Is this really a Game?!

A huge shockwave blows back Tank and the others as red, tentacle-like mana whips suddenly grow out of the elk's antlers and body. The elk's antlers were no longer red, they were back to the usual white as it seemed that the elk had used up all of its red mana stored in them.

"What the hell is this?" Shadow asks as he looks at the now enraged elk. It suddenly shouts and charges at them as its eyes were full of murderous intent. The elk was angry, it had never seen these beings in the grassland before, it should be known that amongst the monsters in the grasslands it was one of the rare ones that weren't a part of any group as its strength was enough to keep most enemies at bay.

To be suddenly besieged by these small beings was enough to make it annoyed, but to actually be beaten up by them, was more than enough to make it enraged. It wished nothing else than to kill the insolent beings around it.

"Tch, it went berserk?" Reign clicks his tongue in frustration as he looks at the huge animal that was coming at them, Tank swiftly came in front of them and put his shield in front of him.

"I'll block it, try to bring it down!" He shouts as he uses his mana shield and copper body to block the elk's charge. He smirks as he looks at the elk before suddenly widening his eyes, the red whip suddenly crack through the air as they go around his shield and attack him, his strong body and armor manage to neutralize a big part of the blows, but the whips still managed to hurt him.

"Damn it!" Tank curses as he uses his scythe to cut the whips apart, it didn't help a lot as the whips would just regrow after being cut. Donovan and the others join him as they block and attack the whips while Tank was busy blocking the elk's attacks, it was stronger than before and its blows, even though not enough to break his defense, were enough to push him around and make things difficult for him.

"Greenie, from the side," Reign says as both he and Greenie charge at the elk, the others nod to them as they all start attacking the elk, keeping it and the whips busy as they cut and smash them apart.

Reign arrives first to the side of the elk, he swiftly cuts apart two red whips that were coming straight at him before jumping to the side of the elk's stomach, Greenie had arrived at that point and did the same.

"Compact Punch"

"Shattering Punch"

The two use their skills and punch at the elk's side, as the power of the punches and the shockwave pass through the body they clash, resulting in an even more powerful shockwave blasting the insides of the elk that suddenly screams out in pain as blood gets out from its mouth.

The insides of its body were a mess and it sustained heavy injuries from that attack, of course, that was it, the injuries were heavy, not fatal.

"Reign, from the side!" Beast suddenly shouts as he releases a couple of arrows while Laura uses her demonic powers to blast a part of the tall grass there.

"Tch, they must have been drawn by the sounds of fighting." Reign curses as he looks at the pack of hyenas that suddenly retreated. One pack wouldn't be enough to endanger them, but if this battle continues then they might have more unwanted visitors coming to them.

"Let's kill it, it's too risky to try and tame it now!" Beast suddenly shouts as he aims his bow at the elk, the others all nod in agreement as they all get serious now.

"We didn't want to kill you before, but you got a bit too cocky you bastard." Shadow smiles evilly from the side as he suddenly disappears. The elk screams as Shadow had teleported straight underneath it, his two daggers were plunged deep into its belly. Before he could move his daggers and open them up the whips from the elk came, forcing him to retreat.

Flame Slash

Lightning Stab

Shield Rupture

Tank, Reign, and Wolf all use their skills as they attack the elk together, the poor elk was suddenly besieged by all sides by powerful skills that destroyed its thick fur as if it was made of paper.

Beast and Laura were still focusing on the hyenas, launching their attacks towards them and blocking them from coming closer to the gang, even though they were amongst the weakest monsters in the grassland, one can never be too safe.

"You big bastard, it's payback time!" Shadow curses out as he stabs the legs of the elk before throwing a ball of darkness at the leg.

Darkness Implosion

The poor elk's leg was immediately destroyed by the gravitational field that suddenly appeared at its leg, it wobbles a bit as it tries to stabilize itself, but more attacks were coming right and soon it fell to the ground, its whips were flailing around in desperation as the elk screams in agony.

It didn't want to fight anymore, these small beings were far stronger than it anticipated, it wasn't angry at them anymore either, it only wanted to run away and survive.

That however was not to be as Reign and the others continued to bombard it with attacks, Shadow was taking a small break on the side, his new skill was powerful, that much was true, but the mana it used was great and it was definitely not a skill that could be used recklessly and in succession.

"Damn, this guy is tough, it's still alive after all of these attacks." Wolf marvels at the elk as they continue with their attacks, most opponents they have faced till now would already be dead after being attacked so many times, the only ones that were able to tank so many hits would be the field boss, the trolls, and some other rare monsters.

"Wolf, I'll take care of the whips, go after the head!" Reign suddenly shouts as he shoots out three lightning bullets before opening his palm.

"Magic Missiles"

A couple of small, missile-like projectiles were suddenly thrown at the elk's whips, the missiles were sky-blue in color and they were only slightly slower compared to Reign's lightning bullets.

The missiles hit the whips and explode, of course not all of them were able to hit the whips, about half of them missed as the whips were still flailing around, making it difficult to hit them accurately. Suddenly an arrow hits one of the whips before exploding, blowing off the nearby whips as well.

Flame Slash

Wolf appears above the elk and slashes at its neck, the strong fur of the elk gets cut straight through while flames burn the surrounding fur as well. Suddenly Wolf stops as he could not cut any deeper, the sword was stuck on something, he widens his eyes as he could see a red light suddenly growing from the wound while he tried to take his sword back.

"Sword One, Severing." A lightning-clad Reign suddenly appears next to the elk's neck as he slashes at the neck, finally cutting through it. He and Wolf immediately jump back as the red light reached its peak.

Boom!

The elk's head explodes in a gruesome fashion as streaks of red mana cut apart the ground around it, it was a suicidal move, the elk had decided that it would die together with them and actually blew apart its whole body, well, thanks to Reign cutting off the head the rest of the body didn't explode, the red light coming from it was slowly getting dimmer before disappearing completely.

"Well, I guess we should take care of these guys as well huh?" Reign suddenly looks at the hyenas who were hungrily staring at the elk's corpse. As the party goes forward to them the hyenas scream and run away in fear as they leave two of them alone. The two left hyenas were injured and they could barely walk, Beast's arrows and Laura's demonic attacks managed to heavily wound them and incapacitate them.

Wolf and Reign swiftly kill them before going back to the elk, they were waiting for the notification about the end of the battle, but after waiting for a couple of minutes it still didn't happen.

"Be careful!" Wolf suddenly shouts as he looks around them, for the notification not to happen means one thing, the battle wasn't over, there was something nearby, waiting to pounce on them.

Beast and Laura looked around, they were luckily encircled by Beast's wolves and Blackie and Fluffy who had returned to him previously.

"I can't see anything," Shadow says as he looks around with caution, for them not to notice an enemy until now meant that the opponent was incredibly skillful in stealth.

"I'll try it," Reign says as he closes his eyes and tries to sense the mana that was around them, after a couple of seconds he opens his eyes and looks in a direction.

"It's alright, whatever it was, it decided to retreat." He was able to feel a slight movement in mana around them previously, but the monster immediately retreated once he felt it. Whatever it was, it was very cautious.