I Can Read People's Comments

Chapter 54 Entering the Ruin

[Chapter 53 Comment][Adam_Balch_7324: Well it seems inscription is rather interesting seeming to use essence in the environment instead of one's own so if properly used can create a much stronger effect than you can achieve alone]

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The next morning, Theo was staring at the two students who hung their heads low.

"Teacher…" Haruka walked to him and confessed her sins. "I'm very sorry. I have touched the button… twice."

Theo looked at her with a poker face as if it didn't really matter. On the other hand, Avalon looked a bit adamant, considering it was a knight's shame. However, he knew that not admitting his mistake would be breaking his chivalry code. Ultimately, Avalon also confessed. "I apologize, Sir. I have pressed the button once because I was curious."

"So, what happened?" Theo asked, but his tone became colder.

"…" Haruka paused for a moment before saying, "I was curious about it, so I tried to press it, wondering what would happen to me. I kept

"I know." Theo pointed at the entrance and asked, "What did you see inside?"

"Hmm?" Haruka and Avalon were confused, but they still followed his instruction and tried to see what was inside.

Avalon shook his head, saying, "I'm sorry, Teacher. I couldn't see anything. It's pitch-black inside."

"I…" Haruka fell silent. She couldn't answer the question immediately, confusing Avalon and Baold.

"What's wrong?" Baold asked.

"I'm not sure… I think I can see someone's soul in that darkness. It's blurry, so I can't be very sure." Haruka rubbed her eyebrows and tried to look at it again, albeit it had disappeared.

Thump!

Her answer caused an eerie silence. It seemed that Haruka's eyes were one of the biggest factors why Theo brought her here.

"Who is that soul?" Baold asked another question.

"I'm not sure. A tall man… probably around forty to fifty years old. His body is shrouded by darkness, so I can't tell you anything about the body. That's all I can see." Haruka explained while taking a deep breath as if she was tired.

Theo turned around and raised two fingers. "Alright. I'll give you two instructions, so please remember these two no matter what."

Avalon and Haruka made a serious expression as if telling him that they would follow it unlike what they did with the red buttons.

"First, we're going to enter together and go back together."

"…" They were perplexed since that should be an obvious statement. They didn't even know why Theo gave such an obvious instruction. But the second instruction was even more ridiculous.

"And I want you guys to have fun inside. Remember that and you should be fine." Theo made a gentle smile as though he was assuring them that everything would be alright.

Although they didn't fully understand what Theo was talking about, they kept those two instructions in their mind.

"Alright. Let's go." Theo turned around and began walking toward the entrance.

"May fortune bless you with its presence. I will wait at the entrance, so that you can easily go out in case something happens." Baold couldn't say anything other than wishing him luck since he was also defeated in this ruin.

Once they entered, they couldn't see anything inside due to the darkness.

"What are we going to face?" Haruka muttered in a low voice, feeling a bit nervous.

Avalon didn't pull out his sword because he might injure the others in this darkness.

All of a sudden, they heard a rumbling sound from the back.

Rumble!

Rumble!

"Huh?" Avalon and Haruka looked back and saw the entrance was closing. They remembered that Baold had told them he would remain at the entrance and let it remain open so that they could go out immediately.

So, Avalon and Haruka hurriedly went to the gap and saw Baold's shocked face as he was trying to stop the entrance from closing. It seemed that he was also unaware of the sudden change in the situation.

"What is this?" Avalon gasped.

"We're trapped?" Haruka looked around, but everything was pitch black. The only thing she could hear was other people's voices.

"Teacher? Haruka? Where are you?" Avalon shouted while moving his hands around to find them.

"Avalon? Is it you?" Haruka heard Avalon's voice and slowly moved toward his voice. Just like Avalon, she also extended her hand to find Avalon.

Suddenly, she felt a touch. It soon became apparent that it was a hand.

"Avalon. I got you!" Haruka said while firmly holding his arm and pulling him to her side.

But in that instant, a blue flame appeared at the corner of the room, brightening the room. The blue flame spread right in front of the wall to all corners to the point she could dimly see everything around her.

Unfortunately for her, that was the exact time that she found the arm she was holding.

When the light illuminated the area in front of her, she finally saw a rotten arm.

Haruka traced it back to the one who had this rotten arm and found a rotten face that was right in front of her. The face was blue and smelled awful. Its eyes almost fell from their sockets, and the teeth were yellow.

"A zom…" Before she finished her words, the so-called zombie suddenly opened its mouth and tried to bite her. The zombie let out a scream, and its breath sounded so loud that it was almost deafening to her.

In that instant, she became so scared that her reflex kicked in. Her right foot kicked the zombie's stomach while she was screaming, "NOOOOOOOO!"

Meanwhile, Avalon was experiencing the same thing.

He could hold this arm, thinking it was Haruka. But the blue light seemed to appear a bit later than in Haruka's vision.

"Gah!" As a result, he got kicked in the stomach and fell three meters away.

The blue light finally appeared and illuminated the room, letting him see the real culprit.

It turned out the one that attacked him earlier was actually a pink ape.

"ROOOO!" The ape let out a roar to scare Avalon, forcing him to stand back up and reach for his blade. He was ready to fight the ape.