Chapter 109: Dark Liquid
"Hold the line, do not let any monster into the town!" one of the adventurers yelled from the bottom of his lungs. A tall figure with chunky armor and a heavy sword, he swung down at one of the spiders with a stupendous burst of speed that managed to cut right through the spider and kill it.
He spun around fast to face the next spider, only to see one of the guards rushing his way. The guard leaped into the air and slashed down at the adventurer.
"What the hell are you doing?" he yelled and blocked the attack, but his hands buckled under the force of the attack.
"Ack."
The blade of the guard dug into the chest of the adventurer. His thick armor did its best to stop the blade from going deep. He gritted his teeth, raised his leg, and kicked the guard in the guts, only for his leg to get stuck in some sort of sticky webbing. He looked down with pure fear in his eyes and tried to pull away.
The guard moved faster, getting behind him and slashing down with all his might. The blade cut right into the back of the adventurer and sent him to his knees, and in that moment, a spider latched onto him and fused into his body.
The adventurer rose to his feet, eyes burning red as he looked at the town, choosing it as his target. He rushed ahead, every step causing the ground to shake. A few guards rushed at him, pulled their blades, and attacked. He made one large slash that let out a massive, invisible arc. It slashed through everyone in front of him. Blood painted the sky red, and flesh hit the ground, and not for a second did the adventurer pause or stop.
He was not alone, as many of the guards and adventurers had been turned and were now heading for the town as their target. Their numbers grew as the spiders managed to get into the necks of many and completely take control of them.
Each one moved faster than the average human, showcasing abilities that they would never have been able to pull off on a normal day.
When the remaining guards and adventurers realized that they could not fight against these spiders, they turned tail and ran back into the town in the hopes that they could get away fast enough and not have a spider enter their bodies.
The spiders moved faster, and so did the humans that they took over. They lunged at the retreating figures, pinning them to the ground before going in for bites and ripping their flesh apart in real time for the spiders to come in and take over their bodies.
Leon and his party stood at the entrance of the town. They had come later than the others and only now saw the situation as it was unfolding.
"Tch, something is very wrong here," he said and pulled his sword.
"Spread out and stop anyone that seems suspicious from entering the town," Leon ordered. They all nodded and moved out, going to help the town in any way they could until they found out the origin of the situation and how to stop what was happening right now.
He kept his eyes pinned in front of him, and soon one of the consumed adventurers launched himself his way. It moved in a zigzag from left to right very fast and very vigorously. It was hard to pinpoint its movements or even follow it properly.
Leon gritted his teeth. He stepped in and went for a downward slash, only for the infected to slip under the attack with grace and proceed to grab him by the neck in a clean motion, hurling Leon back.
Leon spun in the air and landed on the ground, eyes already looking up before he was fully settled. He saw the infected coming his way.
"This dude was definitely not this strong before. Seems whatever it is that is causing this is also granting supernatural strength and skills."
He waited this time for the infected to attack first, and when it did with a large sweeping punch, Leon pulled back and evaded it. Then he went in with a slash and cut right through the arm of the infected. Not a single moment of pause after that, he pulled the sword and drove it toward the heart of the infected.
The infected sensed the danger and reacted. Two spider legs burst from its back as it launched forward at Leon. Leon was not expecting that at all. He tried to back away but was not fast enough, as the legs dug into his sides in an instant, and blood gushed out.
Leon gritted his teeth in pain and still went for the slash. His blade cut right through the head of the infected. It let out a screech, and the spider struggled to come out of the body, maybe in the hopes of finding another one, but Leon stabbed it and killed it right there.
"Spider monsters that take over the body of whoever they bite. I have never seen or heard of something so crazy."
Screech.
He heard the sound and turned. A spider was in the air and coming down to bite him. He moved fast with a slash and cut right through the spider, killing it in the air, but its body released a dark liquid when it landed on Leon.
"Arghhhhhhh!"
Leon let out a pained cry, his entire body jolted from the pain. He tried to move in the next moment, only to realize that his hands were stiff and refused to move easily.
"What the hell is happening?" he said in disbelief and tried to move.
A ton of infected were headed his way along with a huge number of spiders. He needed to move now and get out of the way before he became one of the infected.
"What the hell was in that liquid? Shit."