Chapter 389
The being’s appearance was clearly hybrid, but only its head—a scaled ratman’s head without fur and with eight eyes—made that immediately obvious.
The being had two scaled hands, and behind its back, multiple spider legs moved constantly. Sknull held his breath as the being walked forward, with ratmen clearing its path.
It glanced at the priest and spoke, "I will keep the mages occupied. Deal with the ogres and ensure the city is taken for our goddess."
It didn’t wait for a response before leaping, easily reaching the city and passing through the breach.
The monstrous Alpha, a grotesque fusion of rat and spider blessed by Vorenza, landed with a resounding thud, scattering rubble and sending tremors through the already damaged street. Below, the ratmen and hybrids surged through the opening, a tide of clawing limbs and chittering mandibles.
But the true threat, the reason for this desperate gambit, stood arrayed against the hybrid: ten archmages, their robes shimmering with arcane energy.
The presence of the creature got the attention of the mages but what made them take it seriously was the heavy abyss breath released by the creature.
The mages in vigilance, got up higher to the sky. The Alpha eyes took in the appearance of the ten mages as it took a squatting position before it took to the sky with a jump.
As the hybrid roared and launched itself forward, the mages responded with coordinated precision. Two mages, chanting in unison, raised shimmering shields of force, deflecting the initial charge. The hybrid slammed into the shields, the impact creating a shockwave that rippled through the air, but the shields held.