A mountain of fur and muscle, a WarBoar Behemoth, was charging towards the small party threatening to Trample It into a wet mush. Luckily the party had a Tank; he stepped forward to meet the monster's charge.

“Not on. My watch. [Body Shield]!”

Two titans clashed with each other, neither of them giving even an inch of the ground. A perfect opportunity presented itself for the party to attack the monster from the sides, however, that could not be done. WarBoar Behemoth didn’t come alone, in its tow were no less than a dozen of WarBoars; moderately sized this time, however, just as big if not bigger than a warg. The boars squealed murder and launched themselves with clear killing intent. If nothing was soon done the party would end up surrounded. This could not be allowed!

The Mage raised his staff high, “[Multicast], [Weakness]!” The boars were targeted by an AoE debuff.

Even if slowed down the monster charge continued; the WarBoars threatened to hit the party at both of its flanks. This was high time for the two party’s Rogues to shine. The two were actually twins with identical perks and skills. In the party formation, the twins were conveniently at the sides and ready to counter the monsters.

“[Empower], [Slash]”, the rogue on the left decapitated the boar in a single strike

“[Overwhelm], [Cleave]”, the rogue on the right slashed the boar in two.

The Ranger wasn’t just standing there idle. She threw her Slinger's Blade at the nearest monster, giving it a nasty piercing wound. With a firm pull of a sting attached, the weapon was back in her hands, but this time “[Piercing Strike]!” *Crunch*, she pulled the blade out of the skull. “Yeah, that’s better… Oh! [Net], [Throw].”

The rogue on the right was slightly overwhelmed by the number of the monsters. “Thanks! [Swift], [Slash],” she finished the net-trapped monster with a quick and bloody strike.

A WarBoar slammed its tusk right into the leather-clad thigh, piercing the light armour with little issue. “Argh!” The Rogue on the left exclaimed in pain. Even if just as skilled as her twin she wasn’t as lucky, after all, there was only one Ranger to support them. However…

“I’ve got this! [Heal]!”

White light washed over the rogue on the left healing her wound in an instant and restoring the lost HP.

“[Dark Bolt]!” The Mage cast a spell on the WarBoar Behemoth scoring a direct hit.

The attack left a spot of singed fur, but otherwise, it was just a small dent in the massive health pool of the monster.

“[Bullseye]” The Ranger invoked a perk and threw her blade right after.

it sunk deep into Behemoth’s left eye eliciting a roaring shout: “Sque-eee-eal!” – it was clearly very angry.

“Yes, my first critical hit!” The Ranger celebrated.

“Urgh! It is now Enraged.” The Tank slid back struggling to contain the Behemoth.

“Ranger, go easy with the damage.” The Mage warned. “The Tank needs to keep the agro. [Weakness].” He cast on the WarBoar Behemoth to bring down its strength, however the spell was negated by the enraged monster. “Tch! Its willpower is too high. [Dark Bolt]!”

“I need help!” The Rogue on the right yelled out; again slightly overwhelmed.

“Oh! [Rapid Throw]” The Ranger delivered a hit just in time.

At the right flank, the charging boar staggered at the damage allowing the Rogue to roll to the side and thus dodge its attack completely. “[Stab], [Slash], [Execute].” She released a combo move.

While the WarBoar was charging right past her, she stabbed her short sword to its side, then she used that momentum to drive the weapon across its body ripping a nasty gash all the way across. Execute multiplied the damage and the monster tumbled to the ground like a boulder. The combo was executed so flawlessly that the monster didn’t even have time to let out a single squeal; it was just dead.

“Hey, I’m struggling here!” It was the other Rogue this time.

The Healer patted the Ranger’s shoulder. “I’ve got this. [Last Stand]!” She buffed her struggling ally.

And just right in time. A boar slammed into the Rogue, however, she weathered the charge almost effortlessly and instead stabbed the monster in the neck. “A crit! It’s dead. And now it’s yar turn. [Dodge], [Slide], [Cleave]!”

All four limbs of the next WarBoar were cut at the knees leaving it flopping on the ground like a worm.

“Yes!” The Mage celebrated. “Leave them alive if you can.”

The monster was simply disabled.

“Well done!” The last member of the party congratulated. She was the party’s Bard; not a fighter and only a level 1. But even so, she had her uses. She turned to the struggling Tank, “You can do it, yes you can! You can do it, here you go! [Encourage]!” As she cheered and hopped motes of purple light flew out of her hands and showered the struggling Tank.

He pushed against the WarBoar Behemoth with increased vigour. “Just what. I needed.”

“[Dark Bolt].” The Mage continued to whittle the boss monster’s HP little by little.

The WarBoar Behemoth, not too happy about being pushed, roared again in desperation. “Sque-eee-eal!” Red motes of light escaped its body and flew towards the lesser monsters.

“He’s buffing them. Watch out!” The Mage warned.

Not only was the previously cast Weakness cancelled, but the WarBoars were also Empowered.

“Rotten swill!” The Rogue cursed grasping at the fresh wound; she was hit by a tusk.

“[Heal]”

“[Net]! [Strike], [Strike].”

“I’ll be okay. [Cleave]. [Dodge]. [Dodge]. [Cleave].”

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“Just in case, here, [Last Stand].”

“Thanks, [Trikster], [Flurry], [Strike]!”

“Squeak!” *Thump” “…”

“Bard, throw me a potion.”

“One Stamina Potion coming right up. [Throw]!”

Just like that, after a bit more trouble, the lesser monsters were dealt with.

“Show-time!” The Rogue exclaimed with a wicked grin.

“Show-time!” The twin repeated with an equally wicked grin.

“I’ll see if I could Blind it. [Bullseye]!”, however, the Ranger wasn’t that lucky this time.

Matters not, the Rogues were at the flanks of the WarBoar Behemoth and the Tank still had its full agro.

“You can do it, yes you can! You can do it, here you go! [Encourage].” x2, the Bard buffed the main damage dealers.

“Hold on! Not yet. [Weakness], [Weakness], [Weakness] …” The Mage released his brakes casting over and over again. “Yes! Now!”

“[Empower], [Deep Stab], [Assasinate]!” She ripped at the side of the monster dealing massive damage.

The other Rogue used a much simpler combo. “[Empower], [Cleave]!” She did much less damage.

However, if you weighed which Rogue was more successful it would be the one who did less damage. Why? Because she aimed her strike at the joint of the Behemoth’s leg, severing it completely and forcing the boar to buckle down.

“Yes!” The Tank exclaimed. “[SLAM!]” He Stunned the already staggered monster and stepped back to give the Rogues space.

“Let it rip!” The Mage encouraged.

“[Flurry], [Strike]!”, “[Flurry], [Cleave]!”, the twins did just so.

The monster’s HP drained rapidly; its flesh was being shredded and the fur dyed in crimson.

However, it was not all over. “Sque-eee-eal!” The WarBoar Behemoth grew a size bigger and was now glowing in faint red light. Despite the missing leg and all the bleeding wounds, it managed to stand up and roar. “SQUEAL!”

“Now!” The Mage shouted commandingly.

“[Dodge]”, “[Dodge]”, the twins backed off from the monster.

The boar spun like a wound-up gizmo sending dust and dirt around, however, its sharp tusks found no enemies.

The Healer had her arms raised high already, her face was stern from the concentration. “[Holy Smite]” She finally invoked.

A pillar of light descended on the Berserk monster, it flashed upon contact forcing the rest of the party to shield their eyes.

“Did I do it?” She asked with concern.

The flash ended and revealed a singed and slightly smoking monster, but it was still standing.

“Sque-ee…” It never finished and slumped to the ground; it was still breathing but just barely so.

“It’s still alive!” Ranger rubbed her palms together. “Don’t mind if I do. [Entraping Web], [Throw].” A purple web was thrown on the WarBoar Behemoth. “Bound and trapped.” She clapped her hands. “And most of all – alive!”

Yes, they needed it alive.

“Well. Done!”, “Congratulations!”, “Yes!”, “Wo-hoo!”, “I can’t believe we’ve done this.”, “Easy, GG!”

…

“Send in the rabbits”, the Spider King commanded.

Not too far away, the spear wall was broken and from behind it a horde of little rabbits flocked towards the Trapped WarBoar Behemoth. The little rabbits were wielding small daggers, and all of them were at Fighting lvl1; but that was bound to change. The horde hopped to the monster, all giddy and ecstatic, however, they hesitated to get within striking range.

“It’s safe, my web would never break.” Drow Assistant reassured the little rabbits.

“You too, should go and help them.” The Radiant Angel urged their Bard, the Bunny Girl.

“O-Okay!” She unhinged the dagger from her side and looked at it with scepticism.

“Go. Christen your virgin blade.” Warrior Leader Jr nudged the Bunny Girl.

“O-Okay!” She ran to catch up with the dagger-wielding little rabbits who were swarming the boar like ants a sugar cube would.

“Squ.. squeal?” The WarBoar voiced slightly confused by the spectacle.

Yes, it did look odd, but there was nothing to be confused about.

“So this is what ya call… Power Leveling, hmm?” Roe Banditesa looked at the rabbit horde with bewilderment. “But can they do it?”

“The one landing the killing blow will get the most Exp. But yes, even if they just hit the monster, they will gain a hefty sum from ‘contribution’.” The Drow Assistant explained.

“Go rabbits! Go! Slay!” Darkness urged unable to wait any longer for it to begin.

The horde of rabbits sank their daggers into the monster, or at least tried to. The monster's hide was thick like armour, and most of the rabbit attacks were deflected, but even so, a few landed; after all, all rabbits had that Luck. They were striking the Trapped monster again and again, chipping at its health not by 1HP at a time but more like 0.01 HP; it barely registered.

Ever and Archen approached the improvised party.

“Thank you for showing us how.” Ashen bowed in gratitude.

Ever just gave a thankful nod. “My tamed pet did amazing! I knew the humans would prove to be useful!”

“Yes, you trained her well.” The Spider King Admited. “She’s a great Support, I mean Bard.” He corrected himself.

Well, under the Monster System, there were no classes only jobs like Farmer, Crafter, Fighter… and Bunny Girl’s job was Support, so his correction was not actually correct!

“Yes.” Ever nodded again. “And now we understand the roles of the party better.”

“So we need: Tank, Mage, Healer, Support, Ranger and Rogue?” Asher asked to confirm.

“We did our best to restrain ourselves and imitate the roles properly, and yes that is the standard, but the rogues can be swapped with any other damage dealers. Also, you can add an extra damage dealer, in my case it was another Rogue, but a Warrior would also be fine.

“I see.”

The Drow Assistant looked at the King, she looked somewhat conflicted. “I understand the Healer, the rabbits could entrust a member with potions and call him that. But where are they supposed to get the Mage? It’s not like any of them can cast magic.”

‘Not yet!’ – The Spider King wanted to interject. “We’ll just give them enchanted equipment capable of ranged elemental attacks, or Magic Scrolls - we have plenty of them.”

“The scrolls! That’s right. Duke Aurelius doesn’t know actual magic, but he is a formidable mage.” She opened her notebook, “… supplement magic with scrolls.” She made a note.

Ever was hopping in place the entire time, clearly wanting to say something but never finding a chance.

“Yes?” The Spider King finally asked.

“But we have Mages!” She yelped excitedly. “Well not quite. But few of our children have Nature affinity.”

“Is that so? Then they must have access to magic. All they need to do is learn some nature spells.” He looked at the Drow Assistant expectantly.

“I’m an elementalist.” She shook her head. “It’s either White Sprigans, Dryads or the Wisp itself. They should ask them.”

“Yes!” Asher exclaimed. “The Holy Spirit, we’ll ask it.”

Yeah, the Wisp surely will help them.

“Sqe-eee-eal!”

The party turned to look a the sound with a tinge of worry.

[Fighting +100 exp], everyone got their share of the contribution.

“Oh!” The Spider King released a relieved sigh. “They finally killed it.”

“Yay!” The rabbits cheered jumping on the defeated monster.

“We should harvest it for materials. I want the tusks.” Roe suggested.

“No, I want the tusks!” Darkness protested. “I was the better Rogue than ya. I didn’t get hurt. Not once!”

“Buzz off, slime!”

“Slime?” Darkness gave a puzzled look. “I’m Dark Roe, the leader of the bandits.”

“You!!!”

“You both will get a tusk! There is two!” The Spider King jumped in between the Rogues.

“Incidentally I want nothing.” The Radiant Angel smiled. “Fighting beside my God is reward enough.”

“I’ve told you I am not a …” The Spider King looked down, someone was tugging at the hem of his robe. “What’s up, kid?” He looked at the little rabbit, a particularly bloody and excited rabbit.

“I can Evolve!” The rabbit jumped up and down giddily.

“Huh, but aren't you too young? And it's not like I gave you a Monster Core or anything.” He inspected the little rabbit, and indeed, she could evolve. “She can…” but also she was one of the kids with Nature affinity, so maybe that’s why.

“Well done!” Ever raised the kid.

“Amazing!” Asher patted her between the ears.

“Yay! Evolve! Yay!”

The Spider King shrugged. “Why not? Put her down and give us some space.” He paused. “[Evolve]!”.