Team Hunting!
Days passed and the 3 days of Individual Hunt finally came to an end.
Stone's Skills and techniques' masteries increased massively as he focused on them after reaching level 20.
Stella's battle experience and skills increased too as she was really hard working and cleared more than 5 Skeleton Dungeons each day.
As for Spike, Those guys really showed their worth as they cleared almost every Kobold Village, and because they focused on them they didn't stop until only the biggest Village was left.
They experienced some difficulties as once they cleared A lot of the small villages the medium villages who had more than 500 Level 11 Kobolds, more than 100 Level 12, a few dozen Level 13 and 14, as well as one Level 15 kobold Commander.
That didn't cause much trouble though as the real problem only rose after they exterminated the Medium-Sized Villages.
The Main Kobold Village sent its army to hunt the mysterious enemy who hunted the villages under it!
A hard battle, It was so hard they had to retreat!
Not in victory or as a technical retreat, It was a total defeat!
Lucky for them they're two, Once one of them gets out their body's energy comes back as if each one of them got his own body, Demon's Regen ability was the reason they could retreat.
Although Spike inherited Demon's abilities it was still not complete so he needed to rest more.
The ability to switch came in handy once they got used to it and no longer passed out for a few seconds.
This also helped them when they got tired, they just Switch and boom one of them rests while the other fights for hours.
They fought non-stop, Not even a single second of rest once the Medium Villages sent their forces! That lasted around 40 hours!
And now?
They're still running! Dashing away from the army behind them.
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Stone and Stella met up again on the location where they got separated, and now they were waiting for Spike.
"What happened to him? Why's he late?" Stella said while looking in the direction where Spike left from.
"He's fine. look at the party system, They would have probably said it if he died, and he even maxed his level now." Stone said as he checked the Party Panel yet again.
"What? He's level 19 too? I never expected that!" Stella looked at Stone totally surprised and then she opened the Party Panel.
"Heh, That's my brother!" Stone said feeling proud.
{Party Info:
<Party Rank: 23,621st>
[Leader -Stone David- Level 19/Exp: 5700/5700- Rank: 23,454th.]
[Member -Spike David- Level 19/Exp: 5700/5700- Rank: 21,518th.]
[Member -Stella Endevior- Level 19/Exp: 5700/5700- Rank: 27,792nd.]}
"Wait what? He surpassed you in rank!" Stella shouted once she saw Spike's new rank.
"Huh? He did?" Stone hurriedly looked at Spike's rank, Then he started to laugh loudly.
"Hahahahahahah! Good Job! Good Job! That's my brother!" An ever so little tear showed itself on the corner of Stone's right eye and it flew away just as quickly as it showed up.
"You're strange really..." Stella looked at Stone strangely and turned back to look in Spikes's direction.
"Thanks for the compliment!" Stone replied.
Stella flinched without turning back and tried to forget what she just heard.
Stone then looked in Spike's direction too.
Why? Cuz they hear footsteps coming from that direction...
However...
Not from just one person.
*Tak* *Tak* *Tak* *Tak...
Spike red hair could be seen from a long distance, But, Stone and Stella didn't smile in fact they wore Serious expressions.
"Guess now I know why you surpassed me so quickly."
*Boom* *Boom*
*Tak* *Tak* *Tak* *Tak...
Stone and Stella finally knew where the heavy footsteps were coming from...
It was an army!
An Army of Beast riding Beasts that stretches for a long distance.
Thousand of ferocious-looking Kobolds riding angry wolves and all sort of four-legged animals while raising a Blooding Flag with a Kobold on it.
"How the heck did they advance this quickly?" Stella shouted in a surprised tone.
"That's an easy answer. The problem is... How did he even get this army chasing him like this?" Stone looked at Spike with a smile, Then he stretched his hand to the right and...
*Crack* *Swshhhhh*
In a matter of seconds, Stone's blade got summoned yet again.
"Seems like I have to show him what I'm made of." Stone grinned widely.
Stone started concentrating mana on his blade, A large amount of it.
It didn't take him much time with the help of Shadow, But it was still hard and the army was getting closer and closer.
*Tap*
Stone and Stella finally landed, and it was right next to Spike.
Stone was still preoccupied, Totally Concentrated.
"What is he doing?" Spike asked Stella as he looked at Stone, with a cheeky smile.
"I don't know, he just said "I have to show him what I'm made of" and became like this..."
"Hmm." Spike looked at Stone even deeper as if he was trying to study him.
'How can someone change so quickly?' Stella looked at Spike totally confused and surprised, The weak and shy Spike was no longer.
"It seems like he's done." Demon told Spike as he was looking through his vision.
"[Mana..." Stone opened his eyes slowly, He then rapidly slashed his sword horizontally.
"Huh? what is he do-"
*Crack* *SWSHH*
"Slash!]" Stone completed his sentence as a huge sparkling Light Blue slash flew towards the large army.
"GRRIIIII!"
"GRRAAAAAAA!"
The army was in chaos as it felt the large threat coming out of the huge Mana Slash.
They tried to turn around and retreat, But, alas it was already too late.
*FWSHHH* *BOOM*
"GRRIIIII!"
"GRRRIAAAA!"
"GRRA, GRRA, GRRIAAAAA!"
"AWOOO!"
"MOOOOO!"
*BOOOM*
beast bodies flew to the sky while some simply disappeared, The Mana Slash took time to vanish and it left behind a large crater after its final explosion apart from the damage it dealt while it was on its way.
Aside from the Kobold way behind who managed to escape in time, Not a single creature was left alive.
Silence...
There was only silence...
"Ight, I give up! And here I thought I had a chance after training non-stop for the last 3 days, You're simply a monster." Stella said as she let out a huge sigh, however, she didn't look sad which Stone quickly noticed.
"I don't think so..." Stone said with a slight smile.
"You- Hmph! Is there anything you can't notice?"
"Maybe, Who knows?" Stone then looked at Spike with a smile.
"I didn't expect you to surpass me this quickly. Now that's the Spike I Know never give up!"
"A- Haha, Thanks! Although... I don't know what you're talking about, From what I see you're way stronger." Spike said.
"Once you learn Magic and cultivate Dream Energy, as well as learn new skills and techniques, it will only be a matter of time before I will have to work my ass off again."
"He's right, We still didn't learn any techniques it's just our gifted battle awareness that helped us. However this brother of yours is a monster, you saw what he did, Right? But, Did you hear what he said?"
"I know, He didn't say I will surpass him, Just that he'll work hard when I about to reach him. I know him very well, Either he will intentionally slack out to let me reach his level, Or he got something holding him down."
"Good! We ain't going to back down no matter what, But, it doesn't change the fact that this brother of yours, Got a hard fate in front him."
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