When we saw the yellow stone slab road beneath our feet, I knew we had already set foot on the path back.
When we came here, we had descended along this endlessly stretching yellow stone slab road.
Now, we were going back...
Black Emperor led us in a wild sprint, moving incredibly fast...
At this intensity, I noticed a little blood appearing on Master's clothes again.
Blood ran down the hem of Master's clothes before finally dripping twice onto the yellow stone slab road.
This time, no ghostly flames appeared, nor did black mushrooms grow.
But the instant the blood hit the ground...
The sound of heavy inhaling suddenly rose from the surrounding mist.
Then hoarse voices rang out:
"Blood! Is that blood?"
"That's right, blood! It's blood!"
"The scent of the living..."
"Eat it, let me have a bite!"
"..."
In an instant, such voices rang out continuously from all around us.
Then, the white mist directly ahead churned as three gaunt evil ghosts leaped out of it.
They blocked our path.
"Blood!"
"I want blood!"
"..."
Amid their shrieks, the three skinny evil ghosts lunged at us.
Black Emperor, who was leading the way, did not slow down.
With a bark, he bit one to death and swiped another over with his front paw.
Following behind him, I sent the third one flying with a kick.
We had barely dealt with the three of them when evil ghosts began emerging one after another from the surrounding mist.
Their numbers were starting to grow dense...
Especially behind us, where several drops of Master's blood had fallen. More than a dozen evil ghosts had appeared there, all crawling on the ground and scrambling to lick and fight over the blood...
"Mine, it's mine!"
"Let me lick it, let me have