Zaren did not dare be careless. He immediately whispered, "Mistress of Beasts, Lord of the Wilderness, Huntress Goddess, Artemis!"
Suddenly.
In the dark underground space, a faint floral fragrance suddenly filled the air.
Then.
A beam of light appeared out of thin air, illuminating the darkness and falling onto Zaren.
Within that radiance, a sacred aura surged and gradually condensed into a hazy figure.
It was a beautiful young woman dressed in hunting attire, holding a golden bow and carrying a hunting spear on her back.
She stood atop a sleigh pulled by two does. A spotted dog lay on the sleigh, while three floppy-eared dogs, two mongrel dogs, and seven Spartan dogs stood beside it.
After the Holy Projection descended, Zaren calmly looked into the depths of the darkness.
Within the pitch-black shadows, a mass of darkness gradually emerged. After a moment, a huge but rotten claw reached into the light.
The fur had fallen off the claw, its flesh was rotting, and its claws were pitch-black.
After entering the light, it immediately withdrew. Only after a while did it reach out again.
Then a gigantic beast appeared within the radiance emitted by the Holy Projection.
It was a Giant Tiger. Although it was not as enormous as a giant beast, it still stood seven or eight meters tall, and its total length exceeded thirty meters.
The Giant Tiger was massive. Thick iron chains, each as thick as a human arm, were wrapped around its body and limbs. The chains had already snapped, leaving only short sections dragging along the ground and producing the sound Zaren had heard earlier.
Much of the beast's fur had fallen out, and its skin and muscles were rotting as well. From time to time, fat maggots crawled out of the decaying flesh.
Although