Shadow Slave

The Wolves were pushing the abominations back. A team of specialists already gained access to the reserve control station of the city's automated defense systems, working on bringing them those that had not been destroyed, at least — online. Makeshift barricades were being constructed, and there was even a trickle of civilians being guided to the shelter, already.

Effie had assisted her soldiers as best she could.

She had personally eliminated the most threatening abominations in the vicinity of the Wolf Army and made sure that her soldiers were not overwhelmed by the tide of abominations. But now, to make sure that they were not annihilated, she had to sortie into the city and face the enemy on her own.

Fighting a titan was not a problem. Effie was plenty titanic herself… however, this time, there were two walking calamities approaching her soldiers.

One was a towering giant, not much smaller than she was, his body carved from obsidian stone. The giant had six hands, each holding an archaic weapon. His head had four bestial faces, one on each side, waterfalls of blood spilling from four terrible maws.

The bastard had swallowed countless humans, and was hungering for more.

The other titan was grotesque and disgusting. It was vaguely insect-like in appearance, with a bulging, fleshy hump rising dozens of meters into the sky from its back. The chitinous body was almost invisible under that mountain of flesh, and there was a noxious miasma drifting around the revolting creature like a vile haze.

What troubled Effie the most was that there were two of the gargantuan abominations. Even worse, they were approaching the Wolf Army from different directions.

If she rushed to face one, the other would trample her soldiers, leaving none alive.

«Those fu… those wretched things!»

Usually, she would not have been miserly on the swear words, but ever since becoming a mother, Effie had been trying to clean up her speech.

With varying degrees of success.

Letting out a chilling growl, she threw a burning gaze at the obsidian giant, then turned away decisively and pushed her colossal body into an earth-shattering run.

The crawling horror was closer, and so, she had decided to deal with it first.

She had decided to do something else, as well… it was a bold new strategic solution that would not lose to the glorious genius of her patented slingshot maneuver. Of course, Effie would have to try her damnedest to make sure the thing actually worked…

Leaping over a sprawling park with one tremendous jump, she caused the ponds located on its premises to spill out of their shores with her thunderous landing, and barreled toward the titan.

The creature was enormous, but the top of its bulging hump barely reached her abdomen. Its flesh also seemed strangely porous… of course, Effie already knew why.

As she was closing in on the monstrosity, it crawled forward and straightened its segmented legs.

gargantuan hump of its back. Effie scowled and held her

Nevertheless, it was necessary.

flesh, expelling long plumes of the noxious miasma. It shrouded

Effie's face darkened.

been survivors in

…Not anymore.

«Curse you!»

was not

As they shot into the sky, the rods spread translucent wings, and unfolded segmented

each creature was at least

around the crawling titan, whose

«Ah, damnation…»

into a beautiful mask of polished steel that perfectly copied the contours of her face. A tall

«Here we go!»

sides, lingered for a moment, and then forcefully brought

resounded above the city, shaking

of miasma to explode with dust and crumble. The cloud itself was torn apart and pushed away from the city by the

monstrous dragonflies were dazed, a breach appearing in the defensive wall of abominations surrounding

enveloped the Crawling

against her torso, smearing disgusting fluid all across the polished breastplate. Struggling against the desire to retch, she dug her

feel the creature's sharp claws scratching against her shins

could withstand the attacks of the titan for a few seconds, especially before it regained its bearings and got serious about

are two hostile forces attacking from

in her colossal body. She rarely had a chance to push against the limits of her strength, but today was one

had never done something that crazy before — at least not after becoming a

long and compromise her soldiers. She felt confident that she could kill the Crawling Horror, but not that she

So…

«Aargh!»

escaped from beneath

muscles would burst, and her spine would

into the ground. At the same time, the titan's segmented legs…

Effie pulled upward… And lifted the gargantuan body of the Crawling

«S-so heavy…»

stop at that,