At the exit of Carmignano's underground caverns.
Hansa squeezed his body through the narrow opening with some difficulty, while Jam followed behind him with an obedient expression.
After emerging, Hansa patted his enormous belly and joked to Jam beside him:
"This belly of mine is very precious, you know. Everything inside it is a treasure."
Hansa's smiling face, a mass of piled-up folds, was greasy and revolting. His next movement made the crimson pupils watching him contract sharply.
With a sinister grin, Hansa reached out and tore open his clothes. His spherical belly was exposed to the air as the fabric ripped apart, revealing a hideous mouth growing on it. Its teeth were as sharp as razors, and thick green mucus dripped from it onto the ground, sizzling corrosively wherever it landed.
"Heh heh heh, since you're already my Familiar, it's time you joined me in embracing the great Father. Come, feel the Father's love." A strange laugh came from Hansa's mouth.
Hansa's skin began turning green. In an instant, pustules covered his body, and his skin grew as loose as sludge. His hand was already reaching toward Jam.
"Roar-"
Jam dug all four paws into the ground. Finally unable to hold back, he roared at the fat man reeking of decay before him. Hansa merely laughed unconcernedly at his roar.
"Your Familiar contract is still in my hands. This moment is exactly why I paid so much to buy you. Heh heh heh, come, my preci-"
Before Hansa could finish, he suddenly felt as though he had lost contact with the contract in his spirituality. But the contracted creature was right in front of him. How could-
Boom-
As Hansa stood stunned, a searing sensation burned across his skin. Then his entire body was blasted away.
Bam!
The bloated