Horrific Shorts: Zombie Edition-Chapter 647: Story : Phantom’s Arrow

The cold wind howled through the ruined fortress, carrying the stench of decay. Storm clouds loomed overhead, casting eerie shadows over the battlefield. General Viktor "Bloodfang" Kruger stood atop the crumbling ramparts, his crimson beret barely shifting in the breeze. In his grip, a sleek black compound bow, a relic from his past as a precision hunter.

The war of the undead had entered a new phase—long-range warfare.

Through the cracked stone battlements, Kruger spotted movement in the distance. Wolfe's Flesh Revenants were advancing, their rotten bodies clad in scavenged armor, their dead eyes glowing with an unnatural light. Unlike standard undead, these abominations still retained their tactical instincts, moving in disciplined formations, adjusting their approach to minimize losses.

Kruger smirked. "Clever. But not clever enough."

He drew an arrow, its tip gleaming with necrotic toxin—a special concoction designed by Dr. Sylvia "Plague Mistress" Voss to disrupt the control signals in reanimated tissue. He pulled back the bowstring, muscles flexing with mechanical precision, eyes locked onto the lead Revenant.

Release.

The arrow whistled through the air, piercing the Revenant's skull. It froze mid-step, convulsing violently before collapsing like a puppet with its strings cut. The soldiers behind it hesitated—a mistake.

Kruger fired again. And again. Every shot found its mark.

In mere seconds, half a dozen Revenants lay motionless, their connection to Wolfe's hive-mind severed. The rest scattered, recognizing that Kruger wasn't just a brute—he was a ghost, a predator.