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She gazed in the direction of the city with some lingering fear. The monk's final method was extremely restrained, and had she not detonated herself decisively, she probably would have been killed by now.
This made the monster, who had thought herself to have an undying body, retract her arrogance.
A glint of greed flashed in her eyes, and her body's instinct urged her to rush into the city to devour the humans living within, but her rationality made her stop in her tracks.
Charging into the city now, in her weakened state, would be akin to seeking death.
She turned to leave, planning to find another city to enter and feed properly.
But she discovered, unknowingly, a man and a woman had appeared behind her.
"It's you!"
Upon recognizing the woman's face, the monster couldn't help exclaiming in shock and instinctively tried to flee.
