<h4>Chapter 11: Top tier skill?</h4>


    Seeing his updated status window, Luke nodded in satisfaction. Now he was no longer in the ''mediocre'' category.


    After he was done, he went back to Ben and Alice and asked her, "So, what kind of skill and treasure did you get?"


    "I… I got a level 3 bracelet. It''s a single time use item. When used, it can make the user fly up to 10 meters for 10 seconds." Alice said, showing him the green bracelet on her wrist.


    "As for the skill, I got the me maniption skill. It''s a level 3 three and first order skill. From the information I received, this skill is pretty amazing." She said, her voice hiding her barely conceble happiness.


    When Luke heard the skill''s name, his eyes widened in surprise. He couldn''t help but ask again, "Did you say ''me maniption''?"


    "Yes. What''s the matter? Is there a problem with this skill?" Alice nodded before asking in concern.


    Luke took a deep breath and shook his head. "No. There is nothing wrong with your skill. I was just surprised because I just couldn''t believe your luck is so good that got you such an amazing skill."


    "Oh? How is it amazing?" She asked, her interest piqued. Although she got the feeling that her skill was good, Luke''s expression just then told her she was still undermining it.


    "Although I can''t say for sure, all the skills that has word ''maniption'' behind them are supposed to be top grade skills because as you upgrade them, they allow you to master and control the corresponding element." Luke exined. This is all the information he heard from his ''master'' when he was talking to his friends.


    Alice''s eyes glowed in excitement when she heard this and asked, "So, what you mean is, after I upgrade this skill enough, I''ll be able to control the fire elementpletely?"


    "Yes. You should be." Luke nodded. Before she started daydreaming, he warned her, "Remember not to tell anyone about your skill. Even if you have to tell, just say it''s fire control or something like that. Don''t ever mention the word maniption or you''ll be hunted down by the other greedy people."


    "Un. Got it. Thanks for the warning." Alice gratefully nodded.


    "Oh, yeah. What level was that evolved zombie you killed?" He asked.


    "Level 3. Why?"


    Luke shook his head and said, "You guys, rest here and recuperate. We''ll continue to clear the other houses and level up." Luke told them.


    "Where are you going?" Ben asked.


    "Upstairs." Luke said and then immediately added, "I advise you to stay here if you don''t want to see a gruesome sight."


    Alice, who was about to follow him, stopped dead in her tracks when she understood his meaning.


    Ben didn''t understand, but seeing her stop, he also curbed his curiosity. After Luke went out of the room, he asked, "What was he talking about?"


    "You know how zombies evolve?" She counter questioned.


    "Yeah. By eating other humans." Ben reflexively said. Then suddenly, he understood what Luke meant by the gruesome sight.


    The two level 3 zombies must have killed and eaten quite a few people to evolve and since they were staying upstairs, it meant their food was there too.


    "Since he knows what''s upstairs, why is he going still?" Ben murmured.


    "Perhaps he suspects there is some other reason behind their fast evolution?" Alice guessed.


    If Luke had heard her guess, he would''ve been surprised yet again by her because she waspletely right. He suspected that there should be some other reason behind the zombies'' fast evolution.


    How did hee to this conclusion?


    Simply because this house wasn''t a boarding house or anything simr, but a simple house where only an average family of 4-5 could livefortably and after entering the house, they have encountered 5 people or one dead body and four zombies, to be exact.


    So, if we assume that there weren''t more people for the zombies to consume and evolve, that leaves us with only one possibility. There was something else that caused them to evolve.


    If it was someone else, they would find this possibility hard to ept. Fortunately, it was Luke who knew things ordinary people didn''t know.


    For example, he knew there were indeed things that could help zombies and beasts evolve quickly or they can strengthen them so much that other creature of the same level could never match them. The mostmon of these miraculous things was the mutated nts or fruits.


    As Luke mentioned before, the entire was going through the evolution, not just humans or beasts but the vegetation too.


    When the vegetation and nts evolve, they often mutate. Some of them be so deadly that they can easily kill even the evolved creatures when consumed.


    While some mutate to be heavenly treasures which, if eaten, would expedite one''s evolution or give them various kinds of benefits.


    When Luke reached the second floor, he didn''t find any dead body which firmed his belief that there was something extraordinary here.


    He searched all the rooms one by one but didn''t find anything. When he reached thest room near the balcony, he smelt the natural fragrance of nts.


    Looking inside, he noticed there was a small flowerpot near the balcony. It had a pink-colored nt which was exuding this fragrance. He could even see a few small berry-like fruits hanging from its branches.


    Seeing this, a smile appeared on his face. If humans could also eat these fruits without any side effect, then these will help him a lot to be stronger.


    However, just as he was about to walk toward it, he suddenly felt lightheaded and disoriented. Slowly, his consciousness was also bing blurry.


    ''Crap! It''s dangerous.'' Luke cursed. He knew if he lost consciousness here, he might not wake up ever again.


    Whoosh!


    He immediately turned around and dashed out of the room, closing the door after him.


    After a few minutes, he became normal again.


    "What kind of nt is that? It''s too dangerous." He mumbled. ''It seems I can''t bring the whole nt with me.''


    After carefully assessing the situation, he turned around entered the room once again. Since he couldn''t bring the nt, he wanted to bring the fruits at least.


    This time, he was holding his breath to avoid being affected by the fragrance. However, after he was halfway to the nt, he started feeling disorienting once again.


    ''What a terrifying little thing!'' He eximed in shock and became even more determined to take its fruits. He gritted his teeth and sprinted all the way to the nt and plucked the fruits.


    After taking all the fruits, he took out his sword and shed the nt into pieces, destroying it.


    Since humans couldn''t even get close to it without being affected, it wasn''t likely to benefit them.


    So destroying it was the most appropriate thing to do, since he couldn''t allow the already fearsome zombies and beasts benefit from it.