As night falls, the monster's fur is as thick as night, and a closer look reveals that it is all hyphae attached to the body surface that sway in the wind.
The two claws pressed down on Anya's shoulders so that the girl could no longer escape. The gaping bloody mouth followed the girl's face. The sharp teeth were as sharp as blades and were terrifying. The long twisted tongue was like a poisonous snake twisting its body in the mouth. Waiting for the delicious food to arrive.
Anya looked at Cesare, even though the dirty and disgusting saliva had dripped on her face, her eyes still showed a trace of fearlessness and determination.
If this is the punishment set by the gods for her to escape her fate, then come on, at least this is the path she has chosen, and she must pay the price for it.
His delicate body was trembling slightly. It was impossible not to be afraid at all. He just knew that he couldn't escape so he no longer wanted to escape. He looked firmly into Cesare's eyes that were beyond recognition.
Helpless, she even slightly raised the corners of her mouth, as if she felt that the monster in front of her was the most pitiable guy tonight compared to herself who was about to become dinner.
There was a trace of tenderness and sympathy in the girl's eyes. Anya seemed to be able to feel the despair and struggle deep in the monster's heart. She wanted to hug Cesare again at this moment and give him the last encouragement and comfort.
But his body could no longer move, so he could only breathe slowly and let things take their course.
As if time had frozen, their eyes intertwined, and the girl's heartbeat and the sound of the mycelium growing on the monster seemed to be playing a moving symphony, but the music also seemed to make tonight more desolate.
All it takes is a gentle bite, or a scratch on the tender neck with its claws... I don't know why the monster has not taken Anya's life.
The initial numbness in its golden eyes gradually gave way to a trace of confusion. The tip of its nose moved slightly, sniffing the aroma emanating from Anya's body.
"So...familiar..."
Without warning, the hyphae on the monster's face began to twitch erratically, and some sound seemed to come from the depths of its throat. The sound was small and vague, followed by another unpronounceable "You lied to me..." …”
But it was too difficult to identify. Anya blinked and couldn't believe her ears for a while. Even though she identified the monster's voice, she couldn't understand what it meant.
The peaceful time then came to an end.
The monster that had been reluctant to take action raised its head and made a strange, low "gurgling" sound. It sucked in the surrounding air to expand its chest and muscles all over its body, as if it was preparing to gain some strength.
Suddenly, the monster's throat let out a loud roar toward Anya's face, like thunder that was fierce and cruel throughout the world. Its sound was about to tear Anya's eardrums into powder.
Waves of tinnitus hit her brain and she almost fainted, and the girl's bright red hair became messy in an instant.
This roar is so violent that it seems to turn the whole world upside down, shaking the earth, shaking the trees, and everything in front of it will be destroyed by the irresistible force.
Just when Anya instinctively turned sideways and huddled up, thinking that her body was about to be cruelly torn apart.
The claws on the girl's shoulders were inexplicably loosened. "No... you're lying to me..." The monster's voice became clearer. It looked like it was covering its head in pain and its body was struggling and shaking from side to side.
Roaring again and struggling again, the light in the monster's eyes began to flicker, rapidly changing between wildness and rationality.
"You and I...are not the same thing!"
The words spoken by the monster were mixed with the noise of surging mycelium, and then it stood up twistedly from Anya's body and took a few steps back. The beast that had just crawled on all fours began to try to bend its body forward and stand on only two feet.
But it didn't stand for long. After a while, it began to shake continuously and was unable to maintain its balance. It wailed in pain and roared loudly. After taking a few steps left and right, it quickly lost control and fell heavily. On the ground, it was sticky and covered in mud.
Anya looked at the strange behavior of the monster and didn't know what was going on. She wanted to take the opportunity to stand up, but her body was so weak that it seemed like a stone weighing a thousand pounds was tied to it.
Trying to exert as much force as possible will not have any good effect at all, except making the wounds on the body more severe.
"Classmate Cesare? Is that you...can you hear me?" The girl's throat also felt like burning pain. She coughed several times and almost lost the strength to speak.
But Anya secretly felt that Cesare's soul seemed to have returned to her body, making the monster's body struggle hard to get rid of the evil entangled in it...
Anya desperately wanted to verify her suspicion, but the monster didn't respond at all, as if it couldn't hear her voice at all.
The monster's claws held its own head and shook it desperately, as if it was trying to break its neck.
Its mouth roared in a language similar to human pronunciation, and the muscles in its body repeatedly tensed and relaxed while also floating up and down with the layer of fur made of mycelium.
"You must...be driven out...!" the monster roared.
The sharp claws seeped into his scalp, and the sticky appearance mixed with dark blood flowed down the top of his head. Then the monster mutilated itself without hesitation, removing handfuls of hyphae along with the bloody skin. Tear downwards from the top of your head.
Such a crazy move obviously caused a lot of trauma to its nerves. It struggled and rolled in severe pain, and screamed continuously.
But despite this, the monster did not stop its almost crazy behavior.
It straightened its body and roared toward the sky. It once again forced itself on the ground to stand on its hind paws. Its movements were no different from those of a beast trying to raise its forelimbs, but it looked more violent and extremely angry.
Roaring indiscriminately under a completely irrational madness, it scratched non-existent enemies in the air indiscriminately, running, jumping, attacking, and constantly biting the surrounding trees.
They left claw marks on the thick trees or cut them down directly, creating an empty space without any grass.
"This body... is destroyed!" It roared hoarsely, and then pointed its claws at its own body again.
"I will never hand it over to you! You can't get anything out of your sinister plot!"
The sharp claws suddenly dug into his shoulders, and while screaming miserably, he peeled off the skin on his chest alive. A large piece of skin and flesh and the hyphae stuck to it were thrown to the ground, where they withered and melted.
Black blood gushes out of the monster's chest like a fountain, and even the monster's mouth is constantly vomiting blood.
