Mr. Joaquin, please restrain it! Miss Liev, distraction please! Got it! Leave it to !
Mahara shouted orders from behind whilst Joaquin and Liev casted spells accordingly. As they are mages, it seems that Mahara judged that their magecraft lack decisive firepower. The Bind cast by Joaquin caught the hindlegs of the large wolf monster growleu. And as the growleu stopped on its tracks, Lievs Fla Arrow landed right on its snout, blinding its vision.
Mr. Magnus! Alright! Wind Slash!
Not missing this opportunity, Magnus and Mahara cast the wind attribute attack magic Wind Slash together at the sa ti, bringing forth a blade of wind. The magic, while being slightly off the mark, successfully landed on the growleus neck and took down the large monster.
Nice! We beat it! Ah, wait, stop!
Magnus and Joaquin celebrated their victory and ran to the fallen monster, ignoring Maharas command. Just when they finally seed to have learned proper teamwork, this happens. It looks like its still far off before I can give a passing grade.
Seemingly waiting for the exact mont that Magnus and Joaquin reached out to touch it, the large monster pounced into a bite.
Uwaa!? Its still alive!? Impact.
This wouldnt be an issue if this was a monster that wouldnt do much damage like the vine viper, but since a bite from sothing as big as growleu would instantly kill weaker people, I blast away the growleu with a magic that produces powerful impact.
Have you not heard Miss Maharas warning? Even when you think that youve won, do not be careless. Unbelievable for it to be alive after a wound like that
Never underestimate a monsters tenacity. Even with fatal wounds, as long as they have even just a little life left in them, they will continue to fight back. Like a certain wolf that raised a princess1, monsters have enough life force that youll need to be on guard from attacks even if theres only a head left.
This is common sense for adventurers that have reached a certain level. Particularly adventurers that tend to venture into dungeons, this would be explained to them by the guild or the senior adventurers as they rank up. In my case, Urania was the one that guided on all sorts of common sense. Though right after that we were ambushed by Gale Viper and the coaching from her ended prematurely, thanks to the roper battle soon after, this fact was thoroughly burned into my brain.
While I dont particularly want to threaten their lives for sothing so trivial, actually experiencing this lesson should serve to make them more cautious in the future. Nonetheless, I should praise them for the progress theyve made.
Keep that in mind from now on. As for your coordination prior, it was excellent. Miss Mahara, you did well in giving adequate orders. R-really 2 You two as well, Mr. Joaquin, Miss Liev. Your use of magecraft was quite effective. While many mages tend to worry about their lack of firepower, this can be compensated by creativity. Please rember this well. As for Mr. Magnus, your magic power manipulation needs so improvent.3 Your aim is already quite outstanding, so with slightly better control, you should be strong enough for actual combat.
After that, we continued exploring the forest for the whole morning. They defeated two more growleus, a cluster of vine vipers, and three goblins. The flow of the hunt has started to solidify into the two mages Joaquin and Liev restraining the enemy while the sorcerers Magnus and Mahara deal damage, which then ends with Joaquin confirming the death of the enemy with magecraft.
As for why Joaquin is in charge of checking the monsters death, its because he can use lightning attribute magecraft. By using electricity, he can forcibly constrict the muscles and check if the monsters are alive by their reactions. Since he only releases weak electricity, the damage to the monsters usable materials is kept to a minimum, so its a pretty good tactic.
Incidentally, when Urania and I hunt, we confirm that its safe to approach with Uranias sense of sll. For tenacious monsters that look absolutely dead yet are only luring our guard down, we deal with them by chucking them into my Dream Storage after thoroughly freezing them with Freeze. Freezing is an extrely useful tactic.
Its about to be noon soon. After dismantling this magic beast, lets return montarily. Yes!
I inford the mbers of group C as we were about to finish dismantling the last prey, a fire-breathing oxen magic beast called hyskoo. Among the four stomachs of the hyskoo, there is one thats called a fla pouch that produces an oil-like combustible secretion in place of digestive fluids. Its taste is said to have a tongue scalding spiciness to it, but there are many that love the taste.4
Naturally, the magic beast is already quite difficult to defeat thanks to its large oxen body, but with the addition of fire breathing, its more than just plain difficult. Just for this battle, I naturally lent a hand. I cast a barrier on everyone to block the flas, while Joaquin and Liev managed to seal its mouth with Bind. Magnus and Mahara aid for the legs to weaken its movents before Joaquin used Thunder with all his strength, sohow defeating the beast.
Incidentally, the dosticated koo doesnt breathe flas, so even regular people can rear them without any issues.
After the dismantling, the magic beasts at was being stored in the groups storage bag, when suddenly Phewewewew-! a loud noise echoed from the depths of the forest.
What was that sound just now? Wasnt that One of the magical tools I distributed, yes. Everybody, head to the assembly point imdiately!5
That sound is from the magical tool I made that produces an SOS signal. The light and smoke are clearly visible even from a far-off distance. And that color is Group As; in other words, where Urania is.
What about you, Miss Lily!? I will be going to the source!
That magical tool was honestly just supposed to be a precaution of sorts. And even if it was ever used, I expected group B to be the ones to use it. Everyone in group A is more than capable and if anything ever happens, Urania when not being limited to only using combat magic is so strong that even I dont know if I can beat her. This group in question is asking for help. Grinding my teeth, I soar through the sky at full speed.
Urania, please be safe!
Silva: hmmmmm? Is this so sort of reference to so other sources or to the previous chapter?Lyly: Have confidence!Lyly: Have confidence!Lyly: Exotic foodies exist in any world, I seeLyly: Uh-oh
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