Chapter 121: Recruitment
“KyAAAAAAAH!!!”
The basement, which had nearly become a place of peace thanks to Whitney’s authority and mercy, was once again drowned in screams.
“S-Save me!!!”
The source of the scream, Ferris, despite having endured countless hardships and ordeals, couldn’t help but cry out like a child.
—Gyurururuk...
Anyone else would have reacted the same if a grotesque creature stretching out from Whitney’s arm had wrapped around their leg and started making suspicious sounds while slowly crawling upward.
“W-What is this thing!!!”
Even so, Ferris belatedly remembered the sword strapped at her waist. In a panic, she drew it and swung down at the slimy tentacle coiled around her leg.
“H-Huh?”
“...Gyuruk!”
But her blade, even reinforced with sword energy, merely passed through the tentacle, which jiggled like liquid, without offering any resistance.
“Mmgh...”