Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Endgame Chronicles: Kabanata 301 - Kabanata 310

What the people from other bases said made the Cooks' hearts skip.Hayley Reid. The real power behind the Haylight League wasn't Liam from Base K1, and it wasn't Milo from Firebrand Base. It was Hayley, the one with almost no reputation.She was the boss of all of them!Russell, in particular, was completely shaken.No matter how many times he replayed it in his head, he never would've guessed that Hayley was the true heavyweight of this entire meeting, the person everyone had come to see.No wonder Alex's very first question had been about the Haylight League.And the answer had been standing right in front of them the whole time."Aren't those people from Ironlock Base?""Yeah. What's going on with them?"Malcolm walked in behind them. Seeing the situation, said, "Captain Reid, the people from Ironlock Base said they only came to meet you.""Right. They even said they would only be received by Base K1 or Firebrand Base."When Russell heard the murmurs around him, his fac

Aside from hitting him, Hayley had honestly been pretty good to Griffin. She treated him the same way she treated Leonard, Thomas, and Robert.But somehow, it was as if he were literally heartless. No matter what she gave him, none of it ever seemed to reach him.He was cold to the bone, yet he always wore a playful, warm smile."Forget it."Everyone had flaws. No matter what, Hayley was sure there was always a weak point to be found."Let's eat first."After seeing the Cooks leave, Malcolm arranged for everyone to have dinner.As the host base for the meeting, Ember Base put together a spread to welcome everyone. Each table had four dishes and a pot of soup, with pasta as the main staple.The food was simple: bacon, diced ham, pickles, fried instant noodles, and a thin soup made from instant broth and dried meal packs.The dried meal packs and instant noodles had been traded from Hayley. The bacon, ham, and pickles were supplies they had gotten after recapturing the city. Fre

Hayley carried herself with effortless confidence. She led from the front, and she had the power to match.Everyone exchanged looks, then instinctively glanced at Liam and Milo sitting on either side of Hayley.One was the leader of Base K1, the other the leader of Firebrand Base. Liam looked calm and composed, while Milo looked openly approving.In short, both of them clearly thought Hayley was absolutely right.At moments like this, Hayley had to be the one speaking.Hayley had always been Liam's mouthpiece. Liam was too generous and polite to say things this bluntly. He couldn't bring himself to humiliate people like that, either. Milo, on the other hand, had a hot temper. If he were the one talking, half of the people in the room might already be dead.Neither option worked.Only Hayley could do it. She was direct and ruthless, saying things as they were.A stretch of silence followed as the leaders of the various bases weighed their options."I still want some time to t

"Raarh!""Raarh!""Raarh!"The streets were packed with zombies, shoulder to shoulder, drifting aimlessly in endless clusters.Wounds and rotting flesh from the long winter had split open again, with pus oozing out. Guts and decayed meat leaked yellowish sludge. In the scorching May heat, pushing past 100°F, clouds of buzzing flies swarmed over the streets, circling the zombies in thick waves.A car crossed the overpass ahead. The zombies immediately locked onto its direction, lifting their barely recognizable faces.Gray-white skin clung tight to bare bones, so thin that there wasn't a trace of flesh left. A whole slab of scalp had been torn from the hairline down to the bridge of the nose, exposing dark red muscle in uneven layers. Brow bones and nasal bones were completely visible.That horrifying zombie stared up at the vehicle racing overhead.Of course, it wasn't the only one watching.Thousands of zombies across the street all tilted their heads upward, their eyes fixed

After Jim finished speaking, he saw Milo turn back into the vehicle, as if discussing something with the others.A moment later, Milo looked back at him. "Thanks, kid."Jim noticed that the armored vehicle didn't head into the mountains. Instead, it pulled over to the side of the road.A group climbed out of the vehicle, looking like they were setting up camp on the spot. Seeing that they weren't going any farther in, Jim finally let out a small breath of relief.Just then, raised voices erupted from his own team behind him."Norris! You jerk! What the hell was that just now? You tried to use me as a freaking shield?"The tall, skinny man called Norris Tomlinson looked annoyed. "Didn't you come out fine?""Fine? You almost got me killed! This isn't the first time you've used us as shields! Sherry died because of you!""Desperate situation, desperate measures." Norris shrugged, his narrow eyes gleaming coldly. "So what if I used you as a shield? You're just a tramp anyone can pu