"Don't—aaaaaaah!!!"
The girl's scream echoed through the cave. The white-haired girl turned and tried to run, but the burly man behind her immediately pinned her to the ground.
"Heheheh, little beauty, this is as far as you go. Go ahead and cry. No one's coming to save you! Monster! Take this!"
"AAAAAAAH!!!"
Accompanied by Duanmu Huai's roar, the white-haired girl suddenly raised her head. Her eyes rolled back, her tongue lolled from her mouth, and her abdomen bulged high beneath her kimono, as if it were about to burst. Her petite body convulsed and trembled nonstop. On the wall, Duanmu Huai's shadow could be seen swaying violently, tentacles shooting out from within it and wrapping tightly around the white-haired girl's true form.
That's right. In essence, this was actually a battle between two Great Old Ones. The white-haired girl was a frail and weakened Great Old One, while the Duanmu Huai she faced was a powerful Great Old One!
"Ugh... ah..."
The white-haired girl's body was lifted high into the air, and black tentacles condensed from shadow drilled directly into her mouth. She could feel a sensation that was both scorching and icy spreading through her body, as if it intended to devour everything she was!
"Don't... why..."
The white-haired girl stretched out her hand in despair, but Duanmu Huai's tentacles swept over her again, gripping her tightly.
"No... I... I just want to go back... why..."
"Why?"
Hearing the white-haired girl's sorrowful plea and question, Duanmu Huai raised an eyebrow as he held her petite body.
"Because you eat people."
That's right. It was as simple as that.
Duanmu Huai understood very well that, to a Great Old One, humans were no different from chickens, ducks, cattle, or sheep. They were all animals meant to be eaten. After all,