The Author's POV

"Whooooo!"

The Abyssal Mammoth raised its tusk into the air and let out a ferocious cry, much like the way a trumpet would sound. Simultaneously, its body raised up on its two legs―exposing its fluffy underbelly in the process—with its legs smashing down against the ground when coming down.

Rumble! Rumble!

The cave began to shake as a result of the mammoth's violent movements, and the color of the mammoth's eyes shifted to an ominous crimson hue.

"Not good; it's agitated!"

"The cave will collapse at this rate!"

Confronted with an unexpected circumstance, the demons began to panic a little. However, the panic didn't last too long. After all, they were all seasoned veterans.

It didn't take long before the order was restored, and immediately after, every demon began forming formations and barking orders at each other.

"Aim for the underbelly! That's its weak point!"

"Make sure you don't kill it!"

"Coming!"

Boom―!

The cave began to shake once more, and the combatants on both sides—the mammoth and the demons—engaged in a struggle with one another.

'This is worse than I anticipated..."

As I turned my head to look at Amanda, I heaved a sigh of exasperation and gazed at her with a frown.

It wasn't just her; everybody else was affected by it as well. They were getting to the point where they were a real pain to deal with.

...but I couldn't really blame them, to be honest. It was my choice to bring them along, and I was aware from the very beginning that the more mana, or demonic energy, they used, the more their minds became corrupted by the demonic energy.

It was also the reason why I avoided using my powers as much as possible.

Really...

If there was anyone to blame, it was me.

Xiu―! Xiuuuu―!

"Whoooooo!"

Amanda's arrows tore through the air as she continued to shoot in the direction of the mammoth. They rode through the air like silver bullets, arriving at the beast in a matter of seconds.

Ca―! Clank!

Unfortunately, when they collided with the mammoth's hide this time, unlike her first attempt, the arrows were deflected away and sent careening aimlessly toward the ground.

I wasn't surprised by this.

After all, there was a significant gap in the level of strength that existed between the Mammoth and Amanda. The simple fact that she had been successful in obtaining a hit in the first place was mind-boggling in itself.

Of course, it would have never occurred if it had not been caught off guard. But that was the whole point.

"Are you not going to make a move?"

the battlefield

while for them to get rid of the beast. If

"I guess..."

nodded, agreeing with

my position and continued to observe from the back.

she were to

as strong

chose to omit

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Clank―!

"Whooooo!"

of the mammoth, which further enraged it and caused it to trash around with

the stalactites that hung above the ceiling of

formations—which, given the dense nature of the rock that was used to construct the cave, held an incredible amount of weight—came hurtling down toward a series of demons, impaling

"Argh!"

"Watch out!"

sight was not a pretty one as dark blood spattered all over the cavern, and the demons didn't even get

some luck, some managed to survive due to the fact that their

put, the sheer size of the stalactites made sure that no demon survived, smashing their

many demons have fallen so

entire battlefield from a safe

her eyes her glare became colder with

ten Marquis ranked demons, with several

seemingly prepared for

"Ten already?"

on Priscilla's pristine features as

was more than

with caution. "I believe that the reason for the losses is due to none other than the premature shot that was made at the very beginning. Had it not

"Enough!"

same. The same couldn't be said for her voice as a bone-chilling coldness accompanied her

our objective. We're not here to coddle them into defeating the beast. We're here to test them. If it were up to me, I'd have killed the beast a while back. I don't need them

but the beast was truly nothing for her to be wary of. Sure, if

answer was enough to appease her uncle for

brief moment as he

"Yes, I know, but—"

"Did the shot miss?"

her gaze focused on the hooded figure that had shot the mammoth in the

to keep a close eye on the individual ever since they

wasn't out of spite or annoyance. It was more out

people to cowards. The hooded's figure style was to

it didn't mean she liked reckless ones. Had the

miss their shot, they did nothing wrong. For those

adapt to any situation

they had gained a good advantage. It was now up to them to exploit that advantage and

At

coming from the distance that once again caught

'Another hooded figure?'

donning a black hood, the

was, and the instructions that she was giving seemed to be directed toward another hooded figure who had managed to get on the right side of the beast in some miraculous

you fuckwit! That's where the mammoth's blind

words were

watched as the figure leisurely approached the beast, walked up to it, and then made its way underneath

to the chaos, or the figure's skills, or perhaps both, but much to her surprise, he stood right beneath the mammoth's

SHAAA!