MMORPG: Rebirth of the Mortal Online - Chapter 171

Chapter 171: Sleepwalker Poison
Terry rolled down a hill, bouncing and tumbling until he finally came to a stop at the bottom.

He groaned in pain and looked around at the strange underground cave he had landed in.

Roots, moss, and dripping water surrounded him in the eerie darkness.

At that moment, three figures slid down the same hill and arrived at the underground cave.

One of them brought a torch that illuminated the cave’s walls.

It looked like the ceiling and walls were made out of blocks of dirt and tree roots. The air was thick with a musty smell, and the sound of dripping water echoed through the cave.

At the end of the cave, there was an enormous, thick tree trunk that seemed to be stuck inside the wall. This cave was clearly next to one of the big trees, and the ceiling above was just the forest ground above.

This strange cave seemed to be nature-made.

“What’s this place?” Terry asked fearfully.

“We found this a while back.” Noel said with a grin. “I happened to accidentally fall into this hole, and like you, I rolled all the way here.”

Terry gulped.

“In here, no one will be able to find us.” Renee said with a giggle.

“W-why’re two of you here?” Terry asked, looking at Renee and Jake. “Two of you have different partners, don’t you?”

“We don’t care about this worthless fucking class.” Jake said with a scoff. “Noel wanted us to teach you a lesson or two, so here we are.”

“Is this really necessary?” Terry asked. “I haven’t even done anything to you guys!”

“You fool, you’re just bait.” Noel said with a grin and drove his fist into Terry’s stomach.

Terry collapsed on his knees and coughed loudly, which brought out his breakfast all over the ground.

“We’ve sent Jake’s partner to inform Adam about us taking you.” Noel said. “We’ve also given enough hints where we are, so if your friend still can’t find us, I am truly disappointed.”

“Hahaha…” Terry laughed painfully. “Y-you think you can beat him in a fight?”

“Of course not.” Noel said. “It’s an unfair fight to begin with. He has the system. If I had a system, yes, I believe I could easily win against him, but I don’t, so we need to rely on other things.”

“Huh?”

“Jake.”

Jake, with a smile, brought out a needle with strange black liquid dripping from its tip and handed it over to Noel.

“This is Sleepwalker Spider’s poison.” Noel said with a chuckle. “With one drip of this poison, one will fall into a deep sleep for a long time~”

“That won’t be enough…” Terry said and screamed. “He’ll just kill all of you!”

“That’s what you think.” Noel chuckled. “You think this poison just makes him a little bit sleepy? It has special functions, such as completely nullifying his skills.

“Meaning, he can’t use his illusions~”

Terry’s eyes shook as he realized the full extent of Noel’s plan.

“Today, we’ll kill S-ranker.” Noel laughed.

‘They’ll kill me as well…’ Terry gulped. ‘There’s no way they want any witnesses!’

…

“Where’re you going?” Yuri jogged after Adam, panting as she struggled to keep up with his pace.

“Go back,” Adam said.

His eyes followed the footsteps on the ground that led deep into the forest. Even they didn’t go that deep when they were searching for the ingredients.

“If something happened, shouldn’t we talk to the teacher?” Yuri asked.

“If you want to do things right, you’ll do it yourself.” Adam said.

He then extended his Kiryoku once again and then felt slight emotions coming from very near.

It didn’t seem like they were coming from above the ground, but instead from somewhere in the ground.

‘Underground?’

Adam quickly followed the footsteps and found a nature-made hole near an enormous tree. The footsteps ended at the edge of the hole, disappearing into the darkness below.

“Don’t tell me you’re planning to go there.” Yuri said, her voice oozing with concern.

“Go back,” Adam said, then jumped down the hole and started sliding down.

Yuri bit her lip and turned around at first, but then she sighed, turned back around, and jumped down the hill. Her screams faded into the darkness.

…

After sliding and bouncing for what felt like hours, Adam finally landed on solid ground.

The cave was dimly lit, but there was a torch lying on the ground nearby.

Adam’s eyes narrowed as he felt emotions coming from the darkness. Then, he felt something approaching him.

With a single backstep, he dodged something very small but incredibly fast.

He couldn’t tell what it was.

“Haaa!” With loud shouts, Jake rushed in with a broadsword and swung it at Adam.

Adam grabbed him by the wrist, twisted his arm, and made him drop the sword, then kicked him in the groin with a ball-crushing force.

Jake let out a painful scream and fell down on the ground on all fours.

“Where’s Terry?” Adam asked coldly.

“He’s here.” Noel came from the darkness, dragging Terry behind him from his hair. “A little bitch of yours, just as ordered.”

Terry tried to shout something, but his mouth was covered by a mouth gag. It sounded like there was something very urgent that he wanted to convey.

Adam pulled out his sword from his inventory. Its blade seemed to have been sharpened recently.

“Ohoh, not that fast.” Noel grinned and put the blade of his sword against Terry’s throat. “Lower your weapon or you’ll friend will have a quick end.”

Adam lowered his weapon, the tip of the blade facing the ground, but he didn’t drop it.

“You can still survive.” Adam said to Noel. “You have three seconds to let him go or you’ll die.”

“Heh, I’m not the one who’s going to die here.” Noel grinned.

Adam frowned, and at that moment, something sharp stabbed him at the back of his neck.

His eyes widened in shock, and a wave of sleepiness came over him like a tidal wave.

He touched the back of his neck, then turned around and saw Yuri, tears falling from her eyes, holding some kind of needle.

“What…”

“I-I am sorry…” Yuri said with tears on her face. “I-I also want the bullying to end.”

“Heh, good job, ugly Yuri!” Renee giggled from the darkness.

Terry screamed loudly, but everything came out muffled.

Noel let go of Terry and made him drop to the ground.

Terry couldn’t move an inch as his limbs were tied tightly with rope.

“Sleepwalker Poison, how’re you feeling?” Noel laughed loudly. “You didn’t see that happening, now did you?”

Adam looked at Yuri, his eyes shaking and he took a step back in a shock.

It made him remember something that he had been trying to forget.

A memory that had been haunting his dreams ever since his regression.

Liam’s face replaced Yuri’s, and this scenario felt exactly the same.

The same feeling of betrayal dug into his heart like the claws of a ferocious beast.

Adam’s eyes started to sink into a deep, dark pool of despair.

The sleepiness tried to corrupt every single part of his mind, but he fought against it with all his might, and slowly, the mana ocean in his mind started to run crimson and its waves turned high as skyscrapers.

“I-I am sorry…” Yuri whispered, tears streaming down his face.

Adam swung his sword and sliced through her body in one clean stroke.

Her legs fell to the left and her torso to the right, blood spilling out onto the ground.

She was still screaming and crying, but then everything turned dark for her as her death came as quick as the strike of his sword.

Noel, Jake, and Renee turned silent.

The atmosphere turned suffocating, like someone was pushing a pillow over their faces.

Terry’s screams also stopped. He was just looking with his wide eyes.

Then, slowly, Adam turned around to face them; his navy eyes had turned red, and his mouth had shifted into a rageful smile.

In his eyes, Noel’s face had changed that of Calamity; Jake looked like Nikholas; Renee looked like Lisa; Terry looked like Amelia.

“You trying to betray me?” Adam’s laugh sounded sinister, and then he took a step forward. “I thought we were friends.”

“W-why is the poison not working?!” Renee shouted.

“I followed the recipe perfectly!” Noel screamed.

“No, the poison is working!” Jake shouted. “He is just trying to act tough. Just kill him!”

“Shut up, Nikholas.” Adam said, looking at Jake with his red eyes. “You were always the loudest one, but you won’t be making noise for much longer.”

‘Nikholas, who?’ Terry frowned. ‘What is happening to him?’