Chapter 43 - 43: Sneaky Leafpiles!

As my mother and I walked pass yet another group of wild majimonsters, a literal miniature tornado shot upwards, gave Rakka an uppercut to his face and knocked me off the saddle!

Thankfully, Rakka's protection was higher than average so it didn't manage to cause any damage. It still looked painful though. On the other hand, due to the leafpile's sudden aggression it caused us to enter the "Fog of War" and activated my battle bond. With my instincts and reflexes heightened, I managed to somersault onto the ground with minor scraps and bruises.

[Nice landing].

[Shut it, I'm new at this].

After the landing, I activated the Dragon's Lens to see what exactly attacked us.

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Species: Agustus

Grade: Bronze

Affinities: Verdant/Wind

Trait: Elusive

Description: Agusti are strange elusive majimonsters that resemble a cl.u.s.ter of leaves, twigs and debris swept up in a small tornado. When dormant however, they resemble nothing more than a pile dead leaves and detritus. Nobody knows why they were made or how.

Voxea's notes: I actually know who made the Agusti,but it wasn't on purpose. There was this archmaji who was known as "Storm's Eye" Erina. She was a prodigy in all of the sky disciple magical arts. Aloof, dangerous and very attractive. An arrogant maji who had the power to back up her ego. One day she came across a multiple vortex tornado ravaging a valley. Instead of running or dispersing it, she used its raw power to create a devastating majimonster, one of the Disaster Tyrants, Vortaurus. Evidently, the creation of Vortaurus had released enough energy to create some... by-products. Agustus was born when some of Vortaurus' aether merged with some of the ravaged woodlands.

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"An Agustus... it'll do. Silvia, your goal is to defeat and bind this majimonster. It's ability to be a sneaky flier will serve as a good balance to Rakka's raw strength", my mother commented on the side.

The bond hadn't completely overrode my perceptions, so I managed to see how she and Bola had retreated to the edge of what I perceived as the "fog of war" when the Agustus sucker punched Rakka. I was a little annoyed that she hung off to the side, but this would be the first real battle Rakka had that wasn't practice.

I nodded in confirmation before I allowed the bond to consume my perception. I could feel Rakka's rage at the sneaky Agustus and how he wanted to charge in and deliver some payback. However, I held him back for the moment to try and assess the situation.

Right now, the battle was a simple one on one affair between my Ragnaceros and a wild Agustus. I'm not sure whether the Agustus was tuned more towards melee or ranged, but I do know that Wind majimonsters are weak against Ice techniques, which Rakka had and was made much stronger due to being the same affinity as him. But first, I had to lock this sucker down and cut off its escape routes.

(Rakka! Fire Stride!)

Rakka's hooves became engulfed in flames mere moments after I issued the command. With another command, Rakka rushed straight towards the Agustus antlers first and flames in its wake. However, instead of slamming right into his opponent. he turned to the right and ran a circle around it!

The Agustus was confounded by Rakka's running, up until it noticed it was now trapped in a ring of fire with an angry elk made of fire, lightning, ice and pure hate.

A wicked smile crept across my face as I ordered Rakka to hit the Agustus with a Freezing Horn technique. This was a combo I learned after training with my parents these past few weeks. Fire stride was a movement technique, meaning I could immediately follow it with an attack technique like Freezing Horns.

Rakka's antlers glowed with a pale blue light as the runes covering them lit up and a frosty haze began to form around them. As if remembering the surprise suckerpunch from earlier, Rakka dipped his head down and launched his antlers upward into the Agustus' swirling form. Even if I didn't share my senses with Rakka, I could tell that hit was brutal.