Digitize: Rebirth of the Silver Death God

As the corpse of the Midnight Gray Werewolf fell to the ground, Elly and the others looked towards its killer with different expressions, Ivy had shining eyes as Lily merely rolled her eyes when they saw him, but as for Mikan and Elly, they showed two interesting reactions.

Mikan gritted his teeth as he saw his sister in a starry-eyed manner while cursing to himself, 'Che! Does he have to appear right now? Blast!'

Unlike Mikan, whose only concern was his sister's affection, Elly's face turned red with anger as she complained to herself.

'Darn it, that was my kill! It was my time for victory, why'd he have to go and steal it!'

As if she couldn't hold it in, Elly dashed over towards the figure and started to pound him in his chest as she cursed loudly, "You darn freak, why'd you go and kill it? I would have beaten it in one blow!"

Nero made a strange look as he stared at the petite figure whose arms bashed against his chest; though she seemed angry, the force behind the small arms was no different from a child complaining to her older brother.

Nero chuckled while inwardly thinking that it was cute; he even thought to tease her; Elly frowned seeing his look, as if she recalled the last time she got up close to him, her face turned beat red as she hurriedly pulled back and spoke in a stuttering manner.

"Y-y-you, humph! What are you looking at?"

Nero made a faint smile and replied, "Why you, of course, what's wrong? You don't like it?"

Elly didn't dare to stare at Nero's current face, the sharp and handsome face that gazed at her intensely. She took a deep breath and replied, "Hmph! That's none of your business!"

When Elly said this, she didn't stare at him but run off towards the corpse of the Midnight Gray Werewolf; it seemed she wanted to use looting it as an excuse to avoid the current exchange.

Nero naturally knew of her strange antics but said nothing more; he knew this wasn't the time for such games. He glanced at the others, noticing that Ivy now had a complex look on her face after seeing the previous exchange while Mikan glared at him as if he wanted to take a knife and eat his flesh.

'That son of a bitch... just how many girls have taken an interest in him,' Mikan inwardly cursed as he only just realized that Nero might be more of a stud than he thought, not to mention his dear sister, he was already in the heart of other women.

He thought for a moment and hesitantly gave a glance towards Lily nearby, but as he saw Lily showing no ounce of affection on her face, he heaved a sigh of relief and looked away, his mood turning a bit better.

Lily also noticed his gaze, but she only smirked and did nothing; it seemed that she had grown a bit curious about his nature during their short adventure.

Nero made an odd look while thinking to himself, 'Just what the hell is going on? These guys are something else...'

Not daring to probe into any sensitive topics that might inspire certain emotions, Nero hurriedly shifted his eyes around the area, noticing that all of the previous wolf's silhouettes had vanished.

Nero narrowed his eyes while thinking, 'From what I've noticed thus far, these werewolves aren't the kind to run away from a battle; they should have by all rights attacked us during that moment of distraction. Hmm, someone or something is controlling them, and it might have summoned them back. I think we should hurry and find the path to the core of the palace before anything else happens...'

After making up his mind, Nero looked at the others and spoke, "Hey guys, we should get a move on; the mastermind of this strange area hasn't shown himself; we should move before he acts against us personally."

When Ivy, Lily, and Mikan heard this, they made thoughtful looks before speaking words of agreement.

"Right, this labyrinth isn't safe, we've been trying to find the way out, but those wolves keep pushing us in this direction. Going by this, then I can assume that the path forward was more or likely in the direction that I and Mikan and ran from earlier."

Lily said with a look of certainty in her eyes.

"Mm, I think so too," Mikan, who had a thoughtful look, said in agreement.

Nero looked at them and spoke, "Alright, let's go, you guys lead the way."

Lily and Mikan nodded before they started to move towards the direction they fled from; Ivy gave Nero a good look before walking along behind them.

Nero shook his head at this before glancing over at the werewolf corpse; seeing Elly shuffling about, he walked over while speaking, "Elly, how long are you going to spend looting? Hurry up, or we'll leave you behind!"

Elly seemed to have been ticked off by his words; she grabbed up the last bit of loot and spoke, "Hey, this is my loot, not yours, so don't come over."

Nero made a look of disdain when he saw the strange claw glove in her hand as he thought to himself, 'Hmph! As if I'd need that, not after what I got from that darn bug.'

When Nero thought to here, he glanced down on his arm, staring at the shiny gauntly that seemed to be made from a black bug shell.

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[Midnight Arm Gauntlet]

[Grade: Superior Tier]

[Type: Armor]

[Subtype: Body Armor]

[Usable by: All]

[Close & Mid-Range]

[Requirements: Level 8]

[Body Tenacity: 19]

[Durability: 45/45]

[Item Skill: Midnight Shield – Summons a shield that can protect the user for a limited time, its strength is dependent on user's magic power | Effects - Consumes: 20 MP, Cooldown: 30 seconds]

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Not bothering to say much about it, Nero turned around and went towards the others' direction while leaving behind a few words.

"Sure-sure, just make sure you don't get left behind, for who knows if we'll be able to find someone of your stature in this haze."

When Elly heard those words, her mind went blank; even if tough mentally, she had a complex about her size. With her face red and fuming, she shouted, "You... Nero! I dare you to say that again!"

Elly chased after Nero with her anger rising to its peak, soon after vanishing from this area, behind a shrouding mist that loomed about in all directions.