Bro, I'm not an Undead!

Gin, Silrat and the others were left frozen stiff as the suffocating presence of the new entrant reigned within the cramped space of the cell and the corridor that led two different ways.

The Knights that held Guissepo stopped as the figure of this thing was something they hadn't expected to see - a tall creature with a bulbous head and slanted eyes that menacingly took in the surroundings for less than a moment.

Excessively long tentacles ran from below the creatures eyes, touching floor as their quantity and girth made them akin to a robe that the creature wore to cover the entirety of its body except for the arms.

The creature held a shiny, red staff in its hand with a diamond-shaped white gem atop which reflected a beautiful image that no one had enough time to properly marvel at or dissect.

The cultist between the stunned Purity Knights however, couldn't hold back his shock!

'Dear Boron...is this....' Guissepo wondered as he looked at this creature carefully with his eyes trembling.

Immediately, his instincts and senses told him that this.... was it!

The large stream of Primus that they had been channelling to produce a powerful Cluster had finally birthed something worthwhile!

The robed figures that had been sitting around the formation back then had been drawing Primus from it and through their bodies to distribute it into locations where they designated new Clusters to form.

Guissepo could feel the Primus running through this creature but...

Why was it here?

The whole point of creating the Clusters was to give the entire continent a huge distraction.

Was this creature here to kill him along with everyone here?

Guissepo got his answer shortly after as the creature looked at him with its upwards slanted eyes and with one fluid motion, it pointed its staff at him, the white gem atop the Legendary object releasing a scintillating burst of calm energy that flushed over him with a milky white hue!

...!

The cultist felt the energy wrap around him tightly and....

Guissepo blinked and he was no longer in the dark space under the Guilds Association!

'Wha...'

He stumbled and fell to the dusty ground, his senses taking a moment to focus as he felt on himself no more binds!

Screams and light blasted his eyes and ears which made him turn to see the chaos all over the city as tall beasts raced through the city with incredible speeds while high up, a massive pillar of familiar sand that held many of the grey skinned creatures could be seen as it spun while continuing to rise upwards!

Guissepo looked closely at the very top, his advanced vision as a Master Stage expert focusing to see a familiar individual that he quite naturally loathed.

He turned to look around at the carnage, at the unforgiving beasts that chased after the civilians while destroying all obstacles, mercenaries rushing in from all directions to begin their counterattack!

'This is... this is... his will...!' Guissepo thought as he steadily picked himself up with a glad expression.

It wasn't all for naught after all!

The tentacled beasts passed by him without causing him harm, the cultist ignoring this peculiarity as instead, he smiled, his eyes almost tearing up.

As his strength started to pool back into his body with the binds now gone, he thought to join the fray, especially to pay back the owner of the golden-brown sand that rose into the air but...

"I have been given a second chance at extravagance. I can accomplish greater things... just as I was shown..." Guissepo thought to the large eye he had seen before.

He believed that the creature that had teleported him out of this predicament had something to do with it but even further, it could have been used as a means to communicate with him by his Master.

The thought of it brought him to almost squeal with joy.

'I hope you get to see what I accomplish, Tomin,' Guissepo thought.

There was nothing for him to do here.

Furthermore...

He looked up in another direction and saw the golden light that pulled everyone's attention.

There was another Master Stage expert in this city.

One that was ahead in his mastery of the power offered by this Stage.

This wasn't the time to think about all this however, as the man finally made the decision to use this chance to flee.

*

Back under the Guild Association building, the Knights and Silrat looked at what had just happened in pure shock!

The chains that had bound Guissepo fell to the ground as the captive had suddenly vanished!

The culprit responsible, with its upwards slanted eyes dangerously scrolled through everyone here in less than the blink of an eye and suddenly emitted a sound from behind its tentacles that caused no small amount of terror!

WHEEEZE....!

A dramatic pull exerted itself over the immediate atmosphere with such a grand force that the Knights who had been about to attack from within the cell were drawn towards the creature, from their mouths, mana and air gushing out before a second could pass!

The two men became like soulless husks with their chests indenting from the stolen breath, their bodies slumping to the ground instantly!

...!

Everyone outside the cell drew back in shock, Gin immediately inserting mana into his spatial storage ring in order to pull out one of the artefacts that the Purity had lent him for this mission!

Silrat had collected his senses and started to dart forward to enact a possible solution but...

The bulb headed creature drew in another breath, this time a dragged out one that instantly began to suck the living breath out of all those around!

WHEEEEEEEEZEEE!

A powerful suction drew everything in, including dust and pebbles as the Knights and Silrat were the first to get pulled over!

Gin felt the air he had in his lungs get pulled out, the same happening to Silrat and the others before they could act!

From the time Guissepo had disappeared, to this point, barely five seconds had passed, showing the ridiculous capability of the creature that had just appeared!

CLOP! CLOP! CLOP!

Suddenly, hurriedly footsteps sounded as a woman appeared from the other end of the corridor, her eyes which had been white turning back to her natural colour as she then yelled at the top of her lungs...

"USE YOUR AURA!"

Her voice echoed in everyone's ears with a sure audible impact which prompted everyone to heed what she had just instructed!

Bright flashes of energy stormed the corridor as each and every one of the individuals activated their Full Body Aura, a tremor of power rocking the entire space!

Consequently, the colour returned to the skins of all the Knights and Silrat as they immediately felt the suction on their mana get reduced by more than half, their ability to breathe returning as well!

Damilla's image with a bluish white Aura over her finally arrived behind the Knights!

Evidently, she was the one who had saved everyone's lives!

Her arrival was a sudden surprise as one would think she would have had to pass through the entrance to the Association which was both blocked by sand and populated by the grey skinned creatures that stormed away from the pull of the sand and mercenaries that chased after them.

However, just as there were secret passages within the Association building, as demonstrated by Jac before, the same applied outside, as certain entry points were created for emergencies!

Damilla had immediately begun to feel the horrendous waves of power from the creature that had appeared in Guissepo's cell when she entered the building and thus, she used her Divining to try to ascertain information about it by 'tasting' the bits of its mana that flooded the corridor, much like she had done back when she investigating the crime scene involving Skullius at the College of the Esteemed.

(A/N: Refer to Ch.170)

She had felt waves of mana tinged with Primus and her Divination had showed her much useless information save for one important detail that allowed her to salvage the situation.

As a result, she managed to pick up on a Unique ability that this creature had.

The ability to draw all forms of energy through deep breaths!

The tentacled creature narrowed its eyes as it paid attention to Damilla.

It hadn't wanted to outright kill these people as it wanted their mana, but their activation of Full Body Aura immediately reinforced their bodies, limiting its ability!

Gin immediately pulled out the object he had intended from the spatial storage ring while Silrat hurriedly swiped at the cell, the bars that had risen up to allow entry, immediately dropping down as the runes within the cell activated!

The tentacled creature felt the suppression before it could fully activate and it grunted, the gem at the tip of its staff shining bright as it then disappeared from the cell just as fast as it had appeared!

"Damn it!" Silrat cursed.

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[Author's Note]

[Ding!]

[Spirit_Tamer has donated immensely to the novel. I'm fired up! +2 chapters above the daily quota as at 09/08]