Death League 101: I'm Dead In 10 Minutes!-Chapter 73: “Midnight Hunting Spree (47): Turtle In A Jar”

Chapter 73: “Midnight Hunting Spree (47): Turtle In A Jar”

The shrimps and fishes’ attacks rammed into something invisible and the next second, their sharp legs and fins were bent by half.

"Ciii?"

"Pyak?"

The fishes and shrimps were stunned for a few seconds before the pain finally settled in.

!

"Ciiiii!!!"

"Pyaaaaakkk!!!"

—My legs! My legs!

-My beautiful fins! Ahhhh—

Leinster heard the voices of the monsters again and while hiding inside the Teardrop Barrier, he pulled up the corner of his lips.

Hmph. Who told you guys to mess with this alien?

Thanks to that boy earlier, his Sorrow Gauge was filled quite a bit.

That boy really gave a lot of fear and sorrowful emotions.

Good job, kid!

After Leinster blocked the attack with a level 2 Teardrop Barrier that only cost him 30 Sorrow Emo, he swung his chains again, planning to counterattack, but the scythe guy’s voice suddenly cut through the air.

"Criminal! Something is wrong!"

Following the voice, the scythe guy dashed towards Leinster with the giant butcher chasing behind him.

Leinster: ...?

The alien felt like tearing the scythe guy to pieces.

Can’t you lure the monster to his place? There are already so many monsters here!

Look, the human crab monsters and the human white chickens can’t even enter the aisle with how packed it was, full of their colleagues.

Before Leinster could protest, the scythe guy had already arrived at the narrow aisle and immediately swung his scythe, slashing the head of all human fishes and shrimps around Leinster.

Slash!

Blood spurt out everywhere but Leinster, still inside his Teardrop Barrier, was perfectly safe.

The scythe guy was bathed in blood but his hoodie covered his head, sparing his face from the fishy smell of these monsters’ blood.

"Huuuu....hu....hey, something is wrong."

The scythe guy repeated his words.

A few meters behind, the gigantic butcher was closing in with the army of strange meats trailing behind.

"What’s wrong? Is the boss monster going to enter the third phase or something?"

Leinster slowly squatted and took Otomen Lover out of the messy goods, his eyes occasionally glanced at the scythe guy.

The scythe guy took a deep breath and spoke in a solemn voice.

"I heard footsteps."

"What? Maybe they’re the monsters’ footsteps— "

"No. I heard a lot of footsteps, much more than the number of monsters near us."

Leinster’s face instantly darkened, his legs felt weak.

"Are those the local customers? Are they coming to us?"

It must be because of the hunting event!

Just then, before the scythe guy could tell Leinster about his guess, sporadic voices of humans came from various directions.

"Ah! The Ghost Mother is luring the boss monster to us!"

"How is that possible?? Aren’t she and the other challengers trapped in the ghost wall?"

"I don’t know, ah!"

"Wait, what’s that— another boss monster? Who lured the monster to us?? How did they bypass the ghost wall??"

"Ugh! Why are everyone running in the same direction? Is there something here?"

"Tsk, idiot! Don’t you see the customers purposely leading us to this area?"

Leinster and the scythe guy looked at each other before nodding simultaneously.

Challengers!

Those footsteps were the challengers!

But what did they hear just now?

The local customers were forcing the challengers to this specific area?

Is it all challengers or just a few?

The Ghost Mother and a few other challengers managed to escape from the ghost wall, bringing the boss monsters with them?

Why is that?

What’s going on?

The first few challengers to emerge from the darkness were the ten people who couldn’t even leave the Fresh Meat area.

These unlucky people were herded towards Leinster’s place and the moment they saw the giant butcher behind Leinster, plus the army of strange meats...

These challengers almost fainted on the spot.

"What’s going on?? Are the customers trying to trap us or something??"

How come they suddenly became so clever??

Something is wrong!

Leinster also keenly noticed that the army of strange meats behind the giant butcher suddenly spread out, chasing after other scattered challengers and herding all of them towards this place.

Of course, these strange meats would devour one or two challengers while doing their "job".

Leinster’s heart became even more turbulent, the same as the audience’s mental state.

[Detective Conman:

Ahhh! I can’t figure out what’s going on! Is the ruin evolving? Or is some kind of entity finally waking up?]

[Leinster Slayer:

From my experience, the ultimate boss of this ruin is going to come out.]

[The guardian spirit?? But why?? The challengers haven’t even done anything to summon the spirit.]

[Leinster Slayer:

No, the challengers have bought quite a lot of things from the stores. Once the number hits a certain standard, the ultimate boss will appear.]

No wonder the local customers were acting strange.

They did hurt a few challengers but mostly, they were those who didn’t buy anything or lose their goods.

Those carrying goods were all herded towards Leinster’s place.

As for why it was Leinster’s place...

[Is it because he carried the most items?]

[Could it be that those targeted by the four boss monsters carry a certain amount of local goods?]

Indeed, there was the Ghost Mother, Leinster and Scythe, the group of five people and another person—

This one had a red name, a death row criminal like Leinster.

The four groups of people were targeted by the boss monsters from the fresh meat section, the fruit and vegetable section, the electronic section and the beauty section.

Somehow, the other three groups broke free from the ghost wall and they were chased all the way to Leinster’s place.

In just a few seconds, a wave of challengers, those who had survived to this point, surged towards Leinster’s place, each of them looking back in terror.

"Ahhhh! How come there are more and more strange monsters???"

Fruit and veggie monsters, electronic monsters, even beauty cream and shampoo monsters...

All kinds of monsters spread out throughout the fresh meat section, gathering all the surviving challengers inside the circle.

Even worse, the silhouette of the other three boss monsters came into view, their footsteps shaking the entire floor.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Leinster and the scythe guy’s faces changed on the spot, a belated realization hit them.

Oh, no! They’re tricked!