An Extra’s POV

"I'm ready."

Adonis raised the sword he had taken on his way to this room.

The Guild provided many items and equipment for those who desired to take Tests, though using them was optional.

The items were also pretty basic, so no one taking any advanced test really bothered with them.

Still, with Adonis not having a sword of his own, refusing to even think of bringing out his Divine Sword, this was his only choice.

'It should do the trick.' He told himself, taking a battle stance as he narrowed his gaze on the massive door before hm.

Once it was open, the Monster would charge out… and then came the tricky part.

'I have to try my hardest to hold back, just enough to defeat the A-Tier Monster. That way they can underestimate me as much as possible.'

Adonis would never give them what they desired.

"Very well. I shall now release the A-Tier Monster." Britta said, reaching for a lever that was right beside her.

~CLICK!~

The gigantic door began to tremble, almost mechanical in a sense. And then, the ground beneath it opened.

That very instant, the hinges loosened and the slab of metal that covered the entrance swiftly descended into the abyss.

Before even a second passed, a massive creature charged out of the dark room where it was held and wildly made its entrance.

"GRUAAAAHHHHH!!!"

The creature's body resembled a lion, albeit blackened by its dense hide. It had three scorpion-looking tails, and its six eyes were red with fury.

'Serocis, huh? This is a tricky one, even among A-Tier Monsters.' Adonis stole a glance at the dark gentleman who folded his arms and watched him keenly.

His suitcase was right beside him, as was his partner, Lux.

'Did they pick this one intentionally?'

There were many questions bubbling up within Adonis' mind, but something told him that the ferocious beast he faced wouldn't give him any chance to mull over them.

He strengthened his stance and looked at the creature with untainted resolve, his blade shimmering with the flickering lights.

"Come!"

~WHOOOSH!~

at Adonis with primal force, but he

he had his

Earth, with a few adjustments.' Adonis' thoughts trailed as he waited for the thing to

meters—than in the myths, it had three tails instead of

up to five, but those are

not go all-out, but it was very difficult to quell his fighting spirit when a

years in a

resolved only to use

'[Grand Light Magic].'

~BOOOOOOM!~

charging at Adonis, and he responded

everything to quake,

was simply the

~WHOOSH!~

fluidly moved his body away from his position, just in time

a close call too—or at least it appeared

his pace, he twisted his body as he made to slash the Serocis' hide, but the

~CLANG!~

caused some recoil on

light that shrouded his weapon's

how strong

~BOOOM!~

assault of the stingers that attempted

the Light Element

and he would have

Sercis let out a mad cry, causing the room to be

some sort of 'debuff' move that caused a rapid decline in its opponent's Stats by inflicting the Negative Status Condition of

and any candidate who desired to take the Test, in the first place, wasn't expected

wasn't all the

prelude to the main

~FWUUUUSH!~

began to suck in an absurd amount of air. It

'[Greater Air Blast]'

~VWUUSH!~

the first blast of compressed air,

~BOOOM!~