Chapter 192: Unexpected Guest (1/2)

The next day.

After several hours of struggle, Theo and his friend had finally arrived in the corner of the fourth floor, finding a six-foot-tall rhino. Its body was covered with fire to the point they couldn't find any of its skin. However, the intense heat from the rhino warmed up their skin. They noticed the reason there wasn't any monster in this space other than him was due to the heat.

Ellen's Ice Magic might prove to be useful in this battle, so Theo said, ”Alea, Sihan, take care of him from the front. Phyrill, Laust, go hit the rhino from the side. Ellen and I will help you from behind. We're lucky to meet a Hero Rank Monster without any bodyguards.”

They agreed with Theo and moved to their position.

Seeing the intruder, the rhino rose from the floor and covered his face and horn with fire. This combination not only would tear someone open, but it might also melt their organ once hit by the rhino.

To that end, Sihan came to the front with his shield and used it as a second sword. He then decreased his speed right before the rhino's eyes and hit his horn with his shield.

Clink.

The collision ended in an instant with Sihan getting blown away. It was to be expected since the latter didn't use his Frenzy and the rhino's overall strength was stronger than the mammoth, who only relied on good defense and body weight.

He rolled a few times on the ground and stopped.

Before the rhino managed to run him over, Alea appeared next to it and struck its neck.

”Inch Slash.”

The rhino had expected this to happen and formed a spinning fire that burst out to her sword, blasting it away before she could complete her swing. Luckily, Alea's grip was pretty strong, so the sword didn't fly. Instead, she was pushed several feet back.

This time, Phyrill made his move and used his Lightning Step to close their distance before using his head to strike the rhino on its stomach.

As one would expect from a C Rank Skill, it had the same effect as when Theo hunted the E Rank monsters with his Magic Bullet.

The moment Phyrill's translucent green helmet struck the rhino, it momentarily swayed to the side.

The rhino even took one second to understand what was going on by looking at Phyrill, seeing his ”Jade Head” skill.

Theo then appeared on the side and used his Magic Bullet, cloning it to forty Magic Bullets. All Magic Bullets then hit the rhino from the side.

Theo realized one of the flaws of his Clone Magic Bullet this time. Before the Magic Bullets were able to hit him, the Magic Bullets had evaporated, meaning he couldn't allow the clone Magic Bullets to hit something.

Only the remaining ten real Magic Bullets somehow hit the rhino on the body. The shock wave from the explosion slightly scattered the flame covering his body, revealing its jade black skin.

”Ellen, freeze the fire please,” Theo shouted, noticing that they might be able to kill the rhino if they managed to put down his fire. After all, the rhino's skin wasn't as strong as the mammoth's.

”Roger.” Ellen agreed and stepped in front of the rhino while tapping the ground with her staff. ”Frosty Misty.”