Chapter 284: I Will Definitely Be Back!
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As if a mole were burrowing underneath, the earth gradually cracked open, and a head slowly emerged from underground.
It was the head of a young boy.
The moment he appeared on the surface, he gasped violently for breath. His face was covered in shades of purple and blue, seemingly from holding his breath for too long.
"Damn it, those three lapdogs are finally gone." Merem cursed under his breath, his face livid. Then, an expression of having survived a calamity appeared.
"Fortunately, these guys don't know my true form. But I can only trick them once," Watching the direction Fou had departed, Merem said smugly.
Except for the Crimson Moon and Nrvnqsr Chaos, the leader of the Burial Agency, no one knew his true appearance was that of a handsome twelve-year-old boy. He usually interacted with people using the appearance of the King of Rats, one of his Four Great Demons.
Therefore, when he realized his defeat was inevitable—Merem buried his true body underground, shielding his breath and aura—Through great difficulty, he finally deceived the three Dead Apostle Ancestors and successfully survived.
"Huff, haah, huff, haah!" Veins bulged on Merem's forehead, looking extremely strained. As he took deep breaths, the cracks in the earth expanded further.
He was breaking free from the earth's restraint. Due to the fear of being discovered by Strout and the others, he dared not use magical power, thus relying solely on his own physical strength to escape the earth, which was naturally very strenuous.