Anomaly Chapter 11 – Outbreak [5]

(POV – Protagonist)

Honestly, I was as surprised as Laura, Emily, and Victor. Where the hell were all these creatures coming from, and why were there so many? Even when I was in the forest, they weren’t this nurous. Yet, the unanswered question remained: how exactly did they manage to get out of the forest, given that, as we’ve been told, it’s nearly impossible to escape by normal ans?.

"Victor... what exactly should we do in a situation like this?"

Although Emily was clearly shocked, she hadn't yet been completely overtaken by fear and managed to gesture her question to Victor. I, on the other hand, still trapped inside the aquarium, wanted to help, but even if they got out of here, I wasn’t sure I’d be able to defeat all those monsters while protecting the humans. Sure, they could escape like last ti, but relying on luck wasn’t wise.

I turned my golden eyes, which were glowing with an unusual intensity, towards Victor, trying to anticipate his answer. However, from his expression, it was clear that it wouldn’t be as satisfactory as we hoped.

"I warned you we should leave quietly to avoid a situation like this"

Victor’s words were like the last drop of water in a dry desert. In short, Victor, Laura, and Emily were completely screwed. I can say this from experience since one of these creatures tore off one of my arms. Escaping isn’t easy—they’re hard to shake off.

I felt the aquarium I was in start to shake. Victor was trying to pull back, slowly retreating with Emily taking cautious steps. I wasn’t sure what they were planning, but I was almost certain it wouldn’t work.

Laura, however, couldn’t move. Her legs were shaking so much that I was surprised she was still standing. We slowly moved away in silence, but it didn’t last long.

A thunderous noise echoed right above us. We were pressed against a wall, facing a building. Suddenly, bloodied hands grabbed the edge of the roof, and a blood-covered face appeared right after. The scene was grotesque and terrifying.

My golden eyes turned to the monster as I tilted my head, trying to understand where this creature had co from. When the monster noticed my gaze, it suddenly leaped towards the glass, colliding with it and causing it to spin towards the other monsters.

My small compartnt, with a view of the outside, stopped next to Laura, who remained motionless as the monsters approached. I shook my head and looked around: the glass lid was open, and so cracks had ford where the monster collided.

(I guess there’s no more reason to stay trapped in here)

I dragged myself out of the compartnt, almost crawling. Once outside, I briefly looked around. Even though I could see perfectly without turning, it felt more natural to observe the environnt head-on rather than from behind.

The situation was as follows: Emily and Victor were cornered, unable to retreat due to the building behind them. In front, so monsters were approaching slowly. Their dark stares conveyed a disturbing certainty about how they planned to tear apart the humans before them.

Finally, Laura was close to , her legs still trembling and seeming incapable of moving easily. Additionally, the monsters, who had finished their previous als, now watched Laura with a gaze that suggested she might be their next dessert.

Also, there was the monster that leaped onto my aquarium. It seed to be regrouping, shaking its head, but as soon as it regained its composure, its gaze fixed back on . This was not good—it clearly saw as prey.

As I ntioned before, these monsters are surprisingly agile for their size. In the forest, I only managed to escape by luck, climbing a tree. Now, this monster had the sa predatory look as the one that devoured my arm.

As expected, the monster started heading my way. Naturally, I wasn’t going to stay still and began running to get away from it. Whenever it got closer, I turned and ran in the opposite direction. In summary, I was running in circles, with my arms extended in front of . Don’t ask why my arms were like that; I think my subconscious was trying to keep them away from the monster’s mouth.

However, after a while, I was truly exhausted. I an, I had never defeated one of them before, so why not try the sa approach? With that thought, I stopped and turned around. The golden field expanded from my body, as before. Just like before, it seed that only I could see or perceive this field.

Perhaps that’s why the monster kept advancing towards without hesitation. Just like the previous one, once it entered my golden field, its body simply stopped. Or rather, it beca so slow it seed to freeze in mid-air.

To confirm, I observed the outside: Laura was still trembling, and Emily and Victor were about to be devoured by the monsters. Ignoring this, I focused on the monster in front of . My golden eyes fixed on it, and seconds later, a rainbow-colored glow appeared. The location was the sa, exactly at the sa point where the monster I killed in the forest was.

My work was almost complete. I raised my hand, aid at the point where the rainbow colors shone on the monster’s body, and, with all the strength I could muster, struck. My hand passed through the monster’s body and then I removed its heart with a firm motion.

In the end, I threw the heart on the ground; there was no reason to keep it. Besides, nothing happened like last ti when I absorbed the colors, so it seed pointless. Retracting the golden field back into my body, I looked around with my usual poker face.

Both the monsters and Laura, Victor, and Emily looked at with expressions of astonishnt. Around , various weak points glowed in rainbow colors, and at that mont, I wondered how my own eyes looked.

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