As they approached the Town Office entrance, the roars grew even more piercing.
It seemed someone was already fighting the Zombie Mayor inside.
Hakuba Shiro and Marikawa Shizuka slowly made their way in, and the zombies downstairs had also become more active under the Zombie Mayor’s influence.
However, compared to yesterday, although these zombies were faster, the overall increase was not nearly as obvious.
They stepped up to the second floor and stopped in front of the stairs leading to the third.
Just then, a figure flew down from above as if welcoming them, slamming hard into the wall.
When they looked closely, it was the yellow-haired man from yesterday’s group of four.
“Save… save me…” Seeing Shiro and Shizuka, the yellow-haired man struggled to stretch out his hand.
Blood poured from his mouth, and his body was covered in wounds deep enough to expose bone.
“Let’s go.” Shiro ignored him and directly led Shizuka upstairs.
At this moment, on the third floor, the Zombie Mayor was violently lunging at the two remaining men.
Another one of their group had already been assimilated and turned into a zombie.
Now, it was attacking the remaining two alongside the Zombie Mayor.
“Damn it!
Take this!” The arrival of Shiro and Shizuka drew the attention of both the zombies and the two remaining men.
One of the men seized the chance and secretly grabbed a handful of sand from the ground, then threw it into his companion’s face.
This was his talent, Sand Thrower, which allowed him to create a handful of sand from the ground and throw it out.
Its cooldown was five minutes.
Ignoring his companion’s furious roar, the man ran toward Shiro.
As he ran, he shouted, “Brother!
Brother!
Hurry!
Let’s get out of here!
That zombie is too strong!
We can’t beat it!” Looking at the man running toward him, Shiro frowned.
The instant the man got close, Shiro kicked him.
With the boost from 7 Physique points, Shiro’s strength had already surpassed that of an ordinary person by an unknown amount.
The man, who had only been lightly injured, was sent flying back by Shiro’s kick and landed right at the Zombie Mayor’s feet.
“Ah!
You damn brat!
What are you doing?!” The violent kick to his stomach almost made him spit out stomach acid.
All he could do was roar uselessly in Shiro’s direction.
But very soon, the blood dripping from above made him tremblingly raise his head.
What greeted him was a wide-open bloody mouth.
Unsurprisingly, the zombie received his boxed lunch and the man became another member of the zombie army.
“This Zombie Mayor isn’t right.
Its scepter is gone.” Shiro keenly noticed the difference in the Zombie Mayor.
He clearly remembered that when he killed it yesterday, it had been holding a scepter.
Now, however, both of its hands were empty.
“No wonder these zombies are moving so much slower.
Looks like it’s because they don’t have the boost from that scepter anymore.” Shizuka, standing beside him, let out a sigh of relief.
That scepter had given the Zombie Mayor far too much of a boost.
Facing it today, the two of them no longer felt the same life-or-death pressure as yesterday.
It seemed the loss of its exclusive weapon had made a huge difference.
“From the looks of it, these zombies can respawn, and the respawn time is very short.
Maybe it only takes one night.
But special zombies probably have some kind of first-kill mechanism.
That scepter may have been our first-kill reward.” The last man’s roars drew the Zombie Mayor’s attention away.
Shiro and Shizuka stood at the stairwell and began calmly analyzing the situation.
Since they had fought the Zombie Mayor once yesterday, dealing with it again felt much more manageable.
“Then we won’t get another treasure chest today, will we, Shiro-kun?” Shizuka sent a charging zombie minion flying with one swing of her shovel and spoke with some regret.
Shiro shrugged and did not say anything, but his meaning was clear.
Most likely, killing this Zombie Mayor again would not give them another treasure chest.
“What a pity.” The two sighed at the same time.
Then they raised their weapons and charged toward the Zombie Mayor.
The final unlucky survivor had already gone down, so now it was their turn to act.
They did not spend much time on the fight.
With one final roar, the Zombie Mayor fell under Shiro’s hands once more.
Without the scepter, it could not cause Shiro much trouble.
It was only an elite monster with higher strength and defense.
Even though it could still summon zombies, the unboosted zombies were slow and fragile.
Shiro casually smashed their heads apart with one swing each, leaving them motionless.
The Zombie Mayor dissolved again, leaving behind a familiar crystal.
It was the same Elite Zombie Core they had obtained yesterday.
This counted as a decent gain, since Shiro still remembered that his Zombie Serum required this item.
“It’s still an Elite Zombie Core.
It didn’t drop Elite Zombie Blood.
Looks like the drops are random.” After storing the Elite Zombie Core away, the two began searching the building.
The good news was that supplies would also respawn.
The bad news was that the refresh rate was very slow.
Inside the medical supply box they had emptied yesterday, they only found one box of disinfectant and one bandage.
Of course, the safe they had opened yesterday did not respawn anything.
It seemed to be a one-time item.
Aside from that, there was nothing else.
Judging from this speed, it would probably take around twenty days for the supplies to fully refresh.
During this period, the two could only focus on searching other places in the town.
The battle had not taken much time.
When they left the Town Office, it was not even noon yet.
Since they still had plenty of time, the two decided to search the three nearby houses as well.
After searching around, Shiro obtained Steel x5, assorted canned food x21, Wood x10, mineral water x11, and several unopened sets of new clothes.
The harvest was not great, but it was still better than nothing.
However, they were still short of the materials needed to upgrade the RV.
Left with no better choice, the two searched the houses along the way while heading back.
The reason they were returning now was, first, to store their resources in the RV.
Second, after those four men died, their RVs could now be entered and searched freely.
Shiro could not let others take advantage of that.
Along the way, they obtained another Steel x3, canned food x9, Wood x11, and mineral water x2.
When they returned to the parking lot, the two saw that the doors of the two distant RVs had already opened automatically.
They were the two RVs belonging to the group of four.
“I feel like there probably isn’t anything good inside their RVs, so I won’t go up.” Shizuka frowned as she looked at the two somewhat dirty and messy RVs, a trace of disgust flashing through her eyes.
Shiro did not object and entered the RVs by himself.
After searching around briefly, he found nothing aside from a few unopened cans.
“What a waste of time.
Let’s rest today.
We’ll explore the underground warehouse tomorrow.” Shiro climbed down from the vehicle, feeling somewhat dissatisfied.
How had those four managed to collect so little even after teaming up?
Could they have spent all of yesterday playing around with zombie girls or something?