"Bearded Man, weren't you quite pleased when you were hunting me down? Why can't you say a word now?"

On the second floor of the internet cafe, amidst the shattered walls.

A nearly unscathed human-faced spider stood arrogantly.

The Bearded Man sat in a corner, one hand propped on a cracked machete, covered in blood.

Yes, his instincts were right; this Runaway's strength had indeed reached the Soldier level.@@novelbin@@

The gap between Master and Soldier levels was like a chasm.

The Bearded Man struggled to lift his head, his mind dizzy, the pain nearly consuming him. In his blood-red vision, the triumphant and crazed face of the Runaway was clearly reflected.

This person was once a normal Awakener, who had awakened the ability to control spiders and mutate them to gigantic sizes. But since he refused to join the Demon-Slaying Bureau, they had to keep an eye on him.

Then one day, the informant who reported to him daily disappeared.

When he tracked down the location, he saw the Awakener had turned into a spider monster, and the informant he sent was scattered in pieces across the living room, with some parts inside the spider monster's belly.

Such spider monsters had a unique name among the Demon-Slaying Bureau's leadership—Aberrant Runaways.

These special Runaways began to appear gradually after the shocking 'Black Coffin Ascending to Heaven' Awakening event on Changbai Mountain three years ago. There wasn't enough evidence to prove a connection between the two, but it was highly likely.

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