Both Clovis and Melody were taken aback. They never thought that the walls were the beasts camouflaging. Because of their flat bodies, they could stack up on top of each other. Taking advantage of the darkness, they were completely unidentifieable.
Still, there was one thing they needed to do.
"Melody. We’ll break through here!" Clovis shouted while charging forward.
Melody snapped back and immediately followed Clovis. They still had some time before the remaining scorpions came toward them.
Clovis waved his sword at the first scorpion. He used all his strength due to the dire situation.
Yet when he struck it, he noticed the incredible toughness of the scorpion’s shell. He believed the one he hit earlier was only a Tier 1 scorpion, but its body managed to absorb fifty percent of his power. If this was a Tier 2 scorpion or even higher, there was a high chance that he couldn’t cut through them.
Still, Clovis used his fastest speed to cut down one scorpion to another. But due to their large bodies, their corpses ended up in the way. In addition to this close space, they had a hard time breaking through.
Melody tossed two grenades to the back as the scorpions appeared from three directions.
Boom!
Boom!
The grenades killed four scorpions and injured two others, but that wasn’t enough. They would be catching up soon.
In addition, there were also scorpions coming from the three directions in their front.
"Don’t waste too much grenade right now. We still have a long way to go." Clovis had to jump from one corpse to another to cross the giant corpses.
Melody followed him, but due to the nature of her fighting style, she wasn’t as fast as Clovis. In addition, she had to turn around and shoot.
Bam!
The deafening gunshot sound echoed as the scorpion had its head blasted into pieces. While she managed to kill one, more of them were coming. They were climbing up the corpses.
Melody waited exactly for them to reach the top before killing them. As a result, they gradually turned into a wall, but this time a wall of corpses.
On the other hand, Clovis couldn’t do the same thing since if they created a wall, they would only be trapped.
He had to take care of all the scorpions coming from three directions as he made his way through them.
As soon as the wall was completed, Melody chased after Clovis.
"Tsk!" Clovis clicked his tongue as one of the scorpions almost got a hold of his arm. He slashed the claws before crushing its head and body. The scorpions from the other two directions took this time to reach him.
Clovis hurriedly turned around and slammed his swords at them. However, this scorpion was actually a Tier 2 scorpion. It absorbed most of his strength, even though Clovis had used his techniques. As a result, his attack wasn’t powerful enough to kill the last scorpion.
The injured scorpion slammed its body on Clovis while its claws were trying to rip apart his arm.
However, before it could do that, Melody had arrived, pointing the shotgun at this scorpion and bursting its head. She couldn’t really attack from far away since the bursting shot might hit Clovis, but it also caused Clovis to get hit by the enemy.
"Are you alright?" Melody asked.
"Never mind me. We need to go!" Clovis didn’t care about his injury. He simply continued.
As soon as they passed another block, Melody turned around and started shooting them to make a wall.
Meanwhile, Clovis was actually measuring the distance and his speed this whole time.
’It’s doable, but it seems that I won’t be able to use my hands for the next several hours because of this.’ Clovis muttered inwardly.
There was one thing that he could try in this situation. It was a ranged attack.
Two scorpions came from the front, which was perfect to test his plan.
He gathered all his momentum on his swing and unleashed it in one go. His blade moved so fast that it produced a sharp gale that moved in front of the sword.
It was only half a meter, but unlike the one he used for the first time, this attack was much more condensed.
The pressure cracked the scorpion before the blade touched its body, allowing Clovis to have an easier time to cut it. As a result, the residual strength from that swing could kill the scorpion next to his target.
’Finally, I can kill two scorpions at once,’ Clovis thought. Using this attack once or twice wouldn’t be a problem, but he might have to use it much more as they were still far from the stairs.
Clovis chopped down the beasts one after another. His speed increased and his sword became sharper as he gradually got a hang of this technique.
Melody was taken aback as Clovis started moving a bit too fast for her.
Melody had no choice but to abandon the wall and chase after him. Instead of a wall, she used a simple barrier that could slow down the scorpions.
Both of them continued, gradually approaching the stairs.
As if realizing their intention, the closer Clovis and Melody were to the stairs, the more frenzied their attacks became.
"This is nuts." Clovis gritted his teeth. His hands started growing numb. The scorpion started to reach them faster.
As a result, for the first time since the battle started, Clovis had to block a scorpion with his blade.
"!!!" Melody was the one who was shocked by this block. Without hesitation, she tossed a grenade at a kiosk, causing it to bounce on the rolling shutter.
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Bam!
Now that the scorpions from that direction were halted for a bit, Clovis had some time to kick the scorpion away before slashing its head without worrying more scorpions.
"Ten meters to go!" Clovis shouted. They started getting overwhelmed, but they still could push out their remaining strength to cover the remaining distance.
Melody nodded her head until she noticed the screeching noises that were coming from the front.
Clovis couldn’t see it, but their path was actually blocked.
"Clovis! There are more enemies between us and the stairs! They’re waiting for us!"
"!!!"