Chapter 110: Poisoning

Yuki touched the Ultraman key, bracing against the scorching wind as he gazed upon the gradually collapsing "armory" warehouse and its surrounding garrison.

The residents of the Upper District were also shaken by this sudden upheaval.

At first, when they saw the "sky dome" open, they showed little reaction. They had lived comfortably here, never imagining they would have to leave or longing for the stars. But when fifty enormous beasts appeared just five hundred meters from their homes, wreaking havoc without any order, fear overwhelmed them, and they fled in droves.

At that moment, the "Infusion" skill’s original 197/200 instantly plummeted to 147/200. As Yuki activated more and more Sandriases, this number kept falling wildly. Yet, beyond a certain threshold, the value began to rise again.

89...126...145...169...189.

Finally, the number under "Infusion" stabilized at 200/200. Meanwhile, the number beside "Gate" originally at 8/10 flickered once, rose to 9/10, and ultimately settled at 10/10.

From afar, the wind carried terrified screams to Yuki’s ears.

Over a hundred Sandriases nearly filled half the city, staggering about mindlessly, destroying everything within sight.

Soon, the disaster zone expanded. Warehouses sheltering other monsters were demolished, and their inhabitants spilled out, some fleeing in panic, others joining the fray of destruction, or fighting amongst themselves.

This chaotic scene made one wonder if this was not a hive city, but a graveyard for monsters.

The most devastated area was the armory garrison and the surrounding Upper District. If only a few Sandriases had escaped, the armory could have mounted a counterattack. But with over a hundred beasts unleashed, this hellish spectacle crushed morale to zero. Soldiers lacked the courage even to raise their weapons; effective resistance was unimaginable, and many simply vanished.

The barracks, trampled underfoot by the beasts, were reduced to rubble more efficiently than any battering ram could have achieved.

No one knew how much of the pulverized debris was mixed with the flesh and blood of soldiers who hadn’t escaped in time.

“So that’s it...” Yuki lowered his hand, and the pale blue panel of the Ultraman key vanished from his sight. He rubbed his eyes and turned to watch the chaos in the distance.

“The cost of using Grimde’s skill is likely... fear.”

“If I unleash Grimde’s skill and cause others to feel enough fear, the side effects on me will lessen, perhaps even vanish.”

“Conversely, if that doesn’t happen, I have to generate enough ‘fear’ myself to fill the gap.”

“When I teleported to the office of the Cosmic Technology Research Institute’s president—an empty office—I got hit by the side effects right away.”

“The second time, I teleported to the security room at the rocket launch base, frightening a guard. That time, the side effects came slowly and were mild.”

“The third time, teleporting into an empty rocket capsule, I fell into a terrifying hallucination—it was a nightmare.”

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