Chapter 43 CHAPTER 43: UNEXPECTED SITUATION... AGAIN

[02:05:16]

"Ah, shit,"

[... That's a timer, right?] Miya asked hesitantly.

"I'm glad I'm not the only one that can see it," Davies replied sarcastically…

But Miya ignored his sarcasm and continued,

[Anything that has a timer can't be good news]

"Well…"

[I don't think we should be here when that thing runs out]

"... For once, I wholly agree…" Davies replied and quickly turned on his heels.

There was no need for any further investigation, he already saw everything he needed to see in those few seconds, after all, he was a technological genius.

What else could it be but a bomb.

Only this bomb was a little special since it combined science and mana to create a devastating effect. Davies had never seen anything like it before, but he was able to determine that it would use the mana it accumulated during the countdown process to detonate the surrounding mana… and with the amount of mana it already accumulated…

Well, let's just say, the nuke that destroyed Hiroshima was beginning to look like fireworks compared to this bomb.

It was a classic example of aged things are the best things… 'who even came up with an idea where the longer the detonation time, the stronger the bomb,' Davies thought to himself.

"Yeah… we really shouldn't be here when that thing runs out,' he affirmed as he increased his running speed as he made his way back out of the ice fortress, completely ignoring the boss room.

He didn't have time to be in a long-drawn battle with a boss monster when there was a ticking bomb, strong enough to blast him straight to game over.

He ran as fast as he could, hoping that the B-Squad had at least been able to kill a lot of the monsters because now they were running out of time.

After a few more minutes he reached the outer areas of the ice fortress and saw the monsters in a frenzy, still fighting against the B-Squad who seemed to have made their stand at the gate.

Since he needed to make his way through the to be able to reach them, he decided not to waste any time and caused the snow underneath to form into an ice platform that shot him airborne towards the entrance of the fortress where the B-Squad were fighting against the monsters.

Not planning to waste this chance that he had as he flew above the unguarded heads of the monsters; he quickly conjured a few ice projectiles and sent them crashing down on their heads like ice meteors.

*BOOOM* *BOOOM*

The loud booming sounds accompanied Davies's landing, making it seem like an action movie where things blow up behind the MC as he does a superhero landing.

Davies did make a superhero landing… but he was no hero.

As he landed, he noticed some of them with injuries on their bodies already even though he had barely been gone for half an hour… well, people don't need half an hour to die, did they?

Only two of them hadn't been injured. Arnim because he was the healer and didn't have to fight any monsters and Tisha because she could keep the monsters and any blood spilled from touching her due to her telekinesis.

Anthony especially looked quite bloodied as he was acting as a tank to stave off the monsters, but blocking off this many monsters was an impossibility for him, it was even a wonder that he was still alive after going up against that many monsters.

Luckily, he was now being healed by the sole healer in the squad, Arnim.

'Finally, that idiot was being useful,'

Davies quickly summoned the status screen to check on their progress.

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Gate mission

Kill 10000 monsters

No of monsters killed: 4468

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'It should take about forty minutes to get to the gate from here if we run at top speed, but we still need to kill over five thousand monsters,' Davies thought to himself as he tried to come up with a reasonable time frame for their next actions.

'... they should be over five thousand monsters, right?' he asked himself as he looked over at monster wave.

[You should know by now]

[Nothing ever goes as planned in this accursed world] Miya chimed in.

'...'

'...Really, Miya?' he groaned internally, resisting the urge to facepalm as he recalled this quote was from a certain famous villain character.

[What?]

[If you may be dying in the next two hours, let me have my fun] Miya chuckled heartily.

'Ugh…'

"Fine,"

"I'll do it myself,"

[Hey, you're doing it too!] Miya complained.

'Shut up,' Davies said and in a few quick motions created a wall of thick ice that surrounded him and the B-Squad.

The ice walls should be able to hold out the monsters for a few minutes, just enough time for Davies.

"Listen up, cuz I'm only going to be saying everything once…" Davies began immediately after conjuring the ice walls, calling all of the B-Squad's attention to his words.

"If you freak out or interrupt me, I'll slap you to kingdom come," he continued with a half-hearted tone, but none of the B-Squad members thought he was joking because even if they couldn't see it in his face, his eyes did little to hide his displeasure.

After seeing that they were quiet and there seemed to be nobody who wanted to be slapped to kingdom come, he continued,

"... There's a bomb inside the fortress, one strong enough to get each of us VIP tickets to whichever afterlife you'll be going."

There was no way this didn't cause waves in their hearts and questions to appear in their minds, but one look at Davies's displeased eyes and they didn't even try to open their mouths.

Arnim almost opened his mouth to interrupt, but then he remembered what had happened earlier and he quickly shut his mouth.

While it had been easy for him to heal the small mark on his face, the fact that his life had been threatened made it an unforgettable experience and his hand unconsciously went toward where the cut used to be on his cheek.

"Due to this unexpected situation, there shall be a slight change in our plans," he began and then turned to Tisha,

"Tish, create a barrier around your teammates, and the rest of you… stay in the barrier if you don't want to die," he finished and turned back towards the ice walls that were already beginning to show cracks.

He cracked his neck,

"This should be fun," a slight smile began to grace his lips, and a red aura slowly came off his body.

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Gimme them stones!!!