Chapter 185 – Clark

‘Phew! It seems I can still live another day’  thought the servant in glee.

But it was at that moment  that the servant felt something off 

‘Why is it so cold? Why is my body not responding!’ 

That was the last thought of the servant before his body suddenly tilted forward.

As his body was falling forward, a thin bloody hand also pulled back and this hand was now grasping a beating heart!

“You did well in bringing me this information.” Snickered the Corpse master crazily

“But you forgot one thing,

nobody interrupts my experiments And I mean no one!”

With a flick of his hand, the corpse master called a mumbling zombie to his side.

With a smile on his face, he chucked the still-beating heart towards it.

“Squelch!”

The zombie unceremoniously tucked into the heart gorging on it greedily causing a burst of blood to spill on the floor.”

“Tch!” 

Seeing the bloody sight the Corpse master couldn’t help but complain.

It seems like I’m gonna need to get somebody to clean that up for me.” Complained the Corpse master 

“But before all that, let’s find out more about  this so-called dragon son…”

…..

The sky above Vainwatch city was completely black.

The sun had set and the streets were completely empty.

Due to the spectacle caused by Clay and Dante, the fear of zombies in Vainwatch city was at an all-time high!

It was also because of this that the streets were  completely barren 

No one dared to venture out of their homes and run the risk of encountering such horrors 

But even with this fear in the back of everyone’s mind,  some people still had to go out.

These unlucky people didn’t have a say In whether they were going out or not 

  Guards were, unfortunately, part of this group of unlucky individuals 

They were tasked with protecting important locations and the news of some zombies wasn’t going to change anything for them 

One such unfortunate guard was Clark.

He was a loyal guard of the City Lord’s mansion and had been serving the City Lord for almost three years now.

This same loyalty was the reason that he had been entrusted to be part of Dante’s guard whilst Dante was still in Vainwatch city.

Clark was currently guarding the premises around Dante’s villa 

Normally Clark would think nothing of night watch duty.

He had been doing this for years now. 

It’s only natural that the initial fear and nervousness he used to have around his duty would have all been eroded with time and experience.

The only problem was today.

Since Clark had been part of the guards given to Dante, he had also seen the whole spectacle this morning.

A young desperate boy crying to the Dragon Son about the annihilation of his entire village.

Clark had to admit that even his stony heart, felt chills when he heard the news.

And Clark wasn’t a regular person.

As an experienced Body refining cultivator, Clark should have nothing to worry about.

He was a step above regular mortals and mindless zombies should be something easily handled by him.

But for some reason, even this fact didn’t put Clark’s heart at ease.

There was just something innately unnerving about the thought of facing undead creatures.

It was just the natural aversion all living life had about such unsightly abomination of the natural life cycle. 

This wasn’t something that Clark with his measly body refining cultivation could look down on,  this unnerving feeling.

It was had been growing in his heart, festering in his mind, but what could Clark do about it? 

Even though Clark despised it, he still had to do his job.

He could only stand guard attentively, whilst he looked around,  much more alert than usual,  constantly scanning the area.

But this time it wasn’t just to look out for any intruders. it was for his own safety! 

“Clank!”

Suddenly, Clark heard a sound in the distance.

As much as Clark didn’t want to go check, it was still his job.

he had to do it.

Gathering his courage, Clark carefully approached the corner.

“Wh-who goes there!” Asked Clark in an uncertain tone.

As he turned the corner he saw a strange armoured figure standing there.

But Clark wasn’t scared by this he was instead relieved.

“God Damn it Dave!  Right now isn’t the time for your stupid Pranks!” 

Clark instantly recognised the man in front of him.

It was Dave, a fellow guard of his.

He and Dave usually had the same guard rotational duty so seeing Dave here must mean that it was time he was relieved from his post.

It seems like all these worrying thoughts about zombies caused him to lose track of time.

But Dave’s silly pranks didn’t help either.

He always did things like this, pranking his fellow guards and scaring the life out of them.

Clark soon walked over to Dave as he patted him on the shoulder.

“Well then, seeing as your here I’m guessing I’m free to go now.

Just before I leave, All I can say is, don’t be too alarmed by the central gate. When the wind blows  it can sometimes creak-“

As Clark was speaking Dave strangely moved, placing his face right in front of him.

Sickeningly pale skin, dull seemingly almost lifeless eyes. 

But most alarmingly of all was the strange erratic smile he had on his face.

Backing away Clark roared

“Dave? What the fuck is wrong with you?”

Seeing no response, that’s when Clark moved closer

“Dave, Can you hear me?”

“Dave?”

That was the last word that left Clark’s mouth before Dave quickly pounced on him 

Clark let out a scream as he struggled with Dave on the floor 

“Cruuch!” 

The sound of flesh tearing was the last thing heard as Clark’s consciousness slowly drifted off into the darkness.

Even though Clark’s body stopped resisting, Dave didn’t stop. 

He continued biting into Clark, gorging on him as much as possible whilst a bloody deranged smile appeared on his face.