Unlocking the Ichiraku Ramen restaurant and the villagers, how could Ren miss that opportunity? Back in the game, the more population he had in his village, the more income of Gold Coins he could obtain. He was aware of the importance of that mission.

Right now, Ren didn't have any other way to increase the population of his village apart from the head quarter's missions. On top of that, Ren didn't have any source of foods income at the moment.

It has been several hours since he was transported into that other world, and it was now the afternoon. Without eating, how could he survive?

Without hesitating, Ren opened the map-icon on the menu interfaces. The map-icon was a special feature that could help him to locate his friends, supports characters as well as the NPCs of his village. Not only it was useful because of its abilities to find his allies, it could also identify his enemies or people who had bad intentions against the village.

Soon enough, two green dots, a blue dot, and a red dot appeared on the map after opening the map-icon. The immense map was blurred. Only the locations where he already explored him and his support characters were revelated.

Looking at the green dot next to the red one with the name "Phantom Cat" on the top of the green dot, Ren found out that it was her who find the rare elite spirit beast. Closing his map, he directly directed towards the position of Lightning Claw.

Ren didn't have any way to communicate with his support characters, he wanted to find Lightning Claw first to pick him up before rushing to Phantom Cat's location. Ren was aware that with his current chakra control, it was nearly impossible for him to defeat the rare elite spirit beast only with the help of Phantom Cat.

Back in the game, to defeat an elite rare monster or elite beast, one required a 5-man's team. A 1-Star difficulty required 5 people, support characters included. A 2-Stars difficulty required 6 people, a 3-Stars difficulty required 7 people and so on. The existence of a 5-Stars difficulty was extremely rare and was the only exception which required more than 20 people.

After that Ren arrived at Lightning Claw's position, he explained him about the mission and both directed towards Phantom Cat's location.

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(Maria's POV)

Watching our unconscious team's leader Damien, we realized that this elite spirit beast was too strong.

If we continue to stay here, we were probably going to die. But how could we escape in this situation while carrying Damien and Albert with us? Even escaping without them was already nearly impossible.

Seeing the huge 2-meters tall Frenzy Fire Bear coming closer to me, I was frightened and couldn't move. Eliana who was next to me also couldn't move a single inch either she could only watch the huge bear coming closer and closer to us. Brock was the only one who was trying to attack him with his bow but none of his arrows even scratched him.

In such desperate situation, we were all prying on anything that we could pray on. With all of my remaining bravery, I stood in front of Eliana.

She was my best friend after that she joined our adventurer team. Although we only know each other for two years, I considered her as my sister. As a senior adventurer, I wanted to win as much time as possible for her to run.

"Raiton no Heki! (Lightning Style: Wall!)"

Closing both of my eyes, a woman's voice could be heard followed by a sudden thunder-like sound resounded in my ears. That voice didn't seem to be familiar. At least it was not the voice of my best friend Eliana. The incoming claws of the Frenzy Fire Bear unexpectedly didn't come. I didn't sense any pain but on my body, I only heard a loud roar in front of me in addition to a thunderous sound of lightning.

Opening my eyes to figure out what happened, a lightning wall with the arm of the bear struck within it could be seen in front of me. The enraged Frenzy Fire Bear was trying to remove his paw from the lightning wall but his whole arm seems totally paralyzed.

"Doton: Dosekidake! (Earth Style: Earthen Stone Shoots!)"

The same unfamiliar feminine voice resounded. Several rock spikes appeared from the ground and directed towards the Frenzy Fire Bear, restraining his whole body. Noticing the angered glare of the Frenzy Fire Bear, I followed his gaze.

A young woman could be seen with both of her palms on the ground. She was wearing a dark blue outfit and a green armored leather tunic. Although Eliana and I were considered as top-notch beauty, we couldn't compare to her. With her magnificent cyan eyes and charming-looking face, anyone who looked at her was mesmerized by her beauty. Her slim body and large chests could make any other women ashamed of their own body.

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"What are you doing? Just get away from him!" It was only after that she shouted that Eliana and I regained our composure. Moving away from the Frenzy Fire Bear, we came towards the young woman. The dazzled Brock also take that opportunity to wake Damien up and both of them joined us.

"Thank you for saving us." Damien who approached us. He was a little dazzled by the charming face of that young woman but directly regained his composure and said.

Turning her head towards Damien, she muttered, "You can thank me only after defeating him." Redirecting her glance towards the Frenzy Fire Bear, I also turned my head towards the Frenzy Fire Bear.

A huge spirit energy surrounded his body and with a loud roar, he easily broke all the rock spikes that were restraining him. Looking at his spirit energy, I was once again discouraged. He was definitely worth called the strongest A+ elite spirit beast. But strangely, with that young woman next to our side, I felt a sense of relief.

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In truth, Phantom Cat was hesitant about fighting the Frenzy Fire Boar in front of her.

Although it was possible for her to slightly injure him, she wasn't confident enough about killing such a strong elite spirit beast alone.

She encountered many terrifying strong beasts in the past and she was well aware of their destructive abilities. She felt that the huge bear in front of her was as strong as them.

After having released itself from his restraint, the Frenzy Fire Bear charged towards the group of enemies in front of him. He was fearless and didn't have any slight hesitation.

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu! (Shadow Clone Jutsu!)"

Completing her hand seals, 3 Phantom Cat from her side. Two of them directly run towards the Frenzy Fire Bear while forming hand seals, the remaining one stays next to the real Phantom Cat.

Watching the clones that Phantom Cat summoned, the adventurers were showing a surprised expression.

One needs to know that a clone technique was an advanced technique as well as an extremely rare technique. Only a few mages could use that technique and they were S rank mages. They believe that Phantom Cat must be at least an S rank mage.

All S rank mages were famous all around the continent. It was strange that they didn't know her but the clones in front of them were the proof that she was indeed an S rank mage.

Hopes began to glow in their eyes. With an S rank mage, they believed that they can somehow manage to kill that monstrous elite spirit beast in front of them.

Damien followed the clones and directed towards the Frenzy Fire Bear. Maria was already casting her defensive spell while Eliana prepared her frostbolt's spell. Even if their attacks didn't seem to work, it still could attract his attention.

"Raiden! (Lightning Cable!)"

Completing their hand seals, both of the clones who ran towards the Frenzy Fire Bear used the same jutsu. A chain of lightning appeared between them. Upon a closer look, an invisible thin string could be seen between both clones.

Charging at him on both sides, the chain of lightning between them entered into contact with the bear's belly. Exerting all of their strength, the Frenzy Fire Bear was pushed back into a tree due to the string and has been attached by both clones. Finishing their jobs, the two clones disappeared and a small white smoke appeared at their former location.

The Frenzy Fire Bear was furious and released an intimidating roar. Right after that, he was released from his restraint, he was once again stuck. Using all of his strength, he was surprised to see that he couldn't break that thin string.

Taking that opportunity, Damien closed the gap between him and the Frenzy Fire Bear and landed his fist on the bear's chest. He couldn't land his fist on his stomach due to the electricity emanated from the thin string, thus, aimed for his chest.

Bam!

A huge sound was produced by the collision of Damien's fist and the Frenzy Fire Bear's chest. But once again, the Frenzy Fire Bear was immunized to Damien's blow.

Opening his huge mouth he shouted a loud roar, the Frenzy Fire Bear released a huge concentration of fire energy from his body. Sensing the danger, Damien quickly retreated. The Frenzy Fire Bear released a flame-like aura surrounding his body which ignited his surroundings. The tree behind him disintegrated as well as the thin string that was attached to him, burning it into dusk.

At the same time, countless arrows and a huge frostbolt directed towards the Frenzy Fire Bear. It was the arrows sent by Brock and Eliana's frostbolt. Gesticulating his arm in front of him, the arrows and the frost were both reduced into dusk as well.

The adventurer party was showing a shocked expression. None of their attacks didn't work at all. They expected it but it was still too much of a shock for them. How can a spirit beast be so strong? Such thought entered their minds.

Before they could even find the answer, a figure in the sky appeared holding a massive blue orb on her palm.

"Chōōdama Rasengan! (Ultra-Giant Rasengan!)"

Coming from the sky, Phantom Cat landed the Chōōdama Rasengan towards the Frenzy Fire Bear.

BOOM!

A huge explosion resounded. Dusk appeared at the place where the Frenzy Fire Bear was located. Landing not far away from that place, Phantom Cat frowned. She expected that her Chōōdama Rasengan was strong enough to injure the Frenzy Fire Bear but...

After that the smoke vanished, The Frenzy Fire Bear was intact! Only a few scratches on him. With a loud roar, he charged towards Phantom Cat.

The Frenzy Fire Bear acknowledged Phantom Cat's strength. He felt that he must eliminate her before that something unexpected happens again. Watching the bear charging towards her, Phantom Cat was showing an indifferent face.

At that point, the adventurer team was all showing a gloomy expression on their face. How come such a strong technique didn't work on him? What in the world can kill such a ferocious monster?

They just couldn't believe that the Frenzy Fire Bear survived to that destructive technique from Phantom Cat. Looking at the Frenzy Fire Bear charging towards Phantom Cat, they wanted to help her but... What can they do? None of them moved.

Just when despair was filling the place, someone knocked rushed towards the Frenzy Fire Bear.

"Raiton: Rariatto! (Lightning Release: Lariat!)"

His arm entering in contact with the Frenzy Fire Bear's neck, the bear knocked on the ground. Phantom Cat recognized that person. There was no way she didn't know these silvery hairs.

"Are you alright?" A familiar young boy's voice resounded in Phantom Cat's ear at the same time. Turning her head towards the voice, her master, Ren was standing on a branch of a tree.

The backup arrived!