Chapter 528 Dagon

Chapter 528 Dagon

Silence.

What else would exist after the sight that had just been force-fed to the people who had just watched such a horror take place?

Adonis, Lucielle, Brutus, and Belle... they all stared very frighteningly at the Divine Beast—Fallen Deity Dagon—who had easily destroyed their enemies for them.

There was, however, one question on their mind after seeing this.

'Are we next?'

As if to answer their question, Dagon cast its gaze on the humans before it. It had no eyes, but it could perfectly perceive everything around it; probably even better than those who had perfect sight.

None of the humans concerned it in the slightest. There was only one that had its full attention at the moment.

—Alicia White, the one who summoned it.

"Grrrr..." Dagon growled, taking a step forward as it began to approach the Grand Tamer.

It had no real mind of its own, now nothing but a creature of pure instinct, so there was no real intelligence or calculated motives behind its actions.

The only reason it marched forward was due to an instinctive directive.

'KILL THE TAMER!'

Dagon was incapable of rational thought, but its instincts told it that if the Tamer lived, then there was a chance that it would be captured and held captive by a power it could never hope to resist.

No one desired to be subservient to another—especially an entity weaker than them.

As such, Dagon marched forward with obvious animosity oozing from it as it growled.

Its prey was unmoving, so it didn't bother exerting any real power.

It seemed the prey understood her fate.

She was going to die by its hand, and just like the fallen lizards that had perished moments before, her fate was sealed.

The only problem were the sacks of meat who stood in front of her, supposedly trying their hardest to protect her from its grasp.

There were four of them in total, none of them posing any real threat to it. As a result, it didn't really exert itself and kept marching forward.

Then, it reached their presence.

"[Divi—]!"

~SQUELCH!~

Another obstacle interfered with Dagon's actions, launching their body to protect Alicia... just in time to save her from being crushed.

The blood that sprayed out belonged to this new obstacle who jumped right in front of her.

He was a teenage boy, muscular for a human. His back faced Dagon, so his face was staring at the Tamer whom he just saved with his sacrificial act.

"I... I guess... I was able to do... something right in the end..." The boy whispered, soon coughing out blood from his tired lips.

A massive, bloody hole had been created on his torso, with Dagon's hand sticking right out of it. Needless to say, the human was a walking corpse at that point.

"B-Billy...?" Alicia whispered, her eyes widened as she watched one of her allies, one who was supposed to still be unconscious, save her from her expected end.

"Y-you... no... why did you... you shouldn't have..." Her whispers were cracked, and tears flowed from her eyes as she watched blood ooze from his body.

"I-I'm sorry. I went ahead and imposed again, didn't I...?" He whispered, a pained smile on his face as he stared at the girl he saved.

The truth was that Billy's was awoken by Alicia's voice. He barely heard what she was saying, but when he opened his eyes, his blurry vision caught the monstrosity known as Dagon standing in front of her.

At that moment, he only thought of one thing.

'Alica! I have to save Alicia!'

Whether this was rooted in his obsession or not was of no consequence to Billy. In that decisive moment, he simply desired to protect the girl he cared about. Hence, he pushed his aching body to its limits and sent himself hurtling right in front of her... causing him to get impaled by the beast in her place.

"I just..." He muttered, his tired eyes looking at the girl.

His sight was blurry, so he could hardly make out her features. Was she crying for him? Was she sad? Was she relieved? He couldn't really tell. But... somewhere within him, he was glad that he was able to help—to be of some kind of use to her, instead of causing her trouble.

"My body... moved on its own. I guess it's because I—"

~SPLOOSH!~

Billy's body instantly exploded into an eruption of blood and flesh as Dagon used his second hand to swipe him away.

The pressure alone was enough to cause his entire flesh to burst.

His words remained unfinished, and the contents of his heart remained unheard. The only thing left of Billy... was the rain of entrails that followed his death.

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