Chapter 37: Coordination

Chapter 37: Coordination

Alex was completely unaware of Rowan's thoughts. He was currently focused on the beast that stood ahead of him, in the process of overwhelming the E- rank team leader of the team they went to help.

'This one is weaker than that Flaming lion for sure.'

Alex had only really ever fought one other E rank beast before, and that was the flaming lion where he obtained his Flame talent from.

He only contributed a little bit to that fight, and he couldn't take any credit for the kill at all as that was completely due to Joanne's poison arrow.

But the aura this bear like beast exuded was nowhere near as terrifying as when he first felt the flaming lion's aura.

Alex suspected that it had something to do with that mysterious flame that granted him his Flame talent, but he had no evidence to confirm his suspicions.

'It doesn't matter anyway, with Rowan, me and that E- rank leader here this beast has nowhere to run.'

With nothing holding them back, Alex and Rowan ran alongside the E- rank leader from the other group, who was currently littered in all kinds of wounds from the accumulated attacks of the beast.

Blood was oozing from all over the place, it looked like he was on death's door.

Not everyone was like Alex—being able to fight a level above oneself was even rarer than having a talent.

"We'll take it over from here, friend! You need to rest and recuperate." Rowan announced his presence and intentions to the young man.

Phew!

When the young leader heard Rowan's words he let out a heavy sigh of relief. He had only recently advanced to E rank, which only a few others knew before he was drafted into this sudden war against the beast tide.

Just like most other adventurers, he only went by the vague version of his rank, simply listing himself as 'E rank' rather than his actual E- rank.

The huge bear was currently launching attack after attack at Rowan, and with it's big bulky body it was slowly overpowering him in strength.

But soon a faint orange glow started to come from his side, where he saw Alex coating his dagger in flames, and he immediately had an idea.

He leaped from the ground to the back of the bear with minimal effort, wrapping his arms around the beast's neck—his hands barely interlocking on the other side.

Roarrr!

The bear was enraged by this action and stood up on it's two hind legs, as it started flailing around like mad, trying to claw at Rowan who held his grip firmly around its neck.

"Now! Attack it Alex!" Rowan shouted towards Alex for him to attack.

The huge bear was slowly succeeding at shaking Rowan off, he was slowly slipping!

'Why does this attack have to take so long to prepare!'

Alex wished and hoped to any god that was listening that his flames would hurry up and encase the whole dagger.

'Finally!'

He didn't know if some god answered his prayer, with the process finishing a whole 5 seconds earlier than when he first used the attack. But he wasn't going to waste the opportunity!

With its chest completely exposed, and its whole attention focused on shaking Rowan off, the bear had no time to react when Alex snuck up in front of it and lunged his dagger right through its stomach.

Yelp! Roarrr!

The bear became even more enraged.