"Victor! You... are you okay?!"
Enid's voice, choked with tears and full of worry, pulled him back to reality.
He looked down and saw Enid looking up at him, her large, azure eyes brimming with tears, her eye sockets red, her small hands clenched so tightly her knuckles were white.
Beside her, Wednesday hadn't spoken, but her pitch-black eyes were fixed unblinkingly on him.
Within them surged unprecedented tension and anxiety, and her tightly pressed pale lips betrayed her utterly unsettled heart.
A warmth spread through Victor's heart, and much of the violent aura brought on by his demonization dissipated.
He strained the stiff muscles on his face, forcing them into a grin that might have seemed ferocious to others but felt incredibly cool to him, baring his sharp teeth:
"Well? Isn't it super cool?"
He swung his newly grown, powerful tail, sending up a spray of water.
"Don't worry, my dears, I'll be right back! Can you take care of yourselves?"
Enid forcefully wiped away her tears, sniffled, and instantly replaced her expression with one of determination, the wildness of a werewolf flashing in her eyes:
"Don't underestimate me!"
Before the words had fully left her mouth, she slashed her sharp claws, and several streaks of cold light flashed through the air!
Several massive boulders, swept towards them by the Kraken's tentacles, were precisely sliced into neat fragments mid-air as if encountering a hot knife through butter, scattering with a crash.
Before Howl left last time, she had thoughtfully left a little gift—
Her werewolf bloodline seemed to have undergone some unknown, profound awakening, significantly boosting her power and control.
Wednesday was more direct. She didn't even look at the falling boulders, just expressionlessly raised her hand, her fingertips swirling with obscure dark energy, and lightly pointed towards the sky.
Several invisible force ripples spread out, causing the trajectories of the boulders about to hit them to shift bizarrely. They skimmed past them and plunged into the water, creating huge splashes.
She certainly hadn't wasted her time studying that dark codex!
"Wow!" Victor's eyes lit up as he watched, genuinely admiring, "As expected of my girlfriends! So amazing!"
With them here, he could go... meet that big guy without any worries!
He twisted his massive fishtail, his enormous demonic body turning to face the mountain-sized Kraken that was rampaging in the distance!
Deep in the sea, a clash between a demon and a behemoth was about to erupt!
"Wait!"
Victor slammed on the brakes, his huge fishtail plowing two deep grooves in the ground, forcibly halting his charge.
He scratched his head, now covered in blue scales and slippery tentacles, with a bewildered expression, his crimson eyes filled with philosophical contemplation.
"That's not right... why should I charge in roaring like some hot-blooded manga idiot protagonist?"
He looked down at his own ferocious demon form.
Then, feeling the hellish profanity channel in his mind still madly outputting 'beep—' sound pollution, he suddenly felt the vibe was all wrong.
He clearly resembled the ultimate big boss more. Since when does a villainous big boss roar and charge at the front?
"Pah!" He spat, expressing his disdain.
"What lousy demonic aura, trying to pollute my noble intellect, to dumb me down into a brute who only knows how to use force? Not a chance!"
In his mind, that furious voice cursed even louder, its vocabulary rich enough to mentally pollute any being with normal hearing.
Victor simply activated his'selective deafness' mode, ignoring the noise source.
He swung his huge fishtail, turning to face Wednesday and Enid, simultaneously extending his hand, which had now become claw-like.
In his palm lay the monkey talisman and the rat talisman, resting quietly.
"Heh heh, I've been idle these past few days and figured out a few super~ interesting tricks."
Victor's face broke into his signature grin, tinged with a bit of madness and pride. Though somewhat terrifying paired with his current demonic visage, the cunning glint in his eyes was unmistakably familiar.
He activated the power of the monkey talisman!
Hum—!
The monkey pattern engraved on the talisman lit up, and several strange beams of light shot out, accurately hitting over a dozen huge rocks scattered around the ruins!
An astonishing scene unfolded!
Under the beams' illumination, those hard boulders were molded and shaped as if by invisible, skillful hands, rapidly changing form. In the blink of an eye, they became over a dozen lifelike, varied sculptures of massive ferocious beasts!
Some resembled dragons, others tigers, some like giant apes. Each was baring its fangs and brandishing its claws, brimming with a sense of power and menace, as if they might erupt into violence at any moment!
"Now, just the finishing touch is needed!"
Victor looked at his 'creations' with satisfaction, then lightly flicked—with his now-sharp fingernail—
The rat talisman spun through the air towards the row of ferocious beast sculptures above!
Hum!
The rat pattern on the rat talisman blazed with light. Over a dozen beams containing the power of 'life,' like precision-guided missiles, shot into the 'heart' position of each sculpture!
The next moment, an even more breathtaking spectacle appeared!
The rocky texture was swiftly covered by resilient flesh and fur. Cold stone eyes ignited with wild ferocity. Thick limbs flexed slightly. Low, threatening growls rumbled from their throats!
Over a dozen genuine, living giant ferocious beasts had descended upon this place!
They shook their heads, adapting to their newborn bodies, then uniformly fixed their hostile gazes on the distant Kraken that was wantonly destroying everything!
"That's more like it!"
Victor clapped his hands, beaming with pride.
"If you can gang up and kick someone while they're down, why foolishly go one-on-one? Fighting requires strategy and efficiency too!"
Then, Victor took out the rabbit talisman and handed it to Wednesday.
"This, I leave to you."
Enid saw this and immediately became anxious, her eyes welling up again as she exclaimed loudly:
"We won't leave! We fight together!"
Victor blinked his crimson demon eyes, looking a bit innocent.
"My dear, have you misunderstood something?"
"Huh?" Enid tilted her head, stunned.
"Obviously—"
Wednesday calmly took the rabbit talisman, her fingertips sensing the strange energy of'speed' flowing on it, her tongue as sharp as ever.
"What this idiot means is, if he messes up and gets into danger, we should use this to 'fish' him out. Consider it... an insurance policy."
"Bingo! Wednesday gets me!"
Victor snapped his fingers, sparks flying from his claw tips.
"After all, it's my first time trying this'summoner' style. If I lose control, or if that big guy goes berserk and starts swatting wildly, we need an escape route!"
He grinned, revealing sharp teeth, then abruptly turned, his massive fishtail forcefully slapping the ground!
He extended a finger, pointing towards the distant Kraken, and issued a command full of frenzied battle intent to the pack of newly animated, eager beasts:
"My minions! Attack! Let that big guy witness what it means—a righteous gang fight!"
"ROAR—!!!"
Over a dozen ferocious beasts let out deafening roars. Like unbridled wild horses, or ignited war machines, they transformed into raging torrents, charging ferociously towards the Kraken!
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