Chapter 94 - Tower of Nightmares (4) (1/2)

Aleen followed the two bodyguards' suggestions and guided the group to the infirmary-like place shown on the map.

The group had to ascend two floors to reach there, but it wasn't a problem with the help of Aleen. Though they faced some zombies, Aleen dispatched them quickly.

Unfortunately, they didn't find anything useful there.

Aleen was already expecting something like that, so he wasn't disappointed. But though the two bodyguards didn't show it on their expressions, Aleen could feel their disappointment.

Even the college girl seemed a bit disappointed.

With a sigh, Aleen broke the silence and spoke.

"We have to go, there is not much time remaining."

The others nodded and followed after him.

They descended quickly to the third floor without a problem, but when they reached the stairs towards the second floor, Aya stopped abruptly.

"… Do you hear something strange?" She asked.

The group looked towards her with startled expressions and shook their heads.

"… Are you sure?" She asked again. "I can hear something… It's like… insects?"

"Meow!" The silver cat, Lily, looked as though it was nodding too.

Aleen frowned deeply. His last experience with insects wasn't the best.

He pondered for a moment and circulated his mana to enhance his senses.

Initially, he didn't hear anything; but after a few seconds, his ears finally caught a soft and irritating noise.

It was like insects running.

Many insects running.

Aleen's expression changed almost immediately.

"Run!" He shouted frantically and charged forward without confirming if the others were following after him or not.

In ten seconds, he was already in the lobby, but the irritating noise of insects became louder and louder.

Aleen looked behind him to confirm that the others were following him, but he saw more than just five people and a cat.

A spider-like creature, as big as a bulldog, was crawling on the walls of the stairs.

Though it was spider-like, it was similar only in the number of legs and the shape of its body. Its color, on the other hand, was a revolting red; and its mouth seemed like the jaws of a shark.

It was as if someone fused a spider with an angler fish.

When Aleen saw it, the creature was already jumping towards a member of the group.

It was the injured bodyguard.

The man was still running, ignoring the danger that was about to befall him.

Aleen reacted instantly, and reflexively kicked something that was lying on the ground near him.

Luckily, Aleen was pretty good at football, and the object flew straight to the creature.

The bodyguard instinctively moved aside and looked behind him. When he saw the spider-like creature crushed in the wall, his expression turned frightened.

"Don't stop!" Aleen shouted. "We must get out of here now!"

The bodyguard stumbled briefly and continued running. A few seconds later, Aleen saw more spiders chasing after them.

"I can see the exit!" The stubble guy shouted excitedly, but then, he felt someone grabbing him by the collar and throwing him behind.

He then saw Aleen slashing with his sword towards the ceiling.

A spider had jumped from the ventilation duct and attacked them.

Aleen killed it with one slash, but more spiders jumped down immediately after the first.

Aleen dispatched three more in one second, but even more spiders were falling. Aleen counted at least twenty of them.

"Ha!" Behind him, one of the bodyguards used a baton to crush a spider, but Aleen knew that it wasn't the only spider chasing after them.

The exit had been blocked by the spiders coming from the ventilation duct, and a swarm of spiders was coming from the stairs. At this rate, they were going to be surrounded in around ten seconds.

Aleen went through his options quickly, even activating 'Dynamic Sight' only to get more time to think; but he could not think of anything to salvage this situation.