In the next morning, the road was completely flooded. Tiffany reinforced the stone platform and the stone house before she went to sleep last night. The platform that the family was taking refuge in was now in the middle of a river. Because of the strengthening, despite the platform being battered by strong wind and gushing water, it was quite stable and the children played inside it without worry.
"Rain, rain go away.
Come again another day.
Little Winnie wants to play.
Rain, rain go away."
The family spent a day singing and playing various games and toys. Since they could not continue the journey, they took a break. Tiffany and Bob both slept for eight hours.
On the next day, when Bob was still sleeping, the rain was very heavy. The wind was battering the stone house and there were thunders frequently. Sometime after breakfast, Bob and Tiffany suddenly stood up and equipped their leather armor.
"A very strong monster is approaching. Adrian, wear your armor and help Winnie with hers." said Tiffany. Adrian and Winnie quickly put on their armor. While they were at it, Bob went out and climbed to the top of the roof.
From the south, the family could hear a very deep rumbling growl. From about 2km away, the monster fell many trees as it approached the family. Bob came back inside the house.
"The Behemoth is running straight toward us. It is escaping from a mini tsunami, which is coming right behind it. Perhaps a dam collapsed." said Bob to Tiffany without concealing his nervousness.
"What? One of the four godly beasts? It even defeated two Saints at once. What should we do?" said Tiffany, she could not hide the feeling of anxiety in front of the children. Hearing Tiffany, Adrian and Winnie also became scared and they instinctively moved closer to their mother.
"I will go chase it away." Bob said with determination. However, Tiffany was very worried. In an attempt to console his wife, Bob added, "Don’t forget, I was a Knight Exemplar without using the Appraisal skill; and I am way stronger than I was 10 years ago."
"Divine Spells: Iron Wall, Reinforce Blade, Enhance Strength, Stoneskin, Elemental Shield, Levitation." he muttered. In addition to the regular combat spells, Bob also cast Levitation on himself. Levitation, together with Enhance Strength, increased his leg strength for jumping, he dashed toward the Behemoth at an incredible speed. After each jump, Bob would step on a tree branch and jump again, it was as if he was flying on tree tops.
Adrian, Winnie and Tiffany moved toward a window to watch Bob dash toward the Behemoth. The Behemoth was still very far away, therefore it looked small. Adrian only realized how big the Behemoth was when Bob made contact with the beast.
The Behemoth was about 50 meters tall and 30 meters wide. It was running at its max speed toward the family, destroying all small hills and trees on its path, splashing water and made little tsunamis with each of its steps. It had horns like a bison, tusks that were long and curved like a mammoth. Its front legs stomped the ground with great strength. Its hind legs were especially strong. Each push of his hind legs would send the entire beast temporary flying. It cut through the battering wind and rain and raced toward the family at a tremendous speed.
Bob first cast Appraisal on the beast. However, all the spell told him was that the Behemoth was impossible to be defeated. "The spell only worked partially because its Mana is too strong for my spell to penetrate." Bob thought as he read the Appraisal hologram.
After seeing that, Bob decided that he should first send the beast to another direction. To catch its attention, he used some flashy spells. "Divine Spells: Explosion, Fire Balls." The spells hit the Behemoth and Bob moved toward the west immediately. However, the Behemoth did not follow Bob. Apparently, it did not even feel his attack.
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The beast continued to move forward. "At this rate, it will reach Tiffany and the children in half a minute. It looks like I can’t preserve my Divine Power anymore." Bob thought.
Bob unsheathed his sword and started pouring his Divine Power into it. At the same time, he dashed across tree tops back to the front of the Behemoth. After 5 seconds, Bob was again in front of the Behemoth. He focused pouring his Divine Power into the Reinforce Blade spell, which extended the blade's cutting range and sharpness. His long sword now had a three meters long layer of orange colored Aura. Bob then jumped up into the air, concentrated the Aura at the tip of his blade and stabbed into the Behemoth’s forehead as he fell onto it.
The Behemoth made a rumbling growl, which vibration shook all of its surroundings including Bob - he felt his whole body shook. However, his family was behind him. The only thing on his mind was to get the Behemoth’s attention and lure it away. Bob deeply breathed in and shouted "HAAA!" The Aura on his blade extended to 5 meters and Bob used all his strength to push the blade and cut through the skin of the Behemoth. As a practitioner of the Death Blade School, Bob’s Reinforce Blade aura was very sharp. In two seconds, he made a three meters long wound on the Behemoth’s forehead.
Feeling pain on its forehead, the Behemoth lowered his head sideways and tried to scratch it on the trees and the mountain. Bob quickly jumped toward the sky and dashed to a location where the Beast could best see him. "Divine Spells: Explosion, Fire Balls." With those spells, he finally caught the beast's attention and it started charging toward Bob.
Bob smiled and began dashing toward the west, uphill into the mountain of forest. After moving away for about 10 seconds, however, Bob stopped smiling. "I lured it away, but now what should I do?"
"Mom, is the Behemoth getting smaller or is it because its getting farther?" said Adrian.
"It is getting smaller. Many high class beasts, based on the amount of Mana they have, can control their sizes up to a certain level. The Behemoth was using its maximum size for some reason. We might need to find out." said Tiffany.
As the Behemoth got smaller, its speed increased. When it got down to about 3 meters tall and 2 meters wide, it suddenly accelerated and charged straight toward Bob. The Behemoth used its horns to stab Bob from his back. "Divine Spell: Phalanx." Bob blocked the attack at an angle. His skills in using a shield allowed him to receive the attack gently as if he was pushed toward the sky.
"The beast’s Mana is much greater than mine, and now it got much faster. I can’t run away." Bob thought. The Behemoth started charging toward Bob’s landing spot at its max speed, it wanted to finish off Bob before he landed.
"Divine Spell: Stone Wall." Bob made a seven meters high stone wall with its top made of mud to break his fall. As soon as Bob landed on the stone wall, the Behemoth’s charge shattered the bottom of the Stone Wall easily along with multiple trees. At the same time, Bob somersaulted to the side and landed on the ground. The beast immediately stopped and turned around. As soon as Bob landed, the Behemoth cast Stone Lances. Multiple spikes of circular sharp stones appeared from the ground at an angle and attempted to skewer Bob.
Bob dashed toward the beast to avoid the Stone Lances. The Behemoth charged toward Bob’s right side, instead of directly at him. Bob was briefly startled. "Why?" he thought. Immediately, through his extended Divine Power in the vicinity, he felt a Stone Lance thrusting toward him on his left from the ground. Instinctively, he immediately jumped toward his right, which put him directly in front of the Behemoth.
"Divine Spells: Stone Wall, Phalanx." Bob created a Stone Wall at an angle almost perpendicular to the Behemoth's charge and swayed the Behemoth slightly toward the Stone Lances. At the same time, using the momentum from dodging the Stone Lances, he accelerated toward his right and put up his shield at a 45 degrees angle toward the beast. Seeing that the charge would not reach Bob, the Behemoth turned its head toward its right, and then strongly swung its tusks toward Bob.
The former Knight Exemplar blocked the attack. When the attack struck his shield, the Iron Wall spell absorbed some of the blunt force, but the former knight was still knocked back. The momentum from the impact caused him to collide with a tree and knocked it down. "My left arm is slightly strained." Bob immediately stood up and check for injuries. However, the Behemoth did not allow Bob any time to rest. Again, it cast Stone Lances at Bob from his left. With the speed of the Behemoth’s attack, Bob had no time to think. He immediately jumped to his right and was knocked back by the Behemoth’s swinging tusk, just as before.
Each time, Bob had to use his full strength just to evade the attacks. Since the Behemoth was charging toward him, he could not jump backward; otherwise Bob would have been skewered by its tusks or horns or even crushed under its feet. Bob's only choice was to jump to his right, where Behemoth's charge would have missed, but its less damaging tusk swing would hit. The fight was entirely under the Behemoth's control.
Before Bob could rest, the Behemoth, again, charged toward Bob slightly to his right, cast Stone Lances on his left and knocked him away. This attack repeated two more times.
"This attack pattern is simple, yet very effective." Bob thought, feeling pain in his shield arm.