Weakest Beast Tamer Gets All SSS Dragons

Chapter 227: Chapter 227 - Taming the Finals (Unit 1) - 18

Chapter 227: Chapter 227 - Taming the Finals (Unit 1) - 18

The glow illuminated a scene that made everyone hold their breath. A huge chamber extended before them and moving throughout the chamber, dozens, no, hundreds of shadow stalkers awakened by the vibrations of the excavation.

"Shit," Roran whispered, his dog fully manifested beside him with the fur along its spine bristling. "It's the main hive of the area."

"Pull back," Shizu ordered Hikari, her voice low but urgent. "I'll seal this right now and we'll change direction…"

She couldn't finish her sentence. One of the shadow stalkers, apparently drawn by the firefly's light, had approached to investigate. Its sensory appendages stretched directly toward the small opening like probing fingers of mist. Before anyone could react, it began widening the hole, tearing at the edges.

"Look out!" Luna shouted.

Chaos erupted instantly. More shadow stalkers quickly joined the excavation efforts and began converging on the opening. 

Shizu tried desperately to close the hole, her hands splayed against the earth, channeling her power, but it was already too late. Tons of tentacles scraped at the entrance with their tiny claws at the tips, widening the aperture with each passing second.

The sound of scraping filled the tunnel, a nightmarish scratching that sent chills down everyone's spines.

"I can't push them back!" Shizu let them know, her wolverine struggling to contain the invasion. "Prepare to fight!"

The first shadow stalker forced its way into the tunnel, its tentacles thrashing violently as it searched for prey.

Mako and her night ambusher were the first to attack. The beast's razor-sharp claws sliced cleanly through the shadow stalker, separating its upper mass from its tentacles in one fluid motion. Pale blue fluid splattered across the tunnel walls, glowing faintly in the dim light.

Roran's dog launched itself at another creature with valiant ferocity, its fangs sinking deep into the shadow stalker's upper mass. The creature emitted a high-pitched shriek that echoed through the tunnel as it twisted, desperately trying to reach its attacker with its remaining tentacles. The dog growled through its mouthful of writhing flesh, refusing to release its grip even as the shadow stalker's body convulsed beneath it.