The hall was littered with countless corpses, devoid of the luxury it had when we first entered. It was now drenched in blood.
Those who could stand up against the attackers were few. We were outnumbered, facing a dangerously precarious situation.
Cane leaned against the pillar on our side, gasping for breath. He looked toward us and said, "Mr. Atlas, I'll cover you. Take Mrs. Chloe out through the rear hall."
Before Atlas could respond, we heard Stella's triumphant laughter echoing in the hall.
“Are you guys trying to leave? Forget about it. Chloe, how does it feel? Exciting, right? Today, you won't be leaving here alive. Do you regret everything you…”
Before she could finish her words, Atlas fired a shot, and her scream abruptly ceased.
I clenched my teeth in frustration, cursing myself for not having a gun.
Atlas tightened his grip on my arm and murmured, "Hmph. Today, her fate is in her own hands."
Suddenly, the gunfire outside intensified, while the shooting from inside seemed to decrease significantly.
Atlas's tense muscles relaxed slightly, and he let out a sigh of relief against the pillar.
"Reinforcements?" I asked Atlas.
He smirked and nodded toward the exit leading to the rear hall. "Darling, we'll leave from there together."
As he spoke, he nodded toward the rear hall entrance.
Just then, from the corner of my eye, I saw Navi who had crawled to the wall, suddenly stand up. He swayed unsteadily, but with a shaky hand, he pressed something, and the wall slowly cracked open.
I stared in disbelief at Atlas, who also seemed surprised. But he quickly regained his composure as he exclaimed, "Secret passage."
"Is he trying to escape?" I was astonished.
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This story would be interesting if there weren't so many garbled paragraphs. Half sentences and missed paragraphs. It's too much, give us a proper story. I'm done reading...
Atlas literally took Chloe away from Ryan Ryan needs to go back and reinforce to be able to be head-on Caz that's the only place he's lacking...