Although their car was equipped with a defensive magic scroll, Roxanne and Geoffrey, who were inside the car, still felt a great shock when the car hit the branches and vines that tried to stop their car.

"Isn’t this magic scroll protecting us? Why can’t I move the car forward?" A confused Roxanne started to panic when their car stopped in the middle of the road, and she couldn’t move the car anymore.

For some reason, Roxanne felt like the wheels were being pulled from behind, and because of that, she couldn’t move the car forward to avoid the tree branches that were beginning to just back towards the road in front of her.

"The zombie that Brother Theodore was fighting noticed our movement. I think it’s the zombie’s doing, so I’ll try to attack it with fire arrows and drive the car when I get the chance," Geoffrey explained seriously this time.

Although his head almost hit the window due to the shock caused by the zombie boss, Geoffrey immediately readied himself and picked up his crossbow to prepare to shoot at the branches and vines that were blocking them.

Theodore again tried to attract the attention of the tree zombie, but from the looks of it, he could conclude that the zombie in front of him was really angry and entering the berserk phase.

Why Theodore could conclude it like that is because when he tried to attract the zombie’s attention, he was immediately hit by the zombie’s fist, and because of that, he was pushed for about 5 meters.

"This zombie’s strength is no joke. It looks like he’s very serious this time and intends to kill me," Theodore said with a gasp after he received an attack from the zombie.

But Theodore didn’t have much time to think; he had to act immediately to save Roxanne and Geoffrey, who were trapped because of this damn zombie.

Theodore activated his Sprint skill and began to jump high by gathering his strength in both legs.

While in the air, Theodore prepared his attack. When Theodore was above the tree zombie’s head, he positioned his sword to stab the zombie; not only that, he also began to activate his Vanishing Strike skill.

"Leave them alone!" Gritting his teeth, Theodore thrust his sword towards the zombie’s neck.

After Theodore’s strike hit the zombie, a groan of pain could be heard from the zombie.

However, Theodore also heard a system notification buzzing in his head. Of course, Theodore was shocked when he heard the notification sound because he thought he was poisoned by the zombie’s tendrils.

It turned out that after he listened back, Theodore grinned happily because the notification from the system told him that he had gotten a new skill after all this time.

Ding!

[Congratulations! The host has obtained a new skill, Fire Blaze!]

[For more information, the host can check it in the host status]

Theodore actually didn’t have time to check what his new skill could do. It was just that he needed to know about it because he needed it right now to fight this damn tree zombie.

"Status window!" Theodore quickly called up his status window to get information about his new skill.

[Name: Theodore Spencer

Level: 38

Title: -

HP: 540

MP: 250

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Attributes:

- VIT: 39

- DEF: 38

- STR: 58

- INT: 50

- AGI: 48

Unused attribute points: 48

Skills:

- Meditation Lv.2 (Passive)

Every time the caster performs meditation, the caster’s mana and energy will be restored. In addition, the higher the skill level, the higher the possibility of getting new skills.

-Power Burst Lv.1 (Passive)

The caster’s power is now one level above ordinary humans. The caster’s power scale is now increased to 1.5

- Area of Protection Lv.5 (Active)

Makes the area around the caster immune to all incoming attacks for 5 minutes.

Cooldown: 3 minutes

Area Range: 15 meters (from the caster)

- Slash Lv.6 (Active)

Launches a slashing attack towards the target. The damage dealt is increased by 10% from the normal attack.

Cooldown: 20 seconds

- Vanishing Strike Lv.3 (Active)

Launches a deadly critical stab. After the skill is activated, the attack speed of the user increases by 8%.

Cooldown: 5 minutes

- Wind Slash Lv.4 (Active)

A wind slash that can knock back enemies that are around the caster.

Cooldown: 2 minutes

- Sprint Lv.3 (Active)

When the user uses this skill, everything related to speed will increase for 6 minutes.

Cooldown: 8 minutes

- Stealth Lv.1 (Active)

After activating this skill, the user will disappear and will not be detected for 30 seconds. After the duration is over, the user will be seen again as normal.

Cooldown: 30 minutes

- Fire Blaze Lv.1 (Active)

When activating this skill, the user can coat the weapon being used with fire magic. Once activated, the fire magic damage will increase by 10%. This skill can be used for 5 minutes.

Cooldown: 15 minutes]

Theodore’s eyes bulged when he saw what his new skill could do. He didn’t expect that he could finally use magic, too, even though he didn’t directly use magic, but he was quite happy with it.

"Gosh, I didn’t expect you to be so good to me, system. Giving an ultimate skill like this when I need it most," Theodore said, thanking the system and grinning widely.

However, Theodore did not get any reaction from the system. With that, Theodore returned to his current battle; he could not let his guard down because this tree zombie would attack him brutally when he felt the opportunity.

Fortunately, Theodore had kept a safe distance from him when he decided to check his status before. Otherwise, he would have been hit again by this damn zombie.

Happy because he got a new skill, Theodore immediately used his Fire Blaze skill. Theodore activated his skill while holding his sword, and slowly, the iron blade of his sword began to be covered in burning flames.

Theodore’s eyes glistened with pleasure as he saw his sword had now turned fiery. He began to run towards the tree zombie with confidence.

Theodore no longer dodged the tendrils coming towards him; he started swinging his sword when he saw them coming towards him.

As the tendrils were cut down by the swing of Theodore’s fire sword, he could see that the tendrils were scared and began to shrink back into the tree zombie’s body.

Even the tree zombie began to fidget when it felt the heat carried by Theodore’s flaming sword as Theodore walked closer to it.