Evolution

The tone of the palm was grave like the depths of hell, both Lucas and Lara had their hairs standing on end, the vibration seeping into their insides, but it didn't do any apparent damage, at best it made their organs tremble a little. However, those in the vanguard suffered more intense effects, vibrations were involved in their veins and cracked several of them, their organs also experienced serious consequences, the stress caused was so great that some mutants immediately knelt down and vomited. Luckily these unlucky ones weren't the target of the sound, they were just too close to the source, even Asa felt the effects, it wasn't that strong, but it still made him anxious.

Roberto didn't even look back, he didn't care about his team at the time, as they weren't his target, his eyes were totally fixed on the black crystals ahead, he didn't see them, but he could feel them. He saw about 15 mutant animals around the cave in a guard position, they were definitely protecting something on their backs. However, he didn't notice that there was anything different from Fred's description.

Porcupines, according to Fred, had yellowish skin, large and sparse black spines, measured 1.5 meters in height with their spines reaching up to two feet, while their eyes emitted a gray light. But now, his skin changed to a dark red, almost black, his eyes no longer glowed and his thorns diminished, however, they were no longer sparse as before and were in greater quantity.

Just as Roberto saw the beasts, he clapped his hands. Constantly, the body of the pig closest to the mutated humans stiffened, the sound not taking it easy. The vibrations generated by Roberto invaded his organs and caused irrecoverable damage. This unfortunate pig immediately fell to the ground and saliva ran down its lips.

The rest of the team perked up when they saw that a mutant animal was already down, but soon its faces changed drastically. The fallen pig's companions turned their necks directly towards him and upon realizing his state, they let out furious roars towards the humans and did not hesitate to launch their attacks. Unlike before, when each pig could only throw one thorn at a time and had to stop moving to do so, now they threw more than 2 at a time, meaning almost 60 black irons flew at high speed for Lucas's group.

There was hardly time for anyone to take effective action to defend themselves from the dark cloud. Only some mutants with their specific abilities for defense and others with which they could defend or dodge even if their mutations didn't help them so much, managed to survive. Asa didn't think twice when she saw the hail of thorns approaching, expanded her wings and grabbed Roberto, flying as fast as possible upward, successfully dodging the attack.

That woman in a sweatshirt, Jessica, who had convinced Roberto of her actions and given Lucas a murderous look, just stood there. The thorns reached her position, but instead of causing damage to her body, they continued to fly as if there was nothing in their path, completely cutting through the woman's body without causing any harm to her or changing their own trajectory.

The black man, named Humberto, who had long hair with sharp blades at its ends, violently turned his neck clockwise, his 2-meter long hair circulated around him forming a vortex of blades, protecting him from the black thorns . Obviously, his defensive act was not welcomed by his teammates. Lucas had warned about this before, but no one listened to him and unfortunately the worst happened.

In an attempt to defend himself, Humberto's hair hit 2 of his colleagues on the side in the chest and head region, causing instant deaths. He also indirectly wounded his team, as the thorns deflected by his blades hit anyone nearby, and even though they had lost much of their potency, these stingers could still take lives.

However, he was not the only one who ended up disturbing his companions, everyone in the group was very close to each other, causing chaos in those mere moments, those who did not react in time ended up preventing others from fleeing quickly, as they remained inert, interrupting the route of escape.

Ingrid, despite her large body, was unharmed from this first encounter, her feline reflexes giving her the agility and flexibility needed to move through the bowels of the dark cloud without even scratching herself. Other mutants that had quick reflexes activated their mutations and defended themselves or dodged the spikes, obviously they were at the back of the group, which had more time to move.

As for Lucas and Lara, who were also at the back of the group, they managed to fend off the stingers. The young woman drew her staff, which was attached to her back, immediately after seeing the black cloud, the thorns arrived almost in an instant, but Lara was prepared and confident. Her wand spun counterclockwise in her hands and a strong wind came out of it, evidently the wind was not strong enough to stop the stingers in their flight, however it had the ability to slow them down, allowing her to use her wand. iron relatively easily, striking the stingers and directing them to the ground or sides.

Lucas, in turn, accelerated blood concentration through his mutation, activating [Blood Comprehension], and could see in detail the dark cloud coming towards him in slow motion, easily dodging the attacks. But even if he was hit, his mutation would cure him in mere moments.

Finally, after this first round of attacks, half of the humans died, everyone who was affected by Roberto's vibration in the first attack didn't have time to recover, let alone defend, so three humans died. In addition, six others died due to the direct or indirect actions of their companions, either activating their mutations or preventing their escape. Finally, the last team member to die was a woman who, despite defending herself from the thorns, couldn't stand the massive amount there was, so they ended up piercing and killing her. This way, only Asa, Roberto, Lara, Ingrid, Lucas, Jessica, Humberto and 3 other mutants managed to survive.

"I warned you!" Lucas was in such pain in his heart, he warned before that this could happen, but unfortunately they didn't listen. Perhaps if he had pressed the matter further, this would not have happened.

These last ten people had nothing else on their minds but running away, they thought it would be a 'possible' mission to complete, but the reality proved to be quite the opposite. The two trainers were still in the air when they saw it all unfold, watching their team's every kill.

'But what's going on?!' At that moment, Asa and Roberto had almost the same thoughts, part of their reasoning returned to their minds when they saw this tragedy, despair completely filled their emotions, each acquaintance fell to the ground, the blood spilled and the fear in the eyes of the survivors made them regain control of their actions.

Roberto suffered the most from this, as he remembered the 'strategy' he formulated for the invasion, he had no idea how to face the matter, one moment his idea was the best of all and the next it was the dumbest. That single bad decision killed half of his group, something that would surely be hard to forget.

"Back off! Get away as soon as possible!!" Asa wasted no time, he was a born leader and soon decided on the best course of action to survive, escape.

However, the damage was already done, the attack of the pigs alerted the rest of the flock. Nearly 20 other porcupines emerged from the underground cave, forming a terrifying herd. Seeing this, no one even hesitated to obey Asa, running towards the cars parked in the distance, he himself had already started to fly towards the base, carrying Roberto. Not even Lucas, who was curious about the situation, was left behind.

However, a tremor suddenly spread across the ground, and in the ground that stood between the 10 surviving humans and their automobiles, a portion began to rise abruptly. Large thick black thorns appeared on the ground, then a huge mutant pig appeared, reaching five meters in height, with thorns measuring almost three. The team was then surrounded, behind were about 40 evolved mutated pigs, and in front of them, the pride leader blocked the escape route.