BXBX NOVEL Chapter 303: Howling Air
The interior was dim, lit only by a few flickering lights. The filter system hummed loudly, but at least it was working.
Lucas kept a close eye on everyone.
His eyes landed on two mysterious people who had asked him for a ride a while back. They hadn't revealed their identities, but they paid triple the amount of others, so he had gladly accepted their offer.
On any other day, he might have been suspicious and afraid. But with Reign guarding him, only an idiot would dare to sabotage or assassinate him.
As he continued to scan the area, he looked at the other people who had come. Each one had a different story about why they went through all this danger.
Emy sat in a corner, arms crossed, still angry but quiet. Every now and then, she would glare at Reign, her annoyance barely contained.
Reign, on the other hand, was completely relaxed. He was just chilling, his dog at his feet, and just slept through it.
He wasn't really worried. Even if a unique corrupted appeared and destroyed the whole train with one attack, he would still be okay and unscathed.
As for the other passengers, well, they'd just have to blame it all to bad luck.
Meanwhile, outside the train, there was no landscape to see—just the swirling black miasma. The windows were tightly sealed, keeping the dangerous air from seeping inside.
After a while, one of the passengers broke the silence. "How long until we get there?" he asked, his voice shaky.
Lucas checked his watch. "10 hours, maybe less if we keep this speed."
One burly train crew chuckled. "Worried we won't make it?"
The passenger glanced at him nervously. "Just... curious."
"We'll make it," Lucas assured him, giving the train crew a warning look. "Just sit tight."
The train continued, the steady clanking of the wheels almost comforting. But despite Lucas's reassurances, the tension in the train car remained thick.
The filter system struggled with the increasing miasma , and after 7 hours, a faint, nasty smell began to seep inside.
"What is that smell?" one passenger protested, covering her face with a handkerchief . The others noticed it too, and began to murmur in concern.
"It's the miasma," Lucas explained, trying to stay calm. "The filter system need some maintenance, but it's still working. Just hang in there."
Another passenger looked worried. "Will it keep us safe?"
"It should," Lucas replied, though he glanced nervously at the grumbling filter.
Seeing the growing concern among the passengers, he quickly spoke with the other crew members.
They nodded and immediately began working on the filter system, trying to repair it before things got worse.
Lucas turned to the passengers. "We're fixing the filter right now. It'll be fine. Just stay calm."
The crew members worked quickly, using their tools to fix the old machinery.
Clinking tools and grunts of effort filled the utility room as they manually fix it. While the passengers waited anxiously, hoping the repairs would be successful.
Emy, still glaring at Reign, muttered, 'I wouldn't be this worry if Alfonso was here!'
She still had other guards with her, but they were weaker than her dead lover combined, so they were basically useless.
Suddenly, a loud banging sound echoed from outside but it was too far that only Reign felt the vibration.
The vibrations continued to increase, and he quickly pinpointed that they were coming from the last carriage.
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'Ah, right, I forgot that this thing needs to reach the city, or all my effort would be wasted,' he sighed and stood up lazily.
With a casual glance at Lucas, he asked, "Hey, where's the exit?"
"The exit? Why?" Lucas inquired, looking puzzled.
"We're already being attacked. I need to get out to deal with the uninvited passengers," Reign replied casually.
"What! " His eyes widened in alarm as he understood the seriousness of the situation. Everyone else also stood up, looking worried.
"Alright, let's go," Lucas said urgently. He quickly helped Reign move towards the other sector of the train where the exit and the power armor were located.
He guided him through the narrow corridor, his heart racing. "You'll need something to breathe through the miasma," he said, and handed a breathing device and watched him put on the power armor.
'This is such a hassle,' Reign sighed. He had to pretend to need all these extra objects to pass as a human. Even though it was inconvenient, he put on the power armor just to be over with it.
With the gear on, he looked more dependable.
"Be careful out there," Lucas said, his voice full of worry. "We're counting on you."
Reign ignored him and didn't answer. He opened the first door, revealing a small room that could only fit one person.
There was a second, mechanical door behind it that would only open once the first door was closed and locked.
CLICK!
When the door opened, the black miasma immediately surrounded him. He spotted a ladder on the side of the train and climbed it to reach the roof.
Once on top, he walked slowly towards where the noises were coming from.
It didn't take long for him to spot dozens of corrupted creatures on the roof.
Crawling towards him, their grotesque forms was horrifying to see.
Their thin, spindly limbs moved in a creepy way. The creatures had twisted, unnatural bodies. Their eyes bulged and moved around in all directions, and their mouths were full of sharp teeth dripping with a thick, black goo.
Some had extra limbs sticking out at odd angles, twitching and jerking in a creepy way. Their unblinking red eyes were filled with a strange hunger and stared directly at him.
"This is new," Reign chuckled aloud. This was the first time he had encountered creatures like these.
"EKKKKK!!!" The air was suddenly pierced by a shrill, unnatural screech.
Without warning, their twisted limbs shot towards him, multiplying in mid-air as they aimed to ensnare and crush him.
The attack moved with such speed that a human would barely have time to react.
But Reign perceived everything in slow motion. Calmly, he walked towards the creatures while dodging their attacks, moving with minimal, motions, exuding absolute confidence in his reaction time.
It wasn't that the creatures were weak; he was simply too strong for them to be a real threat.
'This is far enough,' he said, stopping suddenly. He drew his daggers with a smooth, decisive motion.
SLASH!
The wind howled loudly, cutting through the miasma with a piercing shriek.
For a moment, the air around him seemed to clear as if by magic.
But when the howl stopped, everything in his path was cut—severed limbs and twisted bodies scattered across the train roof, a chilling proof to his overwhelming power.
'I should have charged them more for super premium security,' he sighed, feeling that five million credits was too little for his level of skill.