Whether it was a critical hit, or something else, the female zombie's HP continued to drain.
Adrian was already holding his sphere, in the position to throw it at any time.
[[ Corrupted Human - Lv 4
HP: 2/150
MP: 0/0 ]]
[[ Capture Probability: 75% ]]
Adrian kept waiting, as his talent had yet to activate.
[[ HP: 1/150 ]]
[[ Capture Probability: 100% ]]
The text appeared to be shining, as if showing the anomaly that is unavailable to all other people in the world.
Grinning from ear to ear, Adrian let the sphere go loose, hitting the female zombie without any fan fare.
The magical scene reappeared, but this time Adrian wasn't given much time to view it properly.
From his peripheral view, he noticed a movement.
The forgotten male zombie stood up on his legs and stared menacingly, not at him, but… at the bonding sphere.
His eyes, which were affixed only on Adrian, the uncorrupted prey he wanted, had left Adrian for the first time, looking at the bonding sphere that now held his lover captive.
Graaaaaaaaaaah!
The zombie lurched back, screaming in rage as it charged madly at the bonding sphere.
"OH FUCK NO!" Adrian clutched the stick in his hand, swinging it at the zombie to stop him from damaging the sphere.
He had to take a step out of the shield, but at the moment when his instincts were taking charge, he did it without thinking.
Crack! Crunch!
The impact was cinematic, as the zombie was thrown a few meters away, bumping into the shield and then falling down.
Adrian's thick stick had cracked from the middle due to the sheer impact, but he had managed to protect the bonding sphere, luckily.
However, unluckily, protecting the sphere came at the cost of the male's death.
A full powered swing and then the crash against the shield crippled his already dwindling HP points, causing him to die on the spot.
[[ You have captured a
[[ Press the runic button on Bonding Sphere to retrieve your captured being. ]]
Adrian swiftly picked the sphere and jumped back in the shield, before breathing a sigh of relief and sitting on the floor, huffing.
His heart was racing, mainly due to the adrenaline rush that just ended. The kill was so brutal and close, Adrian was splashed with some dark, rotten blood.
His arms shivered, twitching as if disgusted by the mere presence of gore. His nose tried its hardest to block off the stench, while eyes refused to look at the scene.
He looked down at his hands, which were wrapped around the bonding sphere.
With a little excitement, he pressed the runic button on the sphere, for the first time yet.
'Whoa…'
Mysterious blue energy enveloped the sphere, expanding as it began to form a feminine shape in front of Adrian. Slowly, the shape began to glitch and twist as the rotten flesh and tattered clothes replaced the energy.
In mere seconds, the female lv 4 zombie appeared in front of him, staring into Adrian's eyes.
"I'm sorry for your loss." Adrian sighed with a shake of his head, "I'm also sorry for having you do this, but it's too disgusting for me and calling Farzom will be a waste of time." he explained- or rather defended himself before ordering, "Carry that corpse to the bio-dump."
Being forced to obey, the female didn't offer any reluctance as she picked up the corpse in a princess carry, beginning to walk ahead of Adrian.
Adrian jogged lightly, overtaking her, but his target was the water tap. He wanted to clean off the disgusting rotten blood off of him, as soon as possible.
Once he was done with cleaning, he walked around the control room and reached the bioreactor's duct.
With the female already waiting there, Adrian ordered her to put the corpse in the duct and so she did.
Her movements were very gentle, as if putting a baby to sleep after promising that there will be no nightmares.
The bioreactor's screen flashed.
[ 103% (Lowest ) ]
[ Convert the energy to (Low) ? ]
[ Y / N ]
"No." Adrian said as he pressed the N.
He smiled after realizing that the energy percentage can go over 100 and still won't be converted without his explicit permission.
It allowed him to save energy without finding ways to waste it intentionally.
'Though I should still do a radar before 12 PM, it might prove helpful.' Adrian nodded to himself before pressing the runic button on his bonding sphere again.
Energy exploded out of the sphere, swiftly enveloping the zombie and glitching her back out of existence.
Then, he went inside the control room to register his bond.
[ Sphere Slots - 1/5 ]
// Found that the user possesses an unregistered Bonding Sphere. //
// Register in the Control Hub? Y/N //
Adrian swiftly clicked Y, and untightened his grip over the bonding sphere.
His sphere began to float towards the second sphere slot, while shrinking in size to embed it perfectly.
[ Corrupted Human Lv4 has been registered. ]
// Allocate in the Sphere Slot 2? Y/N //
'I need a helper to fight out of the area during the hunting.' Adrian thought as he clicked on the N, causing the sphere to get unlodged from the slot 2 and float towards him.
Luckily, the sphere stayed small, which made it easier to carry and store.
With that done, Adrian was dying to check out the stats of his new bond, so he swiftly changed into the manager tab.
[ Manager ]
[ Fabrication Grid ]
// Recipes //
1. Bonding Sphere (Common) x1 - An item that can capture beings that have been touched by corruption.
1L Energy-infused water( water of regeneration ). 10 energy chips.
2. Energy Chips (Junk) x10 - Wooden chips infused with energy.
100 ml Energy-infused water, 20 wooden chips.
3. Bioreactor module (Uncommon) x1 - An upgrade module to unlock the Bioreactor feature in the control room.
10L Energy-infused water. 100 energy chips.
4. Farming Pot (Common) x1 - A farming pot that can be used to harvest any kind of seed up till the common grade.
50 energy chips. 1 kg wet soil. 1% Energy.
Note: Wooden chips need to be around 1-5 inches in length, breadth and height.
[ Bonds ]
// Corrupted Human Lv2 - Farzom
Grade: F+
Attack: 17
Defence: 6
Magic: 0
Skills: Gardening - The bond possesses knowledge about gardening and farming.
Currently allocated to Slot 1. //
// Corrupted Human Lv4
Grade: E
Attack: 23
Defence: 9
Magic: 0
Skills: Chef - The bond possesses knowledge about cooking and basic proficiency at using knives.
Unallocated. //