Green Flesh That Swallowed Everything

That night, no one knew what had happened.

The city's residents are still singing about the Loki Familia's great deeds, and related topics remain highly discussed.

Unbeknownst to the various clans in the city, on this very night, a member of the most powerful faction, praised by all, infiltrated a secluded underground stronghold, a place unknown to anyone, and entered a demonic lair powerful enough to destroy the entire Labyrinth City.

Even Leo, Riveria Ljos Alf, Loki, and the others who remained outside the Orichalcum Gate had no idea what was happening inside the Artificial Labyrinth within.

All they knew was that at first, the members Finn had assigned to the scout group would occasionally bring back news and intelligence, but from some point onwards, these members stopped bringing back any new news or intelligence, causing the entire garrison to descend into turmoil as time went by.

"----Could something have happened?"

Loki's casual muttering of this remark instilled a strong sense of unease in the entire group that remained behind.

Riveria Ljos Alf's brow remained furrowed, and Lefiya was constantly wringing her hands anxiously. The others paced back and forth, or whispered impatiently, making the atmosphere increasingly uneasy.

Leo was able to remain calm at first, but when he felt the Star Beast he had summoned losing contact with him one after another, until all six disappeared, he finally opened his eyes.

Just as Leo was about to rush in recklessly, an anomaly occurred.

"Boom!!!!!"

A beam of light, reaching to the heavens and the earth, suddenly shot up from the ground, shattering the entire surface and soaring into the sky.

It climbs upwards, as if sailing towards the universe.

Emerging from the ground, it resembles a giant pillar towering into the sky, bright and dazzling.

Connecting the earth on one end and the sky on the other, it appears exceptionally dazzling in the darkness, illuminating everything, dispelling the darkness and night, and casting its light upon the entire city.

At this moment, not only in the Labyrinth City of Orario, but seemingly from anywhere on the surface, this dazzling pillar of light could be observed, robbing away all color and captivating everyone's vision.

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In the city, whether human or divine, all were captivated by that pure white, beautiful, and tragic pillar of light in that instant.

They stared blankly at the towering pillar of light until, after a long while, a deafening roar erupted.

"It's Return Pillar!"

"It's Return Pillar!"

"Who? Who was deported?!"

"How could a god suddenly be deported?!"

Leaving aside the ordinary residents who lacked knowledge, those with some knowledge were all taken aback without exception.

They recognized that the beam of light was neither a natural phenomenon nor some unknown force, but a means of transport used to send the gods back to Heaven.

The Return Pillar something that only appears when a god in the Lower World suffers an unavoidable and severe injury and is about to die.

When a deity in the Lower World suffers an unavoidable and severe injury, the divine power that has been sealed within them since they descended to the Lower World will be unsealed. A pillar of light, sensing the appearance of divine power in the Lower World, will appear and envelop the deity, sending them back to the Heaven.

In other words, this is what declares a god's defeat in a game called the Lower World, a complete Game Over.

Its appearance means that at this very moment, a god has fallen into a state of near death, his divine power has been released, and he is currently being sent back to the Heaven.

This plunged the entire Orario community into chaos, into a frenzy of anxious discussion.

Meanwhile, Leo and the others who remained in Orichalcum Gate were attacked by a terrifying shock the instant the Return Pillar appeared.

"Boom-"

The Return Pillar shattered the ground and shot out from underground, its kinetic energy transforming into a real impact that shook not only the entire Artificial Labyrinth but also the surrounding area.

The violent shaking struck the group that remained behind, catching them all off guard and forcing them to endure the intense impact.

The crowd gasped in alarm. Some were thrown to the ground, some swayed unsteadily, and others collided and fell into a heap, throwing the entire formation into chaos.

"Ah!"

Lefiya was also among those who lost her balance. She nearly fell to the ground with a gasp, but Leo quickly caught her and helped her regain her footing.

"Careful!"

Riveria Ljos Alf also caught Loki, who had fallen to the ground looking utterly disheveled, protecting the Chief God.

"Damn it! Who got deported?!"

Loki, however, disregarded his own condition and stared in astonishment at the direction from which the Return Pillar was rising, his face turning extremely grim.

The overwhelming impact that flooded the adventurers' five senses assaulted the area, causing the underground waterways to crack, chunks of rock to fall from the ceiling, and cracks and collapses to appear around them.

The light fluctuations connecting heaven and earth became a true disaster for Leo and his companions, plunging them into chaos as if they were caught in a natural catastrophe.

"No! We can't stay here any longer!" Riveria Ljos Alf picked up Loki and shouted towards Leo, "Leo! Get everyone back!"

Upon hearing this, Leo knew that now was not the time to be sentimental, so he forced himself to calm down, picked up Lefiya, and called out to the people around him.

"Don't panic! Retreat immediately and get out of this area!"

Under Leo's organization, Anakitty and Alicia quickly led the team to evacuate, allowing everyone to fight against the violent tremors and desperately escape from this place.

More and more debris rained down from the ceiling above, and the debris grew larger and larger until finally, whole pieces of it fell down, each one large enough to crush a person.

"Bang!" "!" "!" ----

Amidst a series of explosions, the adventurers scrambled to break the debris falling from above, protecting their companions who were too slow to react or retreat.

Anakitty, Alicia, and other key figures of the Second Army all made their moves. Even Leo, while holding Lefiya, made several moves, leaping up and shattering several huge rocks.

Under these circumstances, everyone rushed out of this underground space, over the spiral staircase connecting to the Orichalcum Gate, and into the underground waterway, escaping to safety.

But the next second, an even more unusual situation unfolded.

"Gurgle one"

As the seemingly Infinity pillar of light gradually faded, showing signs of its end, and the astonishing roar and tremors disappeared, accompanied by a nauseating writhing sound, countless abnormally hideous chunks of flesh gushed forth from below.

That was a terrifying torrent of Green Flesh that instantly submerged the entire passage and underground space, leaving no gaps.

An endless stream of Green Flesh surged from the ground, crushing rocks and engulfing everything, like a turbid green wave. The disgusting tumors, constantly writhing and multiplying, filled the underground waterways at an alarming rate and continued to expand in all directions.

Fork in the road, steps, Vertical Shaft —no exceptions. Green Flesh buried everything that could be called space.

"That's... the Seedbed that appeared on the 59th Floor...?!"

Riveria Ljos Alf's expression changed upon seeing this.

Leo, as if witnessing a truly terrifying event, narrowed his eyes and shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Run! Don't look back! If you touch those Green Flesh things, you're dead!"

Those Green Flesh creatures devour everything edible, including human flesh and blood, using it as nutrients for their own proliferation and expansion.

"Quickly! Get out of here!"

Leo led the charge, carrying the still-dazed and bewildered Lefiya, rushing in the opposite direction from the surging Green Flesh.

Seeing this, the others didn't hesitate and immediately followed, filling the entire passage with the chaotic sound of their running footsteps as they took off with all their might.

The Seedbed used to cultivate those colorful monsters multiplied and spread at an astonishing rate visible to the naked eye, chasing after the fleeing adventurers like sentient, malevolent monsters.

It was more violent than any Seedbed Leo and the others had ever seen before, draining all life in this space and turning everything in its path into an explosive surge of Green Flesh, causing the adventurers to flee in panic.

"No! They're catching up!"

Lefiya finally came to her senses, peeked out from Leo's arms, and looked at the proliferating, writhing Green Flesh devouring them from behind. Her pretty face turned deathly pale.

"Leo!"

Riveria Ljos Alf, carrying Loki and running wildly, called out to Leo again.

Leo probably understood what Riveria Ljos Alf meant, and without hesitation, he stretched his hand upwards.

"[Meteor Dance]!"

A dazzling star magic circle unfolded beneath him, and Starlight surged forth, transforming into a colossal pillar of light that, though inferior to the Return Pillar, was still immense, and shot towards the ceiling of the underground waterway.

"Boom!!!"

The Starlight instantly destroyed the underground waterway, piercing through to the surface and creating a huge hole in the ground in a corner of Daedalus Street, kicking up a cloud of rubble and dust.

"Walk!"

Leo took the lead and leaped into the air, using the falling rubble for leverage, jumping continuously until he finally jumped out of the underground sewer and rushed to the surface, where he saw the night sky outside.

"Get up there! Quickly!"

At Riveria Ljos Alf's command, everyone began to climb and jump, desperately squeezing out of the sewer and rushing outside.

"Boom!"

The wave of Green Flesh was still surging outwards. No sooner had Leo and the others escaped the sewers than it surged out of the ground and onto the surface.

Without the constraints of a confined space, the Green Flesh began to expand wildly in all directions, their aggressiveness reaching its absolute limit.

"What... what is that?"

"A monster?"

"Don't joke around, what kind of monster looks like that?"

The residents of Daedalus Street were immediately alarmed. Some peeked out of their buildings, while others emerged from nearby, their faces filled with horror as they stared at the disgusting Green Flesh gushing from the ground.

Before Leo and the others could dissuade them, these people took off running, as if their parents had lost two legs, and ran for their lives out of the area.

This saved Leo and the others a lot of trouble, allowing them to run away without any worries.

The Green Flesh continued to expand its coverage area until it engulfed everything within a radius of tens of meters, before slowly ceasing its proliferation.

"Is it... over?"

The Loki Familia members who had run onto the surrounding buildings finally stopped, looking at the Green Flesh with lingering fear.

At this point, although the Green Flesh had stopped multiplying, they still seemed to be consciously wriggling, some even climbing onto the walls of the building, covering them, and turning everything in their path into Seedbed.

"----What exactly happened?"

Riveria Ljos Alf put Loki down from her arms, her pretty face slightly contorted as she uttered a question that no one could answer.

Where are the commander and the others?

"Has it already been swallowed by those Green Flesh?"

"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!"

Where are they?

"We didn't see them come out!"

The other members of the group started to panic, arguing amongst themselves and making the scene chaotic.

"Everyone----"

Lefiya, who was also put down by Leo, couldn't help but call out, but her voice was so soft it sounded like she was crying.

Leo stood high on the edge of the building's top, glanced at the writhing Green Flesh, and then abruptly turned his head to look in the direction of the dissipating Return Pillar.

In the next instant, Leo suddenly burst forth with dazzling Starlight, transforming into a comet that flew towards the direction of the pillar of light.

"Leo!?"

"Mr. Leo!"

Someone called out to him from behind, but Leo didn't turn around.

Leo kept flying towards the direction where the Return Pillar disappeared, increasing his speed faster and faster.

At his current flight speed, he could probably fly out of Orario in a few tens of seconds, and the location of the Return Pillar was in Daedalus Street, not far from him.

So Leo quickly arrived there and saw the large hole pierced by the Return Pillar.

At the very moment he arrived, disgusting Green Flesh erupted from the large hole like a volcanic eruption, surging forth with overwhelming force, like the roar of a monster, overflowing from the interior of the hole.

Just before the large hole was completely blocked by Green Flesh and filled with hideous chunks of meat, Leo saw figures desperately trying to escape from it.

Inside, there was Bete Loga, a werewolf youth carrying two people with a contorted face; there were the Amazon twins who jumped out in a disheveled state, yelling and screaming; there was Raul, crying and shouting; and there were the Prum leader and the great dwarf warrior covering the rear.

And of course, there was also the blonde girl, as beautiful as an elf, riding the wind.

"Ais!"

Leo stopped flying, his figure emerging from the Protective Starlight, and called out in Ais's direction.

"Leo!"

Ais, who had escaped by leaping high into the air, was now holding Lefiya Viridis in her arms. Hearing the sound, she came looking for the boy who had appeared in the dazzling Starlight.

The moment they met, they moved closer to each other without hesitation.

However, the chaos below continued and did not subside for a long time.