[Meet Efferus and Inform Him of Your finding]
Mylo was still hiding in the tree unable to move, if he did, the chimera would notice him, having no other choice but wait. The beast was currently examining the sage flower, if it decided to consume it, there wouldn't be anything else that could help him hide the odor . He had to move and quickly.
The monster was circulating around the flower examining it thoroughly , not given any interest to the boar corpse. While it was distracted, Mylo decided to descend the tree. Having only two choices, either wait for it to discoverer him or take the chance to escape while its distracted. Mylo decided on the latter.
"Slowly…slowly…good."
After descending the tree and reaching the ground, Mylo slowly walked the opposite side of the chimera while keeping an eye out for any sudden movements. By doing so, he had to multi-task. From glancing behind him worrying it might have noticed him and looking in front of him to make sure his heading in the right direction. Unfortunately, such charged task takes a lot of concentration and one shouldn't be surprised for unlooked mistakes.
*Crunch*
Not fully paying attention of his surrounding, Mylo unexpectedly stepped on a laying piece of branch whilst making noise from doing so. Holding firm his movement , he glances once more behind him to see the monstrosity still stationed near the flower but his attention shifted towards him. Both eyes meeting each other for a unyielding five seconds before acting on the situation.
"H-hello… do not mind me, I'm just a visitor in the area… Well…good day now!"
"…"
Mylo slowly turns back to his original position, and as he took his first step forward…
"ROAR"
The next one wasn't slow to follow suit. Mylo ran as fast as he could, the chimera right behind him. Thanks to his additional movement speed he gained a certain advantage compared to a beast that had the body of a bear equipped with turtle shell as a vest, Mylo rationalized the situation by paying attention on the beast assumed weight. However, the circumstances wasn't as simple as he thought...
"AH~, HOW ARE YOU ALREADY NEXT TO ME!"
"ROAAAR"
*BANG*
With a single swipe of his giant bearlike claw the chimera destroyed the tree that separated them, enforcing even less their difference in gap .
"SHHHHIIIITTTT!"
Making use of the terrain, Mylo kept running while covering his back between the tree trunks surrounding the forest in order to slow down the chimera. By doing so, the chimera only choice was to destroy whatever blocked his path, slowing him down during the process of his rampage.
A few minutes later, they managed to find themselves in a populated hunting ground filled with players. The hefty noise made from the overweight steps of the beast shook the ground the players stood on, shifting their attention at the area where the noise was rather then hunting.
"What is that noise?"
"You guys hear it too?"
"It's coming from over there!"
"Huh? A player?"
"Why is he running so maniacally?
"Wait, forget that player? What is that behind him?"
"Huh? I can't properly see, there's dust hiding it."
Mylo noticed the players watching. He then tough of a good plan to help him escape.
"IT'S A BOSS!!!"
"What?"
"A boss?"
"FREE FIELD BOSS HERE!"
The screams of Mylo weren't heard unnoticed, all the players in the area rushed towards them. Their only thought where the loots a field boss would drop. Since the game server opened only a hand full of player managed to face off against a field boss, the numerous stories of amazing equipment dropped from them made them envious and jealous. They couldn't contain their greed any longer.
"Where's the boss?"
"I don't know, the guy running this way is screaming that there's a boss behind him."
"Hm, HEY YOU! WHERE'S THE BOSS?"
"BEHIND ME."
"WHY ARE YOU RUNNING?"
"DO YOU THINK I CAN SOLO KILL A BOSS MONSTER ON MY OWN? HELP ME!"
The player that asked the question smirked at Mylo reply and said," IF YOU DON'T ASK FOR COMPENSATION, WILL HELP YOU DEAL WITH IT."
"DO WHAT YOU WANT, JUST DON'T LET ME DIE."
"HAHAHA, OKAY! GUILD MEMBERS OF FROST LUST GATHER UP! LET'S HELP THIS NOOB!"
"YES SIR!"
Mylo ran past the group and whispered to them from behind "don't die too fast".
But no one reacted to that comment. Because none of them heard him, all their attention was focused on the boss coming their way.
"GET READY, IT'S A BOSS MOB. WE CAN'T FAIL HERE. WE MUST BRING THE LOOTS IT DROPS TO BIG SISTER AMILIA. UNDERSTOOD."
"YES SIR!"
"TANKS, TAUNT IT!"
The tanks gathered in front of the party. And used the skill Taunt given to those that selected the warrior's paths. There exists many connected path related to the warrior class. When choosing the warrior path one could choose to be an attack variant or a defense variant. The same could be said for other classes. Another example could be the cleric class. Some choose the paladin class for its tanking capacity, other choses the exorcist, allowing them to deal heavy damage to the dark entities using their holy attribute powers and finally the priest whose specialty is healing and buffing teammates.
"COME HERE!!!"
The tanks used their taunting skill in order to be the target instead of Mylo. But soon the guild member's expression changed, they realized their mistake as soon as the monster was within the allowed distance for the usage of the inspection skill.
"WHAT IS THAT?"
"Y-YOU BASTARDDDD!!!!"
"RUN! RUN NOW!"
"ARGHH"
With no way of escaping their losing situation, one after the other fell to the chimeras relentless and brutal attack. The other side desperately fought their enemy while quickly realizing that there wasn't any meaning in doing so. Some have succumbed to terror and are no longer capable of moving, let alone defending themselves all because of the 'fear' skill the chimera used .
"YOU… BASTARD…IL…REMEMB-"
In the distance Mylo could see the party leader dying and uttering his final words before he vanishes is millions of blue particles. Even though he couldn't hear him from such a distance he could guess what he was uttering.
"It's survival of the fittest my friend, nothing personal."
After a few minutes Mylo managed to reach the kingdom safely.
"What kind of quest did I even receive? Even though I didn't fight him, Efferus better reward me well enough for the sole fact that I could of died."
"Anyway, let's head to the inn and report back to him."
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