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Chapter 21 - Labyrinth - C

"Adam the viewers are very satisfied with the way you killed Ele and a lot of donations are rolling in right now," Alice explained while Adam took a sharp right turn and ran through a tunnel that has some dark parts because some of the torches that were on the wall were gone.

"So that's the kind of thing that the viewers want," Adam said as he ran and looked around the tunnel that has a couple of large cracks on its walls, roof, and floors with some of them painted in crimson red. Adam looked straight ahead and noticed a crushed disfigured body that was stuck on the wall along with a couple of dozens of corpses that have missing limbs with some of them missing their entire torso.

"Did the Minotaur did all of this? It can't be a contestant, right? it wouldn't make any sense that someone can do all of this." Adam thought to himself as he jumped over a string that was a couple of centimeters above the ground.

GROOOOOOOOO! Adam slides through the ground while looking towards a tunnel that was on his right side that he just passed by which has a couple of large cracks on its entrance which was painted with blood "I'm coming Minotaur."

Adam ran inside the tunnel and saw a similar scene as the tunnel that he was in a couple of minutes ago another couple of dozens of contestants laying on the ground who have lost their limbs and tried their best to move around while bleeding out. Adam looked towards the end of the tunnels that have a corner to his left side which was a couple of meters in front of him as he heard a very loud roar of the Minotaur "He must be right after that corner, that was the loudest roar that I have heard."

Adam took a left turn and saw a giant monster that was as tall as the tunnel which has its body covered in muscle and thick dark fur, it has the legs of a goat and the head of a bull and was holding a girl on its large right hand who has a white rabbit mask.

GROOOOOOOOOOOO! The Minotaur screamed towards the girl that was on his right hand while staring towards the girl who was unconscious with its glowing dark red eyes, the Minotaur opened its mouth and slowly moved his right hand towards his mouth.

Adam holds his hammer that was in his right hand with both of his hand and quickly ran towards the Minotaur as fast as he can with the tip of the hammer to his right side, as he was about to reach the Minotaur he quickly jumped as high as he can and swung his hammer towards the Minotaur's head.

BAAM! A loud explosion-like sound filled the long tunnel as Adam hit the right side of the Minotaur's face, the Minotaur lost it's balanced and slowly fell to its left side while lessened its grip on the rabbit masked woman who slowly slides off its hand.

Adam looked towards the rabbit masked girl as he landed on the Minotaur's left hand and quickly ran as fast as he can on the Minotaur's left hand as it fell, Adam quickly jumped towards the rabbit masked girl as he reached the end of the Minotaur's shoulder with both of his hands in front of him.

Adam caught the bunny masked girl in the middle of the air and landed on the ground on both of his feet as the Minotaur landed on the ground beside him blowing a strong wind towards him.

"I have to take her to a safe place before I fought with the Minotaur." Adam thought to himself as he ran forwards while the Minotaur behind him rubbed the part of its head where Adam hits it while still laying down on the ground.

Adam ran towards the end of the tunnel and took a sharp left turn, he looks around the tunnel and saw a spot that doesn't have a trap around it. Adam ran towards the spot while avoiding a couple of traps as the rabbit masked girl slowly gain her consciousness "W-where Am I? Who are you?"

"You're awake, hi I'm Lion and you were in the Minotaur's hand a couple of minutes ago," Adam explained as he arrived on the spot and slowly put the rabbit masked girl down on the floor with her back leaning against the wall.

"Take out a green from my bag and stab my arm with it." The rabbit masked girl said with her soft voice while looking towards her small pink side bag that was on her right side.

Adam opened her bag and saw that it was filled with colorful syringes, he took a green syringe out from it and stabbed the rabbit masked girl's hand with it. She released a soft sigh as parts of her hands that was bruised slowly healed, she cleared her voice and looked towards Adam "Thank you very much."

Adam smiled towards the rabbit masked girl and quickly looked towards his right as he felt a vibration of someone running towards him "Twenty meters, fifteen meters, ten meters."

"Stop right there! Or I will shoot you." Adam shouted while staring at his right side as he reached his right hand to his back, a figure slowly walked out from the dark while raising both of his hand right in front of him.

"Calm down I was just about to go out from the exit and I heard the loud explosion-like sound. I came here to investigate and I don't want to kill you." Bull explained as he slowly walked towards Adam.

"How can I trust you?" Adam asked while still holding his right hand to his back and stared towards Bull who quickly stopped a couple of meters away from Adam and the rabbit masked girl.

"I threw my weapons back there and I have nothing on me right now you can trust me I don't want to kill anyone." Bull explained as he tapped his jeans pockets and turned all of them inside out.

"Do you need any help?" Bull asked while looking towards Adam who was staring towards him.

"Yes I need your help, can you take her to the exit with you she won't be able to walk there alone and I still have some business to take care of in here," Adam said while he stands up and looked towards Bull who quickly walk towards the bunny masked girl.

"Yes, I will take her out from here." Bull kneeled beside the bunny masked girl and slowly picked her up from the ground with both of his hand, Bull slowly turned around and instantly stopped as Adam grabbed his left hand with his right hand.

"I trust you Bull take her out from here safely don't make me regret this." Adam looked towards Bull who quickly nodded towards him.

"You won't regret this and go finish your business, I will take her out from here safely I promise you that see you later." Bull slowly turned around as Adam let go of his hand and stopped one more time as the bunny masked girl who was on his hand slowly opened her side bag.

Bull turned around as the girl looked towards Adam while reaching out her right hand that has two syringes inside them "Here take this I hope this will help you with your business."

"Thank you and go now, Bull." Adam looked towards Bull who quickly nodded and turned around, he ran to the shadow with the rabbit masked girl in his hand leaving Adam.

"Time to kill that Minotaur," Adam mumbled as he turned around while sliding the two syringes to his right pocket and quickly ran ahead.