Chapter 143: Fighting a Mammoth

Theo added thirty points to Strength and Magic Power to boost his attack power. The remaining twenty points went to his Agility because even if he added Vitality or Endurance, the mammoth might have the ability to kill him in one hit.

He agreed with Phyrill and challenged the mammoth.

As expected, Alea and Sihan were the ones in front this time because Sihan alone wouldn't be enough to handle the mammoth. Phyrill and Ellen stood several feet behind them while Theo and Laust's position was next to them.

"Let's see the difference in our strength, I guess… The reason why it's easier for humans to hunt higher-level monsters is due to our ability to think, so… let's fight. Are you ready, Sihan?" Alea smiled and raised her sword. 

Sihan only nodded his head as Theo looked at the river, knowing they would need to cross it first to challenge the mammoth.

The latter seemed to have felt their presence too as the grey-colored mammoth raised its head and stopped drinking the water.

"Ellen," Theo called her name as a signal to start.

Ellen smiled and placed her hand on the ground, "Ice Wave."

The ice crystals emerged from the ground and continued at the flowing river, freezing the water.

Sihan and Alea quickly crossed the rivers.

The mammoth had retracted its trunk from the water and swept them from the left.

"Hmm… It's quite fast or maybe its size allows him to cover more distance despite moving slowly?" Alea muttered and jumped together with Sihan. Even Alea didn't dare to take the full hit from a monster far higher level than her.

Theo summoned his clone and went to the side while using his Magic Bullet along with the three cloned Magic Bullets.

He wanted to see the mammoth's reaction to his Magic Bullet.

Fifty magic bullets flew to the other side of the river and hit the mammoth, but the latter formed a translucent silver-colored shield in front of him.

The shield blocked all the magic bullets without a problem.

"That shield is strong," muttered Theo as he kept trying to think of a way to defeat the mammoth.

Theo's instruction was simple. They needed to keep attacking until they found a weak spot they could utilize.

Ellen summoned another Ice Meteor and launched it to him. "The bigger the better. Ice Meteor."

The mammoth saw it and his head started shining. This green light seemed to be covering his head, similar to how he used his translucent shield, but a concentrated one.

The mammoth ran forward and struck the Ice Meteor with his head.

Boom.

The collision caused a shock wave that shook the area. However, the Ice Meteor started to crack before getting shattered into pieces.

"Seriously?" Ellen made a weird smile, surprised by how easy the giant mammoth shattered her Ice Boulder. It was probably the one thing that could fight the mammoth. "I guess you can expect something like this from a Hero Rank monster…"

Sihan and Alea already went around the mammoth when their teammates took its attention.

Sihan struck the feet with his glowing blade, using a skill. "Dawn Strike."

Clang.

Surprisingly, it didn't even graze the mammoth hard skin even though it didn't look like it was covered by compressed stone. In fact, the skin completely looked like that of an elephant's skin.

"Kh. The foot is too hard." Sihan clicked his tongue and saw Alea, whose sword was above her head.

"Inch Slash."

"!!!" Theo widened his eyes as he noticed something. When Alea used her Inch Slash, the mammoth seemed to flinch for a split second.

Unfortunately, the shield that blocked Theo's attack appeared next to his body and blocked the Inch Slash.

However, Alea's attack power was the highest among the group.

The shield was split into half as the residual energy flew to the mammoth's body, only to disperse without giving any scratch.

Even so, the possibility of them defeating the mammoth was there. Although most of their attacks were not that effective, as long as Alea's attack was effective, they should go for it.

"The possibility is there…" Theo muttered before shouting. "We will fight the mammoth with Alea as the focus. Don't ever get hit by that mammoth, okay?"

"Roger." Ellen, Alea, and Sihan agreed immediately while Phyrill and Laust crossed the river, not wanting to be outdone. They hadn't tried to attack the mammoth, so they might be able to cut this mammoth too.

Lightning sparked in Phyrill's legs as he disappeared, moving at the speed no one's ever seen before. This was the new D Rank Skill he received from Radvils.

He instantly appeared next to the mammoth and struck its abdomen.

"Lightning Flash."

The lightning tried to shatter the mammoth's skin but to no avail. It only created a small graze that could be ignored.

"Seriously?"

The mammoth didn't like it and swung its trunk toward Phyrill.

Sihan appeared between them and tried to stop the trunk before escaping, but Theo called his name.

"Sihan."

Sihan's eyes went to Theo and saw the incoming Magic Bullets. He quickly blocked the magic bullets and used that force to launch him to the sky, avoiding the trunk while saving Phyrill.

"I have said not to take a hit. Are you insane?" Theo protested and let out a long sigh.

Laust appeared on the other side, taking advantage of Phyrill's position. A blue light appeared on his blade tip as he waved his sword and created a crescent-shaped glowing trail.

Unfortunately for him, just as he finished a third of his swing and hit the mammoth's skin, his blade got repelled and he fell to the ground.

"Even though my level is too low, my weapon is a Champion Rank Sword… And it's still not enough? I should have brought a Hero Rank Sword." Laust narrowed his eyes and looked at the mammoth, wondering what he should do next.

Since everyone was already there, Theo left behind his clone to protect Ellen from any potential danger while the real him crossed the river, helping the others.

"Theo, all feet, body, and head seem to be harder than any parts of its body. It will be tough to chop them off," said Alea while watching the movement of the mammoth.

Theo took a deep breath and answered, "We can take it apart from the thinnest parts. First its ears, eyes, tails, and then the trunk."

Theo's tone indeed assured one's heart as she smiled, "Roger."