Digitize: Rebirth of the Silver Death God

Chapter 139: The Midnight Wall Bug

A dreary silence filled the narrow halls of the spooky palace as Nero, Elly, and Ivy cautiously continued on their way. Though quick, their movements have a little to no noise when their feet touched the ground, showing an adeptness in skill. However, despite their caution and pace taken forward, the sinister air within the halls didn't decrease but instead grew denser by each passing second as if danger was lurking around them.

While hurrying, Nero couldn't help but notice a few bones belonging to ancient individuals, some even having worn out but seemingly fine armor.

Inspecting each of them closely, Nero saw a sight that made his mind chill, a few small markings that seemed no different from tiny bite marks that made holes into both the armor and the bones of the fallen ones.

Not daring to let his guard down, Nero firmly gripped his scythe while trying to press down his current mood of uncertainty while he thought to himself.

'This doesn't look good.'

Elly, naturally, also had a similar feeling as she gulped when she saw the bones; she held her thin sword in a posture that signified battle readiness, but even so, her arms still trembled slightly.

'I... I hate this place!' Elly complained in her mind; she wasn't too much of a fan when it comes to things related to horror.

"Hey guys, is... is it just me, or can everyone feel what I'm feeling?" Ivy said in a low tone while following behind Nero with Elly, her eyes carrying a trace of fear as sweat rolled down her cheeks.

As if both Nero and Elly understood her meaning, the two had slightly pale looks as they nodded their heads, not saying anything.

Ivy's face sunk as their confirmation, but even though she knew that she didn't imagine things, she didn't dare to confirm it, knowing full well what would happen if she did.

'I sure hope that we're wro' Nero was about to think something as he firmly held onto this scythe, but as if the world didn't care about his feelings, his fear had finally unfolded.

Instantly, a series of rapid shuffling noises sounded from all directions of the narrow passageway, giving Nero, Elly, and Ivy a chill underneath their skin as they could hear a few shrieking noises.

"Oh, no! What are these?" Elly exclaimed as she saw the creatures approaching. They were small black bugs with beady eyes and sharp looking jagged teeth that crawled out of the walls without a trace of their origin as if they were one with the concrete.

'Damn, when the hell did we get surrounded?'

Nero inwardly cursed as he didn't even sense when the current threat appeared, he had been using his Reapers Eye's to peer through the dark, but because of the enemy's uniqueness, he still saw them too late.

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[Midnight Wall Bug]

[Level: 7]

[Grade: Common (Low Class)]

[Health: 700/700]

[Combat Force: 160 Stones]

[Body Tenacity: 85]

[Spiritual Awareness: 50]

[Speed: 85km/h]

[Skill: Wall Travel - Can travel through walls, Iron Teeth - Can bite through tough metal]

[Description: A protector of the hallways within the Palace of Horrors, these creatures are innately attuned to the palace walls and can traverse it no different from fish in the ocean. Be careful, for though these bugs are weak, they have hard skin and travel in huge quantities.]

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Nero's eyes grew stern, even more so as he saw the ridiculous amount of Body Tenacity for its current level. He didn't dare to dally as he shouted to Elly and Ivy, "Don't fight them all in battle, hurry and run!"

Without even a moment of hesitation, Nero's body erupted in his silver magic power as he leaned forward and dashed ahead. As this happened, a few of the Midnight Wall Bugs had blocked his path; Nero didn't even hold back and used his newest technique; he thought this was the perfect chance to explore its power.

"Blood Reaper's Dance!"

Nero said, invoking his attack skill; his silver magic power soon turned a shade red as a cold air formed around his body. With a twist, his figure vanished, leaving behind the edge of his scythe that soon glowed and transformed into two baleful arcs of red lights that spiraled about in all directions.

The Midnight Wall Bugs that were caught in his range, blocking off most of the path forward, were easily swept up by these rays of red lights that danced about at immense speeds before halting a few dozen meters ahead. They then reformed into the scythe once more along with Nero, who held it in his usual Dancing Reaper Stance.

Suddenly, the Midnight Wall Bugs that charged unaware of Nero's attack halted as a series of metallic 'ting-ting' noises sounded before their bodies split into multiple pieces, turning into corpses.

'Even with that, I still had a bit of resistance from their flesh, these certainly are troublesome creatures, I can't fight them all by myself, not at this level, and Elly and Ivy should have it even harder.'

As Nero's thoughts reached here, he hurriedly glanced at the shocked Elly and Ivy and shouted again, "Guys, what are you doing? Hurry up, theirs still more behind you and around us! Don't fall behind!"

With that said, Nero dashed forward at high speeds, Elly and Ivy were a bit dizzy at this as they didn't even think Nero could have such a technique, but as the scene was currently dangerous, they didn't dare to distract themselves.

"Let's go, Ivy!" Elly yelled as she saw a few more Midnight Wall Bugs appeared from the walls in the area Nero had cleaned up. She hurried forward with her sword glowing in dazzling lights.

"R-Right!" Ivy said, not daring to fall behind, cracking her whip as she ran at max speed.

"Sword of Blossoms! Poison Whiplash!" Both Elly and Ivy shouted, invoking their skills, a series of petals then crashed into the bugs' bodies along with the green lashes from the whip. But rather than killing them in one go, a series of sparks flew into the air as only after a period did a few died due to bloody wounds, followed by others that melted due to the strong poison.

'So hard!' Both Elly and Ivy thought as they knew just how tough the flesh was from that exchange. Not daring to dally, they pushed their speeds to the limit, not long after leaving this area as they strived to catch up to Nero.

However, both girls didn't seem to realize while they had just left, a loud shuffle was heard as the wall behind shook slightly. Soon, a pair of massive beady eyes opened from the wall, glaring towards their position with a cold ray before it closed and vanished as if fading into the darkness.