I'm ready have bad time...

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Chapter 23: Are You Here...!

A massive earthquake.

Siren blaring nonstop.

But… there was no sound. Nothing at all.

"Damn it!!"

Dr. Alrin opened a portal above.

A figure emerged…

A being… slaughtering countless people.

A tentacle burst from the ground, launching toward the creature.

A sound—brief and cold.

The tentacle vanished in an instant.

"FATHER!!"

He fell to one knee and conjured more tendrils,

Slashing toward the entity.

But his power… too weak.

The thing devoured it all.

"Wh–?!"

He collapsed.

Kael, enraged, rushed forward,

Biting into strange pills.

His body grew massive,

Arms bulging with muscle.

With one punch—

The creature was hurled far into the distance.

And then—

A blade slashed across its back.

From behind…

Dr. Alrin.

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