Chapter 40:Death’s Embrace


    Marcus slowly turned, keeping the monster in his sight, and moved backwards


    It charged towards Marcus,


    Marcus sprinted after the beast and reached its tail as it tried to snap after Achara who turned invisible and re-positioned. Marcus jumped on its back and held on to its rough back armor and hammered his fist into the giant body. He was not sure how much this would help but the monster’


    He


    Marcus, took a deep breath and charge


    Janette landed a few good hits on the softer underside of the monster and purple blood dro


    As Janette sprinted around a pillar


    Marcus rushed the


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    Marcus reached the elevator shaft and no


    Achara was waiting for him, following instructions from Kou over com, they put Bianca in the emergency medical bed of the bus and Achara put a breathing mask on Bianca’s face. She continued to give Bianca medicine and Marcus grabbed a bottle of water and tried to calm his nerves.


    It was a hell ride. They had to bind down Bianca and the rest held on for dear life as Janette pushed the massive bus to its limits. Rolling over or crushing through smaller obstacles, actually drifting the massive thing around large boulders and avoiding collisions by a hair, Janette proved to be a demon at the wheel. After two hours they met the emergency


    The priest, a young, bald man thankfully took Marcus’ offer to link him to Bianca “She is no longer in mortal danger but she will need trauma treatment to fully recover”. After that he took a look at Malcolm but


    Marcus got rid of his cloths and took a long shower. Only now he had calmed down enough to feel the warm existence of unspent crests in his chest. Two more level, he spent them as always but had not the energy to feel happy about it. He still felt tired and


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    Kou jumped right next to her and checked Marcus’ vitals, as Kou touched Marcus his eyes widened. “He is burning hot.” He quickly checked and Marcus’ whole body was hot, much hotter than it should be possible even with a fever. “What is happening? Is this from the battle? Was he attacked?” Janette’


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    “Achara, drag him under the shower we need to cool him down no matter what.” Kou said and they quickly got the large man into the shower area and covered his body with cold water. “He is still burning hot, how is he even alive?” Kou wondered, which made Janette


    Kou stared at Marcus and tried to understand what was going on. This was no regular illness or effect. Something connect to the class holders then? He looked at the man and an idea formed in his head. “You all also gained levels right?


    Kou took out his phone and called Carmen “Do we have some kind of bathtub in the building?”. Second floor, a tub designed for cleaning of large artifacts or other archaeological pieces was the answer. “Help me get him to the second floor we need to control his body temperature.” Kou said but Janette did not move. “Should we not call an ambulance, a priest?” she asked but Kou shook his head. “The