"Come on, Saria, this is our shared battle."
In the room, among the remaining conscious people, several Structure Department researchers covered their mouths, looking at the big-headed dolls floating and forming around them. But several other researchers from different departments looked at the reactions of those around them with odd expressions.
"What is that thing?"
"What are you… looking at—is the Director getting married?"
They seemed to see nothing, staring blankly at the stunned others around them, somewhat at a loss.
Clearly, the former were all people who had experienced that illusion event; their Insight had appeared from nothing. The latter, having never been tainted by strange beings, naturally could not see these monsters.
"Skadi, Kaltsit!"
"Yes!"
"You don't need to tell me—Mon3tr!"
Goki's eyes narrowed, and he immediately shouted to his two companions. Skadi and Kaltsit also nodded immediately; one made the air crack with a sonic boom, and the other made the crystalline behemoth leave afterimages.
Soon, on the field, a cracking sound came from behind the necks of the remaining researchers, then they closed their eyes and fell to the ground.
Kaltsit was skilled at this process, but Skadi was not good at knocking people out, always breaking a bone or two in the process… Never mind, it's not a big deal in Terra anyway.
This was certainly not meant to leave the researchers on the ground to feed the monsters, but to protect these weaklings' lives.
Including the Mind-suckers, these kin of the Daughter of the Cosmos cared more about human Souls and minds than human flesh.
In their eyes, besides the power of the Great Ones, the most valuable things to absorb were human Insight and sanity. They inflicted very little physical harm but caused extremely powerful mental damage.
For these ordinary people, falling unconscious would not make these divine kin give up eating their brains, but it could at least slow down the activity of their minds.
Compared to these slow-minded unconscious individuals, these monsters before them clearly preferred to devour things with active minds and alluring auras emanating from their bodies.
For example, Goki, the Director, and… Ifrit.
"Ah, what are these disgusting things—Brother Goki, Saria!"
Not far away, Little Fire Dragon finally woke up, looking at the big-headed dolls nearby and the Mind-suckers with sea anemones on their heads. She immediately hugged Silence and Ptilopsis beside her, her small face filled with fear.
And on the tip of her tail, a fierce flame instinctively ignited—making her look even more like a Little Fire Dragon.
"I will protect you all—this is… a sedative from Goki. If you feel you can't maintain your rationality, drink it."
Beside her, Kaltsit handed several small bottles of turbid liquid that Goki had given her to Silence and Ptilopsis, her tone full of struggle.
She deeply despised these unknown, unverified medicines, but she couldn't analyze the ingredients of this sedative no matter what, and it had been proven that it was much more effective than medical sedatives in protecting against the madness brought by the gods.
Although a professional doctor, Kaltsit could only distribute these unverified medicines against her conscience.
Immediately after, she turned her head, her gaze calm, and looked at the Director.
"See, I told you on the day you graduated—you still have much to learn."
She had lived for so long, believed she understood many unknown things, yet she couldn't even analyze the ingredients of the sedatives and antidotes Goki brought.
Not to mention her apprentice, who was only in her thirties.
"Alright, I admit… it's my fault, but I don't know where I went wrong."
The Director lowered her head dejectedly, her slender Caprini tail wagging back and forth behind her.
She had never imagined that her recklessness would plunge the entire Rhine Lab into crisis, and even now, she didn't understand where her supposedly foolproof safety measures had gone wrong.
"That's the problem, Madam Director. Never try to understand the power of these things from a human perspective—the path is wrong, the more knowledge, the more reactionary, and these non-human entities will never give you the correct path."
Goki patted the Director's shoulder, instantly replacing the silver sword in his hand with a serrated spear.
Goki knew exactly what the enemy before him feared.
"I told you, old boss, you shouldn't have crossed the line—never mind, now is not the time to talk about this. When the danger is over, someone will settle the score for the sins you've committed."
Saria's face remained stern, her hands forming luminous enamel. Even though it was her first time seeing these illusory monsters before her, she showed no fear.
"Goki, did you come here just to hunt these monsters? Is your purpose to search for these twisted existences worldwide and slaughter them all?"
Turning her head, Saria's orange eyes looked at Goki, surprised to find that a smile still lingered on his face.
However, it was not the gentle smile he wore when looking at her, but a more cruel, more excited grin.
"Of course not. My purpose in coming to Rhine Lab… also includes you. This is the final battle. You can use this opportunity to think about how you plan to live with Ifrit in the future—mother of my child?"
Goki looked at this young and powerful Vouivre / Wyvern, who remained calm in the face of deities, raised an eyebrow, and said in a joking manner.
The next second, the metal wall already cut by Mon3tr finally collapsed with a roar, falling from above and smashing into the empty courtyard.
Howling and roaring, the gale outside the window blew knife-like raindrops into the room.
"Hiss——————"
The next second, more big-headed dolls materialized from the illusion, waving their arms, rushing towards the living beings present as if seeking an embrace.
"Skadi! Let's go—both for this world, and for Ifrit!"
And Goki, picking up the weapon in his hand, charged with nimble movements towards the kin of those deities.
[Nona Doll, although I really want to add strength, it seems I can't this time—come on, it's time for some enjoyable spending.]
In the storm, only the guardian stood unyielding.
Owl shocked!.
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