Miles looked at the figure appearing before him. It was almost three meters tall from the ground. Its body was covered with obsidian black fur while there were white holy markings on its body. There were two tusks coming out of its mouth. Although the monster looked like a sabertooth, there were many resemblances with a panther too.

“Finally found me, Culga?” Miles said with a smile. He felt her when they were spying on the monster. When he was receiving the attack from the humanoid monster, he felt the connection with Culga was closer than ever. Although it looked like it was a lucky coincidence, it was Culga who wanted Miles to focus on the attack while she would receive the attack.

Miles had full trust in her, so he carried the attack while ignoring the defense. When Culga appeared in front of him and took the double claws with her tusks, Miles's dagger landed on the monster's arm where the other lotus was. The dagger with Miles's energy entered the monster's body and caused a ruckus in their wake. The second mark also changed its color to red, and they both shone.

“Yes!” Miles exclaimed in excitement.

“Death energy, Argh!” The monster looked annoyed, but to the trio's surprise, its eyes were still fine. The Mask of Evil Eye didn’t work at all. The monster was looking at Culga with its eyes wide open. “It is impossible. You can’t carry two clashing energies separately in your body. That is impossible.”

But other than disbelief, there was nothing else.

Miles was bewildered at the moment too. First of all, the mask failed to injure the monster. It was understandable as the monster’s level was too high for them and the mask was still an artifact from G-Circle. Secondly, when he saw Culga last time, he gave her the light elemental mineral for her to strengthen her dark element. He had never thought that Culga would return having awakened the light element.

When she attacked earlier, she used a light element to appear in front of Miles at high speed, baffling both the monster and Miles.

Against the monster’s question, Culga hasn't shown any response. She looked at the monster with hatred in her eyes. Miles got injured gravely because of this monster. She licked Miles's arm softly, before turning her sight at the monster once again.

“Xavic, how is Zall?” Miles asked softly.

“He is fine, already healing. How are you doing?” Xavic asked in a panic. “And what is that thing?”

“She is my pet, don’t worry. If Zall is okay, come and help us. We need to finish this fight.” Miles said, keeping his eye on the monster. Although Culga appeared, she wasn’t as strong as the monster. She was only a middle-tier at the moment. The monster had defeated the pinnacle-tier monster with ease not long ago. Although there were several things that made it possible which in return weakened it.

Firstly, the crocodile had a water element just like the humanoid monster, making all its attacks worthless. Secondly, the tattoo the humanoid monster used. Although humanoid monsters were much stronger than their non-humanoid counterparts, it was mostly in the sense of mind and elemental powers. On the contrary, most humanoid monsters were weaker physically. Despite that, the humanoid monster played with the crocodile monster like a toy thanks to the tattoo. Now that it was used, Miles was certain the humanoid monster couldn’t use it for the time being and he was weakened.

“It cannot use its elements for a while. We must finish it quickly.” Miles received Culga’s message from the bond they were sharing. It surprised him at first but realized the monster had never used elemental attacks from the beginning.

This gave Miles hope. The two things made the monster weak and Culga with her two rare elements, they had a shot. Both Dark and Light were rare elements stronger than water. With the help of Xavic countering the beast with his lightning element, and Miles causing serious injuries, they could win this fight.

Xavic walked near Miles with lightning cracking in his hands. Miles never saw Xavic this angry nor serious. He was mostly lazy and airheaded, but now his eyes were looking at the monster with a deadly expression.

Lightning in his hands formed a giant whip, restlessly moving. It looked like a giant snake wanted to rush at its enemy to destroy it. Xavic kept one side of it and swung the whip at the humanoid monster.

Light shone on Culga’s body, as she flashed to the monster side. Her claw was covered with darkness as it descended to the monster. Miles attacked with Frontal Rush and used the spear technique, Viscount Percival’s Sun Piercer. The dagger was too short to execute a spear attack, but Miles formed an energy spear in his hands by placing the dagger at the top of it. Although the make-shift spear wasn’t as trustable, it was thrustable enough.

The spear moved like a serpent and aimed at the monster's throat. The monster was already trying to defend against Xavic and Culga. It grabbed the lightning by resisting its effect.

The trident appeared in front of Culga to defend against its attack, but at this time a spear with a death element appeared in front of the monster.

“You are forcing me to do it!” Monster shouted and the tattoo at the back of its arm shone with red light. Monster’s energy increased, as it covered its body. The stun effect was removed, and even the trident got a lot stronger. The monster swung its arm towards Miles who was at his full speed.

Only when it saw the smirk on Miles’s face did the monster realize something was wrong. The trident collided with the monster claw and didn't give any resistance, as if it didn't exist.

“Illusion?” The monster looked blank for a second. “I am under an illusion. That is impossible!” It moved all the energy it gained from the tattoo into his mind. The vision in front of him changed. He was still holding the lightning whip as it was real, but the panther wasn’t in front of him. A giant black claw was traveling onto its body from behind.

There was also the spear. It was moving to the left side of its chest from behind. At this point, it had no time to defend.

The claw hit his head, at the same time the dagger penetrated its back and came out from the front. Death element killed its cells at great speed, destroying most of its heart, while its head mostly turned into mush.

The monster looked at the figures in front of him. They looked weak, yet it was lost to them. Mostly because it underestimated them, secondly it didn’t want to push itself. It still wanted to recover fruits, so its goal was slowly injuring them until it could kill them in one fell swoop. It was also weakened because he sacrificed his energy to activate the tattoo. Although it allowed it to play with the crocodile, it was a two-edged blade.

“Ho— How can you pull me into an illusion?” It hardly spoke, but a dagger stabbed into its mind. Miles wasn’t going to explain to the enemy how he did it on its deathbed. It was thanks to Culga that Miles pulled the monster into the illusion. Culga had the nightmare element and could make its targets see horrific things. Miles used the node Culga formed to plant his own illusion. His energy was invisible, so it was hard to notice. The monster who wasn’t expecting such an ability fell into the illusion and lost.

Miles walked to the trident that fell to the ground and grabbed it. It was a monster artifact, a strong one. Monster merged its ultimate ability with the trident, so its tier was a tad stronger. Miles used the trident to cut open the monster's right side of its chest. There lied an orb. Miles pulled it out and looked at the blue orb.

“Wanna eat it?” Miles asked Culga as he pointed at the body. She nodded and walked towards the monster. While Miles walked to Zall to check on him. He looked at the orb in his hand and grinned.