Extra's Rise: I Stole All The Women In The Hero's Party

The sunlight blinded him for a second — but then his vision cleared.

The lakeside was in chaos.

Multiple monsters — dozens of them — had emerged from the trees surrounding the clearing.

Some were canine-like, with black fur and glowing green eyes.

Others were taller, with bulky arms and razor-sharp claws.

Their growls were guttural and monstrous, echoing through the clearing like a chorus of hellspawn.

His party was already in the thick of it.

His boots skidded violently against the muddy shore as he landed, a cough erupting from his throat as lake water spilled out of his mouth.

He barely had time to recover before the massive shape slithered up behind him, dragging a wave of water and pressure with it.

The beast — no, Eclipse — was already coiling its massive body, muscles shifting unnaturally beneath obsidian-black scales.

Then, like some cursed evolution, its serpentine form began to twist, joints cracking, wings sprouting as the silhouette contorted into something far more terrifying.