"Man, dude, do you need to get felt up wherever we go?" Xigbar flapped a hand at him in exasperation, but a second later, the mud in their area did sheen for a moment, the air thickening above it until it was solid enough to stand on.
Axel was right. More and more little blob monsters seemed to emerge from the mud, though they all paled in comparison to the biggest one that just seemed to grow and grow, sprouting a few more tentacles as it rose from the mud where it should've stayed had there been a kind and gentle god in this world.