Chapter 121: – The Lord Is With Us (42)

༺ The Lord Is With Us (42) ༻

A group of seven individuals stood with tense expressions along the exit path leading back to the cave’s entrance.

Exactly five of them stood independently, while two women were securely held within Senior Delphine and Celine’s protective embrace.

Senior Delphine and Celine wore contented expressions, in stark contrast to the subtle hint of displeasure on the faces of the two being carried.

Ignoring the specifics, I focused on the task at hand. I shut my eyes and sharpened my senses to detect any movements around us. As soon as I sensed the flesh seeds moving even slightly farther away from us, I shouted.

“Run!”

As soon as my voice rang out, five pairs of footsteps dashed forward, trying to widen the distance as much as possible.

And that served as a signal.

From behind us, eerie screams echoed, and I sensed numerous flesh seeds clamoring vigorously up the pit.

However, judging from the fact that they kept slipping down and none had yet to climb up, they didn’t seem to be highly intelligent.

Right when I believed we had managed to increase the gap, one flesh seed scaled over its kin and successfully emerged from the pit..

Although I couldn’t see its eyes, I could feel it glaring in our direction.

Following a brief silence, it let out a fierce cry, the sound reverberating off the cavern walls as it pursued us.

It moved with terrifying speed. Even with our magically enhanced bodies, the distance between us visibly decreased with each passing second.

It was evident that it would inevitably catch up to us if we didn’t do anything, and given that Senior Delphine was currently carrying Senior Elsie, I was the only one capable of confronting it.

“I’ll hold it back, so keep running!”

The group hesitated, but at my insistence, their hesitant steps regained momentum.

It was then that the flesh seed launched its attack.

Its strike was just as ridiculously fast as its running pace, and a black liquid oozed from its long, protruding claws.