A Man Like None Other (Jared Chance) novel Chapter 5199

“Looks like we’re on our own from here.” Jared looked toward the left passage. “Too much blood. Something alive is down there. Let’s try the right.”

The right corridor was dry, littered with loose rubble. After thirty minutes, they emerged into a vast limestone chamber.

At its center lay a pool of murky green water, veiled in white mist that gave off a faint, pleasant fragrance.

“What is this...” Flaxseed leaned over the rim, hand outstretched, but Jared yanked him back.

“Don’t touch it. There’s something off about that water and its scent.” He pointed at the drifting vapor. “One breath and the poison will let the demonic aura burrow through your meridians.” He crushed a pill from his satchel and sprinkled the powder across the surface. It hissed, bubbles foamed, and the fog collapsed like snow in a bonfire. “Thought so,” he said.

“The pool’s here to keep something trapped. We go around.” Jared skirted the bank, Flaxseed close behind. Crystals embedded in the walls grew brighter with every step, until they could make out a stone dais on the far shore, something resting atop it.

The water erupted. A tentacle as thick as a barrel cracked from the pool and lashed toward Flaxseed’s back.

“Move!” Jared shoved him aside and flashed the Dragonslayer Sword. A sweep of golden light sheared the limb in two. Black blood sprayed, reeking so strongly it burned pits into the rock.

A screech ripped from the depths. Dozens of tentacles burst free, writhing like enraged pythons and crashing toward them.

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