Zombie Queen transmigration into a book-Chapter 136: We now know the rain is dangerous

The rain Eva caused had influenced the weather, darkening the sky above them as thunder rumbled through the desert.

Ethan looked up toward the entrance of the dungeon and frowned—he was trying to keep her dry, even though her power could heal wounds and restore lost energy, it didn’t treat sickness.

Aaron’s lips parted to speak when Wolfy and Crow let out a warning howl and shriek. They gaze up at the sky, fear flickering in their eyes.

"We should stay under here for now; I feel something strange about the rain about to fall," Aaron muttered and quickly created a large shadow dome that enveloped everyone inside. Darkness settled around them. Ethan created ice crystals, causing them to hover above the ceiling of the door and illuminate their surroundings slightly.

The rain struck the dome with a sharp patter, hissing on contact and filling the air with the stench of acid, as if it sought to eat its way through the barrier.

Aaron’s heart raced as he solidified the shadow dome, hoping it would hold long enough for Eva to wake up and take them into her space.

He was grateful for his quick action, or he couldn’t imagine what would have happened to them in the acid rain—he shivered at the thought of their flesh burning with pain.

"We now know the rain is dangerous," Ethan commented from the side as he adjusted Eva’s body in his arms. What he wanted to know now was what had happened to her in the dungeon to cause such a massive cloud of rain.

Usually, the rain cloud caused by her tattoo was just enough to cover five people underneath, not on this large a scale earlier.

Foxy shrank into its small form and lay close to Eva’s legs— the ground was covered with a black dome, making its silver fur stand out sharply. It nudged Eva’s ankle as if trying to wake her before pressing its head to the ground when it received no response.

Outside, darkness enveloped everything. Water, with smoke curling above it, flowed over the darkened desert ground. The air reeked of a choking, acidic stench, and the rain showed no sign of stopping; instead, it fell heavier with each passing moment.

The loud patter on the roof of the dome echoed in Ethan and Aaron’s hearts—Ethan was sure Aaron’s dome could withstand it and reinforced the outside with the strongest ice dome he could make.

Time dragged painfully for them. Meanwhile, on the other side of the forest, Cadien sheltered inside a cave with a group of people as the hailstorm raged outside.

The loud bangs and roars of the rock-like monster sent chills down their spines. They were backed into a corner, with no way out but to defend the entrance of the cave from the rock-like monster.

The monster resembled a massive porcupine, but instead of quills, its body was covered in jagged, rock-like spikes. Worse still, it could control the earth like a power user.

And to prove it, the cave around them began to shrink, with pikes of rock shooting out from the walls—those who had been leaning against it to rest quickly scrambled to their feet and ran to the center of the room. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

The air was thick with panic and fear, filled with the loud crashes of hailstorms and the roars of beasts.

Caiden stayed calm despite the chaos surrounding him, while the other ten people with him were in disarray—clothes torn, faces and arms scratched.

Some of those who had some energy left rushed toward the entrance and started launching their attacks at the rock monsters in hopes of distracting them from destroying the cave.

"What should we do?! I’m running out of energy, and the monsters are becoming more..." An enraged roar drowned out his voice.

Their hearts hammered in their chests, their eyes wide with fear as a monster forced its way through the small opening—shoving those who once stood there backward. The force sent a man across the room, dangerously close to the spike on the wall.

Caiden’s eyes narrowed in annoyance at the monster’s intrusion into the cave—he had planned to lie low and wait for the monsters outside to either leave or kill everyone in the cave. With his powers, he was sure to survive out there after escaping the cave.

Its mouth opened, its fangs gleaming ominously under the dark cave as it let out a roar.

The cave shook from the force, and rocks crumbled, falling on some people who didn’t dodge in time.

Caiden braced himself against the wall as the cave trembled; small rocks slid down his back, dusting him in gray sand.

Caiden didn’t give the monster a chance to roar again or bring the cave down on them—he had no intention of being buried alive and needed to end it fast.

"Kill it from the inside." He ordered his beetle beast, which looked like a brooch on his shirt.

The beetle clicked in response, then folded its wings and darted into the monster’s mouth, as pained screams rose from those struck by falling rocks.

A man had his arm hanging loosely at his side, while another was stabbed in the back by the jagged edge of a stone. The woman, crying out in pain, had the spiky rock pierced through her stomach. She accidentally stumbled backward while trying to dodge the rocks.

She was shaken by seeing her blood pooling beneath her, and the more she screamed, the faster it gushed from the wound—its scent sending the monsters into a wild frenzy. More of them surged toward the cave, heedless of the hail striking their rock-hard backs.

Cadien frowned and subtly aimed a gold needle at the woman, and it pierced through her head, instantly ending her life—her cries stopped, but the damage was done.

The cave shook as other monsters tried to force their way in. Cadien’s beetle had drilled straight through the monster’s brain, growing into its large form and piercing through the monster’s head with its sharp horns.

The monster roared in pain, slamming its head against the ground in a desperate attempt to stop the agony and force whatever was inside it to come out, but it was already too late. The beetle’s horn pierced through its skull, and the monster’s movements ceased.

The rest watched in horror as a bloodied beetle crawled out of the monster’s head, shrank back to its small size, and flew toward Cadian’s hands.

The man with an arm hanging loosely at his side was stunned for a moment before his expression twisted with anger and blame. "Why didn’t you help us in the fight when your beast is so powerful?!’’ the man asked loudly, pointing at Cadien with his other good hand as he scrambled to a safe place.

The others hurried toward shelter as rocks crashed down from the ceiling. Their eyes darted to their own small beasts—powerless in the fight—then to Caiden’s much stronger one. Bitterness surged in their hearts; they couldn’t help but blame him for not stepping in.

Cadien ignored them, gazing at the falling rock and thinking to himself that the cave wouldn’t last. With those thoughts in mind, he hurried to the entrance of the cave, which was blocked by the head of the dead monster.

Without hesitation, he punched the wall. The band around his wrist turned into gold liquid, flowing toward his knuckles and wrapping them in gold—his punch caused the wall to crumble, revealing the horrific chaos of the hailstorm outside, along with countless rock monsters.

Cadien didn’t stop to think and dashed out of the cave; the others watched, wondering if he was out of his mind, but three people sensed something was wrong and chased after him, feeling they should follow the lead of the strongest person if they wanted to survive here.

And as soon as they left, the cave crumbled to the ground.