Silver-armoured tall men with long spears, shields, and swords, their faces covered by giant silver helmets that seemed like they could withstand a machine gun, walking cautiously, torches lightened in every one of them's hands.
As I watched them carefully checking each hole I made in the wall, one guy even scribbling something about them in a notebook, I froze.
My eyes widened as I touched it again.
…It was wet?
This was it.
This was fucking it!!
I touched the stone surface over and over again, focusing with my [Eye of Sanguine] over it.
It was small, very far too, but I saw it clearly. A small, dim dot. A rat!
The stone had moisture, and the rat was running across it. This was clear. There was a pipeline system right above me. I couldn't sense it before because there were no animals crawling in my range at that time.
If this was the place that provided water to this big facility, the pipes had to be really huge, and even multiple of them at that. Creating such structures required manpower, so of course, there should be enough for a few people to pass through, no?
There was no need for all the disguise bull anymore. I can just crawl through it, to the sewers, I imagine? But it should end somewhere.
One of the leading guards paused, making everyone behind him freeze too. He raised his torch high, as if sensing something.
It still wasn't high enough to see me. I was abusing my cat-like physique to the maximum, twisting on one edge of the long hallway, spreading every muscle like they were liquid.
But… Even with that, my bones shivered.
His light blue pupils were right at me, we were holding eye contact, a proper long eye contact. There shouldn't be anything besides me, no? And, not everyone should have night vision! Then why?
His eyes glowed bright, before he just turned back and started walking again, towards the prision cell. .
I couldn't breathe; the suffocating pressure on my lungs was worse than anything I'd ever felt.
…What was that? He should've attacked if he saw me… Did he even see me? I was in complete, thick darkness. There's no way anyone normal could see me, but… What if he's not normal?!
Why am I assuming that these guys are normal? And, only I have these superpowers?
No, he should've attacked. I don't know… Is there a reason, a plot, or a strategy to catch me off guard, or he really didn't see me…?
As I was still recovering from the shock, that same guard broke into a sprint, an action which others behind him also mimicked without question.
They quickly passed by as no one thought to look at the ceiling again…
Walking that bravely in complete darkness when your enemy had night vision was stupid, anyone could be ambushed, and there would be casualties.
But that look…
Just focus on the present! Safe. It's safe. I am fine. Cope was the only thing I did, as long as I didn't have to fight em right now, I was more than fine.
In just a few seconds, all the guards vanished from sight.
I need to move. Get out of their area.
Focusing all my strength on my hand, I pulled the stone that I had dug my fingers into, tearing through it like it was cotton with my four fingers, while hanging on to it with just my thumb, with Alya trying to make me fall with all her strength.
Maybe she was recovering her vitality, she felt heavier(And thicker). her thigh's skin, I noticed, was growing more natural white from the ghostly, unnatural white before.
I winced. My hand burned as I pulled myself higher by curling up my thumb. A small hole was already there, from my finger digging.
I glanced through the hole with [Eye of Sanguine], checking every nook of it.
Suddenly, I closed my eyes, turning off [Eye of Sanguine], and almost fell down. My eyes were dry, like piercing dry, I tried to blink but it just hurt even more. It was like someone was rubbing their finger gently across my pupil while I hadn't blinked for days.
I so need a bathtub filled with warm water, with Alya on me after all this… I cried without tears with an ugly face, tasting the salty sweat on my tongue.
Can't use {Eye of Sanguine] for a while. I shook my head.
There was a simple pipeline system, three thick pipes, and a little space. But both Alya and me are big, no way I can stand. But, there is enough for me to crawl while Alya's sticks closely on my back. I thought while still digging with my four fingers, holding Alya's ass with my other hand, while hanging with my thumb and resting my eyes completely.
I also realised another thing in tense, anxiety inducing silence. I could focus on certain body parts and pump more blood there, and make it stronger, way more stronger. I unconsciously did it right now.
My fingers were more pressure than my hand could handle, so my legs grew a bit weaker while my fingers, a lot stronger. This was it's con I guess, but…
If I had used this on my hand while slapping late Sue, that slap could've blown him like he was hit by an artillery shell, his flesh pieces in thousands of parts. It could honestly be very useful… I decided on what I will focus my future stat points on.
Agility. Mixed with [Whisker paws]'s extraordinary, around more than ten times burst in movement, be it a punch, jump, or a sprint, with the cooldown of who knows how long; it's already been twenty five minutes, and I feel like I can't use it, but besides that point, mix that with pumping blood down on my legs…
The speed, oh my god, I would be so fast!
If I just held a dagger, and learned to aim, I could kill anyone even without a fight. Whoop! Zhip! Schwee! Enemy dead.
I didn't even realise how much had passed as I felt empty space on my fingers that were digging diligently. A hole, more than big enough for our bodies to pass through. My eyes also felt pretty good. Being a vampire really was awesome.
But, the hole was enough only for one person at a time to pass by.
The toughest part of getting Alya over was removing her thighs from my waist. I grabbed her soft calf tightly and actually pulled it with all my strength.
It didn't even pretend to move.