Chapter 10

At first, the route seems to be quite long, and despite the fact that the torches are at a regular distance, they are not enough to see everything clearly; at least they allow us to see something and serve to mark the correct path to follow, because otherwise no one would ever be able to find the way out of this labyrinth of tunnels and luckily the ground is quite flat for now.

It has been a while since we began to flee from the demons that are getting closer and closer, to the point that I can see quite clearly their shocking number that must be hundreds and their horrifying appearances of extremely pale and slimy skin , with bodies of different shapes and sizes as elongated as centipedes with multiple limbs both feet and arms, all with claws and even tentacles that come out of their backs, others look like spiders with a half of the torso with a humanoid shape or with an appearance similar to a hound but with scorpion tails and six legs instead of four, all of multiple sizes ranging from a bit taller than a normal man to as big as a bus.

There are many more shapes, but those specifically stand out, they even run on the walls, but they all have two details in which they coincide, many eyes and mouths all over their body.

Due to the strong and incessant running, tiredness and fatigue are beginning to take their toll on those who are more out of shape and are not used to long periods of effort.

A certain rather plump boy who carries a sword and a shield, is already seen with a suffocated breath and is bathed in sweat, he begins to lag behind and no matter how much others encourage him to hurry, he no longer has the strength, he is so scared that he is no longer able to take it anymore, and it is not known whether his legs are shaking from fear or from exhaustion.

He begins to complain between tears and tears, "Damn, this is not the opportunity I was hoping for! Damn, I can't take it anymore! Fuck everyone who created this damn game!"

I intend to go in his aid but Alfred holds me with his arm and I see him as frustrated as I am, "Stop ... I know it's difficult for you to let him die without doing anything. Believe me I understand you" He closes his eyes with regret, "But the only thing you're going to do is get you killed too."

I listen to my partner, "Shit!" I exclaimed helplessly, without further thought we continue.

Then a hound-shaped demon approaches him from behind and attacks him with their tails wich they can project from quite a distance.

The boy, seeing his attacker out of the corner of his eye, expresses furiously, "I know I'm going to die but I'm not going to do it without fighting!" At the same time he interposes his shield blocking the lethal attack.

Surprisingly, we see a great flash followed by a great explosion that causes great astonishment and uncertainty among us.

A curtain of dust and smoke rises from the place where the explosion occurred, and the infernal hound can be seen flying through the air on one side as it burns, "Wow, hahahaha ... take that bastard! What did you think of my ability huh?! This bone is not easy to bite puppy."

Alfred who sees him fly above us makes use of his ability and takes a great leap that cracks the ground under his feet when he is detached.

He takes the boy in his arms in a funny way as if he were a prince saving a damsel in danger.

He falls a few meters in front of the group and Alfred rushes him as soon as he drops him on the ground and runs off, "Come on, keep running, don't stop!"

The boy speaks very grateful to him, "Thank you very much friend, I owe you my life. If it had not been for your help, it is very likely that I would have broken something with the fall."

"There's nothing to be thankful for, I'm sure you would have done the same in my place." Also we are a team.

"You're right friend, we are all a team."

The boy feels somewhat recovered as a result of the power that his sacred shield gave him and instantly continues with the flight.

Seeing how Alfred uses his ability, one of those close to me asks me, "Hey kid, why didn't you guys get ahead of yourself with the use of your skills?"

"Because if we go ahead we won't achieve anything if the rest of the team dies. In addition, we do not know how many times we can use it without running out of power, which is surely not infinite. So you have to save the aces up your sleeve for when they are really needed. Like now for example." I say when I see a huge centipede come out of a tunnel in front of us.

I move at full speed and just before he attacks one of us by surprise, I cut off the spear-shaped arm that he directs against the surprised boy. I do not stop and cut several legs one after the other on the same side, causing the huge demon to fall on its side and be easy prey for the edge of the weapons of the rest of the group that falls on it furiously, ripping it to pieces right away.

Then I say euphoric to everyone holding my bloody sword held high. "Let's all go to the end!"

The others yell in unison, "Yeah!" Very motivated.

Suddenly one is hit by a large spear-shaped bone right in the middle of the chest coming from the ceiling in front of us, from which another horrifying and enormous demon emerges that is thrown to the ground throwing a great bloof thirsty roar.

At this moment I tell myself preparing to attack again, "I knew this was not going to be easy at all."