The trio, however, managed to avoid all these problems and soon, they had reached a big and wide white room. Garbage bags could be seen in every corner and on the top of every wall was a hole, presumably drains. Once one stepped inside here, the smell quickly launched an attack on the nose. Some may not be able to handle this certain smell and might faint from it. But, what's more scarier was in the middle of the room.
Mountains of bones were stacked upon each other and in the middle laid a damaged throne. Sitting on top of it is a skeleton with a jeweled crown. Its empty eyes stared on the ground and the jaws opened. Moments after, however, something happened. The bones suddenly started emitting the same green energy that the previous mana-eater had poured out not long ago and flowed right into the sitting skeleton's eyes socket and mouth. The green ribbons started flowing right into the skeletal body and fills itself up inside it. Then, flesh started growing. First came the muscle tissues, then the nervous system, the spinal cord, the brain and finally, the skin itself.
On the creature's face remained the green aura floating around its eyes, leaking out like cold air. The same went with the mouth, but that only happened when it opens the mouth, almost like a dog. In its hands suddenly appeared the same green ribbon that formed an axe. It jumped abruptly at the visitors and caused a huge explosion.
At the same time, Vince had been running away from the mana-eater for a while now. Just like he predicted, the mana-eater had been running rampantly and charging at him mindlessly. Its only instinct, but what caused it is because he himself is also an artificial mana, albeit only partially. All of his attacks were negated literally, and there was nothing he could do to even scratch the monster. Though his goal wasn't to attack it, he still felt disappointed by this.
It had been a while, but Vince managed to find himself a spot to avoid detection for a while. He sat down against the wall, trying to catch his breath. "I know it was tough but... I didn't expect it... to be this strong..." His breathing was still irregular, but he knows he doesn't has enough time to recover. He quickly grabbed something from inside his backpack; a small metallic ball with a red button. "One should be enough to deal with that asshole. I need to get to the basement quickly before the others get wiped out." As if he was expecting it, the mana-eater suddenly came crashing into the building he escaped into. Its hairy legs stabbed right through the walls and its disgusting mouth screeched again.
Realizing that it was an one-shot chance, he quickly stood back up. He pushed the red button and threw it at the creature's mouth simultaneously, running afterwards he did that. A small beep happened afterwards and it exploded, throwing the mana-eater off the building and falling down to the ground again. The bomb was a custom made paralyzing bomb made for paralyzing big mana-eaters like the spider. It lasts for about an hour depending on the size and in Vince's case, it'll only last for about 10 minutes long. It was more than enough for him., however. He only needed about 5 minutes to escape back to the manhole before it wakes up.
He escaped afterwards. But like before, another catastrophe had descended. Just as he was about to reach the manhole in about a few hundred miles left, the spider had already been catching up behind him, running as if it had lost a limb or two. The staggering made it look as if it was being too desperate to chase something. Vince was shocked by this; he thought that it would last longer and he started questioning the time it had claimed to paralyze a mana-eater. It didn't matter, however. He was about to reach the manhole now. The spider was just as fast, however. Vince didn't want to jump right into the manhole as the jumping would require him to stop. He slid instead and entered the hole, barely escaping the mana-eater's mouth.
He landed with a barrel roll and continued running. He didn't have the luxury to be looking at the mana-eater now. "Damn it, please be safe before I reach there!" He screamed inside his mind, praying hard.