Brandishing his sword, Rean leaped to Adrian's side. By now, more corpses had sprung to life and were relentlessly lunging toward them.

Adrian slashed down another corpse with his sword before turning to Rean and ask, "How's Aubrey holding up?"

However, Rean silently glared at him, and Adrian understood that he probably blamed him for Aubrey's condition. Adrian shrugged off the hostility and continued fighting. After all, there were more pressing matters at hand—they had to dispose of the rele