The two stabs penetrated only a few millimeters through the skin to the internal organs, causing no more than scratches on the cheetah's organs. The pile was thick and heavily intertwined, making it harder to cut through than through steel.

"That damned lint."

This blow infuriated the cheetah, who sensed Dante's presence without being able to determine his exact location, the tail moved briskly between the cheetah's legs to stab Dante and tear his body to pieces. Dante quickly returned to shadow body state to avoid the imminent attack. Dante emerged from this situation, sneaking in the shadows until he was far enough away from the cheetah. He wanted to warn the others of the monster in addition to asking for help, it was the perfect opportunity to try the new communication rings that the teacher gave them during training.

| Everyone, do you hear me? Answer quickly. |

| Yes, we hear you. Did you discover something? |

| I have two pieces of news, one good and one bad. As for the good news, I found out what attacked us a little while ago, but the bad news is that it is as dangerous as the basillesque and has the speed of a cannon shark. |

| Is there a way to deal with it or should we run away from it as long as we have the chance? |

Dante processed the data to think of a suitable solution to this problem while the cheetah was distracted, noticing a treeless spot north of its current location.

"If we fight him there, we will both lose the advantage in sneaking but it will give an advantage to the rest of the group, which will compensate for the lack of current fighting capability."

Dante shared the details with the rest so that they could approach that location cautiously while remaining hidden on the opposite side to the side where Dante would come from with the 'sword tail'.

| I will be there in ten seconds, have you all reached your sites? |

| Orion is here, I am in the designated place. |

| Eric here, I also prepared the Golden Arrow. |

| Mira is here, I set up root traps as you requested. |

| Aliana is here, with the help of the spirits of the earth and water, the soil has become less stable. |

| Tai Min and Yoon Hwa are here at our sites in preparation for the ambush. |

Dante, who had been distracting the 'sword tail' away from the specified position for the previous period, showed himself in front of the beast and lured it towards the ambush prepared by the rest.

'Now!! Go.'

With the signal, Tai Min and Yoon Hwa set off after synchronization using water and fire rings to launch two charged attacks on the cheetah who did not focus on its surroundings, targeting its hind legs with the aim of inflicting even minor damage.

A huge enemy that is a fast, is as dangerous as a cannon constantly aimed at you, a huge and slow enemy is a huge sandbag. This is the Group's current goal.

Each targeted one side of the 'Sword tail' basin. The spear was able to penetrate the thick skin only with difficulty and touched the pelvic bones, causing minor injury to this ferocious beast. At that time, Yoon Hwa's boosted punch several times inflicted some significant damage from the impact of the shock. The left pelvic joint sustained a mobility impairment injury as a result of the previous punch.

The cheetah is limping now; at least part of the ambush has succeeded. The ambush did not eliminate the danger of the tail, which is still completely intact, but it created a safe distance from the enemy, whose motor abilities were somewhat reduced compared to previously.

'Eric, it's your turn.'

The golden arrow, which had been charged to maximum capacity waiting for the perfect opportunity to launch, was fired from a distance of fifty meters towards the right eye of the cheetah, who turned to check on the injury caused by Yoon Hwa.

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Perfect hit. The monster closed his eyes in pain and tried to remove the arrow that had pierced his right eye, but the task was unsuccessful, so his two large palms without fingers with a precise movement like a human did not help with anything. Orion took advantage of the opportunity and rushed towards the 'tail of the sword' from the blind side, moving with the cheetah to remain in the blind side until he reached it, sharpened his aura and then hit one of the tendons of his right hind leg, the blow penetrated some of the skin and reached the tendon, which was partially damaged and made moving an even more difficult task.

Orion immediately withdrew, maintaining a safe distance as Dante had previously warned them.

| Victory is now guaranteed; remember that the enemy is still dangerous despite these injuries. Do not be complacent! |

Dante shouted through the communication device so everyone could hear him clearly. None of them has suffered injuries so far and their goal is to get a clean fight for the first time. Beating a powerful enemy without casualties proves two things: they developed their abilities and improved their coordination and cooperation.

.........

Maximus, who watched from above with anticipation, enjoying the performance of his students, who had always exceeded his expectations for them.

"There's still a lot to do. This is your first of four challenges; we'll see how you do in the next clashes."

Maximus did not lift a finger and only continued to watch...

| Mud trap, root trap, are you ready? |

| The mud trap is completely ready. |

| The root trap is also ready. |

The girls answered Dante, who was preparing for the next step to eliminate the 'sword tail', signaling everyone to stay away from him as much as possible while he approached it, turning most of the monster's attention towards himself.

'Come on, little cheetah. You're not afraid?'

The monster pounced on Dante who interfered with the shadows and moved away for several meters from the 'tail of the sword'.

'With such blows, you won't even be able to catch a mouse. Try harder.'

The monster did not understand what Dante was saying but the insult reached through various facial expressions and gestures. Angry at his inability to catch Dante and running to his best. Its speed was very normal due to the many injuries, compared to before; now its speed is closer to jogging than to running. Dante continued to mock it and lead it towards the trap.

'Now!!'

As soon as Dante gave them the signal, the girls added more magic to their traps. The soil that was a bit firm moments ago referred a sticky clay as thick as honey.

Dante did not sink into the trap, he covered his feet with mana, which allowed him to float on the mud like a solid footstool, the 'tail of the sword' who suffered many injuries did not have either the speed or lightness enough to get him out of the trap before he drowned in it, but there was no trick in the hand. Its massive body continued to sink into the mud little by little, and flexible but durable green roots were released by wrapping around various parts of its body to pull it deeper.

'Pump more magic, we don't want the fight to go on any longer.'

'I will try, O spirit of water, spirit of the earth, spirit of fire. Join in.'

Aliana took out the Spirit Master Pocket watch and released spirits from their rings, which automatically headed towards the pocket watch. A natural spirit of medium rank came out of the watch; the natural spirits are spirits that result from the fusion of at least three spirits of different elements, followed by mysterious spirits that result from the merger of at least five spirits.

'Go ahead and help us sink this monster quickly.'

'As you ask, girl.'

The soul entered the ground through the soil and the clay towards the 'tail of the sword', the humidity increased and the thickness of the clay decreased in depths but increased near the surface. The goal of the spirit is to quickly drown it and lock it under hardened clay to suffocate the monster to death.

'I will increase the size and durability of the roots to speed up the process.'

Mira recited a magnifying spell that magnified the size of the roots and increased their durability, the roots pulled the cheetah more strongly until his entire body disappeared and only the sharp tail remained that was cutting the roots or at least trying to cut them.

The futile struggle continued for the next thirty seconds as the tail completely stopped moving. The 'tail of the sword' seems to have finally perished, the mud entered through his mouth and blocked his respiratory tract, so even if he managed to escape, he would die of suffocation in the next few seconds.

'We won!! Finally this despicable monster is dead.'

'This is what happens to you when you mess with us, we are students of Master Maximus – the best magician.'

'This way you have known your place, you bastard cheetah.'

Each of them declared his joy at victory in his own way after a battle against a dangerous monster that culminated in them surviving without the slightest injury.

Maximus, who was watching from above in silence all the time, began to giggle very loudly. He could see from above what they did not see. Two other monsters from the tailed family were heading here steadily to avenge their kin...