The Endgame Chronicles (by Hugh White) novel Chapter 578

Chapter 578

Chapter 578

Marvin waited until the last student rushed past him before he finally turned and ran.

The second he burst out into the hallway, his heart dropped.

It was a sea of corpses.

Zombies flooded in from the skybridge behind them, pouring forward in wave after wave.

Under the golden wash of sunset, countless twisted faces glowed in the light. Every one of them was grotesc and every one of them was sprinting straight at them.

The students raised their baseball bats and fought as they ran, trying to keep up with Hayley at the front.

Hayley carved a path along the thinner side of the swarm, twin blades flashing, blood spraying as she forced opening.

Even with a path cleared, the students looked fragile in the middle of that tide, like driftwood in a hurricane.

Ryker, Andrew, and the other boys hugged the outer wall, swinging hard at the first zombies that broke throu They smashed skulls again and again just to keep breathing space.

Sydney and Trina stayed closer to the inside.

Sydney swung as well, striking at anything that lunged close.

Trina, on the other hand, only screamed.

“Ahh! Behind you! Right side! Right side! Aaaah!”

“Stop screaming! Just shut up!” Sydney snapped.

That did it.

Trina’s temper flared instantly. She saw a zombie leap forward and, without hesitation, shoved Sydney toward i

“Go to hell!”

Sydney stumbled forward, right into open jaws.

“Ah!”

Right then, a dark blur shot in. Strong arms hooked around Sydney’s waist and yanked her back

“Not one of you gets left behind!”

Marvin wrapped both arms wide, shielding her like a hen covering its chicks, his back exposed to the charging horde.

“Grab on! All of you!”

Power flared under his feet.

His gift activated.

He could only move in a straight line, but once it started, it was fast.

He leaned forward like an old ox pushing a loaded cart and drove the entire group ahead in a straight burst, racing

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after Hayley.

Hayley felt the shift behind her. She glanced back and froze for half a heartbeat.

Marvin, teeth gritted, shoving every last student forward while turning himself into a shield. Hayley’s eyes sharpened. Her blades moved faster, and her speed kicked up another level.

“Die!”

[Nine thousand nine hundred and fifty-one.

[Nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven.

[Nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine.

[Ten thousand!]

As she sprinted and cut through zombies in a relentless flow, the mission counter in her mind ticked over.

Ten thousand kills, complete!

The notification flashed through her consciousness.

But she didn’t slow.

She pushed harder and ran at top speed.

Behind her, Marvin strained to keep up. Right after him, a tidal wave of roaring zombies thundered down the corridor.

The sun sank lower. Shadows stretched long as darkness thickened.

And with it, the zombies sped up.

Everyone was running for their lives now. Finally, they reached the stairs

Hayley shot down from the third floor to the first in a blur.

Then she glanced back, and her heart tightened. The group was still on the second floor. They had fallen behind.

Marvin’s gift had burned out.

“Mr. Ortega!” Andrew shouted when he saw Marvin’s legs falter.

“I’m fine!” Marvin rasped. “You guys run!”

Above them, the zombies flooded into the stairwell.

There was no time to hesitate.