THE DARKEST HOPE

Chapter 33 An Unexpected Guest

Chapter 33

An Unexpected Guest

The monster appeared. It was big, its body filling the entire corridor.

"How did it grow so much?" Jin's heart was beating up in his throat, he was scared as hell.

"They all mutate differently with time." Jimin said hastily. "Shoot, shoot at it, sometimes it takes a lot to kill one like that."

The whole party started shooting at the beast, numerous bullets hitting its large torso, splashing blood and flesh around from its damaged body. The thing kept advancing though, unimpressed, not reacting to its wounds at all.

The men were watching with horror as the enormous monster crawled in their direction regardless of their firepower. Even when one of Suga's bullets crushed away a part of its skull it continued.

"Retreat, retreat back" Jin yelled.

The group backed away several meters.

"Jin, there is something odd about this one!" Jimin yelled.

"Don't say! You think?"

"No, I mean something really oddly wrong!"

"What do you mean, Jimin, except that it does not die after so much bullets."

"It doesn't seem to be alive alive at all!" Jimin said, his eyes widened and staring with shock.

"Whaa..." Jin looked more carefully at the monster. It wasn't growling anymore and the head was oddly tilted to one side. Then why the fuck was it still moving forward. Something was definitely not right here. Jin narrowed his eyes and stared towards the thing.

"Retreat towards the meeting point!" Jin suddenly yelled. Jimin was correct. Something was completely fucked up here.

The command came one second later. The skin of the monster was moving in a peculiar, alien manner, like strange but vigorous bubbling. Then its huge stomach tore open, pointy claws and sharp teeth scratching at the flesh their way out of the belly of the monster and a new gathering of vampires attacked the hunters.

This time it was a surprise. This time it was shock. The beasts must have dug inside the body of the giant, using its enormous body as a cover. And now, when they were already close, they jumped out, their victims close and reachable.

Several men fell down almost immediately, torn down by sharp talons, their blood spilling on the dirty ground. The others renewed their shooting and started quickly to retreat back. They were unable to regain their original orderly defense and the shooting became more rapid but frantic and disorganized.

The people were now running at full speed back. The pressure from the attackers was too much.

"How did we passed by so many of them without noticing?" Suga asked as he shot back the last two of his bullets. There was no time for reloading. Stopping now meant to die screaming. He had to run.

The others had the same problem. Their original scheme of shooting and reloading in turns was wasted as they were unable to restore their initial configuration. Soon the fire from the weapons lowered down to single bangs in the dark. It seemed hopeless.

"There must have been some passage that is not on the map!" Jimin yelled back as he skillfully shot down the closest vampire and renewed his retreat.