Swiftly moving from tree to tree, I made it to where Hina-nee and the others were in no time.
"Kaze-kun!" She cried upon seeing me, with tears in her eyes. "I thought you…"
"Took everything I had to prevent her from jumping into the water and going after you," Furuwa muttered, shooting me a glare. "Don't scare us like that next time."
"I couldn't really help it, but…" I turned to the massive turtle-like creature in the distance. "That's the Tier VII Magic Beast we have to slay, I'm assuming?"
"Actually, it's a Monster," Monica said, correcting me. "I don't know how you survived that just now, by the way, but that's not the point. Look at the creature closely. See anything out of the ordinary?"
"Ah, now that you mention it… there's some sort of dark, purple energy being emitted from its body. Its really faint, but I can see it," I replied, focusing my gaze on the beast in the distance.
