Death League 101: I'm Dead In 10 Minutes!-Chapter 75: “Midnight Hunting Spree (49): Human Sacrifices”
Leinster reflexively moved his body while hugging the unconscious boy and rolled over on the floor, dodging the crimson light just a breath away.
The crimson light grazed Leinster’s back and sizzling noise instantly resounded.
Sizzle. Sizzle.
The smell of something burnt quickly spread throughout the small area and Leinster felt a scorching hot pain on his back, so hot that he felt like he was being shoved into the sun.
"Ughhh!"
Leinster clutched the unconscious Sealed Demon King tightly as he looked back, only to see the crimson light touching a new challenger who was right behind Leinster.
The moment the crimson light touched the guy, the guy’s face was full of confusion before it twisted into an unbearable agony.
"Ahhhhh— "
The man’s eyes were wide open, his pupils were bloodshot and his face was like the Scream Painting, full of unwillingness.
But in just a few seconds, the entire person...
Turned into ashes.
Not even a single drop of blood splashed, all evaporated inside the light’s baptism.
The ashes mixed with the smell of burnt flesh, slowly scattered in the air, falling into the nearby challengers.
Even the ashes were still piping hot, instantly burning some challengers’ skin red until it peeled, showing the tender flesh beneath.
Silence fell upon the Fresh Meat area for a few seconds, all eyes were on the crimson light that was slowly growing longer, about to touch the next challenger.
A split second later...
A shrill scream erupted from the crowd.
"A-ahhhh! Everyone! Run!!"
As if on cue, the new challengers instantly shoved each other, all scrambling to dodge the red beam of light.
"Ah! Ah! What the hell is that thing???"
Are they brought here just to die under the crimson light??
The place near Leinster instantly plunged into chaos with a few people almost trampling Otomen Lover, who was dangerously close to the red light.
Seeing the unconscious Otomen Lover near Leinster, a new challenger subconsciously shoved the woman straight into the growing red light.
Push!
"Oto!!"
Leinster’s barbless chains quickly shot into the air and coiled around Otomen Lover’s waist, just right when Otomen Lover’s face was an inch away from the red light.
At an angle that Leinster didn’t see, the red light vibrated slightly and a tiny, tiny red dot separated from the main beam, slowly entering Otomen Lover’s body.
Once Leinster halted Otomen Lover’s body from crashing into the light, his arms trembled and veins popped up as he pulled the chains hard, dragging Otomen Lover to his place.
Thud!
The limp woman’s head hit the shelf next to Leinster’s place and the pain quickly woke her up from her deep slumber.
"Ugh...."
Hearing the groan, Leinster quickly shoved the boy to the scythe guy and grabbed Otomen Lover, who was still half-sitting on the floor.
"Bipedal, are you okay?"
Please, don’t die in front of his audience!
Otherwise, he would surely die in the next elimination round, haha.
Otomen Lover shook her head to dismiss the dizzy vision before she spoke slowly, her voice slightly hoarse and dry.
"I...I’m...fine..."
A faint red light flashed in her black eyes before it disappeared, as if nothing happened.
Leinster didn’t see this scene either and silently sighed in relief.
"Oh, my, that’s good to hear."
The man, being a gentleman, immediately helped Otomen Lover to stand while the scythe guy blocked the rioting crowd with his huge scythe.
"You move, I cut your neck."
The man just stood there with his eyes on several challengers and the challengers became as quiet as choked chickens, not daring to shove others.
Once the area around Leinster became slightly more orderly, the ghost mother immediately spoke to the challengers, her voice reaching everyone’s ears regardless of distance and the noisy surroundings.
"Everyone, calm down. If you want to push, push the monsters. They’re all willing to die."
Why should they sacrifice fellow compatriots?
The veteran challengers had already started to drag the monsters around them and toss the monsters into the red light.
None of the monsters actually resisted, all of them obediently threw themselves into the red light, their faces full of twisted excitement.
—sacrifice! Sacrifice!
The same word repeated again and again, so much so that Leinster felt like cutting his own ears.
Is it just his imagination, or his sanity level that had recovered to 30, actually dropped by a few points?
The other challengers, not as sharp as Leinster, didn’t notice that they did lose a few sanity points and as the clock ticked, they lost their sanity points faster than before.
An invisible "contamination" spread throughout the challenger and only the ghost mother felt something.
She abruptly raised her head and her eyes widened.
A large-scale mind contamination?
Before long, all of them would be brainwashed just like the monsters!
This is why the supernatural ruin was more troublesome than any other kinds of ruins.
The ghost mother blocked her ears, but just seeing the crimson light dropped her sanity level by one point.
No, this couldn’t continue!
The ghost mother paced around in place, her hand was stroking her belly with a gentle movement despite her anxious face.
What’s the goal of this red light?
Why is it eliminating both monsters and challengers alike?
Does it have some kind of quota that it needs to fulfill—
Leinster, who also noticed the phenomenon, suddenly had an epiphany at the same time as the ghost mother.
Could it be...they needed a certain number of sacrifices so that they could summon the guardian spirit?
At least, they could finally find the bones-related store that had not existed yet!
Once the two people came to the same conclusion, they quickly shouted to the challengers around them.
"Quick! Shove the monsters into the red light! We need as many sacrifices as possible!"
But they overlooked one point.
What if...aside from the monster sacrifices, the red light needed a certain number of human sacrifices?
And this point was quickly proven in the next second.
"AHHHHH— "
