The Demon Flower, All-Out War! (Two-in-One)

"Second squad, second squad, we're surrounded by Demon Beasts! Requesting immediate backup!"

"Requesting backup! Requesting backup! Damn it, the communications are down!"

"Captain, look over there..."

"Gurgle, gurgle..."

On a small island in the Pacific, the grass spread across the ocean suddenly began to boil. Like towering waves, it swept over the trainees still underwater.

The trainees remaining on the island saw what was happening, but they didn't go to help.

...Because standing before them was an Ocean Flower, each of its petals as large as a yacht.

Flowers usually symbolized beauty, but this Ocean Flower filled them with the most primal terror.

Its twisted vines were horrifying just to look at. Their grotesque forms were nothing like ordinary skin and flesh; they looked more like organs hidden deep inside, laid bare before the world.

The vivid red layers of fleshy membrane seemed anything but alive. Instead, they radiated an ominous chill, intertwined in a tangled mass like innards turned inside out, forming an uncanny structure unlike anything anyone had seen before.

Amid this horrifying mass of red flesh was an even more ghastly sight: its back was not adorned with natural flowers, but covered in countless writhing, swaying tentacles.

And growing from its back was a terrifying flower woven from Evil of Life!

At the very center of this fearsome flower was a dreadful single eye, staring straight at them.

"This is East Sea B District Island No. 49. We've encountered an unregistered Monarch Demon." A trainee's hand trembled as he made his final report into the communications device.

The next moment,

darkness fell.

In the end, their message never reached where they'd meant to send it.

Dubai Mage Tower.

The election for Grand Speaker had finally concluded, and representatives from around the world began filing out.

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