章 536: Waste Not, Want Not

Myka saw the large group of monsters that had surrounded Alice and Ashleigh. He even saw when Alice had noticed him. There were more enemies than she could see; they were actively fighting with ten or twenty, but there were many more crossing the room toward them.

He wanted to go to her, to do everything he could to help them both, but even twitching in that direction made the bat squeeze his shoulder and force him forward. After that, all he could do was hope that they, and he, would make it through.

“Worry more about yourself…” he whispered to himself and the girls.

The creatures pushed him through the open space. Lanterns and lights lined the walls of the circular room. Without these, he expected that it would be very dark, except for the seemingly glowing crystals and mushrooms spread in bunches throughout the area.