Chapter 2: At least it’s not a Zombie Apocalypse

After a few minutes in silence, screams of agony started ringing out all over the building, accompanied by beastly growls. Hearing all the chaos going on on the lower floors, the girls couldn't help but squeeze closer to Muku, which made him smile wryly. Though he didn't particularly mind their heavenly scents. Remembering how they were all just sixteen and he was twenty, his expression couldn't help but go dark for a bit, wondering if he had a thing for little girls. On the bright side, his generic and a bit perverted male thoughts calmed down his secretly racing nerves. This way h,e would be able to act more appropriately, no matter what situation might occur. Boom! "Growl" "Ahh!" Just as he was stuck in his thoughts and the girls were trying their best to bury themselves in his body. A sound of a door being blasted open on their floor was heard, followed by a growl and then screams. Sounds of things breaking, screams, and growls were heard for a while before everything went quiet again. Animalistic footsteps heading their way could now be heard. The girls started shaking in fear again, as Muku's grip on the axe tightened and his gaze was laser-focused on the door. Things went quiet when the footsteps reached their door, then... Pwak! The small glass part on the door was broken, and a large dog head with a bloody mouth came through, looking inside. "Greece" Seeing some food inside (the humans), the dog started growling while trying to break through; luckily, the desk stopped the door from completely opening. But the dog's effort opened up a small part of the door. It pulled its head back, then put it through the open part. Just as the dog was probably thinking that it was about to have another feast. It suddenly felt danger from above when it looked up. Its skull was met by an axe that dug deep into it, killing it on the spot. As soon as Muku killed the giant dog. He felt his whole body go numb for a bit before it went back to normal. Before he could wonder what had just happened, a voice rang out. [Condition for Evolution met. Kill 9 more Giant dogs to reach Rank 1 Evolver and gain specialisation.] "Hmm?". Muku made a confused sound. "What's wrong with?". The fourth girl, who was a redhead named Chlo, asked him. Looking back at the girls, I saw that they had confused expressions and didn't seem to have heard anything. Muku explained to them what had happened. "Hmm...so from that it seems, killing these monsters makes us stronger and gives us a better chance to survive". Chloe said with a hand on her chest., When she looked up, she noticed everyone looking at her with a surprised expression. They can't be blamed, though, since she rarely talked in the classroom. "W-what? I read a lot of apocalypse novels, okay, and that's how they usually go". With an embarrassed look, she added. Everyone looked at her with a look of realisation. "So you're an Otak,u hu? No wonder you didn't talk to others much. So anything else you might want to add that could be useful?". Jade, the girl known to have no filter, straight up said what she wanted to, not even bothered by how she exposed Chloe's secret. "Uh,- I-I'm not an Otaku, okay!!. And for now, I don't have anything else, maybe in the future. But I have to say, things look pretty bleak right now." Chloe stuttered at being called an Otaku, so much that her mind couldn't think of anything else to say. "We wellll, at least it's not a zombie apocalypse, right?". Great teacher Muku, who couldn't bearto not be in the spotlight for even a minute, said something that would make anyone want to beat him up. "Sir, no offense but, how exactly did you manage to become a teacher?". Emily asked him with a deadpan expression. "Ey, that's hurtful, how can you ask that when you know that I finished high school at 12 and then university by 18, Hmph, if I wanted I could be doing something more paying than this...not to mention I'm super handsome." Muku started tooting his own horn again. To surprise since he does so every chance he gets. "Sigh, whatever". Emily was lost for words and didn't feel like talking to him againorher did the other girls, either, so they all ignored him. "S-So what's our next step?". Chloe's unconfident voice sounded again. "We have to find a way to start killing these monsters. From what you said, I think it's safe to say, they are either going to get stronger, or stronger beasts are going to show up eventually. So hiding it out isn't a viable solution. We just have to do what the voice said, Evolve or die". Before any of the other girls could reply to her, their joker teacher, Muku, replied to her with a serious expression, his eyes blazing with battle intent. "Well, I guess what sir says makes sense, but how do we go about it? I doubt the same trick now will work; it mostly depends on luck anyway. And we also don't have any weapons other than the axe.". The critical Layla spoke. "Hmm, I have a plan, but I need all your cooperation, plus there are emergency axes in every classroom, so the weapon part shouldn't be too hard to address." Muku, after thinking for a bit, finally spoke. "Okay, let's hear it". Emily said, while looking at him along with the other girls. "Okay, so the plan goes like this...." A while later, another dog made its way to Muku's class's floor. As soon as it turned the corner, it noticed a blonde girl standing in the hallway looking at it. As soon as their eyes met, the girl ran into the room after a little scream. If the dog were a little smarter, it would have noticed that the girls' fearful expression was a bit off. But it was a creature that worked on instinct after all, so as its prey ran, it chased. As soon as its head made it into the room, an axe was brought down on it. Before it could react, its neck was cleaved right through, killing it instantly. "What?!". Muku, who had done it along with the girls, was all surprised by this ffeatone expected him to have so much strength. "I think it's the evolution, I can't wait for when I evolve". Chloe, the otaku, was the first to recover and said with clear excitement in her eyes. She felt that she was close to realising the dream of every otaku in the world. Which was obviously to get stronger, beyond human capabilities. [Eight more kills needed before evolution] The monotonous voice was heard again in Muku's head as the familiar numb feeling occurred.