The crunching sound rang through the forest, sending chills down the spine of those hearing it. The fairy inside the prison looked at the being emerging from the darkness.
Crunch. Crunch. Crunch.
The darkness covered the being from head to toe, and it rippled like a flame. It was munching on the fairy's head with its long, sharp teeth before it spat out its head.
"What...."
The fairy's body began shaking at the sudden death of its companion. It had no idea how this being slipped past their notice and how it effortlessly crushed their barrier.
Their queen blessed the fairies with a barrier that protected them from most physical and elemental attacks. However, the darkness destroyed the barrier as if it was nothing.
The head rolled on the ground to reveal the fairy's lifeless face—and the monster opened its jaw again to devour something ethereal coming out of its body.
