Chapter 96

Once Hudson was ready, he snapped his eyes open. He gave Winona a brief warning before launching himself toward the leader. Each step he took cracked the mountain beneath his feet. His entire body radiated with a powerful surge of energy. Beasts and infected threw themselves into his path, but their overwhelming numbers couldn't slow his advance. Finally, he approached the monster and locked eyes with it. The leader's eyes began to tremble and it let out a loud roar. It was a roar filled with fury due to its incomprehension at Hudson's power, laced with the bitterness of betrayal by its own kind. The roar stirred something unexpected within Hudson, a pang in his chest. It felt like guilt, a fleeting whisper in his mind, as though the target of his fist wasn't an enemy but a friend. But he shoved the thought aside with a growl. Hudson clenched his fist tighter. A faint layer of white bone began to coat his hand, almost imperceptible. He threw his punch, aiming directly for the glo