Apocalypse: King of Zombies

Chapter 449: Well… ain’t that a kick in the head

That old bastard calling himself The Voidborn Undying… his tone was eerily similar to Ethan’s.

Nightbane froze on the spot, his face drained of all color. After everything he’d done, all the sacrifices he’d made—this was the result? He couldn’t accept it. Not like this.

“No! What about the power to rule the world? That was the deal!”

“Yeah,” the Undying said in a low, gravelly voice. “The one who’ll rule this world… is me.”

“…”

Nightbane was speechless.

The Undying’s savage eyes swept across the battlefield, pausing on Ethan and the massive horde of zombies surrounding him. There was a flicker of something like approval in his gaze.

“Still, you’ve all done pretty well. Why not just join me? Stick with me, and I’ll make sure you rise to the top of the undead food chain.”

“No way in hell! I’d rather die than kneel to you!” Nightbane shouted, his voice shaking with fury. He already felt betrayed—there was no way he’d go along with this.

“Oh?”

The Undying’s lips curled into a cruel smile. With a casual wave of his hand, a surge of spatial energy exploded outward, thick and heavy like a tidal wave, condensing into a tangible force that shot straight at Nightbane.

The air around Nightbane seemed to freeze. He tried to dodge, but his body wouldn’t move—he was locked in place. The blast hit him dead-on.

It felt like getting hit by a freight train. Blood burst from his mouth as he was hurled backward, crashing through a building behind him before finally coming to a stop in the rubble.

“Boss!”