Chapter 23: Silent Chaos

Chapter 23: Chapter 23: Silent Chaos

Knife gone.

Two words that Rhys definitely did not want to hear with his current predicament. He subtly started scanning the floor if maybe he dropped it somewhere, but the only thing he could see dropping beneath his feet was the blood dripping from his right arm, as well as the blood of the arachne that sprayed on him like a fountain.

"..." Rhys then turned his eye to the arachne in front of him, before carefully glancing at the one behind him. And with the way they were just standing there, it would seem he wasn't the only one that was aloof—their seemingly lifeless eyes, squinting as they watched his every movement.

Were they wary of him because he was covered in the blood of their kin? Although the intelligence of these spiderladies was obviously lower than Arachnea, they should still have enough brains to recognize him as a threat.

But the thing is, Rhys wasn't exactly a threat right now. Like these arachnes, he wasn't that stupid—he knew he'd definitely die or at the very least be gravely injured if he tried fighting like this even with his newfound superhuman senses; his arm already almost got cut off just by fighting one of them—he wasn't ready.

"..." Rhys then turned to look at the classroom to see if there was a way out but quickly removed any notion of going there as the chances of being trapped were high. And so, Rhys just moved toward the only direction he could really go right now—the window.

His steps were as light as they could be, but the broken shards of glass beneath his feet made each of his steps whisper and ring in the air. The arachnes also very slowly approached him, still completely wary of Rhys and seemingly just waiting to see who will lunge first.

And even as Rhys's waist hit the ledge, the arachnes remained vigilant.

"..." Rhys then very carefully looked down the window, and as soon as he saw several arachnes still latched on the walls of the building... he quickly leaped over the window without any hesitation whatsoever.

After all, his destination was two floors down—and the fastest way he knew how to go down is to fall. And as a veteran in jumping from high places, there was no need for Rhys to think twice.

His eyes were completely calm as he looked down at the arachnes hanging and climbing on the walls. He already passed by several spiders, but his eyes were only focused on one—the one hanging just below the floor he needed to go.

And as soon as it was within reach, Rhys stretched out his hands and grabbed the arachne's hair... only for it to scream as whatever hair it had left snapped from its scalp.

"No... no. Not you too... please, not you..." none of his previous calmness could be heard from his voice as he very slowly approached the curtains; his hand, trembling as it pushed open the sheets.

Rhys then took gasped as he saw a body completely ripped in half; his heavy breaths, however, once again quickly returned to normal as he noticed the unusually gray skin of the dismembered torso.

It was an arachne, ripped apart in half; separating its human and spider parts completely.

"Kya!"

And before Rhys could fully calm down, he heard a sharp screaming coming from the hallways. He quickly scanned the clinic, before grabbing a scalpel from one of the cabinets and rushing out of the room.

He ran toward the direction of the stairs as the screams resounded there—and there, he saw an arachne very slowly making its way down the steps toward a girl. And as soon as he saw this, Rhys jumped down the stairs without any hesitation, leaping straight toward the back of the arachne and pushing the scalpel straight through its spine.

"..." And surprisingly, the scalpel penetrated through the arachne's flesh and bone without any resistance, unlike the missing knife he had used earlier. Rhys didn't really think too much about this as he pulled the scalpel, before stabbing it on the back of the arachne's neck.

The arachne did not even have the chance to shriek or scream; it just fell like a marionette that had its strings cut.

"Dr. Lopez!?" Rhys then quickly stepped down the arachne as he looked at the woman, only to see a familiar student kneeling on the floor.

"...You again?"

"...Eh?"

It was the girl she saved earlier. This time, however...

...one of the five hearts floating above her head was already filled.