18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 51

Finally, with the help of her dog, Stella won in an unfair manner.

Being betrayed by his own trained dog didn't anger Jasper. Instead, he patted his head, "Good boy, if anyone tries to bully her, you must protect her."

Cooper had been pretty fierce a while ago, which worried Stella, "Did he bite you?"

"No," Jasper replied with approval, "Dogs are better at distinguishing good from bad than humans. Cooper knows his boundaries."

Stella agreed, dogs could sense the vibes humans emitted. Jasper had no ill intentions, so he didn't get attacked.

As days passed, Stella's strength visibly increased. When Angela found out that Stella had been training with Jasper, she became determined to train Cody and Lukas vigorously, their apartment often echoing with cries of suffering. After being beaten so many times, Cody and Lukas toughened up, Lukas' slender waistline completely disappeared. With their newfound strength and confidence, they approached Stella, "Stella, how about we spar a bit?" Stella smiled, "Sure."

Their apartment was also carpeted with anti-slip mats. Stella was up against the two of them, Angela was the referee, and Rosie and Cooper were the spectators. Angela blew the whistle, "One, two, three, go!"

"Thud!"

"Thud!"

Stella took them down swiftly, one with a side throw, the other with a knee to the stomach. Her moves were clean and swift, impressively so.

Both of them went down in a heap, howling on the anti-slip mats. Cody clutched his stomach, tears streaming down his face, "You ... you don't fight fair!"

Stella was indifferent, "It's the end of the world. Who's going to fight fair?"

Rosie, who had been cheering for Stella, was taken aback by the sudden end of the fight. She ran back home, "Jasper, Stella knocked out two guys with one punch." She had used the moves taught by Jasper, so impressive. The beaten Cody and Lukas were speechless and embarrassed. Why was there such a big gap?

Angela was furious, "I can understand if you can't beat me, but you can't even handle one move from Stella?"

It seemed like she was still to easy on them. From now on, how many rounds Cooper ran on the stairs, they would have to run the same.

eighty rounds a

thing, but are you also going

super tough! In just a

as the training didn't kill them, she would

while the rest of residents in the apartment building was becoming

the people from the 18th floor went out. They were

always had a faint aroma of food. However, no one dared to challenge them alone, so they all went looking for Drew, forcing him to negotiate with the 18th floor to hand over some supplies.

in, we can

not fair. We're starving while they're feasting. We only had rain water, but they had roast lamb the day before yesterday, and beef stew

even smell it from the 13th

by their lies. If they did manage to steal the

there was no other option, they had to find

Drew decided to use the old method, swarm up together. There

Stella had just finished training with Jasper. She was sweating

his eyes visible. He slipped a note through the door crack, "Be careful, there's

from head to toe, Stella recognized his voice - it was

Drew had united the people from the building, intending to forcibly demand

Stella took out the note, "What

"Let them come. We're

were vital. Who would give up their chance at survival? Even though Drew only asked for a portion, what about

it. Cooper was also

to steal his

the 18th floor unanimously

supplies? They must be

hadn't guessed wrong, Drew and his people would

that this kind of thing would become common in the future. Even if they didn't come, outsiders would come to

this was the end of the world, a world where humans ate

there was a tough fight

Stella took out a stab-resistant and slash-resistant suit from her supply, then measured Cooper's size. She didn't know how to make clothes, so she fumbled her way through, wanting to give Cooper the best protection. Cooper naturally disliked being restrained, but in order to treat its skin condition, he had been forced to wear clothes after applying medication, so