Awakening? Acceleration

Mist Forest, in the unknown depths.

A patch of ground devoid of white fog, without any trees, and consisting only of yellowish-brown earth was trembling slightly.

The entire region resembled a huge sphere, isolating the mist and forest outside.

Outside this isolated region, endless armies of Thousand-Eared Monsters could be vaguely seen hiding within the white fog.

Within this region, a Thousand-Eared Monster stone statue possessing only a pair of giant ears was trembling slightly.

Its stone-like skin developed fine cracks as the constant trembling continued, and ash-gray dust fell to the ground, leaving behind streaks of marks.

Crack... crack...

Faint cracking sounds constantly echoed, and a gray stone directly fell to the ground, revealing the body of the Thousand-Eared Monster wrapped inside.

Unlike other Thousand-Eared Monsters, through the peeling stone skin, the body of this Thousand-Eared Monster existing within the stone was pitch-black. Its human-like feet were similarly pitch-black in color, which could be said to be the complete opposite of the fair-skinned bodies of other Thousand-Eared Monsters.

As the Black Thousand-Eared Monster continuously broke free, those Thousand-Eared Monsters located in the white fog unexpectedly began to make sounds.

If Green and Roman were here, they could easily discern that the sound was precisely what that laboratory Thousand-Eared Monster had emitted.

Woo-woo... woo-woo...

The sound continuously amplified, eventually resembling ghosts crying and wolves howling.

This ghost-crying and wolf-howling sound produced a certain peculiar vibration, and with the help of this sound, the speed at which the Black Thousand-Eared Monster broke free accelerated drastically.

Soon, as the Black Thousand-Eared Monster completely broke free, this ghost-crying and wolf-howling sound gradually subsided.

Thump... thump...

The footsteps of the Black Thousand-Eared Monster were extremely heavy, resembling heavy objects landing on the ground. The depressions appearing beneath the feet of the Black Thousand-Eared Monster