"So, this is the building." Kanaria raised her head, looking at a rather small building. Since it was a special laboratory, she originally thought that the building would be a skyscraper, but this one only had three floors.
Melody, on the other hand, said, "I’m afraid that this building is not that simple."
"What do you mean?"
"I notice some radiation coming from the underground. If there is no protective suit, we might have to go out as quickly as possible. I’m running the calculation right now." Melody’s expression turned grim.
"Radiation?" Kanaria suddenly fell silent. If that was the case, then this building was definitely dangerous. "But aren’t those materials banned? The radiation can mutate the beasts. There are a few places with high radiation, which causes a Tier 6 beast to be as strong as a Tier 8 beast."
"We don’t know anything about it, but we might have to investigate it properly. You said your mother is the one sending you here, she must want you to acquire it as her movement would be monitored and under some suspicion. Either way, we don’t have a lot of time. Clovis and Jay still need our help."
"Indeed." Kanaria nodded in agreement. They could think about the reasons later. Retrieving the information was more important.
"Let’s go inside." Melody took a deep breath. "According to my calculation, we only have thirty minutes inside unless we have a protective suit."
The building itself was mostly covered with concrete. There weren’t many windows as if to contain the radiation from spreading outside.
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When Kanaria and Melody entered the building, they were greeted by a messy hall. Everything seemed to have been toppled down. There were a lot of trails on the floor.
"This is…" Kanaria’s expression turned serious.
Melody, on the other hand, took out the ground radar and placed it on the floor. In that instant, she got a reading. "Kanaria."
Kanaria instantly frowned when seeing the radar. "So many?"
"Do you think that we’re actually the ones getting the short straw?" Melody smiled wryly.
"I guess the beasts are attracted to the radiation. In fact, all those beasts might be mutated beasts… It’s going to be a hard battle."
"You’re still planning to go?" Melody looked surprised that Kanaria didn’t have any fear of these many beasts.
"As long as there are no Tier 3 beasts, then sure." Kanaria put the rifle on her back and took out her pistol. "Those two have become much stronger. I’m not planning to become an accessory of this group… So, I’m going to keep up with them no matter what."
Melody scratched the back of her head. "We both have Brain Affinity, so our senses should be able to locate those beasts even in the dark. In addition, I will assist you through the skyglasses… I have to earn my place here for the sake of my brother after all."
Kanaria nodded. "I will take the front."
The two walked around for two minutes, trying to find a protective suit. Unfortunately, they couldn’t find a single protective suit.
The only thing they found was the hidden entrance to the basement. Even though it was a hidden entrance, it had been opened by the beasts, so it wasn’t that hard to find it.
Kanaria and Melody climbed down the stairs carefully, trying not to make any sound during their descent.
The air flow in the basement was different, making them notice that the space had expanded.
From the sound alone, Kanaria noticed at least four beasts located not far from her. They were pretty scattered, but as expected, she couldn’t see anything in the basement.
She didn’t know whether these beasts were able to see in the dark, but either way, they still planned to kill them.
Meanwhile, Melody had much sharper senses than her. She hurriedly inputted the information into the skyglasses.
"!!!" Kanaria suddenly found a blue light that gradually formed the shape of the beast. It seemed like she was wrong. There were actually five beasts on this floor alone. And if they took into account the number that the ground radar produced earlier, there were still at least ten more.
Fortunately, the beasts seemed to be sleeping as if they didn’t care about anything.
Melody showed Kanaria the targets she should focus on, while Melody took care of the rest.
They were on the same team, so Kanaria agreed without hesitation.
There was a countdown in their skyglasses. Once it reached zero, both of them pulled the trigger.
*Bang!*
The beasts seemed to die before they were able to let out any sound, but the gunshot was loud, waking up the other beasts.
Still, Kanaria and Melody didn’t panic. They simply aimed at the second target and shot them when they were still waking up.
*Bang!*
With the second shot from both of them, there was only one beast left on this floor. Kanaria immediately aimed her pistol at this last one while Melody listened to the surrounding noises.
*Shriek!*
*Qieek!*
There were a lot of sounds coming from the lower floor. And all of them seemed to be climbing up.
*Bang!*
Kanaria killed the last beast on the floor as Melody said, "They are coming toward us."
Kanaria nodded her head and grabbed the rifle back. Since they were going to defend this position, it was better to have a bigger gun.
Melody, on the other hand, calculated the movement of the beasts and predicted the door leading to the second floor.
"There it is!" Melody marked the door on the skyglasses.
"!!!" Kanaria immediately adjusted her aim toward this door. Even she could hear the screeching sound from the beasts. From Melody’s marker, it looked like the beasts were mostly rats that had mutated to be as big as a human’s child.
And those rats started climbing up together.
’Here they come.’ Kanaria squinted her eyes. The moment the mark Melody put on them reached the same level, Kanaria pulled the trigger.
*Bang!*
The rat died instantly, but the other beasts stepped over its dead body and started coming out in rapid succession.
*Scree!*