[BL] Daily Disposable Persona

51: The Astrologer 05

As the cell phone suddenly rang, a Western female voice soared directly to the high notes, making it sound even more conspicuous.

Zong Yan's phone was set to vibrate and mute year-round. It was only Ye JingMing's phone that could have rung.

Zong Yan: "..."

He immediately retreated back into the shadows.

An instant later, a dark green tentacle ripped the curtain to shreds. A dripping coat of slime corroded the cloth everywhere it landed.

Okay, that was a bit too fierce.

Zong Yan took a deep breath and finally managed to retrieve the creature's details from his memory.

C-rank otherworldly creature: shoggoth. The usual image was a large mass of wild, demonically-dancing tentacles covered with glowing eyes, combined with a terrible smell.

Although shoggoths were just a low-level subordinate race, their combat effectiveness was the best in their class. If not for their limited intelligence they might have been ranked among the higher monsters.

It was because of their lack of brains that shoggoths were usually enslaved by stronger species. They were rarely used by evil gods. The Outer Gods had their own, superior slaves, who served them exclusively. Though Zong Yan wasn't sure how much better they had to be compared to mindless creatures like shoggoths.

After hundreds of millions of years of enslavement, shoggoths finally rose up and launched the first rebellion in their history.

The result was a spectacular failure. They were enslaved even worse.

Although this creature was C-rank, it wasn't that difficult to deal with. It could be damaged by both physical attacks and magic patterns.

"Wu wu wu—"

When Ye JingMing heard the familiar ringtone he widened his eyes. His clothes had been corroded by mucus. If it weren't for the heavy fabric of his Inuyasha outfit, he probably would have lost a layer of skin.

Saving lives was important.

Because of the sudden noise, all the black and green tentacles in the room slowly rose up, leaving nauseating traces of black slime on the pale walls. Those eyes shining in the darkness were ready to strike at the intruder in the shadows.

Zong Yan silently moved from the windowsill and revealed a pair of scarlet eyes in the shadows of the ceiling.

He was waiting, waiting for the perfect shot.

Countless white bones stained with blood and bits of flesh were scattered on the floor of the anatomy room. The mucosal membrane of the shoggoth was still dripping onto the bones, most of which belonged to frog and rabbit specimens.

Zong Yan scanned the room and didn't see any human bones for the time being. His inner tension relaxed a little.

Ye JingMing might be the first human caught by this shoggoth. Zong Yan saw that the tips of its tentacles were trembling. It wanted to enjoy this human delicacy quickly.

Of course, the person lying on the dissection table was trembling too.

An unknown item had been stuffed in Ye JingMing's mouth. At the moment his eyes were wide open.

Because he saw a familiar face on the ceiling.

Compared to Zong Yan's usual look, this gray-haired, red-eyed version of him was obviously pretty bizarre. It was also sharp enough to pierce most people through the heart.