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?"

observing the battlefield from beside

a while for them to get rid of the beast. If you were to help out,

"I guess..."

agreeing

to observe from the back. My eyes currently

Duchess. If she were to make

all, she's as strong as

chose to omit the last

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Clank―!

"Whooooo!"

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

cave began to shake even more violently, and the stalactites that hung above the ceiling of the cave began to fall like sharp projectiles

the cave, held an incredible amount of weight—came hurtling down toward a series of demons, impaling their

"Argh!"

"Watch out!"

the cavern, and the demons didn't even get

survive due to the fact that their cores were not

made sure that no

many demons have

entire battlefield from a safe corner of the

as her eyes her glare became colder with each

ten Marquis ranked

replied, seemingly prepared for the question

"Ten already?"

features as her brows momentarily

than she

is due to none other than the premature shot that was made at the very beginning. Had it

"Enough!"

her expression remaining the same. The same couldn't be said for her voice

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 to

of. Sure, if she were alone, it'd prove to be an annoying foe for

enough to appease her uncle for a brief

moment as he once again opened his

"Yes, I know, but—"

"Did the shot miss?"

her uncle again; this time, her gaze focused on the hooded

point to keep a close eye on the individual ever since they engaged

out of spite or annoyance. It

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

course, although she liked courageous soldiers, it didn't mean she liked reckless ones. Had the individual missed, it would've been a whole

their shot, they did nothing wrong. For those who died...they were merely not good

soldier had to adapt to any situation

was now up to

At its belly! That's

once again caught Priscilla's attention as

'Another hooded figure?'

to her when she noticed that the person who had yelled was donning a black hood, the same kind of hood as the one that belonged to the person who had

how clear it 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

That's where the mammoth's blind side

were rather

walked up to it, and then made its way underneath it in the

due to the chaos, or the figure's skills, or perhaps both, but much

SHAAA!