Chapter 190 The First Victory


    Chapter 190 The First Victory


    Even as its head hit the ground, its body kept running for a few more steps.


    Shlick!


    <i>Shlick</i>!


    Shlick<i>! </i>


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    One after another, zombie heads rolled across the pavement. A few shorter ones slipped under the first wire, only to be caught by a second, lower cable.


    In front of them stood dozens of razor–thin wires,yered like a deadly web. The steel cords tore through the charging zombie tide, and by the time the decoy team had sprinted back behind friendly lines, the street behind them was littered with corpses.


    But of course, it wasn’t over. Countless zombies had avoided the traps entirely, circling in from the nks. What awaited them there was an onught of fireballs, ice spheres, flying metal des, earth spikes, and volleys of arrows and swords.


    Theresa stood at the center, nked by Kyle and Tyger. To her left, Lucas led his team from KI Camp; to her right, Theron’s fighters held the line. Behind them, in the safest zone, were the survivors from Spark Camp–Charlotte and Den among them.


    After nearly an hour of relentless fighting, most people had depleted their abilities. When the powers ran dry, they switched to melee weapons and continued clearing the streets the old–fashioned way.


    Atst, the street fell silent.


    Their first coordinated assault as an alliance wasplete,


    Theresa had chosen the outskirts of Ansford’s High–Tech District as their first target–territory close to her own and adjacent to the factory she’d seizedst time.


    After confirming their team rosters, the alliance had spent an entire day in strategic meetings. They decided to start with this district and push deeper, street by street. Residential zones were the main objective, and that day’s operation targeted two apartment blocks along one avenue.


    To avoid drawing in more zombies with gunfire, they’d gone full trap and ability–basedbat for the first strike. And it had been a massive sess–300 survivors had gone up against over 30,000 zombies and wiped them outpletely.


    Their first battle had ended in total victory.


    “Ms. Hall… is it over?” Charlotte asked in awe, staring at the mountains of corpses piled high along the


    road.


    “This? Theresa patted her head. “This is just the beginning


    She raised her voice to the others. Clear the area. Be careful. Tomorrow, we start sweeping block by block!”


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    Chapter 190 The First Victory


    Everyone moved at once, following her orders.


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    Clean–up was simple enough–soak the bodies in gasoline and set them aze. Any twitching corpses were finished off with cold steel. The process was fast but required constant vignce.


    Theresa sat atop one of the trucks, massaging her temples. Two water bottles were suddenly thrust in front of her–one from each side.


    She looked up. Theron and Lucas were both standing there, each holding out water for her. But before she could choose, a third hand appeared. “Ms. Hall, have some water,” Charlotte said cheerfully, holding out another bottle.


    Theresa looked at the three offerings and took them all without hesitation. This was her supply, after all. Why be polite?


    With all the poise of a seasonedmander, she took a long drink and encouraged the group. “Great work, everyone. You all did well.”


    Lucas and Theron fell silent. Only Charlotte smiled brightly. “Oh, don’t mention it! I really like doing missions with you, Ms. Hall.”


    “You’ve got promise.” Theresa gave her a firm pat on the shoulder.


    “Oh, right! Ms. Hall, my brother wanted me to ask if we could buy a batch of Evoloid today?”


    “Sure. I’ll give it to you once we return. Ten gleamstones per vial.”


    Charlotte lit up, practically bouncing in ce. She looked like she wanted to hug Theresa.


    They’d known about Evoloid for a while now, courtesy of Bennie’s camp. After the grain depot incident where Bennie walked away empty–handed, he’d shifted tactics. He started trading Evoloid to other camps in exchange for food–one vial for 1,000 pounds of grain. It was a sky–high price. But smaller camps like Spark Camp, desperate to try the fabled serum exclusive to Hope Camp, had no choice but toply.


    Spark Camp had once traded 10,000 pounds of grain for just ten vials. They used them sparingly–the effects were incredible, but the cost was impossible to maintain. When they tried to negotiate, Bennie didn’t even bother replying. <i>Take </i><i>it </i>or <i>leave </i><i>it</i><i>. </i>He was the sole supplier, and he knew it.


    The smaller camps were crushed under the weight of that monopoly. Until suddenly, word spread: Theresa Hall was selling Evoloid too, and she took gleamstones–20 gleamstones per vial.


    With gleamstones bing the standard currency, the exchange rate was roughly one stone to ten pounds of grain. That meant Theresa’s Evoloid was priced at one–fifth of Bennie’s.


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