Chapter 60: Leave Him to Me. Just One Person is Fine part 2

"Old-timer, stick close to me, what kind of —— godforsaken place is this!" Eileen whispered to the young man beside her, keeping her voice low.

They were now walking through a dark and damp abandoned sewer.

Underfoot, apart from filthy puddles of water, there were strange moss-like plants that Eileen had never seen before. The eerie surroundings were accompanied by low, hoarse roars that seemed to come from all directions in the sewer, echoing in their ears.

That was not a noise that humans or animals could make. Eileen had heard it twice before, and both times were distinctly memorable because it was a sound that only the Tainted corpse could make.

Eileen kept her nerves on edge, protecting Renji beside her. She hadn't forgotten her duty, and the real threat she was wary of was not the treacherous abandoned sewer filled with dangers, but the nun leading the way ahead.