The beast's head looked somewhat like a wild boar's, but its skin was a ghastly white. It was over four meters long and two meters tall.
Four long tusks jutted from its mouth. A row of white Bone Spikes ran down its back, and its belly was covered in densely packed eyes on both sides.
The eyeballs gleamed with a red, ghostly light and darted around.
Everyone whose gaze met one of those eyes shuddered violently.
Kraun felt as if countless tiny insects were crawling over him. An inexplicable chill came over him.
"@%￥..."
The monster opened its mouth and roared. Another indescribable howl rang out, filling everyone who heard it with revulsion.
"Aw-ooh!" "Roar!" "Meow!"
The shrill cries of all kinds of animals followed, and more beasts sprang out of the Gray Fog.
There was a Lynx with half its head missing, a Brown Bear with green tentacles growing from its head, a Giant Wolf that stood upright and was nearly two meters tall—every kind of misshapen beast imaginable.
From within the Gray Fog came a drumming like raindrops.
Keeping time with the beat, the beasts let out low growls and advanced on the crowd.
The panic among the people grew worse. The crush turned into a stampede, and cries and curses blended into a single cacophony.
A tall, thin patrolman saw what was happening and instinctively raised his pistol and pulled the trigger.
As if they had received a signal, the Patrol Squad officers opened fire one after another, forming a simple line of fire.
Gunshots rang out. The beasts were hit, but the bullets did little damage.
They pierced the beasts' flesh, leaving wounds no bigger than a thumb, from which green slime seeped.
In the firelight, the slime reflected a dark green sheen.
A Lynx was