Cursed Immortality

Behind the hidden door, Jacob discovered another room that was actually the same as the one in the temple.

However, there wasn't anything inside besides a stone bed. This made Jacob somewhat disappointed. But still, he was more interested in the walls of this room because if it was the same as the temple, then one of the walls should be a hoax.

If not, he would be very disappointed, and all his preparation to hide this place would go in vain.

Jacob slashed the left wall without wasting time since the temple's secret room's left wall was hollow.

However, even after destroying a huge chunk of it, there was nothing but solid stones, which made Jacob frown. So, he tried the other walls.

But after half an hour, the empty, clean room was now filled with stone rubble, and he discovered nothing. Those walls were all like normal walls, and his expression was dark.

Yet, he still didn't give up, and his eyes landed on the stone bed.

Jacob grabbed the stone bed and tried to remove it from its position when his lips curled up because the bed was completely stuck in its place.

'The bed in the temple was completely mobile, yet this one is fixed.' He thought as his eyes turned sharp.

He made a fist, punched in the center of the bed like a hammer, and completely destroyed it like it was made of soft clay.

Jacob's eyes narrowed at this moment because the stone bed was actually hollow from the inside, and the moment it broke, a gray metallic cylinder appeared. This cylinder was a foot long and six inches wide.

Jacob picked it up and instantly felt something moving within the cylinder, 'A cover to seal something?'

Intrigued, he shakes it, and just as he thinks there is something inside it, there is no sign of sealing on the cylinder or lid. It was smooth, like an ingot.

Furthermore, when all the things here were decaying, this cylinder was completely fine without any tract of decomposition.

Jacob hesitated for a moment before he decided to cut it open.

However, he was astonished when his Basic-Rare Grade Titan Iron Sword didn't even leave a scratch on the cylinder. This blade could cut into stones like butter, but this cylinder wasn't even scratched.

So, he used his strength this time as he slashed on top of the cylinder with the full power he could muster without fluid acceleration, which was 800 tons!

However, when both metals collided, they only made some sparks before his blade bounced back, which shocked him.

The cylinder was still fine without any scratch whatsoever, while the titan sword was now slightly chipped.

'Just what kind of metal is used to make this thing, and what is stored inside? I probably need a laser or ever stronger metal than titan iron to cut it open.' Jacob mused with a grim expression.

Nevertheless, since it was hidden inside this bed and this cylinder was even tougher than titan iron, this meant whatever was inside was a treasure. So, he stowed it away and decided to deal with it after leaving this place.

Then his focus turned to the floor beneath the bed, there was a black lever, and Jacob twisted it without hesitation. It was clearly stuck, which meant it hadn't been used for a long time, but Jacob managed to twist it without breaking it.

'Click…'

A sound of something behind opening rang in the room, and the next moment, the entire room suddenly trembled before, with a snap, a trap door broke free from the floor right where the lever was.

Jacob then pulled open the trap door, which was actually made of thick metal like a treasury door, and under it was an iron ladder that was quite rusty. He couldn't see the bottom at all as there was no light whatsoever, not even those magic torches.

So, Jacob took out a flashlight and flashed it into the dark passage, there were walls around, and it was made like an underground tunnel, and the bottom was still unclear.

Still, there was nothing out of the ordinary, so Jacob decided to take the rusty ladder and slowly started to descend.

The tunnel was over a hundred meters deep, and Jacob finally saw the solid ground.

The ladder and tunnel ended ten meters above the ground, and Jacob had to jump down. When he landed at the end of the tunnel, he flashed the flashlight and saw he was in an underground dusty cobweb corridor.

'This should be some kind of escape route or hidden passage that led toward some hidden chamber.' Jacob presumed.

A few meters behind him was a wall, and the only open way was ahead of him. So, he walked toward it while he was vigilant of his surroundings.

Although this corridor looked normal, there might be traps hidden for intruders if they hadn't gone rotten with time, so he had to be careful.

After walking for a few tens of meters, a cross path appeared, which made him frown.

'Don't tell me it is another fucking maze!' Vexed, he chose to go right.

However, he only moved a few meters into the pathway when he heard movement in front of him, which startled him. A shotgun appeared in his hand and flashed his flashlight ahead, but then the movement suddenly stopped.

But there was no one ahead either. It was completely empty passage. Yet, Jacob knew he had heard some movement, so he turned around and went toward the left passage to see if he could draw this person out.

Jacob pretended that he didn't notice anything and just changed his mind

He suddenly thought of Livia, who had been transported into the catacomb maze, so this might turn out to be the case. But if the person turned out to be like Livia was a whole other case.

In the deep darkness of the right corridor, on the ceiling, which looked completely fine, crimson eyes suddenly appeared on it, and those eyes that could see as clear as day were coldly looking at Jacob's retreating figure.

Even in the light, those eyes remain invisible, and Jacob doesn't notice anything despite looking right into it. At this moment, those eyes started to creep toward Jacob!

Jacob again heard vague movement, which made it quite clear that something was really there and now following him. But the movement was so vague that he couldn't pinpoint the exact location.

Furthermore, the other party had no heartbeat whatsoever, and he could only hear it moving, which meant it was most likely a dark being.

But he knew the party was still oblivious to the fact that he had already discovered its tracks, and now Jacob was at an advantage.

Jacob suddenly entered 1X acceleration as his hearing increased, and he was finally able to pinpoint the exact location of his stalker.

'On the ceiling and multiple legs?' Something came into Jacob's mind.

The next moment thereafter, CT.408 sniper rifle appeared in his hand, and in that instant, he took an accurate shot where that thing was crawling!

'Shhhh…'

A strange, eerily cry suddenly rang in the silent vicinity as eight crimson eyes filled with bloodlust surfaced on the ceiling. Also, a two-meter-wide black body with twelve long legs in red strips also came to light.

Jacob's lips curled into a cold smile when he saw this creature, "Only a Rare-Tier-9 Phantom Spider and here I thought it was some undead!"

The Phantom Spiders were predators who were stealthy with their camouflage ability in darkness, as well as their deadly poison and web. These creatures were relatively rare in the rare plains because they lived in cold areas where the sun couldn't reach.

Jacob never expected to encounter one in this place. But he wasn't worried anymore since it was just a magic beast.

There was a hole in that Phantom Spider's cephalothorax as the green matter was coming out, which was clearly the bullet hole.

The Phantom Spider's eyes were filled with viciousness as it lunged toward Jacob with its menacing mouth opened and suddenly sprayed a gray liquid!

Jacob was completely relaxed as he dodged instantly, stowed away his sniper rifle, and took out Livia's long sword. He didn't want to waste ammo on this thing when he could cut it down easily.

The Phantom Spider was shocked when Jacob suddenly vanished from his spot, and it was busy twisting his massive body when it felt weight over its large stomach.

But before it could react, a sharp blade flashed past its ugly head and cleaved it!

Jacob then looked at the massive listless body of the Phantom Spider and frowned, 'It's not eatable… No more importantly, how did it survive in this place? Don't tell me….'

Jacob's eyes winded as he felt his skin crawling when he looked deep into the corridor, and he was dumbfounded because multiple glowing crimson eyes were madly heading toward him!