Cathulhu Online, MUNYA!

Chapter 265 – Cat Dad's Dungeon B1 Sub-Level – Run for Your Life

The siren was so loud that Butter Tank and his friends couldn't hear anything.

Butter Tank pulled Dog Eater out of the room and threw him to the area they had come from. He stood behind the door and raised his tower shield while Cherry and Alzheimer managed to enter the room safely.

Butter Tank pushed his shield forward and blocked the entrance with his big physique and shield. The mannequins slammed upon them.

RUMBLE

Because of the alarm, a section of a wall in the room of Butter and his party descended, showing another red corridor with countless EXIT signboards on the ceiling.

Cherry and Alzheimer glanced at the names of the mannequins.

<strong>Prototype Stone Mannequin, Level 150</strong>

<strong>Prototype Clay Mannequin, Level 75</strong>

<strong>Prototype Plastic Mannequin, Level 100</strong>

<strong>Prototype Glass Mannequin, Level 150</strong>

<strong>Prototype Scrap Mannequin, Level 125</strong>

<strong>Prototype Rusty Mannequin, Level 50</strong>

Their strength varied, but their numbers frightened them.

"BAD!"

"BAD!"

Butter smirked and endured their attacks. Most of their attacks inflicted one damage, which was insignificant to a tank with over 20,000 HP like him.

However, there was a problem. As the mannequins were stuck outside the room they were in, Cherry, Dog Eater, and Alzheimer couldn't attack them as they were out of their line of sight.

"Cherry! You magic!"

Cherry hesitated, "I can only use AOE spells, boss! If I use a single-target spell, it will hit you instead of the monsters!"

"Just spam the AOE and cook these weaklings!"

"On it!"

Cherry chanted her spell and created a firewall. As a level-180 mage, her spell inflicted significant damage to the low-level mannequins.

4,738 Damage!

5,701 Damage!

5,421 Damage!

The flame wall could potentially inflict a heavy injury on fellow players. The weak mannequins, such as Rusty and Clay, received fatal damage and collapsed from the DOT damage and the burn. However, the stronger ones had a higher HP.

The plastic mannequins, which were the weakest level-100 tier monster, had 100,000 HP. Therefore, 5,000 damage per tick wasn't enough to stop them.

Although the mannequins suffered from the [Burn] abnormal status effect, they carried on attacking and hitting Butter Tank.

Butter Tank sneered and kept blocking.

"Keep firing! As long as I stand here, no monster can get into the room!"

As soon as he said that, a loud noise came from the vent hole behind them.

KONG KUNG KONG

Someone was crawling inside the vent, which they had crawled out earlier!

Alzheimer, who couldn't contribute to the fight, pointed his flashlight at the hole to see the newcomer. When the light flashed, the gnome was terrified.

It was the creepy face of another mannequin!

KONG KUNG KONG!

As if it was agitated, the mannequin crawled faster. Three seconds later, it jumped out of the vent and walked on all four, pursuing Alzheimer.

"No, you won't!"

Dog Eater brought out his two daggers and stabbed the plastic mannequin, causing 6,000ish damage. However, it was not enough to kill the level-100 sexy plastic doll.

"BAD!"

The mannequin's hip span 360 degrees and her arms turned into blades. Because of the rapid spin, she sliced through Dog Eater's chest.

12,556 Damage!

"WTF?!"

Dog Eater wore leather armor gear. Although he was confident that he could defeat any level-100 monster, this dungeon mannequin's damage output shocked him. In one hit, his HP dropped by 90%!

Alzheimer brought out a hammer and smashed the mannequin with a skill. After an upward swing, he sent the mannequin flying and hit the ceiling, breaking the exit sign.

15,677 Damage!

Despite using a powerful skill, it was not enough to kill the plastic mannequin in one hit.

KONG KUNG KONG!

The sound in the vent kept getting louder. Dog, Cherry, Butter, and Alzheimer widened their eyes and looked at the vent hole.

At this rate, they would be pincered by the monster horde from outside the room and the crawling mannequins from the vent.

They turned their attention to the new path, which was open for them.

"RUN! WE CAN'T BLOCK THEM HERE!"

Cherry, Dog, and Alzheimer disengaged from the battle and sprinted toward the long red hallway. Following his friends, Butter also turned tail and ran.

As soon as he pulled the shield back, the monster pushed through the door and entered the room like a surging tsunami.

BOOM

Moreover, something destroyed a section of the wall, allowing more mannequins to enter the room.

Butter Tank looked back. Then, he noticed a new entity, which looked different than the creepy dolls.

The new enemy was a cat-girl mannequin. Unlike the naked dolls, she wore a set of magical girl uniforms. Her cute [UwU] face contrasted with the killing intent around her and the chainsaw that she had been carrying around.

VRRRRRRR

The cat mannequin pulled the starter coil, and the machine hummed. Then, she raised the chainsaw over her head and ran after Butter Tank.

"PUTAAAAA!!"

"!!!"

<strong>Gata, the Puta Slayer, Level (????)</strong>

Seeing the level and the title, Butter Tank was terrified. He shouted at his friends.

"RUN FOR YOUR LIFE! DON'T LOOK BACK!!"

The swarming mannequins in the room followed after Butter. They crawled on the walls, on the ceilings, and on the floor on all four. Some of them rotated their heads upside down while they chased after the group.

Gata was even more ridiculous. She threw away the chainsaw and stood on the back of a steel mannequin, whose level surpassed 500. Using it as a surfboard, Gata laughed and yelled at the intruders.

"PUTAAAA!!"

As if her voice stimulated the mannequins, every scrap and junk doll ran faster.

The loud siren, the red long hospital corridor, and the pursuing monsters frightened the party. Cherry screamed in desperation as she ran. Dog Eater wet his pants. Alzheimer cried while running. As for Butter Tank, he sweated profusely as the presence of an immortal almost gave him a heart attack.

As the adrenaline boosted their physical performance, they ran so fast that the mannequins couldn't catch up with them. The gap between them grew wider. After 20 minutes of running, the pursuers were 100 meters away.

After running in desperation for 20 minutes, their brains finally regained their functions. They started thinking.

"Boss," Dog Eater was the first to recall something.

"What?"

"How long have we been running?"

"No idea. About 10-20 minutes?"

"Say, boss."

"What?"

"If we run at the speed of 30-50 km/h for 20 minutes, how long have we been running?"

"WTF with the sudden math question?! Who cares?!"

"But boss."

"WHAT?!"

Dog Eater panted and gazed in front of him. The narrow hospital-like corridor seemed to have no end, and he couldn't even see anything else but red "Exit" signs and countless doors on the sides - No intersection, no turn, no slant, just a long hallway and sealed doors.

"How far do you think we have to run?"

"I DON'T KNOW!!"

The exhaustion soon overwhelmed everyone at the party. The corridor had no air flow, no humidity, and no air conditioning. Thus, the air was thin, and the lungs squeezed in pain. The only thoughts in their mind were water, an oxygen tank, and a short break.

Unfortunately, the mannequins were relentless. They didn't look tired after all the running and crawling, especially Gata, who was still standing and using her minion as a surfboard, bullying the party with her presence.

"PUTAAAA!!"

Her voice was also annoyingly loud. Every time she shouted, the four men were frustrated and got strangely sleepy.

Cherry snapped. She yelled back, "You're the slut, bitch! GET LOST!"

"PUTA-PUTA? PUTAAAAAA!!"

As if Gata was excited, her body turned red, and she jumped off her ride and disappeared from the spot.

After Cherry had yelled at Gata, she turned around and continued running as usual. But suddenly, the [UwU] face of Gata appeared in front of her as if the strange mannequin had teleported there.

"Peek-A-PUTA!"

"!!!"

Gata tackled Cherry from the front and pinned her to the ground. Then, like a scene from a horror movie, she dragged the mage toward the crowd of monsters.

The painful scream soon echoed in the long corridor. Nobody saw what happened to her as the men were so scared that they stopped looking back.

Because of Cherry, many mannequins were distracted and turned their attention to her, ignoring Butter and the men. The trio increased the gap between them and the monsters, disappearing into the red corridor.

.

After running for another hour, Butter, Alzheimer, and Dog Eater still couldn't see the end of the corridor. They looked back and found that no mannequin followed them anymore.

"They're gone!"

"What?"

"True! We lost them!"

The men stopped running and panted as if they were dying. They opened their game inventory and brought out potions and energy drinks and poured them on their faces and in their mouths.

Butter looked at his HP and MP. They didn't decrease, but he felt like his stamina was at rock bottom. He checked on the others.

Dog Eater changed his pants for an obvious reason. Alzheimer also took off his clothes, leaving only underwear and shoes as he couldn't bear wearing sweaty clothes.

Butter Tank looked down and noticed that his heavy plate armor was somewhat uncomfortable too. However, he kept wearing them.

"What next, boss?" Asked Dog Eater.

Butter looked around. Similar to the earlier hallway, locked doors and sealed doors were everywhere along the path.

"Should we try open the locked doors?"

Dog Eater and Alzheimer repeatedly shook their heads. They were traumatized by the earlier encounter.

Because they couldn't find a solution, they took a short break and recuperate their stamina. They brought out dried food to eat and drank more water.

A few minutes later, a change occurred.

DING

<Warning! Your sanity is below 50 %.>

"Already?!"

The group looked up and noticed that the white bar was now half empty!

DING

<Warning! This area degrades your sanity at a faster rate!>

<Warning! This area's boss, Gata, the Puta Slayer, can degrade your sanity if she screams at you!>

The two hints were enough to tell why their sanity was half-depleted.

"Crap! We have to keep going. Boys, let's keep running!" Butter panicked.

"But to where?"

"Anywhere but here! We have to follow the exit signs and keep going!"

"Ugh…"

Alzheimer and Dog Eater were reluctant. But when they read the notification messages, they understood why they had to move faster.

The clock was ticking.