After another few seconds of regarding each other, the zombie attacked again. In a quick jump the undead catapult itself close to Shu Ning's throat, it's claws already extended. With only the barest space left between them, he let himself drop down to the floor and rolled off to the side.
He hurriedly raised the knive above him while still lying with his back to the floor and a breath later the creature was back on him. It's teeth grabbing on to the blade of the weapon and the hands trying to digg into his shoulder.
The fabric of Shu Ning's shirt ripped as he lifted his torso out of the way, still having those sharp nails catch the edges of textile. With a curse he jumped up onto his legs and ran towards the metal shelves tipped on it's side. Except that he didn't make it that far.
The zombie had followed after him and was quicker on it's legs than it was possible for a human. So before he could take cover under some of the debris he was already flying through the air, hitting the far end of the wall with a grund of pain.
Shu Ning's head throbbed from the impact and the knive, which he unfortunately couldn't hold on to anymore, fell somewhere between the chaos on the floor. He cursed himself for not listening to his own instincts about this place and the world for not granting himself any powers. There was still the option of buying something from the system store to awaken them but unfortunately his points were not enough for even the cheapest potion. Now only luck could help him survive this level two zombie.
A shadow fell over Shu Ning's body and when he looked up he was suddenly eye to eye with the undead. The others teeth were bared in a snarl, with red salvia dripping from the corners of it's mouth and the pointed nails were slowly liffted above the creatures head. As if it was trying to draw out the moment as long as possible.
Shu Ning was breathing heavily, not from fear but from exertion and continuously tried to come up with a solution for this mess. But with the knive beeing gone and his head still hurting there was not much he could do. Still, he kept his eyes stubbornly fixed onto the undead's form and watched as the claws decended towards his unguarded chest.
Shu Ning could mentaly already feel the sharp blades piercing through the soft flesh of his torso and the slow drain of his own life. He grit his teeth in frustration and glared at the other's face, while the clawed fingers dissapeared out of his view frame. Yet before any blood could be drawn from his body the zombie's fingers suddenly stopped with a dull 'clang'.
His eyes widened in shock when he gazed down. It looked as if the creature's hand just stopped in mid air. If it weren't for the slight glimmer of something between those nails and Shu Ning's skin or the obvious bewilderment coloring the zombie's expression, he would have thought the undead changed it's mind about killing him.
Shu Ning: "What is that?"
Alpha: "I do not know? Looks like a trick of light."
Shu Ning: "No. There was a sound when the zombie hit this flimsy thing. It must be something more solid than it looks. A kind of barrier."
Shu Ning glanced at the glimmering air again and hesitantly reached out his hand to touch it. Before his fingers could make contact with anything though the 'thing' moved further away from his body. Another try in grabbing it resulted in the same occurance and when the zombie snarled in impatience on the other side of the glimmering air, he pulled back his hand in preparation for another attack.
When the undead crouched down and then swung it's body around the offending barrier, Shu Ning got a sudden idea of what the flimmsy light could be. Gathering all the concentration he could, he willed the transparent ward forward and was rewarded for his efforts when the zombie was blocked by thin air again. The nails slowly receded backwards, no matter how the creature groweled in frustration there was no breaching the offending barrier between them. With the safe distance now created, Shu Ning carefully climbed back onto his legs, swaying a bit from a sudden bout of dizziness. Seemed like the hit to the head was stronger than initially thought.
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System, are you messing with me?
AdventureA shameless and sometimes even sadistic beauty. That's how the people would describe Shu Ning. He was very popular with men and woman equally but of course there were also those who were jealous of the attention he received. That's how he found hims...
