Becoming a Monster

Giant mouths materialized on the abomination’s body, with teeth that dug through the beetle’s hide as if it was nonexistent. One bite, two....half of the beetle’s body was gone before the slime moved onto, its next target was one of the nearby spiders.

”Le, if you can, try not to absorb the spider’s cores, I’ll need those.”

Of course,” she replied, glancing back at Noah with a hint of amusement. ”I’ll make sure the cores remain intact for you.”

The slime creature seemed to acknowledge her command, its ravenous mouths pausing just shy of fully consuming its prey. It adjusted, swiftly shifting to bite into the spider’s head with its snakelike maw, leaving behind a chilling scene of a headless spider. With a small gesture from Ailetta, a small orb, a slime, flowed towards the corpse, entering it whilst mimicking the spider’s eaten face as it aided the abomination in its attacks.

The moment Ailetta’s creature killed its first enemy, the behemoth spider shrieked again with anger. Not that one of its minions were killed right in front of it, but because they took the initiative to attack its army within its own territory.

”Eat them!” The spider roared, finally giving the order.

The animals outside the forest weren’t sure who to target. The auras and suppression of the hierarchy of their superiors in the center prevented them from directly interfering. So with no other choice, they were left with the snaklike mutation that was currently hunting them down.

The first creatures to respond out of the mutated, evolved guards were the bees. Their reaction time to battle was instantaneous, rushing headlong in Noah’s direction.

As they closed in, Noah’s eyes narrowed, studying their approach.

”Fenrir, you’re up. Leave Dummy to fight the other group.” At the que of Noah’s command, Fenrir roared, his howl signaling Dummy on what to do while simultaneously releasing his excitement. Dust and dirt kicked up from his explosive start. Still within his beetle transformation, Fenrir held no thought of using any of his other two forms, especially after what happened with the dragonflies.

But unlike last time, flying creatures would have a harder time participating within the confines of the battle, especially with the spider webs entrenching the sky’s.

As Fenrir rushed towards his battle, Dummy also took off. Its mind didn’t try to reason whether or not it was out of its league. Its mind was focused on two things, following orders and eating.

”Would you want to use that with Diablo?” Noah motioned for Eve, who was now standing in front of Ailetta. The little zombie tilted her head, her finger pointing towards her lip while deep in thought. Moments later, she quickly shook her head, her eyes glowing that signaled for Diablo to advance with his sword and shield drawn.

”No...Papa can handle it!” She proudly announced.

There was a brief second of disappointment. It wasn’t that Noah was disappointed in Eve not wanting to participate. She could’ve done a lot more if he had allowed her to keep her control of the zombies on the way here. What disappointed him was seeing her skill in action. A skill she obtained after being transformed into his vessel. Diablo was more than just her guard; he was her power, a power that could fuse back with her, unlocking her fullest potential, changing her into something that left Noah eager to understand what it was.

With everyone assigned their roles, only one person remained, the one most eager to attack.

Noah wouldn’t mind if she was the one to have intimated the battle, but despite her eagerness to take down the behemoth boss, he wanted to play it safe. He placed the palm of his hand on Arachne’s back, eliciting a small jerk. Before Arachne could perceive what he was up to, her body was enveloped by a blue light, a light that was faint at first, but intensified a second later before flowing into her body. She felt her body growing extremely light, time itself slowed down, or atleast, everything her eyes could perceive was perceptively slower in her vision.

Among the items Noah had acquired on his journey, the basic skill ’Grant Lesser Agility’ was a skill that he didn’t hesitate to put in his repertoire after receiving the scroll.

Following with, her body glowed red. The aura reenacting the same process as the other aura. However this time Arachne felt her muscles and tendons bulging, an incredible sense of strength enveloping her.