Apocalypse Rebirth: Beauties Surround Me

Elijah frowned as he recalled Daisy's encounter near the villa.

"You felt an uncontrollable fear, disabling your abilities and preventing normal movement whenever you approached the villa?"

"Yes, but as soon as I moved away, everything went back to normal. That's why I think there's an ability user inside," Daisy said, still a bit shaken.

"You're probably right. It sounds like a mental-type ability," Elijah speculated. In fact, Elijah, Fiona, and even Charlotte could be considered mental-type ability users, each with their unique way of applying their powers.

"Mental-type?"

"Yes, similar to characters from anime or games with psychic abilities. But I think 'psychic intimidation' fits better," Elijah explained, then turned to Olivia. "There were three people in that villa, right? What about the emotions of the other two?"

"Oh, they were gray. Gray represents no emotions, which I encountered for the first time," Olivia answered, a bit flustered by the sudden attention.

"No emotions?" Elijah found this peculiar.

Olivia then remembered something else. "The ability user in that villa is a man I've met before. Before I met Daisy, I passed by his villa. He greeted me and tried to lure me inside with food. His emotions were yellow, which felt malicious to me, so I ignored him and ran away."

"Did you notice how many people were in his house at that time?" Elijah asked.

"I think... two?" Olivia said uncertainly.

"Got it." Elijah nodded, having a clearer picture now. He had seen this type before in his past life: some were after wealth, some after women, some after both, and some even went as far as taking lives.

"I'll have the zombies probe the area. Do you need more rest?" Elijah asked Daisy.

"No need! Let's go together," Daisy replied.

"Okay."

The group left the villa and, led by Daisy, approached the suspect villa.

Elijah sent the sensing female zombie forward to slowly approach the villa. At first, everything seemed normal.

But as the zombie neared the front door, it suddenly halted.

Elijah sensed a disruption in his mental link with the zombie, as if something was pulling it, making it highly unstable.

The sensing zombie's body twisted unnaturally before breaking free from Elijah's control, seemingly terrified, and fled in another direction.

"Interesting," Elijah said, not alarmed but rather amused.

Elijah's words had barely left his mouth when the fleeing sensing female zombie stopped abruptly. Once it was out of the villa's influence range, Elijah regained control over it.

"The other party can even affect your control over zombies?" Daisy asked, astonished.

"The sensing female zombie is a wild awakened zombie, so it's naturally resistant to my control," Elijah explained nonchalantly. "Let's try another one."

This time, Elijah sent the strength-type zombie forward. It was the small female sales associate who had been among the first zombies he contracted.

After awakening her powers, her physique had grown considerably, nearly matching Lily's stature.

As the strength-type zombie approached the villa, Elijah again felt the mental link being disturbed.

However, this time the zombie did not lose control.

Following Elijah's command, it tensed its muscles and smashed open the half-closed iron gate, stepping into the yard.

"Hey, we've got no past grudges, no recent conflicts. Why are you suddenly breaking into my house?"

A man appeared on the second floor of the villa, glaring at Elijah.

His eyes flashed with a greedy desire when he saw Abigail, Daisy, Olivia, and Jasmine behind Elijah.

"We're looking for someone. If everyone in the villa comes out, we won't have to go in," Elijah replied lazily.

"There's no one you're looking for here!" the man snorted coldly. "If you don't leave, don't blame me for being unkind!"

"Oh? I'd like to see how unkind you can be," Elijah sneered.

The strength-type female zombie, receiving his command, tensed its muscles and swiftly moved to the villa's front door.

With a loud crash, the villa's security door was kicked open by the zombie, revealing the entrance.

The man on the second floor's expression changed instantly.

He had barely drawn a bow and arrow, realizing he wouldn't have time to use it.

He put down the bow, grabbed a long sword, and positioned himself at the top of the stairs, ready for the zombie's attack.

However, Elijah had no intention of sending the zombie into combat inside the villa where he couldn't see.

He merely wanted to use the zombie as a distraction.

Elijah planned to sneak closer himself, believing his second-tier abilities would offer significant resistance to the mind control powers of a first-tier user.

Suddenly, Elijah thought of Olivia's ability. He cut his finger, squeezing out a drop of blood for Olivia. "Here, drink this!"

"??" Olivia looked bewildered.

"Don't worry, Elijah wants to borrow your ability. Drinking his blood means you're truly joining us," Daisy explained.

Olivia, sensing no malice from Elijah and trusting Daisy, swallowed the blood without hesitation.

Immediately, Elijah and Olivia established a link, and he switched to Olivia's ability.

His vision became clear, and he saw three figures in front of him.

Two were shrouded in gray, seemingly lying on the ground, while the third, glowing red with a sword, stood at the top of the stairs.

Elijah sensed a strong malice emanating from the red figure.

"Got you!" Elijah murmured. Switching back to the zombie's strength, he leapt onto the roof of the adjacent villa.

He switched back to Olivia's ability to confirm the man's position, then raised his spear, aiming carefully.

"Go!" The silver spear turned into a bolt of lightning, shattering the window and piercing through the man's back before he could react.

With a loud thud, the spear pinned the man to the wall, and he fell down the stairs with a crash.

Elijah checked the situation again through Olivia's ability, confirming the threat was neutralized.

He jumped down and told Daisy, "Getting too close makes us susceptible to his powers. Long-distance attacks are safer. It's done now. Let's go in."

"It's over just like that?" Olivia was dumbfounded.

Jasmine was also in disbelief.

"Heh, Elijah is very capable!" Daisy said proudly, following Elijah into the villa.

The strength-type zombie waited by the door, where the broken security door had created a mess.

Elijah stepped over the debris and headed straight to the stairs.

Halfway up, he found the man lying on the landing, a gaping wound in his chest gushing blood.

The man looked at Elijah with a mixture of despair and anger. "Damn it, why..."

His voice was hoarse and weak, clearly dying. Elijah ignored him and continued to the second floor.

In the upstairs living room, Elijah saw two women. Both were naked, with dog-like tails, collared, and kneeling on the floor.

They looked at Elijah with slightly wagging tails, their faces showing a dull, fawning smile.

Elijah sighed softly at the sight.

Daisy, following closely, was equally shocked. "That bastard!" she hissed through clenched teeth. "How could he do this?"

Olivia and Jasmine also arrived, both gasping in shock.

"That's… Aunt Clara… How did she end up like this?" Olivia said in disbelief.