Bro, I'm not an Undead!

The instant that the madness began, a certain old man sensed it, followed by his short-haired sidekick.

"Something is here. In the city," Terian said with a calm voice, notifying Erkus who stopped and immediately rationalised the situation given the tone of the old man's voice.

As someone who had worked with Terian for a long time, he knew this man's subtle ways of indicating that there was trouble afoot and thus didn't waste any time.

He understand very well, that this threat wasn't simple from Terian's voice alone.

The man's thoughts spurred as he took certain things into account.

Could it be something to do with the cultist? Possibly.

Could it something to do with.... the Cluster that Tulnas mentioned? Possibly.

He hadn't discounted that idea at all and was still thinking about it.

Between the two options however, the man was willing to bet on the latter but it was possible that this could be something else entirely.

"One of you go and check on the cultist. The other should do a full sweep of the entire city for where the threat is," Erkus said, Terian and Damilla immediately splitting up as they decided without a word on who was going where.

Damilla rushed towards the Association building while Terian started to glow with mana as he began searching the entire city with his vast sense!

It only took a few moments for him to capture the source of the disturbance.

Or rather the two sources of the disturbance, both of which were near the Association's building.

'Is it more Evenfall cultists..?' Terian thought as he rushed up one of the buildings and saw...

'Hmmm.... what on Aigas is that?'

***

"Everyone get back!" Tulnas yelled as his eyes constricted.

Those who heard and suppressed their curiosity back away with some who especially cautious running away as they saw the strange phenomenon ahead.

Where the mist coagulated and rolled, tall creatures began to emerge!

They had muscular builds with grey skin that was covered with what looked like boils all over, their shapes being humanoid but with tentacles that draped from their faces, reaching their abdomen.

Two extra long tentacles stretched from their backs being over ten meters long with fleshly barbs on all sides that dripped with a dark grey liquid!

VWOOSH! VWOOSH!

Such creatures leapt out of the grey mist with great fervour and as they did, visible pulses of energy blasted through the air with a shocking force that razed the ground and warped the air while blasting buildings and people away with exaggerated animation!

Strangely, this didn't seem to be a conscious action that the beasts did as Tulnas instantly recognised the cause.

'Damn! These bastards are either Tier 5 or above!'

Such massively strong creatures were casually spawning in the city!

Hundreds of the creatures darted from the mist and spread out with insane speed!

They left afterimages with their movement as they seemed to avoid the Association building and rush over to all over Inhone with hurried steps!

Some came in Tulnas' direction with their speed which far exceeded what he was capable of reacting to and the Tamer had no choice but to back away as he used his abilities to get the civilians out of the beasts' path!

Screams could be heard as the monsters that jutted from the mist caused havoc while blindly shattering through every obstacle they saw!

One particular beast landed on a populated street like a meteor, the impact of its descent shredding the people who had been close by into mincemeat!

One of the tentacles on its back then went on to swipe laterally with a harsh intensity, as this one gesture obliterated all things in the street into coarse and fine chunks!

The movements and attacks were something that normal people couldn't even see as before they even realised it, they were dead!

Another one of the beasts clawed over one of the buildings with a shocking momentum, its tentacles then turning erect as they sprayed a dark grey liquid over everything directly under it!

FSSSS!

The liquid rained over everything below; stalls, food, men and women alike.

Some were cowering under less than protective covers or running for their lives under the dark common precipitation but this rain did not discriminate.

The liquid did nothing to objects, but when it reached flesh and blood...

The people stained by this liquid had their bodies contort and roll over as they began to scream, their forms changing from the normal humanoid into something else entirely!

Their limbs lost their firmness and gained a flexible wiggle while their skins became covered in boils, the hue turning grey as their heads turned bulbous!

The light of intelligence vanished from their eyes while they also lost the ability to stand as soon enough, all that was left was an inking sight!

The transformation took only a few seconds, as the once dozens of people turned into squids!

Scenes like these were happening all over city, the speed at which the events were taking place being overwhelming!

Even Tulnas had been partially stunned!

These creatures truly had an aim!

A drive!

The Tamer saw the mercenaries who were in the Association building responding as they rushed out but the mist just in front of the building kept spawning these monsters that avoided the place altogether!

'At this rate, the City will be wiped out before those two show up! Tsk!' Tulnas thought as without any further deliberation, he burst forward towards the Association building!

Tens of the tall tentacled creatures rushed in his direction with a disgusting speed that left him only seeing vague afterimages, but he didn't intend to confront them directly!

The ground underneath his feet shuffled as golden brown sand emerged, exploding with a restrained force as it launched the Tamer and towards the reigning mist!

Tulnas flew rapidly while wiggling his limbs, his descent towards the grey shifting mass that spat out these chaos driven beasts being imminent!

'Here goes nothing!' he thought as he instructed Bradd on the next move!

Immediately, an encirclement of sand outlined the area around the mist and with a staggering upwards force, torrents of sand with bits of blue burst out from the ground!

They rose and spun into a massive pillar that held tens upon tens of the creatures that spawned from the mist that was now engulfed by sand, the monsters trying to free themselves!

This continued to occur as the sand rose, Tulnas riding above it as he yelled while gritting his teeth, "Don't slack on my watch, Bradd! More!"

The rising and rapidly spinning sand pillar grew larger as it ascended, carrying a multitude of these beasts along with it, some of which managed to escape!

A majority tried to use their overwhelming strength to break apart the pillar by to no avail, as it kept on shifting and rising!

The pillar rose up to 300 meters, with Tulnas looking down in order to see the carnage below!

At the very least, he was giving the others time to respond to these threats!

One would wonder why he had to endanger himself by even being here.

Well, the other drawback of Taming as a normal class was the fact that since the creature were bonded and sheltered in the body of the user, they could only use their full ability when closest to the Tamer, which is why Tulnas had leapt over to the mist to ensure that Bradd would exhibit his fullest capability!

The sand pillar kept on rising as the Tamer hoped that the others had begun mobilising and in the next few moments, he saw an indication that it was so.

An indication of one of the two he could count on the most at least.

A bright gold light shone bright from one of the buildings in the city.

No.

It wasn't just a light.

It was a bright, neon light that showered everything with a much needed luminance!

It was a light that signified the strength of a Master!

"Finally! Get to work, old man!" Tulnas yelled in relief.