"I have a feeling we've forgotten why we came here," Hiro said, jerking his axe out of some monster's eye. It was buried deep, so it took him a few tries.
Instead of coming out normally, the axe went through the skull and severed one of the thing's horns, before coming out completely. Hiro winced at the spectacle.
"We haven't forgotten, can't help that the boss keeps these minions coming. Besides you're getting the legendary herbs, aren't you?" They've had the argument for some time, he wasn't in the mood for another round.
Hiro didn't think he should've accepted the challenge without everyone's input. Not that he cared about that, the only thing that was important to him, was getting the legendary potion ingredients and possibly some crafting material.
Kiro on the other hand, was almost certain that not accepting would've been more detrimental for them. If this thing was truly a god, which he didn't doubt it was, since it knew the monkey King, it had all the power to summon stronger monsters to fight them.
For now, they'd had low level monsters, it was as if it was testing their strength. The minotaurs they were fighting now were the first monsters that leaned more on the stronger side, but they were still not a match for them.
What made the monsters seem more weak in front of them was the fact that, they didn't value teamwork. They were stubborn, independent bulls. They moved and attacked as individuals.
Which was a strategy that was completely destroyed by the guardians. Even though their teamwork was very new, they still were very strong and the more they fought, the more they got used to each other, and were starting to look like a well oiled machine.
"Mm." Hiro answered.
He thought this would be a breeze, almost, and if it wasn't, they'd spend more time collecting than fighting, but it was turning into a fighting frenzy by the minute.
The minotaurs didn't have special skills unless if you get the full blast of their horns, not only stunning but bleeding effect that lasted for over 5 minutes.
If it weren't for Saanvi and Felix, but mostly Saanvi. Ishaan would've died a couple of times. He didn't have as much of a large mana pool as the guardians did, so that 5 minutes was a death sentence for him.
Everyone gasped in surprise when the head came out. Nobody was dumb enough to try it, they understood that, for some reason, Kiro's constitution ranked even higher than the minotaurs'.
"Dammit Ki, just spit it out." It was Isla this time who yelled from atop a big rock.
Kiro still wanted to play around, be petty for once. But when he saw how tired their archers were, he felt sorry for them. He didn't have a plan, there was no beating them fast enough before they reappear.
"This is just what I think, there's no strategy, I think the voice is testing our stamina here. So hang tight as long as you can." He said with much confidence, not looking at them or stopping what he was doing.
They all groaned. It wasn't that hard killing them but it was still a hassle. One that they might be doing for days if they don't drop dead first.
"In that case, we should all stop using potions. It's not a limitless stock everyone." Hiro complained, not knowing when this charade will disappear from their face.
"Oh but it is, we have you and an abundance of herbs surrounding us." Kiro laughed as he said.
"Hiro isn't your servant!" Saanvi chimed in, joking around.
But not everyone was used to that side of Saanvi, so the likes of Ursa looked at her painfully. She noticed this but chose to ignore it. Saanvi had nothing to complain about, she thought for sure Ursa and Isaac would be dead weight, but she was surprised that not only were they getting kills, they were keeping up.
"You know Saanvi, in a way, your boyfriend is our servant, we're his servants too. In After Dark we're servants of the group." Kiro explained, proud to have come up with something like that on the spot.
Saanvi snorted in return, she didn't want to challenge whatever Kiro was trying to normalise.
The horde kept coming, the fight seemed infinite in their mortal eyes. Just as they were at their ends wits, the minotaurs stopped reappearing.