The Devil’s Cage - Chapter 252

Chapter 252

Everything went silent as darkness enveloped the area .

Kieran’s eyes and ears seemed to have lost their function .

Was it an illusion?

Kieran instinctively opened his notification tab, but there was nothing that indicated he was under an enemy’s spell . Still, the scenery before his eyes had undergone obvious changes .

Battlelog notifications were not almighty anyway . They would only show players notifications about attacks during a battle .

The darkness before his eyes and the deafness in his ears were obvious, but they would not harm a player one bit .

That did not include the lurking danger mixed with the darkness though .

Just as Kieran activated his [Tracking], a skeletal hand rose from the ground and grabbed his feet tightly .

The first pair of skeletal hands were just the beginning . More hands rose up after the first .

Within a breath’s time, Kieran’s feet were bound down on the spot by a dozen of dirty yellowish skeletal hands .

Kieran’s face suddenly turned sour, not because of the bindings, but because he had seen a cannon from afar .

After he had activated his [Tracking], the darkness was no longer an obstacle for him . He could clearly see a few people controlling a cannon 50 to 60 meters away from him .

Although it was an old cannon, it was still enough for Kieran to feel threatened .

It had all been designed specifically for him .

Kieran sensed the thick malicious intent of the mastermind behind this .

During the bodyguard selection process, Kieran had displayed his kicking ability . That was why the bindings were on his legs .

He was also impenetrable by blades and guns . That was why they were using a cannon against him .

One thing was for sure . They were there to kill Kieran, no matter what it took .

"They think I’m the biggest obstacle between them and Herbert?"

Kieran grinned a little as he looked at the loaded cannon .

He was grateful that the dungeon era was during the time firearms had just been introduced, and not later . Otherwise, he could not have escaped unscathed after pulling himself away from the skeletal hands .

Kieran didn’t mind returning an eye for an eye, as long as he had the ability to .

A giant rhino mirage formed behind him, a quake making the mountains and the ground tremble .

The skeletal hands were crushed to powder in an instant . His next target was the group of people around the cannon .

BANG!

Kieran sprinted towards the cannon with an unstoppable force . Before the cannon could even be lit, the rhino mirage collided with it, crashing it out of shape and flipping it up in the air .

The people around it were squashed into minced meat . Their defense was below Powerful Level, so [Reckless Rush] trampled over anyone who stood in its way .

A green-colored rain of blood splashed down after Kieran smashed through, his unstoppable force still charging even after his target had been crushed .

In front of Keiran was a faint figure, trying to widen the distance between them .

Under the effect of the [Reckless Rush], the most primitive natural force was empowered by Kieran’s base strength and speed . The effect had already exceeded the displayed stats .

Constitution was related to Stamina, which was also rendered useless .

All the stats were supported by his Rare belt, [Wild Soul] .

Needless to say, without a Powerful Defense, any obstacles blocking his way before the five seconds of charging time were up would be destroyed . Kieran could charge on forward with strength and speed that exceeded his normal ones even further .

The distance between him and the Night Monster was closing .

When Kieran had activated the [Reckless Rush], the Night Monster had sensed that something was wrong and unconsciously backed off .

He had a breathing window as his subordinates stalled Kieran a little, but that was just a second .

As Kieran closed in on the Night Monster, its burned face filled with despair . Then it turned into a frenzy that only despair could cause .

"DIE WITH ME!"

With a heavy howl, the Night Monster ignited itself into green flames .

The fire started from a small spark and instantly turned into a bright burning flame that engulfed its whole body, turning the Night Monster into a green torch .

It was waiting anxiously for Kieran to collide with it, but…

Just before Kieran could crash into the monster, when he was less than a meter away, he suddenly halted and swiftly stepped back .

The monster was stunned by Kieran’s sudden move . It tried to hurl himself at him when he was near, but the green flames had made it lose its original strength . After a clumsy stagger forward, it fell straight to the ground .

The moment the monster’s green burning body came into contact with the ground, it exploded .

The green flames blasted fire waves half a meter tall, destroying everything in a five-meter radius .

When the flames were extinguished, a crater as deep as a meter was left behind .

The explosion reminded Kieran of the one back at Calkin’s source’s house .

Although it had a weaker blasting force, it was still not to be underestimated .

"Do all Night Monsters have a similar self-destructing ability?"

Kieran unconsciously became more vigilant .

He reminded himself that it would be best to avoid melee combat with the monsters, but at the same time his curiosity about the weapon of the Neegor Dynasty grew .

"I really wonder what it could be!" Kieran kept guessing .

However, his thoughts were quickly interrupted by a green glow at the center of the blast point .

Kieran quickly walked over and picked up the green glowing ring gratefully .

While the green-colored flames had been burning, he had not been able to spot the Magical Rank ring .

If the flames hadn’t died quickly, he might have missed it .

It wasn’t the right time for him to check out his loot though . He suddenly heard gunshots from afar and quickly dived in the shadows, dashing in the convoy’s direction .

As he closed in on the convoy’s location, the gunshots got louder .

When Kieran was less than 50 meters away from the convoy, he could already see a squadron of 20 attackers firing at them .

The convoy was using the wagon defensively . Pierre was leading the group, fighting back bravely .

Both sides were exchanging fire fiercely . They were miraculously evenly matched .

Kieran was relieved for a while . He maintained his cover in the shadows as he watched the convoy .

The attack was a good chance for him to test the two new recruits .

Kieran could not lower his guard around them yet . Rather than worrying about taking precautions in the near future, he might as well use the attack to test whether Contly or Lorl had any hidden agendas .

After all, the attack was also a great chance for their ill intent to surface .

So who was the traitor? Was it Contly, the self-proclaimed bounty hunter? Or Lorl the Mercenary?

Or maybe both of them?

Kieran was observing them quietly .

What he saw next though overwhelmed him completely .