Chapter 40: Ecstatic

Neumann and the five youths ran as hard as they could, blood oozing out of their injuries and exasperated breaths coming out of their mouths.

The feeling of having two Deiztruphia Canzers running on all fours and charging toward them was something that could make the bravest of souls feel a tingling on their spines.

But despite how fast they were going, the Canzer's top speeds were far too fast for them to run away.

Neumann had to stay on the backline and protect the newbies from the Canzer's dangerous claws. He would send out protective bubbles to the team whenever the Canzer was about to attack them.

Thankfully, his LifeSkill was enough to repel the attacks just enough for them to stay safe for a short time.

"Look! It's the exit!"

All of them looked forward and finally saw the light at the end of the tunnel. At the end of the sewers, there was a rectangular door that glowed a bright white light.

The newbies immediately thought they found the exit from this maze. They thought that this exit led back to the surface.

Neumann, however, was more skeptical. He had a feeling that this was a trap.

His gut told him to stay away from this door.

However, they didn't have any choice. It was either go back and fight the two Canzers or go towards the light. Even if it led to another tunnel in the sewers, it was much better than having to face 2 Canzers all at once.

The youths used the last spurt of their energy to run through the end of the tunnel. They gasped for their breath as they stumbled through the entrance.

Their eyes were full of hope.

But instead of seeing the sky, they looked around and saw a large dome-like area with large pipes hanging out near the top of the ceiling. Water-like fibrils fell from these pipes and filled a small pool in the middle of the room.

Their expectant looks were soon crushed when they realized that they were still in the sewers.

They were mortified. Their bodies refused to move. They were still in this hellhole!

Neumann cautiously looked around the room and surveyed it for any enemies. He kept his eyes peeled and his ears open.

Fortunately, the only thing he heard was the dripping sound of water falling from the pipes echoing in the dome-like chamber. He was glad he didn't hear any gurgling sounds anywhere in this place.

The next thing he looked for was any exit. Unfortunately, unless they could fly and reach those pipes at the ceiling, there weren't any doors around.

When he looked back, he was surprised to find that he was staring at a blank exposed brick wall. The rectangular opening they came from disappeared!

This is bad.

Even though they were safe from the two Canzers, Neumann had a feeling that they got themselves into a much more dangerous place.

"Haahaaa…I want to go home!"

"Sir Neumann. Isn't there a rescue party coming to save us?!"

"GUuuAaaa" The stun wizard vomited.

Neumann had no answer for them. He didn't even know if HeadQuarters knew that something wrong happened with this mission. It hadn't even been two hours since they started.

Nobody would think anything was wrong till the mission lasted for half a day.

"Don't worry. They must have sent out a rescue party by now."

Telling the truth now would only affect the morale of the group. He needed them to shape up.

Just then, they suddenly felt the whole place rumble. Each of the fibers that made up the whole Remedium vibrated with mad intensity.

Neumann remembered this feeling.

The same thing happened when they all fell through to the sewers!

He braced himself, thinking that he'd fall through another chasm. But that didn't happen.

Instead, the large pool in the middle suddenly opened up, leaving the water-like fibers falling through the dark chasm.

DUM…DUM DUM…DUM

Neumann's heart palpitated when he saw a figure suddenly float up from the dark chasm in the middle of the dome.

This creature stood upright. Its entire body was covered with a light brown layered armor with thousands of spikes covering its body.

Behind it were two edged wings that looked like it was ripped straight out of a giant cockroach.

Its bodily features had an eerie similarity to a human. It had five fingers on each hand and it had toes on its feet. It was complete with ball joints as its knees and shoulders.

It had a broad and robust head, with pure small white eyes and a prominent snout as its nose.

Perhaps the strangest similarity it had to a human was the uncanny arrogant smile on its face. It looked down at Neumann and the others like they were mere inferior fodders.

Neumann's hairs stood on end. This was a Canzer. And not a normal one at that.

What's happening?! Multiple Deiztruphia Canzers and now a new one emerges from out of nowhere?!

This was beyond an anomaly. This was a disaster.

Before Neumann could even react, he suddenly saw the strange Canzer disappear from up in the air and appear right in front of him.

His eyes widened and he immediately covered himself with his LifeSkill tank protective bubble.

However, the Canzer just smiled at him. It raised its fist and punched through the bubble.

CRACKKK

With just one punch, Neumann's Tank LifeSkill burst into millions of pieces. His eyes widened as he realized something.

That can't be!

Even the Deiztruphia Canzer couldn't make a dent in his bubble. Yet somehow, this mysterious monster was able to destroy it with just one punch.

Neumann was left speechless when his only source of defense was treated like paper.

The worst part about it was the Canzer's face.

It smiled. It understood the fear in Neumann's eyes. It enjoyed it. Sёarᴄh the nôᴠel Fire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Neumann could barely keep himself standing.

The Canzer then looked back and saw the terrified faces of the youths. Their hearts were gripped with fear.

It walked towards them. The archer felt his stomach churn. The dread led him to relieve himself, creating a pool of urine under him.

The Canzer saw this and its face turned into an even twisted expression. It was ecstatic!