Lakeside Residential District—a massive housing complex on the edge of Clearford City—was already crawling with zombies. Wall to wall, undead packed every street and alley like a living tide, the whole zone overrun long before Ethan and his squad arrived.
Today's mission? Kill the Tier 8 zombie reportedly lurking somewhere in this area.
With no Tier 9 targets in range, they had no choice but to hunt Tier 8s.
Sure, now that they could cultivate, they were stronger than ever. But crystal cores still sped up progress like nothing else.
Ethan didn't need Tier 8 cores—he was already Tier 9—but his team definitely did. Especially since Tier 8 cores weren't exactly growing on trees.
Emily, for one, had already been a Tier 6 Awakened when she was still with the Silverfox Squad. Her power had been crucial to their operations, so they'd never skimped when it came to giving her the cores she needed.
And once she hit Tier 6, her healing ability had taken a serious leap forward.
