Chapter 1243: Chapter 1242: Into The Fire

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    "Bring that carriage back up and get those herbs lit again!"

    We couldn''t even celebrate the killing of this strong monster since another let loose a far deeper, far more menacing roar from somewhere nearby, causing Anput and I to scramble over to where she had buried the carriage so that we could hopefully keep that monster away.

    As we did so, Lilith just chuckled softly at Lady Fenyras'' haste to get that herb lit again, the black Demoness grinning from the side as she said "I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but that monster is too close and too strong to give a damn about some herbs. Still, do get them burning; the others are far enough away to be dissuaded from coming here."

    Having a bomb like that dropped right at our feet made us all freeze for a moment as dread washed over us; yes, we took care of the tiger with relative ease, but if something stronger than that was coming and it was that close, could we take it down before it dealt any damage at all?

    But there was nothing to be gained by just worrying, so Anput unearthed the carriage and I began to rummage through it to find the incense jar alongside the bag of herbs that we needed to burn, all while the others prepared for whatever it was to appear.

    The area we were in was so unique too, making this all the more fascinating when I looked at it from a detached point of view; the white quartz desert behind us was still stuck inside of that windstorm, and yet we were only experiencing a light breeze that simply caressed your skin and cooled you off a little.

    Each bolt of lightning left fires in their wake as it raced for Lady Fenyras, Mom and Jahi, but the three of them reacted fast enough to avoid the worst of it as they leapt to the side, drawing another roar from the ape as it made its frustrations known.

    When a glacial gale rushed through the air and slammed into the ape''s chest, the monster snarled as it felt its fur stiffen before being cracked off when it smacked the crystal again, rejuvenating its body with heat and warding the cold away.

    However enough ''damage'' was done as a large patch of skin was revealed to us, the thick blue veins that traveled towards the geode giving me enough confidence to declare that the geode was a Core of some kind to the monster, which meant damaging it might impair the monster''s magical abilities.

    A theory that was about to be put to the test right away as multiple spells hurtled towards the geode, my arrows, Leone''s explosive fireball, Lilith''s various spells and even Anput''s heavy lance all being amplified by Draka''s winds as she pushed everything forwards.

    Crossing its arms and attempting to block all of that, the ape towered over us and barely moved an inch even after all of those spells collided with its thick arms, but when the three melee fighters used that opportunity to close the gap between them it suddenly found itself bleeding profusely from its legs.

    Much like the tiger it had thick fur that could defend against the blades to a large degree, but the mana enhanced attacked eventually managed to penetrate said defenses and found the flesh beneath, scoring the first wound of the fight in an unceremonious way.

    Damage was damage though, and as the monster tried to smash the two Demonesses and the Demon Wolf at its feet it revealed that geode again, allowing another barrage of spells to slip past its guard, all while its targets retreated immediately.