The Lowly Gate's Guard

Ch. 14: To Waterloo Station (4)

The Centipedes gathered in the dark, they waited for their number to build large enough. They had an instinct that they would need more of their kind if they were to tackle the food that rested in front of the humans. One of meals had a powerful aroma that seemed like wild beast to them.

After hours of gathering their forces, more than a hundred of them stood in the dark of the tunnel. They covered the floor, walls and ceiling. No trace of the grounds they were attached to was left behind. With enough numbers, the centipedes started to quietly make their way to the light the meals were in. A black tinted purple pincer came into the light, soon the front half of a gruesome looking centipede walked forward.

"Guys..." Dean tapped on Mary, waking her up. All of their eyes moved to the centipede that stood halfway into the light.

"Don't worry, it's only an F rank Monster." Sam responded. He pulled out his sword and stood up.

Then two more came out into the light.

"Not a problem."

Then ten more came out.

"I can still handle them, Mary stand back."

Mary got up, Tabby in her arms. The cat was still hazy from being abruptly woken up.

Dean grabbed one of the flashlights that was left on the floor and shined it towards the thirteen centipedes. But there wasn't only thirteen. The light revealed hundreds more behind the few that already stepped into the light. All of their faces dropped.

[Gallantry Lv1 has activated]

[Your mind has prepared for battle; your courage has increased]

"Run!" Sam shoutted. The first centipede jumped at him, its pincers was ready to pierce his body. He ducked and cuts it in half. It only made it angry as it split into two. Sam didn't even dent the large group. He turned and ran towards the other three, picking up the last flashlight from the floor.

Caught up to the other two, Sam grabbed Mary and put her over his shoulder and threw the cat to Dean.

They ran as fast as they could, dashing quickly pass the abandoned train, the hundreds of centipedes crawled all over it in pursuit. A loud stampede rumbled from the thousands of feet that rushed towards the tasty meals on wheels. There would have been corpses left in the train, but the F ranked centipedes are known for not leaving anything behind. They ate every last part of the passengers from the train.

The centipedes were slowly gaining on them, their thousands of legs putting up a good match compared to the human's measly two.

Sam was much further ahead than Dean, his speed was incredible for someone with an old woman over his shoulder. Thoughts started to appear in Dean's mind as they ran. In his head, images of the centipedes caught up to him, and of they then ripped them to shreds as they eat them. Dean didn't know why but his thoughts had a taste of realism, as if he had experienced something similar before.

[System Opening Contestant Store]

[Opening Stats Tab]

A familiar drawing of himself appeared on the window. "Would you like to increase your Dexterity?" It asked.

"Yes! Put everything I can into Dexterity!" Dean shouted.

[Consuming 1600 Points]

A red glow radiated from his feet and built up his legs. The weight of his legs became lit as he took wider strides with ease. His speed increased to something he had never reached before.