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"----?!"
In that instant, everyone, Noah included, abruptly raised their heads and focused their gazes ahead.
Then, everyone saw it.
On the vast wilderness covered in gray-black ash, the female-bodied monster that had been devouring the Magic Stones of the Larval Type monsters suddenly stopped moving.
Immediately afterward, the upper body of the female-bodied monster, wrapped all over in vines, trembled. Under everyone's watchful eyes, it slowly raised its head and opened its eyes.
What kind of eyes were they?
They had no pupils.
No irises.
Not the slightest trace of the light that should belong to an intelligent creature.
Those were the eyes the female-bodied monster opened.
With such eyes open, a smile suddenly bloomed across the female-bodied monster's beautiful face.
"----Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah----"
The next second, a sound like an infant's cry resounded throughout heaven and earth, as though it had turned into invisible waves of sonic force that shook every single thing around it.
That voice possessed both the beauty of a song and the ugliness of a howl. It was filled with a holy aura, yet gave off a filthy feeling. It was utterly contradictory.
Yet that incomparably contradictory cry became the most piercing shriek in the world and reached the ears of everyone present.
"Uwaaaaaah----!"
Tiona, Tione, and Lefiya immediately cried out in agony.
"Ugh----?!"
Finn, Riveria, Gareth, and Bert involuntarily covered their ears, forcing muffled groans from their throats.
The piercing shriek was like an invisible weapon, relentlessly stabbing at the Loki Familia's adventurers and making everyone reveal pained expressions.
Only Noah and Ais stared fixedly at the shrieking female-bodied monster, their expressions changing abruptly.
Ais's expression changed because, although the shriek