"After two days of walking the trees begin to get taller, there is little clear land and I do not feel the presence of hostile and strong beings nearby"
Matthew kept walking, the sky was getting darker little by little, soon the long night would come again.
"I think I should take advantage while there is light, this forest will be very dark at dusk and although it is not a major problem, at least I want to know how far this forest extends," Matthew thought as he spread his bloody wings and flew until he surpassed the leafy tops of the trees.
From above, while flapping his enormous bat wings covered in dark blood, an undoubtedly imposing view spread before him.
"To call it a sea of trees would be an understatement," Matthew concluded as he looked at the dense green landscape made up of the treetops that stretched to the horizon where the trees seemed taller as if they were a static green wave in the distance, and, even beyond them were almost spectral mountains as they seemed to merge with the horizon.
Squawk!
A chilling squawk or something similar spread through the surroundings.
Matthew felt a strong presence approaching quickly, at that moment he didn't even hesitate and swallowed a "monster" pill that he had in his mouth.
He created a "bone spear" and threw it with undoubted force to repeat the process two more times in the direction in which something resembling a huge flying dinosaur with an imposing and hostile appearance was approaching.
One spear pierced the neck, another the head, and the third spear pierced the body of the flying creature, which caused a great commotion as it fell between the trees with resounding speed.
"It was a Rank A+ beast," Matthew quickly headed to the place where the creature that was four times his size had fallen.
The zombie dogs were already watching the surroundings.
The first thing Matthew did was retrieve the three spears, after which he created a "bone sword" and used it to extract the teeth of the ferocious, flying, carnivorous dinosaur-like creature.
[The host's teeth have been restored]
"I was finally able to restore my teeth completely, that was something that was bothering me," Matthew thought after swallowing some teeth that he extracted from the creature.
Matthew began to devour the enormous wings of scaly skin, the thick and fresh meat, the bones, everything he ripped off bite by bite.
[Host, you would like to replace your current wings or strengthen them]
"System, just strengthen my current wings"
[fulfilling the host's order...]
[The host's wings have been strengthened]
[Coins: 36 Brains]
[Zombie: Rank A-]
For some reason, after a few hours, Matthew, who had already devoured the creature's wings, felt that he was close to surpassing "A-" Rank, thus reaching A Rank.
As he had verified that he only obtained coins from zombies or beings with the same Power Rank as him or with a higher Rank, he preferred to wait, because, although he had previously lowered his rank, the system always recognized his highest Rank reached as the Rank in which he could obtain coins, otherwise he would have returned to being a Rank F zombie to take advantage of that opportunity, he realized this very late or perhaps the pressing circumstances did not allow him to focus on the coins at the beginning.
The D+ Rank zombie dog approached Matthew upon being called.
At that moment, Matthew created a "bone sword" and cut off his own left arm.
On Matthew's orders, the zombie dog devoured the arm, crushing it in its jaws and then swallowing it.
[The host's left arm has regenerated]
Matthew didn't wait any longer and cut off his own right arm.
After finishing devouring the "left arm", the zombie dog devoured the right arm, whereupon the concentration of the zombie virus in its body rose, allowing it to reach Rank C-.
[The host's right arm has regenerated]
[zombie: Rank B+]
[Zombie Dog: Rank C-]
Having risen in Rank, the size of the zombie dog increased a little, reaching a height of 1.70 meters with a length of 3.10 meters. Furthermore, upon making the qualitative leap, the zombie dog approached Matthew cautiously, voluntarily recognizing him as its master.
"Go keep an eye on the surroundings"
The towering zombie dog barked, and then followed Matthew's order.
After achieving his goal, Matthew sat next to the remains of the flying creature and began to devour it bite by bite, tearing off flesh, bones, entrails and more, until after a few hours, his prey became a bloody stain on the surface of the dirt and grass floor.
[Zombie: Rank A-]
[Coins: 40 Brains]