Chapter 91: John?

Nick ground his teeth, genuinely wanting to rip Rover into a hundred pieces, but he couldn’t do it.

In the end, he could only sigh, frown, and say, “You… don’t think you can clear this mission all by yourself. You know this is a team mission. You need teammates working together to…”

“Bye bye~” Rover couldn’t be bothered to stand there and listen to Nick’s nonsense. He immediately left with John.

Nick clenched his fists until his knuckles turned white. The last shred of pride in him wouldn’t allow him to follow Rover.

“Huh! Even if I don’t follow you, I can still survive just fine here.”

Crack! Crack! Crack!

“Hm?!” The moment Nick finished speaking, he heard hurried footsteps slamming against the floor, followed by a shadow suddenly flashing past in the distance.

He shuddered, then sprinted after Rover, shouting, “Don’t… wait a second, I still have some gold coins…”

…

“Is this the door to that hallway?” Nick asked with a frown.

Rover glanced at him and curled his lip. “Oy! With only fifty gold coins, you don’t have the right to speak here.”

Nick ground his teeth, but he couldn’t say anything. It was humiliating, but at least he could keep living.

’No. This is just temporary patience for future success,’ Nick told himself to soothe his miserable pride.

Rover looked at the door. There was a lock on it, but it didn’t require him to spend Omni Points to Repair it. He just needed to use a key.

He took out the key marked with a circle, slid it in, then twisted lightly.

Crack!

The sound rang out, and Rover slowly pushed the door open.

Krit!

“So dark…” John said. “Rover, can you go in front? I’m kinda scared.”

Rover: “…”

He turned his head and looked at Nick.

Nick jolted. “Oy! I… I’m not going in front. I don’t have any superpowers. You can’t do that to me.”

“You only paid me fifty gold. You’ve gotta earn your keep. Besides, I’ll still be behind you. The light from the [Eye of Truth] will cover your area anyway.”

Hearing that, Nick hesitated. But when he looked into that hallway, only about two meters wide and pitch-black, his insides started trembling again.

“Rover, after we clear the mission, I’ll give you another fifty gold. Let me walk in back, okay?”

Rover shook his head. “You think I’m stupid? After we clear the mission, what’s your fifty gold worth? Move. Get in front. Or what, you’re scared?”

“You…” Nick was furious, his face turning red.

Seeing that, Rover felt pleased, thinking Nick would finally take the lead and step into the hallway.

But then Nick said, “You’re right. I’m scared.”

Rover: “…”

He pinched the bridge of his nose, then looked at John and frowned. “You two decide. Now. If not, I’ll go by myself.”

“Ack!” John grimaced, glanced at Nick, then muttered something to him.

After a while, Nick finally spoke with a completely unwilling, twisted expression. “Fine! I’ll go first.”

Rover gestured for him to enter the hallway.

Right after that, Rover and John followed behind.

John walked last, Rover stayed in the middle, and Nick was in front. They kept the same pace, only a meter apart.

The corridor was oppressively gloomy. There were no windows, no vents, nothing. The floor, ceiling, and walls all looked the same, like they were inside a massive tube.

But the weird part was, even after walking for nearly ten minutes, they still hadn’t reached the end.

“Oy!” Nick spoke up. “How much longer do we have to walk?”

“How the hell would I know?” Rover’s head was starting to ache too. At this moment, he realized missions like this were seriously annoying.

If it were a mission where he could just charge into battle, he’d feel way better. This ghost-ass puzzle mission was basically mental torture.

Rover glanced at the female ghost drifting beside him. She was still hovering at his side, but her head was turned toward the wall.

He frowned and said softly, “Nick! Walk over to this side.”

Nick saw Rover pointing at the wall and wanted to curse him out for being stupid. But then he remembered how weird this place was. Maybe there really was another route.

He moved to the wall, took a deep breath, and walked straight into it…

Whoosh!

“Ah!” Rover lit up when he saw Nick pass right through the wall. He rushed after him.

Whoosh!

“Agh! Finally out of that hellhole…” Rover didn’t get to finish before he saw Nick stumbling backward nonstop, his body shaking violently.

Rover frowned and patted Nick on the shoulder. “What are you doing? There are so many lights here. Why would you… be scared…”

Rover spoke while looking forward. The next second, his words died in his throat.

“Whoa! So there really is a secret path here.” John stepped through the wall, grinning. “This design is awesome, like those puzzle-horror games. If you…”

John was still talking, but he fell silent the instant he saw what was in front of them.

A gigantic room choked with spiderwebs. In the center, a colossal spider squatted there.

All around it, spider-like creatures crawled everywhere, but if you looked closely, they were humans without heads. Six legs had sprouted from below, a gaping hole had opened in their chests, and countless arms poured out of that cavity.

The giant spider was so massive that its twelve legs practically covered half the room.

And how big was this room? Probably close to half a stadium.

A spider… the size of a quarter of a stadium.

Even with the [Eye of Truth], Rover’s hands started to tremble.

If the opponent were just strong, he could gamble, maybe there’d be a chance.

But this thing was too strong, leagues beyond him, like he was an ant and that spider was a towering giant. What were the odds?

He didn’t know. But he knew one thing: he needed to run. Now.

In his head, Rover was already cursing that female ghost with a 2,000-word rant, not a single word repeated.

Damn it. He’d thought she’d found another way through. Instead, she’d led him straight into a spider nest.

How unlucky did you have to be to get this unlucky?

Nick swallowed hard. His legs nearly gave out.

It was horrifying.

A whole nest of spiders, all monsters. There were plenty of those freak spider-things they’d seen earlier, and now there was an even bigger one.

Rover took a deep breath, glanced at the [Eye of Truth], and said quietly, “I’ll count to three. You two run first. I’ll hold them off for a bit.”

Nick jolted, thinking he’d misheard. He frowned. “What did you say? You mean…”

“Are you deaf?” Rover snapped. “You and John run. I’ve got the [Eye of Truth]. I can stay safe for a short while, then I’ll follow.”

Nick honestly couldn’t believe what he was hearing.

He’d expected Rover to bolt first. He was wrong.

Rover was staying so they could escape, and only then would he run.

In that moment, Nick’s grudges seemed to evaporate, replaced by a surge of raw admiration.

If it were him, could he make the same call?

No. Absolutely not. He didn’t have Rover’s decisiveness or guts.

In truth, Nick was only half right.

With the [Eye of Truth] and Rover’s superior physical stats, Rover believed that even if he wanted to run, these monsters couldn’t stop him.

Besides, this was a puzzle-type mission. For the monsters to kill participants, there had to be conditions. That was something Rover had learned after meeting so many monsters in this mission.

Most of them didn’t slaughter participants instantly. They scared them first, pushed them into corners, then slowly drove them into panic before killing them.

If the monsters here could kill whenever they wanted, then that spider from earlier would’ve already killed Nick and John. It wouldn’t have bothered slowly strangling Nick.

And if this entire spider nest got out, everyone would die.

But these monsters seemed like they were waiting, waiting for participants to make a mistake or fulfill some condition, and only then would they kill.

So Rover wanted to test it.

He decided to use the [Eye of Truth] to farm as many Omni Points here as possible, then run.

At the very least… he could let Nick and John escape first.

Was he a good guy? No. He wasn’t.

He just didn’t want the tiny number of Survivors with real potential to die here. Like the Dark Lord had said: what’s the point if you’re the only one left alive?

Rover sighed inwardly, not knowing whether this decision was right or wrong, but at least, right now, he didn’t regret it.

Seeing Rover this resolute, Nick clenched his teeth. “I’m staying with you. More people is better.”

“Are you fucking stupid?!” Rover cursed. “Go! Don’t stay here and get in my way.”

“You think you’re some kind of hero?” Nick shouted back, refusing to back down.

“You…”

“Enough.” John suddenly cut in, smiling. “Look.”

Rover and Nick finally realized the spiders had completely surrounded them. Even the colossal spider had opened its six eyes, purple light glowing in the darkness, eerily vivid.

Both of them sucked in a breath, chills racing down their spines. But now, even if they wanted to run, it was too late.

“Damn it! This is on you. Why the hell were you standing there talking?” Rover snapped. “You wasted the golden window to escape.”

“You…”

“Enough.” John suddenly laughed. “You two go. I’ll stay and play with them for a bit.”

“Huh?!” Rover frowned, confused. “You…”

In the next instant, John flicked his hand. Rover and Nick were instantly sealed inside a cube, and the cube phased through the wall behind them and vanished.

John looked at the swarming spiders around him and the giant spider itself, then wore a crazed smile. “Hahaha… don’t be so angry.”

“You can’t kill him, because… his potential is huge. He’s going to become one of the Saviors.”

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