"Waaah!"
Seeing this, Naruse Mio immediately screamed in fright. At the same time, a Magic Barrier appeared in front of her and blocked the monster's attack. She then practically fell backward onto the ground from fright. By now, the mutated penguin's body had begun to swell, and it lunged at Naruse Mio with another scream.
"Boom!"
The next moment, a magical beam flashed past, completely piercing the mutated penguin monster.
Only then did Frieren lower the hand gripping her staff.
"Your reaction was too slow."
The others hurried over as well. They stared at the mutated penguin lying on the ground, utterly dumbfounded.
"What is this thing?"
"In any case, it definitely isn't a penguin..."
Kiba Yuuto gritted his teeth.
"Damn it, this is just like a horror movie. I've never seen such a freakish thing before."
"We'll know once I investigate it."
Duanmu Huai walked over to the corpse of the pierced mutated penguin. He then took out the Augury Device and forcefully plunged it into the penguin's corpse. Soon, lines of information appeared on the Augury Device.
Detected a large quantity of Xenomorph genes
Warning: contamination level has reached 95%
Xenomorph infection source detected
Immediate purification recommended
"All right. It looks like we've indeed found our target."
Looking at the information displayed on the Augury Device, Duanmu Huai raised an eyebrow.
"This was caused by Xenomorph organisms."
"Xenomorph organisms?"
"In your terms, extraterrestrial organisms? In any case, from the Inquisition's perspective, anything whose skull doesn't belong to a human is classified as a Xenomorph organism. This one seems pretty formidable, too. Luckily, it's in Antarctica. Hmm..."
Staring at the penguin corpse before him, Duanmu Huai fell silent for a moment. Seeing his reaction, Mary asked,
"Duanmu Mr., what are you planning to do?"
"From the Inquisition's perspective? I'm