Chapter 268: Chapter 267: Boss Battle (1)

“We should split up!” Tom suddenly suggested after 20 Minutes of aimless running.
The group had finally managed to outpace that guy by escaping through the narrowest paths they could find. That thing was having difficulty moving because of its size which had grown 3 times after devouring a lot of poor skeletons. It could only move now after turning into a slug and squeezing through the tunnels. It was advancing relatively slowly but from the creepy sound in the darkness behind them, they knew that it was still following them!

Thankfully, after the lich king got eaten, all of the skeletons got deactivated, so the tunnels were now empty again! They just had to be careful not to step on any sharp bones.

“I will go right on the next fork… you guys go left…” Tom explained to Zoe.

Due to the darkness of the tunnels, an intersection would only be visible a few feet before they reach it. So he made sure to make things clear.

“Don’t listen to him!” Alex suddenly screamed, “He knows where the exit of this floor is. He is planning to head there by himself!” she explained. She knew this because 10 Minutes ago, she received a ‘Talisman Massage’ from Victor, giving her the map and telling her to meet him on the fifth floor if she was still alive!
Although she was still hesitant to meet Victor fearing his punishment because of the toy’s incident. She knew that he was probably the only one who could kill this thing. She has witnessed his power and shrewdness firsthand in the spider dungeon!
Alex had already noticed how Tom was slowly guiding them toward the exit for the last 10 minutes. She was sure he has the mp too!

“Really?” Zoe, who noticed Tom’s reaction earlier, asked, forcing him to quickly hide his annoyance.

“I have no idea where the exit is! How could I?” Tom said, hiding the fact that the whimsical system had already given him the map of this place.

“Splitting up is logical…” Zoe said after some thinking. That thing had slowed down, but they were getting tired, and it would catch up with them sooner or later as they would never be able to sleep or rest.
And even if Tom knew where the exit was, which she had a hunch he did, as long as Isphigar followed him, she could just stay here and find a way to kill that thing from behind…. No, she would not risk getting trapped!

“Let’s do it! But I will go to the right!” she declared finally just as they reached the next fork in the tunnels. She didn’t wait for Tom to say anything as she went right, giving Tom who began to curse silently, no other choice but to go left with his group.
The system had warned him not to divulge anything about having the map after all!

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“Shit! That asshole!”

It took Zoe five minutes to begin cursing loudly. Uncle Falcon had warned her to stop with this vulgar language as it was not fit for a lady, but at the moment she couldn’t help it.
The monster had chosen to go after her and Alex who seemed to have also followed her… Why did it go after them and not the bigger group? What kind of bad luck was this?

“We will split up at the next intersection…” she said, she had the strangest hunch that the monster was purposefully following Alex. She needed to get away from this jinx!

“No need! I know where the exit is… ” Alex said. She didn’t want to stay alone. “Just follow me, we can leave this floor safely!”

“Really? How did you know?” Zoe asked, squinting her eyes.

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“Ah… an…. It is my navigation skill!” Alex lied, “Now turn left!” she said, turning to the left.

Zoe frowned, then decided to follow. She didn’t want to end up trapped at a dead end with that thing behind her, and with Alex, she can always escape if things went wrong.

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In another tunnel On the other side of the fork, Tom moving stopped after realizing that Isphigar stopped following him.

“F*CK!” he cursed.

“Is everything alright?” Peter asked as he glanced at the empty corridor behind him. He was worried about Zoe. Although she was not his type as he didn’t like tomboyish girls, she was his classmate after all, and she saved his life earlier.

“Ah… Yes… Just need to collect my thoughts,” Tom said as he closed his eyes.

“System, is there another exit?” he asked as he began to examine the map in his mind. Zoe went through the only tunnel leading to the exit, and if he followed now, that thing might turn and attack him!

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