Strange Occurrence

After a few minutes, the group of monsters were nearly at the heart of the town. The auras of those inhabitants of the town were getting clearer and clearer as they drew close. Most of them were just commoners, and there were definitely a few Chosens, though their strength was on the weaker side of the spectrum. This meant they were either quite weak as Chosens, or they were trying to suppress their auras.

The devilslave army were slowly walking towards the center.

At last, Toro and his group came to a stop right next to a three-story tall building. In the street beyond this building would be the area where everyone was at.

As Dark Shadow was about to cross the street to look, Toro suddenly called out to him. "Hold on! Something's wrong here!!"

"Eh?" Startled by his cry, Dark Shadow turned to look, "What's the matter?"

"Listen!!" Toro's face looked grim, "Do you realize we haven't heard any voices or sound ever since we entered the town?!"

"Voices?" Dark Shadow and the monster soldiers blinked at first, though they too quickly looked grim when they realized Toro was correct.

He was right!! No one in their group had heard even a peep since they entered the town! It was one thing to not hear a thing at the town gate, but to be so close to the center where hundreds of people would be, it was still deathly quiet here!

That was….far too suspicious!

Everyone had been far too focused on trying to sense for any auras in the buildings as they walked down the streets. Because they had been used to not hearing any sound since the beginning, they had practically forgotten how strange that was!

The dark shadow monster leapt several dozen meters into the sky to take a closer look.

"..."

As soon as he did, he suddenly went as still as a board. His eyes widened in shock as if he had seen something unbelievable.

No one moved as they watched him.

Toro who finally couldn't handle the suspense asked Dark Shadow.

"What in the world is going on? What can you see?"

Dark Shadow who went silent, startled by Toro's voice. "There's….there's no one…."

"What?" With how quiet he was, Toro didn't hear him. "There's no what?"

Eyes still straining wide open in shock, Dark Shadow repeated what he said, "There's...there's no one here at all!!"

No one?" Everyone spoke. The monster soldiers were startled when they heard what Dark Shadow said.

"What kind of joke are you playing at?" Toro cried out, "There's hundreds of people here, how can there be no one? Forget it. I'll go myself."

He leapt up into the air to get to where Dark Shadow was. When he looked over, his jaw immediately dropped wide open to be as stiff as Dark Shadow was. "What….what the f*ck!! There really isn't anyone! What is going on here?!"

The reactions of the two confused the devilslave army. Leaping up into the skies, they went to look for themselves.

And when they looked down to where the center of the town was….

There really wasn't anyone there!!

A giant plaza stood at the center of the town. Where everyone felt the auras of the inhabitants and few Chosens, not even a single person could actually be seen there!!

Even though they couldn't see it, everyone could clearly sense that hundreds of auras were right where they were looking at!

Sensing a person's aura and not seeing the actual person was one thing. But to sense the auras of hundreds of people and not see them was another!

This was a freakish situation of the utmost proportions. no one in the group had no idea what in the world was going on here and were shocked.

The auras of everyone here looked different to one another at first. But now that they were all focusing on it, Toro and Dark Shadow as well as the monster soldiers realized that at the very root of all the auras, the way they were all fluctuating were….identical to one another!

"Bzz..."

As if touching upon something when they looked closely at it, all of them started to hear a buzzing sound, and then, something began to stir!!

It was as if something realized the intrusion on the auras. Like a flickering television signal, the auras flickered for one last time before disappearing!!

In a single instance, hundreds of auras had disappeared all at once as if they hadn't existed in the first place!

Everyone was so startled by the sight that some of them let out a strangled cry. They scanned the area but felt nothing in response. It was as if the auras they sensed earlier had only been an illusion.

"Hum!"

The ground underneath the devilslave army immediately started to shake. Tendrils of shadow like tentacles came flying out from underneath with one tendril wrapping around a monster soldier on the side and pulling him under!

Toro and the rest were startled by this sudden situation!

While they were in shock, The other tendrils shot forth like snakes to coil around the retreating monster soldiers.

"Aahhh!!!"

At the same time, the high-pitched scream of Dark Shadow could be heard throughout the town!