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

will take quite a while for them to get

"I guess..."

agreeing with

from my position and continued to observe from the back. My eyes currently focused on

Duchess. If she were to make a

all, she's as strong

chose to omit

***

Clank―!

"Whooooo!"

of the mammoth, which further enraged it and

that hung above the ceiling of the cave began to fall like sharp projectiles toward

to construct the cave, held an incredible amount of weight—came hurtling down toward

"Argh!"

"Watch out!"

blood spattered all over the cavern, and the demons didn't even

to the fact that their cores

stalactites made sure that no demon survived, smashing

demons have fallen so

battlefield from a safe

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

ten Marquis ranked demons,

prepared for the question

"Ten already?"

Priscilla's pristine features

than she

add..." Her uncle spoke, his voice brimming with caution. "I believe that the reason for the losses is due to none other

"Enough!"

be said for

them into defeating the beast. We're here to test them. If it were up to me, I'd have killed the beast

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

was enough to appease her uncle for a

moment as he once again

"Yes, I know, but—"

"Did the shot miss?"

this time, her gaze focused on the hooded figure that

Duchess has made it a point to keep a close eye on the individual ever since they engaged the mammoth with their

annoyance. It was more out of

people to cowards. The hooded's figure

reckless ones. Had the individual missed, it would've been a whole

did nothing wrong. For

a soldier had to adapt

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

right side! At its belly! That's

loud shout coming from the distance that once again caught Priscilla's attention

'Another hooded figure?'

a black hood, the same kind of hood as the one that belonged

was giving seemed to be directed toward another hooded figure

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

were

as the figure leisurely approached the beast, walked up to it,

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

SHAAA!