The monster lunged at them. Horrified, the others hurriedly rolled out of the way.
But its former owner was not so lucky. He had already collapsed in terror.
The monster was not picky. It opened its bloody maw and bit off half his body in one bite, sending blood flying.
Bang, bang-
The agents and police opened fire, but the monster's fur and scales provided astonishing protection. The bullets bounced right off.
But the pain also drove it into a frenzy.
It opened its mouth wide. Flames rose in its faintly visible throat, and the scorching heat warped the air in front of its mouth.
Then the monster spat out a pillar of fire. The agents and police hurriedly dodged, then broke into cold sweats at the sight of the rocks it had melted outright.
Seeing that its attack had missed, the monster gathered flames again.
But just as it was about to spit them out, a bolt of lightning struck out of the clear sky.
When the blinding lightning faded, only a charred corpse remained.
Having casually disposed of the monster, Thor sensed the auras around him. Once he confirmed there were no more monsters, he said to Pietro beside him:
"Let's go!"
Then silver light flashed, and the two vanished.
After this incident involving a mutated pet, the civilians became far less resistant.
In truth, most people had only been talking so casually because it had not happened to them.
But now, they had seen real suffering.
That owner had been eaten by the pet he had raised!
Who the hell would dare hope to get lucky now?
The owner's spirit was still weeping in heaven!
There were, however, some stubborn holdouts who refused to give up until disaster was staring them in the face, who insisted on