[i]There’s a gun pointed towards us, an actual beast on the other side of the door, there’s no way for any of us to get out and still the thing that worries me most is that accursed bell.[/i]

[color=f7976a][b]“Our only way out is through them.”[/b][/color] Which was as good as saying there was no exit, what with the owner of that beastly arm waiting from them and at least one man armed with a gun. What chance of escape did they have when their weapons seemed to have little to no effect on the beast’s arm; if anything it had done more damage to itself than they had in tearing the weapon free. There was a reason Hunters used specially made weapons or fire to destroy the beasts, spears and swords and axes weren’t enough.

One of the newly awakened men jumped towards the gun poking through the door and tried to haul the man holding it through the door or at least take the weapon from him, only for the beast to reverse the situation and try to do the same to him. At this point Joseph wasn’t sure if the door helping or hindering them in this fight; it might have been the only thing stopping those outside from simply rushing in and slaughtering them but at the same time they could simply fire through and they couldn’t and the tight quartered made it hard for Joseph to even get close enough to help.

The bell chimed for a third time, the sound coming from all directions and ringing louder than ever in his ears, even seeming to shake the floor with its intensity. The darkness that had been encroaching on the edges of the room now seemed to gather together, coalescing into a single, dark pool a few feet from the door; a meter wide and churning like a living being, it occupied most of Joseph’s focus, even more than the fight over the gun between Ishin and the beast. [color=f7976a][b]“Get away from that!”[/b][/color]