Chapter 300: The Oath Kingdom (14)
"Cease this! Stop wasting such precious—" Wine Researcher IX barged into the dungeon.
He wanted to stop Jake from wasting the precious wine on worms! He was delighted to buy a whole stock of it from him. His pleas, however, clogged his throat as he noticed the terror Jake had conjured in the dungeon.
Worms emerged from various crevices like tendrils of a different, more terrifying existence. They came out from walls, ceilings, floors, and whenever possible. The tiered crevices had been broken in places, and some were connected, forming canyons no one sane would peek into.
Ava Rice and Black Shore's guild members discussed crafting bridges out of the high-level steel that would endure the monsters' resurgence.
The rest followed Jake's wake, amazement clear in their eyes.
Wine Researcher IX became like them.