Tomorrow's Ark

Chapter 4: Accomplice

Bang

Bang

BANG

The brick walls explode forward, sending dust scattering in every direction. From the holy one the wall a figure emerged. The boy coughed and inspect his surrounding

A dark space greeted him. No source of illumination save for the faint light coming from the end of the tunnel. His sense of smell twitched as a foul odor invade his nose, and he tried to ignore the filth and garbage floating underneath him

"Just one cut and this might have turn out difficult for me..."

He quickly rushed along the path leading to it. Quickly jumping through the various network of pipe and garbage staining the sewers

Siracusa's underground network stretch across the entire city in an intricate network. From the inside, it looks more like a labyrinth with channels leading to seemingly nowhere

The process of finding this exact location is not easy. he have to relocate his steps every time he walk to the bathroom, then made predictions to dig out the exact spot which would allocate to his cell from the inside

It woud ahve taken him far longer to do that without his Art to assist him

The human heard footstep thundering behind him. He turned back, and saw a company clad in prison guard gear marching through the hole from the other side. Instantly, the boy's complexion turned pale

'So fast!?'

Originally, he was planning to release the prisoners to buy some time, but Lappland foiled that, and he have to rely on her to fight off the guards while he escape. Now even she was beaten down. Suck luck!

He turned around and sprint away as fast as he can, the pattering footstep drowned out by the pursuing parade behind him

"The Infected just entered the east tunnel. Team 1 and 2, go left and circle the other area. We'll chase him down from this side!"

"Sir, team 4 on the surface just lost contact!"

"Ignore it. Concentrate on your task!" With the commander's roar, everyone raised their weapons and entered the dark sewer tunnel

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When a person had only regain their freedom, they will be hesitant to lose it back. To the human specie who have always valued survival, the choice to live is a luxury, so they will fight tooth and nail to protect that precious freedom they have

An odd notion, but...the more he live in this world, the more he realize how true that is. The boy felt his feet burning with pain and lungs nearly collapsing, yet he keep on running

He could not run as fast as them. In this world full of superhuman, the only chocie for him to live is to use his brain and do what human do best. To adapt to the unknown and fight back

He use the Originum crystals on his body to cast a single spell

The narrow sewer channel was filled with a spark. Blazing fire rushed forward to consume the vanguard. They raise their shield and let it wash over them

"So the Infected freak can use fire Arts?" The commander observe calmly and ordered back "Ice Casters forward. Provide suppression"

Four ice lance shot toward him. The speed is not something he can dodge or counter. The boy could only look at the projectile as they prepared to pierce through him