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?"

asked, observing the battlefield from

things, it will take quite a while for them to get rid of the beast. If

"I guess..."

agreeing with her

didn't move from my position and continued to observe from the back. My

Duchess. If she were to make a move, things would turn for

strong as

omit

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Clank―!

"Whooooo!"

struck against the hard fur of the mammoth, which further enraged it and

the stalactites that hung above the ceiling of the cave began

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 their

"Argh!"

"Watch out!"

the cavern, and the demons didn't even get a chance to scream before getting

luck, some managed to survive due to the fact that their cores were not damaged,

sure that no demon survived, smashing their

demons have fallen so

asked, overlooking the entire battlefield from

over the mammoth as her eyes her glare became colder with each

lost about ten Marquis ranked demons, with several already

prepared for the question

"Ten already?"

features as

was more than she had

spoke, his voice brimming with caution. "I believe that the reason for the losses is due to none other than the premature shot

"Enough!"

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

them. If it

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

was enough to appease her uncle for a

a brief moment as he

"Yes, I know, but—"

"Did the shot miss?"

on the hooded

keep a close eye on the individual ever

annoyance. It was more out of

people to cowards. The hooded's figure style was

liked courageous soldiers, it didn't mean she liked reckless ones. Had the individual

wrong. For those who

level, a soldier had to adapt to any situation

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

side! At its belly!

once again caught Priscilla's attention as she

'Another hooded figure?'

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

that the voice belonged to a woman based on 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, you fuckwit! That's where

were rather

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

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

SHAAA!