Hate Lock Wasn't Determined by Highest Damage

Although the dragons and beasts of Monster Hunter World each possessed extraordinary abilities that rivaled magic, those powers were fundamentally granted by their bloodlines, making them closer to sorcerers in the DND system. Their abilities were innate.

Take the Flame Cat Couple, for example. Their explosive scale dust, blue flames, Flame Jet, and even nuclear energy all came from leylines and magma. Now, one more source had to be added: the Sun God Gem Shard.

In other words, they could not produce those special powers themselves. They merely used their natural physical traits to store and wield the power of nature.

But Behemoth was different. It was a genuine "magical beast," capable of drawing upon the magic and aether within its body to cast true magic. Judging solely from the Maelstrom it had casually unleashed to block two exits, Behemoth's mastery of Wind Attribute spells was not far behind that of the local Storm Calamity, the Steel Dragon.

Eileen had the most authority to speak on that matter.

If she still only possessed Wind Element Affinity, she would probably have already been swept into the Maelstrom, unable even to use wind magic properly.

Now that her talent had been replaced with the more powerful High Wind Element Elf, she could only maintain herself and resist the Maelstrom's pull and control. If she rashly used skills like Wind Walk, she might be able to cast them normally, but Behemoth would most likely notice her.

Although Behemoth's full attention was currently focused on the Flame Cat Couple, that did not mean it would not attack humans.

"We're safe for now. Don't come down. Stay on standby in the air."

Just as Eileen prepared to try bypassing the Maelstrom and force her way into the sealed-off area, Cheng Tian's Telepathic Call sounded directly