all the beasts that were starting to regroup felt a huge wall of killing intent coming toward them scaring them, making them scattered in fear to be the first to get killed, but in the process, some of them bumped against each other and with their state of fear, they responded instinctively attacking the one next to them instinctively.

Just like that this group of beasts that were regrouped to kill and maybe gain the strange stone of this powerful human and beast ended and the street that was silent with only howls was filled with growls, the smell of blood starting to disperse in the air attracting birds and others predators.

" I screwed this time "

I felt my strength leaving but did my best to stand up and walked with Sky entering an aisle enough big to let him pass and rested the place well hidden and enough far from the group of beasts.

I could barely breathe I thought using it like in the anime and novel would work since It was naturally hanging on me unless I stopped it but now I learned that to use it to a huge scale my meager reserve of energy wasn't enough, and I also felt that my link weakened a little but not to the point to be worried.

I looked at sky he was already liking his wound I could see his flesh and he seemed in a lot of pain, but I couldn't say I was better my arm was in a sorry state too but strangely even if my wound were so deep I didn't scream but just greeted my teeth and let my bloodline and energy heal me.

After one hour we were now able to walk our wound still no healed but I wanted to find the others quickly than before the number of beasts were getting bigger after the last horde beasts and it was dangerous even for me and sky to stay alone,

' The strength in number '

I thought smirking that I still had a long way to not have to rely on others.

" let's go"

I felt his words filled with unwillingness but he still stood up and started to smell once again the smell of the group but this time we were more careful and left the street only staying in the street if it was necessary not trying to fight keeping our energy in case of emergency.

We stopped a few times near some store shops still intact while I took some food in my bag and ate them it was some kind of sausage with a still not spoiled breed and a bottle of water it wasn't the best food but still better than nothing, at the same time Sky left the store, going find his own food, and thirty-minute later he came back with his mouth and fur soaked in blood I also had some time to rest.

woof Woof!!

it barked at me turning happily and through our link even if he didn't say anything I could tell he was happy having a good meal because since yesterday we didn't eat at our will keeping track of the others and now it was like a summer vacation if not for the smell of blood and the destroyed buildings it would have been great.

we continued our search and at the same time I tried to familiarize myself more with my speed, strength, and senses and by now I was able to walk enough fast steadily, without craking the ground when I tried to keep pace with sky when he smelled something and ran trying to not lose the smell and by now I could follow him without using too much thought, in how to use my legs strength.

So far now we ran so much in the last hour in all kind of place and all the buildings being almost the same make it harder to keep a trace about the road we took to come here, that I thought we were turning in round.

I looked at the surrounding but the buildings were all the same, high of four to five floor with some bigger than the others I went a few time to the top of some buildings all of them empty with only low levels beasts enough small to enter inside that I killed quickly all of them at level three.

And took a look from the rooftop trying to see if there wasn't some hint left I missed but apart from destroyed cars and some corpses of humans and beasts there was nothing new.

We continued to walk in the city going building from building trying to get low for now, at least as long we don't found the others after that we can be a little louder to level up faster would be ok, I could feel my bloodline wanting to fight each time I decided to not and myself I felt like it was wrong to escape any fight as small it was but refrained to those fighting instincts.

And before we know it we came across Lisa's snake when we were crossing a street that was next to the entrance of a building, I looked closely to see what it was doing and saw it was taking out an Energy core of a beast upper half using its tongue, that seemed to be level five rats from the remaining energy I felt from the dead body that was cut in half.

but it seemed it detected us and turned his gaze toward us, standing and let out a hissed sound after noticing this dangerous energy coming from this human but after looking closely at the human he recognized him, but still looked at the dog standing next to him.

I just looked at him while Sky responded the same way showing his sharp white teeth not backing down, I was sure he wouldn't attack me since his killing intent that I felt on me disappeared and focused on Sky that released also his own killing intent.

" Sky stop it, it hurt my eyes, I know him he will lead us to my group "

I said my eyes starting to burn from their energy their killing intent fight I wasn't sure if everyone was so sensible to energy but so far it was one of the disadvantages, My eyes being too weak to support the energy around me that was like smoke with colors that I could see if it was concentrated on a beast that knows how to use it but so far only Sky and some of the beasts' leader and cleaymors were able to use it efficiently.

After ten seconds or so the snake stopped his menacing stare and turned, Sky seemed not convinced and kept his distance from the snake but after seeing his pseudo master following the snake he could only follow them but kept his distance so that he could react if this snake had any funny idea.

The snake seemed to know this area and even with all those buildings he was advancing steadily making me slowly augment my speed and Sky next to me too but after ten or minute he stopped going around building from building entered an aisle that led to an area with destroyed buildings with buildings more like one of the huge companies that used it as theirs headquarter it was incredible how fast this snake advanced in the street like a car but of three-meter long.

it wasn't strange to see destroyed buildings but this time there were only bones of beasts in the street no human bones were seen along the way to what looked like a clothing store with some clothes on the ground were should be showcased for clothing, it then stopped at the building entrance rolling on himself and closed his eyes after leaning his head on his body.

' So they are inside but are they so little people watching outside in case there are beasts'

I was about to enter but remembered that sky was still there, " Ok stay with him there or just do what you want but don't go too far I felt some strong Energy but I am not sure. "

He responded through our link nodding, I then entered the store but saw no one at the entrance but still felt the energy of Lisa and the other with new energy I didn't know among them.

I followed it to a door with the name Staffroom on it, I was about to open it but used my Energy perception just by to be safe and felt numerous people inside.

I tried to open the door but it was locked

" Who is it, what do you want "

I heard someone's voice but it wasn't someone I know and instead I called directly Lisa not wasting time.

" Lisa I am here open the door....."

The door opened so fast cutting me in my phrase that it almost hit me but I was enough fast to retreat only to see a redheaded woman jump at me and this time I wasn't able to react in time and dodged instinctively to the side but this woman seemed also fast and grabbed my arms and drag me in her arm and I heard her crying,

" Lisa..is it you what happened to your hair, and what is happening to you......"

But instead, to respond to me she kept crying more, sigh I let it for later about her energy that was fluctuating strangely " ok calm down don't be too loud there may not be beasts around for now but it's better to be careful, and where are the others"

I caressed her back hugging her while leaning on the floor, I missed having her near me it has been only one day but it was like if it was a week ago.

- " We are here Chris it's glad to see that your alive, but you two keep forgetting you are not alone "

I then heard Claire's voice, I turned my head to the side and saw her come out of the room with others people and Hector and Alex next to her.

" what are you saying ..." I stopped talking when I saw in which state Lisa was, he body barely covered with clothe torn apart and showing her skin full of scars and I could see some wounds still healing, I wanted to ask why she didn't change those clothe since they were in a clothing store but let it for later.

I looked at Claire then at Lisa that seemed not wanting to talk or let me go keeping her head in my chest, I asked claire to explain to me what happened when I wasn't there, I took a t-shirt from my bag and covered Lisa with it, while she, Hector and Lisa sat down in front of me.

I took this time to look at the other people that came out with Hector and Claire and most of them looked to be in their late twenty they were standing there just looking at me.

I wasn't sure why they were so tense dodging my eyes every time I looked at one of them.

" do I have something on my face"

I asked Claire that shook her head, and she seemed to understand why I asked her that when she noticed that they were shivering.

"I think it's because of the feeling you gave off I am not sure if you can control that, but it's like being watched by those beasts outside and it makes it hard to Breath when we are close to you at least them it's not so strong for us"

She said pointing Hector and Alex

' Ohhhhhh '

I now felt that indeed that to threaten the beasts outside, I instinctively used bloodline pressure and any beasts that were too close to me would think twice before attacking me.

But for them being level four or five and the fact that it is related to my bloodline I didn't know how it could affect humans.

" sorry about, but you and Hector and Alex seems fine I could feel that you aren't afraid of something like that "

- " I am not, but it's like if my bloodline is protecting me from this energy you gave off and it's more like a warning I felt I am not sure for Hector thought it different from me I think "

I looked at Hector and Alex that just explained to me that it was their energy that protected them from the energy I emitted but since it was related to my bloodline they were still a little affected, unlike Claire.

" Hector I'm glad you're ok "

I smiled at Hector who responded shaking his head with a bitter smile, apart from some wounds I could see on his arms he seemed to be fine.

Hector seeing how Chris was glad that he was alive, didn't know what to say, he wanted to help him but instead, they almost died because he wasn't enough strong.

He was thinking about how to face Lisa yesterday in the morning but after he woke up he couldn't talk to her when he saw in which state she, Thank god Chris appeared before he talks to her.

Coughhh Coughh!

But the awkward silence was saved by Claire coughing, which started to explain to me what happened to them.