The Zombie Tournament

Act 16 : Great Zombie of the North

 It is seven in the morning. Two hours of no-fighting has begun and addressed to every brawlers in the country by the loud siren on the peak of zombie storage facility. They could treat their own wounds, returning to their secret lair, or even packing on numerous gears and limbs to collect in the meantime. 

In the other words, there would be no bloodshed until another siren rings.

For the group of massive-scale fighting survivors in the midnight, Tonado’s secret headquarters at the military district of Minopia has to be abandoned forever. There are four of them in every quadrant of the city, and the latest clash against Damon’s team has eliminated their prominent fortitude of the town at the time. There are countless heap of zombie’s remains to be used inside it, but all of them has to be dumped out as Tonado’s fighting club was going out for awhile.

For that reason, they had planned for migrating to the next-biggest safe house in Minopia. It was obscured within government-purposed construction of Minopia’s northwestern regions. Nobody has learned of its actual position, even for Juno Rumondor as the captain of the main headquarters at the military district. Their precise location and coordinates would be arranged every day, so there would never be a leak for their status anyhow.

(kriek-kriek-kriek)

The fist-fighter zombie hauled Damon and Sanna’s body on the box-carrier. One man to be feared an hour ago was lying in paralyzed state, waiting for his fate to be estimated. As the young knight saw the caped-assassin when he got close, Zeno Gunnar feels a stringent intention to eradicate him on the spot, yet Tanya Rushdi’s loyal zombie intercepted his advance everytime such feeling hits.

Of course, Zeno Gunnar’s true aim for the wagon was the man’s little brother on the right side. Sanna was leaning within a strap to boost his torso. The speedster zombie is thriving and twisting its body in a number of times to liberate himself from the bound.

Zeno Gunnar was once muddled in question when it happened before, but then a chunk of human thigh’s fresh meat was sufficient to stop Sanna’s zombie instinct afterwards.

(bam!)

“Here, an arm for you, Sanna.” Zeno Gunnar muttered,”Now, bite on those if you’ve an anxiety, brother.”

His self-conversation triggered many points of view within his companion’s mind, including Juno Rumondor that was lingering to the young knight’s approach all this time.

And then, as the curiosity impinged on himself too much, the old man tickled Zeno Gunnar on the shoulder for an answer,”Hey, why are you chatting with your zombie like that, Gunnar?” He asked, teasing his eyebrows towards the young man before him.

An interesting question for the young knight, indeed. However, Zeno Gunnar stays in silence and contemplating with himself instead. Conversely, Juno Rumondor’s keen interest towards the man’s background has impending all common courtesy, therefore pushing himself to do another pat on the young knight’s back.

“Hey, I’m asking you, young man. What’s so wrong with a good reply?” Juno Rumondor insisted.

To the question, Zeno Gunnar simply rolls his eyes in reluctance,“They’re my family. You’ll do the same if she’s yours to take.”

“Alright, Gunnar, I’ll give you a space for that.”

The old man nodded and removing himself to the front once more.

Deino Gunnar, on the other hand, has been updated and steering itself strong on the young knight’s right side. By the means of walking, a zombie has a tendency to return in dragging one of their feet if they have no desire on clearing their path with brute force. Juno Rumondor was applying a dose of special sedatives for the man’s amplifying anger, as well, so the legendary warrior of Numonia would never laid an uncontrollable impulse anymore.

As long as no other undefined foe crossing their path against them, Deino Gunnar would go on standstill and pursuing no forms of attack anytime soon.

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The floating stages of Minopia’s observer has been hovering up for the second day of their schedule. An hour before the battle’s commencement begins, many of them has arrived for enjoying another set of intense battle at their capital city. In contrast to the previous day, however, every single one of them has worn an iconic attributes for their idols in the arena.

Over many small teams in the survival arena, there are around six of them that occupied the count of stray and owned zombie’s killings in the first day. Tonado sits on the peak due to Deino and Sanna’s more than a hundred zombies’ frenzy before the main street area’s skirmish. As a runner up, Gorand industries boasts half of their sworn-enemy’s standings, but they were close on achieving sixty at the time.

(whooo-whooo)

There are flows of adolescent ticket owners at the front side of the stage. No parents on sight, only themselves and their jubilation to see an onslaught occurred on the pitch. King Taur Minosa has permitted under-age children to watch the battle. In his rulings, none of Minopia’s citizen could be incapacitated from their rights, hence the children’s presence without their older relative’s protection.

Meanwhile, in every row of the stage’s seat, a number of snack sellers were passing through the spectator’s feet and offering a bunch of nourishments to purchase. Their main theme at the moment is caesar salad. Most of the ingredients are identical to the conventional one, yet Its mixture of lettuce and eggs were concealed within a puff-ball of bread.

Likewise, the other vendors are having mashed potatoes and several types of fried noodles for the spectator’s delicacy. Its aroma invites many group of people to spend money on their food. Naturally, even their cooked noodles were made from vegetables, and it was considered as an appetizing one to comply with.

Certainly speaking, hours of endless battle would drip a drool from their mouth, and the food merchant were there to fix their hunger right away.

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To mention on the five different axis of stages, the arena’s organizers have gathered them into similar descent from the five main territory of Minopia’s pentagon-shaped country. People of the southern floating stage were embarked from the northernmost region, while the northern side possessed many survival games’ observers from the south.

These formations goes align to the shapes for the eastern and westernmost area of the stage, otherwise, so it would be a piece of cake for regulars to enter them with ease.

The survival games’ organizers was intended to make their seat  a little bit jumbled-up due to the agreement between five greatest investors of the competition years ago. All of the company’s leaders were jaded on looking at such repetitions of the spectator’s ranks, especially Tonado and Gorand Industries as the primary spenders of the contest.

Being the medicine mogul of the north, Tonado implied their stakes on the southwestern area of the capital city for their own customers’ satisfaction. The match viewers could reach one of their prime hospital in no hassle whatsoever to cure their wounds from the battle’s debris. Indeed, their floating stages were designated for avoiding such matters to be happened, yet a precaution for emergency issues are usually the main case for the company at the most.

On the opposite end, Gorand Industries swayed on fulfilling their technology grandiose by paying for the entire stakes towards the north. Their company mainly deals with machinery’s problems and production of entertainment apparatus. As a result, the majority of their stage’s ticket owners are those geeks and console lovers that would pay a handsome racks of money for complying with their rather-expensive hobby.

For the third company, Shina, their main concentration on putting a magnificent dish has outlined them on the Government area’s northwestern quadrant. It has the most exquisite environment than the other regions of the arena. Their most-adored clients are elites and wealthy person of Minopia, so an aesthetical form of gourmet is a must for their stomach. In this section, no small-time snack vendors could enter, as all of the spectators there are watching their game on a pristine-white private table.

Northeastern areas of the arena is the segments for Minopian’s champions and war heroes. Military area’s quadrant has many forms of secluded information instilled within, so Welodge Industries of Minopia has them in their pockets. This company mainly sells out refined technology of weaponry and military-grade combat vests for Minopia’s warfare needs.

And for the last, Southeastern areas was secured by Minopia’s department store owners. Sanza, as they commonly called by their loyal customers from the southeastern area, has occupied the housing quadrant on the bottom right for their client’s middle class family of the region. They would feel at home by such pleasant scenery of houses before their stage, and their company’s purse has their taste for a profit to maintain.

 (whooo- whooo!)

Uproar from the stage has augmented gradually by each highlights of the latest battle.

Upon the office area of Minopia, its viewer reminisced of how catastrophic Deino Gunnar’s might the day before. They glistened towards him and cheering over such monstrous power of the man’s numerous dives.

Ahead of the city’s housing chapter on the southwest, they were amazed on replay of Gorand industries’ golden axe zombie that was seemingly unstoppable and goes undefeated in one-full day.

However, such menacing feat could never be seen in the actual home of Gorand Industries at the north. The consecutive loss of their company’s assault has driven many of the northern stage onlookers to be disappointed from its result. From Sam Vratili’s death to Damon’s betrayal, all of the latest footage deemed them as a disgrace to behold.

Zeno Gunnar’s act to seize the four-legged’s golden axe had been on the tail of fury, as well, but they have to agree with his decision to do so nonetheless.

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Two hours has elapsed. Most of the contestants have themselves within custody of their own defenses, waiting for further command from the zombie storage’s sirens. Juno Rumondor’s group of survivors has reached their own destination, as much. It was located underneath a sewage system of the government quadrant, and they presumed those as the central headquarters for some time around.

And now, the survival game’s announcer appeared to the all-five stages’ center. She smiles playfully, blowing kisses to many viewers before her. Of course, Tonado’s band of geeks gone crazy from such gesture, while many others nodded in embarrasment of their attitude.

“Ahem!”

A small cough. She started it in a cute way, and everyone’s heart melted by her performance.

“Good morning, everyone!”

(whooo-whooo)

A surge of racketeering spectators answered her greetings with an overbearing shout.

“For the second day of our survival game, we have something to announce!” She smirked a bit, then continues on her statement afterwards,”Please, take a look to the zombie storage. You’ll see what I said.”

(bam!)

A colossal zombie has entered the survival game’s arena. It stands in 20 meters high and boasting two pairs of arms as his main feature of assault. His gritting teeth scares the adolescent one on the stage. The beast’s almighty growls screeched to everybody’s ears, pinching them hard to the hole in every chapter of his scream.

Behind his feet, dozens to thousands of metallic-armed zombie followed the colossal zombie’s admission to the game. They attained varying forms of weapons, with some of them getting a hold of rifles to fight remaining contestants around them.

“Today is the start of elimination game! The last hundred of you will be automatically entered the next round. So, stay alive, yeah?!”