The rescuse misson admist the massacre part 2 (not yet done). A hidden danger.

Miro's whole body was numb. The crackling noises coming from the side accompanied by soft groans made her goosebumps. That sound came from a man. His body was broken like a toothpick and cut to pieces. However, no screams came out, and somehow he was still alive with only his head left. Eight-legged monsters after eating the man, they move on to the next one. They had already eaten a dozen of people, and soon it would be her turn. Miro wanted to cry, but she had to hold back. Making the noise right now would make her die faster. She was still able to move because she faked her unconsciousness when she was captured. The amount of anesthetic they injected into her was not much. But thinking back now, it was more likely a mistake, if they injected more she probably wouldn't feel pain. Now he would be eaten alive and thinking about that scene, Miro felt nauseous. The stomach fluid was spilling up her mouth.

" This is retribution."

She stole Torei's money and fled. Miro didn't trust Torei, he would make her do those dirty things again.

" There were no good people in this world without reason."

That's what her mother taught. Torei gave her so many things even though he just met her, it scared her. So she chose the path that she always chose. She stole valuables and then ran into the market. There was a guy there that specialized in buying stolen items. If she could sell them all, she would have enough money to leave this city. But before she knew it, she was in this place. This was hell where bad children like her paid the price. The demon spiders had begun to eat the next prey, one of them began to crawl towards her. Two disgusting, hairy legs began to wrap around her body, two sharp fangs in its mouth made creepy "cack cack" sounds. Miro couldn't hold it anymore, she started screaming and of course, the monster's attention turned towards her.

" Aghh! Please, don't!!!"

This terrible scene would be the last thing she saw. The spider's two claws were close to her neck. When it opened its large mouth and was about to take a bite ...

[Boom!]

The sound of something exploded, dazzling light and heat gradually covered the whole place. The spider monster near Miro fell from the burning net, it violently squirmed and let out a bitter cry. The fire kept spreading to the others. They are frantically jumping up and down everywhere. Torei tried to avoid all the spiders and rushed towards Miro before the flames burst the silk binding the kid. He cut the silk with a knife and carried the kid out.

" T-Torei san?"

" Don't worry, I'll get you out of here."

Torei glanced at the cocoons being burned by his flare. Inside of them, there were some things still moving.

' Sorry, but I can't save one.'

He took his breath and sprint out, growls were heard around the building, it seemed the monsters heard the explosion and began to gather here.

" Alright."

He threw a flare as far as he could to attract them, but a few still saw him.

" Sh*t!"

Torei used all of his energy to run. However, he had to carry Miro so the speed dropped significantly. He bathed with sweat, his shirt began to stick to his skin and he was breathing faster and faster. Suddenly Miro shouted as something shot at him. Torei barely dodged it, but it made him lose his balance. He and Miro fell to the side. Behind them was a giant spider. What just now was the silk shot out of it. Other monsters gathered here as well as they surrounded him.

' Is this dead-end?'

Torei pulled out a whistle from his pocket. It was something Shizu gave him before she left and told him to use only in emergencies. If he blew it, Shizu would hear it, but before he could do anything, a monster charged from the side.

[ Bam!] The sound of broken bricks. The monster that looked like a wolf was thrown, its head crushed and the brain matter scattered everywhere.

" Brat! Finally found you! How many more times do I have to save you?"

Still that obnoxious gesture, Abert was standing in front of him. His entire body was still bandaged, and there were many blood stains on them. It seemed that he ran all over the place looking for Torei when the incident happened.

" Thanks-"

" Let's talk about it after we get out of this mess."

The monsters growled fiercely. They were angry and wary of the person who appeared. Some of them circled back and were about to target Torei.

" Hey hey, you won't get any pice of his meat while I'm standing here!"

Mana started swirling with Abert's in the center. The man glowed and then a loud bang broke out. The monsters and some houses in front of Abert were now a wide empty path. The monsters were overwhelmed by that power. Not missing that chance, Abert took Torei and Miro on his shoulder.

" Can you be less noisy!"

" Don't complain, brat! I just saved your ass!"

" Other monsters will be coming after hearing the sound just now."

" Then we just need to blow them away, right? Hahaha."

" This damm muscle head!"

Though Abert seemed confident, Torei knows very well this guy couldn't fight for long. The shot just now burned at least 1/3 of his Mana, Abert could only use it twice. Abert's mana recovered very slowly due to his past injuries.

" Hey brat, where's your girlfriend? Isn't she a hero?"

" G-Girlfriend? Shizu is not my girlfriend! Seems like something urgent happened so she had to deal with them."

" Is that so? This is serious. I have heard briefly from the Priest that these things are happening in many cities of the kingdom. I hope Shizu chan is fine."

" ..."

Shizu rushed to the outside of the city, a terrible feeling arose within her. It told her that if she didn't run here, everything would be over. Her [Intution] skill was vague and uncontrollable, however, it had saved her and her teammates' lives countless times. In the forest on the edge of the city, she found a cave. Its appearance was nothing special but a large amount of mana was gathered there. Shizu stepped inside, something aimed at her head. An arrow, she supported it with her sword. The fact that it was strong enough to make her hand falter a bit shows that the enemy should be at least Lvl 90.

" High Centaur?"

" Human! We won't let you stop this plan!"

The Centaurs use bows and spears. There were 20 of them.

" I have no time to play with you."

Shizu immediately activated one of her strongest abilities [Tempest].

In this world there was something called a mana vein, it was an intricate system and was everywhere. To the planet, they were like human blood vessels. Plants growing from the soil would be affected by mana, followed by herbivores, predators, cattle, and then higher organisms. 'Loriana Core' refers to places where mana veins were connected, some 'Core' was born in nature, but some were created by someone for special purposes. In short, it was what makes the flow of the mana veins uniform and their transformation synchronous. In the case of the cities of Argatha, 'Core' was what Sarila uses to form the great barrier around the city and also was the strongest protection. Normally, even when it was discovered no one could do anything, but right now the barrier was much weaker.

On the ground floor was a giant metal lid engraved with ancient characters. Even though the lid prevented the leak, the one who was familiar with the mana would still feel the enormous flow of mana beneath the lid.

" How should I end it all? With a spell that triggers explosion from everywhere or infuses Mordox's energy and turns them all into monsters?"

Under the dim light of crystal stones, a man whose face was hidden under the dark hood was the one that Shizu met while she saved Torei and Miro. The surrounding was blood, a lot of blood, everywhere, and headless bodies piled up. Even though she had changed a lot, the horror scene ahead of her still made her shudder. The heads of victims were arranged neatly around the lid. As if still living, they were constantly moving their mouth and showing terrified expressions.

" Hahaha. How can we accept such a simple thing? The ancient demon king Baarl's spell would put an end to it all. They won't simply die, but will be tortured for eternity!"

A sudden cold breeze blew past him. He turned around, his blood-red eyes stared at Shizu, and his face filled with anger.