Angel Monarch-Chapter 318: Europe Aflame (10)

Everything happened too fast. One moment, Sera stared into Astrid's ashamed golden eyes, and in the next she was flying through the air, dragged by a giant tentacle. Sera barely blinked once, and she was already gone.

It took her another second to gather her thoughts and order her body to move. She, with the vanguard close behind, ran towards the enormous monster.

This circular chamber dwarfed the room they just left.

With its few dozen meter inner height, and at least a hundred in diameter, the monster should've looked small. But as it flailed its tentacles, they reached even the farthest walls and could easily touch the ceiling.

They tried running towards the monster, but more water spread around it and flying wasn't a good option because of the hundred giant tentacles moving with unnatural speeds.

Above, they watched Astrid struggle. Upon seeing the creature lower her towards its maw, they tried reaching it faster. Kim especially felt desperate to save her friend.

They watched Astrid try to wriggle out of the creature's grasp, then Sera silently cursed as the giant woman summoned her spear and stabbed it through the tentacle holding her.

Sera couldn't understand her actions. Astrid destroyed the only thing keeping her away from the monster's maw. What did she expect to happen?

Just as she silently predicted, the tentacle's constraint lessened until it wasn't holding Astrid anymore. When that happened, she fell straight into the creature's mouth.

Sera was close enough to fly up and try to save her, but just as her wings appeared, the creature's attention changed to them.

Tentacles beset them from all sides. The blue water, which they all stood inside, rapidly increased in volume, until they couldn't even stand.

Sera and Leslie took to the skies, leaving Adam and Kim in the water. They both transformed too, though, so the water wasn't an issue anymore.

Kim, with her snake body, easily swam through the increasing waves, while Adam's whole body turned to glass.

He floated on top of the water, then after getting his bearings right, he began walking atop it. In this state, his physical density was smaller than the blue water's, but his actual strength and defense increased by a lot.

Their small groups coordination was near perfect. Sera and Leslie flew around the monster, distracting it from the actual attack.

Sera threw burning spears at the monster's eyes, and every time a tentacle came too close, she would cut out a good chunk of it, using her glaive.

Leslie was much less confrontational. His fiery wings couldn't maneuver as good as Sera's, so he stayed away from the tentacles. But his attacks were also much more devastating.

Large fireballs flew towards the monster, exploding on impact. He aimed mostly at its eyes and into its maw, hoping the creature might vomit Astrid out if he burned its throat.

The monster continued flailing, trying to catch them, but it wasn't stupid. Some tentacles moved around its face, covering all the vital parts they could aim for.

It also continuously shrieked, which became was extremely annoying. All four of them suffered from a constant headache as they fought the creature.

While Sera and Leslie continued pelting the defensive tentacles around the creature's face, Kim and Adam arrived at its body.

The distraction worked perfectly, and the monster hadn't noticed them until it was too late.

Kim and Adam both arrived next to its body at the same time. In her snake form, Kim tried using her ability on the gigantic monster, but it either didn't work, or its effects were negligible because of its size.

Adam just stood there for a moment, thinking about their approach. Eventually, he turned towards Kim and shouted over the constant splashing and shrieking.

"When we go in there, you try to find its stomach and rescue Astrid! I'll take of the beast!"

Kim stared at him with a raised eyebrow, which looked ridiculous on her wet snake-haired face. "What do you mean 'when we go in there'?"

She inquired, despite the already knowing the answer. Kim just didn't want to accept it.

The tall glass knight took one glance at her before chuckling. In his hand, a large greatsword appeared, and with two lightning quick cuts, he opened up the creature's side.

He wasted no time and began cutting his way further into the monster. Behind him, Kim silently cursed, then quickly went after Adam.

The monster definitely felt the cuts. With each movement either made, a new shriek echoed through the large chamber. Luckily, the large amount of flesh served as a great muffler for the disturbing sound.

After following Adam for a few meters, Kim went in a different direction, towards where the beast's throat. At least that's what she assumed, but locating the organ wasn't as easy.

With her two bright green swords, she cut through the monster's flesh, like it was paper. Her slippery snake-body made movement especially easy, and the large amounts of bright blue blood served as a great lubricant.

The real problem was her nausea. With every meter travelled, a new wave of disgust hit her stomach.

After only seconds, she had to stop and vomit. But since blood and water from the tunnel she carved filled her surroundings, her puke also stayed near her, floating.

She couldn't breathe below the sickening water mixture, not like she wanted to, especially after she reached the beast's guts.

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It wasn't hard to guess when she finally reached its intestines, since they were full of bones, feces, and other barely digested remains. Cutting through its wall was the worst mistake of her life.

She vomited again, but began crawling through the guts until she found the stomach, or some similar organ.

With a clear slice, she cut through the tissue, sending a large amount of acid right on top of her head. Her whole body burned from the pain, but she pushed upward, escaping the horrible liquid mixture.

Inside there, she made the mistake of taking a deep breath. The smell was worse than anything she could've imagined in her worst nightmares, and she puked for a third time in the past few minutes.

Afterward, with her body covered in every imaginable bodily fluid, Kim looked around the fairly large stomach.

Piles of dead things laid around the place, waiting to be digested. It took her a few seconds to find Astrid's signature armor between the corpses.

Kim quickly crawled to her, and using her snake tail, she pulled the giant woman out. She lost her helmet at some point, but since her armor hadn't disintegrated yet, she was still alive, albeit barely.

The stomach acid gruesomely melted part of Astrid's face, but otherwise she had no life-threatening wounds.

Blood stained her right shoulder and hip, yet the wounds seemed to be healed. She was also unconscious, which made the escape process much more difficult.

Kim began dragging her friend towards the opening she cut, but she couldn't seem to find it.

"Fuck… It must've healed… Dammit!"

Concurrently, she cursed while plotting an alternative escape route. It didn't help that standing straight became a difficult from all the movement. Whatever was Adam doing, it made the beast screech like never before.

Following some rolling due to increased motion, Kim decided to cut a new passage through the monster while dragging Astrid with her.

Gradually, she approached the stomach wall and brandished her blades. Right before she could cut a hole, something huge appeared to strike the monster outside.

Kim and Astrid flew to the stomach's other side. Around them, the sound of rushing water echoed, and Kim soon felt the blue water lick her snake-like body.

Still a bit stunned, Kim looked down in confusion. She felt something large and slippery gently grab her body and lift her off the ground.

For a moment, she became panicked, but upon seeing the tentacle's black and color, she calmed down. It wasn't the monster's arm, but instead Will's transformation.

Will rarely transformed, since it worked best in vast amounts of water. But as he pulled her and Astrid out, Kim saw the state of the giant chamber.

The water level was close to filling the room completely, meaning even Will, with his 60 meter length, could swim relatively freely in the blue water.

With his tentacles on his back, he carefully moved Kim and Astrid through the enormous hole he had bitten out. After they were safe, Will moved back for seconds.

His maw devoured the colossal beast. The sharp appendages over his body easily cut away any tentacle that tried grabbing him. The monster couldn't even shriek anymore, since its throat was missing.

Kim trembled at the sight. She never imagined the sweet, goofy Will who took nothing seriously could transform into a… monster.

Her thoughts weren't negative. However, the scene was jarring, and the word used to describe him was too accurate.

In her stunned state, Kim barely noticed when she entered the air bubble created by Sarah on the ground.

Everyone was there, all watching Will kill and devour every piece of the dying monster. Only when nothing remained of the beast did Kim remember an important detail.

She searched the bubble's occupants frantically, but Adam was nowhere to be seen. Resolute, she prepared to re-enter the water, when Will's voice began echoing inside her head.

"Don't worry, Adam is fine! I accidentally swallowed him, but he will be back in a moment!"

Just as the sentence finished, Will's shark-like head appeared nearby, and he basically spit Adam into the air bubble.