"They had guns but they were useless, these people wanted to capture me alive!" Charles immediately noticed the weapons in their hands as he was being tied up.
Just as the stingray was about to stab Charles in the back with its poisonous tail, a sound of flesh tearing erupted, and the transparent stingray was torn directly in half, revealing a huge Bat Monster perched on the rooftop.
An extremely piercing sonic wave burst out of the bat's mouth, and as the roof tiles around them quickly crumbled, the encircling crowd covered their ears and retreated backward.
Once the crisis had somewhat subsided, Charles spread his wings, preparing to fly toward the docks.
However, the opposition obviously wouldn't let it be that simple; a tentacle, like a black withered branch, stretched out from behind a nearby window, wrapping directly around Charles's neck and forcefully pulling downward.
