Labyrinth of Crete Part - 10

After the decapitated body of the minotaur fell heavily, a deep silence settled in the great hall.

The battle had gone quickly, even a bit disappointing for Kane, but he wouldn't complain. This result was because he had prepared well in a short time.

'Well, this is the best result he could have had,' he sighed.

A few seconds later, the curtain of dust dispersed utterly, revealing the body of the Minotaur. On top of the corpse was Rachel, walking calmly towards the group with an indifferent and unconcerned expression.

Although a bit surprised, as she did not expect to defeat such a monster so quickly, Rachel turned her gaze to Merlin Hermes, looking calmly in her direction.

'What a strange, mysterious man... I don't understand why I don't feel disgusted when I'm around him,' Rachel thought, putting the sword away in the inventory.

The group of Kane, Theo, Lucius, and Rachel looked at each other, not knowing what to do. They thought the fight would last longer. However, it was relatively easy: They just ran through the great hall, attacked it a few times, and presto, the final monster was defeated.

'What a strange feeling...' Theo thought, sighing internally before speaking.

"And now that we defeated this creature, what do we have to do? That completes this 'Historical Void' scenario, doesn't it?".

Kane looked at him for a moment and replied:

"There's no hurry, we just have to wait a little longer...".

The message windows had not yet appeared because the other "Historical Void" scenarios in different regions had not yet been completed. However, those in this region finished it quickly because they had Kane, who had considerably reduced the time needed.

...

After about three hours, message windows began to appear, indicating the end of the Historical Void scenario.

[Congratulations! You have completed the Historical Void scenario: 'Labyrinth of Crete'].

The people outside the massive door with strange symbols saw the message windows with tears in their eyes. Finally, they had finished with this hell.

[Beginning the transfer of your spiritual bodies to your bodies in the material world.]

[Everyone, please prepare yourselves.]

[10...]

[9...]

A grayish-white mist began to surround all the survivors, while their sights could only perceive a vague and endless fog that seemed to hide the story's secrets.

[2...]

[1...]

[Good job, everyone.]

...

Opening his eyes again, Kane returned to his room, where the sun's golden rays filtered through the window.

'Well, finally finished that scenario...' he thought as he got up from where he was sitting.

He walked to the window and opened the curtains to let the warm sunlight warm his room. But, as he stood before the window, a strange phenomenon began in the blue sky.

'What the hell is going on?!'

The beautiful blue sky was covered by a veil of darkness, bringing night again. However, this phenomenon did not last long. After a few seconds, the sky returned to normal.

Kane was puzzled, not knowing what that veil of darkness in the sky meant. He decided not to think about it and looked at the eight-legged wolf, who continued sleeping peacefully on the bed.

At that moment, the eight-legged wolf, sleeping soundly, suddenly woke up and began to growl towards the room's west wall.

Kane pulled his daggers out of inventory and fixed his gaze on the wall, squinting as he thought:

'Can't I at least have a minute's rest...?'

Boom!

The wall he had been facing shattered, producing a loud noise that echoed through the nearby apartments.

With that roar, chaos broke out in the surrounding areas. Kane began to hear desperate screams and cries from all sides, which broke his concentration for a second. Reacting quickly, he grabbed the black crown from the desk and put it in his inventory.

Then, he grabbed the eight-legged wolf and quickly left, sensing a shadow following him closely, but he didn't have time to turn around and see what kind of creature was following them.

Leaving the building, followed by a loud bang, Kane stopped in the middle of the road, turned around, and saw the creature following him.

It was a colossal monster, about two and a half meters long, grayish-white in color, with many holes through which pus continually oozed out. It had the shape of an Osedax worm, but with one difference: it had a human face, a pair of fully sunken eyes, an 'O'-shaped mouth full of pointed teeth and pus, and pale red organs hanging out.

In addition, it had multiple black worm-like legs, which allowed it to move without crawling.

This was a story-devouring monster mentioned by the Administrator of the Historical Void.

Upon seeing the monster, Kane quickly understood that one of his neighbors had been summoned to the stage of the Historical Void. With his eyes fixed on the story-eating monster, he found it perfect for testing the primary skills he had obtained by choosing a class.

Letting out a high-pitched scream, the history-devouring monster rushed toward Kane, swishing its many legs over the ground and leaving a yellowish, foul-smelling trail of pus.

Kane shuddered in disgust at the sight of the disgusting monster rapidly approaching. Without a second thought, he activated the "Field of Ruin" skill and moved to the side, dodging the creature's crazed onslaught.

Upon activating the ability, within a radius of ten meters, the poles, electric streetlights, cars, and traffic lights within the area began to break down slowly. People in the area of effect began to feel heavy and sluggish, desperately trying to get out.

Kane, who had easily dodged the monster's onslaught, looked at the eight-legged wolf next to him and noticed that he was not affected by the ability.

'Probably because it's my pet,' he thought.

Fixing his attention on the creature again, Kane felt his mana draining rapidly due to the active skill, so he activated another: 'Devastating Flame.'

The accumulated mana in his hand turned into a corrosive, corrupting flame of blue color, emitting sulfur dioxide.

The history-devouring monster, rapidly weakening, let out a scream. Its body began to convulse and writhe as its size grew, forming new limbs. On its cheeks appeared two mouths full of teeth that spoke in a strange language, grew a pair of hands that held an object as if it was praying, and continued to transform.

A few seconds later, the monster finished its transformation. It was now almost four meters long and wider, and it had four black arms full of worms and eyes, three mouths, and a long tail like that of a snake, also covered with worms and eyes. Its body gave off a dark, reflective aura that seemed to contaminate everything it approached.

Kane deactivated his two abilities, as they consumed too much mana, aware that the battle that was about to begin would be very complicated. Besides, he did not understand why the monster had suddenly transformed.

A thought crossed his mind.

'Could it be that it became a Fable-ranked story devourer?'