"Holy shit, Mo Xie, who's this hotheaded kid? Where did you find him? He's a beast!"
Zhao Manyan knew the Sand Roar Tiger posed no real threat to them, but Zhang Xiaohou's astonishing speed still startled him.
And it wasn't just the speed. Unless Zhao Manyan's eyes had deceived him, the kid had been grinning with excitement as he charged in.
Was that really how a normal mage was supposed to look when facing a Warrior-Level Demon? No way.
"Don't worry. Xiaohou's good. Let's just watch him work."
Mo Xie chuckled and told Zhao Manyan not to get so worked up, then turned his gaze ahead.
Zhang Xiaohou closed in on the Sand Roar Tiger with obvious excitement and began leading it through a textbook display of bait-and-dodge.
He was like a matador in the arena, waving a red cape to toy with a furious bull.
Except the bull was a Sand Roar Tiger, and Zhang Xiaohou himself was the red cape.
As expected of a Military Mage who served as a scout in the Military Department, Zhang Xiaohou made every dodge look just barely possible. Each time, the tiger seemed certain it could hit him and smash him to pieces. Each time, its attack missed.
In truth, Zhang Xiaohou's Wind Element and Earth Element offered little offensive power at the Intermediate Level. Even at the Advanced Level, only Rock Demon's Eye was much of an attack.
His main job in the Military was to rush ahead and disrupt the Demon Beasts' rhythm. In other words, he drew their attention!
With the Demon Beasts focused on him, the other mages had time to link their Stars and cast Magic without interference.
As he toyed with the Sand Roar Tiger, Zhang Xiaohou also formed a deep pit beneath its feet. The