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

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

Before long, several of them began to balloon outward, mirroring the orcs' response upon encountering that very same force.

Evidently, these creatures were destined for the identical fate.

"Get away from them!" I yelled toward the arriving forces from the racial alliance.

Confusion gripped them upon hearing my command, yet they recognized the peril unfolding. The transformation overtaking the monsters screamed danger.

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

While some monsters bloated and writhed in agony, others pressed onward undeterred. It was like their suffering meant nothing to these relentless foes.

Apparently, the pull of that energy was their sole obsession.

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

Monsters might be basic in thought, but they weren't entirely mindless.

Upon colliding with the qilin's energy wall, they mirrored the reactions of their predecessors.

Right then, awareness dawned on them about the anomalies in the others. At last, they spotted the distortions emerging in those afflicted beasts.

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

I felt the qilin pulling deeper from my reserves, but sharing the load made it far from exhausting.

It felt like a harmonious link between us, amplifying our strengths mutually.

This resonance only solidified a certain suspicion.

The qilin's energy clearly stemmed from a matching origin. It aligned closely with my divine energy's source.

Should that hold true, this force would imply...

The deeper my contemplation went, the more ominous that notion grew.

Ultimately, I shoved it aside in my mind, opting to dismiss the concern.

My attention turned instead to the horde arrayed before us.

Halting them posed no real issue, but their numbers were overwhelming. Not every one had plunged into the energy trap yet, leaving plenty still at large.

Maintaining the barrier strained nothing now, though a full assault could prove troublesome.

Hence the need for action...

"Raise the power." I instructed the qilin.

Grasping my intent immediately, the qilin offered a brief nod.

Admittedly, this demanded greater expenditure than earlier, but necessity justified it.

We boosted the intensity to eradicate portions of the swarm before accumulation spiraled. Control was essential to avoid being overrun.

"Boom!"

With the surge in strength, blasts echoed swiftly.

These detonations marked the monsters rupturing at their limits from the infused energy. It signaled the violent purge of the accumulated force within them.

As the haze cleared, the outcome surpassed our expectations.

Moreover, it gauged the blasts' reach, revealing the injured and unscathed alike.

The beasts clustered densely along the energy net, so numerous suffered from the chain reactions.

Those wounds revealed the raw potency of the eruptions.

"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, though I dismissed it at once.

Monsters they may be, yet exploiting their demise this way struck me as distasteful.

Besides, such bursts wouldn't harm our true adversaries. Lacking divine essence, they offered no threat to the forces of Destruction.

As the explosions thinned the ranks, room opened for trailing invaders.

Despite the chaos erupting nearby, the monsters charged heedlessly. Their fixation drove them forward without pause.

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

Rather, I delved into the bond linking me to the qilin.

Specifically, my focus lay on the qilin's energy itself.

More precisely, I probed the sense of familiarity it evoked.

Merely scrutinizing its unique traits yielded no insights. Concentrating solely on it brought no revelations.

Thus, I shifted to examining its impacts.

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

Nothing else fit, for only that energy type could trigger such monstrous evolution.

Excess proved toxic to them, yet proper channeling clearly spurred their growth.

Hence, just one energy form qualified for this effect.

The issue hinged on the deity tied to this power...