"There’s a monster rampaging on East Main Street!"
This news quickly spread.
Some people panicked and began to flee East Main Street in haste.
Others felt a jolt in their hearts and rushed to East Main Street, aiming to eliminate the monster and protect the citizens.
The guild’s staff began to appear gradually on East Main Street, some were evacuating the crowd, others were rushing around seeking traces of the monster, reporting these findings to the adventurers from various clans led by the Ganisa Clan, asking for their assistance to eliminate the monster.
Loki and Ais, who were shopping, were also startled and had to stop.
"No way? Is there really a monster going berserk?" Loki’s hand no longer held grilled meat, but a fried potato ball, and while eating greedily, she remarked gleefully, "Now the guild and that fool Kanisa are in trouble."
The Monster Festival was originally a controversial event, with many worrying if bringing monsters to the surface would cause trouble, thereby constantly questioning it.
Now, the situation had indeed occurred, and as organizers of the event, the guild and Kanisa’s clan were certainly responsible this time. Without a round of condemnation and some pacifying measures for the citizens, they might not be able to resolve it.
Walking beside Loki, Ais also held a fried potato ball, slightly raised her head, and her transparent golden eyes began to exude a murderous aura.
"...I’m going, Loki."
Leaving these words, Ais sprang forward, as if riding the wind, soaring into mid-air, landing on a rooftop, then swiftly leaping towards the front.
"Wait for me, Ais darling!"
Loki was stunned, watching Ais’s figure disappear from view. Hurriedly, she wolfed down the fried potato ball and immediately chased after Ais, running toward the other end of the street.
Running, Loki suddenly regretted.
"If I had known, I wouldn’t have eaten so much. It’s really uncomfortable running."
Pressing against her side, Loki could only run tearfully against the crowd, heading toward the scene.
Little did they know, within the incident ahead, were their people.
Amidst the heavy explosion sounds, a gigantic shadow wreaked havoc on the street, like a dragon snake surging in the sea, crashing around and smashing the surrounding buildings, sending debris and various snacks flying from vendor stalls.
The once bustling street now had countless people fleeing in panic, turning the street into a mess, littered with garbage.
Rephia had already gotten up from the ground, protecting a beast child while escaping, shouting within the chaotic scene.
Within the elf girl’s sight, amidst a rising cloud of dust, the Amazonian twin sisters soared high, dodging the rampaging giant shadow.
"What the heck is this thing!?"
Theona screamed in mid-air.
"Don’t ask me! How would I know!?"
From a distance in mid-air, Theone shouted back to her sister.
Beneath the soaring Amazonian twin sisters, the true form of the giant shadow was revealed as the dust dissipated.
It had a slender body and smooth skin, the body equivalent to a head had no eyes or other organs, but rather bloomed like a flower.
The slender body akin to a serpent was actually a flower stalk.
The faceless head was a flower bud.
The numerous appendages protruding from its body resembled vines, also akin to octopus tentacles.
The flower-like blooming head was vibrantly colored, seemingly concealing poison, and at its center was a large mouth full of sharp teeth, dripping with mucus, and at the deep end of its mouth, lay a faintly red magic stone buried within.
The magic stone was similarly vibrantly colored.
This was a carnivorous flower monster, making people feel quite uneasy, looking at it for long could cause physiological discomfort.
The carnivorous flower monster, large enough to smash buildings, broke through the dust, slithering like a snake with countless tentacles waving around.
"Woo woo woo woo woo wo——!"
The hoarse roar sounded unlike a monster’s cry, rather like a man in rage.
This monster, which even Theona and Theone, who had delved deep into the underground city below the 50th level, explored countless types of monsters, couldn’t recognize, stormed on the ground, smashing everything in its path and swiping its tentacles toward the twins soaring in mid-air.
"Watch out for dodging!"
Theone and Theona instantly reacted in unison, though in mid-air, they somehow twisted their bodies to change position, dodging the swinging tentacles one by one.
The tentacles hit the ground empty-handed, smashing the stone bricks paving the street, causing debris to splatter, and the sound of breaking spread everywhere.
At this point, Theona and Theone landed on the ground, stepping forcefully toward the carnivorous flower monster at incredible speed.
They stealthily approached amidst the carnivorous flower monster’s unawareness, charged into its blind spot, their slender arms clenched into fists, then swung fiercely, accompanied by the sound of howling wind, heavily striking the carnivorous flower monster.