Chapter 75: Corridor

Whiz!

Clang!

…

The Longswords in the hands of the Metal Puppets fell one by one. Dean shot forward like an arrow, passing through the second, third, and fourth rows of Metal Puppets.

In front of him, only the fifth and sixth rows of Metal Puppets remained.

However, during the previous high-speed dash, his Stamina had been irrepressibly consumed by more than half.

【Military Swordsmanship (Emerald) activated】

Without hesitation, Dean chose the Agility boost from the Emerald Sword Technique.

Whoosh!

Even with more than half of his Stamina consumed, Dean still passed through the fifth row of Metal Puppets at a speed no slower than before.

Now, only the last row remained—

But, after passing through the fifth row of Metal Puppets, even with the boost from 【Military Swordsmanship (Emerald)】, Dean’s speed inevitably slowed down due to the massive consumption of Stamina.

Awoo!

Just at that moment, the howl of the Alpha Wolf came from behind.

Clearly, that section of the tomb passage which had caused Dean quite some trouble was nothing to the Alpha Wolf—in fact, given the dexterity and Agility the Alpha Wolf had shown when fighting the Goth Grand Knight, even if it unintentionally triggered those traps, it was enough to save the situation at the last moment.

The only thing that could cause it trouble was that longest ‘trap zone’.

As for what happened there, Dean clearly could not know. In fact, rushing forward as he was, he could not turn back to see whether the Alpha Wolf had suffered any real harm.

After all, his gaze was now completely fixed on the last row, on the two Metal Puppets.

And clearly, at his current speed, it was impossible to pass through—judging by the speed at which the Longswords in the Metal Puppets’ hands fell, if Dean continued to rush forward, he would absolutely be split in two from head to toe.

Dean knew this very clearly.

Therefore, the next moment, he drew a 【Knight Sword of Steel】 and thrust it straight forward—

Whiz!

Clang!

The two Metal Puppets, just as the 【Knight Sword of Steel】 reached in front of them, suddenly brought their two huge Longswords crashing down.

【Attacking…】

【Strength difference is more than double, weapon knocked away, forming bruise…】

【Defending…】

【Strength difference is more than triple, counts as True Damage…】

【Health -10】

The 【Knight Sword of Steel】, possessing the ‘Sturdy’ attribute, was just split in two like that.

And almost at the moment the 【Knight Sword of Steel】 was broken, a series of prompts appeared on Dean’s character panel.

Instantly, Dean, gripping the 【Knight Sword of Steel】, felt as if struck by lightning, his whole body trembling—the sense of force rising from his arm shot straight to his chest, making his heart beat rapidly.

A warm, suffocating feeling made Dean want to spit out blood.

Gritting his teeth and enduring this uncomfortable feeling, Dean leaped up, jumping over the two huge Longswords that had sunk into the metal floor like a fish leaping out of water.

Then, rolling on the spot, Dean did not stop until he reached the steps on the opposite side.

Puh!

Dean, who had just stopped, could no longer hold it back. Instantly, a mouthful of Blood spurted straight out.

With the spurt of this mouthful of Blood, Dean’s upper body, which had just straightened up, fell weakly onto the steps again. He even saw a blur of golden stars before his eyes—clearly, for Dean with 【Health: 17】, suddenly losing 10 Health points was absolutely a serious injury.

However, even in his daze, Dean could clearly see—behind him, the Alpha Wolf was being besieged by the Metal Puppets.

Clearly, for the Alpha Wolf, the Metal Puppets in front of it were enemies of great danger.

Even though they were motionless, the aura on them made it feel as if it were facing a formidable enemy.

Out of instinct, facing such enemies, the Alpha Wolf began to probe—probing in the way of wolves, first roaring and intimidating, and then, before the other party could react, extending its claws, baring its Fangs, and pouncing.

This was a series of instinctive actions for wolf creatures.

For any creature, this had a considerable intimidating effect, especially for unarmed humans, for whom it was quite effective.

However, for the Metal Puppets, it was completely useless.

Like rusty robots, the Metal Puppets ignored the Alpha Wolf’s series of roars and threats. It was only after the Alpha Wolf left the tomb passage and pounced on it that the Metal Puppet suddenly moved.

Whiz!

With a roar carrying a gust of wind, the Longsword, which had been in the metal ground, slashed towards the Alpha Wolf—clearly, this strike was many times stronger than when Dean passed through.

Undoubtedly, when passing under the swords earlier, these Metal Puppets, which had been given orders in advance, had held back.

However, passing from other positions, or simply attacking these Metal Puppets, made such orders invalid.

So, the Alpha Wolf was in trouble—

Just like when facing the Goth Grand Knight before, the Alpha Wolf rolled in the air again, dodging the Metal Puppet’s attack.

Also like before, the Alpha Wolf dodged very easily.

Clearly, it was not the first time it had done this.

It was familiar with the routine.

But when the second Longsword appeared, the Alpha Wolf seemed hard-pressed, and when the third and fourth Longswords appeared, the Alpha Wolf could barely cope at all.

Awoo!

With a miserable howl, the Alpha Wolf was swept on the hind leg by a Metal Puppet’s Longsword, and its whole body was smashed against the ground like a ball by the huge force.

Undoubtedly, the speed of the Metal Puppets that appeared later exceeded the Alpha Wolf’s expectations.

And such unexpectedness inevitably came with a price.

A wound deep enough to show the bone appeared on the Alpha Wolf’s back!

The sight of flesh wriggling was enough to make ordinary people tremble with fear, but the Alpha Wolf, as the one enduring it, ignored it and used the momentum to rush back into the passage.

The instant the Alpha Wolf rushed back into the passage, the advancing Metal Puppets stopped in their tracks.

After a moment, they returned to their original positions with those ‘heavy’ and ‘slow’ steps—not standing in two rows facing each other, but standing against the wall of this Square.

Whether it was the spacing between them or the length, it was much larger than before.

Dean took all of this in. As he took out a healing Potion and swallowed it, he watched the hateful look in the Alpha Wolf’s eyes in the tomb passage.

Wolves were undoubtedly the most vindictive creatures.

And as the Alpha of the Wolf Pack, the Alpha Wolf was even more so.

Even separated by nearly seventy feet, Dean could still see those green, man-eating eyes in the depths of the tomb passage.

In response, a roar full of provocation once again burst from Dean’s throat.

Instantly, the Alpha Wolf opposite became agitated again.

However, in the end, the Alpha Wolf did not leave the tomb passage—clearly, it was still terrified of the Metal Puppets.

After provoking it several times in a row without the Alpha Wolf leaving the tomb passage, Dean understood that the other party had been scared out of its wits by these Metal Puppets. Before it was truly free of the Metal Puppets, it would not accept his provocation.

Or perhaps… it was waiting for him to return the way he came.

Of course, Dean could accept either option.

He could not deal with a Fierce Beast close to the Silver Level, but a heavily injured Silver Level Fierce Beast was not so daunting.

However, that was a matter for later—

Huff, huff, huff…

After breathing continuously several times and feeling the stuffiness in his chest improve, Dean climbed up from the steps, using the remaining 【Knight Sword of Steel】 as a cane, and walked step by step up the steps.

The steps here did not lead straight up.

The first section went upwards, but after passing a transfer platform, the steps began to turn downwards, which forced Dean to lean back and walk down slowly.

Yes, Dean was still affected by his injuries.

Although he had the Potion and his Health was slowly recovering, it was impossible to heal completely all at once—Potions that healed completely in one go did exist.

However, those were not something Dean could obtain right now.

The downward steps were very long, and coupled with Dean’s abnormally slow movement speed, it was already twenty minutes later by the time he reached the end of the steps.

His slowly recovering Health had once again become a two-digit number.

This made Dean let out a light sigh of relief.

Then, looking at the surroundings still within the range of the Magic Lamp’s light—

What appeared in front of Dean was a corridor, a horizontal corridor. There was no path ahead, only a wall, while on Dean’s left and right sides were long passages.

One to the left.

One to the right.

Undoubtedly, this was a new choice.