Mutant Maw Monsters

"Bzzzz... Bzzzz... Bzzzz..."

Less than an hour later, arc-like beams shot from the round heads of the Isolation Barrier's poles surrounding Minster Academy. They surged more than a hundred meters into the air, drew together, and formed a dome like a giant pot lid over the entire campus.

In an instant, Minster Academy was cut off from the outside world. As if sensing this, the hidden masses of writhing, rotting flesh in the classrooms suddenly began to squirm violently. Their illusions fell away, revealing their true forms. From where Green and the others stood at the academy gate, they could see that reddish-brown flesh had covered the main building's outer walls, turning it into a fortress of flesh that made their skin crawl.

Most of the police and Knights Order members operating the Isolation Barrier around the perimeter had never seen anything like it. They stood dumbstruck with fear. Fortunately, now that the barrier was active, all they had to do was keep outsiders from damaging the metal poles.

At that moment, only Green, Peter, and his two companions were inside the Isolation Barrier.

Peter and the other two expertly operated several intricate-looking machines. Through Death Spirit Sight, Green could see a faint magical glow on them. They were no ordinary machines, but alchemical creations.

After about three more minutes, Shirley nodded to Peter. "Get ready," Peter called, then pressed a button.

Bang! A visible shock wave burst from the machine in his hands, fanning toward the flesh-covered main classroom building.

Two seconds later, the shock wave struck the building. Nothing seemed to happen at first, but then a shrill, piercing scream rang out from within, filled with pain, fury, and a desire to destroy. The reddish-brown flesh covering the building writhed faster, and humanoid monsters began to split off