Rebirth: 100 Days Before Doomsday-Chapter 262 : The Monster in the Dark

Grace was waiting for Davian's lips to find hers when her ears registered the knocks that disturbed their sweet moment. She groaned, not hiding her unhappiness as the man pulled away from her and headed to open the door.

She didn't even bother to adjust her shirt that was unbuttoned and handing on her elbows, leaving her in her dark blue lacy bra. Her gaze remained focused at the entrance of the bedroom as Davian opened the room and Rue stepped inside.

The moment he noticed her sharp gaze, he raised his hands up in surrender. "I'm not trying to ruin your moment. There's trouble."

The moment he spoke these words, both Grace and Davian were on alert. She climbed down the bed, making her way to him as she let her power take care of her disheveled state.

She noticed the tension in his stance, realizing that whatever news he was about to deliver, it was a really bad one. "What is it?"

"The Veil cracked. Twice this time." He took a deep breath before delivering the worst of it. "And something came through... definitely a monster beast."

Davian stiffened, and so did Grace. "You are sure?" It was Davian who asked the question.

Rune shot him a serious look. "Would I come running if I wasn't?"

Grace's jaw tightened. She had expected the Veil to weaken gradually, not to rip open in the span of a single night.

"Where?" she asked.

"One is in Country A, but the second crack is here, in Starship Country, and really close to Greenstone," Rune answered. "And the Monster Beast is here too. It entered through the second crack."

Grace exhaled slowly. "Then we find it before it finds us."

She turned to Davian. "Wake the team, even the warriors. Have them ready in ten minutes. Full combat gear. No exceptions."

Davian nodded and disappeared down the hall, already barking orders through phone.

"Why the warriors? They are not the Beast's opponent, not even if it's of the lowest rank. I'm afraid even our team will fail to kill it despite trying their best."

Grace knew that he was right, but she had a plan. "They are indeed not going to stand a chance against the beast. But I want them there to understand exactly what they are going to face soon. They need to know the level of danger coming our way."

Rune let out a small sigh. He understood her intentions, but he still added, "It's going to be a real task to keep them all safe while trying to fight and kill the Monster Beast."

Grace didn't comment on the matter, instead, she returned the topic to the monster. "Tell me everything you know about this Monster Beast."

He was silent for a moment, but then finally answered, "I didn't get to find much about it, but I can tell that it's almost as powerful as the one we encountered before... if not more."

That was all she needed to know. All the information they had on these Monster Beasts was from her and Davian's previous lives, and the data that the system carried. But considering how a lot of things had changed in this timeline, she kept feeling that they couldn't rely on the past information anymore.

"Do you think... it's coming to us? For our... treasures?" She finally asked, her gaze shifting to her jade bracelet and his jade ring.

Rune shook his head, denying her worries. "The spell I have cast on us is keeping us safe even from the people from my Realm. That's why I'm sure as long as they can't find us, the monsters will not either."

Grace nodded her head, feeling relieved. The last thing she wanted was for these monsters to point their full attention to her and Rune because of their jades. That would just confirm their end in this timeline.

She might have gotten powerful, but she was still not ready to face a full army of Monster Beasts... not even close.

But for now, she had to worry about only one of them.

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Within minutes, Davian was ready with the team and the warriors. They were going all out, and it did grab the attention of the residents who stepped out of their apartments to find out why there was such a commotion this late at night.

Grace stood at the forefront, her weapons strapped in places and her body thrumming with silent energy. She was both excited and tensed for the upcoming battle.

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"Listen carefully," she said, her voice carrying over the gathered crowd. "A monster beast has entered our world. We don't know much about it, but we do know it's close. Our job is simple."

She scanned their faces. Determination. Readiness. Fear. But no hesitation.

"We hunt it down before it hunts us."

A ripple of anticipation moved through the group.

Rune spoke next, taking over his part of the mission. "I'll lead the tracking team," he said. "Its energy signature is faint, but I can follow it."

Grace nodded. "Take five men. Keep your distance until you have visual confirmation."

He didn't waste a second. He motioned to a handful of the team mates and warriors , and together, they melted into the darkness beyond the barrier.

The rest of the group waited in tense silence.

Minutes passed. Then an hour. But there was still nothing. After what felt like forever, the peaceful silence of the night was disturbed by a bloodcurdling scream.

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Rune and his team had been moving in near silence, following faint disturbances in the air where the Veil had fractured. From there, he started tracking the energy that the monster left behind as it ventured away from the crack.

They arrived at what appeared to be an abandoned village, and there... they finally spotted it.

A grotesque creature. It's body was a twisted blend of shadow and flesh. It was crouching over mangled corpses of infected, and it was feeding.

"Ew!"

Aleena almost puked as she took in the scene. She thought that she had already witnessed enough gore and gross things ever since apocalypse arrived, but maybe watching - an absolutely gross-looking creature feeding on other gross-looking creatures - peaked the actual level of gross.