Records of the Weakest Emperor

Calvin suppressed the gasp that was about to come out of his mouth.

He took a step backward and retreated.

The Tiyanaks in the distance didn't even notice his presence.

He heaved a sigh of relief, "Thankfully, these bastards are only interested in women. If not, then I'm sure that the moment I peeked my head out to look at them, they would've already detected my presence."

"As far as I could remember, these Tiyanaks treat men similar to that of a rock..."

"They don't care about men at all!"

"But just how can I have these women masquerade as men?" Calvin thought to himself.

"Calvin, are you okay?" Hugo realized that Calvin's expression seemed to be pale.

He couldn't help but feel concerned, so he asked.

"I'm good, but our situation is not... There are a dozen of Tiyanaks out there!"

Calvin sternly declared.

"What? A dozen?! How are we going to pass through this corridor? Shit..."

Jannette uttered a curse. Her face was full of terror and fear.

She could already imagine herself being sucked dry by those monsters.

"Calm down, everything's not over yet... We can still do something." Calvin replied.

"What do you mean?" Jannette turned to look at him in curiosity.

"As I said, we must do something to make these Tiyanaks think that you are men!" Calvin explained.

"A disguise, you mean?" Zahra interrupted.

Calvin nodded his head, "Yes, we need a disguise. But not just any disguise. It needs to be incredibly convincing. These Tiyanaks can detect the smell of women if they are in close proximity with them, so we need a disguise that would not only change your appearance, but also your smell..."

Zahra, Scarlette, and Jane pondered...

Jannette had a frown on her face as she fell into deep contemplation.

Hugo didn't even bother about thinking anymore for he realized that the issue was far more complicated than his brain could understand.

Calvin's eyes swept around the empty corridors before landing on a door. Without saying anything, he approached that door and under the eyes of everyone...

He opened the door.

"Wha..."

The scene beyond the doors was incredibly nauseating. If not for the fact that most of them were already desensitized when it came to grizzly scenes like this, all of them would've dry heaved or even worse, vomited outright the moment this scene was revealed in front of them.

Inside the room was another mountain of corpses.

Judging from the clothes, these corpses seem to be the corpses of the security guards of the Asylum.

From the slick and sticky blood on the ground, it was obvious that they had just recently died.

The room was an office dedicated to the auditor of the Asylum.

It was quite huge, and its size was unexpected for everyone who expected a small office due to the fact that the door to this room was somewhat unassuming. Calvin stepped inside. The others were unwilling to stay outside without Calvin so they also went inside the room.

The women of the group were now used to the sight of corpses.

But that didn't mean that they were comfortable around them.

Jane covered her mouth, while Scarlette had a pale look on her face.

Medea, Jannette, and Zahra looked better than the two of them but one could still see the discomfort on their faces.

"What are we doing here, Calvin?" Scarlette asked.

Everyone turned to look at Calvin out of curiosity, but Calvin didn't even spare them a glance.

He walked towards the wooden desk behind the mountain of corpses and found stationary tools such as a pen, sharpener, and a scissor. He took the scissor from the desk and handed it over to Scarlette before smiling to the others.

"I found a solution that we can use so we can get past those monsters!"

"What is it? Does it involve this scissor?" Scarlette absentmindedly asked.

Calvin nodded his head and explained, "Yes! With that scissors, I want you girls to cut your hair short like a man! What's more, I will also use that scissor to remove the uniform of these security guards. I'm sure that if you girls wore the clothes of these guards those Tiyanak's won't be able to smell anything apart from rotting flesh!"

Calvin had a look of excitement, comparable to that of a child that had just discovered a new toy.

But as soon as he completed his explanation, the faces of the women changed as they gulped a mouthful of saliva and glanced at the corpses on the ground.

"Is... Is it absolutely necessary for us to wear their clothes? Can't we just cut our hair short?" Jane asked with hesitation.

But Calvin shook his head and replied, "I understand your concerns, but we are on the border of life and death at this moment. We can't possibly hesitate and be wishy-washy! We need to do what we must to survive. That is why I want you all to do what I said, right now!"

Calvin's voice made it obvious that he wasn't willing to take a no for an answer.

Scarlette decisively nodded her head and she was the first one to cut her hair.

Afterwards, she squatted down and under the astonished gazes of everyone.

She stripped the clothes of a nearby corpse.

She then proceeded to remove her clothes in front of everyone.

Apart from her underwear, she removed all articles of clothing and replaced it with the clothes from the corpse.

When she was done...

"Wow..." Jane softly uttered.

"What is it?" Scarlette finally snapped out of her reverie and realized what she had done.

To think that she actually stripped in front of Calvin!

She surreptitiously glanced at Calvin and found that there was this encouraging smile on his face. His smile seemed similar to the smiles of parents whenever their child did something admirable or worthy of praise.

Scarlette's lips repeatedly twitched, she didn't know why but being treated like a child by Calvin made her feel bitter.

But since there was nothing that she could do about it. She just turned her head away from Calvin and kept her silence.

With an example already set, the others soon followed.

Despite the clear disgust on their faces, the women still did as they were told and soon, they came out of the room.

"Hugo, listen to me..."

"Once we are near those Tiyanak's do not attack them. These Tiyanak's are playful and even if they do not have the intention to hurt us, they will fake a charge at us. When they do that, never ever attack them because if you counter-attacked, they will immediately treat us as their enemies. When that happens, then probably at least half of us will die..."

Calvin gave a stern warning.

Hugo nodded his head.

Calvin swept his gaze at the women and said, "Remember what I said earlier... Never let these Tiyanak's know that all of you are women. We will charge through this corridor as fast as we can... Also, you must make sure to never step on them! If you step on them, then they will be angry at you and will possibly kill you instantly even if you're not a woman!"

The women nodded.

The group soon reached a decision and they jogged right at the crowd of Tiyanaks.

The Tiyanaks bounced happily around each other as if they were playing, but as soon as they heard the sound of incoming footsteps. They all turned to look at Calvin's group and at that moment.

The pale faces of the Tiyanaks' underwent a transformation.

Their snow-white skin became tinged with crimson as jet-black blood vessels filled their bodies. An oppressive aura came from them and everyone suddenly felt their movements become sluggish.

The temperature within the hallway also went down in an instant and they all felt as if they were inside a thousand-year-old icy cavern.

"Ah..." Jane bit her tongue to suppress the scream that threatened to come out of her throat.

Hugo directly covered the mouth of the mentally unstable Jannette while Zahra and Scarlette tightly clenched their fists until their nails dug deep into their palms. The scene in front of them was just too scary, and these Tiyanaks were incredibly intimidating.

They were scared...

Extremely scared.

But seeing the steadfast back of Calvin who kept on running towards those Tiyanaks with the goal to slip past through these monsters, the group suddenly surged with newly-discovered strength.

The hallway only had a single route and they had to go forward.

None of these newbies had the plan to slow down for they knew that if they tarry even for a second longer, they would absolutely be surrounded by these curious Tiyanaks.

Fortunately, their plan seemed to have worked for the group managed to reach the end of the corridor without any problems.

But as soon as they took a turn into the next corridor...

Slick footsteps rang right into their ears.

Calvin raised his head to see what was going on and he saw a man pushing a stretcher with a corpse towards their direction. The body on top of the stretcher had its entire body covered so it was obviously a dead person.

But that wasn't the reason why the group was thoroughly astonished by the scene unfolding in front of them.

It was because the tall man clad in white personal protective equipment clothes from his neck to his ankles had an extremely scary expression. His lips were cracked open with a creepy smile as if he wasn't pushing a dead body, but food that he was about to consume.

"Stop!" Calvin hurriedly stopped in his tracks, but the others weren't able to react that fast.

Hugo who was running at full speed collided against Calvin's back.

The force pushed towards the stretcher which made the stretcher wobble, dropping the corpse onto the ground.

The tall man abruptly froze.

Jet-black blood vessels quickly covered his face as Calvin let out a gasp.

"The Mortician!"