Chapter 22: 022 Sweet revenge.
The chorus of roars grew from faint, into a deafening wall of sounds.
The ground trembled from the pounding of the many feet running across its desolate surface. Like a stampede of animals was about to arrive.
A sea of monsters with horns that curled above their heads raced across the narrow terrains of the dungeon. The huge bull heads that rose from the monsters' bodies could only be called hideous. Minotaurs ----the very definition of death for adventurers from level one and two.
They snorted heavily in unison, rolling their bloodshot eyes that are now filled with fear as they try their best to escape from their pursuers.
Tip tap tip tap.
The Loki familia's expedition team continue pursuing the ran away Minotaurs to the upper floors from behind, determined to exterminate them all. Sounds of their armors and weapons clanging onto each other along with their heavy footsteps.
The young and beautiful woman with golden blonde hair, Aiz Wallenstein was the fastest among these group and was slowly mowing the Minotaurs numbers from behind. But even that wasn't enough.
The corridors ahead keeps on splitting, forking into more and narrower routes making it harder for the Loki familia's pursuit.
But the tide has been completely turned upside down as it was the adventurers this time who are pursuing a horde of monsters instead of the other way around.
" Commander, there's two of them who run towards this floor's pantry. I'll go after them! "
" No, Raul. Focus on pursuing all those who ran ahead of us first. Move! "
" Yes sir! " Raul quickly replied and moved forward.
" But commander, if those minotaurs will comeback while we're not here... "
" That's fine. We will leave someone here as guard. Lefiya and Leene, you two stay here. The rest, follow me! "
"" Yes, commander! ""
The prum commander, Finn issued his orders so smoothly and continue leading the group forward.
They cannot waste their time here as that might cause the lives of the startup adventurers in the upper floors in case they encounter one of those Minotaurs. If that happens, it will stain the reputation of the Loki familia within Orario.
The pantry they are talking about where the two Minotaurs have ran into was a dead end. There's only one single entrance in and out that place so they didn't have worry about it for the time being. However, Finn still left two of his subordinates behind just to make sure there won't be any accident just in case.
" What should we do, miss Leene? Should we just stay here and watch? " Lefiya asked the female human beside her after their other comrades left. As a level three adventurer herself and an elf at that, Lefiya believes she can deal with those two Minotaurs alone with her magic. And she also have Leene with her who's level two adventurer. " This passage lead towards the pantry right? What if there are level one adventurers there? "
" That.. "
Leene who was tending with the wounds of the still trembling adventurer on the side paused for a moment after hearing what Lefiya said.
" But the commander ordered us to stay here so we have to do that. Besides, that pantry was more than thirty minutes walk from here and it was always filled with monsters. I doubt there will be level one adventurers who would go there. "
" I... I see.. "
Lefiya was still worried but Leene's words also made sense. It's indeed very unlikely for a level one adventure to go there because it hardly worth the journey. She was about about to also help the other wounded adventures in this floor when one of them suddenly spoke up.
" There's.... There's actually still someone there. "
It's a male cat person who spoke. His body is still trembling in fear due to the sudden appearance of the swarm of Minotaurs from earlier but he still muster up himself and spoke up.
" What do you mean? Tell us, quickly! "
" Y... Yes! The white haired boy. He.. I saw him go there this morning and he didn't come back yet. I'm afraid that by now he-.... "
If those two Minotaurs ever found that boy, that will definitely be the end of him.
But before he can even finish what he's saying, the cat person saw the female human, Leene rushed towards the pantry's direction. The young elf Lefiya also followed after her. 0.-.0
Slash! Puchi! Clang!
Bell's weapon seems to have become the eye of a hurricane of blood. Like the embodiment of the grim reaper's blade harvesting soul.
There was an element of beauty as well as cruelty in how he wasted no useless moves in his every action. His weapon connected with the necks and torsos of his targets, while expertly avoiding their bulging arms to deliver killing blows.
The monsters' horde continue flowing towards him but were being decimated continuesly with more and more falling every moment.
" Tsk. Time to move again."
Seeing that last crystal that he's hiding onto was destroyed, Bell wasted no time and quickly escaped towards his fourth and last checkpoint he had prepared. The climax of the battle can be considered as over but he still can't afford to let his guard down.
Looking back above his shoulder, Bell saw different kinds of angry monsters pursuing him as they stepped onto their fallen brethrens' corpses mercilessly. Their numbers also have visibly lessened by now but there's still over a hundred of them left in total.
The place that was similar to a paradise before was now in a complete mess with monsters' corpse, crystals and walls debris, bloodstained floors etc.
" This place will do. "
Bell arrived on top of a steep, narrow slope and immediately pulled out the supplies he had hidden before. Drinking another strength and healing potions, he positioned himself right at the entrance of the slope waiting for the monsters to catch up.
""""""RRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRH!!!! """"""
Bell launched himself forward, intercepting the infuriated roars of the remaining monsters.
Raising his silver sword towards the ceiling, he triggered a new round of life and death battle against his enemies.
The monsters' cries of pain in the front lines were snuffed out one by one as their forms being showered with sword slashes from the boy.
Bell seemed to have turned into a devil. His battle cries are deep and dominating.
A horde of more than twenty monsters was reduced to cold lumps of meats in no time and it's still ongoing.
He dashed straight toward the enemy.
His sword that had seen its first debut today was firmly in the grip of his right hand. His eyes are focused on the vital areas of the incoming monsters' full-frontal attack.
" MRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! "
" Oh Shit! "
Bam!
It was already too late when he saw it. The landform club of an oddly looking Orc came right behind the imp's body that Bell had just stabbed. He can't avoid it nor block on time.
The club hits him on his stomach sending Bell flying and rolling six meters away.
" Grwwuua! "
He puke blood. Bell felt like half of his internal organs was crushed into pulp as his vision blurred.
' Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!! ' he keep cursing inside his mind.
Just what the was that Orc? Was is an evolved one?
The Orc has a deep green color and was only two meters in size. Much smaller than how it usually was. The way it hidden itself behind other monsters before this, Bell was sure it has a bit of intelligence and also, cunning as Fuck!
It must be smaller but definitely not any other orcs. It's also a lot faster. Enough to successfully pull out a sneak attack to Bell.
A distorted expression similar to a grin appeared on its face as the orc approaches Bell. Its left arm holding the club rose above its shoulder, preparing to bring down its foe.
" DONT PUSH YOUR LUCK YOU FILTY PIIIIGGGG!!!! "
That hideous grin ignited something inside Bell.
He's infuriated. Not only for this monster but also to himself. It's like there's someone deep inside his soul cursing and scolding him for getting caught off guard by a lowly monster.
" AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!! "
Bell ignored all the pain and forced his legs to stand up. He kicked off the ground at the same moment the monster howled into the air.
He ignored his body's groans of pain and forced it forward out of sheer willpower, pouring all his mind into exterminating that arrogant fellow.
For the first time today, Bell stopped caring about the other monsters nearby. The only thing that mattered to him now was settling the score with that Orc once and for all. He charged forward right straight to it.
Bam! Slash! Bam!
All the monsters in his path towards that Orc fell by a single stroke. The Grin on its face from before had vanished and was now trying to escape.
But how can Bell let that happen?
He put everything on the table. His strategies, his safety and even his life on the line just to kill this monster ------the first one who landed a serious injury to him.
More…More! FORWARD!!
Each strike, each movement was filled with passion, desire.
Each kick off the ground was filled with the yearning to reach that monster.
The horde of monsters was being ripped off piece by piece. It's now collapsing but Bell has yet to notice it. There's only that lump of deep green meat in his eyes and he will never stopped until he cut off its head and crush its magic stone!
His limbs was as heavy as lead; his throat was parched and lungs were dry; streams of red blood flowed down his cheeks but his movements didn't stop.
The special Orc finally reached the furthest back of the monster tide. It doesn't have any place to hide anymore and looking back, it saw the white haired devil ---the boy whom it was about to kill just awhile ago.
" Rrrrooooooooooorrrrr! "
The special Orc roared but was totally different from before. It has a hint of fear and desperation. The remaining monsters around it also began to lose their ferocity as the horde dwindled around them. Till finally, only the special orc was left standing as Bell slowly approaches it.
It keeps on taking a step back till it finally reached the wall. It has nowhere to go.
An evil grin slowly form on Bell's face. His rubbelite eyes plus his blood covered face made him looked like a demon incarnate.
In a flash, Bell arrived in front of the orc and brandished his sword.
Puchi!
Blood sprayed out from the Orc's now severed neck. A head that was bigger than a basketball spins up before finally falling on the ground with a loud 'thud'. It wasn't able to react at all.
Slash! Slash!
But Bell didn't plan to stop there. He sent two more sword slashes on the orc's torso before pulling out its magic stone with his barehand.
" Ha-ha..... HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!! "
Thud.
He fell on his knees. The sight of his foe's corpse lying on the ground finally pulled Bell out of his madness state. His body collapsed after the adrenaline left his body.
He did. He freaking did it.
He finally got his sweet revenge onto this place.
But it's not yet over. Not until he finish looting all of these monsters with their magic stones and drop items. Only then will Bell can call it all over and return back home.
Gulp....gulp...
Bell rested for a few minutes and took another bottles of potions to speed up his recovery.
0.-.0
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