Volume 7 Chapter 12: Let’s Keep Going Forward

"Wind blade!" "Flame spear!" Alfia and Scarlet fired off their magic at the bulls, hitting them dead! Burned and shredded to a crisp.

"Excellent work, everyone," Keith commented, his voice filled with relief. Before he could utter another word, a sudden warning cut through the air, "Arlo, watch out!"

"Eh?" A dark shadow zipped out of the grasses, prepared to strike at Arlo! However, someone else caught it.

"What the?! There's another bull!" Jack quickly moved in front of Arlo, blocking the blow. He was surprised. They were so focused on the two in front that they couldn't hear some coming from the side.

"Hah!" Melor raised his hammer, smacking the bull away from the wings. But that was when more came out!

"!" Herrick's ears twitched, "Keith, there's a lot more here!"

"Why are there so many?!" The entire group was surrounded by a group of bulls! Keith shook his head, "Herrick, Melor, go protect the south and east. Gabriel, Faelyn, you deal with the north while I cover the west. The rest behind us!"

"Understood!" The formation quickly changed as they started to fight. This was a simple circle formation. Keith and the others protect the rest while Alfia and the supports fire their magic.

"They probably got drawn in by the sound of our fighting." From how loud they fought the two, it attracted a herd.

"Indeed." As a bull was about to get close to Keith, black chains wrapped around them, holding them there. It tried to move, but it only made the chains tighter.

"Hmpf!" Keith sliced the monster down. The fighting continued for some time before the monsters were down.

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"Herrick, Leona, do you hear any monsters around us?" The two had sharp ears.

"No, there shouldn't be any monsters around us." Herrick shook his head. He didn't hear anything around.

"Good job, everyone." Keith sighed deeply, "Let's collect the corpses and get out of here." Who knows when they would come again. Herrick and the others were on it as they collected the corpses. As they continued onward,

"Scarlet, you need to aim your magic more alongside Melor's flank." Keith had been watching how Scarlet and Leona operated.

"Understood." Scarlet nodded.

"You don't need to be anxious. You would get used to it when you fight with the group some more." Stuff like that would be fixed once they fight in a group. The two only recently joined.

"Mmhmm!"

"Also, that was dark magic, right?" Scarlet was the one who cast those black chains.

"Mmhmm." One of the elements Scarlet was great at using was dark magic. Dark and light magic users were quite rare.

"Mmhmm. I figured I should use it instead of fire magic." When she fired her fire magic, she noticed how the grass burned. Fire magic in such a place was a death trap.

"However, I'm not as adept as I am with my fire magic. I could only use it to bind them." Her primary element was still fire.

"That's good enough. We need someone who could bind monsters to the ground." This was good. Scarlet had enough magic power to rival Carolyn's firepower. But with dark magic, she provided more utility.

"Keith. These are cookable, right?!" Herrick and Melor's eyes glimmered excitedly as they held the bulls up.

"Yep. I think the bull meat is similar to the rush bull. We can cook it later to try." Keith smiled.

"Woohoo! Collect all of them!" Herrick and Melor went double time with collecting them.

"..." These two. How are they not tired? The two did the most against the others.

This group is doing good. Keith was satisfied with everyone's teamwork. Despite not working together as an entire group, things were running smoothly. Especially so with the wings. Two unexpected incidents happened to them. Yet, it was smooth. Leona was surprisingly a great flank protector. Despite her forward nature, she used a bow. Her calm and precise arrows took out the bull's eyes.

And she also had a good grasp of what Herrick wanted to do. Her coordination made it easier for the beastman to move freely. Is this the power of love? The thought made it interesting.

"Also, are you sure you don't want to wear a robe?" Keith turned to Scarlet. Alfia and Sarah wore some robes, but Scarlet didn't. Those robes apparently increase their magic power. Yet, she wore some light clothing and armor.

"I prefer something like that. Also, I'm a close-range mage. I'm able to fight monsters closer." A robe would only get in her way.

"I see." When Keith heard that, he knew he would need to change the formation quite a bit to make it work.

"Alright, let's keep going." Keith clapped his hands together. It was time for them to head in there and get more things done.