Chapter 467: Last Assessment [Part 4]

Roland's gaze never left his opponent's body, doing his best to read its attack patterns.

Just like Derek, he had also secretly watched the video of Zion's battle with the Three-Horned Minotaur when he had free time, dissecting the battle to the best of his abilities.

What he noticed was that whenever the Minotaur raised its arm, Zion was already making his next move to evade it.

Because of the younger man's uncanny ability to predict where his enemy was going to strike, Roland, Joshua, and Derek thought that Zion had the ability to see a few seconds ahead in the future.

This ability was not unheard of, and some Wanderers do possess it.

However, he had seen the teenage boy's information that was readily available to the public, and there was nothing in it that stated that the teenage boy had the skill Future Sight, which a handful of Wanderers possessed.

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Name: Zion Leventis

Age: 13 Years Old

Race: Human

Skills: None

Items: None

Avatars: None

— Rank Ban

— Skill Ban

— Item Ban

— Avatar Ban

Unique Abilities: Universal Language Proficiency.

Beast Companion: Tiona.

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Those were the updated information that the public knew of Zion Leventis just before the war in the Rigel Continent began.

Aside from his age changing, nothing else had changed, which made everyone believe that the Legendary Rookie would forever remain a Rookie.

And yet, not only did this Rookie bested him in their duel, Zion even fought against a Three-Horned Minotaur with Rianna, defeating it with relative ease.

But Roland didn't fall for this trick.

He had already died dozens of times during his previous training simulation in this breath attack, so he already knew the signs when the Minotaur was going to unleash it.

The moment the Minotaur unleashed its Fire Breath, Roland also prepared his own attack to disperse it.

"Tempest Slash!"

A blue crescent blade emerged from Roland's sword strike, cutting the breath attack in half, buying enough time for the young man to distance himself from it.

Seeing that its attempt had failed, the Minotaur roared in anger and was about to do a follow-up attack.

But before it could do that, it saw a golden flash at the corner of its vision, forcing it to take a step back.

A moment later, a golden spear descended from the sky, sending a shockwave that made the monster skid on the ground.

Roland's Dark Vision automatically deactivated the moment the golden flag fluttered in front of him, dispelling the darkness.

A second later, another flag descended, and this time, it was a silver flag that shone just as brightly as Diana's banner.

"Sorry, we're late," Diana said as she ran towards the Minotaur with her sword glowing in the darkness.

"Now, the real party will begin." Derek laughed as he positioned himself behind the Minotaur, making the latter give the Swordsman a cautious glance.

Suddenly, a fireball hit the side of the Minotaur's body, making it stagger.

"I'm also here," Erica said as she looked down at the Minotaur from the sky.

Behind her back were wings made up of flames, making her look like an avenging angel from hell.

Shana, Joshua, and Mildred also arrived at the scene and looked at the Minotaur with determined looks on their faces.

Roland, who could feel the same emotions they were feeling, smiled as he took a fighting stance.

"Are you now ready for Round Two, you oversized bull?" Roland asked the Minotaur, who was now about to experience the might of his party.

Instead of answering, the Minotaur shouted a war cry of defiance, not backing down in a fight that it believed it could win.

Back then, the Hero Party would have already felt despair after hearing this war cry. But now, they no longer felt like they would lose to a Monster who had forced them to undergo the most inhumane training in their lifetime.

"Enough talk," Erica said as she summoned a Firebolt in her hand. "Time for some Beef Barbecue!"

All her friends agreed, and they attacked the Minotaur at the same time, avenging the time that their party was almost wiped out from the face of the world because of a creature that surpassed their expertise.

Thirteen, who was watching from the training room, clicked the stopwatch in his hand and made it start counting the time on how long the Hero Party would take to defeat the Three-Horned Minotaur, which had been a part of their recurring nightmares at night.