Chapter 90: Deathly Silence

Three figures clad in black robes ran silently among the dense trees of the Tando Woodlands as they tried to shake off the Spiritual Creature that had attacked them.

They were like nimble shadows and soon managed to get away from the Spiritual Creature. However, they didn't stop as the area was weird. Normally, they would have run past the Spiritual Creatures using their stealth, but somehow, this time, the creatures were on full alert, which made their journey a hard one.

One of them, who looked like a man from his body shape, suddenly narrowed his eyes and whispered.

"Smell of blood? So strong?"

The smell of blood was a regular occurrence in these forests, but this one was too strong. Considering the irregularities in the area, they decided to investigate.

The figure signalled for his two companions as they silently approached the area where the smell was strongest. Soon, they arrived near a tall tree and saw the lizard Spiritual Creature in front of it.

The figure narrowed his eyes as he and others hid. He thought as he checked the surroundings.

'A Tier 4? Who killed it? It's clearly a blade wound, is there someone else here aside from us?'

The three of them stayed in their places, just observing the surroundings. But even after waiting for some time, they didn't find anything odd. It was as if someone had killed the lizard and gone on their way, not even bothering to harvest its body.

The figure relaxed a little when he sensed no one in the surroundings. He was a trained assassin, and nobody could remain hidden under his inspection.

However, he still sent his two companions to search in different directions and waited. After some time, he took out his communicator and sent his Qi in it, getting the message his companions sent him.

The scene was too terrifying and made his body tremble with fear. However, his cold side brain made the decision for him. The head came directly in his direction, which meant the enemy already knew of his location, and he needed to run.

Not daring to look at the severed head, the figure dashed in the opposite direction with his top speed. He had abandoned all of his stealth and used his everything to run at full speed. The scene of that head still playing in his mind, sending chills through his spine.

The strange silence followed him, and no matter how many trees he passed, it was still there, haunting him. He didn't dare slow down, as he was sure it meant death.

Trees and jagged terrain passed in his vision, turning blurry because of his speed. But even with this, he could feel the silence creeping in his heart.

'What is this? A Spiritual Creature? Of what Tier? What the fuck is this?'

He didn't dare scream and simply ran. As his surroundings became blurred, he suddenly noticed something in the distance, and his eyes brightened for a second.

There, in the distance, he could see his other companion sitting under a tree. He was looking down at the ground and remained unmoving.

The joy he felt after seeing his companion soon vanished as cold gripped his heart, making his chest heavy. He didn't stop and tried to run past his companion's body.

However, at that moment, his companion's body began to disassemble and broke into many pieces. His eyes rolled on the ground like a white ball, and his limbs dropped to the ground.

His whole body lay in his own pool of blood, but he was beyond recognition. The figure felt a fear he had never felt before and dropped to the ground. His legs trembled as they refused to work anymore.

Terror gripped his body as he looked in front of him, where stood a figure like a grim reaper.