In the treetop.
The three who witnessed this all sucked in a breath in perfect unison. Then their eyes went wide as saucers, their faces filled with wild delight.
"Holy shit... they actually recognized this monster! And they're going to take it head-on!" Bro Don't slapped his thigh furiously, lowering his voice in excitement.
"Are these gray-skinned freaks really that hot-tempered? They want to kill an elite monster eight levels above them?!" Wolf in Water rubbed his hands eagerly. "What do we call this? The mantis stalks the cicada, while the oriole waits behind! This is the highest realm of tactics—everything is under control!"
Below.
The Dark Spirit Captain pulled out a bundle of scrolls with one hand, making the three watching from afar drool with envy.
"Riiip—"
Without hesitation, he picked one out and tore it open!
Bzzzz—!
A pitch-black beam of corrosive light blasted forth, slamming viciously into the mossy rock's back!
"ROAR—!!!!"
Camouflage Maw, which had been focused on digesting Light in the Night in its stomach, was suddenly dealt a devastating blow!
It let out an earth-shaking, miserable roar. Its tough camouflage shell instantly melted away under the scroll magic's corrosion, exposing a huge mass of bloody flesh beneath!
The boulder suddenly split open into a terrifying spiral maw several meters long. Four long legs extended beneath it, and with an extremely violent case of morning grumpiness, it charged madly at the dark-skinned monkeys who had dared provoke it!
"Spread out! Keep it occupied! Attack the weak spot on its belly!" the Dark Spirit Captain commanded calmly.
Boom! Boom! Bang!
The edge of the pond instantly turned into a brutal battlefield. The LV.12 Dark Spirit elite squad, aided by powerful magical items, fought a desperate battle against the LV.20 elite beast. Mud and water splashed everywhere