NOVEL NEXT Chapter 119: The Battle Begins
A beheaded body? An artwork?
These two things had nothing to do with each other, right?
Ethan instinctively put his long knife behind his back. He felt that the small girl who had just broken through the ceiling and fallen down was very strange. She looked like a madwoman.
What he needed to do now was to try not to attract anyone's attention and slowly walk away.
There was a strong person who could turn the whole space white. There was a man in white clothes who made everyone almost stop breathing when he showed up. And there was also a girl who looked like a madwoman, carrying a huge scythe...
Ethan knew himself well. Even with the blue potion from [Grinning Ghost], his physical strength was still just at the human limit.
Even if he had triggered the Blue-quality talent [Pain Resistance] because of the pain, he could only gain 1 point in strength, 1 point in defense, and 1 point in speed.
But these people—no, these creatures that were almost like monsters—were definitely way beyond his ability to deal with right now.
Ethan looked at the monster Jake, who was still frozen in the air. He felt a little sad. If he could kill Jake, he might find out whether the talent [Ten-Thousandfold Intelligence Reward] had awakened or not.
But just then, a loud and obvious footstep came from the direction he wanted to leave.
Ethan stopped moving immediately. He never expected someone to come from that way!
Soon, he saw a group of mysterious people wearing mirror masks walking toward him slowly.
Without hesitation, Ethan turned his body, lowered his head, and stepped aside, trying to make himself as invisible as possible.
But that very move exposed the long knife behind him.
[Head-Cutter] had been paying attention to the masked people at first. But when she saw the knife on Ethan's back, she suddenly got excited.
[Head-Cutter] whispered: "No mistake, it's definitely that knife. Oh wow, I never thought I'd see someone who shares my hobby in Dolren City."
She threw the iron chain in her hand to Jade, then grabbed the huge scythe with one hand and ran quickly toward Ethan, shouting:
"Hey, friend, I also love cutting heads. You…"
She hadn't finished her sentence when the masked people suddenly became very tense. One of them shouted loudly:
"Stop right there, [Head-Cutter]! If you know what's good for you, you'll let our people go!"
"[Ghostfang] and [Prism] haven't had a fight for a long time. Think carefully. We're not here about the [Ice Calamity] thing."
[Head-Cutter] suddenly stopped. She turned around and looked at Jade.
Jade slowly closed his eyes, as if remembering something. When he opened them again, a strong killing intent almost came out of his eyes.
Jade said coldly: "I know exactly why you're here. This time, you won't succeed."
"Kill!"
When they heard Jade's words, the masked people stepped back a bit in surprise and said:
"You actually want to start a fight again? The Prophet's prediction was right. If that person doesn't die, [Ghostfang] will eventually fall into darkness and destruction."
"Jade, don't forget—our final goal is to save a world that's slowly falling apart."
"If [Ghostfang] and [Prism] fight again, it will only…"
Before he could finish, he suddenly felt an unbearable itch on his skin. He rolled up his sleeve and saw that the skin on his arm had turned rotten and was oozing white pus.
He growled: "Attack!"
In an instant, the masked people stood up. They placed their hands on their partners' shoulders and formed a circle.
A smooth mirror-like surface appeared immediately, surrounding them.
[Head-Cutter] looked at Ethan and said with a smile: "Wait for me a second. I'll deal with them first, then we can have a proper chat."
"I think your way of cutting heads still needs some improvements."
After saying that, [Head-Cutter] lifted her huge black scythe and jumped into the air, then swung it down with a single powerful stroke.
"Boom!"
A huge sound echoed. The ground around the masked people suddenly sank, and a pit more than a meter deep appeared in front of everyone!
Lucas's mouth dropped open. He thought only movies could have such scenes.
Staring at Ethan, Lucas said in shock: "Is this... serious?!"
Ethan didn't answer. He was watching the man in the white suit, holding a black umbrella.
To his surprise, the many black rats behind him were dying one by one.
The dead rats started to release a faint black dust, which quickly gathered around [Plague Ghost] Jade.
At the same time, [Space Wolf] from the [Black Sea] organization began to move. His face was serious as he took a step forward. The gray, frozen space around him suddenly started spreading toward Jade's direction.
But just when the space within one meter in front of Jade turned completely gray, all the rats behind him had already died.
A bunch of thick black particles flew past Jade and rushed into the gray space.
Right away, the gray area started shrinking quickly.
Jade gently lifted his foot and took a step forward.
The black particles kept eating away at the gray space. In the battlefield between the two, only black and gray remained.
The two colors kept colliding and fighting with each other.
Meanwhile, Leo and the faceless department were still standing in place, too scared to move.
Lila kept her eyes on Lion. She bit her lip and ordered: "Forget everything else. We have to try to save the commander. This situation is way beyond our control!"
"Everyone, follow me! Move!"
After saying that, Lila ran forward and charged toward where [Space Wolf] was.
Compared to [Plague Ghost] Jade, [Space Wolf] seemed weaker. Lila knew that [Plague Ghost] was definitely not using all of his power right now.
Meanwhile, sweat was starting to form on [Space Wolf]'s forehead.
The underground space had become very chaotic. Lucas, Emma, and Dr. Axel all looked terrified.
In this situation, even the smallest mistake could get them caught in the battle.
Ethan watched the little girl with the huge black scythe, who was struggling to cut through the mirror-like shield.
Her crazy smile made Ethan feel uncomfortable. He didn't like dealing with people like her.
Mad people thought in a completely different way from normal people.
Ethan's main goal right now was to get out of here as safely and quickly as possible.
Just then, Lucas and Emma both looked at Ethan instinctively. They both spoke at the same time:
"What do we do now?"
It was clear that after everything that had happened, Lucas and Emma had started to see Ethan as someone they could trust and rely on.
They wanted to know what Ethan thought they should do.
Ethan quickly looked around and took a deep breath before saying straight out: "Come with me. Let's get out of here first!"
Lucas and Emma nodded. They pulled the terrified Dr. Axel and covered Molly's mouth, then followed Ethan toward a less crowded area.
Just as the group had walked a little way, a huge figure suddenly crashed down in front of them.
It was Jake, the experiment!
Ethan looked toward [Plague Ghost] and [Space Wolf]. The two of them had already started a close-range fight.
Jake and the red-haired gorilla in the black suit had been caught in the battle and had been thrown out of the gray space area.
Molly saw her dad and started struggling violently, trying to break free from Dr. Axel's hold.
But just then, several guards appeared in front of them. They were holding weapons and running toward the group quickly.
Ethan took a deep breath. He remembered when Jake had been the boss in the third floor of Frostspire Tower. When he saw a brown toy bear, he had shown a bit of human emotion.
And now, Jake wasn't fully turned into a monster yet. Ethan could use Jake to deal with the guards.
He didn't waste any time. He went to Dr. Axel's side, grabbed the struggling Molly, and said quickly:
"If you keep acting like this, your dad really won't have a chance anymore!"
Molly immediately stopped struggling. She bit her lip and held back her tears, asking:
"Brother, do you have a way to save my dad?"
Ethan nodded and asked again: "Do you have a brown toy bear?"
Molly didn't understand why Ethan was asking that. She nodded and said: "Yes!"
Ethan immediately felt relieved. The real situation matched exactly with what happened in Dawnfall Online!
He quickly turned to Jake, who looked like a monster, and shouted:
"You won't die! I'll take your daughter away too. Do you see those guards? Go take care of them first!"
Ethan knew that in Dawnfall Online, the monster version of Jake had been completely killed by him.
So, the Jake here probably wouldn't die either.