Chapters 9: Iron Mountain Lion

Arthur looked around and saw that the majority of those present were looking at the old man with sharp glances, the action he had taken earlier brought him several doubts and made everyone wary of him,

But none of them dared to make the first move, firstly because the old man is a strong person and no one can defeat him in direct combat and survive unscathed,

And this place is full of danger, any bad injury could be the cause of their death.

Arthur continued to think about what he was going to do, he looked at his hands to find them trembling from too much fear and tension,

Arthur may seem coherent but he is actually very scared of what is going on, but he did not let panic take over him.

Grrrrrrrrr!

With a loud growling sound, a huge creature jumped off one of the walls and stood in front of them, everyone looked at the creature in front of them and they swallow their saliva in horror,

The creature was similar to a lion, but it was 7 times larger than it, its skin was gray in color and its neck hair was yellow in color, full of sharp spines that resembled knives,

The lion stood proudly in front of them and looked at them with a majestic look, only his snarl was enough to make them freeze in place,

Arthur's heartbeat quickened as he looked at the lion in front of him, which looks like a small mountain, he had never seen a creature of such enormous size in his life,

He tried to move his feet but he couldn't, he froze in complete horror, everyone present was like him, but suddenly little by little they began to gather their courage,

The first person to move was the old man, who jumped quickly and ran in one of the directions in the maze, followed by the fish-men shark, which turned in another way,

All the slaves started running and each of them took his own way, the reason for this is not that they wanted to disperse to distract the lion, but everyone ran madly without paying attention to his surroundings,

'Move, move, if you don't move you will die here' Arter looked and found that he was the only person who remained frozen in place, while everyone else fled,

This period was only a few seconds, but Arthur felt that it was several hours, he kept looking at the lion with a helpless look, as soon as this animal moves, its fate will be determined,

The two-hinged man ran quickly and passed by Arthur, but suddenly the lion came out,

He opened his giant mouth, which can accommodate several people, and then with a big bite swallowed half of the man who passed by Arthur, leaving only his feet, one of which fell over Arthur's head,

Blood stained Arthur's body, but he did not pay attention to this.

Chew! Chew!

The sound of bones breaking and meat grinding made Arthur's heart cool, the sound of the lion chewing on the man's corpse was so frightening that Arter's heart would have stopped in horror,

Without feeling Arthur found himself running madly, his feet were freed and he ran, he ran fast and madly he had not run like them all his life, whenever he found a blocked road he quickly turned around and continued running,

Arthur ran through a long corridor in the maze and didn't care if he did any trap in the maze, but suddenly he began to feel some lethargy in his body,

'What's happening to me?' My feet are starting to get stuck on their own. Arthur looked at his feet, and found that his steps began to slow down. He did not realize that the poison contained in the arrows that scratched him had begun to release its effects.

While Arthur is trying to fix his stumbling steps, the old man came out of one of the paths and met Arthur, The Maze was big and full of several paths, even if they kept running, there is a high probability that they will meet again,

The unfortunate thing about it is that just as they met each other, they can meet the lion again.

'What a pathetic boy, to suffer such torture at such a young age, The Crimes of the World Government do not end against the inhabitants of this world' with looks filled with sorrow the old man stared at Arthur's back,

While he didn't take any action to help him, he just felt sad for him, slaves of Arthur's age are in abundance in this place.

The old man quickly passed by Arthur's side and continued his way, but as he neared the end of the long corridor he looked for a side passage to go from but suddenly Joan ran out of the path in front of him running, while tears filled his face,

Behind him, the Iron Mountain Lion appeared running at a slow pace like a cat playing with a mouse, when Arthur and the old man saw this, they ran at full speed on the opposite side,

Although Arthur suffers from a slight paralysis of his nerves, fear and adrenaline eased this paralysis, which made him run very fast,

"Noooooo, please have mercy on me" these miserable cries were the last thing Joan was able to say before the lion swallowed him and grinded him with its sharp teeth.

Arthur didn't look back, even though he heard all the screams, he was aware of the kind of view he was going to see.

Arthur and the old man took a side passage and continued to run between the passages of the labyrinth, until they arrived in front of a closed wall,

The fish-men shark appeared with his face full of crazy looks, his eyes were dyed red while there is a bloody wound in his right shoulder, he accidentally stepped on one of the traps while escaping from the lion.

The fish-men looked at them with a crazy look while clenching his fist on a metal arrow, after this arrow hit him in the shoulder, he extracted it and kept it to use as a weapon,

"Get out of the way, fish head, we have to get out of here before that damn lion comes

The old man spoke in an angry voice, he hated being intercepted, if the lion trapped them in such a locked place, their death would be certain.

The fish-men continued to look at them maniacally, Arthur swallowed his breath, while a frightening thought occurred to him,

'Does it make sense that this person would like to kill us?' this thought was looming in Arthur's mind, given the laws of the game, killing a traitor offers them 15 minutes of freedom,

It means that all traps will stop, including the lion, and this will leave them room to look for the exit door without fear,

Arthur looked at the old man next to him and walked a few steps to the side calmly, only the three of them remained, so the traitor is one of them,

There is a high probability that a fight will break out between them now, Artur calmly put his hand in his pocket and pulled out the metal knife, hiding his hand behind his back,

The old man realized Arthur's movements next to him but did not take any action against him, some may think that doing this is a bit stupid but in fact Arthur will not be able to hurt him even if he wants, the only person who poses some danger to him is the fish-men in front of him.

The fish-men looked at them with his crazy eyes and quickly ran towards them while saying:

"I don't care who the traitor is between you, but I'm going to kill you anyway."

The yujin pointed the arrow at the old man and threw it very hard, the old man jumped up a few meters to avoid the blow, the arrow hit the wall behind the old man and left a big hole in it,

When the old man was in the air, he suddenly realized that he had exceeded the height of the walls of the maze, he looked around to find the maze is vast and full of corridors, but he glimpsed one of the exit doors and he was close to them,

As the old man looks at the door, hundreds of arrows flew from all sides and they are moving at a crazy speed towards him, with a strong kick in the air the old man was able to change course and return to the ground,

When Arthur saw what this movement was, he finally understood what the old man was doing. This is one of the techniques of Rokushiki art and is called Geppo.

'Doesn't that mean that the blow he was doing with his finger was Shigan?'

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