Shota's Isekai NTR Adventure Chapter 2013: Same source? (2)

At the beginning, the monsters showed no reaction, but this quickly shifted.

Before much time passed, several of them began to bulge just like the orcs did upon touching that identical force.

Everyone could see that these creatures were about to undergo the identical transformation.

"Get away from them!" I yelled toward the backup troops from the racial alliance.

Confusion gripped them even harder upon hearing my words, yet they sensed the peril in what was unfolding. The ominous shift overtaking the monsters was impossible to ignore.

Thus, they retreated swiftly as the beasts continued to expand.

While some monsters bloated and writhed in agony, others pressed on relentlessly. It was like they ignored the torment of their fellow creatures entirely.

Apparently, their sole obsession was the pull exerted by that force.

Regret came too late once they slammed into the energy barrier ahead.

Though monsters lacked deep thoughts, it didn't imply their minds were completely empty.

Upon colliding with the barrier formed by the qilin, they mirrored the response of the earlier ones.

Right then, awareness dawned on them about the issue with the previous monsters. At last, they spotted the distortions emerging in those others.

Escape was their desire, yet the qilin's energy barrier held them fast.

The qilin pulled more from my strength, but sharing the load made it far from exhausting.

A strange harmony linked us, boosting our combined might.

This revelation only solidified a certain suspicion.

The force wielded by the qilin appeared to originate from a matching origin. It matched the essence of my divine energy.

Should that hold true, it suggested this force was...

Deeper I delved into the idea, and greater grew the peril it evoked.

Ultimately, I shoved the notion aside and decided to let it fade from concern.

Rather, my attention turned to the beasts arrayed before us.

Halting them posed no real issue, yet their numbers were overwhelming. Not every one had rushed the energy web so far, leaving plenty still approaching.

No fatigue came from containing them now, but a full assault could spell trouble.

That explained my next move...

"Raise the power." I instructed the qilin.

My intent was clear to the qilin, prompting a brief nod of agreement.

This step demanded extra effort from us than earlier, but necessity justified it.

To avoid being swamped, we amplified the force to eliminate some captives first. Keeping the situation under control was vital to prevent overload.

"Boom!"

With heightened intensity, blasts echoed soon after.

These bursts came from the monsters rupturing at their limits, bloated by the force. It marked the unleashing of all that accumulated power within them.

As the haze cleared, the outcome surpassed our expectations.

Moreover, the blasts' scale became evident from spotting the harmed versus the unscathed.

Since the monsters clustered densely along the energy web, many suffered from the detonations.

Those wounds revealed the true potency of the blasts.

"If we were to keep a few monsters and send them out...they could be used as living bombs." The idea crossed my mind unbidden, but I dismissed it at once.

Monsters they might be, yet exploiting their existence this way seemed off.

Besides, such blasts wouldn't harm our actual foes. Lacking divine energy, they held no threat to the forces of Destruction.

As the creatures thinned out, room opened for the next waves to advance.

Despite the detonations erupting nearby, the monsters showed no hesitation. Their tunnel vision drove them straight toward their goal.

In the end, I entrusted the beast-handling to the qilin, confident in its solo capability.

My focus shifted to the bond now linking me and the qilin.

Specifically, I examined the force the qilin employed.

More precisely, I probed the reason for its familiar sensation.

Merely seeking its unique traits yielded no insights. Concentrating on the force alone brought no clarity.

Thus, I turned to observing its impacts instead.

"It’s that, isn’t it..." I whispered to myself while eyeing the monsters.

Nothing else fit, as only that specific force could trigger such evolution in the beasts.

Excess of it proved harmful, yet proper channeling clearly aided their growth.

Hence, just one type of force could achieve such feats.

The issue lay with the deity tied to this force...