The night was low, and the monster's fur was as thick as the night, and a closer look revealed that it was all mycelium attached to the surface of the body swaying in the wind.

The claws pressed Anya's shoulders so that the girl could no longer escape, and the cracked blood basin jaw followed the girl's face, the sharp teeth like blades were terrifying, and the twisted long tongue was like a writhing snake waiting for the food in its mouth.

Anya looked at Cesare, even though the dirty and disgusting saliva had dripped down her face, her eyes still revealed a trace of fearlessness and determination.

If this is the punishment set by the gods for her escape from fate, then come, at least this is the path she has chosen, and she must pay for it.

The delicate body trembled slightly, it was impossible not to be afraid at all, but he knew that he could not escape, so he no longer wanted to escape, and firmly met Cesare's unrecognizable eyes.

Helplessly, she even raised the corners of her mouth faintly, as if compared to herself who was about to become dinner, she felt that the monster in front of her was the most pitiful guy tonight.

There was a hint of tenderness and sympathy in the girl's eyes, and Anya seemed to be able to sense the despair and struggle in the monster's heart, and she wanted to hug Cesare again at this moment and give him the last encouragement and comfort.

But the body couldn't move, so he could only breathe slowly and let things go naturally.

As if time had frozen, their eyes intertwined, and the sound of the girl's heartbeat and the mycelium growing on the monster seemed to play a moving symphony, but the music also sounded more bleak to the night.

Obviously, all you need to do is bite lightly, or cut the tender neck with your claws...... For some reason, the monster didn't take Anya's life for a long time.

Its golden eyes gradually showed a trace of confusion from the initial numbness, and the tip of its nose moved slightly, sniffing the fragrance emanating from Anya's body.

"Good...... Familiarize yourself with ......"

Without warning, the mycelium on the monster's face began to twitch irregularly, and something seemed to come from the depths of its throat, a small and indistinct voice, followed by an inaccurate "You lied to me......"

But it was so hard to make out that Anya blinked her eyes and couldn't believe her ears for a moment, and even if she was sure of the monster's voice, she couldn't understand what it meant.

The time of calm then came to an end.

The monster, which had not moved for a long time, raised its head and made a low "gurgling" sound, and it gulped in the air around it, inflating its chest cavity and making the muscles of its whole body swell, as if it was ready to gather some kind of strength.

Suddenly, the monster's throat let out an earth-shattering roar towards Anya's face, like thunder that pierced through the ferocity and cruelty of the world, and its sound almost tore Anya's eardrums into powder.

The bursts of tinnitus hit the brain and almost fainted, and the girl's bright red hair was messy in an instant.

The roar was so violent that it seemed to turn the whole world upside down, shaking the earth and shaking the trees, and everything that was before it would be destroyed by an irresistible force.

Just when Anya instinctively turned sideways and shrunk into a ball, thinking that her body was going to be brutally torn apart.

pressed on the girl's shoulder, but the claw was inexplicably released. "That's not right...... You're lying to me......" The monster's voice became clearer, and it looked like it was clutching its head in pain, struggling to shake from side to side.

Roaring again and struggling again, the light in the monster's eyes began to flicker, shifting rapidly between wildness and rationality.

"Me and you...... It's not all the way! ”

The monster's words were mixed with mycelium and a murmur, and then it twisted from Anya's body and took a few steps backwards, and the beast, which had just crawled on all fours, began to try to bend forward and stand on only two feet.

But it didn't last long, and after a while, it began to shake constantly, unable to maintain its balance, wailing in pain, roaring loudly, and quickly losing control after a few steps from side to side, falling heavily to the ground, sticky and covered in mud.

Anya watched the monster's strange behavior and didn't know what was happening, and wanted to take the opportunity to stand up, but her body was so weak that it looked 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 for making the wounds on the body more serious.

"Cesare-san? Is that you...... Can you hear me? The girl's throat was also burning with pain, and she coughed a few times and almost lost the strength to speak.

But Anya felt like Cesare's soul had returned to her body, allowing the monster's shell to struggle to rid of the evil that was wrapped around it......

Anya desperately tried to confirm her suspicions, but the monster didn't respond at all, as if she couldn't hear her at all.

The monster's claws held its head and shook it desperately, almost like it was about to tear its own neck off.

Its mouth whispered a language similar to that of a human voice, and the muscles of its body repeatedly tensed and relaxed, while the fur made of mycelium floated up and down.

"Must ...... Put you ...... Get out ......! The monster roared.

Sharp claws seeped into his scalp, a sticky exterior mixed with pitch-black blood running down his head, and the monster didn't hesitate to mutilate itself, tearing handfuls of mycelium and bloody skin down from the top of his head.

Such a frantic move obviously caused a lot of trauma to its nerves, and the sharp pain caused it to struggle and roll, and it continued to scream.

But despite this, the monster did not stop its near-madness.

It straightened up and roared into the sky, once again holding the ground to stand on its hind paws, the same movement as a beast trying to raise its forelimbs, only more furious and furious.

Roaring in utter irrational madness, it indiscriminately scratches at non-existent foes in the air, running, jumping, attacking, and constantly tearing at the trees around it.

Leave paw prints on thick trees or cut them down, creating a clearing where no grass remains.

"This body...... Even if it's ruined! It roared hoarsely, then aimed its claws at its body again.

"I will never give it to you! Don't think of anything from your conspiracy! ”

The claws plunged into his shoulder, and as he screamed miserably, he peeled off the skin of his chest alive, and a large piece of the flesh and the mycelium stuck to it were thrown to the ground, withered and melted.

Black blood poured out of the monster's chest like a fountain, and even the monster's mouth was constantly spitting blood.