Chapter 789: Absurd Creatures, An Unforeseen Threat to New Infanta Settlement (2/2)

”AHH!!”

Before everyone could react, screams and shouts echoed as they noticed the sky above them.

”Fall back! FALL BACK!”

Major Bautista hurriedly ordered as they faced the unexpected situation.

It was raining with large elongated things they had yet to identify. What they were sure of, however, these things flew off from the veil of dust and smoke to the sky.

The soldiers quickly abandoned their positions. Some of them moved even before the order came. They could not be blamed, however. There were countless of these elongated things that came flying everywhere.

Major Bautista's order and the response of the soldiers were quick. But even with that, their speed was not enough. Many soldiers closest to where the creature fell were hit by the elongated things.

And there, they realized what these elongated objects were. About as thick as an adult's arm and about two meters long with a flesh-like appearance and texture. The soldiers were sure these things were the tentacles of that creature. But why did these things go flying all of a sudden?

Knowing that these things were the creature's tentacles did not make the did make the situation any better, although it gave the soldiers courage to take off the tentacles that landed on their bodies and throw them away as they retreated.

That was when the horror started.

A soldier had a tentacle land on his right shoulder. He immediately grabbed it to throw it away when he felt something wrap on his neck. The squishy and sticky feeling on his neck and the smell of rotting flesh was not something pleasant to experience. But that was the least of his concern as he was unable to remove the tightening grip of the tentacle as it began to constrict his neck.

The soldier fell down, unable to breathe. His mouth was wide open as he tried to gasp for air. Two of his comrades stopped to help the poor soldier. But they were late.

The widely opened mouth of the soldier was suddenly assaulted with the taste of rotting flesh. That was when the soldier noticed that the tentacle that was constricting him began to make its way into his body through his mouth.

With his eyes wide open, the soldier struggled. He pulled hard on the tentacle that was entering his mouth but failed to do so. Even so, he continued to pull it out.

It was when his eyes dilated in pain.

The two comrades of the soldier could only stop on their tracks as they saw the soldier's head get torn from his neck and fall to the ground, making the rest of the tentacle slip through his mouth.

”Sh*t!”

One of the two cursed, seeing the death of the soldier.

It was not only that soldier who experienced such a painful death. There were others who were just as unlucky as him.

They were mistaken. These things were not just tentacles. It became apparent when each soldier was beheaded the same way, with the supposed tentacles constricting their victims and entering their mouths.

But the beheaded soldiers fell on the ground, lifeless. However, it did not take long for all of them to slowly stand up once again. The tentacles that entered their bodies pierced bloody holes and coiled in and out of their bodies, with both ends dangling out of the holes disgustingly.

”What the f*ck is this.”

Jones cursed out loud, seeing the unfortunate spectacle before them. They just lost many soldiers in a short time without any of them being able to react at all.

The dead soldiers aside, there were also a large number of those tentacles squirming around, obviously chasing after the retreating soldiers.

”Retreat and regroup!”

Major Bautista urgently ordered through the radio.

With what was going on, they needed to stop these creatures even more.

”Dad, look.”

Karlene called out to her father, pointing somewhere.

Major Bautista turned to his daughter and saw that she was pointing at where the explosions of the landmines occurred.

The smoke and dust had not dissipated entirely, but it was now easier to see through it. Those that saw that were shocked.

There was nothing there was but a headless rotting corpse of a cow, filled with holes and legs missing from the explosion. It was far different from what they saw before, with it being a fleshy creature.

It also appeared that the body of the cow somehow blew up, seeing how ragged it was, having a large hole on it. It might have been the cause of the sudden spread of these things.

”Are those parasites...”

Alana, who was also present to participate, muttered. Being an Otaku herself, she had seen such kinds of motifs for creatures and stuff.

”Parasites... How did you come to that conclusion?”

Major Bautista heard Alana's mutter and asked in dismay.

”I'm not really sure, but it's just how it looked like. When the previous host lost its legs, it's rendered unusable so these parasites began to seek new hosts. That huge creature before might be a cluster of parasites and not just one creature.”

Alana explained, not mentioning her actual reason to deduce the situation. Who would accept that she speculated as such because of a zombie game?

In any case, there was no doubt that Alana's deduction was the closest to the current situation.

”Major! What are we going to do next?”

A soldier called towards Major Bautista in desperation. They just saw their comrades die and turn into shambling worm-coiled monsters. It was not surprising that they were all desperate for many reasons.

If it was the normal circumstances, just firing their guns would be plausible. But worm-like creatures of this size were hard to aim at, at a distance. However, getting up close was also not a good thing, considering how fast these worms move after closing in towards a potential host.

It was a dilemma. But all they could do was face it.

Finally, Major Bautista gave the order.

”Men! Take aim and fire! Don't bother conserving bullets! If these things reach the settlement, we will be done for!”

And there, the sounds of gunshots finally ensued.

The parasites became riddled with holes. But to everyone's surprise, none of them seemed to be dying at all. Even with their bodies damaged, some torn into two by the bullets... Both ends of the parasites would move towards the direction of their potential hosts.