“Stop it, Val!” Miles whispered silently but with a strong tone. Ever since Maya flipped the coin, Val was acting snobbish.

“Luck is on my side. I am just happy.” Val whistled as he walked in front with a happy expression. Although Maya didn’t show it, she looked downcast. Her energy was also restless, which affected Alex and Miles.

“Women.” Alex shook his head as he walked near Miles. He was about to say something as well but a monkey jumped from a tree not far away from them and started to cry while explaining something. Its body was bloody and one of its eye-holes was empty and one of its wings was broken.

Since it couldn’t speak, even Miles didn’t understand what it meant, but from the edgy expression it was wearing, all four knew something was amiss.

“Let’s go.” Miles put on a stern face and ran towards the bridge. For the monkey to appear all beaten and on the brink of death pointed at a crisis. They wouldn’t risk their lives to help them, but Miles thought it might be an opportunity for them. After all, the monkeys guarding the bridge had always been smart, and if they helped them, they could make a pact with them.

After running for more than ten minutes, they saw the bridge connecting the two sides of the ravine. Ravine was stretching out as far as the eye could see, separating the land where the Invisible Knight lived from the mainland. It was kind of an island in the middle of the land. On top of the wide bridge that had been built by the monkeys, hundreds of the little chippers were fighting with giant hyenas. Coarse-furred, doglike carnivores with their long forelegs and powerful necks and shoulders were dismembering and carrying the monkeys they were killing.

On the other side of the ravine, a giant monkey with two pairs of holy white wings was fighting with the biggest Hyena. The monkey was holding a thick, rod-shaped branch. It was swinging the branch like a spear, but the hyena was too nimble to be hit.

Upon their arrival, the Monkey King swung its rod with as much power as it could muster and sent the biggest Hyena for the retreat for the time being and turned to look at them. In its eyes, Miles could see the endless fury and blood-thirst but none of it aimed toward them.

“Protect my children, and I will give you everything you want.” It shouted in the language of the monsters. It was Miles's first time hearing a non-humanoid monster speak, but monkeys in general were smarter than other animals. Monsters based on this animal were comparatively smarter as well.

“What does it say?” Maya and others didn’t understand what the Monkey King meant but felt something from the speech.

“Let’s kill the Hyenas, we can deal with them later,” Miles said as he pulled out his dagger from his belt. It was already charged to protect energy. He dashed forward with Frontal Rush and appeared next to a monkey that was about to die. He willed his armor to surround his body and swung his dagger at the same time.

Hyenas had no specific element. All of them had different characteristics. The one he attacked first had an Earthen Armor on its body but it wasn’t strong enough to stop Miles. The Death Dagger cut through the armor with ease and made a deep scar on the monster’s back. Black blood started to ooze while the monkey hid behind Miles as soon as it could.

Copying Miles, Alex and others also started to battle. Alex was creating lightning lances in the air and with his finger sent them to hyenas fighting all around. One lance, one dead hyena. His power in group battles was impressive.

Maya wasn’t any weaker. She was the other damager in their team. She had a rare form of the fire element, molten earth, allowing her to control both fire and earth elements. She could also create lava to trap monsters or melt them quickly.

Val was quite weaker compared to the rest of the team, but she was filthy rich because of the maps she was drawing for years. She had many orbs and crafts on her body, bringing her firepower to others’ level.

She had a sword in one hand and a sickle in the other. She was also donned in beautifully crafted green armor. It wasn’t as impressive as Miles’s crafts, but it was still tough enough to protect her.

The Monkey King upon seeing Miles and others had joined the battle and were protecting its children, stopped splitting its attention and focused on the battle in front of it. It clutched the thick branch and raised its free hand to its face. It exhaled from its nose and thick smoke started to cover its surroundings.

The giant hyena looked at the smoke in trepidation as it fell back. Its body was covered with ice scales, and its claws were also made of ice. With every step, the earth would freeze, allowing it to move faster. When it was far enough, it raised its two paws and brought them from the sky to the Monkey King that was still exhaling large amounts of smoke.

All of a sudden, a giant meteor made of ice appeared in the sky and started to fall towards the Monkey King. But it stopped just above the smokescreen which now had taken the shape of a rectangle.

“Zone!” Alex shouted as he looked at the smoke covering the Monkey King.

“It is not far from evolving to Evil-Rank.” Maya also stopped battling and analyzed the situation.

“It doesn’t matter. We should kill hyenas. Quick.” Miles urged them to fight. Monkey King didn’t give bloodthirsty signals. Even if it evolved to the Evil-Rank, it wouldn’t change a damn thing. Since it promised to give everything they wanted, Miles was certain it would deliver it.