Chapter 810 (1/2)

Chapter 810: A Dilemma

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“Uh… I feel so… disgusting.”

Agatha covered her mouth and retched as she crept along the worm carrier’s narrow esophagus to get out. “I feel like I was in some kind of mucus-filled bag that was flung onto the wall dozens of times.”

“You couldn’t find any words better than that?” Nightingale asked as she walked out of her Mist leisurely.She stared at the others who were bathed in mucus. “If Fran hadn’t collapsed the cave’s mouth, we’d be in great danger.” The advantage of walking in the Mist, that enabled her to travel seamlessly between spaces, had saved her from needing to hide in the carrier’s stomach. Ultimately saving her from being bathed in the foul and corrupted mucus.

“Sorry… did I act impulsively?” Fran asked warily, however, Agatha was too busy retching from the stench to reply.

“For me, it was okay.” Lightning said as she wiped mucus from her hair before smelling it. “Being swallowed by a giant worm and then crawling out safely is an unparalleled experience, an adventure that no other explorers have gotten to taste.”

“Don’t be too greedy.” Elena rolled her eyes and said to Agatha, “For us, who have no senses, even smelling the reek and feeling the clammy touch is enviable.”

Other God’s Punishment Witches echoed her sentiment.

“Fine… let us say no more.” Agatha coughed and interrupted in a hoarse voice, “On to the next problem, what should we do?”

There was fear lingering in every witch’s heart as they recalled the accident from minutes ago. Despite Fran’s quick warning, in that moment, the instinct to turn their eyes towards the source of the weird buzzing was faster than their minds could process the warning. As a result, more than one of them failed to keep their head down as the sound rang out.

No one had been able to see the actual visage of the monster, all they could see was it’s ten thousand scarlet eyes.

They believed that the cluster of eyes belonged to the watchful Multi-eyed Demon that had coiled on the top of the tower. The only image they could associate it with was the black stone tower that had been swallowed by the worm. However, unlike the ordinary Multi-eyed Demon, the scope of this one’s eyes had been much wider, as if the demon’s body had been flattened and considerably stretched.

After the buzzing had subsided a large number of hybrid demonic beasts emerged from the deep ruins and charged towards them. All Nightingale had been able to see while she was in the Mist was the sudden appearance of numerous magic power light spots. They had abruptly appeared out of the void and from every corner of the cave. They had come from the stone walls, the streaming water, and the dark dome. The monsters had gathered together, creating bright streams, and their noisy, raspy roars drowned out the tinkling of the running water. It had been as if the entire mountain had come alive to chase off the intruders.

In that moment of peril, it had been Fran who made the executive decision.

She swallowed everyone, except for Nightingale, and turned so she could bore into the cave wall. Once her whole body had been submerged in the stone wall, the demonic beasts approached and started to snap at her tail fiercely. Even with Nightingale proving cover, she had been able to drive away so many enemies.

Although she had been in pain, Fran persisted and tunneling about 30 feet into the rock formation before she rolled back onto her rear and smashed the demonic beasts with her giant body. Subsequently, she gathered all of her strength into her tail and whipped it hard against the ceiling of the tunnel, knocking down the stones. By blocking the mouth of the tunnel, she finally eliminated some enemies.

During the struggle, the witches hiding in Fran’s stomach had had an unforgettable experience. They tumbled and rocked inside the worm while she was fighting and they nearly threw up. As if the rolling and whipping wasn’t enough, they had also been confined next to the rotting meat that was in the digestive cavity and it had reeked.

Ultimately, at least, all of them were safe.

“First we have to figure out what’s going on.” Elena looked at Fran, “How did you get stuck down here?”

“I think the rock formation must have been eroded by years of water washing so it collapsed abruptly as I twirled in the passage. It all happened so fast that I was already fallin by the time I realized what had happened. Then I knocked into something and blacked out,” Fran said limply. “When I woke up, I found myself being transporting by dozens of invisible worms and then they left me in this place.”

“I see… They’ve taken you as a vacant carrier.” Elena raised her eyebrows, “At least, we’re lucky.”