A Core Ship From The Start
Chapter 719 - Chapter 719 528

Chapter 719: 528 Chapter 719: 528 “What…what should we do now?”

Looking at the creature in front of her, Mary stepped back with a pale face. Even though she had already encountered a handful of monsters with Duanmu Huai, this one filled her with a particular sense of dread-for a very simple reason.

Most girls detest bugs, and this black fly, larger than a human, was especially repugnant.

If it was a cockroach, Mary’s reaction might have been even more dramatic.

“Same as always, run.”

Duanmu Huai backed away a few steps as he spoke.

“Lure it over here, I’ll take care of it.”

“Okay……”

Upon hearing Duanmu Huai’s instructions, Mary nodded. She then took a deep breath, looked at the creature before her, and spun around–to run down the other end of the corridor.

“Thump thump thump thump thump!!!”

In the quiet corridor, only the sound of Mary’s hurried footsteps echoed. The classrooms lining the sides were pitch-black; peering through the windows, the scene inside was completely obscured. It was as if the rooms had been filled with a thick black ink.

“Whoosh——!!!”

A gust of wind sounded through the narrow corridor, rushing towards Mary. However, the wind pressure, which usually could grind any prey to dust, disappeared quietly before it even touched Mary. The creature roared in anger, its limbs moving rapidly as it launched itself from the other end of the corridor, rushing towards Mary.

“Ha……ha ah……!!!”

Mary sprinted up the staircase. She didn’t know where to go, but she believed that Duanmu Huai would help her. All she needed to do was to run, and keep running.

Until she could lead this monster into the trap it had laid for itself!

Meanwhile, in the darkness, a shadow was watching all this, its teeth tightly clenched.

Why, why did this happen?

Supposedly they had already sacrificed the souls of the victims, killed the souls of those foolish mortals, and successfully evolved! Controlling its own body, it could transform into a hurricane, tearing everything apart. Its prey was no different; their bodies wouldn’t even leave a trace under the onslaught of the raging wind, they would be torn to shreds.

It succeeded the past several times! Why, why did it fail when confronting the Golden Pupil?

Could this be the reason Professor Capek failed?

Thinking about this, a hint of doubt crossed in the shadow’s eyes. Up to now, it hadn’t recognized anything special about this girl with the Golden Pupil. Indeed, its magic power didn’t seem to affect her, but so what? After all, she was a powerless, weak, ordinary girl. As long as it caught up to her and consumed her Golden Pupil, the Tartar Gate would open to it!

However……

Gazing at Mary running down the corridor, the shadow was dumbfounded.

It wasn’t as if it hadn’t seen prey trying to escape, but those targets invariably ran around like headless flies, sometimes even running into dead ends, waiting for their doomed fate.

But this girl was different, her pace was steady, and–she was also cognizant of her surroundings. Clearly, she had been in situations like this before. Of course, if she didn’t have some skills, she would have perished long ago and wouldn’t be alive today.

But…that’s it?

Watching the girl evade its creation, the shadow furrowed its brows. The shadow didn’t strike immediately; the previous two failures had put it on high alert. After all, if Professor Capek had the ability to start this study group, naturally he wasn’t incompetent. Moreover, it was well aware of Professor Capek’s thirst and obsession for the Tartar Gate.

Nonetheless, it was this girl that caused Professor Capek to fail?

What did she do to defeat Professor Capek?

Suspicion was mounting; that’s why it didn’t reveal itself right away. Instead, it hid in the darkness, trying to find the source of the threat. After all, if the opponent managed to defeat Professor Capek, they must have some impressive skills.

But why could it only see the girl running away, showing no other abilities?

If Mary knew what the shadow was thinking, she’d probably cry out injustice. She didn’t want this either. However, as an Arts and Humanities student in the Department of History, Mary was not very athletic by nature. Even if Lorena had trained her, it wasn’t akin to a secret martial arts manual that could drastically change one in a matter of days. Except for being a better runner, Mary didn’t have much of anything else to offer.

In fact, she was also being driven into a corner.

“Aaaahh!!”

Watching the fly monster appear from the left corridor, Mary’s complexion turns pale as she hastily turns to run in the other direction. These monsters all had the ability to split themselves. In fact, the monster had split into several when Mary ran away, trying to enclose Mary. But Mary was very familiar with Masters College, even if there was no way to enter the room to hide, she could run around in the corridor and staircase, distracting these monsters.

But…… her physical strength is limited after all, unlike Lorena’s.

“Huff……”

Once again climbing the stairs, Mary feels as if her legs were filled with lead, they were unbearably sore and painful. She was panting heavily, turning her head back and looking behind, only to see a huge fly monster sticking out its head, staring coldly at her with its numerous glowing compound eyes, causing Mary to feel her scalp go numb.

She gritted her teeth again and continued to sprint upward.

Where has Mr. Duanmu gone?

Normally, Duanmu Huai would have appeared long ago, but now, Duanmu Huai had not appeared, which somewhat surprised Mary. She originally thought that just like before, as long as she lured the monster in, Duanmu Huai would show up and make a move.

But where has he gone now?

It couldn’t possibly be that he got angry because of the joke she played on him earlier, right?

“————–!!!”

Just as Mary was lost in thought, suddenly, a scream came from behind her. Mary turned around in surprise, only to see the monster that had been following her, now writhing on the ground, shrieking in pain. And beside it- there was no one!

What happened?

Seeing this, Mary was stunned.

Meanwhile……

“Aaaaahhh!!!”

From the dark shadows, a man was abruptly thrown out, heavily smashed to the ground. He clutched his right arm, crying out loudly in pain. Following this, Duanmu Huai’s figure appeared from the darkness and stood in front of the man.

“Finally caught you.”

Looking at the man struggling in pain on the ground, Duanmu Huai’s gaze was cold. The man had been cautious and Duanmu Huai had naturally learned his lesson. He had killed the monsters easily before, but because the monster may have had a contract with the host, when the monster died, the host would also perish not long after.

In such a situation, no information could be obtained.

So this time, Duanmu Huai changed his approach, instead of attacking the monster directly as before, he chose to let Mary buy time while he looked for the monster’s host.

After all, rationally speaking, the hosts were near the monsters in the previous two instances, indicating that these creatures probably couldn’t control from a distance. Now it seemed that his thoughts were correct.

However, the man before him looked somewhat familiar to Duanmu Huai.

“I really didn’t expect it to be you, Mr. Churchill.”

That’s right, emerging from the shadows was none other than Churgil Winston, who had just greeted Mary. Only now, he no longer had the gentlemanly demeanor he had before. Instead, he was holding onto his twisted right arm, his forehead dripping with sweat. But Duanmu Huai naturally didn’t care about this trivial matter, he reached out his hand, grabbed the man’s head, lifted him up, and stared at him fiercely.

“Who are you? What do you want to do?”

Looking at Duanmu Huai in front of him, the man was trembling from head to toe. He never imagined that someone he didn’t even know was lurking in the world he controlled!

“Very simple.”

In response to the man’s question, Duanmu Huai bared his teeth, revealing a ferocious smile.

“Answer my questions obediently, and I’ll make sure you don’t suffer too much when you die……”

Then, he began to speak.

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