41 Her Eyes on Me

41 Her Eyes on Me

As the scent of the Viraxis tree faded, a wave of chaotic noise erupted around us—screams, grunts, and frantic footsteps echoing from every direction. Even at this height, their noise is too loud that it can’t be neglected anymore.

Then it happened—we were face to face with them. Falling from the vent and their rotten smell greeted us first. With gritted teeth, long moldy claws, decayed body and eyes barely hanging in their sockets, they charged straight at us.

I spun the blade in my palm, then dashed forward to meet them head-on.

Two of them lunged at me, leaping like twisted hybrids of frogs. I slid low and ducked, angling my blade to slice through them in a single, swift motion, before their decaying body parts dropped on me, then one suddenly dropped above me.

I dodged quickly, switching my blade to my right hand before swinging it upward at the approaching undead.