Volume 6.5 Chapter 3: Follow The Leader

"Indeed. Something is definitely off about them." Titus noticed it as well: the monsters weren't after them. Their expression said it all; it was full of fear and despair. Although, they didn't need to check as the cause came before them.

Keith and Titus's expressions changed, "The variant." The cause of all of this rampage was this raptor. That thing didn't die from the fall. Rather,

"Is it bigger than last time?" It was alive and kicking. Yet, the thing that stunned them was the size. It was twice the size when Titus fought it. It was ripping apart the monsters.

"...It's eating the magic stones to gain strength," Titus muttered. He knew what it was doing. Monsters would eat other monsters for survival. However, eating the magic stone did something extra. It increases the monster's strength!

The raptor didn't seem to notice them as it continued to chase after the monsters, wanting to feast on their stones. After the group had left, Keith and Titus jumped down.

"It must have eaten a lot." From how big it had gotten, it had been feasting on those monsters for a while.

"..." "Keith?" Keith was silent before,

"That piece of meat!" Keith roared! That shocked Titus as he took a step back.

"How dare he! How can you kill them and not finish the meat?!" A livid expression formed on Keith's face. It was a pet peeve: to kill without eating it.

Killing them to eat was okay for him. It was for survival. However, to kill and leave it here was just mindless killing. That was something he would not stand! Keith clutched his sword, "I will kill that thing!"

"Cool it! We can't kill that thing in the state we're in." Titus grabbed the guy's shoulders. They were in no condition to deal with it.

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"..."

"The thing we should do now is head to the 20th floor. We cannot take any unnecessary actions."

"I understand." Keith took a deep breath. He had to keep his cool in these circumstances.

"That thing will be a difficult problem for us." We shouldn't focus on it. The best thing to do was ignore it, head to the next floor, and deal with the floor boss. Escape should be their first thought.

As the two were going to leave,

"Kwak!" Aria quickly summoned giant icicles, firing them at the ground. That sudden attack made the two jolt. But what made them shiver even more was the variant!

"Why did it turn back?" Titus frowned. The raptor smirked at them.

It was intelligent!

Keith grabbed his sword, "Who cares. Since that thing came back, we can beat it up!"

"..." No. Let's not beat it up! But Titus had no say in this matter as the raptor charged at the two! Its speed was faster than before!

Behind Titus, a shadow dashed forth! Keith wasn't going to sit back as he clashed with it!

What power. Besides speed, the power of the raptor was top-notch. Did Titus not do anything to it? It was too peppy.

"Rawr!" The raptor raised its head, trying to take a bite out of him!

I need to watch out for the horns. Besides the mouth, the next thing he should be wary of was the horns and the claws.

Fast. Titus watched how Keith dealt with the variant. His moves were fast and agile. It was similar to Galven. However,

Slam! Keith punched the raptor in the face, sending it flying.

And he got the power as well. He was slower than Galven but had more power than him. But the variant was also not normal. Even though it was pushed back, it didn't seem phased. As Titus was about to join in,

Eh?

As Keith and the variant continued to fight, something unexpected happened.

"!" Keith pulled his head back! And what appeared before his eyes were the horns!

"It can extend its horns?!" That thing has a bag full of tricks up its sleeve. As he continued to fight with it.

"Hmpf!" Keith took his knife and slammed it into the raptor's nose! Good. Dashing backward, Keith cast his lightning magic.

"Aria!" The owl fired off her icicles at it. The two’s magic caused an explosion; a cold mist covered the entire area.

The variant did get hit by it. It shook off the attack like it was a pebble in its way. However, the two were nowhere in sight when the dust cleared up. It flung the knife out of its nose; its eyes were bloodshot as it looked around. But it gave up as soon as they couldn't spot it.