It's enormous alright, this behemoth like monster In front of me. Judging by it mana and appearance, there's a sting of undead into it. Maybe a witch was called to modify it? Kana can strengthen and weaken monster at will while Rafiah can alter some properties of monster under her control, and from the looks of it, this undead behemoth got both of it. It's definitely an A rank monster, maybe even an S rank monster, but weaker than the King Behemoth that I fought before. Maybe I can categorize it somewhere between an A and S rank monster. Hey, if there's S, SS, and even SSS, why can't there be an A, AA, and AAA right?

~Roar~

"Stand on your guard everyone that's no ordinary foe" [Aries]

"Mind if I solo it?" [Ash]

"!" [Other]

"Sure, you're The Behemoth Slayer after all" [Khamishah]

Well, I just wanted to test myself, how strong I have come ever since the last fight with King Behemoth and Corrupted Thanatos. Both are classified as an S rank monster, and I couldn't defeat both without a helping hand, so this should be a good test for me, not to mention

(I still have Mahsuri to take down as part of my test, so if I can't solo this monster, I can say goodbye to my chance of defeating Mahsuri) [Ash]

~Dash~

~Stomp~

"Exploding earth needle!" [Ash]

The first spell that I use, the target is an A rank behemoth during that time. It sure packs some power and can severely damage the behemoth leg back then, now it does the same, although not as much damage as I was hoping for

~Dark beam~

(Time for an experiment!) [Ash]

I open my item box magic, and let the dark beam accumulate inside of it, close it and dash toward the behemoth, once the gap is close, it tries to shoot another dark beam, this time, instead from it eyes, it will be coming from the behemoth mouth

(Guess all behemoths share some similar pattern when attacking) [Ash]

With it mouth wide open, I open back the item box, putting it literally inside the mouth, where both the beam of darkness from the item box and the one that's to be launch collide with each other. This behemoth try it best to overwhelm the dark beam that I released from inside my item box, so it shoot out more and more of it, but

(Too slow!) [Ash]

For once, I can just store that attack inside my item box then release it back, creating an endless cycle of it.

And two, even if that plan didn't work,

"You're wide open!" [Ash]

Whether the behemoth understand what I say or not, I'm not sure, but it dodges my scythe attack, sacrificing it jaws and cheeks as the last beam of darkness pierce through the it.

~ROAR~

A behemoth cry, a death cry for that matter. It will become more serious now, and not only that

"What is this energy?" [Alaric]

"It's coming from below!" [Saint Louis]

"Do you know about it?" [Khamishah]

"I'm afraid I don't, how about you Behemoth Slayer?" [Aries]

"Not quite, it's neither from a witch nor from corruption, the closest I can guess is..." [Ash]

It's like, when Agnes turned that man into a giant monster back at Malsia. That's the closest comparison that I can make, only this time it's more refined and powerful

(Well, I will not just stay silent while you're gathering this much energy) [Ash]

Wind mana

Water mana

Thunder mana

Combine water and thunder, become a storm!

Light mana

"Take this!" [Ash]

With all of those combines, I throw the scythe, targeting the neck of the behemoth. Hoping for a one shot kill. In retaliation, it uses it paw that's imbued with that sinister energy as a sort of protection

(When one place is strengthened, other are weakened) [Ash]

And it holds true even in this case. Using my newly enhance ice missile shark (for which I get a good mana stone and core from an underground lake inside the ancient tunnel), I targeted it eyeballs. Three to the right and three to the left

The cute sharks of mine (well, at least Charlotte and I appreciate it cute scales), tear off the superficial membrane covering the behemoth eyes before digging in even deeper. My baby, now become ferocious for a moment... Well, sharks are ferocious creature to begin with, but not mine, they're gentle!

~Roar~

"Oh no you don't!" [Ash]

Of course, which idiot creature wouldn't retaliate when they're literally eaten alive, so it uses it paws to stomp around and fire off randomly some magic, for which a few lucky shot manage to hit the magic core of my main shark golem! Well, I can just repair it later, but

(If this goes on further, it will become disadvantageous for us all, plus who knew how long can Queen Rinz hold the full force of the castle) [Ash]

I have my ice shark missiles with me. Well, it's a good thing that I manage to get ahold of the good magic core and stone inside the tunnel. That way, I can do this

(Change yourself into liquid and take the form of a giant spear!) [Ash]

And the magic core reacted to my command, all the ice missile shark combined together and form a giant spear, and

"Shoot!" [Ash]

They pierce the skull of the behemoth, from one eyeball to the next, creating a hole along with it. I swear the brain matter is rotten, but

(Not yet) [Ash]

It's better to overkill this thing

(Now, gather around my scythe!) [Ash]

And they gather, with their power, I threw my scythe once more, this time through the mouth. To maximize the force, I used wind magic alongside acceleration magic and turn the water properties into a volatile acidic water. Once my scythe pierce the abdomen and comes back to me

"Fire rope!" [Ash]

A fire spell is use by me. Once again, the target is the wide open behemoth mouth, and

~BOOM~

"Light dome" [Saint Louis]

"Thank you O saint" [Alaric]

"You're welcome" [Saint Louis]

"How come you cover them but not me?" [Ash]

"You reap what you saw" [Khamishah]

Guess that's true. There's sudden short rain of blood and unfortunately for me... What's more, I can't collect the behemoth magic core, 1000% sure it's destroy alongside the explosion

"Guess your title aren't just for show" [Aries]

"I still have a long way to go, but I'll take that compliment as a sign of my growth, so thank you very" [Ash]

The last time I fought a behemoth, I was injured both the time, but I manage to win this fight unscathed, so I really have improved

"Let us go and free Queen Rinz ASAP" [Khamishah]

"And regarding what you want to say about the mysterious energy, you can talk while we rushed there" [Aries]

"Yes!" [Ash]