Three Snake-Eyed Phantom were lazying around the plain where the White Petal Moonflower was blooming.

The space around the area was estimated at about a 1-kilometer radius.

Around it was surrounded by the mountain or cliff.

The place was dark, but not so dark that impossible for someone to see. The truth was some tiny flowers that were glowing around in purple color give an additional allure to the place. These flowers were glistening in purple luminous.

If looking from above, the place looks like a hollow.

But if someone was able to glance the bottom of it. They would surely mesmerize for the beauty of this place.

Some crystal-like object was sticking out on the ground. No one knows what this thing was, because no one had dared to get a piece of this crystal.

Whenever someone tried to get close in this area. They were attacked by these beasts known as Snake-Eyed Phantom.

It was said that these beasts were the protectors of this area.

Though Mina knew about this place, she didn't know the threat of the beasts that protecting around this place.

Two of the beasts were lying on top of a big chunk of rock, while the other one was walking aimlessly around.

The way it walking that its nose almost touches the ground was somewhat a dog-like behavior.

Maybe it was smelling something. Or maybe it was their way of patrolling.

Suddenly, the corner of its eyes caught a glimpse of something red spark. The beast jerked off its head to glance the directions of this redlight.

But before its head could fully look up, its eye was hit by something. The beast cried out in pain as his body was being pushed by the force that brought by it.

Its 4 limbs slide on the ground while scratch marks leave trails on the ground.

The beast groaned as it tried to crane his neck to look above to where the red light came. But before it could focus its sight, another red light spark above which followed by a hit on its forehead.

This time the beast body rolled on the ground while was enduring the pain brought by the unknown spark.

It howled loudly and managed to get the attention of the two companions that were lazying on top of the rock.

The two stood up while glancing around. Noticing that no one was around except them, they rushed towards their friend.

But before they could get near to it. Their limbs were hit by something.

The two beasts lost their balance and their body rolled on the ground just like the first beast.

Though they were hit, they managed to stay alive.

The attack had continued without giving them time to react. Before they could stand up, their limbs would be pierced by something.

They could only saw a red spark and after that their body would be pierced.

The three scary Snake-Eyes Phantom could only groan in pain as their body rolled many times on the ground.

They were confused. Wondering what big of a sin they were done by the gods. They were just here trying to defend this area from intruders. But now they were shot without letting them stand up.

About 2 and half hours had passed, now the three Snake-Eyed Phantom already lost their strength to get up.

They were supposed to be feard by intruders. But now they were lying without strength to push their body.

They could only wait for their judgment. But several minutes had passed, no final attack had arrived.

Every one of them breathed heavily as their stomach heaving up and down.

Their body was trembling as they groaned and howled weakly.

Tap, Tap, Tap, Tap, Tap, Tap, Tap,

They finally heard stepping sounds slowly moving closer to them.

"H-How this possible?!"

They heard a human female exclaiming in shock.

"Fufu, good thing that your still alive, now guys, mind to become a friend of mine?"

Another voice but this time from a human male.

The beasts struggled to peek the faces of the two humans. Trying to endure the throbbing pain all over their bodies.

AWOoorrr...

One of the beasts tried to howl, but it was too weak that it could only manage to produce a grieving howl.

They couldn't even twitch their limbs that were full of hole. All over their bodies were full of wounds.

"H-hey, w-what is that thing you fired?"

The female human asked her companion.

"Oh, that? It just...some stones,"

Replied by the human male.

The beasts could only listen to their conversation.

"Eh? Stones?!"

She was shocked.

She could only saw his right hand enveloped by a red glow.

Then after that, red lights trailing towards the bottom of the cliff.

She wondered what he did. Or what was he doing? But the guy beside her didn't care her puzzled self.

He continued firing red lights towards the bottom for almost 2 hours and a half. She was wondering what was happening at the bottom of the cliff. Because he couldn't hear any booms or bangs that usually happened when firing a mass of pure energy.

But the place was silent like nothing really happened. Sometimes an undistinguishable howl could be overheard but the noise was too low that hard to perceive added by strong wind above that brought noise into their ears which blocked the grieving howl from below.

When they came down, Mina readying herself for a battle. It was said, that this place was guarded by fierce monsters that were stronger than that Rat Lord.

But what she had witnessed after stepping her feet on the ground were three wounded beasts.

They were groaning in pain. She could only reason out the cause of this was the guy with him.

"So those trailing red lights were not ordinary lights. Such power!" Mina gulped her saliva that was stuck in her throat.

She tried to look up, just to see how high it was from the bottom. She couldn't believe such a skill was able to hit something below. How fearsome it was.

Even these fierce beasts couldn't manage to evade the attack, how about if it fired to people?

"Is this person, still the same person we used to know?" She couldn't help doubting this person.