Chapter 23：We Are a Team (2/2)

Rose gnashed her teeth.

She was a strong-willed woman that never yielded to anyone, yet at this moment.

Her pale face and her figure that trembled like a sieve made her look pitiful.

”Leave him! He's just a hypocrite. Acting so arrogant just because he's mentally stronger than us. He'll be the first one to die anyway with how conceited he is! Leave him alone! We can't let ourselves be dragged to hell by a person like him!”

Rose's words were violent and uncouth, but she only said these words in a whisper. It was evident that she was still quite afraid of that terrifying monster from earlier for she didn't dare to make any substantial noises.

”We have to move... No matter what, we must follow him!” Ray's eyes narrowed into slits.

No one knew what he was thinking.

”I agree... We can't just stay in once place as he said. Let's go and follow him.” Hugo also spoke up.

Medea nodded her head, while Zahra softly whispered, ”I think he's still near. He told us to limit our movements and the sound of our footsteps as much as possible so he should be doing that too. In other words, he must still be in that corridor.” Zahra looked ahead and stared at the corridor that turned left.

The newbies nodded their heads

Suppressing the fear in their hearts, they forced their trembling bodies into standing up as they walked towards the dark corridor ahead of them.

Hugo voluntarily stood at the front line.

His towering figure gave a certain amount of reassurance to the newbies who were still shivering in fear.

As soon as they reached the turning point of the corridor, Calvin appeared right in front of him. It turned out that he was waiting for them all this while for he was leaning on the door and he had a cheeky smile on his face.

”So, finally willing to move, eh?”

”You... You were waiting for us?” Roy jumped and pointed a finger at him.

The others also frowned. They felt as if they were played by Calvin.

Even Medea who normally had an indifferent look on her face now had a disapproving look in her eyes.

”Of course, I was waiting for you all. How can I possibly explore this place alone when all of us are a team? Besides, the map is in my hands, so if I explored alone and left you all out there, then I guarantee that all of you would die in just under half an hour.” Calvin casually said.

But when his words came out, the newbies simultaneously gasped in fear.

At first impression, these newbies thought that Calvin was exaggerating. But when they saw the mountain of bodies on the ground floor, they quickly changed their minds. At this moment, they would rather believe in Calvin's inconceivable words than believe at nothing at all.

Faith was a strange concept.

Calvin never believed in such a concept, yet at this moment. He couldn't help but feel grateful for its existence.

After all, if not for faith then this team wouldn't be this united in just a short amount of time.

”So, you were waiting for us...” Jane softly whispered, ”Thank you... I thought for sure that you abandoned us already...”

Calvin waved his hand and replied, ”Hey Jane, do you really think that I can be that heartless?” He only spent a short time with Jane at that safe room, yet he already felt fond of this girl who, despite being a scaredy-cat actually still had her own ambitions and dreams.

The newbies continued their journey through the dark corridor.

Calvin and Jane chatted with each other as if they were strolling on their backyard instead of a mental asylum.

The group then reached the stairs and descended.

But as soon as they reached the ground floor.

The newbies froze in fear.

Calvin's movements grind to a halt as he stared ahead at the figure of a middle-aged man holding the hands of his child.

The scene was actually innocent enough.

Clad in a blue waistcoat and a pitch-black blazer, the middle-aged man's chestnut-colored eyes shone with tenderness as he stared at his daughter.

This was such a heartwarming scene if not for the fact that his daughter was a headless body of a child wearing a pink gown. What's more, while the man's left hand held the hand of the child's deceased body, his right hand was holding the detached head of that child!

The newbies started trembling in fear.

Even Calvin was no exception.

'The Benevolent Father!'

Calvin inwardly exclaimed the name of the middle-aged man standing in front of them.