The next day, Zach and the eight newly recruited Rangers led by Kamir immediately set off right after having breakfast. With Diablo, Adam, Eve, Ursa, and Ursus as their ride, the group arrived at the place at night seeing them now looking at the shelter with a horde of Undead guarding it.
Though they weren't sure how many were there in total, they had already counted the number of bronze-class monsters upon seeing three of them in the horde, and lastly, a silver-class monster leading them and a new species that Zach hadn't seen.
[Monster: Undead Assassin
Monster Tier: 1
Monster Level: 35
Monster Classification: Silver
Monster Skills: Stealth, Silent Steps, Scout]
"Undead Assassin. This is now getting a little tricky." Zach looked at the information of the variant Undead, and he immediately thought that it would become a little difficult, especially after seeing the skills that it had.
Zach knew that he could rely on his pets to do this task however, he didn't want to unless necessary as he didn't want to depend on his pets knowing that his strength mattered the most. He knew that in order to survive in this world, he needed to have as much experience as possible.
"Change of plans. It's a silver-class monster Undead Assassin, so I want you all to stay together and only come out once I give the signal." Zach said. In fact, their plan was still the same that they had back when they killed the Undead Knight. That is, to attract and divide their attention, but seeing that they were dealing with a monster that had Stealth skills, it would only increase the risk of them dying.
Hearing this, Kamir and his men just nodded as they held on to their rare class weapon and focused on the task at hand while leaving all the rest to Zach knowing that only he could deal with the silver-class monster.
After some time, Zach then used Stealth as he started moving toward the shelter trying to get closer. After thinking that he was now at the range for which he could use Blink to teleport right in front of the Undead Assassin, he then immediately took out the Sabre of Shadow from his inventory before disappearing.
As Zach appeared right in front of the Undead Assassin, it was then he saw its face, and the look in its eyes was very surprised as he could see the Undead Assassin's eye staring at him before seeing its hand which was holding a dagger swing at his direction. He didn't know how it detected him, but it didn't stop him since he was faster upon looking at the Saber of Shadows already reaching its neck.
In just a second, the Saber of Shadows touches the Undead Assassin's neck and it slices through it like a paper seeing its head separate from its body. Seeing this, Zach immediately used Blink once again and appeared far from the horde, and there he took off his Stealth making the Undead suddenly get attracted to him, especially the bronze-class ones.
"Go out, now!!" Zach shouted since his assassination was a complete success. He then just swung the enhanced Saber of Shadows trying to clean the blood left before taking it back to his inventory and taking out War Pistols as a replacement.
Hearing Zach's signal, Karim and his men got out from their hiding spot as they run towards the horde while shouting wanting to attract as many as possible as it was the order that Zach gave to them not knowing that it no longer needed as they don't know that Zach has already killed the Undead Assassin.
In just ten minutes, all the remaining Undead were annihilated, and everyone finally took back the place from the monsters after Zach activated the shelter and immediately paid for everything to restore the place, specifically the Shelter Protection Shield.
Following the activation of the Protection Shield, Kamir and his men then take the bodies of the Undead and burn them all outside all the while rounding up the loot that was dropped from them, especially Zach upon seeing him now looking at the items he got from the Undead Assassin.
[Item: Assassin Job Class Scroll
Item Tier: 1
Item Rating: None
Item Classification: Rare
Item Function: A scroll that has been embedded by the experiences of an assassin. Using the scroll will transition the user's class to an assassin allowing the user to have the skills and fight like an assassin. (Note: Once you transitioned, you can no longer change your class.)]
[Item: Silver Core
Item Tier: 1
Item Rating: None
Item Classification: Ordinary
Item Function: An item that was created inside every silver-class monster or beast. This item will activate a shelter and can also be used to upgrade the shelter.]
[Item: Ring of Agility
Item Tier: 1
Item Rating: 1 Star
Item Classification: Ultra Rare
Item Function: When equipped, an additional + 15 stat points to Agility.
Item Evolution Requirement: 5 Evolution Stones]
[Item: Contract Pet Scroll
Item Tier: 1
Item Rating: 1 Star
Item Classification: Ultra Rare
Item Function: With the help of this item, the user can create a contract with any creature with a 15 % chance of success. (Direction for use: Put a drop of the user's and the creature's blood on the contract.)(Note: The closer and more familiar you are with the targeted creature, the higher the chance of a successful contract making. Force submission can also be used.)
Item Evolution Requirement: 5 Evolution Stone]
[Item: Vicious Dagger
Item Tier: 1
Item Rating: 1 Star
Item Classification: Ultra Rare
Item Function: When equipped, an additional + 13 to attacking power and + 10 to bleeding power.
Item Evolution Requirement: 5 Evolution Stones]
Seeing their descriptions, Zach put away the Assassin Job Scroll Class, Silver Core, and the Contract Pet Scroll as he gave more importance to the last two items which were the Ring of Agility and Vicious Dagger. Without any second thought, he immediately evolved them to 5-star and see the changes in them.
[Item: Vicious Dagger
Item Tier: 1
Item Rating: 1 Star
Item Classification: Ultra Rare
Item Function: When equipped, an additional + 65 to attacking power and + 50 to bleeding power.
Item Evolution Requirement: Evolution can no longer be applied.]
[Item: Ring of Agility
Item Tier: 1
Item Rating: 1 Star
Item Classification: Ultra Rare
Item Function: When equipped, an additional + 75 stat points to Agility.
Item Evolution Requirement: Evolution can no longer be applied.]
Without further ado, Zach took all the rings he had on his right hand and replaced them all with Ring of Agility which immediately increased his Agility stat by 375 after wearing five of them. This kind of sudden boost was completely out of his expectation as he could feel that if he had this number before, killing Diablo would have probably a piece of cake.
Though taking out the rings reduced his Vitality and Endurance by 100 and 150 respectively, Zach still thought that it was worth it as he really wasn't a fighter who would face an opponent head-on as he already decided on moving towards an assassin type though he still didn't want to use the newly acquired Assassin Job Class Scroll hoping that there were something good later on.
As for the Vicious Dagger, Zach was also interested in it because just like the Poison Dagger that he had before, this dagger also had another additional power, namely, 'Bleeding Power which he surmised might have something to do with injuring the enemy.
Zach then just duplicates them seeing him now holding two Vicious Daggers in his hand as he wanted to get familiar with the grip. He thought that, though it didn't have the same attacking power as the Sabre of Shadows, its additional bleeding power would compensate for it. Also, he preferred the dagger more as the saber was just not fit for assassinating as they were heavy and big, unlike the former.
"I really am lucky to have this system." Zach muttered upon seeing all of his achievements so far were all due to the system's omnipotence. With that, he then just took them all back to his inventory as he headed out of the main house to see the situation of the others while planning to tell them that they would be resting inside for the night.
The next morning, Zach told Kamir and his men that they could go out and hunt on their own as he planned on staying in the shelter for a while. Hearing this, Kamir and his men felt just fine since they also wanted to go out and hunt as they had already been behind after being grounded for so many days.
Meanwhile, Zach could now be found in Madagascar after using the portal of the shelter, and just like what Kamir had said, the place really was surrounded by beasts specifically mutant snakes from which there are abnormally eight bronze-class among them however, such class of beasts was no longer a match to him, and he annihilated some of them while leaving behind two mutant snakes that had the highest level.
[Beast: Slyther (Mutant Swamp Snake)
Beast Tier: 1
Beast Level: 31
Beast Classification: Bronze
Strength: 110
Agility: 75
Vitality: 85
Endurance: 120
Stamina: 80
Spirit: 45
Beast Skill: Enhance Endurance]
[Beast: Slyder (Mutant Swamp Snake)
Beast Tier: 1
Beast Level: 30
Beast Classification: Bronze
Strength: 100
Agility: 65
Vitality: 90
Endurance: 115
Stamina: 85
Spirit: 50
Beast Skill: Enhance Endurance]
Zach used a Contract Pet Scroll on them and decided to add them to his pet army. With their addition, he now has seven pets in his arsenal, and he is planning to catch some more, specifically flying beasts. Thinking about traveling by air makes him kind of excited and he feel great anticipation for it.
Following that, Zach then just looked at the place and only after half an hour did he stop and get back to Pluto Sanctuary upon not seeing any interesting stuff in the surroundings however, he planned on exploring it later to look for trusted survivors which would help him looked after the area and the shelter at the same time.
Upon coming back to Undead Cemetery Shelter, Zach then gathered Kamir and his men for a meeting. He said that he would leave behind Slyther and Slyder on their own hands since he didn't plan on staying in the area. With two mutant beasts with them, he would be rest assured that they would be safe unless a silver-class monster attacked them.
After settling everything in the shelter, Zach then bade farewell to the eight of them as he rode on Diablo again and left the place heading towards the Undead Battleground Shelter and making a plan there as to how to proceed.
On the way, Zach would from time to time meet Undead which was composed of a small group led by a bronze-class monster. Using the War Pistols on his hand, he killed them all while still on Diablo's back making him start to look like a cowboy. Of course, Adam and Eve also had fun while hunting the ordinary ones around and treating them something like snacks.
Before night comes, Zach arrives in the Undead Battleground Shelter, and to his surprise, he sees a group of 5 people just outside the Shelter Protective Shield. Curious as to who they were, he then just recalled Diablo, Adam, and Eve back to his consciousness before using stealth and walking in their direction without fearing if they were the kind people just like what he killed yesterday.
"Who do you think is the owner of this shelter? It has a luxurious wooden two-story house inside which is so cool." One of the men asked while looking at the shelter that was completely devoid of human life.
"He or she might be rich." Another man said as he also wanted to know what it would look like inside.
"Yeah. I would like to meet him/her and ask how many Evolution Coins he/she has spent to have a house like that. Who knows, he/she might even give me some. Hehe. I hope it's a man." A woman butted in.
"Stop talking and continue eating." Another man, who was probably the leader of the group, said. With that, everyone then immediately stopped talking and continued eating the food in front of them.
"W-Who are you?" Suddenly, a voice coming from another woman sounded from which everyone looked at her curiously as to who she was talking to. However, they didn't expect or perhaps they never thought that there really was someone other than them who was joining them around the fire that they made,
Everyone instinctively backed off and retreated while taking all their weapons. They looked to none other than Zach with surprise and great caution as they really didn't feel his presence until now, and that was very concerning.
Meanwhile, Zach could be found eating cup noodles as he just undid his Stealth to give them a surprise as he thought that they probably were not bad people upon hearing some of their conversations. Eating everything inside, he then just looked and gave them a sweet smile before saying, "Hello."