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

it will take quite a while for them to get rid of the

"I guess..."

agreeing with

to observe

same argument for the Duchess. If she were to make a

all, she's as strong

to omit the

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Clank―!

"Whooooo!"

flew into the air as weapons and claws struck against the hard fur of the mammoth, which further enraged it and caused it to trash around with

and the stalactites that hung above the ceiling of the cave began to fall like sharp

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!"

over the cavern,

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

stalactites made sure that no demon survived, smashing their

many demons have fallen so

entire battlefield from a safe

to linger over the mammoth as her eyes her

Marquis ranked demons, with several

uncle replied, seemingly prepared

"Ten already?"

features as her brows

than she

losses is due to none other than

"Enough!"

be said for her voice as a bone-chilling coldness

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

wary of. Sure, if she were alone, it'd prove to be an annoying foe for her...but she wasn't alone,

was enough to appease

a brief moment as he once again opened

"Yes, I know, but—"

"Did the shot miss?"

focused on the hooded figure that had shot

keep a close eye on the individual ever since they engaged

or 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

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

adapt to any situation that

eye lost, they had gained a good advantage. It was now up to them

right side! At its belly! That's its weak

loud shout coming from the distance that once again

'Another hooded figure?'

when she noticed that the person who had yelled was donning a black hood, the

to a woman based on how clear it was, and the instructions that she was giving seemed to be

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

words were rather

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

skills, or perhaps both, but

SHAAA!