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Chapter 405 – Caesar’s Progress
“You’re saying… to throw this thing away?”
Caesar opened one hand and he was holding a black polyhedron, specifically a tetrahedron. The triangular shape looked very elaborate and the inside looked chaotic and there were faint purple light spots that appeared at times. It was like a mini cage that trapped a restless spirit.
“Yes, that! We can escape as long as we throw that thing away!”
“Is that so?”
Caesar looked at the black object in his hand and didn’t comment.
Whether they should throw it away or not, we have to start from the beginning of the story…
Their objective this time was to investigate the source of the plague, and after a while, they finally confirmed that Yellowstone was where the plague originated from. They also discovered that the plague was different from other diseases, there was a single mode of transmission and the symptoms were strange. It was also extremely deadly like they were poisoned.
When they finally arrived at Yellowstone, everything made sense. The living dead that suddenly appeared in front of them told them of the truth.
The plague was a hoax! In actuality, it was some evil bastard that used black magic to kill innocents and turn them into the obedient living dead!
After realizing that, they tracked the clues after defeating the first bunch of living dead and finally found a hidden place on the outskirts of Yellowstone. It was a strange laboratory, other than the usual magic materials and experimental tools, the room was also filled with cruel torture devices and blood splatters filled the walls and floors. There were also pieces of flesh stuck on the torture devices which told of the pain that was once suffered here.
In order to investigate, Caesar broke in with everyone but found that it was completely empty and looked to be abandoned.
But Caesar was able to find something stuck in the sharp crevices of a torture device, it was probably some tool that was accidentally left behind… this black tetrahedron.
“This is the only thing we found and the most useful clue. If we can bring it back and give it to the holy light church, then there’s hope of solving this plague.”
No one among them knew black magic, and although the black object looked unremarkable, they believed it to be the source of the plague!
No matter how they turned the people into the living dead, this small object will surely give them an answer!
The only thing they had to do was to bring it back!
“Caesar, we know how important it is, but… no matter how important it is, is it more important than our lives? It seems that we’ll all die before we can even bring it back!”
There were more and more people dissenting and completely disregarding Caesar as the leader. But of course, faced with death, who cares if you’re the leader or not?
Everyone already paid too much for this small black object.
When they first entered the town, they only met the occasional wandering living dead, but after they obtained this object it was like the living dead went crazy and started to swarm them.
It was obvious that this small black object was important and they wanted to finish them off to retrieve it.
Everyone knew that as long as they brought it back, it would be a great achievement and they could even possibly solve this plague and save Gotham Kingdom, but… they couldn’t hold on any longer!
“It was still okay a few days ago, they were just small groups of living dead outside of the min exits, although some unlucky brothers were eaten, we could still deal with it, but today…”
“Jerry’s right! Cesar, we’ve been forced to the end of the road! There’s more and more living dead and it seems like someone’s controlling them, now that they blocked all the main paths, we can only crawl around in the small holes, we’re all going to die at this rate!”
Caesar silently listened to all their complaints.
“Caesar…”
The serious atmosphere scared Rosie and she ran to Caesar’s side. She squeezed her eyes shut and hugged his arms like she wanted to convey her trust to him.
No matter what you decide, I will stand by your side!
Noticing her encouragement, Caesar finally spoke.
“Rosie, don’t worry.”
He patted Rosie’s head and then put the black object back into his bag.
That action angered everyone there! It was obvious Caesar wanted to fight until the end and make everyone there die with him!
“I’ll be clear, I definitely won’t throw it away.”
“Caesar, y-you’re forcing us all to die! Even if you want to die, don’t drag us down with you!”
“We know it’s important, but we can’t make any more unnecessary sacrifices!”
“Jerry’s right!”
A forceful attitude brought forceful responses, but Caesar wasn’t Claire and wouldn’t lose his mind because of some pressure, he naturally had a plan.
“I understand, since you don’t want to die with me… then you can go ahead and escape.”
Caesar grabbed Rosie’s hand and turned to leave.
“Eh? J-just like that?”
After he left, everyone panicked and felt uneasy. Not only did they not escape, but they also chased after him.
“Caesar, what do you mean by that? Do you think of us all as cowards?” Jerry stopped him and questioned.
“No, I was just thinking that based on your logic, as long as you don’t move with me and stay far away from this thing, then you can escape.”
“But, without you, and just with us…” Jerry was about to say something but he swallowed his words.
He actually wanted to say that without Caesar as the leader, they wouldn’t be able to cooperate and it would still be difficult to break through the encirclement.
But he couldn’t say something as humiliating as that…
“Oh, I understand, you’re worried that even if you leave me, you’ll still be targeted, right?”
When Caesar noticed their hesitation, he slapped his head in pretense.
Rosie almost laughed at his terrible acting.
This guy used to be such a dense block of wood, who knew he would be able to put on a show. Although the acting wasn’t great, it was enough for the current situation.
It had to be said, Caesar’s progress was thanks to a certain black-haired youth. He suffered quite a bit because of Lin Xiao but at least was able to learn some stuff from him.
I guess this technique would be loosening the reins only to grasp them better.
“We’ll still be targeted if we’re separated? … That’s right, Caesar is right, even if we run, we’ll still be targeted! Those living dead don’t understand us, they don’t know who has the black object, even if we leave Caesar and run, we’ll still be killed!”
“Right, I didn’t think of that…”
“Yes, that’s also a possibility.”
Hearing Jerry’s words, everyone fell into thought and calmed down.
Caesar’s technique worked splendidly, next he had to reorganize the team.
“Think about it, even if we throw it away, do you think they’ll let us go? Who do you think they are? Soft-hearted philanthropist, or a forgiving king?”
From there on, Caesar finally raised his voice.
“Let me tell you! They’re the madmen who turned the people into the living dead! Do you think they will just let us go? … Naive! Childish! Ridiculous!”
Caesar admonished them and made everyone hang their heads in shame, even Rosie was startled and grabbed onto Caesar’s arms and didn’t dare to breathe too loudly.
“Caesar. you’re right! It’s either us or them, even if we give them the black thing, they wouldn’t let us go and will definitely kill us!”
Jerry walked to Caesar and patted his shoulder with an apologetic expression.
“Sorry Caesar, we were too impulsive, we shouldn’t have questioned you… but the situation we’re in is too dangerous, the end of this path leads to the center of the mine and is surely completely blocked, we have no way out!”
What Caesar just did wasn’t enough, if he didn’t follow up with a good plan, this team would still eventually become completely demoralized and wouldn’t be able to fight anymore.
“A way out? Of course, there’s one! … And that’s this black thing! If we want to live, we can only rely on this!”
“What?”
Everyone looked at each other, how could the thing that caused them to be in this situation change into the thing that will save them?