Chapter 42 - Queen Brooder (2) (1/2)
It was the biggest creature Aleen had seen in his entire life.
The queen brooder was at least twenty meters long and three meters tall. Its body was covered with scales and carapaces that protected its vital parts, and it had six lethal scythe-like claws to help it to move.
Besides being bigger, the queen appearance was the same as any other brooder; the only difference being a pointed tail that moved together with its body.
Aleen never felt such strong pressure from any other enemy; not even any of the level five he met before had a pressure near its level. To be honest, Aleen thought that he was going to lose consciousness due to it.
Fortunately, the four level five in his camp unleashed their presences to go against the monster's, but even with it, Aleen felt that he could not breathe properly.
"You are finally here." Caira smiled fearlessly seeing the monster appear and stopped her spell. The other level five took their positions to face the monster while wearing serious expressions.
"It's smaller than I thought." Cir said furrowing his eyebrows while he observed the monster. "From the size of the nest, I was expecting a bigger monster."
"It didn't matter." Caira answered. "We only need to kill it regardless of its size."
"You are right, but it's not wrong to be cautious."
D'vina nodded hearing Cir and walked towards the monster while speaking to Aleen. "Be careful, boy. Don't die while I'm busy."
"You too." Aleen replied with a small smile.
D'vina nodded and stared at the monster. She then wielded her sword and stepped hard on the ground.
"Let's end it, beast."
*ROAAAAAR!!!*
Understating the provocation, the queen gave another roar and charged towards D'vina.
At the same time, the monsters in the surroundings roared in answer and rushed to attack the group.
"Stay near me." Aleen said softly to Ana and walked behind the mage; she frowned briefly but did not say anything. Instead, she gestured to Elvila.
"Do it."
"I understand."
A white glow appeared on Elvila's hand. She then quickly extended her hand and pointed to Caira, then, the glow engulfed her body.
Immediately, the mana in the surroundings rushed to Caira aggressively and began to circulate through her body without stop. She smiled fearlessly feeling the abundant mana and intoxicating power, and activated a spell, creating a gigantic fireball that flew towards the monster.
The white glow was Elvila's second skill, 'Mana Blessing'. It attracted the mana in the surroundings towards the target of the skill, increasing the amount of mana the target could use and strengthening the power of any skill or spell used during this time.
This skill was the reason because Caira took Elvila as her assistant; and thanks to it, she had won many battles that otherwise she would have lost. After all, every time Elvila use her skill means making Caira at least fifty percent stronger for around a minute.
The others also attacked the queen. Wulf activated two of his skills and used his claws to cut the monster's side, and Cir used his gun to shot burning projectiles towards the monster. At the same time, D'vina activated her 'Sword Body' and 'Sword Killing' and attacked one of the monster's claws.
But the queen was worthy of being a level five. Before the five attacks could land, it activated a skill and a mana barrier surrounded it, blocking the attacks. It then used its tail to parry D'vina's sword before using a claw to try to grab her.
Fortunately, the boost of 'Sword Body' increased D'vina speed and reaction time at least five times, giving her enough time to evade the attack and counter with her greatsword.
Aleen was unable to follow the flow of the battle from where he was. Their speed was incredibly fast, and Aleen feared that he was a bit slower than the current D'vina even when using his skill.