章 302: End of the First Phase [1]

Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump! 

A pair of yellow eyes shone with grace, watching as several bodies around him collapsed, lifeless, to the ground.

The bodies belonged to thin figures with long, sickly arms that unnervingly stretched down from their backs, their bodies now motionless at his feet as their blood slowly seeped into the dry ground beneath, staining the earth with dark black color.

But as if that wasn't enough, several dozen more of the same creatures surrounded him. They stood still, their vacant, empty eye sockets staring blankly in his direction from all sides.

They were all alive, yet not a single one seemed capable of moving.

As if frozen in place. 

"....How many does that make?" 

Caius stretched his arm to the side. In a short few seconds, he felt something soft fall on his hand, and he brought it to his face. 

"It makes it twenty-three at once." 

"Oh, not bad."