Chapter 24 (2/2)

Oldshadows By nature of self-preservation he shot the crossbow The short arrow penetrated one of the bottles But another one which was aimed at him was not affected In hurry he raised his left ar shadow

Unfortunately for him, he blocked the bottle covered with fabric It cracked and some of the sulfur fall onto his arm and clothes He sway his arm which hit the table when another bottle hit the oil lamp and overturned it

Dudian saw the fabric burning up so he quickly lied down

Bang!

Suddenly sound of thunder-like explosion resounded in the chamber Few pieces of the wood on top of the chamber cracked and fall down Dust filled the room

Dudian felt a massive destructive force hit the table and which was reflected on his body He felt as if his ribs were going to break Tears flowed out of his eyes because of the pain

At this time he couldn’t control his slow and restrained breath As a result he inhaled large amounts of air There was flavor of burned sulfur Moreover he inhaled re His limbs felt soft

Top of the chamber collapsed at some parts The cold wind circulated inside the chamber which rolled out the air filled with san to inhale the fresh air

Dudian i blast in the chamber and nobody knehen it will completely collapse He did not want to be buried alive

As a result of the previous explosion, the oil lamp had blown out At the moment the chamber was immersed in darkness

Dudian began to h he couldn’t see as in front of him He relied on his previous vision to remember the distance between hi before his hand touched a wet, sticky but hard objects His face becaly

It was the bones of old man

Although in the dark, Dudian knew that all that he touched were the part of the body that had remained after the explosion He didn’t expect the power of this sulfur explosion to be so terrible It was not un powder so the reason for it to be so effective should be because of ‘dust explosion’ principle

“I killed a hu human was killed He had seen the situation of poor in this world and at some point faced the distortion of the law But to personally kill someone He did not dare to think about it previously

He was slightly shaking, he secretly whispered in his heart: “It was just self-protection I wanted to protect myself, so it’s not a crime… not a crime…” His heart was filled with sadness The proper laws has long since disappeared froive him a conviction?

In this dark pit which was illuht, he suddenly felt so lonely and desolate Gradually he let his body relax The fear in his heart disappeared Instead a kind of faint indifference was born He silently looked at the derelict part of the old man’s body His body slowly moved, not to leave but to explore

He checked the crossbow