The young girl did not have a face; her eyeballs were hanging out of their sockets, and she was giving off a very creepy aura.
Alex's heartbeat almost stopped as he slowly put his bowl of soup aside and got up from his seat with his eyes wide open.
"Ethan… get ready for combat; we are under attack…"
Ethan was surprised by Alex's weirdly calm and deep voice; he noticed that the look on Alex's face was solemn and his eyes were fixed on a single spot.
*BOOOM!*
Just when Ethan was trying to understand the situation, the young girl's body twisted in various directions creepily, and a powerful shockwave spread in all directions as she opened her mouth to scream!
*AHHHHHHHH!!!!!*
Her scream was so loud and powerful that it created a shockwave and blew away everything around her!
All the nearby mercenaries were taken aback by this sudden change in the situation, and some of those standing closest to the 'monstrosity' had their bodies blasted inside out!
Meat and organs flew in the air along with the debris and fell everywhere as the blood splattered everywhere on the ground.
The moonlight fell on the 'monster's face as she stood on top of a mangled corpse.
Thankfully Ethan managed to react on time due to Alex's calm warning and stood in front of Alex to be his shield.
A massive boulder flew in their direction and hit Ethan head-on.
'Am I going to die again so soon?'
His ears were bleeding from hearing the loud noise, and he felt as if his eardrums had been burst apart. He could not hear anything, and his body was paralyzed due to fear.
He could not even move his legs.
'Ugh, the body of a child is so inconvenient; I am urging it to move but it's refusing to follow my orders…'
Alex himself was not a coward, but the body he was in was that of a sixteen-year-old kid who had never even suffered any small injuries in his life.
It was normal for his body to freeze in fear of a horrific monstrosity.
*BAAAMMM!*
The massive boulder collided with Ethan, who had already donned his helmet back, and shattered on the spot as if it had hit an unbreakable wall or something.
"What!?"
Alex was so surprised that his body even forgot about its fear after watching that scene.
'That boulder was the size of a car!! It shattered after hitting him!? So, Ethan's a superhuman after all!'
As if noticing Alex's shock, Ethan unsheathed his sword and spoke in a calm voice,
"Your holiness, I am paladin who's sworn his loyalty to the church of the god of wisdom; forgive me for not reacting earlier…"
"It's my fault that I didn't notice and let this monster get so close to you."
Hearing Ethan's calm and confident voice, Alex calmed down his trembling body, took deep breaths and said,
"I seriously can't hear what you are saying right now, but whatever you are saying is irrelevant right now…"
"First of all, nod your head if you know what this monstrosity is?"
Ethan shook his head and immediately denied it, which meant he didn't know what this unknown being was.
Alex took a deep breath and looked in the direction of that monster once again; it turned out that after attacking once, the monster started feasting on its prey.
It twisted its body, walked in a weird posture, and started eating the intestines of the dead bodies scattered everywhere while letting out weird noises.
Even though his eardrums were destroyed, Alex could still hear those weird noises right in his head.
'It's enjoying its meal… it's happy…'
Alex's body was weak and pathetic, but his mind was that of a genius scientist; he immediately started assessing the situation.
'Subject has the ability to hide its presence and sneak up to others without getting noticed…'
'Also, that previous attack, that was 'sound' and 'shockwave' manipulation; it's using some kind of bizarre ability to manipulate 'sound'…'
Alex immediately figured out that this bizarre beast was likely amplifying the power of its scream using some odd power.
After all, there is no way a normal organism's scream can create a shockwave so strong that it can blow away boulders the size of cars in the air.
'It purposely chose an area where all the mercenary were concentrated; at least half of them have been killed on the spot and quite a few have fainted…'
Alex noticed that aside from the head of the mercenary group and a few of his strongest underlings, most of them were in a dire situation.
"Ethan, can you deal with that thing while protecting me at the same time?"
Ethan was indeed strong; Alex had never seen anyone as strong as him, but the opponent was using 'soundwaves' as its weapon. There was no way Ethan could fight while protecting Alex from those soundwaves.
Thus, he immediately shook his head and denied.
"Heh… Quite a tough spot we are stuck on, aren't we?… By the way, how did you protect your own ears from that monster's attack?"
"Wait, forget the question; I can't hear you even if you tell me about it now… thankfully that monster's a bit f*cked in the head…"
If it was Alex in the position of that monster, he would have continued to blast everyone with soundwaves until everyone was dead before starting to eat his prey.
But that monster wasn't doing it; this made Alex figure out one thing instantly.
'It's recharging!'
The monster blasted off its prey once and didn't continue using its powers but instead went off to eat the organs of the prey it had already killed.
Every creature becomes prone to attack when they are in the middle of eating and have their guard down. Why would this monster let its guard down after only attacking the group once?
The answer to that was simple: it was eating its prey to recharge and get the energy to let out another blast!
'That previous blast was insanely powerful; it must have consumed immense amounts of energy. no matter what world it is, everything need's 'energy' to function!'
Alex looked around and found a kerosene lamp lying nearby; he grabbed the lamp and spoke to Ethan.
"Quick, find a horse; we are escaping, Ethan. That's my order!"
Ethan was not going to disobey Alex's order; he immediately grabbed Alex and placed him above his shoulders before running toward the place where their horses were.
All the mercenaries that were alive also reacted to this and instinctively followed the two.
While being carried on Ethan's shoulder like a sandbag, Alex's gaze fell on the flora and fauna around the area.
'Come on! Come on! Just one will do!'
He constantly looked around for a particular plant that grew up in the wild sometimes.
While all of them ran towards the horses, the monster finally reacted, and massive eerie tentacles burst out of its body.
Those tentacles were actually big intestines bursting out of its stomach, and they lifted the disfigured monster in the air, and it started chasing its prey while screaming horribly.
*KRRRAAARRAHRAHR PEPPEPEPEPEHHHKEERRERKEREEKERE!!*
Every noise it made caused everyone to feel nauseous and uncomfortable; some mercenaries who were at the back of the running group were affected the most.
Their eyes fell out of their sockets, and their nose, ears, and mouth started bleeding uncontrollably.
"ahhhhh!!! Ahhhhhh!!! Save me!!! Ahhhhh!!!! Nooo!!!!"
"AHHHHH!!!! I HAVE A KID PLEASE SAVE ME!!!! AHHHHH!!!! AHHHHH!!!"
"My eye!!! My eye!! Ogggg!!! Ahhhhhhh!!!"
Horrific shrieks of pain and fear rang out in the eerily silent forest.
Seeing this situation, Alex's eyes widened.
'It can also do mental and soul-type attacks!?'