"Well, that went well". Muku said with a smile feeling that he had gotten a little stronger.
"Well, easy for you to say, you aren't the one who had to be bait". Emily said with a grumpy face.
"You know, kids, it's only been a few hours since this whole thing started, but I can't help but feel like you all have been taking me too lightly ever since then". Muku said with a displeased look on his face, feeling like these little girls had been treating him like they were of equal age for a while.
"I don't know what you're talking about". Emily replied why look away to avoid eye contact.
The other girls did the same, with similar thoughts in all their minds.
{Well, we wouldn't disrespect you if you didn't act so childish all the time}
"Well, whatever, we don't have the time right now, let's get on with it; I feel like I can take on a single dog head-on now, so I don't need bait anymore. I'm going to risk it a little bit and go to a lower floor.."
"No!!" × 4
Muku was telling them how he was planning to go to the lower floors alone, but before he could finish, he was interrupted by a combined shout from all the girls.
"Don't worry, I'm not abandoning you; I just think that waiting for them to come to us isn't effective enough in the long run. So I was thinking if I g...oh, that doesn't seem necessary, seems your shout alerted them". Just as he was explaining himself to the girls, he felt multiple familiar animalistic footsteps coming up the stairs.
Although he was surprised by his newfound sensitivity to minor vibrations in the ground. He knew it wasn't the time for that as the situation had suddenly gotten dire.
"Quickly barricade the door and hold your axes up close!!". Muku quickly told the girls to grab the axes they had gotten from other classrooms as he quickly threw some furniture at the door.
Bang!
Before they could throw everything they could at the door, the dogs, which were a scary five in number, reached the door and started bashing it with their giant bodies. In less than thirty seconds, the door had been partly opened. The gap was enough for a single dog to force its way through and so one did.
Luckily for them,, the dogs were rather dumb, so they didn't try to continue to open the door but waited for one to enter before the next would try.
As soon as the dog's head got through, a familiar scene occurred, Muku cut its head off.
[Seven more....]
The voice rang, accompanied by the numbness.
When they thought, this should deter the dogs, a horrifying scene occurred. The dog's corpse was dragged back by the others and was ripped up before being consumed. The only thing that remained of it was the blood stains on the floor.
As soon as they finished their meal, another dog tried to force its way through.
"Well, it seems they aren't very smart; Emily. You kill this one; I can't be the only one to get stronger after all". Muku said after collecting himself. He didn't rush to kill the dog as he felt it would be unfair and unsafe if he was the only one to get stronger considering their situation where anything can happen.
"Wha, what, why me?!, you do it". The sweet and harmless Emily couldn't bring herself to decapitate a living creature even if it was a monster lusting over her life.
"Arg, I'll do it". Seeing that they didn't have time, the decisive Jade struck down, hitting the dog's head quite a bit, but since she wasn't that strong she couldn't kill it.
The dog, feeling the threat to its life, wanted to pull back, but it was finished off by Muku, its head falling to the ground. Then its corpse, too, was dragged and eaten.
[Six more kills....]
"Well, that was a close one". Muku said with a slightly fearful expression since before being struck by Jade the dog almost made it through. Since he hadn't really faced one head-on, he wasn't sure if he would be able to handle it.
The dogs seemed to have finally learned their lesson as they didn't try to force themselves in anymore. But they also didn't leave, just circled around in front of the door.
"I- I'm sorry, everyone; I couldn't do it and almost put everyone in danger". Emily said to everyone with her head held down, tears threatening to get out of her eyes.
"It's fine, Emily; it's only natural not to be so easily capable of taking a life. In fact, the one I'm worried about is Jade; I think there's a possibility she's secretly a serial killer." Before the girls could say anything, Muku had already spoken, even joking with her a little bit.
"Hey!!! What do you mean I might be secretly a serial killer? You're the one who's decapitating them without batting an eye. If you ask me, you're the serial killer here!". Jade angrily rebutted his statement.
"Hmhp! There's no way I could be a serial killer. Can't you see my handsome face? Have you ever seen a serial killer with such a handsome face before?". Muku replied to her with a disdainful expression on his face.
"Are you calling me ugly then?!". Jade's expression darkened as she asked.
"Hehe, Hahaha". Emily, along with the other girls, couldn't help but laugh at their comical exchange.
Of course, they all knew that Muku and Jade were trying to lighten the mood with their act, which warmed their hearts.
"Thank you for not blaming me, everyone, and I will try not to hold you all back again; I know that this isn't the time to be weak. I also want to be strong and protect you all". After laughing, Emily seriously said to everyone, knowing that their current situation didn't allow any room for weakness or weak people.