Chapter 27 First Multiplayer Scenario 11

Chapter 27 First Multiplayer Scenario 11

Two strange creatures and two colliding types of energy. Their voices fought, bloomed, tussled in the air, and caused real damage. The demon’s body was torn open like an animal whose body had been feasted upon by a school of piranhas. The flesh and bones underneath the gray skin were exposed. Its flesh was pulled off until only a skeleton remained and collapsed to the ground in a heap. Many signs of decay appeared on the tree monster’s body, extending from the trunk to the tips of the branches. These marks were like wounds that refused to heal and continued to cause damage to the tree monster. From the looks of things, it was going to be a happy ending where both monsters died in the battle, but suddenly, darkness chose that time to fall...

The group was tossed into a darkness that could swallow anything. Be it outside or inside, even though there were lights around them, all they could see was darkness. This time, the darkness was not accompanied by those strange noises, but this had nothing to do with them having their hands over their ears because, several seconds later, a very clear whisper transferred into their ears.

"Inferior godlings that refuse to mind your own business, you will pay for what you’ve done..."

When the whisper ended, the darkness dissipated, and light returned. They stood up and looked toward the tree to see what kind of evolution it had experienced. Feng Bujue was the first to discover the anomaly. The monster did not look stronger; if anything, the injuries on its body had deepened, and its branches were falling, crumbling into ash.

"You’re the inferior godling mentioned by the voice earlier?" Feng Bujue walked to communicate with the monster.

Before the other four could understand what he was doing, the tree had already opened its mouth to answer. "Humans... go and find the key to recover the seal."

"We’ve already found the Key of Fire," Feng Bujue said. "But what happened to this city? Who is behind this? Where is the Key of Wood?"

"Sam Montier, one of the Ruler of Time’s servants, betrayed his time and was thus stripped of his godly power, banished to the endless River of Time..." By then, the branches of the tree had almost completely decayed, and even its trunk had started to turn into dust. "The centipede of a hundred legs, death without a body.

"Unfortunately, Sam Montier did not stop there. He used the last of his power to isolate this city from reality and use it as his hiding place. This place is no longer within the confines of time. It is a pool isolated from the River of Time."

The bark on the tree’s face was rotting. "To escape the punishment from the Ruler of Time, he summoned the Demonic Door, and once the seal on the door is completely unlocked, it will connect this city with the demonic world. This place will fall under the influence of the Demon King, and this place will be taken out from the Ruler of Time’s domain.

"Part of humanity formed a contract with Sam Montier. If they helped him open the seal on the door, they would be able to keep their lives, but once the demons swam out from the door, Sam Montier immediately abandoned those people. Before the demons stole the food from him, he sucked the humans greedily into the endless darkness.

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"The boss’ goal is most likely to kill all the humans as they can use the keys. Temporarily, this city is connected to the demonic realm, and only by hiding here will the Ruler of Time be unable to reach him. The way for us to clear this scenario is to find the two keys to reactivate the seals on the Demonic Door. After we succeed, this space will lose its connection to the demonic realm, and the character known as the Ruler of Time will show up to tear Sam Montier into pieces."

"This sure is interesting world building..." Wang Tanzhi sighed.

Feng Bujue had already found several flashlights. This time, they were all usable, but there were no batteries. "These are all usable. Each of us should take two just in case. Now we need to look for batteries.

"Oh, I saw hockey sticks, baseball bats, and gold clubs in the sports aisle... Those things won’t have any equip requirement. We should be able to use them."

Just like that, the five armed themselves. This time, each one had at least one normal quality weapon. Ms. Saddest also found a set of kitchen knives that were slightly longer than Wang Tanzhi’s fruit knife. Most of them grabbed one each. Xiao Tan finally had the chance to abandon the fruit knife that he had obtained during his tutorial.

Only Long Aomin did not choose a kitchen knife. Instead, he opted for a Chinese Cleaver, the extra heavy one that was normally used for hacking bones. It seemed like the man preferred to use heavier weapons.

It took them ten minutes to do all that. Considering that there might be monsters underground and the time limit before the next darkness descent, they did not waste any time and got down into the hole with Long Aomin leading the way.

When they first crawled into the hole, it felt cramped and oppressive. They stepped on loose soil, and the road forward tilted down. There was no light, but after a short journey, they found themselves in a relatively wider underground sewer. At least they were able to stand upright. The tree had broken through the path between the sewer and the area underneath the shopping complex. Instead, the person who had the Key of Wood had merely taken the sewer. Since the tree had given a direct hint that said person had ’died’ underground, the chance of monsters hiding in the sewer was quite high.

The circular sewer gave the group a strange sense of oppression. The air around them seemed as if it would coagulate at any moment. But of course, that was their imagination. The real threat was the horrible stench and the dirty things that floated around their feet. Ever since Ms. Saddest had gotten down there, her face turned up. She kept her flashlight aimed ahaid, refusing to look at the things on the ground. She followed her boyfriend and stayed at the back of the group.

Long Aomin held the shield in one hand and the baseball bat in another while leading the way. If any monster suddenly appeared to ambush them, he would greet it with a bat to the head. If the baseball bat did not kill it, then there was still the cleaver to add a few chops. Feng Bujue and Wang Tanzhi walked in the middle of the group, ready to provide Long Aomin with support.

There was only one path in the sewer. The left side of the hole where they appeared out of was closed off. There were only some cracks where water was flowing through, so the chance of monsters ambushing them from that side was low. Letting Ms. Saddest and Mr. Loneliest close up the group meant that they were relatively safe.

They moved in that formation for five minutes.

"Look at that." Long Aomin suddenly stopped to say, "Right there, that’s a dead body."

Feng Bujue stretched his neck forward to make his vantage point higher than Long Aomin’s shoulders. He noticed that, after another ten meters, they would have reached the end of the sewer. The steel gate blocked their way while the water continued to flow through the gap. In the corner, their flashlights shone on a dead body.