Zerra closed her eyes and opened them again right at the moment someone was trying to stab her with their weapon. She took out her pitchfork. Since there was no helping it, she stabbed the person back. He hunched over in pain, looking at the red waterfall on his stomach incredulously. Her eyes regarded the man coldly as he sank to the ground. There wasn’t only one person going after her. In an instant, she knew the reason. They hated her because she had exposed their secret hideout in the forest, whoever the mastermind was. Newest update provıded by 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵·𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮·𝓷𝓮𝓽 "Don’t just stand there." Cassias’ nonchalant voice floated over, startling Derek into recovering his senses. The man’s complexion was pale. He gazed at the man crumbling beneath Cassias with a complex gaze. "I am not behind all of this," he muttered, a little stifled. When the ability users he had brought started attacking him, he didn’t just stand there like a sitting duck. Zerra, entangled in a fight between a few men, stabbed them one by one. With a lot of them unleashing their abilities, of course she couldn’t make it out unscathed. The wind blades grazed her skin, and fireballs occasionally burned her. "What are you all doing?" Derek’s assistant’s enraged voice reverberated on the battlefield of man versus man. It was no longer just human versus zombies now. The man was full of anger, taking out his knife as he channeled his fury into the traitors. "If you do this, you know that the Research Institute wouldn’t tolerate this, right? You are betraying us!" "You will have no place to return to!" He rasped. Even though he was furious, he was still trying to reason with them. Offending the Research Institute and the human base at once... he thought such a thing could stop them from attacking further, but... "William, you say useless words." One of them sneered at him. "Now that we have made such a decision, we naturally know the consequences." "You are still a little too naïve." Another chimed in as he thrust his spear in William’s direction. "What do you mean?" William asked in a grim tone. "The Research Institute and the human base aren’t the only safe places in this world. Besides, you Research Institute people treated us like dogs, ordering this or that," the man spat unhappily. Not all the ability users from the Research Institute betrayed them, but most of them. "A great scientist has offered to help him contributing to humanity. It’s better than following all of you, having so little to eat." The man added. "Are there more of you at the Research Institute?" William asked gravely. The man was kicked to the side by his companion, who glared at him. He mocked William. "Don’t expect us to fall for such a low-level trick. Fishing out for information, are we?" Derek wasn’t that good at fighting, but he was excellent at making use of mutated plants. His hand sprinkled something into the air. In an instant, some people were momentarily paralyzed. "Zerra, you have to believe me. I didn’t do all of this." He managed to crawl near her with some difficulty, taking down people by making use of the mutated plants’ effect. Zerra knitted her eyebrows. This man, who was usually quite composed, looked as if he had suffered a breakdown from this major betrayal. They all listened to him, but in the end it wasn’t because they respected him. They had ulterior motive. It was like bringing a wolf back to its den. Previously, she was a little doubtful, but seeing the wounds on Derek’s body, she knew those men wanted to silence him. They had aimed at his vital parts ruthlessly. She pursed her lips, unsure of how to comfort him. "I will go deal with them. After all, I was the one who brought them here," He said upon noticing Zerra’s long silence. "You are still injured," she muttered. "Just stay here obediently." She stared at him until he fell silent. At this moment, Cassias approached them. When he saw Derek badly injured, he remained expressionless. "Leave no one alive!" Lieutenant Colonel Dalton’s voice reverberated in the forest. His eyes shone with the determination to make them regret their decision. He had heard the conversation between William and other ability users earlier. Since these people supported the inhuman experiment, it was better not to let anyone be left alive. The ability users from the Research Institute had enjoyed the best resource treatment given to them, as their number wasn’t that many. They also didn’t take just anyone in, which bred a sense of superiority in their hearts. However, at this moment, they were stunned. They had imagined a scene of them silencing Derek just like the people behind them had ordered, then coming back to the Research Institute empty-handed. Never in their wildest dream that they guessed they would meet people so powerful they could take care of them easily. When Zerra was gone, Laziel had blamed himself for being so weak he couldn’t protect his younger sister. As such, most of his time only consists of searching for her, then training and training. After slaughtering a lot of mutated animals, naturally his power and fighting skills improved. Alongside Nyra, both siblings easily took down a lot of Research Institute traitors. Seeing the situation turning for the worse, they immediately changed their tune. "William, we were blinded by a momentary impulse–" The man didn’t get to finish his words when he got slashed by Nyra’s longsword, clutching his neck in disbelief. "It isn’t an impulse," William mocked him, his gaze full of gratitude toward Nyra. "You have considered it very carefully. Now, face the consequences." He ignored the dying man and went after other ability users. They all scattered in fear when they saw their numbers plummeting sharply. "Why don’t you go to the wooden hut instead?" An ability user from the Research Institute sucked in a deep breath in fear. "They are running away right now. Go after them!" The moment he said this, his words worked somewhat. Zerra frowned, and her expression turned grim. "We were nearly deceived. Our focus should be the people at the wooden hut," she muttered. "Let’s go." Zerra hurriedly ran toward the wooden hut, followed by Cassias and others. Meanwhile, the man who had said these words had a look of horror on his face, realizing his demise. Now, he had sold them out too, and there was no place for him to go even if he survived. The moment Zerra arrived at the wooden hut, she kicked it open. The sight inside was immediately revealed to her.