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An abyssal darkness emerged from the underground, crawling its way up and finding a new meal.

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Unlike the complex mind of the being it came from, this creature had a simple and primitive mind.

It only desired to eat and grow.

Eat anything.

Consume everything.

Devour… all must be devoured.

Make of this uncomfortable world filled with brightness into the dark abyss it belonged to…

The creature resembled a mass of oozy black slime.

Until it began to take a shape as the people started to run away from it.

By taking the form of all the creatures it had eaten, it became grotesque and monstrous, a chimeric appearance…

Six insect-like limbs, with a long body covered in spikes.

A large torso with six arms covered in a black exoskeleton, possessing long claws and pincers.

And a monstrous head resembling that of a horrifying mantis, with giant, beady eyes.

"W-What is that?!"

"A monster! Run away! Ruuuun!"

"Father, I am scareeeeed!"

The people started to run away, but a little girl was crying at the side of her father… who had been crushed by the debris of the floor when it was blown off, his eyes were wide open, but he was no longer breathing…

"Daddy… Wake up! We have to run awaaaaaay!"

The little rabbit girl, touched her lifeless father's face, as the creature noticed her, an easy prey…

Within her, there was a glowing source of mana, a mana core.

Unlike that of monsters, people's mana cores were different, more juicer, and tastier, it guessed all of that just by looking and its mana concentration and quality.

It was a perfect, one-bite snack…

The creature began to walk slowly towards the girl, as she glanced at it with teary eyes.

"A-Aaahh…"

"Grriiiiiiiiii… Ggryragagr- Daddy…? Daddy! Daddy!"

The creature's head twisted, as it suddenly began to speak words.

Learning from what it heard of the girl, it began to repeatedly say "daddy", thinking that by saying the same thing she said, it would be able to attract her to it…

However, the girl's face twisted in fear, she fell to the ground as she peed herself, her eyes losing all light, and no one was coming to save her.

Her daddy was sleeping, and she was… left alone.

"Daddy! Daddy! Daddy!"

The creature kept reciting the words as it approached the trembling girl, it raised its giant, monstrous pincers, pointing at her!

"A-Ahhh! AAAHHH!"

"DADDYGRRYAYAGAAAA!"

The creature released a monstrous shriek as it felt a sudden feeling of exhilaration by being closer to the delicious source of mana, its claws reaching her body!

The girl closed her eyes as she prepared for the worst…

"DON'T YOU DARE!"

CLASH!

However, against all expectations, someone emerged!

The girl slowly opened her eyes, she saw a tall, muscular Minotaur woman, her brown skin was shining brightly from the sun, and her muscles were bulky yet compact, combining both feminine beauties with muscular greatness.

She looked like a heroine directly out of a children's book.

Gritting her teeth, she blocked the powerful hit from the monster with her axe, which she enhanced with her magic, her entire body exuded an aura of emerald winds, flowing like an enormous thundering storm!

"Grab her, NOW!" she roared, as suddenly, someone grabbed the rabbit girl, another minotaur, a young girl, who carried the girl on her arms and jumped over the buildings with incredible swiftness, as if she were a ninja, carrying her all the way out of town!

"Ah! But daddy! Save daddy!!!" cried the girl.

"Your daddy… He is… We will try! Make sure to keep yourself safe and alive, alright? I am sure that it would be what your daddy wanted!" said the minotaur girl, leaving the girl with the rest of the people as she darted back to the town!

"Daddy! DADDY! DADDYYAAAAAAGAGGGHHH!"

Clash! CLASH! CRACK!

The abyssal aberration roared, once more imitating the worlds of the girl as it used its giant claws to fight against the minotaur woman's axe, Cathyl!

Cathyl used her swift movements, strength, resiliency, and magic all at once, her aura of storms and thunder combined with her axe and her enormous physical strength managed to take three hits from the creature using her axe!

However!

CRASH!

At the fourth hit, her Axe, a magic item she had acquired from a Dungeon Drop shattered into pieces!

Cathyl gnashed her teeth, as she was put into a different position in a second!

Her muscles started to bulge even more, as she started to breathe differently!

Her eyes glowed brightly, as her fist closed and began to gather her aura within!

"GRRRYAAAAAARRRRGGH!"

The creature roared, going for the kill as it gathered large quantities of mana into its claws, rushing towards her!

"Haahhh… This is a special one, so make sure to fucking take it good!" roared Cathyl, as her fist suddenly clashed against the monster's claws!

Her fist resembled flashing meteors covered in winds and storms, the strong pulling force clashed against the monster's claws, and the thunder clacked against its flesh and electrified it!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

At some point, the creature's flesh began to inflate and explode!

"NNGRRAAA?!"

"GUUUUUOOOHHH! Storming Thunder… Release!" roared Cathyl, as her Mana gathered within her Mana Core and then unleashed an enormous burst of winds and thunder towards the monster in the form of a gigantic beam coming from the palm of both of her hands!

CLASH!

"NNNNNGRRRRYYYAAAAOOOGHH…!"

The beast groaned in pain, as it was blown away by Cathyl's amazing attack!

The creature's body crashed against many buildings, leaving a complete disaster everywhere!

Boom! Boom! BOOOOOM!

The creature's body was then crushed by an entire building, as Cathyl was left gasping for air…

"Haahh… Oh boy… I never thought I would go all out so fast… That thing… if I didn't… it might have gotten a big wound on me…" sighed Cathyl, feeling exhausted after using almost all of her mana, she was barely keeping herself standing.

Asterion and Hilvera quickly ran back to their mother after helping the people run away, as Gwendolyn and Annabelle also came to her side…

"Mommy, are you okay? Here, grab this Mana Potion!" said Asterion, giving Cathyl a Mana Potion acquired from the Dungeon, after Frank dominated the Dark Lair Dungeon, it began to drop items similar to the ones that dropped from Hunting Domains, even when he was in a coma, such items kept appearing, and the group had gathered a large bulk of them.

"Thanks… Gulp, gulp… Haahh… Did you evacuated the people?" asked Cathyl while feeling a bit better, her Mana Core quickly regenerated more Mana and felt more energetic and healthier.

"Yeah, everyone is out now… But it seems that you already dealt with it…" said Hilvera.

"Just what was that thing?" wondered Annabelle while feeling worried.

"That was… I don't know… But it was something that… Exuded a strange sensation… An Aura of dread and bloodlust… And it came from the depths of the underground… Wait… could it be?!" thought Gwendolyn, as she realized something.

"Hm? What?" asked Cathyl.

"It's a…!" muttered Gwendolyn in panic, as a sudden flash of darkness emerged behind Cathyl!

"CATHYL, WATCH OUT!" cried Gwendolyn.

The abyssal horror had come back right after being blown away into the distance, without even showing any damage, it was completely healed!

Cathyl slowly twisted her body back to confront the creature as it was too late!

The monster did not attack her with its claws, however, but it used… the same method she used!

"Graaayrryaaaagggoooooohhh Releaseeeeeeee!"

Suddenly, a gigantic sphere of darkness- no, chaos, emerged from its claws, as it pointed its palms towards Cathyl and everyone else!

FLASH!

An enormous cannon of darkness clashed against Cathyl, Asterion, Hilvera, Gwendolyn, and Annabelle all at the same time!

"BARRIERS!" cried Gwendolyn, as she generated barriers of flames and winds around everyone, resisting the gigantic attack of eternal darkness!

CLASH!

The gigantic force began to pull through the barrier, slowly cracking it!

"Shit! Shit! Shit! This thing is a Chaos General… This thing is a Spawn of the Demon King!" said Gwendolyn.

"A what?! Is this why it's so freaking strong to take my attack and come back copying me?!" asked Cathyl.

"What do we do then?!" asked Asterion.

"We fight! Frank is not here… we have to do something ourselves!" said Hilvera.

"We haven't grown stronger for nothing!" said Annabelle.

"But without Kamei's support…!" said Asterion.

"Concentrate, we have to- AH!" muttered Gwendolyn, as she glanced at an enormous figure emerge at her side, breaking through the barrier of flames and wind, the horrifying abyssal beast!

"GRRROOOAAAAAA KAMEEIIII?! SUPPORT! SUPPOOOOORT!" it roared, as it gathered mana around its body and began to unleash dozens of dark rays towards the party!

"Shit…! I was saving this for later!" roared Gwendolyn, as she suddenly activated an enormous run all… over her entire body!

FLASH!

Her entire body blazed with enormous quantities of saved-up Mana, unleashing a blazing and windy aura that encompassed everything around her.

Gwendolyn moved her hands as if she were the flames themselves, and then…!

"Infernal Magic: Four Cardinal Suns!"

Flash! Flash! Flash! Flash!

Four enormous spheres of flames concentrating gigantic quantities of heat appeared from within her aura, flying towards the beast at an immense speed, resembling actual meteors!

"NNNGRROOHHHH?!"

BOOM!

The first sun fell over the creature as it exploded immediately, blowing it off the ground and up into the sky, only to fall over another explosion of flames!

BOOM!

After the second sun, a third one emerged, clashing against it into the ground, generating a loud explosion!

BOOM!

And lastly, a fourth and last one flew towards the beast, crushing it and burning its flesh and slime with blazing flames!

BOOOOOMMM!!!

"NNGRROOOOOOOHHH…!"

The creature felt as if its entire flesh was turned into ashes!

Gwendolyn gasped for air, her entire body was drained completely out of Mana!

"It… it worked…!" said Cathyl.

"Wait… not yet…!" said Gwendolyn as her eyes grew desperate!

FLASH!

Suddenly, a gigantic sphere made of black flames emerged in the sky!

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