The response was immediate.

—Kuiehahahohahiiii!

A strange and indescribable voice burst out Finel’s mouth. Including her body, all the meat clumps she gathered swelled up simultaneously.

—Kieahhhh!

All the lips let out different, individual screams, but they didn’t last long, as a blue ray of light began to shoot out of all the eyes, nose, lips, and ears. It was mana, an overwhelming one that was impossible to fully wrap one’s mind around. The mana was powerful enough to even make Zich take a step away. Zich and Lyla met each other’s eyes. Without even needing to nod their heads or say anything, they both distanced themselves from the torrent of mana. 

‘Those guys…’

Zich looked for Hans, Snoc, and Elena. As if they also felt something highly unusual, they were distancing themselves as farthest away from the meat clumps that they had been fighting as possible. Zich and Lyla joined them.

—Ahhhhhh! Ah! Ahhhhhh!

Finel shrieked desperately. Her cries were distressing enough to make any listeners grimace, including even her own opponents. Except for Zich, all the party members’ expressions...