Deviant: No Longer Human

"Roger!"

The soldiers around her snapped to attention, galvanized by her commanding presence.

Despite the reinforcements from the Pantheon network and the Guardians, the situation was dire.

They had cutting-edge technology at their disposal—guns and shields capable of taking down a Commander-class beast with a single shot—but it wasn\'t enough.

The sheer number of beasts was overwhelming.

Hundreds of minions blotted out the sky, their ugly forms a constant reminder of the impending doom.

Below, a horde of shadow wolves tore into anything they could reach, their jaws ripping flesh and bone with savage grin.

The ground was littered with the remains of those unfortunate enough to be caught in their path.

"These beasts… there\'s just too many of them!" Amaya muttered under her breath, her mind in chaos as she surveyed the battlefield.

Commander-class beasts were very strong, often requiring two master martial artists to suppress.

But today, there were far worse threats among them—General-Class Venomwing Reapers.

The Venomwing Reapers were nightmares given form.

Ten feet long, these terrifying creatures had black, razor-sharp claws and piercing purple eyes that glowed with malevolent intelligence.

Resembling mutated wyverns, these beasts were in fact a twisted evolution of crows, capable of single-handedly taking down multiple Great-Grandmasters.

Their bodies were covered in thick, impenetrable scales, and they had a deadly arsenal at their disposal.

They could shoot their poisonous feathers like a barrage of blades and emit a toxic, green mist that could dissolve flesh in seconds.

"Six of them…" Amaya\'s eyes narrowed as she counted the Venomwing Reapers hovering ominously above the city.

Her heart sank. \'Even for me, taking on one is a challenge, but six?\'

Normally, Amaya would have had no problem dealing with a single Venomwing Reaper.

As a deviant, her strength was already great, but the introduction of Aether had elevated her abilities further, allowing her to break into the Great-Grandmaster class of strength.

However, this wasn\'t a normal day.

The city\'s skies were teeming with death, and she couldn\'t take them all on alone.

\'How the hell did these General-Class beasts infiltrate the capital?\'

Amaya thought, bewildered and pale faced, \'Commander-class beasts are rare enough, but General-Class? They\'re supposed to dwell deep within the darkest forests, far from human cities. This shouldn\'t be happening!\'

"Ah—!"

Her thoughts were interrupted as a minion swooped in from above, its claws raking across her arm, tearing through the fabric of her sleeve and leaving a shallow cut.

Splurt!

Blood welled up from the wound, and Amaya hissed in pain.

Hiss!

"Ugh! Damn you all!" Amaya growled, her eyes blazing with fury.

In an instant, her hands morphed into razor-sharp claws, glinting with a dark scales.

She moved, and the world blurred around her as she unleashed her wrath upon the horde.

SHHHHK! SHHHHK!

In a flurry of motion, Amaya tore through dozens of minions and shadow wolves, her claws slicing through their bodies like a hot knife through butter.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

The beasts fell in droves, their blood painting the ground red.

The soldiers behind her could only watch in awe, their amazement growing with each beast that fell at her feet.

"Don\'t just stand there, shoot them!" Amaya yelled, her voice snapping the soldiers out of their stupor.

The men and women around her scrambled to obey, raising their photon guns and firing into the oncoming wave of beasts.

What\'s happening in this city?

She thought, her frustration mounting with each passing second. "This is the capital, the most secure region in the entire nation. How could so many beasts appear at once?.."

She slashed through another wave of minions, her movements growing more frantic.

\'Damn it! This shouldn\'t be happening!\'

Overhead, the Venomwing Reapers circled like vultures, their purple eyes gleaming with killing intent.

The situation was growing more desperate by the second, and the skies showed no sign of clearing.

Ka—boom!

Rumble... Rumble...

As if answering Amaya\'s question, the sky itself suddenly tore open, the once ominous clouds parting like a curtain to reveal something far worse.

A colossal creature, its sheer size spanning tens of kilometers in length and five kilometers in width, descended upon the city, covering the entire sky with its monstrous form.

The air blasted itself with an overpowering sense of dread, as if the heavens themselves had unleashed a nightmare.

The creature\'s body was transparent like a jelly fish, a ghostly leviathan that defied the natural order.

From its massive frame extended spiky tendrils that lashed out with devastating force, smashing buildings to rubble in an instant.

BAM! BAM! BAM!

But it wasn\'t just its size that sent waves of terror through those who witnessed it—it was the eyes.

Hundreds, perhaps thousands of enormous, eerie eyes, each one different from the other, covered its body, staring down at the city as if staring at ants.

The sight of it sent a chill through the very marrow of those who beheld it.

It was a terror that defied comprehension, freezing the blood in their veins.

"W-What\'s that...?" a soldier whispered, his voice trembling, as he dropped to his knees.

The creature\'s aura was so overwhelming that many around him followed suit, unable to stand under its oppressive presence.

The sky darkened further, as if the creature\'s enormous body had swallowed the sun, casting the entire city into shadow.

"Mom... Look at that..." Wang Xueying muttered, her voice barely a whisper.

Her fingers clutched Xinyue Zhilan\'s sleeve, her terrified gaze locked on the monstrous being above.

Xinyue\'s face was pale, her heart hammering in her chest as she stared up at the abomination.

\'This... this isn\'t possible. How could something like this even exist?\'

Back in Shanghai, they had rarely encountered even Commander-level beasts, creatures that were formidable but ultimately manageable.

But this... this thing that now loomed over them was on an entirely different scale.

It was beyond anything they had ever imagined, a creature that made even the mightiest of Commanders seem like ants.

"What the fuck is that!" one of the soldiers outside the barrier shouted, his voice tinged with panic.

He and his comrades had been tasked with guarding the VIPs, but now they were cursing and swearing, their will shattered by the horror that had appeared before them.

Amaya, who had been holding her ground against the minions and shadow wolves, suddenly froze.

Her usually sharp, confident eyes widened in disbelief. "T-Thats..." she stammered, unable to form a coherent thought.

The sheer terror of the creature\'s presence had struck her dumb.

What... what is that?

She searched for any explanation, but there was nothing.

There were no records, no legends, no warnings of such a creature existing in the world.

Even her instincts, honed through countless battles, screamed that this being was at least two classes higher than her—possibly even a Sovereign-Class Beast.

But that was impossible.