Last Man Standing: Chapter 20

Chapter 20
XX

Layla Jobs

The Two Lovebirds

I followed the groups that entered the underworld. I saw them splitting up into groups of two. This is not good. I have a feeling that they are going to be zombified or worse.

So I decided to follow them. Quietly and surely. I was about to follow the guy with black hair and red eyes when I heard someone groaning on my right.

Yup, you guessed it. There's another wave of zombies endlessly coming to put an end to us demigods. The floor starts to tremble, and the zombies continued forward.

The zombies are obviously stupid. They only have the basic motoric skills such as eating and walking, and for some demigods, fighting with only hand jab and kicks. While I have to admit that the zombies are not really fast and smart, I got to admit that they also cannot feel. I pity the zombies, but if I didn't kill the zombies, then I might as well become one of them.

I need to follow one of them. It's the only way for me to be safe. With my only 4 feet long celestial bronze sword, I decided to follow my the guy with black hair and red eyes, who is with another girl.

I have to be careful to look at my surroundings, because I got the feeling that this place is crawling with zombies. I carefully fast-walked towards Hades's palace (the place where Luke and Jean is going) and careful not to be spotted by those two.

As I approached Hades' palace, there's a huge big screen that says: Lord Hades is be right back. I looked around, and the walls were really made from obsidian materials. I never knew Hades' palace was made of obsidian iron until now. They are very rare and can only be found in the underworld. In the ceilings, they got a bunch of crystal chandeliers with blood red diamonds in the center of each chandelier. There's also jewellery in the wardrobe found just as I about to take another step.

I was distracted by the jewellery found on the open wardrobe. I opened the wardrobe a little wider so I can view the jewellery even more. These jewelleries were even better than my necklace that is given by my mother, but I know better than to mess with underworld stuff or else I might end up joining one of the dead in the underworld.

I looked at the two people in front of me, and they already disappearing from my sight. I need to catch up with them quick. I sprinted up towards them, and as soon as they passed through the gate on my left, the gate closed by itself. Fortunately, I am very familiar of that sort of situation. That's the pathway to the trap.

I decided to catch up with them, while trying to find a way inside the castle. The castle is very dark indeed, surrounded by skeleton guards that were walking up and down, protecting the castle from intruders. They're natural senses of being able to sense the living makes them a perfect guard for catching intruders that are not dead.

I took the path to the left, hoping that I would somehow catch up with Jean and Luke, who apparently were stuck inside the castle. Here it is. I am about to find out.

I took a deep breath and examined the walls for any signs of trapdoors or secret passage. I cast my mind into the wall, and I could see everything that is inside this wall, but it radiated death so much I quickly snapped back from trance and continued examining the walls. Just then, I saw this faint pinkish that looked almost identical to a switch, and I flicked it on. Immediately, the wall beside me shifted, and it opened to reveal a passage full of zombies waiting to feed the living.

So this is why I felt that behind this wall death is radiating so intense there. There's so much zombies crawling around the castle.

<p style="text-align: left;">Jean and Luke ran opposite my direction and Jean collided with me. Jean smiled as she looked at me and I was confused. Luke quickly took Jean's hand and started running.

<p style="text-align: left;">I began running too, but when I saw the zombies are making a way for someone, I stopped. Luke and Jean stopped too. The zombies continued to make way for what looks like a prince coming this way.

<p style="text-align: left;">"Oh, god." I muttered.

<p style="text-align: left;">I was looking at Nico Di Angelo, the prince of Zombies.