Becoming a God Starts with Acting-Chapter 114: [Fish] - Nerio’s Part (26)

Their attitude made John so enraged that he gritted his teeth, but then he realized there was nothing he could do. No matter how greedy he was, he had recognized the abnormality of this castle; no castle suddenly had a cave in one of its rooms!

"Anyway, we have to get the fish scales. Let’s go look for them!" John raised his voice, trying to regain his leader’s presence.

"No need to search." Eryon pushed John aside and moved forward, with the others quickly following him.

[If you didn’t know, you’d think Eryon was the team leader lol]

[Looking at it, it’s almost like Eryon is a top-tier esper, on par with Drake, hahahaha]

[Because Eryon is Nerio, just saying, he outclasses everyone here.]

The further they walked toward the cave’s center, the stronger the cold atmosphere became. The faint sounds of crying and the dim red light gradually began to illuminate.

"Can you hear anything?" Anna spoke hesitantly, her steps stopping as if she wanted to turn around and leave, but seeing the others still pressing forward, she thought of the treasure outside. No, she wanted to change her life; she couldn’t stop now.

She never realized that she had already died a long time ago.

"That’s the fish scale," Ron murmured. After walking for a while, they finally saw it: the beautiful, bright red fish scale, about the size of an adult man’s hand, floating in mid-air, constantly spinning. In this cold cave, the fish scale was the only light source.

Suddenly, Ron’s body was shoved aside, and John, with an excited and frantic expression, rushed forward, getting closer to the fish scale. He kept murmuring, "Here you are, found you so easily. Once I have you, I’ll have everything..."

With that, he stretched out his hand toward the fish scale, his eyes filled with madness and excitement, the treasure was so close, closer than ever!

"Aaaaaaa! Aaaaaa! Help! Help!"

The incident happened in an instant. Just as John’s hand was about to touch the fish scale, his whole body was suddenly sucked toward it, his hand sticking firmly to the scale. The red color from the scale quickly spread up his body, starting from his hand. John screamed, struggling to break free, but it was futile.

The cross-eyed man instinctively lunged forward and tried to pull John out. His expression quickly changed: "No, it’s stuck too tight, I can’t pull him out!"

With that, he tried to let go, but then he realized a terrifying truth—his own hand had also become stuck to John’s. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t break free.

His face twisted with extreme fear: "No, what’s happening, I can’t get out, help me, help me!"

He kept jerking backward, but he was still stuck to John no matter how hard he tried.

His face was filled with despair, and he looked toward the others, but the NPCs instinctively backed away. After witnessing this, they obviously weren’t foolish enough to rush forward anymore.

Realizing his companion had given up, the cross-eyed man’s face grew even more desperate. He was about to curse when John’s agonized scream suddenly echoed.

John’s hand, now completely covered in red, had turned into a sticky, living substance that rapidly spread up his body at an unbelievable speed, consuming even his twisted face from the pain and despair.

It was his turn now...

The moment the cross-eyed man realized this, he immediately screamed in pain: "Aaaa, no, please save me, I don’t want to die! It hurts so much, it hurts so much!"

The red color spread over the cross-eyed man even faster than it did over John. In no time, both John and the cross-eyed man turned into two figures of bright red, their blood boiling like it was bubbling. Their eyes were nothing but empty sockets, and their mouths were wide open.

Splash splash!

The sound of large water droplets hitting the ground echoed, and soon, it became a dense, constant noise. John and the cross-eyed man’s bodies melted away, flowing rapidly down to the ground, leaving no bones behind.

In the blink of an eye, all that remained where the cross-eyed man and John had stood was a pool of diluted blood mixed with flesh, still boiling and hot. The pungent, fresh, and burnt smell filled the air.

"Ugh... ugh!" The NPCs turned their heads and vomited. Anna screamed, "What treasure? We need to leave this place, quickly, quickly!"

With that, she ran out, but at that moment, she realized the space around them had been enveloped in darkness. When they entered, they could still see the way and the sharp rocks due to the dim red light of the fish scales, but now all they could see in front of them was thick, impenetrable blackness, not even their hands could be seen.

The fish scale was still glowing but only emitted light, no longer an illumination source...

"If you don’t want to die, don’t run around!" Ron called out loudly.

But it was too late. Anna and the other NPCs suddenly collapsed simultaneously, without any external force acting upon them. Then, they too quickly melted into a pool of diluted blood, flowing at a rapid pace toward the humans!

Ron: "...I forgot that these guys were already dead..."

Just as Ron finished speaking, the group noticed something strange. Benjamin raised his hand, and a light shield immediately surrounded them, blocking the pools of blood that were rushing toward them. The blood crawled up the shield, but before it could do anything, it turned to smoke, no longer a threat to the humans at that moment.

Their eyes turned to Eryon, who was still standing firm, not having turned into a pool of blood.

Eryon: "..." His face was expressionless.

[lmao]

[hahahahahahahaha I swear even Nerio didn’t expect to flip the car here hahahahaha]

[Look at his face, it’s like, I didn’t want to flip the car either, but I really can’t turn into that disgusting thing hahahahaha]

[Right, looks are life, sometimes Nerio is really easy to understand hahahahaha]

[I could laugh myself to death lol. Why does he look so cute in moments like this?]

[Come on, everyone knows Nerio wouldn’t flip the car that easily, but why does everyone always seize every opportunity to mock him!]

[Because it’s fun]

Silvanus looked at the suddenly overwhelming comments, his face showing a bit of an unspeakable expression.

Eryon turned his head, facing the gazes of the humans. He seemed slightly confused, tilting his head and asking, "What’s up? Why are you all looking at me like that? Not going to get the fish scales anymore?"

His expression remained unchanged, still carrying that mocking smile and unconscious arrogance, just like Eryon, as though there had never been a separation. However, the group from Cocona still didn’t show any expression. They looked at Eryon, their bodies now in a defensive stance.

Eryon narrowed his eyes slightly, the corner of his mouth curling into an unusually bright smile, cheekily asking, "Don’t look at me like that~"