Chapter 529 The Stuff That Nightmares Are Made Of (2/2)

Once on relatively clean yet solid ground, Daniel turned to look at the piles of corpses, and noticed a few odd details

On the little bit of skin left intact on the most recent of these corpses, Daniel could see stripes of white paint over a dark brown skin A clue that led him to believe that these people were connected to the white painted warrior, and that they were most likely the reason why he hated these monsters so much

What was even more odd, however, was the fact that soer than those of a norer than the other, and for those who still had them, beady eyes that resembled those of a fish Details that connected these corpses to the monsters he had seen, as much as they did to the painted warrior

Daniel's first guess was that the monsters had kidnapped these people like they had kidnapped his coo a transformation that would turn them into their own However, what did not match with this theory, was the fact that some of those bodies appeared to have been there for several months, if not years, while others were only there for a few days

If thesethis world's inhabitants into their own until only a few days ago, why did the stone forest show decades of abandon, but the only way to find out what, was to move forward

When he turned towards the corridor that led outside of this hellish room and deeper into the cave, however, Daniel noticed a shadow appear on the illu in his direction He instinctively ht of the corridor His hand wrapped around the hilt of the sword, ready to strike whoever, or whatever came into the roo to the nearing heavy steps of one of theinto the room, remained at the end of the corridor, and after a few final crunching sounds, chucked what appeared like the half chewed head of a dark-skinned woht onto the pile of corpses

Hopeful that he couldto hear the monster leave from the way he had coe silhouette of a ht behind the hole Daniel had created to enter the roo in the corridor

The monster, clearly alerted by the shadow, et a better look at it, but before it could realize what had happened, or even call for reinforceh his palate, and ended into his brain, causing it to cos cut

When Daniel turned to look angrily at the silhouette, he realized that it was already gone ”damn you” he muttered, annoyed by the painted warrior's evasive behavior that had already put hied the corpse in a dark corner of the room, then walked into the corridor, which led hies

After about ten minutes spent in hope to avoid monsters, Daniel came to the realization that the luck boost of his syste, as he had been spotted several ti thanks to his abilities in assassination and hiding

The labyrinth was built in a circle, and despite which path Daniel took, every corridor either led him towards the exit of the cave, or deeper towards the core The further in he would go, the er he would be in, but he kept going regardless, fearless andopened into adia, and an island in the ed from a lava lake

This island was several hundred meters wide, and was connected to the circular stone platfor hundreds of corpses, and chains that held cages filled with living huh for them to feel the oppressive heath, and slowly cook from the inside

The walls of the cave were covered in corpses, either crucified or hanged, and on the stone platfores, thousands of monsters formed circles in the middle of which, anihtered, eaten alive, or tortured to death

Contrary to the chaos that ensued on the edges of the underground lair, the top of the island was very pacific

On it, thousands of people bowed, and prayed religiously to the giant dark red orb that floated right in the middle of the island as if their lives depended on it Not a single monster, except for the sha that it was a sacred ground reserved for the prayers of the vast group of kidnapped hu which Daniel could see his five co a, Daniel's eyes had never moved away from the dark orb, towards which he felt a sense of familiarity that reminded him of his encounter with the other children of Iewah, as well as the aspects of existence However, the feeling that thisobgave out was more innocent and pure, almost as it had never been touched by the world Or as if the entity was just being born