There were more than 50 of those ugly things in the aisle. Perhaps, that why there was nobody coming up despite that there was an intruder. They never meant to capture the intruders alive.
Using the blood and meat as the bait, any normal intruder would be reduced to nothing. The alarm itself was likely meant for the researchers to evacuate the facility.
Although they shouldn’t be much of a threat to me, I still used 《Appraisal》to check on them.
[Eh…..]
The enemies won’t wait until that mystery is solved, however. Jagged teeth….those beasts started to jump on me while showing off their unnatural fangs.
[Chi]
I slashed at those who were trying to bite me. Then, as always, the inorganic voice inside my head will announce that the gluttony skill has been activated……. But it failed to tell me about the thing that I have eaten.
[What is this feeling…..I feel sick.]
[Night walker!? So those are not Goblins]
If I kill it, instead of absorbing its stats and skills, I would only feel a suffering akin to that of poison. I could only strike them with the flat part of my sword and keep my distance.
[Why does the Gluttony skill not triggering normally?]
『That thing has already died a long time ago. It keeps moving because it still has small residue of its soul. When Gluttony skill eats degraded soul like that, you’ll only end up taking damage. So by all means, you have to avoid killing Night walker. If you do then, you might even ended up dying.』
What a strange enemy. To not be able to kill it while still having to fight it, that thing had a really bad compatibility with me in the first place.
[An enemy I mustn’t kill, huh….]
What was more disconcerting about this Nightwalker, is their regenerative ability. The part on its belly where I struck with the side of my sword had already repaired itself.
『Fate, there is one more important thing. Don’t get bitten, for its bite will inflict a curse that can breakthrough Area E protection. You’ll get yourself eaten by them instead.』
[What!? Those thing can do that!?]
Behind the goblin night walkers, were the staff that I threw down to the goblin pit earlier. They too, sported mutated fangs and red eyes, glaring at me.
Apparently still holding grudges to me for letting them die, they showed more hostility toward me rather than toward the goblin night walkers.
[Good grief, this is such a pain. But…..]
Then, by chance I came across a dark room. I looked around the room with《Night Vision》, and found that there is no night walker inside. At last we are save, for the time being.
Hefting Mimir’s body inside, I got in to the room by rolling over.
『Fate, close the entrance by cutting the ceiling.』
[No need to tell me that]
While the sirene is still ringing, I started to think up a way to get out. Looking up, I asked Greed.
[It’s only through there after all.]
『The ventilation shaft？』
[Yeah, that’s the better way to get Mimir safely outside.]
[Let’s enter.]
『I knew you’d say that』
[Are they experimenting on something?]
『Perhaps it’s an experiment related to the nightwalker. Those clear red liquid is probably the diluted blood of the original night walker.』
[Original?]
『It’s one of Gallia’s bioweapon. Perhaps, the Burixes stumbled upon it somewhere. Moreover, I believe that it’s not something they could handle. Thinking that they could control it, is futile.』
[The infection power seems stronger and any infectious diseases I knew of. The curse the Night walker bring will spread, and their number will only keep increasing if they escaped this place. Eventually overwhelming the kingdom itself.]
『That’s how it is』
[No way…..Hado Burix!?]
Holy Knight Hado Burix died the day I left the Kingdom for Gallia. Moreover, I had cut off both of his arms and legs. And yet, here he was, as good as new.
Hado kept staring at me, his mouth moved clumsily as he shouted.
[Fa……..te, Faa…te, Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaattteee!!]
