Suren chose a route leading deep into the underground chamber. They had already entered the city's sewer system, where wastewater flowed everywhere. He had originally planned to head toward the scythe, so this route also happened to let them evade any killers who might come after them.
Although the environment reeked, the wastewater conveniently concealed the traces of their footsteps.
But unexpectedly, before any pursuing killer arrived and before they found the scythe, the two of them discovered a corpse beside a drainage pipe.
It was the naked upper body of a woman, her entire body wrapped in spiderwebs and utterly bloodless. A red-eyed giant spider was piercing her skull with its poison fangs and feeding on her brain matter.
Rena looked at the corpse and seemed about to cry out, but then remembered something and hurriedly covered her mouth. Ripples trembled in her crystalline eyes, and she could not conceal her grief.
The corpse was none other than Rosa, the female teaching assistant from before.
As Suren looked at the gray mist rising from the corpse, his eyes lit up as well. "She just died. It's still fresh?"
He had harvested so much knowledge from Jack's corpse. What about a teaching assistant who could serve as a teacher to the students?
A corpse like this was practically a gift from heaven to Suren. Its value was a hundred times greater than that of an ordinary professional's corpse.
However, Suren did not make a move. Instead, he narrowed his eyes at the red-eyed spider that was about to feed and appraised the monster's attributes. "It's an elite monster?"
Just then, the spider looked over as well.
Suren thought of something, but he did not avert his gaze.
In that instant, six scarlet spider eyes stared at him. It felt as