Chapter 197 - The Dirtiest Place (1/2)

”Okay, time to keep going.” Mumbled Wain and jumped to the next building.

”What?”

However, the arrow on the compass turned the other way at that moment. Wain jumped back, and the compass arrow changed direction again.

'Is the third part of the map between these houses?' Wain thought, looking at the alley below him. There was nothing there but trash and dirt.

Wain decided to go down and take a close look at the place. He stared intently at the compass and strolled away.

At one point, he passed a sewer manhole, and at that moment, the compass arrow moved.

”Damn... It looks like I'm going to have to get seriously dirty this time...” Wain muttered.

He hadn't expected the third part of the map to be in a place like a sewer. It was a dirty and unpleasant location, but that wasn't what Wain was worried about. He didn't know what kind of monsters might inhabit such places.

”There will probably be poisonous and toxic monsters in there, that sounds pretty logical, and that's a big problem...” Wain muttered.

He had high regeneration and good protection against ice and fire attributes, but he was defenseless against poisons. In this case, Wain could only rely on the fact that poison could not do serious damage to him.

Wain nodded, opened the hatch, and jumped down. Despite the apocalypse, the sewers were virtually unchanged. It got dirtier than usual, and various creepy plants appeared on the walls, but that was about it.

”Hmm, the arrow still hasn't moved. So I have to go downstairs, right?” Thought Wain looking at the sewer ditch.

Wain could have jumped into the water and breached the passageway to the bottom, but he didn't want to do that. He didn't know what could be in that water. Also, it could be poisonous, it was quite possible. Wain decided to find another way.

He walked forward through the sewer tunnels and looked carefully at his compass. Wain tried not to stray too far from that place and find the shortest way down.

Crackling.

Suddenly there was a rustling sound and the quiet sound of footsteps. The volume increased with each passing second, and a pack of huge rats appeared in the distance.

”Rats...right...the sewers are their home. Obviously, they've mutated and gotten stronger.” Mumbled Wain, and the Forgotten Monarch's Sword appeared in his hand.

”Looks like I'm finally going to use this sword in combat.” Wain said with a slight smile on his face as he looked at the monsters running at him.

Wain was about to swing his sword and kill the rats in one motion, but suddenly a massive alligator came out of the water.

It grabbed one of the rats with its jaws and dragged it to the bottom. When the rats saw this, they fled in fear. To the alligator, they were nothing more than food.

”Is this joke? Why the fuck would that crocodile decide to come out now?” Wain said angrily and stomped his foot, causing several cracks to appear on the floor.

Usually, Wain would have been glad of this outcome, for the alligator had saved him the trouble, but Wain wanted to fight someone and could not do so.

Moreover, the alligator immediately swam away when he sensed Wain's menacing aura.

”Okay, I'll wait a little longer...” Wain said grudgingly and went forward.

The sewers were huge, and after about a kilometer, Wain finally encountered a suitable opponent. To his surprise, it was an evolved zombie covered in poisonous growths.

The monster was quite large and looked formidable. It had green skin, sharp claws, and poisonous breath. Even though it was a zombie, Wain did not relax.

Zombies were some of the weaker monsters, but they could progress quickly and adapt to different conditions. This made them problematic opponents who could quickly become very strong.

The zombie immediately spotted Wain and ran sharply in his direction. Wain in front did not want to shorten the distance and bounced to the side. Wain could not allow the venomous enemy to get close to him.

Wain snapped his finger, and a dark sword appeared next to him, which came down on the zombie. However, the monster easily dodged and leaped into the water.

'Damn, he seems pretty smart. That's unusual for a zombie.' Wain thought.

He couldn't see where the zombie was, which meant he was at a disadvantage. The monster could have jumped out of the water at any moment and taken Wain by surprise.

Whooosh.

Wain swung his arm, and the dark sword plunged into the murky water. Wain decided to freeze it and force the zombie to the surface.

The plan worked, and a few seconds later, the poisonous zombie jumped out of the water at Wain with a furious scream.

”Huh, that was easier than I expected.” Said Wain with a smirk on his face and threw his platinum sword at the monster.

The weapon was like a white flash that pierced the zombie and nailed it to the wall. The zombie didn't die from this attack, but it sustained serious and life-threatening wounds.

Whoooosh.

Wain swung his hand, and the dark sword cut off the zombie's head. The next moment a blue soul headed toward him.

[Soul of Poison Zombie (Whole)

Chronicle: First

Rating: Rare]

'Wow, luck is on my side today.' Wain thought and crushed the soul.

[You have acquired the Soul Essence of Poison Zombie level 23. Vitality +8.]

”Damn, I expected more, but that's pretty good too.” Mumbled Wain, and several more messages appeared in front of him.

[You have leveled up to level 26. You get 3 status points to distribute freely]

[You get Rare Rating Spiritual Box]

”That's a whole other thing. I've already forgotten the last time I leveled up. I don't have much left. Although, getting the last four levels will be much harder than everything before that.” Wain muttered.

The higher a person's level was, the harder it was to climb. When Wain first evolved and was level 15, he could easily get 16 or 17.

However, the amount of energy required raised each time, and the coefficient increased steadily.