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For a moment, almost no one present reacted to Noah's words.
Of course, there was no need to react.
Because in the very next instant, everyone shuddered. As though they had been engulfed by viscous air, they stiffly raised their heads and looked ahead.
"Grr..."
It was a sound like the low growl of a gigantic ferocious beast.
As that faint sound rang out yet echoed with perfect clarity throughout the entire space, everyone present saw it.
Ahead, deep within the Forest, a huge shadow suddenly emerged. Dragging a long tail behind it, it stretched out its body amid faint tremors in the ground.
Since it was still daytime, no one's vision was seriously restricted.
Therefore, almost the instant that huge shadow appeared, quite a few people were able to make out its full form.
That was precisely why, apart from Noah and Narberal, everyone else's bodies went stiff.
It couldn't be helped.
The monster that had appeared before them was simply too shocking.
What slowly revealed itself from the depths of the Forest was a complete and utter monster.
It was a huge creature that resembled both a lizard and a python, over ten meters long, with an Eight-Legged Steed clamped in its jaws, only one leg of the beast exposed outside its mouth.
As the enormous monster extended its massive head from the depths of the Forest, it turned its gaze toward Noah's group.
"—!"
Led by Lakyus, Ibiruai, Gagaran, Tina, Tia, and even Narberal felt as though their bodies had frozen solid in that instant, growing rigid all over.
"Fall back!" Noah shouted without hesitation.
"Don't let it