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A glance towards his team mates, a quick nod between them signified the start. Asai glanced back one last time to see Alex with his eyes closed. Wielding his sword in a two hand grip, seemingly charging up or preparing his skill. [Grand slam] Satisfied that Alex was taking this seriously, the group ushered forward slowly. Upon reaching a satisfactory distance in which the group should be able to run back. Mel gestured to Clam.

Clam and co began to pelt the pebbles they had gathered.

"OI, YOU UGLY MUG, LOOK HERE."  "YEAH, UGLY MUGLY COME GET US!" They shouted, as their rocks bounced off the rigal's wooden barrel armour. To their surprise, it ignored them. Clam and his friends decided froze, ready to turn tail and run back to the crates. Mel, Emmanuel and Colem nodded to one and another before ushering onwards. Asai followed afoot.

Now close to melee range. The advance group tried again to aggro the boss.

"Oi fuck face, can you set me up with a date? I heard your mother's lonely." Emmanuel snickered with false bravado. The blade in his hand twirled around once, ensuring his wrists were warmed up and ready to strike. Once again the rigal ignored them. Seemingly lost in a trance, his grunting, and hammering on the crystals continued. The group paused, unsure of what occurred. 

Mel, decisively moved forward to strike. There simply was no way she could reach the creature's head. Even striking its backside would be hard. With this in mind, she swung her blade upwards, towards the sky and with all the strength she could garner in her legs and glutes. She thrust the blade up, attacking the one location she knew it would impale for sure. 

The rigal stopped, its large blacksmith hammer dropped to the ground. The thud made the humans lose their balance. The pain, the fury, the humiliation that was forced upon his asshole caused the creature to roar.

"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" The roar was so deafening, the humans' eardrums suffered greatly. A loud ringing sound struck Asai. He struggled and found that his sense of balance was lost. The beast turned, to find Emmanuel, Colem and Asai in his sight. Mel, who was the closest wasn't in his peripheral vision as his own protruding stomach hid her. Mel, losing her hearing dropped to her knees, crouching and clutching her ears was lucky as the rigal charged forward. Passing by above her.

The rigal began to chase after the men. Their sense of balance still forfeit. The loud high pitched ringing that attacked them made them sluggish. Emmanuel was the first to be swatted. Asai watched as his body immediately bent and snapped in an unnatural way. Hell, not even yoga practitioners would bend that much. Instant death. Colem was the next to be swatted. Except this time the rigal didn't strike sideways but decided to pound him down to the ground. Flatten like a beef patty Colem perished.

Next on his target was Asai. The rigal ignored Clam and his group, regarding them as the lowest level of threat. They held in their hands little rocks, which could hardly be called a weapon. Asai, being the furthest from the roar recovered his stability quicker. He immediately ran back towards the crates. His primary objective completed. Now, he would endeavour to pull the boss close to the crates, and if luck permits. Make the creature turn, providing Alex with a sure shot at the rigal's back.

[Rigal Bomb: Lvl 31] 

"WAIT!? MONSTERS CAN-" Before Asai could finish his complaint his eyes widened as two large metallic fists came down upon him. With all the strength bestowed upon him by Craut, the divine being that created all monsters. The rigals fists shot down faster than ever.

"FUUUUUCCC- THE HAMMER IS WHAT MADE HIM SLOW!" Asai's last thoughts were.