BXBX NOVEL Chapter 128: The Old Ship
Chapter 128: The Old Ship
They ran forward as fast as they could, but didn’t move in a straight line.
‘This might be trouble…’ The Paru thought to himself as he prepared to intervene at any moment. ‘They’re moving closer, but they often turn to the right and to the left. This way, it’ll be tough for-‘
Bang!
Bang!
Two Cryna Hurna fell, their bodies rolling on the ground violently.
‘Nine left… But they’re quickly closing the distance!’
More of the Cryna Hurna fell. But because Roka took the lines of fire whenever she could, it wasn’t always the closest ones that were shot!
Bang! Bang! Bang!Growl!
‘Only three left… They’re too close now! I need to-‘
Bang! Bang!
The Paru clenched his fists.
The Cryna Hurna that Roka had just shot were the two further from her.
The final Cryna Hurna was less than a dozen steps away from her!
‘Shoot, dammit!’ The Paru felt his heart rate increase, as the Visero quickly closed the distance.
He shook his head and ran forward as fast as he could.
The Visero was only five steps away. Yet Roka was calmly, and patiently…
It jumped up and towards her, baring its sharp fangs!
The Paru, whose steps had been hidden by the Cryna Hurna’s, clenched his fist and pulled his arm back, standing right behind the Commander!
Just as he was about to punch it away,
Bang!
The deafening sound resonated through the area as the Visero’s airborne body turned lifeless, flew passed her side, and fell to the ground.
Roka calmly let out a sigh, wiped off the blood that had fallen onto her cheek, and slightly turned behind her.
‘…’ The Paru froze.
If Invisibility hadn’t been active, she would have been staring directly at his…
He shook his head, and the Commander stood back up.
‘She’s…’
Roka quickly reloaded her sniper rifle.
‘Amazing…’
The lioness steps forward.
…
Two hours after leaving the spaceship,
“Finally…” Roka muttered as she placed the sniper rifle on her back. “Brings back memories.”
In front of her, lay the spaceship that they had lost.
Bloodstains covered the area around it, but there were no bodies.
They had long been devoured by Visero.
Roka didn’t immediately go inside. Instead, she hid behind a crystalline structure, and stared at the inside of the spaceship.
It was visible, as the retractable ramp had remained lowered.
With no time to reminisce or think about the lost comrades, Roka placed her sniper rifle on the edge of the crystalline structure, grabbed a piece of crystal from the ground, and threw it into the air.
Thud- Thud-
It landed on the ramp, knocking against it twice, before stopping.
Just as Roka had expected, Visero slowly and carefully peeked from inside the spaceship.
There weren’t many areas on Serolia where one could hide and take cover, from lightning or from other Visero.
Using the spaceship was common sense.
‘Cryna Hurna. Again…’
There were only two.
And two shots later, there were none.
Still, Roka didn’t move just yet.
By far, going inside the spaceship would be the most dangerous part of Roka’s mission yet.
Once inside, there would be very little distance separating her from the Visero, if there were more inside.
Roka didn’t move.
If there was more, which she was sure there was, they would leave the spaceship, alarmed by the shots.
Or, alarmed by the shots, they would remain hidden inside.
There was no way to know which it was. The only way was to go inside.
Which is why the invisible Paru walked onto the ramp, and entered the ship before she could.
He activated both Thermal Vision and Night Vision right away.
With the spaceship having been left there for who knows how long, it had, of course, run out of fuel. Complete darkness ruled the inside of the ship.
‘I need to check everything quickly. The closed doors can be ignored-‘
Drip- Drip-
The Paru could already see it through the walls.
‘Another Cryna Hurna…?’ His eyes narrowed. ‘No, it’s much bigger… The Alpha?’
The Paru took a deep breath in, preparing for it.
‘Alright…’
Surprisingly, the Cryna Hurna jumped at him as soon as he appeared.
He hadn’t stopped using Invisibility at any point in time, yet the Cryna Hurna had noticed him right away.
‘My footsteps…?’ The Paru asked himself as the Visero jumped at him, baring its fangs.
He calmly remained in place, reaching forward.
The Paru’s right hand took hold of the Visero’s upper jaw, and his left hand its lower jaw.
Drop-
The Visero’s lifeless body fell to the ground.
‘If I leave it here, she’ll think that there’s something else…’ The Paru thought with a slight smile.
He grabbed the unmoving Visero’s body, and started walking deeper into the ship, munching on the Cryna Hurna’s body.
‘She probably won’t come in any time soon. She’s careful, and very patient. That should give me the time to clean up this place.’
[You have Developed the Skill “Enhanced Vision”!]
The Paru nodded, and walked through the ship’s corridors.
‘Seems to be an exact replica of the other one. Well, the same model, I guess…’ The Paru walked across the familiar floor. ‘The vault is probably the most dangerous spot. I’ll need to check that as well…’
Cryllo, Cryna Hurna, and other smaller Species of Visero were found, defeated, and Devoured.
‘Only the vault is left now…’
Standing in front of its door, the Paru took a deep breath in.
‘Wide open, as expected…’ He let out a sigh.
Seeing it locked wouldn’t have been a bad thing.
‘Still, this means that there is more for me to Devour.’ The Paru stepped through, and started walking down the stairs.
Right away, three different sources of heat were noticed.
‘Thermal Vision is too useful.’ He thought to himself with a smile as he came to a stop.
Two of the heat sources had familiar shapes.
The first one was deep within the vault, and looked like a very large spider, dangling by a thick thread.