"N-no... t-thi-this can’t be... thi-this can’t be... it’s not true... it’s not true..."
Seeing that horrific sight in front of him and hearing that bizarre creature talk like a normal human, Antonio started to deny the reality itself.
He refused to believe that it was all true and there was such a horrific being standing right in front of him.
It was as if his entire body was feeling repulsive at the very thought of staying closer to that bizarre creature, and it was sweating like crazy, and his skin was covered in goosebumps!
His eyes couldn’t stop crying, and his mouth was twisted in a weird grin as if his body’s emotion regulation capabilities were broken from the inside!
*ooooohhhhhh~* *ooooooooohhhhhhh~* *ooooohhhhhh~*
The creature had hundreds of mouths, and several other mouths made the noises that Antonio had been constantly hearing since entering this abandoned textile mill.
It was the sound of a pigeon; only now did Antonio understand that it was no pigeon that was making such a sound—it was sothing far more sinister.
That bizarre creature seed to have taken interest in Antonio, and it walked on its two hind legs like a normal human being.
And its two front legs were transford into the shape of weird twisted tentacles that were holding several severed human arms in their grasp.
*SLUUUUURRRRRPPPPP!!*
The monstrous humanoid face of the creature slurped the blood veins hanging from the hand as if it was eating so kind of noodle and gave a satisfied look as it walked towards Antonio.
"YOU.... SLLLLLL.... SELLLLLL.... NICEEEEE.... HEHE... HEHE... NICEEEE... SLLLL NICEEE.... EHEEHE..."
*ooooohhhhhh~* *ooooooooohhhhhhh~**ooooohhhhhh~*
The bizarre creature talked in a hoarse voice that was very uncomfortable to hear as it slled Antonio with its disfigured nose.
Antonio was on the verge of collapse in that mont, and he wet his pants the mont that creature said that he slled nice.
Perhaps it was an attempt to sll bad, but all it did was raise that bizarre creature’s excitent even more.
"HUMAN.... HUMAN... AT.... AT OF HUMAN... AHHH... IT’S SO SOFT... SO DELICATE.... AHHH...."
*CRUNCH!*
A loud crunching sound rang out in the area as the creature took a bite out of the human hand and shattered the bones in that hand effortlessly with a single bite.
Human bones seed as fragile as a potato chip to that creature!
In fact, the bones were adding a crunchier and tastier feel to it, causing the creature to feel almost overwhelming pleasure from eating that hand.
*THUD!*
Antonio knees gave way, and he collapsed on the ground in sheer fright; his body froze in shock and refused to react.
He couldn’t even bring out a scream or a single groan in that mont; he was so frightened that his body just kept shivering but refused to move an inch!
"AAHHHH.... IT IS NICE.... SO NICE.... AMAZINGLY NICE...."
The creature ran its tentacle across Antonio’s paralyzed face and smiled with a horrific grin on its face; the dagger in Antonio’s palm beca useless when it was needed the most.
Just when Antonio was getting more and more desperate, a twist happened!
*BOOOOOOM!!!!*
A projectile ca flying from far away and hit the bizarre creature straight in its forehead, causing a powerful impact that blew the monster away dozens of ters!
Antonio was shocked to the core when he noticed that the projectile was actually a small arrow made of just wood and a blunt tal head!
It hit the creature right in the forehead with such force that the creature entire head cracked and almost blew apart from a single strike!
That arrow was not built for penetration and deep wounds; it was ant for causing pure physical impact so strong that the victim would not even have the chance to get up again!
"Wha-what!?..."
Before Antonio could understand what was happening, the dog-like mutated creature got up from the ground in a slow manner; the deford eyes all over its body went bloodshot in an instant as it groaned in pain.
"IT HURT!!!!! THAT!!!! HURRTTTt!!!!! WHOOOO!!!! KILLL!!!!! KILL!!!!!"
Due to that severe injury from the first strike, the monster seed to have entered a berserk state, and the mont it managed to stand up, another projectile ca rushing at it with insane speed!
*BOOOOOOM!!!!!*
Although the monster was taken aback the last ti, this ti it reacted on ti; it moved its body to the side on ti, and only its right tentacle got hit by that arrow strike!
That arrow strike managed to blow apart its entire right tentacle, causing pieces of at and thick black blood to splatter all over the ground!
"KIIIILLLLLLL!!!!!!!"
The second strike only seed to have angered the monster even more, and it didn’t even care about eating or anything anymore; its eyes fell on the closest alive creature, and it attacked instantly!
Unfortunately for Antonio, the closest alive creature to that monster was him!
*BOOOOM!!!*
The monster stomped the ground and launched at Antonio with speed faster than the speed of sound!
Just its bodily movent itself broke through the sound barrier and blew half the old building of the abandoned mill apart with the power of the shockwave it created in that mont!
"KILLLLLL!!!!!!"
The monster reached close to Antonio in a matter of re milliseconds and attacked Antonio with the giant left tentacle!
Its tentacle muscles tightened to create a biological spear with a sharp pointed tip at the front!
Just when that sharp tentacle was about to pierce Antonio’s head and blow it apart into pieces, a sword strike got in its way!
[Lunar-Fall Sword Art: New Moon: Absolute Parry!]
*Clang!!*
The sword strike moved in a perfect curve as if it was representing the appearance of a ’New Moon,’ and it hit the hardened tentacle from the side, parrying the attack and redirecting its power in the wrong direction!
*BOOOM!!!*
The monster’s tentacle hit the ground beside Antonio and pierced right through the concrete floor, creating a hole in the ground instantly!
Before the debris from the ground could hit Antonio, he noticed that soone grabbed him by his shirt’s collar and dragged him away from the monster!
Everything happened so fast that Antonio could not understand, but the mont he finally ca to his senses, he found himself sitting far away from the main door of the collapsing old mill.
"How odd... this ’beast’ class monster is stronger than we expected... has it mutated to the next level due to consuming too many humans?"
A calm and gentle voice brought Antonio out of his daze.
He looked in front of him and found a man in heavy paladin armor standing close to him.
His silver-white armor had gold patterns and designs of books and ancient scrolls all over it.
His bright red cape swayed along in the wind along with the man’s brownish hair.
In his left hand was his armor’s helt, and the right hand was holding a double-edged sword.
The sword looked extrely beautiful as it shone brightly in the sunlight.
Antonio could even see the intricate and beautiful silverish-golden patterns shining, engraved on that sword’s blade.
"Thankfully, I made it here in ti..."
Just hearing that man’s calm and gentle voice was enough to put Antonio’s anxious heart to rest.
He felt as if he was suddenly embraced by warmth, and he almost cried once again as he felt grateful that soone ca to save him.
"S-sir Ethan! T-thanks for coming to save ! Thank you!! Thank you!!!"
The powerful savior was none other than Ethan Schild himself!
Hearing Antonio’s words, Ethan only gave a slight nod as he imdiately donned his helt and took his stance.
"Stay back here; don’t try to move from this location. that ’Beast’ is tough... hmm, no, it would be more accurate to call it a ’pseudo-monster’ class creature from the amount of ’aura’ it is radiating..."
"I might have be able to go all out today after such a long ti..."
*Shhhhhhiiiiieeeee!!!!* *BOOOOOMMM!!!*
An arrow flew past from far away and hit the monster right in the chest just when it was about to throw so broken debris in Ethan’s direction, breaking its stance and causing it to stagger and fall!
"As expected of the strongest archer in the city of Ilma... even those blunt arrows are quite strong..."
"He’s not called a ’Knight Killing Specialist’ for no reason, after all..."
Ethan didn’t co to this monster-hunting campaign alone; Alex had negotiated with Zeil and asked him to arrange a strong enough ally for Ethan’s help.
Ethan was the strongest person under Alex’s command at the mont, and Alex wanted to reduce any possibility of permanent harm being inflicted on Ethan’s body.
Thus, he made sure that Ethan won’t have to fight this battle alone; Zeil had arranged a teammate for him!
The person was a veteran Pathwalker and a powerful archer capable of killing knights donning heavy armor from afar!
His blunt arrows were powerful enough to create shockwaves and physical impact so strong that even the heavy armor wouldn’t be able to protect a person!
Those powerful arrows were extrely ideal for doing damage to monsters that had tough external defenses like thick skin or bone armor!
This was the main reason the other party was given the nickna ’Knight Killing Specialist’ of the city of Ilma!
With such a good teammate providing support, Ethan didn’t need to worry about Antonio’s safety or the monster escaping mid-battle!
It was a rare opportunity to fight a powerful monster head-on for the first ti in a long while!
’Lord Saint, last ti I let you down by not being able to deal with that monster, but this ti for sure I will prove my worth!’
’I am not just a ’Little Ethan’, I am the strongest paladin in the city of Ilma!’
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