Hell Scroll

Chapter 33: Hell Scroll

The neat and clean streets, the small courtyards blooming with colorful flowers, the bright and warm sunlight, rows of tidy, beautiful houses. All of this, which was originally so beautiful, now made Tuka unable to suppress his fear.

It was an instinctive fear, as if a pair of greedy eyes were staring at him from the area ahead, and this silent area before him was its gaping maw, waiting to devour everything.

"Ah!!! Help, help, save me."

Suddenly, a shrill scream came from a distant house, but the scream stopped dead the next second. If it weren't for the echo still lingering on the street, Tuka would have doubted if he was hallucinating from being too tense.

"Captain, what do we do?"

Ska tightly gripped the long sword in his hand, large beads of sweat constantly dripping from his forehead, yet he still vigilantly scanned his surroundings, unconsciously blocking Nana's front to ensure he could protect her immediately if danger arose.

"Retreat! Return to the Adventurer's Guild immediately, and then inform everyone of the situation here!"

Glancing in the direction from which the cry for help had come, Tuka unhesitatingly issued the retreat order. His mind was a complete mess. The news he had heard from the Adventurer's Guild and what Gordon had seen of the affluent district earlier had planted a thought in Tuka's mind that he himself was unwilling to believe.

But Tuka knew that now was not the time to uncover the truth. As the captain, he had to lead his teammates away from this dangerous place. As for the person who had cried for help just now, Tuka could only apologize.

After all, their team's strength was limited, and he couldn't lead his teammates into danger for a stranger. Most importantly, Tuka knew that the person who had cried for help was now, most likely, dead.

"Yes!"

Keith and Nina nodded and began to carry out Tuka's order without hesitation, cautiously and vigilantly moving towards the Adventurer's Guild. Gordon, the most agile and swift, walked at the forefront, acting as the team's eyes, constantly guarding against unknown enemies.

Keith and Nina walked in the center, with Captain Tuka at the rear. The entire team began to withdraw little by little in an arrowhead formation.

About ten minutes later, when the Tuka team finally heard the voices of people talking not far away, their tense expressions relaxed slightly. Although they had not encountered any danger along the way, the eerie feeling from the affluent district earlier still made them feel lingering fear.

"Hurry, let's go to the Adventurer's Guild immediately. We must tell everyone what happened in the affluent district, or something big will happen!"

Seeing the bustling crowd on the street not far away, Tuka finally put away his shield and turned his head to look at the affluent district in the distance with a solemn expression. Although he had left that place, the unease and fear in Tuka's heart grew even more intense, as if everything now was just the calm before the storm.

"Wait a minute, Captain, what is that!"

Suddenly, Nina called out to Tuka, who was about to leave. Trembling, she pointed her finger, her face filled with terror, towards a small alley not far away. In the alley, the shadows were constantly twisting and changing, and monsters nearly two meters in size were crawling out, their scarlet eyes staring intently in their direction.

"It's monsters! Run!"

Tuka followed Nina's gaze and saw an endless stream of Shadow Guards emerging from the shadows. Looking at the monsters that poured out like a tide, Tuka finally understood why the affluent district had become like that.

The next second, Tuka shouted and pulled the stunned Nana and Keith beside him, running towards home. He understood that facing so many monsters, this city was destined for destruction. At this moment, Tuka's only thought was to escape with his family and teammates, to escape far away.

As for resisting, if the Lord of Ereccia had not left, Tuka might have been willing to fight to the death to protect his home. But now, with the city's high-end combat power and the Lord, the backbone of the city, leaving in advance, it meant that all of them had been completely abandoned.

"Ahhh! Monsters, there are monsters!"

"Save me, I don't want to die!"

"Mom, Mom, where are you?"

"Damn monsters, get away from there!"

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The next second, the entire city descended into chaos. It wasn't just the alley Tuka and the others had seen earlier; monsters were pouring out from all directions of the city. Residents who had been chatting, working, and enjoying their lives just a moment ago were instantly killed and injured in large numbers.

Some adventurers also began to fight the Shadow Guards, but facing the endless stream of Shadow Guards, the adventurers were soon overwhelmed, their bodies torn apart by the Shadow Guards' sharp claws, and blood flowed everywhere.

Crack!

At this moment, an adventurer, who had killed a Shadow Guard with all his might and was kneeling on the ground wiping the blood from his face, suddenly heard a strange sound from under his feet. But before he could see clearly, the stone slab beneath him shattered, and a dark red tentacle emerged from it.

Pfft!

"What in the world is happening... Why are there so many monsters? Is this punishment from the gods? Who can save us..."

On the edge of the town, endless tentacles stretched out from the ground, killing all life that approached the city's edge. At this moment, the entire city had become a birdcage, and the humans living within the city were birds awaiting death.

"Lord Mayor... Please come and save your people. Save us..."

A resident, pierced by a tentacle in mid-air, uttered his last words before his body and soul were completely devoured by the tentacle. His body fell, hitting the blood-soaked stone slab and turning into dust.

At this moment, the entire Ereccia had truly become a living hell. Blood gathered and flowed into the sewers, and the air was filled with a pungent smell of blood. On the streets covered with corpses, sounds of wailing, fighting, and crying could be heard from time to time, painting a picture known as hell.