Chapter 323: Echoes Of The Life
"You humans are Truly foolish." The dragon spoke.
Its voice was not a sound carried by the wind, but a dense, abyssal resonance that bypassed the students’ eardrums and vibrated directly against their souls. The four mutated horns upon its crown pulsed with a sickening violet light.
The Next Moment:
BOOOOM!!
The spatial coordinates of the plaza violently shifted. All the monsters in the surroundings shot out from their hiding places in the ruined skyscrapers and shattered subways, all rushing towards the gateway, instantly blocking the students’ escape route. It wasn’t a mindless stampede; it was a highly coordinated maneuver executed by a gatekeeper. A suffocating wall of flesh, fangs, and chaotic energy sealed the perimeter.
".....?!"
The twenty were stunned, moving their gazes on the monsters, which has easily surrounded them from all angles. Their advantage had evaporated in a fraction of a second.
"None of you are leaving here, alive." The gatekeeper said with a sneer, its reptilian jaws parting to reveal rows of serrated, blood-stained teeth.
"Seems we have no choice but to fight!" Jessica said, and jumped down the building, Landing lightly on the ground. Her boots barely disturbed the ash.
"These monsters won’t attack us, they are simply here to block our escape route. If we take down the gatekeeper, then the gateway, we can kill our way out." She said, drawing her sword from its sheath.
"What a Headache." Honky jumped down the building, landing on the ground with a heavy, earth-shattering thud, as his legendary class armor appeared on him, materializing from his inventory in a flash of light, followed by his legendary class sword and heavy tower shield. The gear radiated an oppressive, stat-boosting pressure.
"This isn’t a problem! I wanted to wipe the floor with this monster’s face from the start!" He said, cracking his knuckles. He was blinded by the golden glow of his own equipment, mistaking artifact reliance for genuine combat proficiency.