Chapter 1424 Do It Yourself

Chapter 1424 Do It Yourself

Eventually, they arrived at the bone orchard. The skeletal remains of the dead horrors towered above them, and the subtle sweet smell emanated by the Hollow Butterfly permeated the flowing fog. The members of the cohort looked around tensely, unnerved by the eerie scene. Sunny, however, had been to this sprawling graveyard many times. He walked nonchalantly between the bones, his steps hurried. "Follow me. It's right ahead."

Soon, the Great Monster revealed itself from the mist. Even though Sunny had explained that it was not dangerous, his companions still couldn't help but grip their weapons tighter. "What... the hell... is that?"

Jet's voice sounded hoarse. Looking back, Sunny gave her a pale smile. "Nephis and I call these creatures Dark Butterflies. We've seen another one in action, much further upstream... needless to say, it's a blessing that the one in front of us is Hollow."

The four of them stared up at the gargantuan form of the Great Monster in apprehension. After a few moments of silence, Nephis finally asked:

"So, why are we here, exactly?"

As ready as they would be... at least in this revolution. Each member of the cohort, as well as Saint and Fined, picked up one of the pikes. The javelins were divided between Sunny, Nephis, and Jet. Armed to the teeth, they threw one last glance at the motionless butterfly — which was now laying messily on the ground, serene despite being mutilated and deeply disturbing for that reason — and backed away.

Sunny led the group through the labyrinth of bones, stopping from time to time to ascertain their location. Eventually, they had to climb over the spine of an especially large horror, and found a small space hidden behind it. There, the ground had been broken by a titanic blow, and a black pit waited for them, full of darkness. "That's our way down."

It was one of the entrances to the system of underground caverns that Sunny had found. Using Neph's golden rope, the Evertwine — which had once been earned by Cassie in her First Nightmare — they cautiously descended into the pit. Soon, the members of the cohort found themselves standing on the rough rock floor of a natural cave, surrounded by darkness. Almost no light reached this deep down, swallowed by the mist above.

However, none of them felt too concerned about it. In fact, they even felt relieved for finally having escaped the everpresent fog — there was none of it underground. Sunny had not mapped all the caves yet, but he knew the general location of where they had to go.

Carrying the long pike, he took a step into the darkness and sighed.

'I hope we won't die here today... again. No, I know we won't.'