Chapter 86 - Centaur

Just not like the others, Riku Hirota effortlessly learned how to use the [Mana sensing] in a short period of time. By having this skill, he can determine all the things that were contained magical power.

On top of that, he was using the [Mana sensing] without saying any incantation that made him different from the other users. To be exact, he can cast this skill by simply spitting the skill's word that appeared on his screen.

Of course, Emma had no idea how it does possibly happened. Inside her mind, no one ever in this world could use a certain magic skill without using magic circles or incantation process.

"Riku, how do you that?! Please, tell it to me right now?" She suddenly raised her tone, didn't care even her voice was spreading throughout the forest.

He quickly covered his mouth to avoid an unexpected worst-case scenario that might occur in their current location. "Hey, Emma! I already said to you that should lower your voice if you don't want to get attacked by the monsters." He said in a serious tone, hearing suspicious sounds not too far away from them.

It can be helped, he tugged Emma inside the tall itchy bushes to hide in this place in the meantime. Knowing that there was another creature was rapidly heading to their area.

First, he covered her mouth to stop her from asking. After that, he murmured some words that could make Emma calm down for a while. "Emma, don't talk and slowly hold your breathing. There's a monster here already locate us."

At this point, Emma couldn't do anything as she was the one who covered her mouth and softly let out the air. For her, the monster had a sharp instinct, so if the monster perceived her scent they have to fight it and expected the possible injuries.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

The ground was surrounded by the small green grasses and healthy soils that looked better to use in the crops. But in just a blink of an eye, it was starting to have several cracks and crumbling after the monster walking in this straight path.

By hearing the monster's legs touching the surface, he could easily tell that the creature coming to their area was a huge monster. Aside from that, each unknown monster's step made their bodies shiver because of its strength.

'What should I do?' He uttered to his mind. But the best option here wasn't to reveal their existence right now so they could avoid unexpected fights like this.

Furthermore, Emma grabbed her black knife, readying herself to counter-attack once the monster outside of this thick bush attacked them.

On the other hand, Riku had an anxious expression. Since he had no idea what type of monster roaming around them. Luckily in his tight spot, there was a small hole that was enough for him to see the creature.

To begin with. His eyes were widened after seeing the new monster in front of him, it gave him a chill, at the same time, discouraging him that this was the kind of monster he couldn't defeat with his current strength. And Yes! He was certain with this information as he couldn't stop his body from tremendous trembling.

To describe the monster's outward appearance, its upper body was for the human, but its lower body came from the horse. To be exact, the hand, arms, and torso of a centaur were human. Moreover, he guessed its height and tell that was two and a half meters in height. Technically speaking, Riku had no chance to win against this monster even Emma assisted him.

"T-This world is kidding me? How's the Notorious Centaur doing in this place? I-I thought it only can be found in the B and A dungeon? So tell me what is the meaning of all this?" He was frustrated right now and still carefully watching his mouth as he was avoiding making any noises that could attract the monster's attention.

Ding!

•[Notorious Centaur]- it had the monster that had a high speed, strength, armor, health power, magical power, and had demonic blood. Having [Demonic blood] means that this monster was made to destroy everything that the centaur could see and completely annihilate the humanity in this world.

-[Notorious Centaur's skill(s)]

•[Stampede]- by using the strong legs of the horse. The monster can increase speed, at the same time, can make an aftershock that could affect the human beings around this monster.

•[Barrage Charge]- by casting the massive magical power inside its body. It could make a red-violet aura that would be turned into a spear and deal +120 damage in an instant.

But the most interesting part of this monster skill was his [Passive Skill], and [Super Skill]. The [Super Skill] was only for the strong monsters just like the centaur, wyvern, hydra, dragon, etc.

First was the Centaur's Super skill which is called [Phantom Drive], to describe this skill, it's the combination of this monster first two skills, but different is, it can tell teleport in the place as long as the Centaur is still on the radius of its skill.

The last thing skill, and also one of the dangerous skills that this monster has. It is called [Back damage], every time this monster is receiving damage, the centaur can conserve it and give all the damages released by the attackers. To trigger this [Passive skill], the monster's health power should go down to 20%.

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He deeply gulped along with his sweaty hands, he knows in just one wrong move, the monster could easily kill them. He took off his glance at this monster, just to make sure that he would never create a mistake in this kind of circumstance.

At this juncture, the best thing to do here was to avoid the monster. They were controlling their breathing, doing everything they could just to survive in this perilous place.

Nevertheless, it seemed the problem was always chasing Riku as there was a thing that snatched the monster's attention in an instant. In a crucial moment, a monster was running out of the volcano as it looked wanted to kill the centaur.

But the problem here was, it was heading to the place where Emma and Riku were hiding right now. "The heck? This is not good! If we don't get out of here Grasshopper Lancer would cut us into pieces!"

He left him no choice, Riku immediately tugged Emma out of the bushes, planning to leave this current spot as soon as possible.

Swoosh!

As soon as the Grasshopper Lancer charged towards the thick bushes, the two adventurers suddenly came out of it. Of course, they caught the Centaur's attention but the monster didn't mind them first as it noticed the dangerous aura given by this spider.

"Come on, Emma! Quickly run! I can't use my wings right now because I'm sure I'll not last in this strong sunlight. Once I knocked down here, it would be hard for both of us!" He quickly explained, moving his legs in the fastest way he could.

She nodded her head, doing the same thing as she was also aware that she had no chance to win in this type of monster.

Swoosh!

As soon as they made thirty-five meters distance against the Centaur. He slowly looked at his behind, to see what was exactly going on between those monsters.

The Green Grasshopper immediately leaped into the mid-air in the right distance, after that, it fully swung its transparent blade towards the monster to kill it in just one slash.

Clang!

However, the Centaur was furiously looking at the Grasshopper, showing that it didn't receive pain from that attack. Yet, the Centaur seemed to didn't have time in a small fry monster like this as it quickly used its magical skill to turn its arm into sharp spears.

Swoosh!

In just a blink of an eye, the green blood was splashing on the Centaur's face, and the Grasshopper's body slices into two different pieces.

On the other side, Riku was blinking his eyes in confusion as he was really shocked at how the Centaur easily defeated the Grasshopper. Moreover, he back his gaze in front of him so he can focus on escaping in this place.

"Sh*t! This is bad! At this rate, the monster can catch up to us!" He said in a worried tone, watching his behind in order to protect himself and Emma from the Centaur's attack.

Riku and Emma couldn't feel their legs as they were making full speed while dodging all the obstacles blocking their way. But for the monster, their speed wasn't enough as the Centaur was now chasing them with the horse legs.

Rawr!

Once they turned to the right side, Riku slightly saw the existence of this monster, at the same time, he was hearing the sound horse's feet that solidly hit the surface.

Swoosh!

When the moment he perceived a suspicious sound came from his behind. He didn't expect the Centaur would reach him in no time and already swinging its arm to kill him.

"Riku, dodge it!!!"